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Subject: [MOSTCHAR-L] EARLY FAMILIES OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY written 1876 first part of C
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COSBOW - William Cosbow, a native of Wales, married MARY HUGHES, an
Irish girl, and emigrating to America, settled in N.C. He went with
DANIEL BOONE on one of his expeditions to KY., and was killed by the
Indians at the head of the KY river. He had but one child, a son, named
William. His widow married JONATHAN BRYAN, several years after the death
of her first husband, and they came to St. Charles Co. in 1800. Her son
was raised by his step-father, who loved him as one of his own children.
He served in the war against the Indians, and afterward married
ELIZABETH ZUMWALT, of St. Charles Co. They had 3 children: Andrew J.,
Phoebe A., and John B., all of whom are still living.
CAMPBELL - Dr. Samuel Campbell and his wife, SALLY ALEXANDER, were
natives of Rockbridge Co., VA. They had 10 children, of whom William
M., the subject of this sketch, was the 5th. He was born in Jan. 1805,
and after having received a fair education at home, was placed under the
instruction of REV. WM. GRAHAM, at what was then called the "Log
College," but which was subsequently named Washington University, and is
now known as Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, VA. Here he
qualified himself for the practice of law, and at the age of 24, came to
MO. with his brother-in-law, DR. ROBERT MCCLUER, who settled in St.
charles Co. Young Campbell remained two years with his brother-in-law,
hunting and amusing himself, and then went to St. Charles and commenced
the practice of law. He remained in St. Charles until 1843, when he
removed to St. Louis, where he died, Jan. 2, 1850. Mr. Campbell wielded
a large influence in his adopted state, and served as a member of the
legislature during the greater portion of his residence here. He was
editor of the St. Charles Clarion, for some time, and also of the St.
louis New Era, by which means his influence and reputation were greatly
extended.
COTTLE - Warren Cottle, of Vermont, was a soldier in the war of 1812. He
had 6 children: Warren, Ira, Oliver, Stephen, Marshall, and Letitia.
Warren was a physician, and came with his father to MO. in 1799. He
married his cousin, SALOME COTTLE, and they had 8 children: Oliver,
Alonzo, Fidelo, Alvora, Lorenzo, Paulina, Ora, and O'Fallon. Ira also
married his cousin, SUBY COTTLE, and they had 6 children: Leci, Harriet,
Warner, Ira, Joseph and Mary J. Oliver married CHARITY LOWE, and they
raised 13 children: Royal, Leroy, Oliver, Mary, Orville, Priscilla,
Lethe, Juliet, John, Ira, Julius, Ellen and Cordelia. Stephen married,
but died without issue. Marshall died single. Letitia married and died
childless. Lorenzo Cottle, son of Dr. Warren Cottle, founded the town of
Cottleville, in St. Charles Co. in 1840.
COALTER - The ancestors of the Coalter family of St. Charles were
members of the Presbyterian colony that settled in Augusta Co., VA. at
an early date. From among them we have obtained the following names:
David, John, Polly, Jane, and Ann. John was married 4 times. His 3rd
wife was a MISS TUCKER, sister of JUDGE BEVERLY TUCKER, and half-sister
of JOHN RANDOLPH, of Roanoke. They had 2 children - St. George and
Elizabeth. The latter married JOHN RANDOLPH BRYANT, of Flovanna Co., VA.
David married ANN CARMICLE, of S. C. and the names of their children
were John D., Beverly T., Maria, Catharine, Fanny, Caroline, and Julia.
Polly married JUDGE BEVERLY TUCKER, who became eminent as a jurist. They
had no children. Jane married JOHN NAYLOR, of PA. They settled in KY.,
but removed to MO. in 1818. They had 7 children: James, John, William,
Thomas, Caroline, Sophronia and Ann. The boys all died about the time
they were grown. Ann married a MR. WARD, of KY. - Children of David
Coalter.) John D. married MARY MEANES, of S. C. and settled in St.
Charles Co., where he lived until 2 years prior to his death, when he
removed to St. Louis. He had but one child. Mr. Coalter was a talented
and influential attorney, and also a leading member of the legislature
of his state. Beverly T. was a physician. He married ELIZABETH MCQUEEN,
of Pike Co., where he resided. They had 3 children, one son and 2
daughters. Dr. Tucker was a gentleman of fine business qualifications.
Maria married HON. WILLIAM C. PRESTON, of S. C., and died, leaving 1
daughter, who died when she was about grown. Catharine married JUDGE
WILLIAM HARPER, of S. C., who removed to MO., and became judge of the
court of Chancery. They had several children, but only one survives.
Fannie married DR. DAVID H. MEANES, of S. C. The doctor removed to MO
and remained a short time, and then returned to S. C., where his wife
died. They had several children. Caroline married HAMILTON R. GAMBLE, of
St. Louis. They had 2 sons and 1 daughter. Julia married HON. EDWARD
BATES, and is now a widow, living in St. Louis. (Children of JANE NAYLOR
nee COALTER.) Caroline Naylor married DR. WILLIAM B. NATT. They removed
to Livingston, S. C., where Dr. N. died, leaving a widow and 5 children.
Sophronia married JAMES W. BOOTH of Pike Co., MO; who subsequently
removed to St. Louis, and became a commission merchant. Their children
were: John N., Thomas, Edward B., and George. Ann married a MR.
MCPHEETERS, who died, leaving two sons, James and Theophile, who removed
to Mississippi, where they married and raised large families.
CASTLIO - John Castlio, of Tennessee, married a widow named LOWE, whose
maiden name was HARRISON. They settled in St. charles Co. in 1806. The
names of their children were Ruth, Lottie, Mahala, Sinai, John H., Nancy
and Hiram. Lottie married WILLIAM KEITHLEY. Ruth married FRANK MCDERMID,
who was killed at Callaway's defeat. They had 2 children: Rhoda and
Viletta. Mahala married BENJAMIN HOWELL, and they had 11 children. Sinai
married ABSALOM KEITHLEY. John H. married the widow of CAPT. JAMES
CALLAWAY, whose maiden name was NANCY HOWELL. Nancy married FELIX SCOTT.
Hiram died when he was about grown. The names of John H. Castlio's
children were John C., Fortunatus, Jasper N., Othaniel C., Hiram B., and
Zerelda E.
CAMPBELL - James Campbell, of Scotland, settled in Essex Co., VA., and
married a MISS MONTAGUE. They had only one child, James J., when Mr.
Campbell died, and his widow married a MR. STUBBS, of Richmond. James,
Jr., married LUCINDA S. GAUTKINS, of VA., and they had 10 children: Mary
M., Thacker, Charles G., Nancy H., Catharine L., James E., Elijah F.,
John, Caroline, and Lucy H. Mrs. Campbell died, and her husband was
married a 2nd time to CATHARINE HEIHM of Lynchburg. He was a soldier in
the war of 1812, and died in 1872, in his 85th year. His widow still
lives (1875) in her 80th year, but is sorely afflicted, being both blind
and deaf.
CANNON - Joseph Cannon married NANCY SITTON, of N.C., and settled first
in Tennessee, where he remained until 1811, when he removed to St.
Charles Co., MO. During the Indian war he and his family lived in
Kennedy's fort. Mr. Cannon was a great hunter and Indian fighter, and
had a great many adventures. He once tracked a bear to a hollow log, and
began to kindle a fire to smoke it out; but as he was stooping down to
blow the flames, the bear sprang out of the log and threw him on his
back, and then ran away. He was so badly scared that he never saw the
bear any more. The names of Mr. Cannon's children were Philip, Sarah,
Rachel, Keziah and Nancy. Philip married ELIZABETH MCCOY, and they had
10 children: George, Julia A., Rachel, William R., Nancy, Ellen, John,
David M., Sarah, and Mathaneer. Sarah married JERRY BECK of Lincoln
County and is now a widow. Rachel married RAPHAEL FLORATHEY, and lives
in Iowa. Nancy married JOHN CREECH, of Lincoln Co. Keziah died single.
CARTER - Thomas Carter, of VA., married JUDITH MCCRAWDY, and their
children were Jesse, Thomas, Edward, Lawson, Christopher, and Dale.
Thomas married NANCY HUTCHINGS, of VA., and settled in St. Charles Co.
in 1836. Christopher married MARY SOIZES, whose father served 7 years in
the revolutionary war. They settled in St. charles Co. in 1830. The
names of their children were Frances, Rebecca, James, Jane, Christopher,
Judy, Thomas M., Mary, George and Rolla. Thomas M. is the present
sheriff of Lincoln County. (1875)
COLLINS - The father of William Collins was an Englishman. At an early
age, William was bound out to learn the carpenter's trade, but becoming
dissatisfied, he ran away and got married, which suited him better. He
married JANE BLAKEY, of Warren Co., VA., and they had 6 children:
George, John, Reuben, Fanny, Elizabeth and William. John married FANNY
CURTLEY, and settled in Franklin Co., MO. George married JANE EDDINGS,
of Warren Co., VA., and settled in St. Charles Co., MO. in 1825. They
had 17 children: Sarah, Elizabeth, Frances, Smith, Eliza, Nancy,
Clarissa, James, Elijah, Thomas, William, Tandy, George, Sandy, Jane,
Mary and Joseph. Sandy, Joseph and Mary died before they were grown.
Elizabeth, Eliza and Clarissa married and remained in VA. Sarah and
Nancy married and settled in Warren Co., MO. Smith married EMILY WYATT,
and moved to Oregon. Thomas, William and Frances settled in Henry Co.,
MO. Elijah settled in Arkansas, and George in Warren Co., MO.
COLLINS - Nicholas Collins, of England, married MARGARET LONG, of VA.,
and they had 2 children, John and Lucy. John married ELIZABETH YAGER, of
VA., and settled in St. Charles Co., MO. in 1831. His children were
Sarah, Lucinda, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, William K., and John J., all of
whom except Sarah and John, settled in St. Charles county.
CARR - Elijah Carr was of Irish descent. He settled first in Hagarstown,
Maryland, and in 1798 removed to Shelby Co., KY., from whence, in 1829,
he removed to St. Charles Co., MO., where he died in 1832. He kept a
distillery, and was a keen, shrewd horse-trader. His children were Ruth,
James and John. Ruth married WILLIAM BOYD, of MO. James was a zealous
member of the old Baptist church, but joined the Missionary baptists
when the division took place. He married SUSAN JONES, daughter of SILAS
JONES of Shelby Co, KY, and they had 9 children: Sally, Elizabeth,
Hellen, Mary R., John, William, Susan L., James and Eliza J. Mrs. Carr
died in 1834, and he died in 1836. John Carr married MARY DORSEY, of
KY., and they had 9 daughters. They lived at Louisville, KY., where Mr.
Carr died in 1865.
COLLIER - The father of John and George Collier lived in the state of
New Jersey, not far from the city of Philadelphia. He died when they
were quite young, and their mother, being an energetic, industrious
woman, determined to do the best she could for herself and family. She
purchased two milk cows with the little money that her husband had left
her, and opened a small dairy. It was not long until she owned and
milked one hundred cows, and in a few years, had accumulated a handsome
fortune. Desiring to come west, she sold her dairy and other property,
and, in 1815, came to St. Charles, with her two sons and $40,000 in
cash. The two boys, being no less energetic than their mother, supplied
themselves with a small stock of goods, and for several years followed
the tiresome and dangerous calling of country peddlers, carrying their
goods on their backs. They made money, and in a few years, opened a
store in St. charles. here they rapidly augmented their means, and
desiring to extend their business, they established a branch store at
Troy, in Lincoln County, and shortly after, another in St. Louis. Mrs.
Collier bought a residence in St. charles, and kept several negro women
busy making coarse shirts and various and various other kinds of
garments, which her sons sold in their stores. She was a devoted
Methodist, and as earnest and zealous in her religion as in everything
else. She always entertained the Methodist ministers when they came to
St. Charles, and kept a room in her house exclusively for their benefit,
no one else being allowed to use it. In 1830 she had erected upon her
own grounds, the first Methodist house of worship in St. Charles, which
was occupied by her congregation for religious services, free of rent.
She also authorized the occupancy of the house as a common school room
reserving, by way of rent, the privilege of sending four pupils of her
own selection, at the then customary tuition price of $1 per month,
each. The school progressed so satisfactorily that Mrs. Collier
determined to appropriate $5,000 to the building of a school house for
Protestant children in the village; and after giving the subject mature
deliberation, she broached it to her son, George. He not only heartily
commended her plan, but desired to build the house himself - a larger
and better one than $5,000 would procure - and that his mother's
donation should constitute an endowment fund for the institution. This
was agreed upon, and in 1834, that building, which has since been known
as St. Charles College, was erected, at a cost, including the grounds,
of $10,000. BERIAH CLELAND, well known to the older citizens of St.
Charles, was the builder. The college was opened in 1835, under the
presidency of REV. JOHN F. FIELDING; and for many years the President's
salary was paid out of Mrs. Collier's private purse. The college
prospered beyond expectation under the liberal patronage of its generous
benefactor, who gave in all, fully $50,000 to the institution. George
Collier did more for the cause of education in his adopted state, than
any other man, and has received but little credit for it. The alumni of
the college spread through Mississippi, Louisiana, and the western part
of this state, and opening schools and other institutions of learning
diffused the benefits of science and knowledge throughout an immense
extent of country. Many of the leading men and educators of this state
studied the science under the roof of his parent institution. Mrs.
collier died in 1835, but made provision in her will for the carrying
out of her part of the philanthropic enterprise. By some mistake the sum
donated by her was lost, but it was promptly replaced by her son, and at
his death, in 1852, he left an endowment of $10,000 for the college, on
condition that the county court of St. Charles county donate a similar
amount for the same purpose. The court complied with the requirements of
the will, and the college was promptly endowed with $20,000. George
Collier married FRIZE MORRISON, daughter of JAMES MORRISON, of St.
Charles. She was a Catholic, and according to the rules of her church,
could not be married by a protestant minister; but Mr. Collier, refusing
to be married by a priest, the ceremony was performed by JUDGE BENJAMIN
EMMONS. Mrs. Morrison wanted her daughter to be re-married by a priest
of her church, but Mr. Collier objected, saying that he was married well
enough to suit him, and then added, good-humoredly, that if she wanted
her daughter back again, she could take her. But the old lady concluded
to let the matter drop, and said nothing more about the second ceremony.
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