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He had a son Christopher, as well as Michael, the great grandfather of the subject, to whom was born Christopher, the grandfather, who married Hannah, daughter of Rudolph Snider (after whom Doll's Run was named), and who settled in Clay District in 1770, near Dunkard Creek, about the mouth of Doll's Run, and near where his children lived. To this union were born four sons and six daughters. Michael, oldest son, who according to the law of those days, heired his father's estate, and who married Tenie Shriver, to whom were born six sons and one daughter, Asa, who married Betty Myers; Christie married Katie Barrickman; Abe married Moore; Isaac married Amanda Tennant; William married Dora Rice; Benjamin married Kate Johnson; Catherine married Abram Brown. John married Abbie Inghrin, to whom were born one son and five daughters; Hannah, who married John Johnson; Mary married Greenberry Barrickman, who served as Sheriff of Monongalia County; Betty Anne married Sanford Fetty; Martha married James Clark; Rebecca married Joseph Barrickman; David Clark married Etta Morris; all of whom lived near the old home place most of their lives. Moses married Elizabeth Pyles, to whom were born four sons and one daughter; Drusilla married Alpheus Henderson; Barton was never married; David married Rebecca Layton; Christopher married Mary Lawlis; John married Violetta Norton. Elizabeth married Ben Lyming, to whom were born three sons; Margaret married Jaks Shriver; to whom were born three sons; Catherine, married Wm. Pyles, to whom were born one son and three daughters. Rebecca married Ben Shriver to whom were born three sons and three daughters; Mary married David Lough, to whom were born four sons and three daughters; Sarah married Washington Tennant, to whom were born two sons and two daughters; Barton Core, father of the subject, married Nancy Fleming Dec. 23, 1841; and who was a descendant of the old Scottish family of Flemings, whose Great-Grandfather, William Fleming of Scotch-Irish ancestry, was born in Scotland in 1717, removed to the north of Ireland prior to 1741, where, suffering religious persecution, he came to Kent County, Delaware, that year, and settled in Penn's Colony, on the Deleware, with his brothers, Robert and Archibald, taking up lands in Mispillion Hundred, Del. But in 1789, John, their brother, with three of William's sons, Nathan, Great-Grandfather of the subject, Boaz, and Benoni, removed to western Virginia, and settled on lands along the Monongahela River, at Fairmont, and elsewhere. William Fleming was twice married, first to Jean Frame, and after her death to Ann Hudson. By his first marriage he had seven children, and to his second union was born one son. Of children of the first marriage, Mary married Matthew Fleming; Andrew, no record; Nathan, Great-Grandfather, married Lydia Russom; William, died unmarried; Boaz married Elizabeth Hutchinson, and after her death married Eliza Laidley; Beniah married Elizabeth Turner; Benoni married Mary Stephenson. Of the second marriage, Thomas married Ann Wood; Of the children of Nathan Fleming, Mary married Alexander, son of Matthew Fleming; William married Ann, daughter of Matthew Fleming; Rachel married Joshua Hart; Elizabeth married Henry Hayes; Jane married Andrew, son of Matthew Fleming; Lydia married Matthew, son of Matthew Fleming; Nathan married Mary Wood; Leven, grandfather of subject, married Mary Willey; Thomas married Ann Martin, and after her death married Mary Lothan; Beniah, drowned in 1813; Joseph married Sarah, daughter of Boaz Fleming; and Archibald married Eliza Gamble. To Leven Fleming and wife were born three sons and four daughters; Waitman married Nancy Lough; William W., married Sarah Neely; Elizabeth, married John Lawlis; Lydia, married William Clayton; Nancy, mother of subject, born October 7, 1821, at Cassville, W. Va., married Barton Core; Mary, married Jas. Miller; and John T. married Willimpe Smyth. To Barton and Nancy Core were born five sons and six daughters. Martha, who married O. P. Wade; Mary Willey, who married J. S. Lough; Hannah, who married Corbin M. Alexander; Moses Leven, who married Martha S. Smith; Christopher Columbus, who married Ella Schults; William Perry, subject, married Sarah Smith, daughter of John Smith, who lived near Jollytown, Pa., and who is a sister of Martha Smith Core; Salina Jane, died October 30, 1856; Rebecca Arvelley, who married Wm. A. Loar, died February 8, 1900; Lydia Elmira, who married Calvin Cordray; Lewis A., who married Mary Kennedy; Charles Elliott, who married Laura V. Price. All the brothers and brothers-in-law are, or have been farmers, except Lewis who is a Missionary of the M. E. Church, Presiding Elder of the Moradobad District, India. William P. Core, subject, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his wife and mother, and all his brothers and sisters, except Mrs. Alexander, who is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Wade, who is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His father, Barton Core, was a member of the Zoar Baptist Church until his death, September 29, 1905. W. P. Core was born September 17, 1853, in Monongalia County, and his wife, Sarah Smith Core, was born March 17, 1853, in Greene County, Pa. She was the daughter of John Smith and Eliza M. Fordyce, the daughter of Corbly Fordyce and Jane Bailey of Whitely, Pa. They moved from Monongalia to Harrison County in 1891, where they settled on a farm and raised stock. They came to Upshur County and settled in Buckhannon in 1901. Their children are: Edison Barton, a farmer of Harrison, born November 4, 1876, in Monongalia County, married August 26, 1897 to May Lanham, daughter of Cephus Lanham of Taylor County, and their children are: Merle Smith, born March 27, 1899; Velma Loieta, born September 24, 1903; Wm. Perry, Jr., born December 6; John Eskey F., born February 13, 1881, married Erma Ashcraft, daughter of Joseph Ashcraft of Harrison County, and is a farmer; Emmer Fleming, born January 24, 1887; married Edna Levings, daughter of Reuben R. Levings of Delaware, Ohio, he is a graduate of West Virginia Conference Seminary, Class of 1905. Lives in Columbus, Ohio, is an optician with White Haines Optical Company of Columbus, Ohio. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Mecklenburg County, NC (Register No. 689) FULL-NAME: William Perry Core BIRTH-DATE: September 17, 1852 BIRTH-PLACE: Morgantown, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 17, 1926 at 74 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Charlotte, Charlotte Township, Mecklenburg, NC RESIDENCE: 706 Fremont Ave., Buckhannon, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Sarah Smith Core) OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Barton Core (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Nancy Fleming (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Acute Dilatation of the heart INFORMANT: E. F. Core (of Charlotte, N.C.) BURIAL: Buckhannon, W.Va. (wife of William P. Core) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #8031 FULL-NAME: Sarah Smith Core BIRTH-DATE: March 27, 1853 BIRTH-PLACE: Green Co. Penna DEATH-DATE: June 12, 1922 at age 69y-2m-14d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: John Smith (born in Penna.) MOTHER: Eliza F. Smith (born in Penna.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of Stomach & Liver INFORMANT: Esker Core (of Buckhannon) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------