Stephen McWethy

1793 - 1868  (74 years)

• Name	Stephen McWethy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	25 Apr 1793	Washington County, New York   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Mar 1868	Darke County, Ohio   [5, 6]
  Burial	Hoschover Cemetery, Rossburg, Darke County, Ohio   [5, 6, 7]
  Notes	The information below was all compiled by Ken Harvey: Stephen McWethy's family is understood to have moved from New York to Ohio in the early 1800s. Presumably Stephen would have been an infant at the time of his parent's migration westward to Ohio. There were only three McWethy families recorded in the entire New York State in 1790. They were [three brothers?]; Isaac McWithey (with wife and young daughter), Silas McWithy (with wife, three boys and two girls) and Rubin McWithy (with wife, two grown sons, a boy and two daughters) - all living in Granville Town in Washington Co., New York State. The probability is very high indeed that Stephen McWethy of Darke Co. was one of these unnamed young men, or boys, sons. An Isaac McWethy was born 26 Oct. 1745 and d p. 1784. He was a Private in the New York [Militia?] during the Revolutionary War. There are no other McWethys listed in this source. Could Isaac have been the father of the three McWethy [brothers?] living in Granville? Alternatively he would have been forty-five, if alive, in 1790. Perhaps Isaac was the father of both Silas and Rubin. 1829, 14th Aug. - James Wight and Sarah (Sarey) [his] wife [both] of Darke Co. [sell] to Stephen McQuithy of Darke Co.; [for] $100; 78.88 acres [that is] all [of] East half, South-East Quarter of Section 10, Township 13, Range 2. 1830 - In 1830 Stephen McWethy (aged between 30 and 40-he was actually 37) was recorded as living alone in Richland Township, Darke Co., Ohio, with one white female in the same age category (she was actually 39), presumably Margaret Alexander. Later on the childless couple adopted John, the infant son of a person understood to be a [Miss?] Graham. Miss Graham was presumably from somewhere within the general area. We find in 1830 the birth of a John Graham (no parents listed) recorded in Butler [Co.?], Ohio, about sixty miles from Darke Co. It seems highly likely that this is the same John McWethy and it is of course possible that his father rather than his mother was a Graham. After the adoption of John, biological children were understood to have been born to the McWethy couple, but all knowledge about them was lost by John's sons as their father apparently did not keep contact. They understood from John that their father had a good relationship with his siblings by his adoption. Given Margaret's age it is at least possible that further children were adopted rather than born. The only McWethy head of household recorded in the census of Ohio in 1850 was a Moses M. B. McWethy of Franklin Township, Clermont Co.; ninety-five miles south of Stephen's location. Microfilm page 381. This suggests that Stephen, who we know died eighteen years later, and his wife, had probably left Ohio. Alternatively Moses could have been a son and as head of household, sheltered his parents, who are unrecorded in the index. We know however that the McWethy's were almost certainly still in Darke Co. as their grandson (by adoption), William Meade McWethy, understood from his father that they were buried there, near Dallas. On July 28, 2009, Robin Zeller emailed: Stephen McWethy and his wife Margaret are buried in the Hoschover Cemetery in Brown Twp., Darke Co., OH. To drive there, take 118 N out of Ansonia (Dallas), OH to Brock Cosmos Rd. Turn right. There will be an electrical sub station on the corner that is owned by DP&L. The Cemetery is back off the road about an 1/8th of a mile. One of the McWethy stones is still standing. I was a Hoschouer and this was our family cemetery. I am in the process of getting the Twp. Trustees to do something about the Cemetary. I have a copy of a book that Anita Short and Ruth Bowers did in 1965. There is also listed a wife Margaret who was 65y, 2m, 23d and died on 7 Dec 1856 Stephen McWethy was a veteran of War of 1812 and died on 18 Mar 1858 at 74y, 10m, 23d. There are also some children of John McWethy in the same cemtery. They are..... Stephen W. McWethy Son of J.& E. McWethy d. on 27 Nov 1855 at 2y,4m,25d Elba A. McWethy dau of J. & E. McWethy d. on 24 Aug 1866 at 7m,21d Robin Zeller ?u?robinzeller@yahoo.com ?/u?
  Person ID	I5824	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Margaret Alexander,   b. 13 Sep 1791   d. 7 Dec 1856, Darke County, Ohio (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1820	Warren County, Ohio   [5, 8]
  Children	1. John Graham McWethy,   b. 7 Sep 1829, Butler County, Ohio d. 14 Nov 1913, Oklahoma (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Apr 1793 - Washington County, New York Marriage - 9 Apr 1820 - Warren County, Ohio Death - 18 Mar 1868 - Darke County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S575] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, DAR Patriot Index (1966) National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [S22] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, DRAKE COUNTY (Ohio) DEED RECORDS BOOK C-1, page 380. [S212] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, McWethy, Franklin Meade (1970) Three Score and Ten (an autobiography.)-Duplicated but unpublished 111 pages typescript. [S150] Jackson, Ronald Vern Ohio 1850 Census Index. [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.). [S211] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, McWethy, Franklin Mead (1956) "McWethy Family Tree." (Duplicated by unpublished 31 page typescript.). [S147] International Genealogical Index (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).