Comments on: James McPherson’s neighborhood http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/ Bicycle touring and history Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Spokesrider » Logan County infirmary http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-3945 The Spokesrider » Logan County infirmary Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:04:54 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/#comment-3945 [...] couple of days ago Ronald Irick posted a comment about the buildings in the distance of this scene. He says the “county home” in Logan [...] [...] couple of days ago Ronald Irick posted a comment about the buildings in the distance of this scene. He says the “county home” in Logan [...]

]]> By: Spokesrider http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-3944 Spokesrider Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:40:13 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/#comment-3944 Ronald, You're bringing back some good memories of my rides around Bellefountaine a couple of years ago. I had started to forget. I'll respond more in another post. It sounds like you're from the area. Does Bellefountaine still have that excellent Japanese restaurant? We thought highly of it -- went there for my wife's birthday on the day after I first rode by the county home. We wondered if the couple who were running it could make a go of it in the long term, given that it's not a large town. We enjoyed a lot of things about Bellefountaine, but I didn't go to the museum. I presume that's where the Logan County Museum is located. The weather was good, so I spent every hour I could out on the road. John Ronald,

You’re bringing back some good memories of my rides around Bellefountaine a couple of years ago. I had started to forget. I’ll respond more in another post.

It sounds like you’re from the area. Does Bellefountaine still have that excellent Japanese restaurant? We thought highly of it — went there for my wife’s birthday on the day after I first rode by the county home. We wondered if the couple who were running it could make a go of it in the long term, given that it’s not a large town.

We enjoyed a lot of things about Bellefountaine, but I didn’t go to the museum. I presume that’s where the Logan County Museum is located. The weather was good, so I spent every hour I could out on the road.

John

]]> By: Ronald Irick http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-3943 Ronald Irick Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:51:01 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/#comment-3943 Dear Spokes, I really enjoyed your article on the Upper Mad River Valley. I have been researching this area in reference to Hull's Trace. Yes, I too, have researched the lands of the Black family. As to the McPherson's, I have doubts about the connection with Gen. McPherson, of Clyde. However, if you would contact the Logan County Museum, the receptionist (and her husband) are both descendants of the "Red Faced Man". Several members of the McPherson's live in Logan County. The Colonel's grave is just west of the recently abandoned County Home. I am researching the exact location of his "trading post" Dear Spokes,
I really enjoyed your article on the Upper Mad River Valley. I have been researching this area in reference to Hull’s Trace. Yes, I too, have researched the lands of the Black family.
As to the McPherson’s, I have doubts about the connection with Gen. McPherson, of Clyde.
However, if you would contact the Logan County Museum, the receptionist (and her husband) are both descendants of the “Red Faced Man”. Several members of the McPherson’s live in Logan County. The Colonel’s grave is just west of the recently abandoned County Home. I am researching the exact location of his “trading post”

]]> By: John McPherson http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 John McPherson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:41:27 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/12/03/james-mcphersons-neighborhood/#comment-1959 The curator of the museum at Clyde is correct. My third great-grandfather was not the grandfather of General James Birdseye McPherson. I think some of this confusion can be attributed to a lot of older material written about my James McPherson, which erroneously referred to him as General McPherson or "the old General". Colonel was the highest rank he ever attained and that was during The War of 1812 when he served as a spy and a scout for General Hull's army. Some people have confused the two James with one another and it makes me wonder if perhaps this somehow confused the interviewer of James Black. As for the descendants of Col. James McPherson, he only had one son - Henry who I am descended from. Henry had two sisters - Elzabeth and Rachel. Henry did however have a son James. Their mother, who was Col. James' first wife, was Catherine Hoffman, a white woman who had also been a captive of the Indians, but they were married in 1796 not 1809. After the death of his first wife in 1832 he married another white woman Dorothy "Dolly" Tullis. He had two daughters by her - Martha and Jane. This information is suppoted by entries in the Henry McPherson family bible which has been handed down to me. As for where 'Shawnee Heritage" obtained their information I have no idea. I spoke with Don Greene several years ago about information he had posted on his website. At the time he could'nt tell me where he got his info. One final comment - I suspect the Molly Kiser you mentioned was probably Polly Keyser, who according to the text on the historical marker which marks the site of the council house in Lewistown, Ohio lived with " Captain John Lewis" and was his "drudge". The curator of the museum at Clyde is correct. My third great-grandfather was not the grandfather of General James Birdseye McPherson. I think some of this confusion can be attributed to a lot of older material written about my James McPherson, which erroneously referred to him as General McPherson or “the old General”. Colonel was the highest rank he ever attained and that was during The War of 1812 when he served as a spy and a scout for General Hull’s army. Some people have confused the two James with one another and it makes me wonder if perhaps this somehow confused the interviewer of James Black.

As for the descendants of Col. James McPherson, he only had one son – Henry who I am descended from. Henry had two sisters – Elzabeth and Rachel. Henry did however have a son James. Their mother, who was Col. James’ first wife, was Catherine Hoffman, a white woman who had also been a captive of the Indians, but they were married in 1796 not 1809. After the death of his first wife in 1832 he married another white woman Dorothy “Dolly” Tullis. He had two daughters by her – Martha and Jane. This information is suppoted by entries in the Henry McPherson family bible which has been handed down to me.

As for where ‘Shawnee Heritage” obtained their information I have no idea. I spoke with Don Greene several years ago about information he had posted on his website. At the time he could’nt tell me where he got his info.

One final comment – I suspect the Molly Kiser you mentioned was probably Polly Keyser, who according to the text on the historical marker which marks the site of the council house in Lewistown, Ohio lived with ” Captain John Lewis” and was his “drudge”.

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