Hilton family John Hilton. Cocanoughers great-grandfather, came to Kentucky from Buchanan County, Va., in 1777. He married Margaret Ferril. one of the eight children that escaped from Baughman Massacre, east of Crab Orchard in 1779. Margaret was the mother of: Obedience, who married John McDonald; John, who married Amy Conners, and died Jan. 25, 1868; William: Henry; Eleanor, who married Adam Young; Matilda; Charles; Powell; Malinda, who married Jonothan Young; Ruth, who married Peter Lawson; Margaret, who married a Hilton; Martha, who married George Cocanougher; and Cristenia, who also married a Hilton. George and Martha Cocanougher had the following children, listed with their birth dates: Christopher Columbus, Dec. 12, 1824; William May, Feb. 7, 1826; Jacob, July 27, 1827; George, March, 6, 1829; John, March 3, 1831; Andrew Jackson, Feb. 23, 1833; Francis Marion, Dec. 21, 1834; Melvina, Jan. 18, 1837; Henry Harrison, June 5, 1839; Letisha, Oct. 21, 1841; and Adam, April 8, 1846. All were born on Louse Run. Obedience and John McDonald were the parents of: Elizabeth Baker, who married Nelson Sweeney; Charlatta died single; William Chandler, who married four or five times; Margaret, who married John Padget; Matilda, who married a Kidwell; Rachel Scott; Joseph Dram; Violeta, who married George W. Nicholes; Eleanor died single; George Henry, who married a Lansdowns; Oswal died single; and Martha, who married James Davis Simmons. John McDonald died Nov. 15, 1833. The Rev. W.C. Hilton died Dec. 25, 1897, after falling off a horse. (The Hilton family information was told by Martha McDonald Simmons to her son, John Simmons, near Macomb, 111., in 1912.) Families and places Martha Hilton Cocanougher remembers families that lived in the area of Louse Run, Long Run School, Forks of Long Run, Beech Creek and Deep Creek Turnpike, Carter Hall School, Deep Creek School, Prather Creek, Mackville Road, Prather's Creek, Clear Creek, Jefferson School, Perryville-Springfield Turnpike, Stewart, Warness Gap, Pottsville and Texas. Families living in those areas include: Johnnie Kimberlin, Jacob Cocanougher, John M. Coyle, Henry Baggs, Mike Young, Jack Paddack, Smith Noel, Ebb Trobridge, Richard Boswell, Sammy Waters, Billy Graves, Andrew Young, James Wood, Lizzie Best, Joshua Law-son, Joshua Elliott, Daniel Holderman, Susan Taylor, Marion A. Brady, Joe Wilson, Harvey Lawson, Jordan Lawson, John Keys, George C. Martin, John Calvin Martin, Adam Young; Joseph Good, John Souther- land, Richard Best, John Whitehouse, Evan Shewmaker, Willie Campbell, Billy Mayes, Marion Young, Mays Young, Dee Yankey, M.D.L. Young, Wes Kimberlin, Neal Whitehouse, Riggs Martin, Marion Brady, Jack Noel; John M. Russell, Harry Hilton, Berry May, Jack Cocanougher, Hanson Robertson, Dick Jeffries, Sam Turner, William Cocanougher, Dr. Baker, Bert Coyle, Bob Dorsey, George Webb, Woodrum Reynolds, Noaly Lanham, Tom Lanham, Milton Taylor, Sallie Fowler, Johnny Potts, Sallie Key, Johnson Stump, G.P. Campbell, Sallie Gwinn, Frank Deering, Stewart Isham, Jim Thomas, Robert Milburn, Beckett Wilson, Zack Taylor, Milton Spraggins, Jim Flint, J.M. Harmon, Nance Warner, Henry Carpenter, Charlie Powell, John Bottoms, Filmore Mil-burn, Perry Lanham, Martin Matherly, Ben Barns, Jane Shaver, Elexious Fowler and Rachel Silvers. Elliotte family Mandiville Elliotte was the son of Richard Elliotte who lived near J.H. Cocanougher in Texas in 1822. In 1845, he married Marinda Young and moved to the headwaters of the south fork of Deep Creek. The diary described Mandiville as a person who drank just about all his life, was spoiled, being the only son, and a bad farmer. He was a good shot in his earlier days and a great fox and raccoon hunter. He married four times and died in the spring of 1898.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
A Song After the Battle of Spotsylvania by George Humphrey
MY NIAGARA
A Song After the
Battle of Spotsylvania
Home of my heart I sing
of thee—
Niagara,
My Niagara!
Thy lake-bound shores
I long to see,
Niagara!
From Olcott’s groves
and whispering pines,
To where the
Cataract’s waters shine,
Around my heart sweet
memories twine,
Niagara,
My Niagara!
Dark rolled the
Rappahannock’s flood,
Niagara,
My Niagara!
All crimson with thy
son’s best blood,
Niagara!
Still Spotsylvania is
out boast,
Although for us the
day was lost,
We saved thy honor at
great cost,
Niagara,
My Niagara!
When weary watching
traitor foes,
Niagara,
My Niagara!
The welcome night
brings sweet repose,
Niagara!
The soldiers weary
for the fight,
Sleep sound, nor fear
the rebels’ might
Niagara is on guard
tonight,
Niagara,
My Niagara!
And when the happy
day shall come,
Niagara,
My Niagara!
That brings thy war-worn
heroes home,
Niagara!
What welcome from thy
cataract roar,
Shall on the ears of
heroes pour,
What tears for those
who come no more
Niagara,
My Niagara!
By George Humphrey
Skeel’s Post
349, GAR Hartland, N. Y.
My Niagara is a poem written by George Humphrey about his experience in the Civil War Battle at Spotsylvania, Virginia. George Humphrey, an immigrant from England, enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 18 from Niagara County, New York. He participated in a number of engagements including Wilderness Campaign, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, and Petersburg.
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Johnny and the Boys...
