The Jarrard Familiy - Generation Three

Generation Three

TWO SONS OF THOMAS JARRARD

JOHN JARRARD & ELIZABETH HARRISON

GEORGE JARRARD & MARY JANE CUMMINGS

Louisa County Genealogical Society

Prepared by Norma F. Jennings

1997-2009

This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my written consent.

15. JOHN JARRARD (Thomas², Andrew¹)was born about 1805 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Harrison, November 13, 1824 in St. Clair County, Illinois. They were later divorced. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Harrison (b. 13 Dec. 1779 in Georgia or S.C., died 27 October 1867 in Minneapolis, MN.) and Margaret Galbraith (b. 10 July 1782 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C., d. 25 January 1852 in Belleville, Il., daughter of John Wesley Galbraith and Martha Grant. - Credit- Everett Locke) They divorced and Elizabeth married Aaron Fisher 2 Jan 1842 and had four sons, Thomas, Abel, William and Orrin

Two daughters:

35. Mary Ann Jarrard

36. Margaret Jarrard, born January 13, 1826 in Belleville,Il; died 12 December 1898 in Brooklyn Ctr. Mn; Married Mahlon A. Green November 9, 1847 in Belleville, Illinois.

GEORGE³ JARRARD AND MARY JANE CUMMINGS

20. GEORGE JARRARD (Thomas²; Andrew¹)

b. 1819
d. ca. 1880-1885
m. 3 June 1841 in St. Clair Co., Illinois

sp. Mary Jane Cummings, daughter of John H. Cummings and Mary Hubbard, formerly of New Hampshire and Tuscawaras Co., Ohio.

Children:

37. Louisa Ann Jarrard married James McAtlin as his second wife

38. Benjamin Jarrard, b.28 February 1847, St. Clair Co., Illinois

George Jarrard, the youngest son of Thomas Jarrard and Rebecca Fee was only four years old when his father died in 1823. When he was eight years old, his mother, Rebecca (Fee) Jarrard married Colonel Cornelius Gooding on 18 March 1827. His stepfather died 14 January 1834 when he was fifteen. Little more is known of George's life until 21 January 1839 when he purchased 40 acres of land for $1.25/acre in Monroe County, Illinois and another 40 acres for $1.25/acre on 12 February 1839.

George and Mary Jarrard were in Illinois when the 1860 census was taken. Mary J. Jarrard was listed as age 45 in 1850, but listed as 50 ten years later. placing her birth between 1805-1810 and older than her brother Ebenezer. George and Mary Jane (Cummings) Jarrard came to Washington County after Mary Jane's brother Abel Cummings died leaving some orphan children. Abel's wife, Susannah, had preceded him in death. George and Mary took the two youngest girls, Sarah Isabella (Isabel) and Susanna (Ann) into their home for a period of time. The children's uncle, William Cummings, was named as their guardian and executor of their father Abel's estate and on 13 November 1869, William Cummings transferred the South side of the east half of SE 1/4 of Section 35 in T74R7W to George Jarrard. This property lay near that of Hugh and Nancy Ellen Fulton.

From the census records it is evident they were still living in 1880 and Mary Jane was recorded asthmatic, which also may have been an indication of heart failure. Failing health may have been the reason they were living with Ben and Nancy Jarrard. They cannot be found in an 1885 Washington Co. census record. A note in my grandmother Mary Jarrard's papers says that George Jarrard died at the home of Miles Peck south of Coppock where he went to visit and took a bad attack of stomach trouble which he had been subject to for many years and couldn't get his usual doctor, Dr. Terry of Brighton. Unfortunately, she neglected to write down the date in her memoirs. A thorough review of cemetery and casket records of funeral homes in Washington County and nearby county records failed to reveal their exact death dates.

Generation Four

37. LOUISA ANN⁴ JARRARD MCATLIN⁽²⁾ (Geo.³; Thos.²; And.¹)

b. 1844 in Centerville, ILL

d. 1929 Obit. does not give date, just states dies Sunday, services, Tuesday afternoon at L. J. Jones funeral home.

married, as his second wife, James McAtlin in 1873⁽³⁾

b. 1841

d. September 1895 near Crawfordsville.

Children of James McAtlin and Martha Cummings:

45. Flora Emma McAtlin b. 19 April 1865, d. 31 May 1908, unm.

46. William McAtlin

47. ?, another girl, name unknown

Children of James McAtlin and Louisa Jarrard⁽⁴⁾:

48. Marcus McAtlin married 1906 to Alice Lewis(April 30, 1875-April 5 1960), daughter of Jesse and Martha Smith Lewis. No descendants.

49. George Howard McAtlin

50. Mildred McAtlin m. George Timberman, Davenport, Ia. Two known children: Clarence and Lucille. No further information.

51. Mary McAtlin m. ______ Mason, Neoga, Ill

52. Leafa McAtlin

1. The term Jr. in the old records does not necessarily mean his father has the same name. The term Jr. was used to designate the younger of two when more than one lived in the same area.

2. Information on Louisa's family was located in 1993 after the death of Florence Snider Bender. Found was Howard McAtlin's obituary giving names of brothers and sisters. Photographs of the McAtlin girls and of Clarence Timberman and George and Mildred Timberman with information on them.

3. James McAtlin was married first to Louisa's first cousin Martha Cummings.Martha J. Cummings died May 27, 1870 at the age of 39. Buried in Rumble Cemetery.

4. Children named in Louisa's obituary. Also have photos of Mary and Leafa.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN⁴ JARRARD AND NANCY ELLEN FULTON

38. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN⁴JARRARD (Geo.³; Thos.²; And.¹)

b. 28 February 1847, St. Clair Co., Illinois

m. 26 February 1874, Washington Co, Iowa

d. 26 March 1926

bur. Green Mound Cemetery, near Trenton

p. George and Mary Jane (Cummings) Jarrard

gp. Thomas and Rebecca (Fee) Jarrard

ggp. Andrew Jarrard

ggp. John H. and Mary Cummings from New Hampshire to Steubenville, Ohio in 1810. Died 1823. Children moved to St. Clair Co., Ill.

sp. Nancy Ellen Fulton (See Appendix D for Fulton Family History)

b. 23 December 1853, Augusta Co., Virginia

d. 31 March 1924 at Rome at 4:15 a.m. of quinsy

bur. Green Mound Cemetery

p. Hugh and Mary Ann (Beck) Fulton
gp. Harvey and Ellen (Smiley) Fulton
gp. David and Nancy (Henderson) Beck, came to Wash. Co., Ia. 1857- 8
ggp. Martha Fulton
ggp. Archibald and Mary (Hannah) Smiley
ggp. George and Nancy (Reed) Henderson, both born in Scotland 1780-1784 and married in Scotland. Their children were born in Scotland and Connecticut. Came to Augusta Co., Virginia before 1830 as marriage records of children are found in Augusta Co. Nancy conveyed interest in land willed by her husband to her and her son, David, to Robert Craig in 1858 about the same time as the Fulton family came to Iowa.
ggp. Daniel and Elizabeth (Summers) Beck

gggp. Walter Smiley, Jr. son of our immigrant ancestor, Alexander Smiley, who came to America with his brother Walter Smiley from Ulster County, Ireland, in the early part of the 18th century.⁽¹⁾
gggp. Robert Hannah (Prominent political figure in early history).
gggp. William and Margaret (Lusk) Fulton

ggggp. James and Sarah Fulton, both born in Ireland, originally settled in the northern colonies and went from New England to Augusta Co., Va. in 1739.
ggggp. John and Elizabeth (Reidenauer) Summers. John Summers was born in Germany around 1737 and died in Augusta Co., Va. in 1803. He married Elizabeth Reidenauer in Montgomery Co.,Pa. 24 January 1764. Both are buried at St. John's Reformed Church, Augusta Co., Virginia.

gggggp. William Lusk, Sr.

Children:

39. Clarence Elmer, b. 12 March 1875

53. Bertha May, b. 8 December 1876

54. Mary Belle, b. 4 July 1880

55. George William, b.14 December 1881

56. Benjamin Butler, b. 30 April 1884

57. Homer Glen, 13 October 1885

58. Walter Waldo, b. 8 September 1889

59. Carl Eugene, b. 2 May 1893

Benjamin Franklin Jarrard was born and raised in St. Clair Co. near Centerville (now called Millstadt) about fourteen miles from St. Louis. Belleville was the county seat of St. Clair Co. Benjamin came to Iowa with his parents when he was nineteen years old according to family tradition. THE LETTERS OF GREAT GRANDMA NANCY ELLEN FULTON

A few of the letters and postcards written by Nancy Ellen Fulton Jarrard to her daughter, Mary, were saved by my grandmother. The first of these was written 24 February 1899 and has a Coppock, Iowa postmark. Punctuation and spelling are reproduced as she wrote them.

"Dear Daughter Mary, as Papa is going to Coppock this afternoon, write you a few lines he is out milking my rose she has a young calf we moved tuesday it rained on us all the way made it disagreeable ever since Bertha helped and the neghbors turned out and helped haul haven't been feeling very well since but I walked down to prayer meeting last night had a good meeting Brother will be here week from tomorrow night I want you to come home the friday before if we can't come after you try to come out with some of the neighbors perhaps you can meet someone at Bowmans if we come in on Friday we will try to see you at noon if we can't try to come on Saturday Billy Snyder was here and took supper with us night before last night Rennig is staying with John Lynn going to school this week this is the last day him and George are the ones that went today I will have to close haven't washed my dinner dishes yet so goodby come if you can this leaves us all reasonably well yours truly Mama"

Mary Belle was staying in Washington at the time and attending high school. Billy Snyder was later to become her husband. The next is a postcard written and posted 4 October 1910 from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

"Dear Mary I will write a few lines to tell you not to look for us until you see us we want to get all the important work done first and it looks like there is no end to it. Pa is cutting corn has sold Caly for $37 1/2 and bought a span of yearling colts I sent a case of eggs to town Saturday cand 33 quarts of pears an 43 of tomatoes grandma sold her colt for sixty dollors don't know how soon the sale will be Wes was up a fryday he bought 13 bushels of potatoes from the preacher in Trenton Pa took him home an they went to town and got him a cook stove an table had done all of his cooking on his oil stove he was up to Noble last week look over the fence an counted 50 chickens a lot missing Rob Leeper is tending to them now John is going to move to Mo soon well I may wright a card when we get ready to start my scribe."

Please take note, the above postcard was addressed to `ms.' Mary b. Snyder. (A term we have come to think of as a modern derivation.) The one written in 1819 was addressed to Miss Mary b. Jarrard and the last one postmarked January 14, but written 13 January 1922 was addressed to Mrs. William Snyder, Rubio, Iowa.

"Dear Dot and family will try to answer your letter am ashamed to have been so slow but the doctor that treated mother if she is still living & which I doubt I don't suppose she is able to work any more as she was so old and deaf then that she couldn't hear the thunder her name was Ryann how is wm feeling now George's and Homer's were down and brought a flour sack of apples. Mama"

Circled around the edge of the postcard is written -

"how is you chickens running have been looking for bertha all week please write"

My sister and I each have a song book that has written on the inside page, belonged to Grandma Jarrard. These two song books have only the words to the songs with no music to them. The two books are identical.

Grandma Mary Belle Jarrard Snider (#39) left a notation in her tiny notebook as follows: Bought at B.F. Jarrard's sale after Nancy died.

Dresser -   .80
Carpet -     .80
rug -           .50
pillows - 1.30
quilt -       1.95
feather bed 2.00