Family Group Sheets

Family Group Sheets

I use the genealogy program, RootsMagic7.  I'm impressed with the format of Family Group Sheets (FGS) created by this program. Besides the usual information found in a FGS there are options to include name index and place name index. I can save the FGS in the PDF format. 

I have a Box account where I have been uploading these FGS into Family folders. The reports are availble for Preview or Download to anyone who has the correct URL.

Recently I worked on FGS projects for two families:

• Ice Family - 8 FGS, 61-pages
• Tennant Family - 10 FGS, 59-pages

Dick Henthorn

8 Jul 202

Joseph Elsworth Ice

Joseph Elsworth Ice

I've been working on the family of Joseph Elsworth Ice of Indiana. I have enough information to create a 31-page descendant report for him and his wife, Melvina Surber.

Here's a summary for Joseph.

Joseph Elsworth Ice

PARENTS: Benjamin Shreve Ice and Susanna Fortney

BIRTH-CONFLICT: Tombstone photo shows dates: 1868 - 1940

(Source: FindAGrave)

BIRTH: 15 May 1867, Delaware Co., IN

MARRIAGE: 13 Dec 1887 in Summitville, Madison Co., IN to Melvina Surber

CHILDREN: 13

DEATH: 10 Jul 1940, in Summitville, Madison Co., IN

BURIAL: Jul 1940 in Delaware Co., IN, Zion Chapel Cemetery

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 34667740

Dick Henthorn

4 Jun 2019

Abraham C. "Lame Abe" Ice and Mary "Polly" Lewman

Abraham C. "Lame Abe" Ice and Mary "Polly" Lewman

Abraham C. Ice Ancestors

Abraham C. Ice

PARENTS: William Galloway "Indian Billy" Ice and Margaret Higginbotham

AKA: Lame Abe

CENSUS: The 1790 federal census of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists Abraham, age 9, living with his parents in Derry Township.

1790 United States Federal Census, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Derry Township, NARA Film M637-9, page 80, Enumeration Date: Unknown.  Wm ICE.  Enumeration: [143], 

one white male 16 years & upwards (1774 & earlier , William) ; 4 free white males under 16 

(1775-1790, John 1775, William 1 779, Abraham 1781, Isaac 1789).  Two other sons gone from home in 1790 are thought to be George (1767) and Thomas (1772); 

three free white females (daughter Mary 1774, daughter Eve 1783, wife Margaret 1767).

CENSUS: 1810 United States Federal Census, Monongalia County, Virginia, NARA Film M252-69, page 510.

Abm ICE.  Enumeration: [M:10010 - F:10100], 

one male under 10 (1800-1809 , Thomas 1808), one male 26-44 (1766-1784, Abraham), 

one female under 1 0 (1800-1809, Nancy 1809), one female 16-25 (1785-1794, Mary 1791).

CENSUS: 1820 United States Federal Census, Monongalia County, Virginia, Western Division, NARA Film M33-142, page 54.  

Abraham ICE.  Enumeration: [M:11001 0 - F:41010 - 01], 

one male under 10 (1810-1819, Isaac 1817), one male 10 -16 (1804-1810, Thomas 1808), one male 26-45 (1775-1794, Abraham, 1790) ; 

4 females under 10 (1810-1819), one female 10-16 (1804-1810, Nancy 1809 ), one female 26-45 (1775-1794, Mary 1791), one person engaged in Agriculture.

CENSUS: 1830 U. S. Federal Census, Monongalia County, Virginia, Western District , NARA film M19-191, page 402, Enumeration Date: not recorded.  Line 12: 

Abraham ICE, enumeration: [M: 001001... - F: 20001...], 

one male 10-1 5 (1815-1820), one male 30-40 (1790-1800, Abraham 1790), 

2 females under 5 (1825-1830),  one female 20-30 (1800-1810).

LAND: An indenture was made 10 September 1832 between 

[the heirs of William Galloway Ice and Abraham C. Ice, s/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham in Monongalia county, Virginia]

Adin BAYLES and Margaret his wife and 

[Adin "Hayden or Aden" Bayles, s/o Jesse Bayles, Sr. and Margaret Elizabeth Marie Monraine

married to Margaret Ice, d/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham]

Abram SHREVE and Mary his wife and 

[Abraham Shreve, s/o James and Margaret Shreve 

married to Mary Ice, d/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham]

Isaac ICE and Mary his wife and 

[Isaac W. Ice, s/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham, 

married to Mary Fortney, d/o John Fortney]

George WATSON and Katharine his wife and 

[George Watson, s/o John Watson and Susannah Ice, Susannah was d/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham

married to Catherine Barker, d/o Joseph Barker, Jr. and Catherine Carpenter]

Ephraim MARTIN and Mary his wife and 

[Ephraim Martin [parents unknown] 

married to Mary Ice, d/o George Washington Ice, Sr. and Catherine Paden, George was s/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham]

Thomas DUNN and Margaret his wife 

[Thomas Dunn [parents unknown] 

married to Margaret Ice, d/o George Washington Ice, Sr. and Catherine Paden, George was s/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham]

all of Tyler County and 

Henry BARNHOUSE and Matilda his wife of Monongalia County and 

[Henry Barnhouse, s/o John Barnhouse and Polly Jane Ice [parents unknown]

married to Matilda Youst, d/o Henry Youst and Sarah Ice, Sarah was d/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham]

Jonathan FREELAND and Mary his wife of Ohio 

[Jonathan Freeland [parents unknown]

married to Mary Watson, d/o John Watson and Susannah Ice, Susannah was d/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham]

of the one part and 

Abraham ICE of Harrison County of the other part. 

[Abraham C. Ice, s/o William Galloway Ice and Margaret Higginbotham

married to Mary Lewman, d/o Joshua L. Lewman and Nancy Ann Dicken]

Abraham ICE purchased for the sum of 464 dollars the tracts of land formerly belonging to William ICE Sr. that was decreed by the Clarksburg Superior Court of Chancery to the aforesaid heirs.  This purchase contained 80 and one-half acres and 14 poles that had been surveyed by William Haymond.  

Note: A "pole" is a measure of distance used in surveying equal to a rod or sixteen and one-half feet.

Note: Comments, in square brackets, about the possible identity of each couple, were written by researcher Richard E. Henthorn on 27 September 2014.

(Source: Monongalia County, Virginia Deeds, Vol. 11, pp. 447-449)

CENSUS: 1840 U. S. Federal Census, Monongalia County, Virginia, West Monongalia , NARA film M704-567, page 115, Enumeration Date: not recorded.  Line 4: 

Abraham ICE, enumeration: [M: 2100001... - F: 011001...], 

2 males unde r 5 (1835-1839, Moses, Andrew), one male 5-10 (1830-1835, Abraham, Jr.) , one male 40-50 (1790-1800, Abraham, Sr. 1790), 

one female 5-10 (1830-18 35), one female 10-15 (1825-1830, Sarah), one female 30-40 (1800-1810, Mary).

COMMENT: Marion County was formed from Monongalia County in 1842.

CENSUS: 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Marion County, Virginia, Western District 35 , NARA film M432-958, page 206B, Enumeration Date: 18 September 1850.  Line 1, dwelling 681, family 683: 

Abraham ICE, Sr., age 60, farmer, birthplace: Pennsylvania.  Mary, age 57, birthplace: Maryland, cannot read or write.  

Children were born in Virginia.  

Abraham, age 21.  Moses, age 18 .  Andrew, age 15.  Sarah M., age 26.

HISTORY: Buried- Barrackville, WV- Ice Cemetery

Leg Amputated After Logging Accident

In the outset of this brief history, I stated "America to the 10th Generation".   "Indian Billy" had 15 children; one of these was Abraham, who married Mary Polly Lewman.   

Abraham had the misfortune to have a tree fall on his leg while cutting timber on "Hoult Hill", now Hillcrest, and not being able to get free, it was necessary to cut his leg off. He was a very large man and it is said that he stood the cutting with the crude timber saw, cutting the bone, and it was done without anesthetic. He wore a wooden peg leg until his death and became known as "Lame Abe". Lame Abe had 13 children; one of which was James, who married Levina Snodgrass. 

James a farmer was shot during the Civil War for being a southern sympathizer, but that is another story. James and Levina had five children and one of them was John Linsey who married Rebecca McDougal.  

John, a railroader, was killed near Grafton when he was impaled through the middle by a Jennie Coupling between two railroad cars. John and Rebecca had two sons,  James Lee, married Minerva Jane Pyles, James Lee and Minerva had three children. William Ice married Rebecca Williams.

[Note: The author of this History piece is unknown.  Richard E. Henthorn]

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 52461094

Mary Lewman

PARENTS: Joshua L. Lewman and Nancy Ann Dicken

AKA: Polly

REFERENCE: FILM: Salt Lake Library film #0163774 Ice Family.

CENSUS: 1860 U. S. Federal Census, Marion County, Virginia, Barrackville Post Off ice, NARA film M653-1361, page 600, Enumeration Date: 23 July 1860.  Line 7, dwelling 1158, family 1101: 

Mary ICE, age 68, birthplace: Maryland .  Andrew, age 24, occupation: farmer, birthplace: Maryland.  

Martha (Andrew's wife), age 17, birthplace: Maryland.  

Sarah ROWAND, age 12, birthplace: Virginia.

Immediate neighbor: dwelling 1157, Moses ICE (son).

CEMETERY: Buried- Barrackville, WV- Ice Cemetery

NAME-COMMENT: Some have spelling as "Leuman"

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 52461087

Abraham C. Ice Descendants

Dick Henthorn

21 Feb 2018

Virginia Helen Conaway

Virginia Helen Conaway, 9 May 1843 - 31 Jan 1922, was a West Virginia spinster. She wrote a short piece titled, "Ice's Ferry." Apparently, no one has seen a copy.

My friend, Susan Henthorn, librarian at Berea College in Berea, KY located a finding aide that indicates the document, and several others, are located at the West Virginia University Library in Morgantown.

Virginia Helen Conaway

PARENTS: Thomas Franklin Conaway and Elmira Hall

RESEARCHER: Wrote the story, "ICE'S FERRY"
[Note: As of Feb 2018, many have written about this document, which is sometimes called "a book." I don't think anyone has a copy or that anyone knows how many pages there were. Written by Richard E. Henthorn on 17 Feb 2018.]

REFERENCE:
Below is the record from the WVU Archives. Contact info can be found on the homepage. https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Title: Ice's Ferry. History and Genealogy. Typed Documents
Call number: A&M No.: 379
Creator, Corp name: Ice's Ferry
Inclusive dates: 1920, undated
Extent: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Abstract: Five typescripts pertaining to Ice's Ferry and the Ice family. The first typescript is "Ice's Ferry," (8 pp., undated) an account of the Ice family and of Ice's Ferry in Monongalia County, with comments on frontier and pioneer life in western Virginia, apparently written by Virginia H. Conaway of Marion County. The second item is a variant copy of the "Ice's Ferry," typescript (10 pp., undated). The third typescript is a copy of "Historical Notes on Ice's Ferry," written by John L. Johnston (6 pp., 1920). Covering the time span of 1758-1920, the narrative describes early settlements, roads, forts, Indians, industries, land offices, and families prominent in the development of areas near Ice's Ferry. Mention is made of the proposed construction of a dam and recreation area on the Cheat River. The fourth item is a facsimile typescript of "Some of the Earliest History of the Ice Family" (9 pp., undated), which covers roughly 1680 through the 1900s. The fifth typescript is a magazine article facsimile about Adam Ice (1 p., undated).
Search Results: 2 matches in Entire Finding Aid
search terms in context | standard view | full text File Size: 8 K bytes | Add this to my bookbag ManageHome | West Virginia & Regional History Center WVRHC.LIB.WVU.EDU
(Furnished by Susan Henthorn of Berea, KY on 17 Feb 2018)

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 58512445

Dick Henthorn

20 Feb 2018]

Ice Family Project

Ice Family Project

Working on a big Ice family project today. A while back an undated, typed, family history of four pages was shared on Facebook. It was written by Charles Lee Ice. Very difficult to read because the ribbon was probably old when the piece was written. I used Google Voice Typing to read the document out loud. The results left a lot to be desired. Next I used my text editor to compare my product with the original to do the clean up edits. In the next step I will attempt to post the contents of the document to my genealogy file. I'm considering posting the entire piece to the record of Charles Lee Ice as well as posting pieces to the records of people I can identify. The final step will be to share my readable version of the document to the Ice page on Facebook. I'm leaving this step until last in case I discover errors that I made. Recently I was asked why I type obituaries. I type documents because I want to be able to read them and I want to be able to incorporate them into my genealogy databases. And, I like sharing.

Dick Henthorn
15 Jan 2018

Melvin Gale Leek Ancestors

Melvin Gale Leek Ancestors

Yesterday,11 Dec 2017, I created a 173-page, twelve generation, ancestor report for Michael Leek. It includes the obituary for his father, Melvin Gale Leek,who died on 2 Dec 2017.

Surnames include: Yoho, Starkey, Shreve, Postlethwait, Leek, Ice, Higginbotham, Henthorn, Edgell, Byard, Blake, Barker, Baker.

I shared the report on my Members Only group on Facebook. I am willing to share with others who agree to reciprocate.

Dick Henthorn

12 Dec 2017

Frederick Ice, Sr.

As a New Year's gift to folks who can demonstrate a valid interest in the family of Frederick Ice, Sr. I created a 2247-page PDF genealogy of Frederick Ice, Sr. and his descendants. It's large, about 80MB. (I don't know why the Box Preview says there are 999 pages.)

This is a compilation of information from many sources. Thanks to everyone who shared information. This isn't everything that's available. I'm still working on adding more information to my file from time to time.

The PDF file is located on my Box account. It will be available for sharing until 9 January 2016.

Contact me to justify your interest and obtain the URL to access and download the report.

Dick Henthorn

Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

1 January 2016

Ice Family

I did some work on two branches of the Ice family and posted short PDF descendant reports to the Ice family page on Facebook (closed group).

• Alpheus Reynolds Ice
• Isaac W. Ice

Some of the folks following the Ice family had posted short messages to the page which prompted my response.  I remain hopeful that people will respond to what I share by filling in some of the information or making suggestions for corrections. There isn't much of that activity going on.

Dick Henthorn
31 January 2015

Projects

I'm working on some genealogy projects with my Yoho file.

Recent changes included:

• adding some Cunningham and Wiley information
• adding some Watson information
• adding Goudy information
• expanding the Henthorn, Higginbotham, and Ice information

There is more information available than I can process.  FindAGrave is proving to be a very useful resource.

If these surnames are of interest you may contact me for more details. I'm usually willing to exchange information provided the exchange is mutually beneficial.

Dick Henthorn
23 November 2014

Frederick Ice Family Genealogy

I'm interested in the genealogy and history of the Frederick Ice family of Virginia/West Virginia. There is a link between the Ice family and Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn.  Other descendants link to families in my Yoho genealogy file.

Here are some hyperlinks to information about the Ice Family.

Descendants of Frederick Iaac Ice - Constance Lynette Roberts

Descendants of Frederick (Ice) Ten Eyck - Pamm Garber

Frederick Ice - Some History - Rodney Ice

William Galloway Ice - MyKindred.com

Biscuits and Gravy - Rodney Ice

Branches and Roots - Snowbird

Ice Family Genealogy Forum on GenForum
(Ancestry.com has announced that GenForum support will be discontinued)

Ice Family - Eric Ice and others

Ralph Higginbotham, spouse of Mary Henthorn - Richard E. Henthorn

Henthorn, Watson, Higginbotham - Richard E. Henthorn

Ralph Higginbotham and Mary Henthorn, Descendant List - Richard E. Henthorn

Descendants of William "Indian Billy" Galloway Ice - Facebook Group for 
information exchange between researcher and family members. 

Dick Henthorn
5 October 2014
Revised 17 Jan 2017

Pearl Alice Kemmerer Ice (1891 - 1914) - Find A Grave Memorial

Pearl Alice Kemmerer Ice (1891 - 1914) - Find A Grave Memorial

Working on adding information about this person to my Yoho genealogy file today.  She was the spouse of Absalom Warren "Bay" Ice.  I had him in my file as: Warren Absalom "Bay" Ice.  The tombstone shows; A.W. Ice.

Her information is on FindAGrave.  I noticed that I can post to Google Blogger with a click of a button while on FindAGrave.  I'm testing to see how this works.

Dick Henthorn
28 September 2014

Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn

Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn

There is a link from the Higginbotham and Henthorn families to the Ice family. This couple had daughters, Margaret and Mary.  They both married William Galloway "Indian Billy" Ice.  He was also married a third time.

I am sharing a four-generation (9-page) Descendant List for Ralph Higginbotham, Sr. and Mary Henthorn, in the PDF format, which summarizes what is known about the descendants in this family. The PDF is stored on my Box account.

If you know anything about the members of these three families and are willing to share, I'd appreciate it.

Descendant List

Dick Henthorn

31 August 2014

Zackquill Morgan

Problem: Was his first name, Zacquill or Zackquill?

MARRIAGE: First marriage to Nancy Paxton/Paxon in 1755.
MARRIAGE: Second marriage to, Drusilla Springer, Abt. 5 Sep or 5 Oct 1765.

RESIDENCES: Zackquill Morgan built a stone house on his land in Berkeley County, West Virginia before moving in 1773 to the present day Rivesville, Marion County, West Virginia. In 1799, he moved to Monongalia County and founded Morgantown, West Virginia.


RELATIONSHIP:
According to Delbert Henthorn this Zacquill Morgan was from the family of
Morgans that founded Morgantown, WV.
[Note: It appears that he "was" the Zackquill Morgan who founded Morgantown, VA/WV. REH]

The Monongalia Story

Fort Morgan. Most of the details of Zackquill Morgan's life are well documented, but exactly when he built his fortified cabin in Morgantown is an open question. Sometime between 1767 and 1774, he became the first permanent settler in Morgantown, began farming and business operations on a scale large enough to have his holdings described as a "plantation" in contemporary accounts, and erected two or three homes for himself and his fellow settlers. About 1770, or possibly a year earlier, he enlarged one of these into a small stockade. Fort Morgan was about 275 feet north of the northeast corner of University Avenue and Fayette Street, about where the B'nai B'rith Hall now joins a bottling plant [1974]. It was located specifically by the late Lawrence Cox, and is remembered by many local citizens.
(Source: "The Monongalia Story, Vol. 1, by Earl Lemley Core, p. 354)

"The commissioners appointed to adjust claims to unpatented lands in the counties of Monongalia, Yohogania, and Ohio held several meetings during 1781. The first meeting of the board had been held at Redstone Old Fort in December 1779. The meeting of the Virginia commissioners at this site (now Brownsville, Pennsylvania) may have been to emphasize the claims of Virginia to the territory. At any rate, claims were approved of many settlers residing in what is not Fayette, Washington, and Greene counties, Pennsyslvania. (see Monongalia Story, vol. I, chapter VIII).

In April [1781] the board met at the mouth of Elk Creek, in a community beginning to be called Clarksburg. The place was named for the famous pioneer general George Rogers Clark. ... In October a meeting was held at the home of Samuel Lewellin and a final meeting later in the year at the home of Colonel John Evans.

The records of claims approved at these meetings have been largely presented in Vol. I of this work (pp. 156-332), in chronological order as to the recorded date of the first settlement. Several claims had no dates affixed and they
are listed below."
[Note: Two items of interest, concerning the Morgans are extracted below. REH]

• David Morgan, assignee to Zackquil Morgan, 1,000 acres by preemption, adjoining lands of Zackquil Morgan.
• Zackquil Morgan, assignee to James Stockwell, 1,000 acres by preemption, on east side of the Monongalhela River.

(Source: The Monongalia Story, Chapter Five: 1781, by Earl Lemley Core p. 70-73 - furnished by Bill L. Yoho)

The War of 1812

"The War of 1812 ...quickly revived the martial spirit throughout the country and especially to the west of the Alleghenies, where the conquest of Canada was regarded as a summer excursion. Monongalia County was no exception. Volunteers rushed to enlist in the Virginia militia; as a matter of fact, most of the membership of the fifty-two companies were from western Virginia. "West Virginians fought on land and sea in all the major battles of the war."

Volunteers who enlisted at Morgantown joined county companies for muster day drill on the county drill grounds on Spruce Street, where one of the most popular drill masters was Captain Zackquill Morgan, son of the founder of Morgantown.

Three Monongalia County companies were included in a militia regiment of western Virginians commanded by Colonel Dudley Evans in the campaign of General William Henry Harrison in the northwest in 1812-13. Commanders of the three companies were Captain Jesse Ice, Captain James Morgan, and Captain Samuel Wilson. "Great hardships were often experienced in their marches. At times the men had to cut bushes to lie on at night, to keep themselves out of the water."

Captain Jesse Ice's company was composed of fifty-nine officers and privates. Captain James Morgan's company included thirty-nine officers and privates. Captain Samuel Wilson's company was the largest, being made up of seventy-two officers and privates." Among the privates in Captain Samuel Wilson's company were Henry Henthorn and Zackwell Pierpoint. They were brothers-in-law as a result of their marriages to Ridgway sisters, Sarah and Dorcas, respectively.
(Source: "The Monongalia Story," by Earl L. Core, Chapter Thirty-six: 1812 - furnished by Bill L. Yoho)

Tags: Genealogy, Virginia, Morgan, West Virginia

David Morgan of Delaware and Virginia

Birth: 12 MAY 1721 Christiana, New Castle, DE
Death: 8 MAY 1813 Rivesville, Marion, VA
Burial: MAY 1813 Marion, VA, Morgan Cemetery

COMMENT:
David Morgan was one of the earliest settlers of the frontier. He was a man of great energy, of character, and of sterling worth.

COMMENT:
Later in that same month [April 1770], a settlement was established by the Prickett-Hall-Ice party on the Monongahela River, five miles below the mouth of the Tygart River at the mouth of the stream they named Prickett's Creek. Fearful of being attacked, they petitioned for government protection and, later in the summer, a small fortification called Prickett's Fort was established adjacent to the settlement by David Morgan, built under direction of Col. William Byrd on the Monongahela adjacent to the settlement.
[Amplification Notes: Prickett's Settlement and Prickett's Fort were located at the mouth of present Prickett's Creek, five miles below present Fairmount, [WV] and about a mile below the village of Baxter, Marion Co., WV. REH]
(Source: "That Dark and Bloody River," by Allan W. Eckert, 1995, p. 19)

Problem: The death date of, 5 or 8 May 1813, is disputed by a Bible entry showing 1796. Pat Bugher has the date of death as, 19 May 1813 in Rivesville, Marion, VA. Pat obtain the date from the grave marker which states: David Morgan, Deceased, May 19, 1813, Aged 92. The marker is located in the Morgan family cemetery, on the farm of his son, Stephen Morgan, near Rivesville, Marion Co., VA (WV).

Tags: Morgan, Genealogy