Anna E. Honeyman

Other Events:

• Name: Anna E. Hunnaman
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Anna E. Hunnaman, in the household of James Hunnaan
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Anna E. Honeyman, daughter, in the household of James Honeyman

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• Birth: 19 Jun 1820, Hampshire County, Virginia, United States; now West Virginia
• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as James Honeyman, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as James, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1870, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as James Hunnaman, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as James Honeyman, farmer, head of household

Notes:

Birth:
now West Virginia

James married Elizabeth Shearer on 17 Feb 1846 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Shearer and Hannah Byrket) was born on 23 May 1822 in Virginia, United States; died on 29 Mar 1867; was buried in Mar 1867 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Honeyman, in the household of James Honeyman
• Census: 1860, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Honeyman, in the household of James Honeyman

Other Events:

• Military: 29 Jul 1814, Romney, Hampshire County, Viirginia, United States; drafted to serve in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Samuel Cockrills Co., Virginia Military
• Military: 8 Dec 1814, Norfolk, Virginia, United States; was discharged from the military
• Census: 1830, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Honeyman
• Census: 1850, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Honeyman, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Honeyman, farmer, in the household of John Q. Kesler
• Military Pension: 1 Apr 1871; applied for Survivors' Pension, certificate #6829

Notes:

...John Honeyman, probably brother of Benjamin, died December 7, 1875, age 80 yrs; wife Mary, died November 12, 1867, age 65 yrs. War 1812. Son Eli W., born May 14, 1834 Miami County, married Septemeber 29, 1859, Anna Miller (daughter of John and Mary Miller)
...John Honeyman was first buried in the Honeyman Cemetery, exhumed due to family squabble. No one remembered facts. Moved to Curtis Cemetery about a mile south of the first burial site. (Source: 977.d2b, pg. 76)

Birth:
now West Virginia

Notes:

...The Shearers that came to Miami County Ohio were German immigrants who left Germany due to religious persecution. They were members of the German Baptist Church. In the year 1813 the first member of the family to arrive was Abraham Shearer who was born circa 1779 in Ashe County, North Carolina. He was the son of Christian & Sarah Shearer. Abraham married Hannah Brykett in North Carolina in 1801. Hannah was born 1791 and she died in Miami County in 1831. Abraham and Hannah were the parents of twelve children who all grew to adulthood. They were Absalom who married Mary Ann Krise, Eli who married Matilda Fouts and Rebecca Kinsey Pfoutz, Mary who married John Spencer, Susan married Leroy Miller, Andrew married Catherine Byrkett, Violet married Thomas Burns (no heirs), John died about 16 years old, Philip married Catherine Knife, Martin married Sarah A. Knight, Elizabeth married James Honeyman, Hughey married Elizabeth Slippy and Rebecca married Absalom Hyre.
...Abraham and his family built their home on the east side of the Stillwater River in Union Township in Miami County. Abrahm was a farmer and a cooper. There was a terrible accident on the river in 1828 jus south of West Milton near what is now the Prairie Ford Bridge and east of the old Pigeye school house. Abraham and six other persons were in a canoe attempting to cross the rain swollen river when the boat capsized and Abraham and his son Absalom drowned. at the estate sale all the items that were sold totaled $17.89.
...Eli Shearer was the second son of Abraham and after the death of his father and brother was the head of the household. He was born December 18, 1806 in North Carolina. He was a wheelwright by trade. On May 8, 1826, he was wed to Matilda Fouts who was born april 20, 1807. they were the parents of Henry, Davis, Abijah, Ann Titus, Susannah, John & Elizabeth and a child who died in infancy. Matilda Shearer died January 2, 1844 and is buried in the old Vore Cemetery.
...After the death of his first wife Matilda, Eli married the widow of Jesse Pfoutz, Rebecca Kinsey Pfoutz on September 22, 1845. She was the mother of three children. the family now consisted of eleven children and four more children were added to this union: Oliver B, Alvin, Cornelius and Emma.
...Eli was a man who in addition to his family took a great interest in his church. He was a deacon. He was on the committee which helped form the Middle District Church which was organized from the Hickory Grove Church on the East and Salem church on West and lies in Miami & Montgomery Counties between Miami & Stillwater Rivers and included the villages of Tippecanoe, Vandalia, Chambersburg, Ginghamsburg & Fidelity. The committee met on August 12, 1876 and formed the new organization with two ministers Samuel Coppock & Oliver F. Yount with Eli Shearer the ony deacon. Until the new church building was completed the group met in the Old Unon Church and had services every two weeks. The Middle District Church was copleted in November and on December 2, 1877 was dedicated. Eli was a large man who in his later years had snow white hair and a full white beard. In his will he chose the headstone he wanted placed on his grave. It was style #50 and was of italian marble and cost $30.00. Eli passed away January 12, 1881 aged 75 years, 25 days. He is buried in the old Vore Cemetery. the total cost of his burial cas & funeral was $47.00. His property inventory value was $285.24. (Source: Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society; typed and indexed by Lois J. Fair, "Miami County Family Histories Tired Iron book", (Ohio Genealogical Society. Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society, c2006 ), pg. 206)

Abraham married Hannah Byrket in 1801 in North Carolina, United States. Hannah was born in 1776 in North Carolina, British Colonial America; died in 1831 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Burket

Other Events:

• Name: Charles Hunnaman
• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Charles Honeyman, of Hampshire County, Virginia, resided for a number of his later years on the farm of his son Michael in Miami County, Ohio, near West Milton, where others of his children resided.

NOTE:
Virginia - First permanent settlement was established in 1607. It was made a royal colony in 1624. Large areas west of the Alleghenies became part of colony before the Revolution. The colony became the 10th state in 1788. Hampshire County - Formed in 1753 (or 1754) from Augusta and Frederick counties, Virginia. It became part of West Virginia in 1863.

Birth:
now West Virginia

Charles married Barbara Moore about 1788. Barbara was born on 27 Dec 1769 in Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 25 Aug 1845 in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1845 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]