David Honeyman b. 26 Mar 1802 Hampshire County, Virginia, United States d. 18 Mar 1874 New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, United States: Tangled Roots

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Name	David Honeyman
Born	26 Mar 1802	Hampshire County, Virginia, United States [1, 2]
	now West Virginia
Gender	Male
Occupation	Farmer [3]
Died	18 Mar 1874	New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, United States [4, 5]
Buried	1874 March	New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, United States [5]
	Address: New Boston Cemetery
Person ID	I3844	TangledRoots
Last Modified	14 Nov 2021

Father	Charles Honeyman, b. 17 Apr 1764, Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 24 Mar 1838, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 73 years)
Mother	Barbara Moore, b. 27 Dec 1769, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 25 Aug 1845, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States (Age 75 years)
Married	Abt 1788
Family ID	F1203	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Elisabeth Sterling, b. 26 Dec 1796, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Bef 1823 (Age < 26 years)
Married	Bef 1823 [6]
Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
Family ID	F1781	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Isabella Long, b. 15 Sep 1801, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 11 Sep 1855, Union County, Indiana, United States (Age 53 years)

Married 10 Sep 1823 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States [7]

Children

	1. John Long Honeyman, b. 23 Apr 1825, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 6 May 1875, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, United States (Age 50 years)
	2. Mary Ann Honeyman, b. 3 Dec 1826, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 23 Jul 1891, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, United States (Age 64 years)
	3. Sarah Jane Honeyman, b. 30 Nov 1828, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 30 May 1884, Muscatine County, Iowa, United States (Age 55 years)
	4. William Jackson Honeyman, b. 30 Oct 1830, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 25 Jul 1896, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, United States (Age 65 years)
	5. Elizabeth Honeyman, b. 3 Nov 1832, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 11 Feb 1907, South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States (Age 74 years)
	6. Emma Rebecca Honeyman, b. 30 Dec 1834, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 24 Feb 1916, Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois, United States (Age 81 years)
	7. James Oliver Honeyman, b. 7 Feb 1837, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 22 Feb 1842, Union County, Indiana, United States (Age 5 years)
	8. Ellen Mary Honeyman, b. 11 Mar 1839, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 4 Jul 1863, Union County, Indiana, United States (Age 24 years)
	9. George Washington Honeyman, b. 3 Jun 1841, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 28 Sep 1915, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, United States (Age 74 years)
	10. Louisa C. Honeyman, b. 5 Apr 1844, Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States , d. 22 Nov 1930, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, United States (Age 86 years)

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F1782 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3 Jane Noble, b. 1817, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

Married 24 Sep 1857 Liberty, Union County, Indiana, United States [8]

Children

1. Isabelle Honeyman, b. Abt 1860, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F1783 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

David moved from Virginia, where he was born, to Fayette County, Pennsylvania where he married his second wife, Isabel Long. He removed about 1827 to near Brownsville, and Dunlapsville, Indiana. He was remembered for the way he dressed: David Honeyman wore the conventional dress of Revolutionary times; standing collar, frock over-coat and leggins, all of a buckskin shade, and tall beaver hat. He rode on horseback and carried saddle-bags. On the Fourth of July there could be expected a rally of the oldest citizens at the town of Dunlapsville where a platform would be erected for thirteen of the oldest men. When the Declaration of Independence was read, and speech-making indulged in, David Honeyman, a patriotic Democrat, would take his share in the proceedings. He had a characteristic saying "This is a cold wet rain", and the saying became a byword. His neighbors would say: "It's one of Dave Honeyman's rains." David left Brownsville in 1864, and resided in New Boston, Illinois. (Source: Marie Wilson Musgrave, "The Honeyman Family", July 1995, pg. 9)

...David, of New Boston, Ill., b. Mar. 26, 1802; de. Mar. 18, 1874; m. (1) name of wife unknown, who died about one year after the marriage; (2) Sept. 10, 1823, Isabel Long (dau. of Andrew and Jemima Long, of Fayette County, Pa.); who was b. Sept. 15, 1800 and d. Sept. 11, 1856.
...He early went from West Virginia, where he was born, to Pennsylvania, where he married his second wife, and removed about 1827 to near Brownsville and Dunlapsville, Ind. He is stated to be deserving of more than usual notice. One who remembers him well writes: "David honeyman wore the conventional dress of Revolutionary times, viz., standing collar, frock over-coat and leggins, all of a buckskin shade, and tall beaver hat. He rode on horseback and carried saddlebags. I, as a boy, knew him by this dress and his patriotism. On the Fourth of July there could be expected a rally of the oldest citizens at the town of Dunlapsville where a platform would be erected for thirteen of the oldest men. when the Declaration fo independence was read, and speech-making indulged in, David Honeyman, a patriotic Democrat, would take his share in the proceedings. I remember a characteristic saying of his that "This is a cold wet rain," and the saying became a byword. His neighbors would say: 'It's one of Dave Honeyman's rains.' His son William J., was also a welll-dressed, conventional young man in those early days."
...David left Brownsville in 1864, and resided for the later years of his life at New Boston, Ill. (Source: A. Van Doren Honeyman, "The Honeyman Family (Honeyman, Honyman, Hunneman, etc.) in Scotland and America, 1548-1908", (Plainfield, NJ: Honeymans' Publishing House, 1909)