0 HEAD
1 SOUR PAF
2 NAME Personal Ancestral File
2 VERS 5.2.18.0
2 CORP The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
3 ADDR 50 East North Temple Street
4 CONT Salt Lake City, UT 84150
4 CONT USA
1 DEST PAF
1 DATE 25 Nov 2004
2 TIME 20:34:02
1 FILE kagdes5.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 LANG English
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME Jeffrey  Clarke /Cotham/
2 SURN Cotham
2 GIVN Jeffrey  Clarke
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 Aug 1953
2 PLAC Hamilton, Bermuda (Kindley Afb)
1 _UID 61A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E429069A
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 OCCU Structural Engineer, Bridge Design
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 Apr 2002
3 TIME 12:57:03
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Cara Patrice /Gibbs/
2 SURN Gibbs
2 GIVN Cara Patrice
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Mar 1957
2 PLAC Austin, Texas
1 _UID 63A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E42908BA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 OCCU Medical Technologist, Scrapbooking Consultant
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 Apr 2002
3 TIME 22:02:27
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME CM1 /Cotham/
2 SURN Cotham
2 GIVN CM1
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Jan 1990
1 _UID 64A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E42909CA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 Oct 2004
3 TIME 17:59:48
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME CF2 /Cotham/
2 SURN Cotham
2 GIVN CF2
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Jan 1990
1 _UID 65A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4290ADA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 Oct 2004
3 TIME 18:00:06
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME TC3 /Cotham/
2 SURN Cotham
2 GIVN TC3
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Jan 1990
1 _UID 66A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4290BEA
1 FAMC @F1@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 Oct 2004
3 TIME 18:00:32
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Christian Malford /Cotham/ ,Jr.
2 SURN Cotham
2 GIVN Christian Malford
2 NSFX ,Jr.
2 NICK Chris
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 Feb 1916
2 PLAC Schertz, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 Nov 1991
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
2 CAUS Natural
1 _UID 72A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E42917AA
1 FAMS @F2@
1 RELI 
2 DATE Presbyterian
1 EVEN WWII B-29 Pilot, Meteorologist
2 TYPE Military Service 
1 MARC 
2 DATE 25 Apr 1942
2 PLAC Pleasanton, Texas
1 BURI 
2 DATE 28 Nov 1991
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial
1 NOTE Born February 27, 1916 to Dr. Christian Malford Cotham, Sr., who delivered him in the hospita
2 CONC l he built in Schertz, Texas, and Forrest Hudson Cotham, music teacher and vocalist. Lived i
2 CONC n Schertz till 5 or 6 years old, when the family moved to San Antonio, Patterson Avenue in Al
2 CONC amo Heights. His father became a prominent surgeon, known world wide, with offices in the Med
2 CONC ical Arts Building. Christian Jr., "Sonny", "Malford", "Chris" in later years, loved the outd
2 CONC oors, swimming in the river at Kerrville, playing football at Alamo Heights, driving cars a b
2 CONC it too fast, racing small boats with dual outboard motors on Lake Medina, and then flying i
2 CONC n pre-World War II Texas. Once pushed his sister Virginia into a water well in Schertz as a p
2 CONC rank. One of his favorite stories from football was as a running back, getting knocked out an
2 CONC d then running almost for a touchdown in the "other" direction. Luckily enough he went in th
2 CONC e right direction often enough to earn him the name "Star" by his team mates. The dual outboa
2 CONC rds were frowned upon as unnecessary excess at the time, but have found favor in modern boati
2 CONC ng. The "natives" in Bermuda scoffed at the yank with this boat arrangement in 1952, but line
2 CONC d up to be first to buy it when the family moved back stateside in 1955. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He graduated from Schreiner College, Kerrville, Tx. in 193? and then received his BA from U
2 CONC T at Austin.  He was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity in Austin.  Chris was a little on th
2 CONC e wild side, but a very devout Christian. His mother was a faithfull Baptist, and his fathe
2 CONC r attended a Presbyterian church in San Antonio, so he alternated while growing up. Chris rai
2 CONC sed his kids going to Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church in San Antonio.  
2 CONT 
2 CONT During College years, his flying adventures somewhat parallelled his brashness on the water a
2 CONC nd on four wheels, buzzing parties in Texas ranch country in small private planes, cruising i
2 CONC n the air between home and college in the 1930's, and running with a crowd that included th
2 CONC e afluent Coverts of Austin and such starlets as Ann Southern who married one in the group o
2 CONC f friends. He spoke of nearly "buying the farm" on a number of occassions while pushing the e
2 CONC nvelope  a bit too far in his private plane. His flying skills learned during this time thoug
2 CONC h, earned him a flight instructor position for multi-engine bombers and an officer's commissi
2 CONC on in World War II in the Air Force. Toward the end of the war, he had orders to take his ow
2 CONC n crew in a B-29 bomber overseas to the Pacific theater, but the war ended before this coul
2 CONC d take place. During one of his training missions with B-29s in Texas during this time, his f
2 CONC light path took him "reasonably" close to his sister Virginia (Cotham) Carlson's family ranc
2 CONC h near El Campo. The temptation was too much and he decided to "buzz" the ranchhouse to ge
2 CONC t a reaction out of his relatives and show them a B-29 "up close and personal". He made one l
2 CONC ow pass to get them outside, which definitely worked, and then returned for the "coup de gras
2 CONC " when he flew so close to the ground that the turbulence spun the windmill violently. (Min
2 CONC d you, this was a huge four engine bomber and Definitely not a regulation maneuver!) He the
2 CONC n casually "shondelled" out and went along their way. After the war, Chris tried to keep hi
2 CONC s crew together and persuade them to join "Hurricane Hunters" with him, but the navigator bal
2 CONC ked and the idea was abandoned.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Before the war Christian met and married Jeanne Elizabeth Kagay, an Alamo Heights girl that h
2 CONC e had met through friends. Jeanne's conservative father Ray did not approve of the reputatio
2 CONC n that preceded Chris, so the couple eloped and married in Jourdanton, a preferred destinatio
2 CONC n for marriages on the hush at that time, just South of San Antonio. The "hush" was outed eve
2 CONC n before the couple got back from the honeymoon, supposedly by a resident of Jourdanton who w
2 CONC as also a patient of Dr. Cotham. Love, and the ordinance of marriage  prevailed and in a shor
2 CONC t time both sides of the family embraced the marriage. Chris used to love scaring Jeanne by p
2 CONC utting the car onto the railroad tracks of the old causeway that went across Harbor Island t
2 CONC o the island Port Aransas was located on, and riding those 7 miles across the water on all th
2 CONC ose rail (only) bridges, not knowing if a train was going to be coming the other way.
2 CONT 
2 CONT After the war, Chris decided to give it a go in Medical School, but after a cadaver or two i
2 CONC n Galveston, found that his heart was not in it, so he applied for and was accepted by the Ai
2 CONC rforce Reserve to study Meteorology  at Rantoul Airforce Base in Illinois.  He received his c
2 CONC ertificate in Meteorology and was stationed at Randolph AFB in l949 and then Shemya, Alaska i
2 CONC n l950. Tours of duty were then completed in Bermuda in 1955, Wichita Falls in 1957, Randolp
2 CONC h in 1961, Chaumont, France in 1962, and Spangdahlem, Germany in 1965, just before his retire
2 CONC ment as a Major (officially, though a Staff Seargent at the end of his last tour) in 1966. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT After retirement, Chris worked as a postman, fabricator for Swearingen Aircraft, hardware sto
2 CONC re clerk, and salesman for Sunset Memorial. Chris also helped as a red-cross volunteer and fo
2 CONC r rehabilitation units in Hunt, Texas. His attachment to the Texas coast and in particular th
2 CONC e barrier islands off the coast of Corpus Christi continued, as the family vacationed and fis
2 CONC hed there often, staying in the cottages built after the war by Jeanne's dad and brother, Ray
2 CONC mond Kagay and John R. Kagay, in Port Aransas. He also could not quite let go of his earlie
2 CONC r motorized hobbies, as he dabbled in various size motorcycles for several years.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:04:23
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Jeanne Elizabeth /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Jeanne Elizabeth
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 Apr 1921
2 PLAC Mission, Texas
1 _UID 75A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4291ADA
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 RELI Presbyterian
1 OCCU Trucklines Executive Secretary
1 MARC 
2 DATE 25 Apr 1942
2 PLAC Pleasanton, Texas
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Mar 2002
3 TIME 22:44:47
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond Frederick /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Raymond Frederick
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Oct 1883
2 PLAC Bremen, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 Mar 1974
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial
1 _UID 77A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4291CFA
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 OCCU Mechanical Engineer, Farmer, Real Estate
1 BURI 
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial
1 RELI Reformed Church, Presbyterian
1 NOTE Raymond Frederick Kagay (by daughter Jeanne Kagay Cotham, 10-12-2004)
2 CONT  
2 CONT Raymond was born October 17, 1883 near Bremen, Ohio.  His mother died when he was three year
2 CONC s old so he was raised by his father and his five older sisters:  Clara, Lorena, Mary, Elizab
2 CONC eth and Leota (Nina died at an early age from a small pox vaccination gone bad) and of cours
2 CONC e his father.  At the urging of his sisters, he attended seminary and Heidelberg College (Phi
2 CONC losophy,1903) in Tiffin, Ohio. He met Imogene Rosette of Richwood, Ohio through his brother J
2 CONC ess.  They were married in Richwood circa November l905.  John Rosette Kagay was born on Dece
2 CONC mber l6, l906.  Raymond went to work as an engineer at Marion Steam Shovel in Marysville, Ohi
2 CONC o where the young couple resided and produced three children.  John R., Margaret, and Helen
2 CONC .  Ray drove an early Harley Davidson motorcycle with a side car for Imogene.  He constructe
2 CONC d his own automobile about the same time Henry Ford came out with his first auto!  Ray and hi
2 CONC s older brother Jess invested in land in the Rio Grand Valley.  Ray moved his family to Texa
2 CONC s circa 1914 where he raised citrus and vegetables on the property he had purchased in Missio
2 CONC n, Texas. These were the days of Poncho Villa incursions across the nearby border with Mexic
2 CONC o and guns were kept at the ready!  Third daughter, Mary Alice was born in l915 and six year
2 CONC s later along came Jeanne Elizabeth born in Mission, Texas, in Hidalgo County. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (He also built a refrigeration unit in the late teens and made and sold ice cream to soldier
2 CONC s training and stationed in the area. During this period, he grew beans for use by the army a
2 CONC lso.) 
2 CONT Ray helped organize the Presbyterian Church in Mission;  He bought Imogene a Buick to transpo
2 CONC rt her four children in.  
2 CONT 
2 CONT Imo preferred City living so  in 1922 he packed up the family and moved to San Antonio. He al
2 CONC so purchased 40 acres of property in Cotulla, Texas because of the oil interests as well a
2 CONC s a mention of a resort developing in the area.  After researching, he decided Alamo Height
2 CONC s was the best area to invest in and raise a family. He purchased several lots in Alamo Heigh
2 CONC ts.  His first job was managing a dairy farm on Broadway at Nacogdoches in the AH area.  Th
2 CONC e family resided on the farm for a year then moved into a rent house on Pershing Avenue.  H
2 CONC e bought an automobile top and body repair shop on East Houston Street down from the Alamo an
2 CONC d next door to Herpel/Gillespie Ford Co. in l923.   He built a small house on Kampman Avenue
2 CONC .  After the big flood, he moved the family into another house on Eaton Street….a higher leve
2 CONC l.    A business partner talked him into a silver mining venture in Tempe, Arizona so he sol
2 CONC d the business in 1926 and moved the family to Tempe, Arizona!  He sold the house to the Alle
2 CONC n family; accepted a Cadillac and Ruby/Diamond Ring as a down payment!  He sold the Cadilla
2 CONC c Limo (it had jump seats which I liked) and bought a smaller but brand new Chevy. (Margare
2 CONC t lost the ring.) The venture did not work out and the family returned to S.A.. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ray took a job managing Gillespie’s used car lot.  He built a house at 108 Circle St where th
2 CONC e family lived in the garage which he built first. Then in 1928 we moved into the house. He w
2 CONC ent into his own used car business which he continued until he retired from (that and real es
2 CONC tate) in later years.  His hobbies:  fishing, hunting, remodeling antique cars in the famil
2 CONC y back yard (half of the back yard was fenced off for this hobby).  At eight to ten years o
2 CONC f age, I (Jeanne) got to help  …he would put me behind the wheel and push the car down the al
2 CONC ley onto Broadway to get it running…what an adventure…but I learned a lot about cars.  As a t
2 CONC eenager, I drove a Moon (a huge limo type car) which I accidentally blocked a street with
2 CONC ;  a little Austin; a Willis/Knight and several others that you never hear of these days. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On March, 1931, fifth daughter Betty Rae was born in San Antonio. Six months later, Raymond m
2 CONC oved the family to a little island on the gulf coast near Aransas Pass, called Ransom Island
2 CONC , and rented the house in San Antonio out for additional income. (Depression era) After six m
2 CONC onths, they returned to San Antonio.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Raymond never drank alcohol or smoked…it was not allowed in or around the house.  We were no
2 CONC t allowed to play cards, or dance, but we did go to church most every Sunday morning and even
2 CONC ing.  Although he never became a minister, we were raised in a very strict religious environm
2 CONC ent.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 11:34:43
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Imogene /Rosette/
2 SURN Rosette
2 GIVN Imogene
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 Dec 1887
2 PLAC Richwood, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 Dec 1958
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID 7AA00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4291F2A
1 FAMS @F3@
1 RELI Presbyterian
1 OCCU Church organist, piano player
1 BURI 
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial
1 NOTE Imogene Rosette Kagay (by daughter Jeanne Kagay Cotham, 10-12-2004)
2 CONT 
2 CONT Imogene Rosette Kagay was a stay at home mom!  She raised 6 children.  She sang contralto i
2 CONC n the church choir until she lost her singing voice in the late thirties.  She played the pia
2 CONC no and gathered the family around the piano often to sing such songs as When Irish Eyes Are S
2 CONC miling, In A Little Spanish Town…etc.  It is believed that she attended ? College where she s
2 CONC tudied music. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT She raised her grandson Watson and helped with the care of Christian and Jeffrey Cotham whe
2 CONC n their mother worked!  She had many friends…Mrs. Duerr, Mrs. McClanahan, Mrs.Sewell all neig
2 CONC hbors on Circle and Eaton Streets.  She was a terrific cook…especially cooking for 8 and scra
2 CONC ping by during the big depression years 1929 to 1934 when food and clothing and income from t
2 CONC he used car business was very hard to achieve. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (Note from Jeffrey C. ~ I remember her as being very kind and gentle, and made terrific lunch
2 CONC es of fried Gaftop (saltwater species- Gaftopsail Catfish) with all the trimmings, when the f
2 CONC amily gathered together at their cottage in Port Aransas in the 1950s.)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Mar 2002
3 TIME 22:52:47
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Christian Malford /Cotham/ , III
2 SURN Cotham
2 GIVN Christian Malford
2 NSFX , III
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Mar 1943
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID 97A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4293CFA
1 FAMC @F2@
1 OCCU Architect, Real Estate
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 RELI Baptist
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Mar 2002
3 TIME 23:41:10
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME John Rosette /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN John Rosette
2 NICK "John R"
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 Dec 1906
2 PLAC Richwood, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aug 1992
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID A1A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E429469A
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 OCCU a Chemist and Alamo Cement Plant Mngr
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 MARC 
2 DATE Nov 1930
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 BURI 
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial, San Antonio
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 Nov 2004
3 TIME 17:09:02
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Elaine /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Margaret Elaine
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Sep 1908
2 PLAC Richwood, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE Jul 1987
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID A3A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E42948BA
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 BURI 
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial
1 OCCU Naturalization Service
1 MARC 
2 DATE 1930
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:36:34
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Helen Janet /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Helen Janet
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Jun 1913
2 PLAC Marysville, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 Jan 1996
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID A5A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4294ADA
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 BURI 
2 PLAC Sunset Memorial
1 OCCU Accountant (Alamo Cement)
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 MARC 
2 DATE Jun 1951
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:45:05
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Alice /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Mary Alice
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 Jun 1915
2 PLAC Mission, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1 Jul 1996
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID A7A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4294CFA
1 FAMS @F5746@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 MARC 
2 DATE Jun 1940
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 19:41:28
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME Betty Rae /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Betty Rae
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Mar 1931
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID A9A00D932944D611A432C95D22E6E4294E1A
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 OCCU Real Estate
1 MARC 
2 DATE Sep 1950
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:50:21
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret E /Minor/
2 SURN Minor
2 GIVN Margaret E
2 NICK Margie
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 Nov 1912
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 DEAT
2 DATE Jun 1995
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID 230D11DEE444D611A432805E8C29882544EC
1 FAMS @F9@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:33:36
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME Shirley /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Shirley
1 SEX F
1 _UID 250D11DEE444D611A432805E8C298825460C
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F9@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:29:46
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Chris //
2 GIVN Chris
1 SEX U
1 _UID 270D11DEE444D611A432805E8C298825482C
1 FAMC @F10@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:30:37
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Augustus Frederick Watson /Macmanus/ II
2 SURN Macmanus
2 GIVN Augustus Frederick Watson
2 NSFX II
1 SEX M
1 _UID 2B0D11DEE444D611A432805E8C2988254C6C
1 FAMS @F11@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:37:50
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Lloyd /Taliaferro/
2 SURN Taliaferro
2 GIVN Lloyd
1 SEX M
1 _UID 2D0D11DEE444D611A432805E8C2988254E8C
1 FAMS @F12@
1 MARC 
2 DATE 25 Apr 1970
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:39:14
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Watson /Macmanus/
2 SURN Macmanus
2 GIVN Watson
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1933
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2001
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID 300D11DEE444D611A432805E8C29882551BC
1 FAMS @F5747@
1 FAMC @F11@
1 OCCU Car Dealership/Insurance
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:16:30
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Carter /Watts/
2 SURN Watts
2 GIVN Carter
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT 1974
2 PLAC San Antonio, Tx
1 _UID 330D11DEE444D611A432805E8C29882554EC
1 FAMS @F13@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Mar 2002
3 TIME 20:46:28
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Douglas Clinton /Hearn/ , Sr.
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Douglas Clinton
2 NSFX , Sr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 Jul 1928
2 PLAC Cincinatti, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 Jul 2003
2 PLAC San Antonio, Texas
1 _UID 360D11DEE444D611A432805E8C298825571C
1 FAMS @F14@
1 OCCU Architectural Engineer
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:52:28
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Douglas Clinton /Hearn/ , III
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Douglas Clinton
2 NSFX , III
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 Aug 1952
2 PLAC Austin, Texas
1 _UID 380D11DEE444D611A432805E8C298825593C
1 FAMS @F5749@
1 FAMC @F14@
1 OCCU Engineer
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:53:16
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Frederick /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Thomas Frederick
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 Jun 1954
2 PLAC Austin, Texas
1 _UID 3A0D11DEE444D611A432805E8C2988255B5C
1 FAMS @F5750@
1 FAMC @F14@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:58:34
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine Jean /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Catherine Jean
2 NICK Cathy
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 Jun 1955
2 PLAC Austin, Texas
1 _UID 3C0D11DEE444D611A432805E8C2988255D7C
1 FAMS @F5751@
1 FAMS @F5752@
1 FAMC @F14@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:01:29
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME John Stuart /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN John Stuart
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 Jan 1960
2 PLAC Waco, Texas
1 _UID 3E0D11DEE444D611A432805E8C2988255F9C
1 FAMS @F5753@
1 FAMC @F14@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:07:02
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME James Wheaton /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN James Wheaton
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Jul 1962
2 PLAC Waco, Texas
1 _UID 400D11DEE444D611A432805E8C29882561BC
1 FAMS @F5754@
1 FAMC @F14@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:10:12
0 @I15739@ INDI
1 NAME John /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN John
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 Feb 1835
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 Dec 1904
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 06CE54EE8B3D384C8AF48712679C81757286
1 FAMS @F5651@
1 FAMC @F5652@
1 NOTE "John Kagay, the 5th son of Christian Kagay, was born near Bremen, Ohio, February 3, 1835 o
2 CONC n the farm where he now (1898) resides. His early education was such as the common schools o
2 CONC f his day and a new country afforded. He and his brothers assisted their father in clearing t
2 CONC he heavy timbered land for cultivation; and he is to-day one of the most intelligent and thri
2 CONC fty farmers in his State. He has filled several minor offices in his township, and is an acti
2 CONC ve member of the Reformed Church, and has been and is yet an elder in that society. He marrie
2 CONC d Tenia Stuart November 21, 1861, and bought the old homestead, where he has lived ever since
2 CONC , with hand still upon the helm of the barque of life. His wife died August 27, 1894, after 3
2 CONC 3 yearsof happy wedded life. She was a faithful, loving wife and a fond and affectionate moth
2 CONC er. They had eleven children."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 21 Oct 2004
3 TIME 20:43:48
0 @I15740@ INDI
1 NAME Christina ("Tenia") Diana /Stuart/
2 SURN Stuart
2 GIVN Christina ("Tenia") Diana
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 Mar 1843
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 Aug 1894
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 2589F6228B1A7E409C3C3139128F46D82A73
1 FAMS @F5651@
1 NOTE Her sister, Mary "Maria" J. Stuart, married Christian Kagay, the brother of Tenia's husband
2 CONC , John Kagay, and Christian was a veteran of the Civil War. (lost leg in battle, nearly died
2 CONC , recovered and re-enlisted in a different regiment for another 90 days; we have a picture o
2 CONC f him on crutches)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 21 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:30:55
0 @I15741@ INDI
1 NAME Christian R. /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Christian R.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 Dec 1795
2 PLAC Shenandoah Co., Va
1 _UID E9039C72350F1245B22241F6FDDD5A8458E6
1 FAMS @F5652@
1 FAMC @F5653@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:08:20
0 @I15742@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Huffman/
2 SURN Huffman
2 GIVN Barbara
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Shenandoah Co., Va
1 _UID E9070FFA32F82B4AB99CEF18043E688D2B0A
1 FAMS @F5652@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:09:08
0 @I15743@ INDI
1 NAME Rudolph /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Rudolph
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Jan 1768
2 PLAC Lancaster, Pa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 Dec 1828
2 PLAC Quicksburg, Virginia
1 _UID FA5CF0D9A8EB3746AE4FFC5F560F0CE0D897
1 FAMS @F5653@
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 14:49:53
0 @I15744@ INDI
1 NAME Eve /Roof/
2 SURN Roof
2 GIVN Eve
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1768
1 DEAT
2 DATE 40 yrs old
1 _UID 0A57EE12CF3D924787A024CA07BC731EAFE3
1 FAMS @F5653@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 14:50:52
0 @I15783@ INDI
1 NAME Rudolph /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Rudolph
1 SEX M
1 _UID E30246594D3A0D428C3FC7C1E489AB864B24
1 FAMC @F5652@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:48:12
0 @I15784@ INDI
1 NAME Frederick /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Frederick
1 SEX M
1 _UID 37875A990F9B434B963F83EA8510997CD5A7
1 FAMC @F5652@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:48:28
0 @I15785@ INDI
1 NAME Franklin /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Franklin
1 SEX M
1 _UID D3A7DED0938BF54185981DCFD7265B310E23
1 FAMC @F5652@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:48:44
0 @I15786@ INDI
1 NAME David /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN David
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 Jul 1833
2 PLAC Page County, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 Apr 1835
2 PLAC Page County, Virginia
1 _UID ABADF429CC2D504C90A824342C8A5AAA542B
1 FAMC @F5652@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:54:21
0 @I15787@ INDI
1 NAME Christian C. /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Christian C.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Mar 1837
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1 Jul 1897
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 3BE9595783882243B3B07B6E6E42DD7E9B71
1 FAMS @F5668@
1 FAMC @F5652@
1 NOTE Married the sister of brother John's wife, Christina Diana Stuart, named Maria J. Stuart. Ser
2 CONC ved in the Civil War in the Co. C of the 62nd Ohio Volunteers under Captain Poundstone, Colon
2 CONC el Pond's regiment. Was in the battle at Winchester, VA. Severely wounded and almost died. Re
2 CONC -enlisted for 100 more days in 159th Ohio Volunteers under Captain H.S. Allen, Colonel Jackso
2 CONC n's regiment; discharged in August 22, 1864 at Zanesville, Ohio. He received a surgeon's disa
2 CONC bility, but continued to work as a skillfull mechanic and later as an assessor several times
2 CONC . I have a picture of him standing with crutches with one leg amputated, next to his wife.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:13:19
0 @I15788@ INDI
1 NAME Clara Belle /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Clara Belle
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Nov 1862
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 893FAF8758FEB24A8DE013B44CB053C89B72
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:56:45
0 @I15789@ INDI
1 NAME James Franklin /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN James Franklin
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 Jun 1864
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 Mar 1898
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID AB5BCD6933374F4A9F0D830D48C01C8827C7
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 NOTE Died of typhoid pneumonia.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:58:29
0 @I15790@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Edmund /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Charles Edmund
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 Mar 1866
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE Sep 1922
2 PLAC Richwood, Ohio
1 _UID E30A6EC46BDE6141A912D0AA5CE82413BADA
1 FAMS @F5706@
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:19:51
0 @I15791@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth J. /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Elizabeth J.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Feb 1868
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID DC7520FCA59DBC4BB4D962A3893DC1A06FA4
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:40
0 @I15792@ INDI
1 NAME Mary A. /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Mary A.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 Dec 1869
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 36AA8B4AF6175A4885E5E3A7BEDD7C1382DD
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:37
0 @I15793@ INDI
1 NAME Lorena /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Lorena
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Feb 1872
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID E1AF8D2A63ADDA4681F50D118E61EFDFC8AC
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:33
0 @I15794@ INDI
1 NAME Jesse Stuart /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Jesse Stuart
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Jan 1874
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID EDE0238044CDA1448568B86AEF065855173C
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:29
0 @I15795@ INDI
1 NAME William Henry /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN William Henry
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 Oct 1875
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1 Sep 1889
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID C3DE146530C80446ADF3573D673A9038F9CB
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:24
0 @I15796@ INDI
1 NAME Nina B. /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Nina B.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 Jan 1878
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 Jan 1887
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 5B14158C90EC3A4B880D654A981C1FF51D3B
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 NOTE Died of croup.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:21
0 @I15797@ INDI
1 NAME Ellen Leota /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Ellen Leota
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 Jul 1880
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 8A40113A3B7CC2418F31E7D76982F1C6EF73
1 FAMC @F5651@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 Oct 2004
3 TIME 23:06:14
0 @I15798@ INDI
1 NAME Mary (Maria) J. /Stuart/
2 SURN Stuart
2 GIVN Mary (Maria) J.
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 Jan 1898
2 PLAC Bremen, Oh
1 _UID 3E06CF234266084E9A7E95D0BDBBBABFA203
1 FAMS @F5668@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:15:10
0 @I15874@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Barbara
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Oct 1788
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 Jun 1861
2 PLAC Mahoning Co., Ohio
1 _UID ADBCE6687BDD1A44BF98537E8091E38A13E6
1 FAMC @F5653@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 14:56:00
0 @I15875@ INDI
1 NAME Henry /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Henry
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 May 1792
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 3 May 1887
2 PLAC Licking Co., Ohio
1 _UID 35D900AA724CC747984BD88524138130ACFB
1 FAMC @F5653@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 14:58:00
0 @I15876@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Jacob
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1790
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE ?
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
2 CAUS kicked by a horse
1 _UID B89DAB00C3A85A4F8E21222EDAA4EAC23DA7
1 FAMC @F5653@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:02:17
0 @I15877@ INDI
1 NAME Henry /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Henry
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Nov 1728
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1783
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID A7BB5EE5F76CB346821CC269637F4F5D5847
1 FAMS @F5698@
1 FAMC @F5699@
1 NOTE Immigrated with family from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania to Shenandoah Co., Virginia, near Ne
2 CONC w Market on Smith's Creek, in 1768. He bought 404 acres there and built a mill, and died ther
2 CONC e in 1783.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:26:58
0 @I15878@ INDI
1 NAME Christian /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Christian
1 SEX U
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Aug 1766
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 Jul 1834
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID 22DD12032DAC794FA135663F26D1CFD7CDD1
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:06:57
0 @I15879@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Abraham
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 Aug 1764
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 Sep 1831
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID 6A6258AB3D07CF4BB2429139CAB2BDF81C50
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:09:35
0 @I15880@ INDI
1 NAME Anna /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Anna
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 Jun 1762
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 _UID AD40F9795141754C846BB81CAA332FAF305F
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:11:17
0 @I15881@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Jacob
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 Oct 1760
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 Mar 1815
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID 52AEAEB04001B9448B9E79AB4ECE2B11414F
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:14:49
0 @I15882@ INDI
1 NAME Henry /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Henry
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 Sep 1758
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE Jul 1844
2 PLAC Roanoke Co., Virginia
1 _UID FFE1160CFB36314CA8F73096D6714DA75096
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:16:38
0 @I15883@ INDI
1 NAME John (Reverend) /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN John (Reverend)
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 Mar 1757
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 Oct 1845
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID 2E41D7035CBE0A418804143670E2DB61121E
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:22:41
0 @I15884@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Stoner/
2 SURN Stoner
2 GIVN Barbara
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Dec 1732
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID 09379EBE3ABDE2419BB5E7879223A6C1909D
1 FAMS @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:28:25
0 @I15885@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Barbara
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID C455E80067C7E540B6FCD3EEF47B66D6728D
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:31:41
0 @I15886@ INDI
1 NAME Isaac /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Isaac
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID BABAAFE01E3E3142B6043B229FA1E33945FC
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:31:49
0 @I15887@ INDI
1 NAME Martin /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Martin
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID D1929E5FA7C25A419E359EA782F5FDB2A2F9
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:31:55
0 @I15888@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Elizabeth
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC New Market, Virginia
1 _UID 69BA526FDCDF0F4481D57CE7C22C5307F3F3
1 FAMC @F5698@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:32:08
0 @I15889@ INDI
1 NAME John "Hanse" Rudolph /Kagy/
2 SURN Kagy
2 GIVN John "Hanse" Rudolph
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1690
2 PLAC Near Zurich, Switzerland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 Oct 1748
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 _UID C7AC27CFCF00324CAB55DE649C9D67C15926
1 FAMS @F5699@
1 NOTE Immigrated to America in 1715, considered to be the first of the Kagy name in America.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 	The following is an excerpt from “A History of the Kagy Relationship in America from 1715 t
2 CONC o 1900”, by Franklin Keagy of Chambersburg, Pa. Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Publishing Company
2 CONC , 1899. It is transcribed from the original book handed down through the John Kagay family (B
2 CONC remen, Ohio, 1835-1904) to his son’s family, Raymond Frederick Kagay, (Bremen, Ohio to San An
2 CONC tonio, Texas, 1883 -1974), and now in the family of Raymond’s grandson, Jeffrey Clarke Cotha
2 CONC m of Austin, Texas. It includes introductory information from the Second Preface of the boo
2 CONC k that details the history of the Kagy name in Switzerland, the Kagy immigration from Switzer
2 CONC land to Pennsylvania in the early 1700’s, and up through the death of Hanse Kagy (John Rudolp
2 CONC h Kagy) in 1748 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His Will, shown at the end of this excerpt
2 CONC , serves as the basis for the information on his children and the beginning of the rest of th
2 CONC e Kagy genealogy in America, contained in the bulk of the remainder of the before said book. 
2 CONT JCC 11-15-2004
2 CONT 
2 CONT P.15
2 CONT                                                                     SECOND PREFACE
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOME twenty-three years ago the writer of this biography started out to learn; if possible, s
2 CONC omething of his earthly origin and here I wish to say that little did I think I had undertake
2 CONC n so vast a task as this has proven to be.
2 CONT In place of finding a few relatives I have discovered a vast relationship, widely scattered o
2 CONC ver all the States and Terri­tories of this great country and have traced them back through s
2 CONC even generations into that historic country, where the first and oldest Republic exists toda
2 CONC y -“Switzerland”.  Not only the descendants of one emigration, but the descendants of five* e
2 CONC migrations have been tracked and followed, the trail of which has sometimes been lost for yea
2 CONC rs to be found again and followed into the dim and mouldy past, only to repeat again and agai
2 CONC n a like experience, and final success. I most sincerely wish my self-imposed task had falle
2 CONC n to the lot of some one who possessed the ability to prepare this biography in such shape a
2 CONC s the large and highly respectable relationship, which it attempts to record, so richly merit
2 CONC s.  A work of this kind requires far more time than its author could possibly give it, thoug
2 CONC h ever so willing, and after years of weary research and correspondence that taxed the author
2 CONC 's time to the uttermost and all has been learned that possibly ever can be, yet there is dou
2 CONC btless much that would be interesting that is forever lost. It was the author's desire to pre
2 CONC sent a record of the date of birth and marriage and death, occupation or calling of every on
2 CONC e who bore the name. This it has been impossible to do in every instance. For these and all o
2 CONC ther omissions and imperfec­tions I must beg the kind indulgence of a host of friends and kin
2 CONC sfolk, who are impatiently asking "When will this history be published?"
2 CONT     Before giving the story of the origin of the Kagi name the
2 CONT 
2 CONT * The 6th emigration occurred about 1898, when Henry Kagy came from Switzerland and located i
2 CONC n Colorado.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 16
2 CONT KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT next question of interest is, whereabouts in that historic land do we first find the progenit
2 CONC ors of the Kagi name. From sev­eral letters written by Jacob Kagi Kagi, Ur. Kagi and Thos. Ka
2 CONC gi Kagi, of Ruppen near Wyla Canton Zurich, we learn that in that place and vicinity withi
2 CONC n a radius of three miles there are thirty-five or more families of the Kagi name and it is a
2 CONC n accepted fact among the Kagis there, that the name had its origin in Canton Zurich, where t
2 CONC hey are most numerous today, although they are to be found in every Canton (county) in Switze
2 CONC rland.  Some are engaged in farming and in the various industrial trades; quite a number ar
2 CONC e engaged in knitting various articles of wearing apparel, .using American-made knitting mach
2 CONC ines, most of the products of which are sent to America. All the honored professions or calli
2 CONC ngs are represented, such as merchants, school teachers, ministers, etc., and are almost univ
2 CONC ersally well informed and of decided liter­ary tastes and decision of character and also o
2 CONC f a humorous and lively disposition, fond of society and desire to entertain their friends. I
2 CONC n general they are above medium stature, strong of limb and constitution, some of them have a
2 CONC ttained to nearly the century mark in age. In religious faith the greater portion belong to t
2 CONC he Reformed Church, but in Switz­erland as in America every Protestant society has the name i
2 CONC n its list of members. Led by interest or impelled by necessity they have gone out from the a
2 CONC ncestral home into every civil­ized land and country of the globe. The writer of this his­tor
2 CONC y has been informed that in feudal times a Kagi built a castle in Scotland, which if true, wo
2 CONC uld indicate a greater an­tiquity for the name than has been supposed.
2 CONT On the following page we present a picture of Zurich, the metropolis of Switzerland, taken fr
2 CONC om the Lake Zurich, a photo of which has been obtained after much effort and ex­pense. Zuric
2 CONC h is a beautiful city of 150,000 population and lies on the lake of the same name and at th
2 CONC e point where the River Limmat starts its course. The city extends from the heights of Zurich
2 CONC berg to the base of the steep ridge called the Uto. Its importance is partly owing to its sit
2 CONC uation at the foot of the Alps and 1,345 feet above sea level. It is also on
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 19
2 CONT KAGY RELATIONSHIP.	
2 CONT 
2 CONT the ancient commercial highway leading from the heart of Lombardy across the mountains of Rha
2 CONC etia and along the various lakes and rivers into Germany.  The walks and drives through the s
2 CONC uburbs are fine, the woods and paths are well kept and the variety of scenery beautiful.  On
2 CONC e of the prin­cipal hotels, Baur-au-lac, or "Bower by the Lake," is located facing the lake w
2 CONC ith a magnificent garden of walks, trees and shrubbery in front extending to the lake. At nig
2 CONC ht, when the houses and gardens shine with hundreds of lights and the city part of the lakefr
2 CONC ont glows with the same, the scene is like that of fairyland. There are many interesting poin
2 CONC ts along the lake, including Au and Ufenau, which Conrad Meyer has so poet­ically woven in hi
2 CONC s beautiful song of "Hutton's Last Days." The attractions of Zurich are noble churches with a
2 CONC ncient history attached. The town library of 130,000 volumes, the An­tiquarian Museum, the to
2 CONC wn hall, the Swiss National Museum schools, universities and other public buildings. The hist
2 CONC ory* of Switzerland as a nation properly begins in 1231, but not until 1291 was the "League o
2 CONC f Perpetual Allegiance" formed and that grand confederation, the Swiss Republic, which has ex
2 CONC isted for over 600 years the wonder of an admiring world; now, as then, the model for futur
2 CONC e republics, it would be ab­surd to suppose that the new Republic of 1201, represented as tru
2 CONC ly a democratic form of government as it does to-day; a long period of time elapsed during wh
2 CONC ich a high-spirited peo­ple were engaged in perfecting and maintaining it against powerful en
2 CONC emies, often by force of arms, as at the battle of Morgauten, in 1315; Laupen in 1330; Sempac
2 CONC h in 1386, where 1,500 Swiss defeated 6,000 Austrians, and at Naefels, where 600 Swiss defeat
2 CONC ed 6,000 Austrians, the latter losing 1,700 men, and the former 54.  A seven years' peace fol
2 CONC lowed in 1389. This peace was prolonged for twenty years, and afterward, in 1412, for fifty y
2 CONC ears. Thus they became a nation long before this country was known to exist.  For many reason
2 CONC s the history of Switzerland is peculiarly interest­-
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Part of an essay read at a family reunion at Dayton, Va., 1894, and at Tiffin, Ohio, in 1895
2 CONC , by the compiler.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 20
2 CONT KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
2 CONT 
2 CONT ing to English-speaking people. This "playground of Europe" is every year visited by large nu
2 CONC mbers of British and Ameri­cans.  Then to the Anglo-Saxon race, the grand spectacle of a hand
2 CONC ful of freemen nobly struggling for and maintaining their freedom; often amidst enormous diff
2 CONC iculties, and against appalling odds, cannot but be heart-stirring. To the citizen of the gre
2 CONC at American Republic a study of the constitution of the little European Republic should brin
2 CONC g both interest and profit a constitution resembling in many points that of his own country
2 CONC .  And few readers, of whatever nationality, can, we think, peruse their history without a fe
2 CONC eling of admiration for a gallant people who have fought against oppression as the Swiss have
2 CONC ? fought, who have loved freedom as they have loved ist, and who have performed the well-nig
2 CONC h incredible feats of arms the Switzers hare performed. A study of the Con­stitutional Histor
2 CONC y of the Swiss Confederation can hardly be overstated.
2 CONT Very few histories in the English language go back beyond the year 1291 A. D., the date of th
2 CONC e "Swiss League," and of course of Switzerland as a nation cannot boast of an earlier origin
2 CONC .  But some account of the previous history of the men who founded the "League," cannot fai
2 CONC l to be interesting. For a country which has been occupied at different periods by Lakemen, H
2 CONC elvetians and ~Romans, where Al amanni, Burgun­dians, and Franks hare played their parts, whe
2 CONC re Charlemagne lived and ruled, and Charles the Bold fought; where the great families of th
2 CONC e Zaerings, the Kyburgs, and Savoy struggled; and whence the mighty house of Habsburg spran
2 CONC g (and domi­neered)-all this before 1291. A country with such a story to tell of its earlie
2 CONC r times, can not fail to interest some of us at least. The historian has endeavored to show m
2 CONC en differing in race, in language, in creed, and in mode of life, combined to resist the comm
2 CONC on enemy and to build up the compact little State we now see playing its part on the Europea
2 CONC n stage. Says the historian in his history of the "Swiss Confederation:" Swiss history teache
2 CONC s us, all the way through, that "Swiss lib­erty was won by a close union of many small States
2 CONC , and will be best preserved by the same means, and not by obliter
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2 CONT all local peculiarities, nowhere so striking, nowhere so histori­cally important as in Switze
2 CONC rland. Our wonder and admiration increases at the vast influence of the Little Republic, whe
2 CONC n we remember that the total area of its twenty-two Cantons is less than 16,000 square mile
2 CONC s and a population of only 3,000,000. No other nation in the world of equal area and populati
2 CONC on has ever wielded. so much influence for good as has this little Republic. Of men of intell
2 CONC ect, of talent, of artistic, scientific or literary skill Switzerland has produced many, an
2 CONC d sheltered many more.  The numerous academical, literary, scientific and musical institution
2 CONC s, tell the story of her advancement. Amongst the numberless names of her men of science, no
2 CONC w or lately living, may be mentioned Aggassiz, Desor, De-la Rive, Heer, Studer and Dr. Ferdin
2 CONC and Keller, the discoverer of the Lake dwellings. In literature a host of names present thems
2 CONC elves, among them Monnier, Meyer and Gottfried Keller, who has been called the German Shake­s
2 CONC peare. Amongst the painters are Calaine, Diday, Girardet, Vantier and Bocklin, and of sculpto
2 CONC rs Vela and Lautz.  Gustave Weber, Joachim Raff and Baumgartner are world-wide known musica
2 CONC l composers.
2 CONT In recent years archeologists all over the world have been greatly interested in the discover
2 CONC y of the Swiss lake settle­ments. Every schoolboy has heard of the wonderful discov­eries mad
2 CONC e on the shores of the beautiful Swiss lakes during the last few years.  A brief account of w
2 CONC hat was found and how it was found on the lake shores will not be out of place here.
2 CONT In the winter of 1853, the waters of Lake Zurich sank so low that a wide stretch of mud was l
2 CONC aid bare along the shores. The people of Meilen, a large village some twelve miles from Zuric
2 CONC h, took advantage of this unusual state of things, to effect certain improvements, and durin
2 CONC g the operations the workmen's tools struck against some obstacles which proved to be great w
2 CONC ooded props or piles. These piles, the tops of which were but a few inches below the surfac
2 CONC e of the mud, were found to be planted in rows and squares, and the number of them seemed t
2 CONC o be enormous. Further investigation discovered­
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2 CONT large numbers of bones, antlers, weapons, implements of various kinds and what not. Dr. Ferdi
2 CONC nand Keller, the an­tiquarian, was sent from Zurich to examine the spot, and he pronounced i
2 CONC t to be a lake settlement, probably of some ancient Celtic tribe. Many marks of a prehistori
2 CONC c occupation had pre­viously been found, but hitherto no traces of dwellings. Dr. Keller call
2 CONC ed these early settlers "Pile­-builders," from their peculiar mode of building their houses
2 CONC .  During the course of the last thirty years, over two hundred of these aquatic villages hav
2 CONC e been discovered on the shores of the lakes of Constance, Geneva, Zurich, Neuchatel, Bienne
2 CONC , Morat and other smaller lakes, and on certain rivers and swampy spots which had once been l
2 CONC akes or quasi-lakes.
2 CONT These lake dwellings are mostly placed on piles driven some ten feet into the bed of the lake
2 CONC , and as many as thirty or forty thousand of these piles have been found in a single settleme
2 CONC nt. The houses themselves were made of hurdle work, and thatched with straw or rushes. Layer
2 CONC s of wattles and hay alternating formed the floors, and the walls seem to have been rendere
2 CONC d more weather-proof by a covering of clay or else of bullrushes or straw. A railing of wicke
2 CONC rwork ran round each hut, partly, no doubt, to keep the wash of the lake and partly as a prot
2 CONC ection to the children. Light bridges or gangways, easily moved connected the huts with eac
2 CONC h other and with the shore. Each house contained two rooms, at least, and some of the dwellin
2 CONC gs measured as much as twenty-seven feet by twenty-two feet. Hearthstones blackened by fire o
2 CONC ften  remain to show where the kitchens had been. Mats of bast, straw and reeds abound in th
2 CONC e settlements, and show that the Lakemen had their notions of cosiness and comfort. Large cre
2 CONC scent-shaped talismans, carved on one side, were hung over the en­trances to the huts (just a
2 CONC s we to-dav find over the doors in many houses a real or paper-made horseshoe), showing prett
2 CONC y clearly that then as now the Moon goddess was worshipped.
2 CONT The prehistoric collections in the public museums at Zurich, Berne, Bienne, Neuchatel and Gen
2 CONC eva, not to speak of private collections, are very extensive and very fine, containing tools
2 CONC , handsome weapons, knives of most exquisite
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2 CONT shape and carving, woman's ornaments, some of them of the most elegant kind. A "Lady of the L
2 CONC ake" in full dress would seem to have made an imposing show. An undergarment of fine linen wa
2 CONC s girded at the waist by a broad belt of inlaid or embossed bronze work.  Over the shoulder
2 CONC s was thrown a woolen cloak fastened with bronze clasps or pins, whilst neck, arms and ankle
2 CONC s were decked with a great many trinkets-necklaces, anklets, bracelets rings, spangles, and s
2 CONC o forth.
2 CONT The whole was set off by a diadem of long pins with large heads beautifully chiseled and inla
2 CONC id with beads of metal or glass, these pins being stuck through a sort of leathern fillet whi
2 CONC ch bound up the hair. So beautiful are some of these trinkets, that imitations of them in gol
2 CONC d are in request by the ladies of to-day.
2 CONT One of the most extensive lake colonies in Switzerland is situated in and spread over the vas
2 CONC t marshes of Robenhausen (Zurich), which once formed part of Lake Pfafficon.  The visitor wh
2 CONC o is not deterred by the inconvenience of a descent into the damp and muddy pit, where excava
2 CONC tions are still being carried on, finds himself facing three successive settlements, one abov
2 CONC e another, and all belonging to the remote Stone Age. Between the successive settlements ar
2 CONC e layers of turf, some three feet .thick, the growth of many centuries. The turf itself is co
2 CONC vered by a stratum of sticky matter four inches thick. In this are numbers of relics embedded
2 CONC , both destructible and in-destructible objects. being perfectly well preserved, the former k
2 CONC ept from decay through having been charred by fire. There has been discovered and analyzed re
2 CONC mains of more than a hun­dred different kinds of plants. Grains, and even whole ears of whea
2 CONC t and barley, seeds of strawberries and raspberries, dried apples'. textile fahrics, implemen
2 CONC ts, hatchets of nephrite - this mineral and the oriental cereals show clearly enough that th
2 CONC e Lakemen traded with the East, though no doubt through the the Mediterranean peoples. The sc
2 CONC holar's mind is at once car­ried back to the account given by Herodotus of Thrakian Lake dwel
2 CONC lers.  The people of this tribe, he tells us, built their houses over the water, so as to gai
2 CONC n facilities for fishing. They used to let down baskets through trap doors in the floors of
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2 CONT their huts and these baskets rapidly filled with all kinds of fish that had gathered around
2 CONC , tempted by the dropping of food from the rooms overhead.
2 CONT With regard to the date when the immigration of the Lake-men began the Savants are hopelessl
2 CONC y at variance. Nor do they agree any better as to the dates of the Stone and Bronze epochs, i
2 CONC nto which the history of the lake settlements divides itself. But as in some of the marshy st
2 CONC ations, these two epochs reach on to the age of iron, it is assumed by many authorities tha
2 CONC t the Lake dwellers lived on to historical times. This is particularly shown in the alluvia
2 CONC l soil and marshes between the lakes of Neuchatel and Bienne, where settlements belong­ing t
2 CONC o the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages are found ranged one above another in chronological order
2 CONC . In the topmost stratum or colony the Lakemen's wares are found mingling with iron and bronz
2 CONC e objects of Helvetian and Roman make, a fact suffi­cient to show that the Lake dwellers asso
2 CONC ciated with historical peoples. It would be useless as well as tedious, to set forth at lengt
2 CONC h all the theories prevailing as to the origin and age of the Lake dwellings. Some authoritie
2 CONC s place the commence­ment of the Stone period at six thousand, and others at three thousand y
2 CONC ears before the Christian Era. As to the age of Bronze, the year 1100-1000 B. C. is about a
2 CONC s near as can be arrived at.  Eminent antiquarians say that the time of Homer, the Greek Ag
2 CONC e of Bronze, was contemporary with the Bronze epoch of the Lakemen. The Lake period would see
2 CONC m to have drawn to a close about 600-700 B. C., when the Age of Bronze was superseded by tha
2 CONC t of Iron.
2 CONT The most reliable authorities on the subject inform us that about the time last above named t
2 CONC he Lakemen left their watery settlements, and began to fix their habitations on terra firma
2 CONC . Various tombs found on land would bear witness to this change.  When these people had onc
2 CONC e come on shore to live they would be gradually absorbed into neighboring and suc­ceeding rac
2 CONC es and most likely into the Helvetian peoples. Thus they have their part, however small it ma
2 CONC y be, in the history of the Swiss people, and nation. The Pile builders, or Lakemen, are no
2 CONC t now thought to be of Celtic origin, but to
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2 CONT some previous race whose history is as completely lost to us as is that of the mound builder
2 CONC s of the Mississippi Valley in our own country, many of which are to be found in Ohio.
2 CONT The history of the country often includes the history of many peoples, for history is but th
2 CONC e record of a stage on which nations and peoples figure, playing their parts and making thei
2 CONC r exits, others stepping into their places. And so the Swiss soil has been trodden by many po
2 CONC ssessors- Celts, Rha­tians, Alamanni, Burgundians, Franks.
2 CONT These have all made their mark upon, and contributed to the history of the Swiss Nation.  Di
2 CONC m  are the glimpses we catch of the early condition of the Helvetians, but the mist that ensh
2 CONC rouds this ancient people clears, though slowly, at the end of the second century before Chri
2 CONC st, when they came into close contact with the Romans, who conquered them and who chronicle
2 CONC d their deeds. The Helvetians themselves, though not ignorant of the art of writing, were fa
2 CONC r too much occupied in warfare to be annalists.  The form of religion at this time most commo
2 CONC n to all the tribes was Druidical worship. Invested with powers, civil and spiritual, the pri
2 CONC esthood held absolute sway over the superstitious tribe, and professing all the sci­ences o
2 CONC f the age-medicine, astrology, soothsaying, necro­mancy - they had taken into their hands th
2 CONC e education of the young.  The common people were mere blind devotees, and rendered unquestio
2 CONC ning obedience to the decrees of the Druids. Human sacrifice was one of the most cruel and re
2 CONC volting pictures of the Druidical religion.
2 CONT It would be impossible in this paper to set forth a tithe of what changes took place in til
2 CONC e condition of these people from the time of their conquest by Caesar up to the time of the R
2 CONC eformation.  Wars, with all their desolating consequences, feuds within and foes without, mak
2 CONC e up the greater part of her history.
2 CONT The accounts of the introduction of Christianity into Switzerland are mostly legendary, yet i
2 CONC t is generally believed that it was not the work of missionaries.  It is more likely that th
2 CONC e new faith came to the land as part and parcel of the Roman culture, brought by the Roman so
2 CONC ldiers quartered
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2 CONT among them.  At first the Roman authorities looked upon Christians as State rebels and fierc
2 CONC e persecutions followed. The oldest Christian legend of this country tells of such a con­flic
2 CONC t between the State officials and the Christians, and no doubt contains some admixture of tru
2 CONC th, as many of these stories do.  A legion levied at Thebes, in Egypt, was sent to Cologne t
2 CONC o take to take the place of troops required to quell a rising in Britain.  Coming to the Vala
2 CONC is, they were required by the Emperor, Maximian to sacrifice to the heathen gods (A.D. 290)
2 CONC , but being mostly Christians they refused, and were massacred with their chief, Mauritius. T
2 CONC radition says that Charlemagne, in later days, erected a minster on their burial spot.  Thus
2 CONC , as ever, the blood of martyrs became the seed of the church.
2 CONT The fifth century was remarkable for what may be called the dislocation of the peoples of Eur
2 CONC ope, the immigrations of the Germans into the Roman Empire, and mightiest movement of all, th
2 CONC e irruption of the Huns under their terrible King Attila, the "Scourge of God." These masse
2 CONC s of barbarians burst into Europe; stayed for a while in Hungary, but soon rolled towards th
2 CONC e West, dislodging all the peoples with whom they came in contact. Marching to the Rhine, the
2 CONC y drove the Burgundians from their settlements, and entered Gaul to found a new kingdom. Bu
2 CONC t the doom of the Huns was at hand. Actius, the Roman general and the last defender of the' E
2 CONC mpire, defeated them, A. D. 451, in a gigantic battle in the Champagne country. It is said th
2 CONC e river ran red with the blood of 300,000 men slain. But the Roman Empire was tottering, th
2 CONC e time had come for her to leave the stage of history. The great German Nation was forming, t
2 CONC he petty tribes and clans gradually formed alliances with each other for greater security, an
2 CONC d, dropping their ancient names, took col­lective ones more familiar to our ears-Saxons, Fran
2 CONC ks, Bur­gundians, Bavarians and Alamanni. Of these, the Alamanni and Burgundians, are those f
2 CONC rom whom the Swiss are de­scended, and thus Switzer1and, like England, has to look back to Ge
2 CONC rmany as its ancestral home.
2 CONT The name Alamanni is said to be derived from Alah, a tem-
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2 CONT ple grove, and implies a combination of vanous tribes. "The People of the divine grove."  No
2 CONC t even so vast a horde of Asiatics as overrun their land could obliterate the Alamanni, who g
2 CONC rafted as a true German people, retained their old lan­guage, institutions and mode of living
2 CONC .
2 CONT The Alamanni did not at once develop into a civilized and cultivated people, but retained the
2 CONC ir fondness for war and hunting, and characteristics of their ancient life.
2 CONT Their grand and majestic woods had stamped themselves on the intrepid, dauntless spirits; fo
2 CONC r the mighty aspects of nature - forest, mountain, sea - play their part in moulding the char
2 CONC ­acter of a nation.
2 CONT It would be interesting to follow up the history of this peo­pIe to the close of the life o
2 CONC f Charlemagne. His court was a great intellectual center whence enlightenment spread to ever
2 CONC y part of his domains.
2 CONT Charlemagne was great as a general, as a statesman, as a politician.  His humanity and othe
2 CONC r virtues secured for him the noble title of "Father of Europe." A brilliant figure in a beni
2 CONC ghted age, which shed its light on after times.  Time and space forbid us enumerating the cha
2 CONC nges which took place af­ter the great Emperor died.  Bloody conflicts followed that split th
2 CONC e empire in three pieces.  After a time the people be­gan again the struggle for national ind
2 CONC epedence and separate rule, and thence came the restoration of the kingdom of Bur­gundy and t
2 CONC he duchy of Alamanni, or Swabia, under the rule of a renowned nobleman, Rudolf, at whose deat
2 CONC h in 912 his crown passed to his son, Rudolf the Second.  The memory of this good king is alm
2 CONC ost eclipsed by the glory of his wife, the famous "Spinning Queen," and her wisdom and minist
2 CONC ry among the poor.  After the death of Rudolph the Second the dynasty split into two branches
2 CONC ; the heads being, respectively, Albrecht the Wise and Rudolph the Silent. Albrecht, it is sa
2 CONC id, died whilst engaged in one of the crusades in the attempt to wrest the Holy Land from th
2 CONC e infidels. His estates passed to his only surviving son, Rudolph of Habsburg.  This man with
2 CONC in the space of thirty years made his family one of the mightiest in the empire, and brings u
2 CONC s up to the time of the
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2 CONT formation of the confederation of the three cantons, Unter­walden, Schwyz and Uri, which even
2 CONC tually grew to eight, then thirteen, and to-day numbers twenty-two cantons - known in histor
2 CONC y as the Swiss Republic.
2 CONT It is not necessary to recite here the part that Switzerland took in the Reformation in the f
2 CONC ifteenth and sixteenth cen­turies.  Foremost in learning and wisdom among the many great name
2 CONC s that adorn the pages of history stands that of Ulrich Swingli; an enthusiastic scholar, a g
2 CONC ifted preacher, a zealous patriot and a remarkably able politician, he devoted his life to th
2 CONC e work of rescuing his people and country from their moral decline.  He fell gloriously at th
2 CONC e battle of Kappel, and sealed with his life his devotion to the cause of truth.  But Zwingl
2 CONC i is not the only name that stands out in bold relief as champions in the cause of truth an
2 CONC d right in that eventful period.  A host of names loom up before me.  We see in Switzerlan
2 CONC d a nation which once played a conspicuous part in European military affairs, but which has n
2 CONC ow become a land of peace, whose neutrality the Powers vouchsafed at the Vienna congress.  I
2 CONC n the exceptional position she holds she deems it part of her mission of peace to promote th
2 CONC e gen­eral welfare of the world so far as lies in her power. Most important international ins
2 CONC titutions owe their origin, or at least their successful establishment to Switzerland.  She s
2 CONC tarted the Geneva Convention, which has for its object the mitigation of the horrors of war
2 CONC ; and every European nation was represented in it.  The right to offer an asylum in time of w
2 CONC ar she considers one of her most precious privileges.  The Revolution of 1848 brought to Swis
2 CONC s territory fugitives from all parts of Europe; as many as ten thousand fled from the grand d
2 CONC uchy of Baden into Switzerland. Many distinguished men who would have met death, or lingere
2 CONC d in prisons, found there a safe retreat.
2 CONT From the earliest times its peoples have been particularly interesting - from its pre-histori
2 CONC c lakemen with their unique series of settlements, down through successive nationalities of H
2 CONC elvetians and Romans, Alamanni and Burgundians, to the modern French, Germans and Italians
2 CONC .  Switzerland has bred
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2 CONT or has been closely connected with some of the proudest ruling families in European histor
2 CONC y - Habsburgs, and Zearings, Car­lovingians and Burgundians, Hohenstaufens and Savoys.
2 CONT Some of the most glorious victories recorded in history have been gained by the little Swis
2 CONC s Nation in defense of their be­loved fatherland; the fame of Morgarten, Sempach, Grandson an
2 CONC d Morat is not likely to die out while European civilization lasts.  Constitutionally the his
2 CONC tory of Switzerland is of sur­passing interest.  Step by step we have seen a handful of gal­l
2 CONC ant people free themselves from oppression by emperor or duke, by prince or lord, by prelat
2 CONC e or cloister.  Inch by inch the people at large have gained their political rights from for­
2 CONC eign overlords or from native aristocracies.
2 CONT We have seen how a tiny confederation of three petty States has grown into a league of eight
2 CONC , and then of thirteen inde­pendent districts, and how this has developed into the federal St
2 CONC ate of twenty-two cantons of our own day.  Lastly, some of the institutions of the country, n
2 CONC otably the Initiative and the Referendum, are well nigh unique of their kind, and certainly a
2 CONC re of the greatest interest to the student of political history and development; whilst Switz
2 CONC erland's noble efforts for the amelioration and benefit of mankind at large cannot but com­ma
2 CONC nd our admiration. I am proud that I am descended from the Swiss people, on both the paterna
2 CONC l and maternal side, and if this crude and imperfect sketch of the Swiss people will in­cit
2 CONC e in you a similar pride the object of its author will have been attained.
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2 CONT It may not be a great virtue, and certainly is not a fault, in any possessing a desire to kno
2 CONC w something of their earthly origin.  We are among those who believe that any who care not ab
2 CONC out their origin, care little as to anything higher.
2 CONT Names of persons have their origin in many ways, and the name of Kagy is no exception.
2 CONT It is not known how long ago in the dim vista of the past since the name originated, but cert
2 CONC ain it is that it is of Swiss
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2 CONT origin, and its original orthography is Kagi.  It has recently been learned from one Jacob Ka
2 CONC gi, of Ruppen, in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, that the name originated in this wise:
2 CONT "Many, many years ago a Mr. Kaller fell in love with and married a Miss Gibler  Their union w
2 CONC as blessed with a son. From some cause or other, after a time they disagreed and finally sepa
2 CONC rated, and the lady became so bitter toward her husband that she would not allow her child t
2 CONC o bear his father's name. The matter was finally decided in the courts, and the decision was
2 CONC , that the child should bear a name composed of two letters from the father's name, Ka(ller)
2 CONC , and the two first letters from the mother's, Gi(bler); so the name Kagi, as it is yet writt
2 CONC en in Switzerland, was started."  One thing is cer­tain, whether the above legend be true o
2 CONC r not, the name has been in existence for three hundred years, and has met with many change
2 CONC s in its orthography, to wit: Kaga, Kagy, Kagay, Kagey, Keagy, Keagey, Kagie, and sometimes C
2 CONC agey. It is but natural to ask, Why did the ancestor of the Kagi's leave the land of his birt
2 CONC h, the graves of his sires, "Their hearths and homes, where soft affection dwells?" Was it th
2 CONC e love of fame, the desire of conquest, or greed for gain? that induced them to leave their h
2 CONC omes and all that the heart holds most dear, and brave the perils of an ocean voyage; at tha
2 CONC t distant day no sinecure, you may be assured.  No! A higher and nobler object was his aim.
2 CONT The unsettled state of affairs in Europe during the last decade of the seventeenth century wa
2 CONC s an eventful period. The religious complexion of the country was frequently determined or in
2 CONC fluenced by the character of the rulers - as they changed it was changed.  To these changes i
2 CONC t was impossible for the Swiss and Germans to conform. Frederick II., elector Palatine, embra
2 CONC ced the Lutheran faith; Frederick III. became a Catholic; Lodovic V. restored the Lutheran Ch
2 CONC urch; his son and successor was a Calvinist.  These in their turn protected some, others the
2 CONC y did not.  The last Prince, son of Lodovic, was succeeded by a Catholic family, during whos
2 CONC e reign it was the lot of the Protestants to be unkindly op­pressed.  Besides these unpropiti
2 CONC ous changes and being sub-
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2 CONT -jects of alarm and persecution, the Germans occupied the un­enviable position of living betw
2 CONC een two powerful belligerent rivals.  War seemed to be the pasttime of these then ruling Prin
2 CONC ces of those countries. In the year 1622 Count Tilly, the Imperial General, took Heidelburg a
2 CONC nd put five hundred of the inhabitants to the sword. In 1634, Louis XIV. entered the same cit
2 CONC y and destroyed many of the inhabitants.
2 CONT        In 1688 Heidelburg  was taken the second time by the French, who laid the inhabitant
2 CONC s under oppressive contribu­tions; after which, at the approach of the imperial army, they bl
2 CONC ew up the citadel and reduced the town to ashes.  It soon rose again upon its cinders, and ag
2 CONC ain it was taken by a French army, who laid it a second time into ashes in 1693.  The inhabit
2 CONC ants, men, women and children, about 1,500, stripped of all, were forced to flee in consterna
2 CONC tion to the fields by night. Once more on the retreat of the French army were the inhabi­tant
2 CONC s prevailed upon to rebuild the city, unconscious, however, of the treachery of a perfidiou
2 CONC s elector, who had sacredly prom­ised them liberty of conscience, "Heaven's choicest boon," a
2 CONC nd exemption from taxes for thirty years.  After some time the elector, whose creed it appear
2 CONC s embraced the essential ingredi­ents, "Promises made to heretics should not be redeemed," ha
2 CONC rassed his duped subjects, with relentless persecution. The French army having crossed the Rh
2 CONC ine the distressed Palatines, persecuted by their heartless Prince, plundered by a for­eign e
2 CONC nemy, fled to escape from death, and about six thousand of them for protection to England i
2 CONC n consequence of encour­agement received by proclamation from Queen Anne.
2 CONT 	Prior to the issuing of Queen Anne's proclamation and consequent upon the Revocation of th
2 CONC e celebrated Edict of Nantes issued by Henry the Fourth in 1598, and which secured lib­erty o
2 CONC f conscience to Protestants, and was revoked_October 23, 1685 by Louis XIV., a man whose nam
2 CONC e was execrated over a large part of Europe, there arose one of the most terri­ble persecutio
2 CONC ns ever seen in France.  History records the fact that upwards of five hundred   thousand. Hu
2 CONC guenots made their escape into Switzerland, Germany, Holland, England and America.
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2 CONT The hydra-headed monster, religious bigotry, is never satis­fied, and religious intolerance h
2 CONC as not been confined to any particular country or time.
2 CONT About this time the Mennonites were heartlessly persecuted by the Calvinists in Switzerland
2 CONC , and were driven into various countries; some to Strasbourg; others to Holland, and some t
2 CONC o America, where they were safe from their priestly persecutors. Those who emigrated to Penns
2 CONC ylvania had fled from the cantons of Zurich, Bern, Shaffhausen, Switzerland, to Alsace, abov
2 CONC e Strasbourg, where they remained some time, thence they came to the then Province of Pennsyl
2 CONC vania.
2 CONT The offense of which they were guilty and which brought down upon them so much suffering an
2 CONC d persecution was their non~conformity to the prevailing religion.  They also did, as they no
2 CONC w do, openly discard the doctrine of self-defense and violent resistance.  They have been an
2 CONC d are still opposed to war; they believe it comports illy with the Christian profes­sion to f
2 CONC ight with carnal weapons.
2 CONT They have always been peaceable and domestic in their habits. The descendants of the Puritan
2 CONC s boast that their an­cestors fled from the face of their persecutors, willing to en-counte
2 CONC r "perils in the wilderness and perils by the heathen" rather than be deprived by the ruthles
2 CONC s persecutor of the free exercise of their religion.
2 CONT The descendants of the Swiss Mennonites who, amid hard-ships and trials, made the first settl
2 CONC ements among the tawny sons of the forest in the southeastern part of Lancaster county, can l
2 CONC ay claim to more. Their ancestors did not seek for them­selves and theirs only, the unmoleste
2 CONC d exercise of faith and the practice of worship; but they in turn did not persecute others wh
2 CONC o differed from them in religious opinion.  They plead for universal toleration, and their pr
2 CONC actice confirmed it.
2 CONT 
2 CONT "They left unstained what there they found Freedom to worship God!"
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was about the year 1706 or 7, when a number of the per­secuted Swiss Mennonites went to En
2 CONC gland, and made a par­ticular agreement with the Honorable Proprietor, William
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Penn, at London, for lands to be taken up in his new colony. A Swiss company was organized t
2 CONC o emigrate to America and settle in the wilderness, but who the projector of it was we have n
2 CONC ot been able to learn.  The pioneers were Hans Meylin, his sons Martin and John, Hans Herr, J
2 CONC ohn Rudolph Bundely, Martin Kendig, Jacob Mil1er, Martin Oberholtz, Hans Fnnk, Michael Oberho
2 CONC ltz, Wendel Bowman, and others, who came to Conestoga in 1709; selected a tract of ten thousa
2 CONC nd acres of land on the north side of Pequa creek, and shortly afterward procured a warrant f
2 CONC or the same.  It is dated October 10, 1710; the land was surveyed and the warrant recorded o
2 CONC n the 23rd of the same month.  This came to be known as the "Swiss Settlement." The price t
2 CONC o be paid for the above 10,000 acres was five hundred pounds sterling money.  Having erecte
2 CONC d temporary shelters to answer their wants, some set about it and put up dwellings of more du
2 CONC rability.  Martin Kendig built one of hewed walnut logs on his tract, which withstood the sto
2 CONC rms and rain, the knawing tooth of time, for one hundred and ten years, and would have stoo
2 CONC d generations longer, but was removed and a more elegant one took its place.  Martin Kendig a
2 CONC ppears to have been one of the most active and ener­getic men in the Swiss colony.  After the
2 CONC y had become fair­ly seated they thought of their old homes, their country and friends.  "The
2 CONC y remembered them that were in bonds as bound with them and which suffered adversity," and er
2 CONC e the earth began to yield a return in "kindly fruits" to their labors, consultations were he
2 CONC ld and measures devised to send some one back to the "Vaterland," to bring the residue of som
2 CONC e of their families; also their kindred and brothers in a land of trouble and oppression to t
2 CONC heir new home; into a land where peace reigned and the comforts of life could not fail.  A co
2 CONC uncil of the whole society was called, at which their venerable pastor, Hans Herr, presided
2 CONC , and after fraternal interchange of senti­ment, much reflection and consultation, lots wer
2 CONC e cast in con­formity to the customs of the Mennonites, to decide who should return to Europ
2 CONC e for the families left behind and others. The lot fell upon Hans Herr, who had left five son
2 CONC s in the old country.  This decision was agreeable to his own mind, but
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT to his friends and charge it was unacceptable; to be separated, “Von ihrem prediger," from th
2 CONC eir preacher, could be borne with reluctance and heaviness of heart only.  They were all to
2 CONC o ardently attached to him to cheerfully acquiesce in this determination; reluctantly they co
2 CONC nsented to his departure, after much anxiety manifested on account of this unexpected call o
2 CONC f their pastor from them.  Their sorrows were alleviated by a proposal made on the part of Ma
2 CONC rtin Kendig, that if approved he would take Hans Herr's place.  This was cordially assented t
2 CONC o by all.  Without unnecessary delay, Martin, the devoted friend of the colony, made ready, w
2 CONC ent to Philadelphia, and there embarked for Europe: after a prosperous voyage of five or si
2 CONC x weeks he reached the home of his friends, where he was received with apostolic greetings an
2 CONC d salutations of joy.
2 CONT Having spent some time in preliminary arrangements, he and a company of Swiss and some German
2 CONC s, bade a lasting adieu to their old homes and dissolved the tender ties of friend­ship wit
2 CONC h those whom they left.  With his company, consist­ing of the residue of some of those in Ame
2 CONC rica and others, he returned to the new home, where they were all cordially em­braced by thei
2 CONC r fathers and friends.
2 CONT With this accession, the settlement was considerably aug­mented, and numbered about thirty fa
2 CONC milies.  Though they lived in the midst of the Mingo or Conestoga, Pequa and Shawanese Indian
2 CONC s, they were nevertheless safely seated and had nothing to fear from the Indians, with whom t
2 CONC hey mingled in fishing and hunting, and who were exceedingly hospitable and civil to the whit
2 CONC es; the latter often shared with the Indians the shelter of their cabins in inclement weather
2 CONC .  For seventy-five years these humble Christians and their children lived in unbroken friend
2 CONC ship with these sons of the forest; proving con­clusively that in the bosom of these childre
2 CONC n of nature there exists the same principles of humanity, love and kindness, that is found i
2 CONC n the more enlightened races of men; and had after generations pursued the same kind policv t
2 CONC oward the Indians as did these pious followers of that noble Christian reformer, Menno Simon
2 CONC , the bloody chapters that blacken the history of our country would never need to have been w
2 CONC ritten.
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2 CONT 
2 CONT Settlements having now been fairly made amidst the Indians, the hardships that first presente
2 CONC d themselves in the beginning of the settlement began to vanish, or were sur­mounted.  Thei
2 CONC r success, the glowing accounts given by them of the scenery of the country about them, the f
2 CONC ertility of the soil, the abundance of the game in the forest around them, the quantity and d
2 CONC elicacy of the fish which the creeks and rivers yielded, but above all the kind and amicabl
2 CONC e relationship they cultivated and maintained with their Indian neighbors, all conspired to m
2 CONC ake them the objects of attention and one of the points whither emigration tended in an incre
2 CONC asing stream.
2 CONT In the year 1715, the settlement was increased by the ar­rival of the following persons fro
2 CONC m the old country who had heard Martin Kendig's glowing description of the new home. Among th
2 CONC ese were Hans Mayer, Hans Kagy, Christian Her­shey, Hans Pupather, Michael Shank, Peter Leman
2 CONC , Melchoir Brenneman, Henry Funk, Ulrich Howry, Michael Miller, Jacob Boehm, Theodorus Eby an
2 CONC d others.*  The descendants of the above named persons are scattered all over the States, an
2 CONC d are among the most respectable and wealthy citizens of Lancaster and adjoining counties i
2 CONC n Pennsylvania.  In after years some of the above named persons and their descendants becam
2 CONC e allied to the Kagy's by blood and marriage, as will be shown later on.
2 CONT In tracing back to discover who our fathers were, the author deems it of no less moment to kn
2 CONC ow who our mothers were, because to our mothers is largely due all the virtues that adorn hum
2 CONC an character.  It is confidently believed that Hans Kagy, whose full name was John Rudolph Ka
2 CONC gy, was the first one of the name in America, and also that he was unmarried at the time of h
2 CONC is arrival here; and that in a year or two after his arrival he married a daughter (Rebecca
2 CONC ) of James Patterson.
2 CONT In order to make this record plain it will be necessary to say something of the fellow passen
2 CONC ger over the sea with Hans Kagy, viz: Jacob Boehm.  My authority for the following statemen
2 CONC t is to be found in the "Reminiscences of Rev. Henry
2 CONT 
2 CONT * See Rupp's History of Lancaster Co., Pa.
2 CONT 
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2 CONT 	KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Boehm," a grandson of Jacob Boehm, above named. He says:
2 CONT "My forefathers were from Switzerland. There is romance in their history as well as the lan
2 CONC d of their birth.  Jacob Boehm, my great-great-grandfather, was a Presbyterian. His son Jaco
2 CONC b learned a trade. It was a custom in Switzerland for all who completed their apprenticeshi
2 CONC p to travel three years through the country as itinerant journeymen.  The design was to mak
2 CONC e them finished workmen, and no man could enter into business for himself, no matter how wel
2 CONC l qualified, until he pursued this course.
2 CONT In his wanderings Jacob fell in with a people called Pietists. In many respects they resemble
2 CONC d the Puritans.  He was con­verted among them.  The change in him was so great when he return
2 CONC ed home, his language so strange, that his friends could not understand him. His exposure o
2 CONC f formal religion, his boldness in reproving sin, raised a storm of persecution. The ministr
2 CONC y withstood him and denounced him as a heretic. His answers were so pertinent that his fathe
2 CONC r gave him a severe reprimand, inquiring: 'Boy, do you answer a minister that way?'
2 CONT The Church exercised civil as well as ecclesiastical author­ity, and young Boehm was convicte
2 CONC d of heresy and sent to prison.  An elder brother was appointed to conduct him to prison.  H
2 CONC e did not watch his brother very closely and as they were near the line that separated Switze
2 CONC rland from France, the prisoner crossed over and was forever free from his domestic and pries
2 CONC tly persecutors.  He journeyed along the banks of the Rhine till he entered the dukedom of Pf
2 CONC altz.  This was the Palatinate bordering on Belgium.  There young Jacob became acquainted wit
2 CONC h a people called Mennonites.  They took their name from Menno Simon, who was contemporary wi
2 CONC th Luther.  They were a  simple-hearted people, and he united with them and became a lay elde
2 CONC r.
2 CONT He had several children, of whom Jacob, the third, was my grandfather.  He was born in 1693 a
2 CONC nd emigrated to this country in 1715.  Many of the Mennonites emigrated from Switzerland an
2 CONC d Germany.
2 CONT My grandfather was induced to come to America from the
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT glowing description given of this country by Martin Kendig, one of the seven families that fi
2 CONC rst settled in what is now Lan­caster Co., Pa.  Jacob Boehm, landed in Philadelphia, from the
2 CONC nce went to Germantown, then to Lancaster, and finally settled in Pequea, Conestoga township
2 CONC .  Soon after­ward he married a Miss Kendig.  My grandfather was a lay elder in the Mennonit
2 CONC e Society.
2 CONT Soon after his arrival he bought a farm and built him a house.  He was also a blacksmith, th
2 CONC e first one in all that region.  His wife was very industrious, and when necessary she woul
2 CONC d leave her work and blow and strike for him.  He died in 1780, aged eighty-seven.  My grandm
2 CONC other was an excellent woman, particularly fond of me because I was the youngest grandchild
2 CONC .  They had a number of sons and daugh­ters.  My father, Martin Boehm, was the youngest.  H
2 CONC e was born November 30, 1725, and was married in 1753 to Eve Steiner,* who was born on Christ
2 CONC mas day, 1734.  Her an­cestors were from Switzerland and settled near my grand­fathers.  My f
2 CONC ather inherited my grandfather's beautiful farm, and in 1750 built a house, in which his chil
2 CONC dren were all born and where he died.  He was a short, stout man, with a vigorous constitutio
2 CONC n, an intellectual countenance and a fine flowing beard, which gave him a patriarchal appeara
2 CONC nce.  He had strong common sense and understood well the science of family government.
2 CONT The order and discipline of the family attracted the atten­tion of the Apostolic Asbury, an
2 CONC d he made mention of it in preaching my father's funeral sermon on April 5, 1812.
2 CONT Martin Boehm was first a Mennonite preacher, for he em­braced the religion of his fathers. H
2 CONC e was made so by lot in 1756, for such was the custom of this singular people.  For some tim
2 CONC e he preached without a knowledge of sins forgiven, but in 1761 he found redemption in the bl
2 CONC ood of the Lamb,
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Steiner is now spelled Stoner. One of Hanse Kagy's sons (Henry) married Barbara Steiner, an
2 CONC d it is believed a sister of Eve, Martin Boehm's wife, as there was no other family of that n
2 CONC ame in the neigh­borhood at that time. Henry Kagy emigrated to Virginia in 1768, in what is n
2 CONC ow Page Co., and the following year to Shenandoah Co.
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT and then he became a flame of fire and preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. Hi
2 CONC s success was wonderful and the seals to his ministry were numerous.  Then the Mennon­ites ex
2 CONC pelled him for being too evangelical.  He then joined the United Brethren, and afterward beca
2 CONC me a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. My mother was a noble woman, and to my parent
2 CONC s I am, under God, indebted for what I am on earth and all I hope to be in heaven." (Reminisc
2 CONC ences of Rev. Henry Boehm.)
2 CONT I wish now to call particular attention to the following questions and answers, as in the
2 CONC m I claim to have proof, and the only proof; that the wife of Johannes Kagie, called Manor Jo
2 CONC hn, was Nancy Kendig, a sister of Martin Boehm's mother, and the daughter of Martin Kendig, t
2 CONC he head of one of the seven families who first settled in Lancaster Co., Pa.
2 CONT "When.Martin Boehm had reached beyond the Patriarchal age, and was nearing the close of a lon
2 CONC g and glorious life, his son, Henry, who was then traveling companion of the pioneer Bishop o
2 CONC f Methodism, the great and good Asbury, asked his father the following questions:
2 CONT Question. 'Father, when were you put into the ministry?'
2 CONT Ans. 'My ministerial labors began about the year 1756. Three years afterward, by nomination t
2 CONC o the lot, I received full pastoral orders.'
2 CONT Question: 'What was your religious experience during that time?'
2 CONT Ans. 'I was sincere and strict in the religious duties of prayer in my family, in the congreg
2 CONC ation and in the closet. I lived and preached according to the light I had. I was a ser­van
2 CONC t and not a son. Nor did I know any one, at that time, who would claim the birthright by adop
2 CONC tion but Nancy Keagy, my mother's sister. She was a woman of great piety and singular devotio
2 CONC n to God."'
2 CONT We do not think we hazard anything in stating and we feel confident that Nancy Keagy here nam
2 CONC ed is no other than the wife of Johannes Kagie, the second of the name in Pennsyl­vania, if n
2 CONC ot in America.
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In 1783 Abraham, the grandson of 'Hanse" Kagy,* married the granddaughter of Jocob Boehm, an
2 CONC d the daughter (Barbara) of Martin Boehm.
2 CONT It appears somewhat singular that so important a fact should be discovered in the manner her
2 CONC e stated.  The reader is re­ferred to "Reminiscences of Rev. Henry Boehm," page 378, by the R
2 CONC ev. J. B. Wakely, D. D.
2 CONT In the succeeding pages it has been stated that there has been five emigrations of Kagys to t
2 CONC his country, all of whom have been traced back unmistakably to Switzerland, thus prov­ing con
2 CONC clusively that that is the country whence the name originated.  It may be proper here to stat
2 CONC e the time when these several emigrations occurred.  It appears from reliable records that Ha
2 CONC nse Kagy at an early day became the possessor of large tracts of land, part of which was in C
2 CONC onestoga town­ship, Lancaster Co., Pa. A tract of 400 acres and a similar tract of 400 acre
2 CONC s in the vicinity of the now city of York, York Co., Pa., at that time part of Lancaster Co
2 CONC .  The first­named tract of land lay in the very garden spot of Lancaster Co., of world-wi d
2 CONC e fame for fertility and productiveness.
2 CONT It was the writer's good fortune a few years ago to visit the neighborhood where my ancestor
2 CONC , Hanse Kagy first settled and built his humble cabin on the banks of the famed Conestoga cre
2 CONC ek.  Words fail to describe the beauty of the scenery that lay before me or the thoughts tha
2 CONC t filled my mind and heart. Before me, in matchless beauty, lay the Pequea Valley with its hi
2 CONC ghly cultivated fields of corn, wheat, etc., a perfect garden of the Lord; the air was balm
2 CONC y and made fragrant with the odor of roses and sweet smelling clover; the hum of the bees, th
2 CONC e joyous songs of birds, all con-­
2 CONT 
2 CONT *In I. D. Rupp's history of Lancaster Co., Pa. page 117, it is recorded that "Hans Kagy," Jac
2 CONC ob Boehm and others came over from the old country and settled in Lan. Co., Pa. In the "Remin
2 CONC iscences of Rev. Henry Boehm, he says on page 10, "My grand father, Jacob Boehm, was horn i
2 CONC n 1698. and emigrated to this country in 1715;" now as Rupp says in his history that Hans Kag
2 CONC y, Jacob Boehm and others came at one and the same time, we feel warranted in saying that th
2 CONC e first Kagy (of whom we have any account) came to America in 1715.
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT -spired to fill the mind and heart with emotions inexpressible, that still linger after the l
2 CONC apse of years like some sweet bene­diction-some holy prayer.  I could not help but contrast t
2 CONC he scene before me with what it was when Hanse Kagy first settled there in the midst of a vir
2 CONC gin forest and among the un­tutored sons of the woods, with whom he and his sons lived in unb
2 CONC roken friendship, often sharing with them the rude shelter of his cabin, and receiving from t
2 CONC hem a generous share of the hunt or chase in return.. In fancy I could see the stout-hearte
2 CONC d Sweitzer wielding the axe and felling the giant oak and hickory, burning away the brush an
2 CONC d thistle or planting the golden corn, and at the close of day, when the evening shades had g
2 CONC athered around his humble hut, then like Burn's Cotterer, the husband and father led his hous
2 CONC ehold in songs of praise and prayer, with gratitude to God for the peace and joy that now i
2 CONC s his, and thus daily he brought up his little flock of sons and daughters in the nurture an
2 CONC d admonition of the Lord. Our ancestor seems to have been singularly fortunate in the selecti
2 CONC on of a help-mate. She was no doubt a woman of great force of character.  His wife, Rebecca P
2 CONC atters6n Kagy, was the 3d daughter of James and Susannah Patterson, both note­worthy person
2 CONC s in the early history of Pennsylvania.  James Patterson was extensively engaged in the India
2 CONC n trade on the Potomac and had what is now called a ranch at the entrance to Conojohela Valle
2 CONC y on the Susquehanna, in York Co. now; then it was in the bounds of Chester Co., and was in t
2 CONC he disputed territory which was claimed by the authorities of both Pennsylvania and Maryland
2 CONC .  The dispute waxed hot and led to bloodshed and is known in the history of the States as "C
2 CONC resap's War." James Patterson, the father of Rebecca (Keagy), was an energetic partisan of th
2 CONC e claims of the Penns, John, Thomas and Richard, in this boundary dispute, as was Captain Tho
2 CONC mas Cresap of the claims of Lord Baltimore. Patterson's ranch was in the disputed territory a
2 CONC nd when Cresap came in 1730 to reclaim the land for Maryland it was Patterson's ranch he clai
2 CONC med for his own, building a block­house there, and his partisans dispersing Patterson's horse
2 CONC s, killing some of them. This was the beginning of "Cresap's
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT War”. Cresap claimed Patterson's plantation under a Maryland grant and demanded that Patterso
2 CONC n show a warrant or patent for the land, threatening an appeal to the King in his own behal
2 CONC f and that of Maryland.  Patterson's defiant answer was "Penn is our king."  The contest last
2 CONC ed from 1732 to 1736, when Cresap was seized and the Maryland intruders were overcome.  The e
2 CONC stablished boundary line between the States was made July 4, 1760,~by Charles Mason and Jerem
2 CONC iah Dixon,* and is known as Mason and Dixon's line, which gave not only the disputed territor
2 CONC y above mentioned, but more to Pennsylvania.  James Patterson died in 1735 and his widow, Sus
2 CONC annah, the next year, married Thomas Ewing, and became the mother of General James and Captai
2 CONC n John Ewing, of Revolutionary memory. Thomas Ewing died in 1743 and his widow, Susannah Patt
2 CONC erson Ewing, married John Connelly, an Irish surgeon in the British service. The issue of thi
2 CONC s last marriage was Lieutenant Colonel John Connelly, who was commandant at Fort Pitt, now Pi
2 CONC ttsburg, Pa., at the beginning of the revolution and who proved to be one of the most virulen
2 CONC t loyalists in the colonies during that eventful period.  No doubt each one of Susannah Patte
2 CONC r­son Ewing Connelly's sons followed their ideas of duty as it appeared to them, while we app
2 CONC rove or condemn as interest or fancy dictate.  James Patterson, conjointly with his wife, Sus
2 CONC annah, acquired a plantation a short distance from what is now Washington Borough, in Lancast
2 CONC er Co., Pa., as early as 1718; On February 15, 1748, Johannes Keagy bought 300 acres of lan
2 CONC d from Susannah (Patterson Ewing) Connelly. This land was part of the estate of Thomas Ewing
2 CONC , devised to his son, General James Ewing - the other half of this tract Johannes Keagy had p
2 CONC reviously purchased.  In the same year, Johannes Keagy purchased from Mrs. Connelly and her t
2 CONC hree daughters, by her first husband, James Patterson, the land that belonged to him. "The tr
2 CONC act of 500 acres owned by Thomas Ewing was bought of John; Thomas and Richard Penn, Esqs.,
2 CONT 
2 CONT * Two English astronomers, who were appointed to run the lines by the Penns and Lord Baltimor
2 CONC e.
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT sons of ~William Penn, Proprietors and Governors-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania.  T
2 CONC he deed, bearing date March 21, 1739, in the 22d year of the reign of Lord George, the 2d b
2 CONC y the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King."
2 CONT James Patterson and Susannah, his wife, had two sons, James and Thomas, and three daughters
2 CONC , Susannah, Sarah and Rebecca ~ who married John Rudolph Keagy about 1716-17, and who came t
2 CONC o America in 1715, as before stated, and who was called "Hanse" to distiugnish him from Johan
2 CONC nes Keagy, who came into the same vicinity in 1730.
2 CONT 1.	James Patterson, Jr., m. and had a son William, both of whom took an active part in the Fr
2 CONC ench and Indian War, the latter conducted by the justly celebrated Indian chief, Pontiac.  Ja
2 CONC mes was interested in the Conococheague settle­ment with Benjamin Chambers, but he soon relin
2 CONC quished his plantation here, and removed to Standing Stone, in Huntingdon Co., Pa.
2 CONT 2.	Thomas Patterson, d. young.
2 CONT 3.	Susannah Patterson, the eldest daughter, m. James Lowry ~ one of the celebrated Lowry fami
2 CONC ly of pioneer history of Penna.  See Harris's Biographical history of Lancaster Co., Pa.; als
2 CONC o I. D. Rupp's history of the same county.
2 CONT 4.	Sarah Patterson, the second daughter, m. Col. Benja­min Chambers, the founder of Chambersb
2 CONC urg in 1764, and the first white man to make a settlement in Franklin Co., Pa. He was a nativ
2 CONC e of the County Antrim, Ireland, and of Scotch descent, and with his brothers, James, Rober
2 CONC t and Joseph, be­tween the years 1726 and 1730, emigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania, an
2 CONC d first settled at the mouth of Fishing Creek on the Susquehanna, where they built a mill. I
2 CONC n 1730 Benja­min and Joseph, fascinated by the story of a hunter as to the beauty of the 'Kit
2 CONC tochtinny" valley, they boldly pushed out into tbe wilderness until they reached the "Fallin
2 CONC g Spring." Benjamin remained and built himself a log house which he covered with cedar shingl
2 CONC es held fast by nails; afterward he erected a sawmill and later a flouring mill, so that Cham
2 CONC ber's
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Fort* became a place of note and its builder a distinguished man of his times.  George Chambe
2 CONC rs, Esq., a great-great-grandson of Benjamin, the first settler, is the nearest neighbor of t
2 CONC he Editor of this History. James Chambers was an only son of Sarah Patterson Chambers, and be
2 CONC came a distinguished general in the War of the Revolution.
2 CONT 5. Rebecca Patterson, m. John. Rudolph Keagy, who set­tled in Conestoga township, Lancaster C
2 CONC o., Pa., in 1715, as. heretofore stated.
2 CONT The Second Emigration occurred in 1739, Dec. .11th, when. the ship "Lydia," James Allen comma
2 CONC nder, from London, with 75 passengers, Palatines; among these was Johannes Kagie.
2 CONT The Third Emigration occurred Oct.27, 1764, when the ship "Hero," Ralph Forster, Captain, fro
2 CONC m Rotterdam, last from Cowes, with 500 passengers, among whom was one Ru­dolph Kagy.  My auth
2 CONC ority for the above records is to be found in I. D. Rupp's 30,000 names of immigrants to Penn
2 CONC ­sylvania from 1727 to 1776.
2 CONT The Fourth Emigration occurred in about the year 1818-or perhaps a little earlier~when one Si
2 CONC mon Kegey and a brother, and a son of Simon’s named John B., left Switzer­land for America; t
2 CONC he father and mother both died at sea, and the boy, John B., was taken by the captain of th
2 CONC e vessel to his home in Pennsylvania; the uncle remained in New York.
2 CONT The Fifth Emigration was in 1854~59, when Anna C. Kagi, of Ruppen, Switzerland, now Mrs. Henr
2 CONC y Fluegge, living at Effingham, Ill., and her parents, Hans Jacob and Anna Maria Kagi and the
2 CONC ir son, Albert, came.
2 CONT In writing this genealogical record it has been the aim of its author to give the descendant
2 CONC s in both male and female line. It has, however, been impossible to do this in the female lin
2 CONC e beyond a generation or two, and oftimes not that far; this is indeed a matter to be regrett
2 CONC ed.
2 CONT Having given in a previous chapter the time and circum-
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Col. Chambers also built a fort and he mounted it with a cannon~ the only one in the valle
2 CONC y at that time.
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2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT -stances that induced the first one who bore the name Kagi to come to these western shores, a
2 CONC nd who, in the following pages, will be called "Hanse Kagy" (to distinguish him from the Joha
2 CONC nnes Kagie, who came to this country in 1739, and who resided and owned lands in the same tow
2 CONC nship - Cones­togoe.) Thus far, no accurate record of the date of his birth or death has bee
2 CONC n found; but in Book A, page 156, in the Recorder of Wills office, at Lancaster, Pa., will b
2 CONC e found on file a copy of his will, of which the following is an exact copy, both in orthogra
2 CONC phy and form of letters, as near as it was possible to reproduce them, to wit:
2 CONT 
2 CONT WILL of JOHN  R.. KEAGY - 1748.
2 CONT (We know as John Rudolph "Hanse" Kagy)
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHN KEGAY. I John Kegay in the County of Lancas­ter and province of Pena, Township of Conest
2 CONC ogoe being very sick & weak in body but of Perfect mind and memory Thanks be unto God for it
2 CONC , do make this my Last Will and testament & desires it May be Recevd by all as such. Imprimi
2 CONC s it is my Will and I do order that in Ye first Place All my Just Debts and funeral charges b
2 CONC e paid and Satisfied. Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Abraham Kagey, my Pl
2 CONC antation whereon I now Lives upon to Possesst by him & his heirs and assigns for Ever, Contai
2 CONC ning two hundred acres, Ye land & Plantation is to valued by two or three men chosen by Ye El
2 CONC ders of our Church or Meeting & whatsoever they shall value it at above a hundred Pounds he s
2 CONC hall pay unto my Exrs hereafter mentioned within four years after my Death. his Mother shal
2 CONC l live with him during  and he shall Provide firewood for her & he shall give fifteen Bushell
2 CONC s of wheat every year & six bushels of malt. Three Barrells of Syder, half a Barrell of still
2 CONC d Liqure, one hundred weight of meat, Either Beef or Pork at her Choice to be paid to her yea
2 CONC rly & every year dureing her pleasure to live with him, He shall Keep a Cow for her and giv
2 CONC e her her choise of Ye Cowes; Every he Shall Keep a mare for her dureing Ye Term & shall giv
2 CONC e her four Apple trees Every year bearing fruite at her own Choice & give her half an acre o
2 CONC f ground for flax and half Ye
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 45
2 CONT KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Garden. 
2 CONT Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Henry Kegay Two hundred Acres of Land to him his heir
2 CONC s and as­signs for Ever joining Ye Above sd Lands to be valued by our Elders as aforesd & h
2 CONC e to pay accordingly within four years after he shall Settle upon or ocquepie Ye Same.
2 CONT Item. I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jacob & my Son Rudolph, my tract of Land Situate o
2 CONC n Ye West side of Susquehanah River joyning Yorktown to be equall Divided between them to b
2 CONC e valued by the Elders or Such men as they choose asafsd & they to pay Each of them as abov
2 CONC e sd to.
2 CONT Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Ye Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful mone
2 CONC y to be paid within five years after my decease. Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Ann
2 CONC e the Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful money to be paid when she comes of Eage. Item. I giv
2 CONC e imto my Daughter Barbara Ye Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful money, and I do appoint Jaco
2 CONC b Myers & Jacob Beam my whole and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testa­ment. In witn
2 CONC ess whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 8th day of May 1748
2 CONT 	  his
2 CONT JHO. J. R.  X   KEGAY,  [L. S.] 
2 CONT 	 mark
2 CONT 
2 CONT Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of us ye Subscribers Adam Prenneman, John Jones.
2 CONT     Personally appeared before me Adam Prenneman & John Jones, the Witnesses to ye above Will
2 CONC , & the Said Adam Prenneman on his Solemn affirmation and the sd John Jones on his oath decla
2 CONC red they were present & Saw and heard John Keagy the Testator Sign. Seal. publish and declar
2 CONC e the Same as his last Will & Testament and that at the doing he was of Sound and disposing m
2 CONC ind and memory according to Ye best of their Knowledge. 31 October 1748.
2 CONT Before THO: COOKSON
2 CONT Dep Regx.
2 CONT From the above wlll we learn that Hans Kagy had four sons and three daughters, of whom Jaco
2 CONC b was the eldest son and was b. Sept. 13, 1719; Henry, Nov. 11, 1728; the
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 	46
2 CONT KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT dates of birth of the others it not known; Abraham b. about 1723 and Rudolph, b. about 1725
2 CONC ; Susannah, Barbara and Anna.
2 CONT Jacob Keagy was m. to Feronica Stehinan about 1770 and
2 CONT had three sons and one daughter.  The old family Bible thus
2 CONT records his death:  'Fell asleep in Jesus on the 28th of De­cember, in the year of Lord Jesu
2 CONC s Christ 1788, aged 69 yrs., 3 in. and 15 d." His children were John, Jacob, b. April 21, 176
2 CONC 0; Abraham, b.	, and Anna.
2 CONT John Keagy, the eldest son of Jacob, was b. 1746, or thereabout.  He was m. to Sarah Sneider
2 CONC , who was b. in Canada. To them were born six children, one son, Jacob, and five daughters, M
2 CONC ariah, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1781, in York Co., Pa., and Eve. In the spring of 17
2 CONC 83 John Keagy moved from York Co., Pa., to Bedford Co., Pa., near where Myersdale City, now i
2 CONC n Somerset Co.  John Keagy was a Dunkard preacher and held the first Liebensmohl communion me
2 CONC eting west of the Allegheny niountains. This was in the year 1788.  At this time there was on
2 CONC ly eight to ten families living in that region.
2 CONT John Keagy sought out these families and appointed a day and place of meeting, and a church w
2 CONC as organized; the society prospered and multiplied, and the settlement took the name of "Brud
2 CONC erthal," that is "Brother's Valley." Years afterward, when this section was laid out in towns
2 CONC hips, one of them was named Brothers Valley township. The society thus began in 1783, has inc
2 CONC reased and divided, and subdivided, and to-day numbers nearly thirty distinct organizations o
2 CONC f brethren or Dunkards.
2 CONT In 1810 John Keagy moved from Somerset Co., Pa., to Montgomery Co., Ohio, with his son-in-law
2 CONC , John Olinger, where he soon afterward died, beloved and respected by all who knew him for h
2 CONC is kindness and exalted Christian charac­ter.  His wife d. about 1835, in Montgomery Co., Ohi
2 CONC o.
2 CONT Jacob Keagy, the only son of John, was b. about the year 1770. He m. Susan Markley and they h
2 CONC ad a son whom they called John, who was b. about 1795.  Jacob Keagy is said to have been a ge
2 CONC nius, a natural-born mechanic and could mould and fashion  anything that he undertook to mak
2 CONC e either in wood, stone, iron or steel. He d. quite young, at about 30 yrs. of age.
2 CONT ………..
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (The book goes on to finish the lineage of each branch of the Hanse Kagy family in the orde
2 CONC r of his children’s births. 675 pages.)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:38:23
0 @I15890@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Abraham
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE from 1720 to 1723
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 Oct 1784
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:37:00
0 @I15891@ INDI
1 NAME Rudolph /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Rudolph
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE from 1723 to 1725
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFT 1784
2 PLAC Point Marion, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania
1 _UID 693C12EEA63ED94DAD00F90AEEA6BE7829D5
1 FAMC @F5699@
1 NOTE His records of living after leaving Lancaster Co. were thought to be lost until the author o
2 CONC f The Kagy Family in 1899, did some research and found that a branch of the family spelling t
2 CONC heir name Cagey, near Point Marion, had an ansestor who died building a log cabin and left tw
2 CONC o pre-school age boys without knowledge of how to spell their last name~ ergo the other spell
2 CONC ing. Other family tidbits of information seem to fit the puzzle, placing this man who died bu
2 CONC ilding the cabin as in fact being Rudolph. His son's names were Abraham and Michael, and it i
2 CONC s believed that a daughter's name was Catherine Bowman b. 1743, d. 10/15/1834.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 15:59:52
0 @I15892@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Jacob
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 Sep 1719
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 Dec 1788
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
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1 FAMC @F5699@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:09:28
0 @I15893@ INDI
1 NAME Susannah /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Susannah
1 SEX F
1 _UID B8B36AB6A9248D4ABEB55140978E2623A119
1 FAMC @F5699@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:14:07
0 @I15894@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Barbara
1 SEX F
1 _UID AAC25B865C063A449D18E387566168FE69CE
1 FAMC @F5699@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:14:23
0 @I15895@ INDI
1 NAME Anna /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Anna
1 SEX F
1 _UID 37BA7EA807701643BAFB90E134B33D1E4F10
1 FAMC @F5699@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:14:35
0 @I15896@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Patterson/
2 SURN Patterson
2 GIVN Rebecca
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
1 _UID 9D42634CA3057843B12375738607E887A9D8
1 FAMS @F5699@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:22:13
0 @I15937@ INDI
1 NAME Marrion Carolyn /Marriot/
2 SURN Marriot
2 GIVN Marrion Carolyn
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 May 1834
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1904
2 PLAC Union County, Ohio
1 _UID A9094C404605FB4EB1AB0444E993F05B3DC3
1 FAMS @F5706@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:22:09
0 @I15938@ INDI
1 NAME Louise Stuart /Kagay/
2 SURN Kagay
2 GIVN Louise Stuart
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 Aug 1911
2 PLAC Richwood, Ohio
1 _UID CCBC564735AD8D4795BEFB3936FCD3177E61
1 FAMC @F5706@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 Oct 2004
3 TIME 16:23:20
0 @I16083@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Gordon /Caruth/
2 SURN Caruth
2 GIVN Robert Gordon
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 Jul 1910
2 PLAC Unknown
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 May 1970
2 PLAC San Antonio, Texas
1 _UID D7E6ED2356961D4BA6B5A5DB466B690E2467
1 FAMS @F5746@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 19:40:16
0 @I16084@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Leticia /Caruth/
2 SURN Caruth
2 GIVN Mary Leticia
1 SEX F
1 _UID 9748A7577E85754A8C1406F1C98283C3C738
1 FAMS @F5755@
1 FAMS @F5756@
1 FAMC @F5746@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:14:09
0 @I16085@ INDI
1 NAME James /Caruth/
2 SURN Caruth
2 GIVN James
1 SEX M
1 _UID 14145D2FAB2E1544BBED33CDECB258860A9B
1 FAMC @F5746@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:14:45
0 @I16086@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /Caruth/
2 SURN Caruth
2 GIVN Susan
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4CB3A5D56E474B44A7FAE858AD1627B941CE
1 FAMC @F5746@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:14:57
0 @I16087@ INDI
1 NAME Jerry /Taliaferro/
2 SURN Taliaferro
2 GIVN Jerry
1 SEX M
1 _UID 744BEEAFB46DF9428BF8ECBE21DF8BE75733
1 FAMC @F12@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:16:10
0 @I16088@ INDI
1 NAME Dorothy /unknown/
2 SURN unknown
2 GIVN Dorothy
1 SEX F
1 _UID FC7BE24F73FBAC41A445B38E26E6149DEA8C
1 FAMS @F5747@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:16:56
0 @I16089@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Macmanus/
2 SURN Macmanus
2 GIVN Elizabeth
1 SEX F
1 _UID BA0FAC14ACE28F4DA1EA1608A0D5572F97F4
1 FAMC @F5747@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:17:25
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1 NAME Watson /Macmanus/
2 SURN Macmanus
2 GIVN Watson
1 SEX M
1 _UID A1988F4AC219FE4D8DC42DF3B2D73BAD1A59
1 FAMC @F5747@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:17:38
0 @I16091@ INDI
1 NAME Annette /Macmanus/
2 SURN Macmanus
2 GIVN Annette
1 SEX F
1 _UID B7EFA2A9E74ADE43B27C94606D60EC759358
1 FAMC @F5747@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 Oct 2004
3 TIME 19:17:50
0 @I16095@ INDI
1 NAME Laura Leigh /Hawkins/
2 SURN Hawkins
2 GIVN Laura Leigh
1 SEX F
1 _UID 2DEA33A5EFE79949B67877D42A4A25B36CC6
1 FAMS @F5749@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:54:30
0 @I16096@ INDI
1 NAME Alaesa Leigh /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Alaesa Leigh
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 Jun 1982
2 PLAC Corpus Christi, Texas
1 _UID C565E77DCBDB8E4F9E38BF3CBBA2D6C4D9D6
1 FAMC @F5749@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:56:15
0 @I16097@ INDI
1 NAME Achandra Lauren /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Achandra Lauren
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 May 1984
2 PLAC Corpus Christi, Texas
1 _UID 229D5B1BE3B605409AA0955138578968B336
1 FAMC @F5749@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:57:29
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1 NAME Valerie Jo /Thinnes/
2 SURN Thinnes
2 GIVN Valerie Jo
1 SEX F
1 _UID AD53AE1583126E4CBF26C20B49DBFE5238EC
1 FAMS @F5750@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 21:59:04
0 @I16099@ INDI
1 NAME Whitney Marie /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Whitney Marie
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Aug 1985
2 PLAC Dallas, Texas
1 _UID 1DFE760CA48FDD4E9E4A882CD2C63F9604A7
1 FAMC @F5750@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:00:01
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1 NAME Nicholas Adam /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Nicholas Adam
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 Sep 1988
2 PLAC Dallas, Texas
1 _UID EDE28095CB090F4899110355B9A2B76B8E41
1 FAMC @F5750@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:00:40
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1 NAME Robert Maurice /Fuller/
2 SURN Fuller
2 GIVN Robert Maurice
1 SEX M
1 _UID BB265908B457DE49B08AC09F16FADB110988
1 FAMS @F5751@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:04:52
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1 NAME Robert Maurice /Fuller/ , III
2 SURN Fuller
2 GIVN Robert Maurice
2 NSFX , III
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Apr 1994
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1 _UID 731BFDB1A65B614BBE1F88B4E5E24E405749
1 FAMC @F5751@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:03:42
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1 NAME Unknown /Johnson/
2 SURN Johnson
2 GIVN Unknown
1 SEX M
1 _UID 6F737D8EC95B424694DB36694600357092F8
1 FAMS @F5752@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:04:16
0 @I16104@ INDI
1 NAME Laura Catherine /Johnson/
2 SURN Johnson
2 GIVN Laura Catherine
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 May 1984
2 PLAC Waco, Texas
1 _UID 15BF7469F4F9984AA190CF8F0899FED58334
1 FAMC @F5752@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:05:37
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1 NAME Melissa /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Melissa
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 Feb 1988
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1 _UID 22B3BEBA76EB9B418C8488D85C4460514B1C
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:07:40
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1 NAME Megan /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
2 GIVN Megan
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 Apr 1993
2 PLAC Temple, Texas
1 _UID C0AE6557A2067B44B022ABFD27945BA1C23F
1 FAMC @F5753@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:08:19
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1 NAME Morgan /Hearn/
2 SURN Hearn
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1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Feb 1999
2 PLAC Temple, Texas
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1 FAMC @F5753@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:09:41
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1 NAME Susan /Nussbaum/
2 SURN Nussbaum
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1 SEX F
1 _UID AA5C077178E69A43A4A542376913224B64B2
1 FAMS @F5754@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 30 Oct 2004
3 TIME 22:10:27
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1 NAME /Bentley /
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1 SEX M
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1 FAMS @F5755@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 Oct 2004
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1 NAME Robert Reed /Bentley/
2 SURN Bentley
2 GIVN Robert Reed
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 Jul 1964
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 19:59:56
0 @I16111@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Late /Benedum/ II
2 SURN Benedum
2 GIVN Michael Late
2 NSFX II
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 Oct 1943
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 19:49:51
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1 NAME Christianna Barrett /Benedum/
2 SURN Benedum
2 GIVN Christianna Barrett
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 Apr 1968
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 19:52:05
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1 NAME Michael Paul /Benedum/
2 SURN Benedum
2 GIVN Michael Paul
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Oct 1978
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1 FAMC @F5756@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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1 NAME Shawn Patrick /Gulley/
2 SURN Gulley
2 GIVN Shawn Patrick
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Jan 1967
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 19:53:14
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1 NAME Reagan Riley /Gulley/
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1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Aug 1995
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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1 NAME Michael (Ben) Benedum /Gulley/
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 Feb 1998
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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2 GIVN Robert Montgomery
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 Sep 2003
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 Sep 2003
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 Dec 1967
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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2 SURN Bentley
2 GIVN Carlisle Eleanor
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 Mar 1998
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 Apr 2001
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2 DATE 25 Nov 2004
3 TIME 20:03:10
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2 DATE 30 Jun 1979
1 NOTE San Antonio, Texas
2 CONT First Presbyterian Church
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2 DATE 25 Apr 1942
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2 DATE 1904
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2 DATE Nov 1930
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2 DATE 1930
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