Jacob "Wayne" McElwain

Jacob Wayne BIRTH 4 Apr 1808 Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 30 Apr 1893 (aged 85) Beech, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Jacob Wayne Cemetery Calhoun County, West Virginia,

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Jacob Wayne, a son of Tunis and Catharine (Propst) McElwain, was born in Pendleton County, VA (WV) April 4, 1810 and died in Calhoun County, WV April 29, 1893.

The Mucklewain name has various spellings in the 1800s, but ended up being shortened to Wayne, with most of their descendants living in the greater Beech area of Calhoun County WV.

family

Jacob first married Christina Parsons, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bush) Parsons. His second wife was Rebecca (Nichols) McCune, a daughter of Levan and Margaret (Mace) Nichols and the widow of Daniel McCune, who died in prison. There were no known children of this marriage. Rebecca's sons, James & Solomon McCune, both served in Co.B 9th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War. He married lastly to Nancy Barnhouse. He had a total of eighteen children by two of his three wives.

From Find A Grave Memorial# 58271949

• Parents: Tunice Mucklewain (1773 - 1851)

Siblings:

• George Frederick McElwain (1794 - 1854)*
• Nancy Mucklewain Starcher (1816 - 1871)*

Spouses:

• Christina Parsons Wayne (1812 - 1854)*
• Rebecca Nichols Wayne (1793 - 1859)*
• Nancy Barnhouse Wayne (1836 - 1910)*

Children:

• Henry Wain (____ - 1864)*
• LeRoy Wayne*
• Thomas Wayne (1826 - 1896)*
• Elizabeth Wayne Kevan (1841 - 1929)*
• Jacob M Wayne (1847 - 1912)*
• Joseph Wayne (1850 - 1937)*
• Peter M Wayne (1866 - 1937)*
• James P. Wayne (1870 - 1948)*
• Stephen Hix Wayne (1872 - 1926)*
• Roseanna Wayne Carr (1876 - 1934)*
• Pricey Wayne Sampson (1877 - 1960)*

Additional children not listed above

• Margaret Wayne Tanner Lyons
• Leroy Wayne
• Elizabeth Wayne Kevan
• Henry Wayne/Wain (1845-1864)
• Joseph Wayne (1850-1939)

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The Descendants of Jacob and Christina (Parsons) Wayne Posted 28 Sep 2011 by MWNeff58 The Descendants of Jacob and Christina (Parsons) Wayne Leroy, Henry and Jacob were soldiers of the Civil War. Henry joined Company "A", 19th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army. He was captured in Calhoun County, West Virginia on November 1, 1863 and was sent to Wheeling, West Virginia, then to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. There he died August 16, 1864 of typhoid fever. He is buried in grave #207 in the cemetery at Camp Chase. Leroy was in Company "F", 9th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers. Jacob was in Company "F", 11th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers. Jacob was a fifer like his great uncle, Thomas, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Leroy and Jacob both fought for the union cause. They both lived most of their lives in the state of West Virginia, living in Meigs County, Ohio for a few years after the war. Thomas and Joseph lived their entire lives in Calhoun County, West Virginia. Joseph was an individualist, carving his and Aunt Betty's tombstones, making the caskets and checking them for fit long before either of their demise. He was a man of historical vision and vigor, always ready for whatever Providence decreed for him and his. The daughters of Jacob were also individualists, Margaret making a marriage contract with her second husband, John W. Lyons, giving her her widow's rights. Nancy was divorced from her first husband, John Conley. Elizabeth and her family left Meigs County, Ohio for Iowa, making their way across the country trapping and selling furs. Then they went on to California where her husband died. Elizabeth always returned home every two years hoping that her death would come while she was in the place of her birth. She died at Uncle Joe's place at Beech, West Virginia and was buried in the Wayne Cemetery. The second family of Jacob all lived in Calhoun and Clay Counties, West Virginia, except Mary who crossed the Ohio River to Meigs County, Ohio. Tunis and Stephen were carpenters and stone masons. James operated the store and post office at Valley Fork, Clay County, West Virginia. The Family of Wayne By Audra (Rickey) Wayne

The First Two Marriages Of Jacob Wayne Posted 29 Sep 2011 by MWNeff58 Notes About The Wayne Family Obtained From Joseph Wayne, Grandson of Tunis (Note from EDNA (WAYNE) ROTH, c1930: I took the information down in shorthand as Uncle Joe talked and can't make out Rebecca's last name. Her maiden name was obviously Nicholas (Nichols), and Grandpa was her second husband. Uncle Joe made no reference to the marriage of his brother Henry mentioned in the first paragraph, so I don't know whether he was killed in the war or not.) "My name is Joseph Wayne. I am the son of Jacob Wayne. Jacob Wayne was the son of Tunis Anthony Wayne. Tunis Anthony Wayne was the son George Wayne, who was a brother to Mad Anthony Wayne. My grandfather and great-grandfather both served in the battle of Point Pleasant under the generalship of Mad Anthony. My oldest brother, Leroy, in 1861 joined the Union army. My brother Henry joined the Rebel army. Jacob, my younger brother, joined the army about 1862. Another brother, Thomas, was a cripple and he always stayed home. My oldest sister , Margaret, married John Tanner. The next sister, Nancy, married John Corley. My youngest sister, Elizabeth, married James Kevan. My father's first wife's name was Christina (Tina) Parsons. His second wife was Rebecca Nicholas___ . His third wife was Nancy Barnhouse. In addition to the girls mentioned above in the first "bunch" of children (Grandpa Wayne's and Christina's) there were: Leroy who married Mary Ann Hardway Jacob who married Mary Haverty. Jacob served in Co. C 11th W. Va. Infantry, Civil War Thomas who married Martha Nicholas Joseph who married Elizabeth Truman The last "bunch" of children (Grandpa's and Nancy's) were: Tunis Anthony who married Mary Duncan, Millie Hall and Maggie Wagner Barbara Ellen who married Jerry Runnion Peter who married Almeda Cooper Paulser who married Mary Stockwell James Preston who married Mary Davis and Vinita Hathaway Roseanna who married Frank Hardway and "Bud" Carr Stephen Hicks who married Elizabeth Greathouse Pricy who married Floyd Sampson Mary who married Will Greathouse Dolly who died when she was a baby"

The Family of Wayne By Audra (Rickey) Wayne

The Descendants of Jacob and Christina (Parsons) Wayne Leroy, Henry and Jacob were soldiers of the Civil War. Henry joined Company "A", 19th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army. He was captured in Calhoun County, West Virginia on November 1, 1863 and was sent to Wheeling, West Virginia, then to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. There he died August 16, 1864 of typhoid fever. He is buried in grave #207 in the cemetery at Camp Chase. Leroy was in Company "F", 9th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers. Jacob was in Company "F", 11th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers. Jacob was a fifer like his great uncle, Thomas, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Leroy and Jacob both fought for the union cause. They both lived most of their lives in the state of West Virginia, living in Meigs County, Ohio for a few years after the war. Thomas and Joseph lived their entire lives in Calhoun County, West Virginia. Joseph was an individualist, carving his and Aunt Betty's tombstones, making the caskets and checking them for fit long before either of their demise. He was a man of historical vision and vigor, always ready for whatever Providence decreed for him and his. The daughters of Jacob were also individualists, Margaret making a marriage contract with her second husband, John W. Lyons, giving her her widow's rights. Nancy was divorced from her first husband, John Conley. Elizabeth and her family left Meigs County, Ohio for Iowa, making their way across the country trapping and selling furs. Then they went on to California where her husband died. Elizabeth always returned home every two years hoping that her death would come while she was in the place of her birth. She died at Uncle Joe's place at Beech, West Virginia and was buried in the Wayne Cemetery. The second family of Jacob all lived in Calhoun and Clay Counties, West Virginia, except Mary who crossed the Ohio River to Meigs County, Ohio. Tunis and Stephen were carpenters and stone masons. James operated the store and post office at Valley Fork, Clay County, West Virginia. The Family of Wayne By Audra (Rickey) Wayne

name. Her maiden name was obviously Nicholas (Nichols), and Grandpa was her second husband. Uncle Joe made no reference to the marriage of his brother Henry mentioned in the first paragraph, so I don't know whether he was killed in the war or not.) "My name is Joseph Wayne. I am the son of Jacob Wayne. Jacob Wayne was the son of Tunis Anthony Wayne. Tunis Anthony Wayne was the son George Wayne, who was a brother to Mad Anthony Wayne. My grandfather and great-grandfather both served in the battle of Point Pleasant under the generalship of Mad Anthony. My oldest brother, Leroy, in 1861 joined the Union army. My brother Henry joined the Rebel army. Jacob, my younger brother, joined the army about 1862. Another brother, Thomas, was a cripple and he always stayed home. My oldest sister , Margaret, married John Tanner. The next sister, Nancy, married John Corley. My youngest sister, Elizabeth, married James Kevan. My father's first wife's name was Christina (Tina) Parsons. His second wife was Rebecca Nicholas___ . His third wife was Nancy Barnhouse. In addition to the girls mentioned above in the first "bunch" of children (Grandpa Wayne's and Christina's) there were: Leroy who married Mary Ann Hardway Jacob who married Mary Haverty. Jacob served in Co. C 11th W. Va. Infantry, Civil War Thomas who married Martha Nicholas Joseph who married Elizabeth Truman The last "bunch" of children (Grandpa's and Nancy's) were: Tunis Anthony who married Mary Duncan, Millie Hall and Maggie Wagner Barbara Ellen who married Jerry Runnion Peter who married Almeda Cooper Paulser who married Mary Stockwell James Preston who married Mary Davis and Vinita Hathaway Roseanna who married Frank Hardway and "Bud" Carr Stephen Hicks who married Elizabeth Greathouse Pricy who married Floyd Sampson Mary who married Will Greathouse Dolly who died when she was a baby"

The Family of Wayne By Audra (Rickey) Wayne

"Grandfather Jacob was the youngest son of Tunis and Catherine (Propst) Muckelwaine. He was a strong disciplinarian but didn't employ the usual methods of punishment. Whenever his children misbehaved, he made them come to him and smell his old, dirty, stinking work hat. Dad said this was the worst of all punishment. He was born in 1810 in the Germany Valley of Pendleton County, Virginia, one of God's most beautious creations. He was too old to fight in the Civil War, but two of his sons fought for the North and one for the South. The life and times of these people, our ancestors, who wanted to live by their own laws without interference from remote governmental authority, is a fascinating story that cannot be told here. Grandmother Nancy was a woman of strong will and determined spirit, accomplished in the art of pioneer homemaking, and with a profound understanding of the foibles of the "younger set". Her father and his first wife, Mary McCune Bush, were the first persons married in what is now Calhoun County, West Virginia. She was born in Calhoun County in 1839 on Henry's Fork near Arnoldsburg. - Curtis Nelson Wayne" "Nancy, oldest daughter of Thomas and Drusella Barnhouse, married Jacob Wayne, a widower, who had been married twice before and had fathered eight children by his first wife. His two older sons were older than she. Nancy had ten children. Like most of the grandmothers of her day she raised and helped raise many of her grandchildren. Her grandchildren loved her and enjoyed going to her log cabin home to see her where she always had home made bread with jam and jellies for them. When she was in her seventies she was seen in a cherry tree, which she had climbed by herself, picking cherries. She did not interfere with her children and their responsibilities but always helped when they were in need of her. She felt that everyone. should be responsible for their commitments as she was for hers. She named her first son for her father-in-law, Tunis, and James and Stephen Hicks were named for her brothers-in-law. Nancy lived seventeen years after her husband's death and was buried on the Wayne farm with her husband, Jacob, and a grandchild, May, in a spot where her husband requested to be buried. Jacob's first wives were buried at the Beech Cemetery where other members of the Wayne family are buried." http://www.wvgenweb.org/calhoun/jacob2.htm

"George McElwain, a soldier of the War of 1812, was a farmer and a stockman. He settled at the mouth of Laurel Creek, then moved to the Amos Fork of Laurel Creek, Webster County, West Virginia, where he remained until his death. Thomas McElwain was the first settler on the south side of the Elk River, Braxton County, West Virginia, and he later moved across to the McElwain residence where he resided until his death. Tunis McElwain's daughters all married and raised families. Barbara lived in Braxton County, West Virginia, and Mary lived in Boone County, West Virginia. The other four, Dorotha, Catherine, Elizabeth and Nancy, all lived in what is now Calhoun County, West Virginia near their brother, Jacob. These children of Tunis and Catherine seem to have taken very seriously the Biblical phrase, "be fruitful and multiply". Seventy-three of their children can be located. There were probably more. Many of their sons were soldiers of the Civil War fighting for both the union and confederate causes. As the search goes on for information concerning this great family, not only in number but in deeds, we get a glimpse of the hardships and sufferings they must have endured. The foundation of this great nation was built by these people, so that the generations that come after them can add their deeds and accomplishments without the great sacrifice they made."

Letter From Jacob Wayne, Son of Tunis and Catherine (Propst) McElwain 1- Effie McElwain (oldest girl) married Vynent Fine & he was killed by the Indians & she married Rhueben Redaford 2- Nellie she married Norton Gum, second husband was William Baley 3- Polly she married Peter Cogar 4- Cathron married Jerry Brooks 5- Sarah married Charles Vinson "Only one aunt on my mothers side and she was a Props and married Henry Props" One Uncle on my fathers side & his name was Thomas McElwain and he lived on Blackwater in Virginia & he had one son, his son moved to Kentucky and I heard he raised a large family there. I am the only living McElwain in my family and I will be 84 years old the 4th day of April 1892. I was married to a parsons and had 10 children by her. Second wife was a Barnhouse and had 8 children by her. The youngest is 9 years old. I live on the west fork of little Kanawha River, 6 miles above Arnoldsburg, Calhoun Co. All the McElwains come to see me. (Signed) Jacob 2-10-1892

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Additional children not listed below: Margaret Wayne Tanner Lyons Leroy Wayne Elizabeth Wayne Kevan Henry Wayne/Wain (1845-1864) Joseph Wayne (1850-1939)

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