More Pictures from the Album

From Top to Bottom: General Joe Wheeler, Unknown, Martha Murpha, Unknown, Wm. Oliver

Mystery Photos

I am posting some photos that were in an album that belonged to James Alonzo McGrath but were not labeled. If you know who any of the people are please comment so we know.

Could this be Allen [Ellan] ? What are your thoughts?

Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871

McGrath, Ann Section : Irish Emigration to New England, 1841-1849
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McGrath, Ann Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Ann Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Bridget Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Catherine Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Cicily Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Dennis Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Eleanor Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Elizabeth Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Ellan Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Ellen Section : Irish Emigration to New England, 1841-1849
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McGrath, Ellen Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Ellen Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Hugh Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, James Section : Ulster Emigration to Philadelphia, 1803-1850
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McGrath, James Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, James Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, James Section : Irish Emigrants in North America, Part III
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McGrath, Jane Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, John Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, John Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, John Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, John Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, John Section : Irish Emigrants in North America, Part II
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McGrath, Margaret Section : Ulster Emigration to Philadelphia, 1803-1850
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McGrath, Margaret Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Margaret Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Mary Section : Emigrants From Ireland to America, 1735-1743
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McGrath, Mary Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Mary Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Michael Section : Alien Passengers from, 1847-1851
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McGrath, Mick Section : Irish Emigration to New England, 1841-1849
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McGrath, Robert Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806
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McGrath, Rosey Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Rosie Section : Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
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McGrath, Thomas Section : Emigrants From Ireland to America, 1735-1743
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McGrath, Thomas Section : Ulster Emigration to Philadelphia, 1803-1850
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McGrath, Thomas Section : Irish Emigrants in North America, Part II
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McGrath, Thomas Section : Irish Emigrants in North America, Part III
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Family Photograph- Baptism Day; Dec 6, 1903

New information regarding the identities of the persons in the photograph has been provided by Sharon Anderson, grand daughter of Bertha McGrath. She stated:

"I believe that the young girl next to Uncle Frank is my grandmother Bertha and that Millie is in the second row next to her Mother.

I knew my grandmother very well and I knew of her admiration for her brother Frank and her little brother George and I don't believe she would have been to far from either one. Following is an excerpt from my grandmother's personal history which might have been the reason for the picture being taken.

"I was baptized on 6 December 1903, in the Gila River by George A. Gale.My !! But it was cold.I was confirmed by Brother Clouse on 7 December 1903.My sister, Belle, older than myself,and

my step-sister, Millie,were baptized the same day.We were baptized in full dress in those days;long underwear, long stockings, petticoats, and heavy dresses.When they were hung up after the baptism, they stayed frozen for days".

I also have attached a picture my Grandmother had taken on her wedding day in 1910 eight years later when she was sixteen. I think she looks more like the young girl in the first row than the young girl in the second row."

Warnick Genealogy

...Robert Able Matthew Warnick who was born in Carroll Co., GA in 1860. His parents were Lindsay Warnick and Julia Elethia Mathews. I show that he had a sister named Nancy who was born in 1856; other siblings were named Lucinda Jane Warnick b. 11 June 1854 in Carroll Co., m. to John N. Collier; Elizabeth Warnick, b. 1858, Carroll Co., GA, no marriage shown; Patrick George LindseyWarnick,b. Feb. 1862, CarrollCo., M.lst. Sarah Harper, 2nd. Lydia Duncan. Robert migrated to Morgan County, AL, and married my grandmother, Etta. She was his second wife.
Lindsay Warnick, his father, and also apparently your Nancy's, never came home from the civil war; the children were divided up and brought up by relatives. He lost track of his sisters,but retained contact with his brother Patrick.

from a Linda who posted on gen forum... email address no longer valid

Matthews Genealogy

Genealogy of Julia Elitha Matthews Warnick; mother of Nancy Warnick-wife of James Alonzo McGrath

1-- Thomas MATTHEWS- (1726-1831) Halifax Co. Va. sp-Margaret MATTHEWS- (1726- ) Virginia

2-- Sarah MATTHEWS- (1743-1803) Chatham Co. North Carolin sp-MORGAN- ( - )

2-- William MATTHEWS-(1745- ) Chatham Co. North Carolin

2-- Hannah MATTHEWS- (1747- ) Chatham Co. North Carolin sp-GRIFFITH- ( - )

2-- Thomas MATTHEWS- (1749-1835) Chatham Co. North Carolin sp-Eleanor MCKNIGHT- (1749- ) North Carolina

3-- Thomas MATTHEWS- (1773-1836) Laurens Co. South Carolina sp-Nancy TERRY- (1776- 1866) Laurens Co. South Carolina

4-- Elinor MATTHEWS- (1801-1865) Laurens Co. South Carolina sp-Steven SIMMONS- (1801- )

4-- Thomas MATTHEWS- (1803-1873) Laurnes Co.,South Carolina sp-Julia Ather MATTHEW- (1799-1848) Laurnes Co.,South Carolina

5-- Nancy MATTHEWS-(1822-1899) South Carolina sp-William AKERS- (1822- )

5-- Rebecca MATTHEWS- (1825- ) sp-Winship L. MASEY- (1825- )

5-- Ezekiel MATTHEWS- (1826-1883) Georgia sp-Jane FORD- (1828- )

6-- Zadock F. MATTHEWS- (1849- ) Gwinnett Co. GA

6-- Oliver MATTHEWS- (1852- )

6-- John MATTHEWS- (1856- ) Georgia

6-- Cyrenus Gordon MATTHEWS- (1858- ) Gwinnett Co GA

6-- Mary MATTHEWS-( - ) sp-W. E. JOHNSTON-477 ( - )

6-- Charles MATTHEWS- (1867- ) Georgia

6-- Sally MATTHEWS- (1870- )

5-- Johnson MATTHEWS- (1830-1877) Georgia sp-Sarah Margaret TYSON- ( ) 5-- Francis Marion MATTHEWS- (1833-1865)

5-- Thomas S. MATTHEWS-(1835-1875)

5-- William LaFayette MATTHEWS- (1837-1890) Gwinnett co. Geogia sp-Hettie Ester BELTZ- (1836-1908) Tennessee

5-- Henry Hitt MATTHEWS- (1839-1889) Georgia sp-Martha F. MCDANIEL- (1845- ) Georgia

5-- George Washington MATTHEWS- (1828-1892) Gwinnett Co. Georgia

5-- Darling Pinkney MATTHEWS-(1841-1892) Gwinnett Co. GA sp-Elizabeth Rose KING- (1824-1879) Georgia

4-- Nancy MATTHEWS- (1805-1805) Laurens Co. South Carolina

4-- William MATTHEWS- (1807-1853) sp-Mary PARKER- (1807- )

4-- Jackson MATTHEWS- (1809-1809) Laurens (96th. Dist.) Co.,S. C.

4-- Elizabeth MATTHEWS-(1811-1864) Laurens (96th. Dist.) Co.,S. C. sp-John P. PHILLIPS- (1811- )

4-- John MATTHEWS- (1814-1873) South Carolina sp-Nancy WATSON- (1817- ) South Carolina sp-Eliza CATES-( - )

4-- Margaret MATTHEWS- (1817-1905) Laurens Co. South Carolina sp-John Walker NASH- (1809-1882) Greenville Co.,South Carolina

5-- Nancy NASH- (1838- ) Georgia

5-- J. Y. NASH- (1840- ) Georgia

5-- Sarah NASH-(1842- ) Georgia

5-- Elizabeth NASH- (1844- ) Georgia

5-- Susan NASH-(1844- ) Georgia

5-- William NAS- (1848- ) Georgia

5-- James NASH- (1850- ) Gwinnett Co GA sp-Louise COOPER-(1860- ) probably Gwinnett Co.,Georgia

6-- Marcus Walker NASH- (1881-1928) Gwinnett Co.,Georgia sp-Glennie Maybell DAVIS- (1884-1946) Gwinnett Co.,Georgia

5-- S. Y NASH- (1854- ) Gwinnet Co Georgia

5-- A. N. NASH-(1857- ) Gwinnett Co GA

4-- Francis MATTHEWS- (1822- )

3-- William MATTHEWS- (1775-1845) South Carolina sp-Mary Elizabeth NASH- (1784- ) Va.

3-- Ezekial MATTHEWS- (1777-1873) sp-Susan ABERCROMBIE- (1777- )

3-- Andrew MATTHEWS- (1779- ) sp-Avery MOORE- (1779- )

3-- John MATTHEWS- (1781- ) sp-Elizabeth CRAFT- (1799- ) South Carolina

4-- Elenor Ellen MATTHEWS- ( - ) sp-Henry Morland COLE- (1823-1905) ,,Laurnes Co.,South Carolina

5-- Thomas Carter COLE- (1850-1918) Cherokee Co. Alabama sp-Mary Safronia MCEWEN-24 (1858-1931) Tennessee

6-- Samujel Young COLE- (1879-1879) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- George Britton COLE- (1880-1955) Craighead Co . Arkansas sp-Emma Lee HARRIS- ( - )

6-- Dempsey Miller COLE- (1882-1940) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-May SHILLEY- ( - )

6-- Clide Vernon COLE- (1885-1970) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Emma SIMPSON-( - )

6-- Thomas Earley COLE- (1887-1964) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Will PETERS- ( - )

6-- Willie May COLE-(1889-1961) Arkansas sp-Henry T.\F. LOUY- (1885-1965) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Mary Ellen COLE- (1891-1972) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Earnest O. ADAMS-208 ( - ) sp-Ed VINSON- ( - )

6-- Stella Morton COLE- (1893-1960) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Mable Clair COLE- (1895-1978) Craighead County,Arkansas sp-William D. (Bill) GIBSON- ( - )

6-- Cella Edna COLE- (1898-1983) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Earl Lavelle LAMBERTH-

7 (1897-1977) Craighead County,Arkansas

6-- William Henry Bryant (Johnnie) COLE- (1900-1974) Jonesboro,Craighead Co,AR sp-Nellie Irene COOPER- (1903-2000) Craighead Co. Arkansas

5-- William Henry COLE-(1857- )Arkansas sp-Sarah Rebecca ANDERSON-(1857- ) 6-- Lora COLE- (1885- ) Arkansas

6-- Arthur Lee COLE- (1888- ) Jonesboro,Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Mary Ellen WILKERSON- (1863-1904) Tennessee

6-- Roy COLE- (1896- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Girtrude COLE- (1898- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Pearl COLE- (1899- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

5-- George R. COLE-(1861- ) Craighead County,Arkansas sp-Adela B. PETERSON- (1864- ) Arkansas

5-- Mary Charlsey COLE- (1862-1936) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-S. W. MORELAND- ( - )

5-- Robert L."Bob" COLE- (1868- ) Craighead County,Arkansas sp-Jetta JACKSON- ( - )

4-- Elizabeth MATTHEWS- ( - ) sp-William R. PENIX- (1819-1865) South Carolina

5-- John C. PENIX-(1847- ) Alabama

5-- Sarah E. PENIX- (1850- ) Alabama

5-- William T. PENIX-(1850- ) Alabama

5-- Isabella PENIX- (1859- ) Arkansas

5-- Betty PENIX- ( - ) sp-COPPAGE-37 ( - )

4-- William C. MATTHEWS- (1818- ) South Carolina sp-Julia HALE- ( - )

5-- Isabella J. MATTHEWS- (1852- ) Alabama sp-John Frank BOYD- (1849- ) Tennessee

6-- Mary F. BOYD-(1868- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Thomas A. BOYD-(1870- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Nancy A. J. BOYD-(1871- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Iller A. BOYD- (1874- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- John W. BOYD- (1875- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-William C. COLLINS-(1852- ) Kentucky

6-- Ada S. COLLINS- (1878- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- James J. COLLINS-(1879- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Martha Jane CRISLER- ( - )

5-- Aver E. "Anna" MATTHEWS- (1857- ) Alabama sp-HAMILTON- ( - )

5-- Louisa E. MATTHEWS- (1859- ) Arkansas sp-James HAMILTON- (1852- ) Arkansas

6-- Robert W. HAMILTON- (1874- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- Lee A. HAMILTON-(1879- ) Criaghead Co. Arkansas

5-- William Martin MATTHEWS- (1862- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Mary Caldonia Simmons

6-- Ruth Viola Matthews sp Thomas M. Price

7-- Nona Leona Price sp Steve Harden Grant Troxell

8-- Tommye Troxell

5-- Emily MATTHEWS- (1864- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-James HOWELL- ( - ) 5-- John Adam MATTHEWS- (1867- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Mary Barbara SIMMONS- (1869- ) Craighead County,Arkansas

6-- Dona Lee MATTHEWS-(1889-1982) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-John Thomas BOYD- (1883-1961) Cash Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- James William MATTHEWS- (1891- ) Cash,Craighead Co.,Arkansas

5-- James Mary "Jimmie" MATTHEWS- (1870- ) Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-James L. CURETON- ( - )

6-- Nora CURETON- ( - ) sp-Willard O'NEAL- ( - )

4-- Rebecca A. MATTHEWS-(1822-1877) Georgia sp-J. M. BROADAWAY-( - ) sp- William R. PENIX-

5 (1819-1865) South Carolina

5-- William Roy PENIX- (1861-1942) Craighead County,Arkansas sp-Susan Ellen ANDERSON- (1867-1932) Craighead County,Arkansas

6-- William Roy"Ray" PENIX- (1891- ) Bono,Craighead,AR sp-Williamenia (Billie) BROADAWAY- (1894-1968) Craighead Co . Arkansas

6-- Nancy Dorthy PENIX- ( - )

6-- Fred Loyd PENIX- (1893- ) Jonesboro Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Patsy FALK ( - )

6-- Ellen Olive PENIX- (1895- ) Jonesboro Craighead Co. Arkansas

6-- John Anderson PENIX- (1898- ) Jonesboro Craighead Co. Arkansas sp-Velasta DEAN- ( - )

6-- Nathan Lamb PENIX- ( - )

6-- Dorthy PENIX- ( - )

5-- Nannie PENIX- ( - )

3-- Archie MATTHEWS- (1782- ) sp-Jennie CHAPPEL- (1782- )

3-- Francis L. MATTHEWS- (1794-1842) Laurens (96th. Dist.) Co.,S. C. sp-Mary MCDANIEL-(1800-1887) Greenville Co.,South Carolina

4-- Margaret Ann MATTHEWS- (1824- ) Gwinnett Co. GA

4-- Palmore Lafayette MATTHEWS- (1826- ) Gwinnett Co. GA

4-- Archibald J. MATTHEWS- (1827-1900) Gwinnett Co GA sp-Elizabeth Ann MILLER- (1828- ) Georgia

4-- Harriett H MATTHEWS- (1830- ) Gwinnett Co GA

4-- Emily MATTHEWS- (1831- ) Gwinnett Co. Georgia sp-William HALE- (1831- )

4-- Minerva B. MATTHEWS- (1833- ) Gwinnett Co. GA

4-- Commodore Perry MATTHEWS- (1835- )

4-- Liberty George Washington MATTHEWS- (1836- ) Gwinnett Co. GA

4-- John Frances MATTHEWS- (1839- ) Georgia sp-Nancy Ann BOSTICK-468 ( - )

4-- William T. Harrison MATTHEWS- (1841-1862) Gwinnett Co. Georgia

4-- Eli T. MATTHEWS- (1843- ) Gwinnett Co GA

3-- Henry T. MATTHEWS- (1794-1831) sp-Charity JONES- (1794- )

4-- Elinor MATTHEWS- (1817- )

4-- Martha MATTHEWS- (1817-1891) Laurens Co. South Carolina sp-Elijah J. MCDANIEL- ( 1816-1888) ,,,South Carolina

5-- Sara Evaline MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-James M. FLOWERS-86 (1838- ) Gwinnett Co. Georgia

6-- Ida FLOWERS- (1866- ) sp-Dache WOODWARD- (1864-1928) Gwinnett Co. Georgia

5-- William Henry MCDANIEL- (1841-1871) sp-Mittie JOHNSON-87 ( - )

5-- Mattie MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-H. H. MATTHEWS-88 ( - )

5-- Molly MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-G. H. HASLETT-89 ( - )

5-- Eli LaFayette MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-Emma SHIPLEY-90 ( - )

5-- Janie Laurena MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-John Elsberry FLOWERS- (1841-1917) Gwinnett Co. Georgia

5-- Josie MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-C. C. GOODE-92 ( - )

5-- Georgia MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-S. D. HASLETT-93 ( - )

5-- Pinkney MCDANIEL- ( - )

5-- Alice MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-Unknown KENNERLY- ( - ) sp-T. L. THROWER- ( - ) 5-- Charles Augustus MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-Julia COOLEDGE- ( - ) sp-Maud KEY- ( - ) 5-- Thomas Darling MCDANIEL- ( - ) sp-Dixie WILKES- ( - )

4-- Thomas D. MATTHEWS- (1817-1881) Gwinnett Co. Georgia sp-Mamie Adeline BARNETT- (1824- )

4-- Uriah MATTHEWS- (1826-1910) Gwinnet Co. Georgia sp-Susan A. GORMAN- (1835-1910)

4-- Charity MATTHEWS-(1829-1875) Georgia sp-Henry J. HOPKINS- (1822- )

3-- Margaret MATTHEWS- (1798- )

3-- Abigail MATTHEWS- (1800- ) sp-Joseph BROWN- (1800- )

2-- Elizabeth MATTHEWS- (1751-1827) Chatham Co. North Carolin

2-- Ezekiel MATTHEWS- (1751-1838) Chatham Co. North Carolin sp-Rebecca JONES- ( -1839)

3-- Abel MATTHEWS- (1793/4-1875) SC sp-Nancy COUCH- (1799-1870) Georgia

4-- Benjamin Ezekiel MATTHEWS- (1817- ) Gwinnett Co,GA sp-Mahala BEASLEY- (1820- ) Georgia

5-- John H. MATTHEWS- (1841-1925) Georgia sp-Amanda M.- (1836-1919) Georgia

6-- George E. MATTHEWS- (1871-1939) Georgia sp-Vassie E. M. REDWINE- (1870-1964) Georgia

6-- Philip L. MATTHEWS- (1872-1928) Georgia sp-Ida J.- (1874-1859) Georgia 6-- Hat. B. MATTHEWS- (1875- ) Georgia

6-- John D. MATTHEWS- (1877-1960) Georgia sp-Effie L. BASKINS- (1887- 1956) Georgia

5-- Nancy J. MATTHEWS- (1845- ) Georgia

5-- Julia H. MATTHEWS-(1847- ) Georgia

5-- Rhoda C. MATTHEWS- (1850- ) Georgia

5-- George A. MATTHEWS- (1856-1914) Georgia sp-Frances HENLEY- (1856-1918) 6-- John Henley MATTHEWS-515 ( - )

6-- Ida MATTHEWS- (1876-1889) Haralson Co. Georgia

4-- Rhoda MATTHEWS- (1822- ) Gwinnett Co,GA sp-Hugh N. WEIR- (1822-1850)

5-- John B. WEIR- (1846- ) Georgia

5-- Georgia WEIR- (1847- )

5-- George H. S. WEIR- (1848- ) Georgia sp: Sarah E.

6--John- (Oct. 1859-) Carrollton, Carroll, Georgia

4-- James C. MATTHEWS- (1825- ) Gwinnett Co,GA sp-Rebecca- (1827- ) Georgia

5-- Belinda MATTHEWS- (1843- ) Georgia

5-- Sophronie MATTHEWS- (1845- )

5-- Able MATTHEWS- (1847- ) Georgia

5-- Tom MATTHEWS- (1849- ) Georgia

4-- Elizabeth MATTHEWS- (1826- ) Gwinnett Co,GA

4-- Julia Elitha MATTHEWS- (1830- ) GA sp-Lindsay Matthew WARNECK- (1832- ) DeKalb Co. Georgia

5-- Loucinda Jane WARNECK- (1854-1904) Carroll Co,GA sp-John Newton COLLIER-(1855- 1929) Randolph Co,AL

6-- Lindsay Merrell COLLIER- (1871-1950) AL

6-- James Thomas COLLIER- (1873-1959) AL

6-- Robert Burton COLLIER- (1874-1889)

6-- John Wilburn COLLIER- (1876-1944) AL sp-Myrtle DAUGHTERY- (1890- ) TX sp-Sadie ROBERTSON- (1886-1911) AL

6-- Amanda COLLIER- (1876-1960) AL

6-- Frances COLLIER- (1878-1950)

6-- William Albert COLLIER- (1883-1906)

6-- Alice COLLIER- (1885-1951) GA sp-Nallie ROBERTSON-(1881-1950) Comanche,TX

6-- Henry David COLLIER- (1887-1960) AL

6-- Lilly Ida COLLIER- (1890-1965)

6-- Nancy Lou Ada COLLIER- (1893-1960)

5-- Nancy WARNECK- (1856-1878) Carroll Co,GA sp-James Alonzo MCGARTH- (1854- 1954)

6-- William Linsy MCGARTH-517 ( -1878)

6-- Mary MCGARTH-518 (1877-1878) Snowflake,Arizona

5-- Elizabeth WARNECK- (1858- ) Carroll Co,GA

5-- Robert Matthew WARNECK- (1860-1933) Carroll Co,GA sp-Tempie Janie GILES- (1858-1905) Georgia

6-- Cora Lavonia WARNECK-(1879-1858) Carroll Co. Georgia sp Henry Ottis Lenderman (1879-1951) Carroll Co. Georgia

5-- Patrick George Linsey WARNECK- (1862-1923) Carroll Co,GA

4-- Nancy J. MATTHEWS-(1832- ) GA sp-A. G. WILLIAMS-( - )

4-- Sarah Jane MATTHEWS- (1834-1912) GA sp-Jesse Wilburn COLLIER- (1828-1915)

3-- Julia Ather MATTHEW-(1799-1848) Laurnes Co.,South Carolina sp-Thomas MATTHEWS-(1803-1873) Laurnes Co.,South Carolina

2-- Margaret MATTHEWS-(1753- ) Chatham Co. North Carolin sp-MCDADE-( - ) sp-Benjamin GRAY-( - )

2-- James MATTHEWS-(1756- ) Moore Co. North Carolina sp-Nancy DICKENSON-(1771-1844) Moore Co. North Carolina

2-- Robert MATTHEWS- (1777-1832) Wilkes Co. GA sp-Mary SMITH- (1786-1860) Georgia

Captain Isaac Holmes

From-
The Macon Telegraph & Messenger
5 March 1882

MACON, GEORGIA

Her Distinguished Dead in Rose Hill Cemetery
Richard H. Clark in the Sunny South

"Isaac Holmes is there -- so long a citizen of Macon, a soldier in the
Florida war, captain of the Macon volunteers, and officer of the Georgia
regiment in the Mexican war. He died during his service in Mexico, whence
his remains were brought and buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. He there has a
splendid monumental commemorative of him. He had a fine presence, a
faculty of attaching men to him, and hence enjoyed a great popularity."

Allen J McGraw Military Service

I found an interesting fact just now(at 2:45 AM) in "The Historical Collections of Georgia".

Private Allen J McGraw of the Macon Guards went to Mexico during the Mexican War . Also Hezekiah McGraw of the Crawford Guards of Columbus also went.

Regards......Joe McGrath

Other Record:
Macon Guards
The following data is extracted from Georgia Volunteers for the War with Mexico.

ISAAC HOLMES, Captain.
E. L. SHELTON, 1st Lieutenant.
E. S. RODGERS, 2d Lieutenant
WM. D. GRIFFIN, 1st Sergeant.
J. B. CUMMING, 2d Sergeant
J. A. McGREGOR, 3d Sergeant
P. J. SHANNON, 4th Sergeant.
A. B. ROSS, 1st Corporal.
EDWIN HARRIS, 2d Corporal
THOS. E. ORCUTT, 3d Corporal
R. T. McGREGOR, 4th Corporal


Privates.- James A. Abbott, Wilson J. Aderhold, Edmund Barnard, James W. Beasley, Orran W. Buffington, Edward Curd, Peter W. Clayton, William J. Cumming, Rufus Cook,William Carter, John W. Cooper, John Cleesby, James Carson, John R. Candler, William Davis, Isaac Domingos, John L. Fells, William English, James E. Flint, Elijah Foster, Alfred T. Franklin, Alexander II. Franklin, Charles E. Flanders, Simon W. Freeman, George .A. Grimes, Lewis Gee, Solomon Groce, Richard Head, Elliott Higgins, William Hughes, Alexander Hammersley, Andrew W. S. Harris. William A. Harris, Alexander H. Hawkins, Simeon Horton, William S. Johnston, William Kennedy, D. G. Kennedy, William King, William L. King, John T. Lamar, Wilson Logue, A. D. Logan, John Loughridge, John H. Lane, Allen J. McGraw, John McGowan, Seaborn Moore, James Martin, Alfred B. McKee, William W. Munson, Robert E. Macarthy, Thomas McNeely, Sanford Moore, Robert Melton, Sanford F. Miniard, Thomas J. McCrary, Thomas J. Moody, A. A. Park, William Robinson, Alexander Reynolds, William M. Ralston, Alexander R. Ralston, David A. Ralston, Caleb W. Rembert, Marcus Roberts, Albert L. Ross, Thomas Shirty, Sebastian Shaw, Robert Snead, William Spratt, Robert H. Tindall, John S. Tilliston, Gilbert E. Thigpen, Claiborne Vaughan, William W. Woodall, William Walker, Edward N. Wood, Franklin W. Wright, Robert T. Walker, Timothy D. Wood, William M. Wright.

Today's Deseret News

"Plans to build two new temples in Arizona, one in the Gila Valley and the other in Gilbert, were announced by President Thomas S. Monson." How excited our ancestors must be...

Excerpts of the Trip Westward

From Graham County; History and Heritage by William R. Ridgeway [1950- published in the Eastern Arizona Courier May 19, 1976]

"According to the D.V.A. Talley diary, the ... left Des Arc on April 10, 1877 and started westward. Next day they were joined by the Quinn, Wanslee, Evans and McGrath families and still later by other families. Their route, while in Arkansas followed the line of present day U.S. Highway 64 and took them through Faulkner County, Russelville, Clarksville and Van Buren. On May 8, the emigrants entered Indian Territory and traveled in a northwesterly direction to Witchita, Kansas via Claremore and Coffeyville. From Witchita their path led to Trinidad, Colorado, Raton Pass and Santa Fe. Here, regrettably the Talley diary ends..."

John West remembers, "There wasn't enough room for all of us in the wagons..."
He remembered seeing a white possum near Coffeyville and how the wagons would form a large circle at night. He states, "A hole would be left to drive the stock into the circle. Then a wagon would seal the hole, so the circle served as a corral as well as protection from the Indians."

At night tiny fires made from buffalo chips would flicker. Children would play in the circle and men and women would quietly discuss the day's happenings. Sunday was the Lord's Day; a day of rest. There would be preaching and hymn singing.

The trip was not without its quarrels and petty bickering. D.V.A. Talley's diary recorded, "that no company can travel and get along agreeable with each other." Much of the dissention centered around John Wimmer's leadership.

"He was a good man," John pointed out, "but couldn't handle people. Church authorities replaced him with Nelson P. Beebe when we were about ten miles west of Coffeyville."

On reaching Witchita the West family had to drop out of the wagon train due to money problems but slowly made their way west. They eventually made it to Savoia in present day Ramah, New Mexico.

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Delilah Sophronia Stewart McGrath Gravesite

The Franklin City Cemetery:
Franklin, Greenlee, Arizona.

Gary Gornto has furnished these pictures. Thanks, Gary.

Identities of McGrath Portrait [see below]

Arizona Portrait

Joe [Milton Alonzo] McGrath has provided the identities for this picture. He wrote:

"The original of this photo obviously had some incorrect identifications written on the back of it. The picture was taken about 1903 or 1904. We know this by the dates of Uncle Frank's mission to Mississippi. He returned home and lived with the family for a period of time. My sister, Faye, and I have researched this a lot and feel comfortable with our identifications.

The picture has 3 groups: Some children of James Alonzo and Delilah Stewart, Some children of Arminda Alice and William Asay, and a child of James Alonzo and Arminda Alice.

James Alonzo and Delilah had 11 children together and 8 of them are in the picture. Missing are Nancy ( who was married), Jesse(who died in 1890), and Robert(who died as an infant and was buried near Taylor but his grave is now lost).

Arminda Alice and William Asay had 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls. The 2 boys died as youths. Two of the girls are in the picture, Anna and Millie. Mabel was staying with her Hendricks grandparents and thus not in the picture.

James Alonzo and Arminda Alice had 4 children together but only one was born at the time this picture was made. The baby in the picture is Richard, their firstborn(1902)

The people are as follows:

Back row from left to right: Alexander, Mary, Joe, Anna Asay, and Martha Oliver.

Middle row from left to right: Frank, Belle, James Alonzo, Bertha, Arminda Alice. Grandmother Alice is pregnant with Rose and one can see that in the original picture.

Front row from left to right: Millie Asay, George, Gene, and above mentioned Richard.

I would be happy to discuss our research with anyone that is interested."

Signature

I have several report cards that belonged to my grandmother, Rose. Every signature on the report cards were of her father. He always signed them J A McGrath.

Warranty Deed from Greenlee County, Arizona

This deed shows that a Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland of Duncan, Greenlee, Arizona sold to J.A. McGrath for the sum of $1,000 cash land [described] in Florahome, Florida; [deed presented in Putnam County] dated September 13, 1916; recorded September 20, 1918. Deed dated April 16, 1918 in Arizona.

from Lorenzo Hatch history

"The final entry in Lorenzo’s journal for 1877 was made on September l st. No doubt he had not yet learned of the death in Salt Lake, on August 29th of the man who had so long guided the Mormon Church, Brigham Young.

The company of southern Saints, led by Elder N.P. Beebe arrived in Savoia Valley on September 8th. There were 188 adults with 26 wagons. Some of the party planned to locate at Savoia and the remainder in the Little Colorado settlements. This group, the so called “Arkansas Company” had traveled 1,400 miles in reaching New Mexico."

Number of Families in Wagon Train

[from LDS website- newsroom]

"In 1875, missionaries baptized nearly 90 people in the Des Arc area "many of the best citizens of the region," it was reported. In 1877, the Des Arc congregations moved approximately 27 families and 125 people to Utah by wagon. Persecution was rampant against early Church members, thus many traveled west."

Another Account of Trip Westward

[from The Life of Nancy Ella McNees]

"Nancy, her husband, and two small children, left with twenty six other families in April 1877 and traveled by wagon across the prairie states, finally arriving in New Mexico. The journey was filled with trials and afflictions. There was a lack of food with hunger making tempers run high. Death took several members of the wagon train, including a new baby of Nancy’s in-laws. Her oldest daughter, Ada age four, was run over by the wagon resulting in a broken leg above the knee. During a dust storm, the wagon train took shelter in an Indian village. One of the Indians had red blotches, and ten days later, small pox broke out among the wagon train members. They weren’t allowed into settlements, several people died, and they were delayed in New Mexico for awhile. Some of the travelers ended up staying in New Mexico, but most continued on to Arizona. By the time they arrived, they were destitute and some were on foot. Most of the group stayed in Arizona, but Nancy and her family moved north to Utah."

Henry Green Boyle 1824-1902

Elder Boyle along with Elder John W. Taylor were the missionaries who brought the Gospel to James Alonzo and his family. He was the man who was instrumental in organizing the wagon train west and was a big influence throughout his life there.

In Need of Water at Agua Frio

[from Nettie Hunt's diary]

“When Father received word they would pass through Sevoia Valley where we lived, and when we heard they were nearing our place, he was strongly impressed to go meet them. So taking his team and outfit he went, taking our eight-year-old brother John, whose birthday it was, with him. They drove fifty miles before meeting the emigrants at Agua Frio, a Mexican ranch named for the large, cold spring there. On arriving, he found about twenty families, with more than 100 head of animals. Father’s going to meet them was simply an act of courtesy on his part, for he did not know they would be needing him so badly. The emigrants had made a long drive without water and had been told they could get plenty of water at Agua Frio. But when they arrived there, the Mexicans who claimed the water would not let them water a single animal unless they paid a big price. These poor Southern people who had been on the way more than three months, did not have the money to pay for water; besides, Father felt it was an imposition for them to have to pay when there was a great plenty of water, and the animals were already choking and could not go to the next water.

“The Southern people could not speak a word of Spanish, and the Mexicans could not speak a word of English. They were having a hard time, for the Mexicans were guarding the tank, which was filled from the large spring. This was the dilemma Father found the converts in, and they were feeling very downhearted and discouraged, but when they found Father could speak Spanish fluently and was there to champion their cause, their spirits rose immediately. Father very patiently explained all the conditions to the Mexicans and showed them that the animals must have water, that the emigrants had no money to pay for it, and that it would be no hardship to the owners, as they had an inexhaustible supply. There was a good deal of arguing pro and con, which Father saw was not getting him anywhere, so he rose to the occasion, as he well knew how to do, and producing his pistol, which was his constant companion in those early and dangerous days, he told them there was one thing they were going to have—they were either going to have water, or they were going to have blood—and he would leave it to them to say which it should be. When the Mexicans saw they were outwitted, as well as far outnumbered, they very grudgingly allowed the animals to be watered. This is the way Father put it: ‘When they saw I really meant business, they came through…’

“There was a real stir of excitement when it was learned that so many people were coming into our beautiful little valley that boasted only about a half dozen families. However, they had been there but a short time when President Lot Smith of the Little Colorado Stake sent teams, wagons, and provisions to help the converts on down to the settlements on the Little Colorado River in Arizona [November, 1877]. There were about half a dozen families who had quite enough traveling for awhile and wished to go no further, so remained in Sevoia. We were delighted that they chose to do this, for our increased numbers took away much of the loneliness of life in this isolated place.”

Those who remained were the Brown, McGrath, Wamsley, West and William Talley families. They stayed three years.

Persecutions that led West

Lorenzo Hatch, in his correspondence with the Deseret News wrote: “Elder Boyle writes me that a company will leave Arkansas in April for New Mexico or Arizona.”

The reason for the trip:

After joining the church many new converts were met with severe opposition:

William Talley, wrote: “The persecution had become so bad that we decided to come West … We sold our farm Apr 1 … The persecution was so great that many had to leave their homes at night … Two weeks later we were ready to start … There were 36 wagons in all.”

The company was led by Nelson C. Bebee. Later, he fell ill and turned the lead over to Elder Wimmer.

Heartbreak

[quoting from Nettie Hunt's diary in the "History of Ramah Pioneers by Gary Tietjen]

“At the time of this incident, Alonzo McGrath and his wife, Nancy McGrath, and two small sons were living in this house. Sister McGrath was very ill with smallpox and suffering as one does with that terrible disease. Members of our family had been assisting in every way they could, and this night Father said we could not leave them alone, when Sister McGrath was so very ill, and told our Sister May he wished she would go and stay with them until midnight, then come home, and he would go stay the rest of the night. Our family was all sleeping when, at eleven o’clock, May came home. Father was awake at once and asked why she came home so early; she answered, ‘Sister McGrath seems to be out of pain and is having a nice sleep. Brother McGrath is sitting in a chair by the fireplace dozing. He says he is going to sit there until morning, and that I might as well come home.’

“May went to bed, and Father was just dozing off to sleep, when he heard his name spoken, ‘John.’ He was awake at once; then the voice said, ‘John, Sister McGrath is dead.’ Father dressed hurriedly and went to the McGrath home. He entered quietly. Brother McGrath awakened. Father inquired how his wife was. He answered, ‘She has seemed to be free from pain for quite awhile and is having a nice sleep.’ Father went to the bed, turned back the covers, and found that the dear little mother was indeed asleep, the last long sleep of death. She had been dead for several hours. It would have been sad indeed if the poor heart‑broken husband had been alone when he discovered that his dear young wife had really passed away.

“Most of the time while Sister McGrath had been ill, our mother, Lois Pratt Hunt, had cared for the two children, usually in our home. They both had smallpox, the youngest one a bad case. He seemed to be much better, until the mother died; then he suddenly became worse and soon passed away. Kind neighbors made a coffin, lined it with a sheet, and the mother, with her precious baby beside her, was placed in it. A foot and a half of snow had to be removed before a grave could be dug.”

note: Children were not two boys but a boy and girl.

James Alonzo McGrath, Conversion to Church & Move West

excerpt from "My Life Story" by Missouri Brady Smithson

"When Uncle Alonzo was twenty years of age he married Nancy Warnick of Carrol County, Georgia and this was where Pa and Mama's farm and house were located out in the country. Then Uncle Alonzo, with his new wife and his mother [Aunt Martha], moved to Alabama. It seems that Pa and Mama must have sold their home in Georgia and moved to Alabama about this time also, due to the facts taken from Uncle Alonzo's history sketch, as they were all there together when they met the Mormon missionaries and gained their lasting testimony of the Gospel. Then the persecution became so bad from their families and those whom they thought were their friends that they decided to leave, as word came to them by traveling missionaries that a company of Saints were being organized in Arkansas to go to Arizona the following spring.

Three of the families who lived there- namely Pa and Mama with their son, Jim, Uncle Alonzo and his wife with Aunt Martha, and another family of converts, Alexander Stewart, who lived there. They decided to sell all they had and equip themselves with teams and wagons and join the company in Arkansas for the trip to Arizona the following spring. They moved immediately to the Ozark Mountains, Clay county, Arkansas and spent the winter.

They left for Arizona about April, 1877."

Jesse Jackson Brady Family Portrait

adopted son James Thadius Brady seated with adoptive parents: Jesse Jackson Brady and wife, Mahetabel Oliver Brady

[Mahetabel is Martha Oliver McGrath's sister]

James Alonzo McGrath and Uncle Jesse Brady

excerpt from "My Life Story" by Missouri Brady Smithson

"About 1858, previous to the Civil War, Aunt Martha McGrath, Mama's sister had been left a widow with one small son. She was living in Atlanta, Georgia at the time- his name was Alonzo- and as she had no means of taking care of him and Pa and Mama had no children and were living out in the country, she sent him to live with them. They raised him as their own until he was eighteen years of age. He was six years old when they took him. When he was eighteen he went back to live with his mother in Atlanta. Years later and after us children came along, we always called him Uncle Alonzo, so when I mention him later you will know that he was Mama's nephew."

James Alonzo McGrath's Patriarchal Blessing

St. Joseph

April 8, 1878

[original spelling left intact]

A blessing by S. H. Hach, patriarch upon the head of James McGrath, son of Allen McGrath and Martha Oliver, borned January 7, 1854 at Bibb Co. Georgia.

The entire blessing is available to direct line descendants by request.

Where did the McGraths originate?

James Alonzo always told people that "Allen, his father, and two old maid sisters came from Scotland, traveling down through England; sailing from Liverpool, England."

The Arizona census of 1880 lists his father as having been born in Scotland as well as the 1920 Florahome, Florida census.

The 1850 and 1860 census records of Bibb County, Georgia list Allen's birth as Georgia. If Allen gave the information then we could rely on that but in most cases the wives or another person in the household gave the information and it was not always accurate.

Modern Tribute to Nancy and little Mary

Lula "Faye" McGrath Meier collected money from family to make a nice stone for Nancy and Little Mary. [Savoia Valley, Valencia, New Mexico]

Family oral tradition says that they are buried together.

There is a very tender story written about Nancy's death in Nettie Hunt's [daughter of Bishop John Hunt] diary.