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[Note292]
DEATH: killed by indians
BURIAL: Buried near his father
BIOGRAPHY: BATTLE OF CAPTINA
Captina creek is a considerable stream, entering the Ohio about one mile above the Monroe county line Some of its branches have their source in this county, On the banks of that stream, at an early day, a sanguinary contest took place, known as the '' Battle of Captina. Its incidents are given below, as related by Martin Baker.
One mile below the Captina, on the Virginia shore, was Baker;s Fort, so named after my father, One morning in May, 1794, four men were sent over, accrding to custom, to the Ohio side, to reconnoitre. They were Adam Miller, John Daniels, Isaac, McCowan and John Shoptaw. Miller and Daniels took up stream, the other two down. The upper scouts were soon attacked by Indians and Miller killed. Daniels ran up Captina about three miles, but being weak from the Ioss of blood issuing from a wound in his arm was taken prisoner, into captivity, and subsequently released at the treaty of Greenville. The lower scouts having discovered signs of the enemy, Shoptaw swam across the Ohio and escaped; but McCowan, going up towards the canoe, was shot by Indians in ambush. Upon this, he ran down the bank and sprang into the water, pursued by the enemy, who overtook and scalped him. The firing being heard at the fort, they beat up for volunteers, there being about fifty men in the fort. Being much reluctance among them to volunteer my sister exclaimed, She wouldn't be a coward, This aroused the pride of my brother, John Baker, who before had determined not to go. He joined the others, fourteen in number, including Captain Abram Enochs. They soon crossed the river and went up Captina in single file, a distance of a mile and a half, following the Indian trail. The enemy came back on their trails, and were in ambush on the hillside, awaiting their approach. When sufficiently near, they fired on our people, but being on an elevated position, their balls passed harmless over them. The whites then treed. Some of the Indians came behind and shot Captain Enochs and Mr. Hoffman. Our people soon retreated, and the Indians pursued but a short distance. On their retreat my brother was shot in the hip. Determined to sell his life as dearly as possible, he drew off one side and secreted himself in a hollow, with a rock at his back, offering no chance for the enemy to approach but in front. Shortly after, two shots were heard in quick succession . Doubtless, one of them was fired by my brother, and from the signs afterward, it was supposed he had killed an Indian, The next day the men turned out and visited the spot. Enochs, Hoffman and John Baker were found dead and scalped. Enochs bowels were torn out his eyes, and those of Hoffman, screwed out with a wiping stick. The dead were wrapped in white hickorybark and brought over, to the Virginia shore and buried in their bark coffins, There were about thirty Indians engaged in this action, and seven skeletons of their slain were found long after, secreted in the crevices of rocks.'' The youngest man among the whites in this action, was Duncan McArthur, afterwards Governor of Ohio. After the death of Captain Enochs, he was chosen to command, and conducted the battle and retreat with marked ability. The Indians were the worsted party, having Iost at Ieast half their number in killed and wounded.
copied from Hardesty's history of Monroe County
RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)
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| _Isaac M. MOORE _____+
| | (1823 - 1882) m 1847
| _John William MOORE _____|
| | (1848 - 1937) m 1873 |
| | |_Margaret HARLAN ____
| | (1823 - 1854) m 1847
|_Margaret Sofrona MOORE _|
(1884 - 1938) m 1904 |
| _Henry WELLING ______+
| | (1817 - 1871) m 1848
|_Mary Elizabeth WELLING _|
(1854 - 1913) m 1873 |
|_Hannah YOHO ________+
(1827 - 1908) m 1848
[Note373]
Gladys Jackson
JACKSON, Gladys, 74, of 166 Patterson Road, Weirton, died Friday at the Carriage Inn. Steubenville. She is a member of the Church of God, Weirton She was preceded in death by her husband, George Jackson, in 1982, also by a brother and two sisters Surviving are a son, C. Ray Jackson of Daytona Beach, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Elvin (Margaret) Briggs of Weirton, and Wanda Moore of New Cumberland; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Friends received at Steel & Wolfe Funeral Home, Penco Road, Weirton. 7-9 p.m. today and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday, where services will be held at 1 p.m Monday . Interment in Greenlawn Memorial Park.New Martinsville.
RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)
_John WELLING _______
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_John WELLING ________|
| (1783 - 1858) m 1804 |
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| (.... - 2001)
_Henry WELLING ______|
| (1817 - 1871) m 1848|
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| (1784 - 1861) m 1804 |
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| (1861 - 1960)
| _Peter YOHO _________+
| | (1745 - 1823) m 1774
| _Lewis YOHO __________|
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| | |_Margaret BAKER _____+
| | (1761 - 1830) m 1774
|_Hannah YOHO ________|
(1827 - 1908) m 1848|
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(1805 - 1848) |
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[Note402]
MRS. ANNA W. STACKPOLE
Mrs. Anna Welling Stackpole (Aunt Ann) 98, one of Wetzel County's oldest residents died Thursday, April 14, 1960 at the home of her dauhter, Mrs. Jessie Higgenbotham at Pine Grove, after a lingering illness. She was born Nov. 4, 1860 in Marshall County near Cameron, a daughter of Henry and Hannah Yoho Welling. Her husband Elias died in 1939. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Higginbotham and Mrs. Lydia Willey, both of Pine Grove; three sons Albert of Barboursville, W. Va., Lee of Newell, and Carl of Pine Grove; 15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great- greatgrandchildren. She was a member of the Pine grove Church of Christ. The body lay in state at the home of Mrs. Jessie Higgenbotham whwre friends were received. Services were held Saturday, April 16th at the Pine Grove Church of Christ, with the minister, Mr. Raymond Norris, officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Jolliffe Cemetery.
RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)
_John WELLING _______
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[Note478] RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)
_John WELLING _______
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_John WELLING ________|
| (1783 - 1858) m 1804 |
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| (.... - 2001)
_Edward WELLING _____|
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[Note515] RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)
_Johannes YOHO _________
| (1712 - 1795) m 1734
_Peter YOHO _________|
| (1745 - 1823) m 1774|
| |_Susanna Catherine LAU _
| (1710 - ....) m 1734
_Lewis YOHO _________|
| (1794 - 1875) |
| | _John BAKER Captain_____
| | | (1740 - 1787) m 1762
| |_Margaret BAKER _____|
| (1761 - 1830) m 1774|
| |_Elizabeth SULLIVAN ____
| (1744 - 1836) m 1762
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| (1837 - 1911)
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[Note574] RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)
_Johannes YOHO _________
| (1712 - 1795) m 1734
_Peter YOHO _________|
| (1745 - 1823) m 1774|
| |_Susanna Catherine LAU _
| (1710 - ....) m 1734
_John YOHO __________|
| (1775 - 1853) m 1801|
| | _John BAKER Captain_____
| | | (1740 - 1787) m 1762
| |_Margaret BAKER _____|
| (1761 - 1830) m 1774|
| |_Elizabeth SULLIVAN ____
| (1744 - 1836) m 1762
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| (1804 - 1891)
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(1778 - 1885) m 1801|
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[Note664] RESEARCHER: Jack William Thomas (1946)