Here is some info on a Maryland family that has the names Charles and Clement
in the family:
#288 ANTHONY CARROLL
He was born in 1725 in Scotland. He was a British sailor who had been released
from military duties, because of being over age. With his wife Mary Donaway he
had immigrated to America by 1770. He was a weaver by trade. Anthony first
settled in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
He then took the advice to go west and went to Morgantown, Monongalia Co.,
Virginia. Here he found the Morgans (a large family) and the Indians involved
in arguments that made it unsafe for bystanders, so he along with others moved
into the fort at Granville. By 1776 he had bought the Kern's stone-house farm
(settled in 1774) along the Cheat River at Rock Forge, adjoining Dunkard
Bottom (the largest body of truly level land in present day Preston Co., known
for its sandy untillable soil), near Kingwood, Virginia. He patented these 400
acres in 1787. Later he bought a mill at Uffington, from a Morgan. He also
built a mill at Dellslow and operated both mills and the farm for several
years. He patented an additional 240 acres of land on Decker's Creek adjoining
Zebulon Hoge's in 1789.
Anthony and Mary had two children. After Mary's death he married a second wife
(name unknown), who died shortly after the marriage and had no issue. After
her death he married Rose Hall by whom he had another child. After her death
he took a fourth wife, a Mrs. Walls. At age 96 he walked from Morgantown to
Kingwood 23 miles away, in one day. Some of his descendants claim it was to
see a lady. He then walked back a few days later. Anthony died in 1832 at age
107.
Anthony and Mary's children:
1. James, see below.
2. Mary was born August 29, 1773 , she married in 1793, William Gordon and
moved to Ohio, she died June 3, 1812 in Greene Co., Pennsylvania, he died in
1849, her grandson William Gordon Worley later returned to Preston Co. to
become a State Senator, had issue- James, Sarah, Bazil, Margaret md. John
Stace Hoy, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Eleanor, Nancy, Anthony, Adam, William
married second, Mary Cain, he died in 1849 in Perry Co., Ohio.
Anthony and Rose's child:
3. Margaret married in Monongalia Co., on July 28, 1800, Godfrey Guseman and
settled in Morgantown, West Virginia, he may have served as a Lieutenant in
the Revolutionary War, had issue- Mary.
#144 JAMES CARROLL
Anthony and Mary's son James was born at Annapolis, Maryland on May 10, 1771.
He moved with his father to Virginia and lived at the fort at Granville, and
on the farm at Rock Forge. In 1792 he married Sarah "Ally" Van Kirk (see Van
Kirk family). In 1800 he purchased the 400 acre farm on Green's Run near
Kingwood for $100 (the farm was first patented in 1784). Some say that one of
their fathers gave them the tract with a cabin on it as a wedding present, of
course this was eight years after they married. The tract was in the family
until the 1960's when the tract was sold, and housing developments were built
there. They had four children. He served as a major in the militia in 1806.
Sarah died sometime after the 1860 census, when she is shown as living with
her son James.
James and Sarah's children (all born in "West" Virginia):
1. Anthony was born March 20, 1793, he married Sarah Miner , had issue- James
M; he married second Temperance Alley had issue- Eugene ran off young, Mary
md. Dr. William Herndon, John "S.P." md. Rebecca Swindler & Cynthia Bowman,
Lucinda d. young, Katherine md. Dr. J.C. Kenble, Margaret "Peggy" d. young,
James M. md. Elizabeth Burke, they lived in the Preston County area (had issue
Sarah md. Absolem Everly. Louise md. Oliver Dunn, Herdon Duval md. Elma
Herring); Anthony died in 1830.
2. William was born around 1795, he married Nancy, he served as a member of
the Virginia legislature, had issue- Godfrey md. Mary and moved to Harrison
Co., WV, Amos md. Marie Watson and moved to Keyser, WV (had issue- James, Mary
J. md. Mr. Taylor, Allen md. Ms. Ford, Emma md. Mr. Lee and Mr. Crooks,
Robert) , James Hawley (prominent Kingwood attorney) md. Josephine McKay,
Sarah md. Hugh Evans, Margaret md. John Morgan, Mary md. John Reese of
Morgantown, John md. Eunice Ball of West Union, Clarissa md. Jacob Snider &
Peter Smith, Kingwood hotelkeeper.
3. Mary was born in 1797, she married an innkeeper in Kingwood named Solomon
P. Herndon, she died in 1875, and is buried at Maplewood Cemetery.
4. James, see below.
#72 JAMES CARROLL JR.
James and Sarah's son James Carroll was born October 24, 1801, near Kingwood,
Monongalia Co., Virginia. He was named for his father. He spent some time as
a young man in Kentucky . In Kingwood he married on July 3rd (year unknown),
Sarah Reed (see Reed family) and had ten children. He kept his home farm and
purchased the S.P. Herndon farm (his brother-in-law). In 1860 he was worth
$2500 in real estate and $1620 in personal property. On October 29, 1861 at
the ripe old age of 60, he enlisted as a private in Company "B" 1stRgt. West
Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged on account of disability . In
1870 he was worth $5000 in real estate and $1000 in personal property. James
was County Treasurer for a long time and Assessor and Constable several times.
He was a member of the M.E. Church. Sarah died at home on January 3, 1874, at
the age of 67 of pleurisy . James died t the Exchange Hotel, of old age on
July 3, 1890 age of 89 . He was buried on July 5th . He was the oldest
citizen in the town at the time of his death. They are both buried in the
Maplewood Cemetery in Kingwood. James left his home farm of 190 acres to his
second oldest son Alfred.
James Jr. and Sarah's children (all born in "West Virginia"):
1. William R. was born October 30, 1828, he married Rebecca Pell, he served as
a minister in Kingwood, he died July 20, 1867, buried at Maplewood, she died
April 3, 1922, had issue- Clark A. (which was Charles Carroll's (below) middle
name, could this be a Reed family surname?).
2. Mary Ann was born around 1831, she married on February 7, 1867, Abraham
Miller of Kingwood, and settled in Preston Co. (she is not listed in father's
will).
3. Nancy was born around 1834, she married February 23, 1854 , Adam Bishop of
Kingwood, and settled in Preston Co., she died before her father, had issue-
Harry (who was intentionally left out of James Carroll Sr.'s estate) and
others
4. Alfred, see below
5. Solomon H. was born in 1836, he married in Marshall Co., WV on October 22,
1865, Mary J. Edwards , and settled in Taylor Co., West Virginia, he died in
1871, buried at Maplewood, had issue.
6. Amanda was born around 1841, she married John Forman a painter and settled
in Preston Co., she died April 27, 1881, had issue- Jane Bell.
7. Martha M. was born in 1841, she died as a young adult on January 19, 1872,
buried at Maplewood.
8. Eliza was born July 31, 1845, she died of consumption as a young adult on
October 10, 1872 , buried at Maplewood.
9. Charles M. was born January 1, 1848, he married December 8, 18757, Rachel
Virginia Bower of Morgantown, and settled in Preston Co., he was a conductor
on the T, K & F, she died January 19, 1904, he died June 2, 1911.
10. Louise was born after 1850 and died as a child by 1860.
#36 ALFRED CARROLL
James and Sarah's son Alfred was born on August 16, 1835, at Kingwood, Preston
Co., Virginia2 . As of 1860 he was living adjacently to his brother William
and was worth $320. He married Elizabeth J. Scott (see Scott family) on
February 21, 1866, in Kingwood, Preston Co., now West Virginia. They lived on
the Carroll farm in Kingwood District. He was a coal miner and a farmer. He
did not fight in the Civil War (per the National Archives), however my father
has a picture of him participating in the 1921 Blue/Grey day celebrations
honoring veterans in Kingwood. They had seven children. She died of heart
disease at age 45 on October 15, 1884, at Kingwood2 leaving him a widower with
the youngest child being only 7 years of age. According to the 1900 census the
farm was owned free and clear. His son Clement and family lived with him then.
Alfred died of heart disease on December 14, 1922, at age 87 at Kingwood .
They are both buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Kingwood.
Alfred and Elizabeth's children (all born in Kingwood):
1. Charles Clark, see below.
2. Harvey Wayne was born August 24, 1869, he married Theodicia Elliott, they
settled in Kingwood, she died in 1930, he died May 18, 1937, no issue.
3. Myrtle Mollie was born September 29, 1870, she married June 20, 18927 ,
Edgar C. Everly, they settled in Kingwood, he died in 1941, she died June 7,
1957, no issue.
4. Clement Solomon was born March 30, 1872, he married April 6, 1899 , Mary
"Mollie" B. Trickett, they settled in Kingwood, he died May 10, 1952, she died
July 16, 1963, had issue- Mildred md. Mr. Cobun (had issue Iris Cobun Warjacki
of Weirton, WV).
5. James William "Will" was born August 27, 1873, he married March 25, 1879,
Winifred Budalier, had issue- Evelyn Gertrude, after her death on May 12,
1913, he married second on September 14, 1916, Bessie Reeder, , had issue-
Pearl Lucille d. young, Florence E. md. Edwin Michael (she was found dead in a
Washington D.C. hotel room), he settled in Cedar Co., Iowa, she died
September 27, 1953, he died July 26, 1954 in Tipton, he is buried in Clarence,
Iowa.
6. Frank Miller was born June 6, 1875, he married April 6, 1900, Frances B.
Carmann, after her death on October 5, 1927, he married second in January
1928, Mary Frankhause Wolfe, they settled in Kingwood, he died April 26,
1958, she died May 18, 1960, no issue.
7. Alverna Louretta was born October 10, 1877, she married Harry Glenn
Schaeffer and settled in Kingwood, he died in 1962, she died December 7, 1965,
had issue- Glenn Donavan md. Ruth Parker, Helen md. Albert Unger (their
daughter Linda Unger Royce lives in Kingwood).
#18 CHARLES CLARK CARROLL
Alfred and Elizabeth's oldest son Charles Clark was born on March 26, 1868 at
Kingwood,