This report is a synthesis of the work of many folks, both living and dead. My main contribution concerns the family of Robert Wilson Hume. Barbara McRae contributed the information on the Robert Wilson's brothers John and James as well as John's descendants. Dr. Tony Tillman, Barbara McRae, and Bill DeProsse between them provided the information on Robert Hume and his ancestors. Bill DeProsse provided much of the data on my Lynch, Penfield, Kedzie, and Scovil ancestors. He provided clues as to where to find other information. Robert Davis Hume provided the information on the Robert Woolsey Hume branch. Dick Kearns provided the Bunyan information. John McClaughry sent me valuable information concerning Robert Hume and the McClaughry's. David Hunsberger brought me up to date on the Hunsberger family. I have tried within the document to attribute all contributions to the correct source.  Many websites have provided information but perhaps the most helpful have been the Delaware County, New York site operated as Joyce Riedinger (joyce@dcnyhistory.org) as http://www.dcnyhistory.org/ the New Haven site ctnewhav@rootsweb.com the Connecticut cemeteries site  CT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com for Hannah Derby Sackett Hume’s Sackett ancestors  http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~teking/  for India  the India@rootsweb.com the British-Raj-India@rootsweb.com the Families in British India site http://www.fibis.org the British Library site http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ for Scotland http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ and the Berwick site Berwick@rootsweb.com. The LDS site http://www.familysearch.org is the most useful general site on genealogy I used. Of the commercial sites, ancestry was the most useful – if expensive – at http://www.ancestry.com/  I thank the Yale University Alumni Office for their help in securing the  various  Yale Biographical Records of Robert Allen Hume and Edward Sackett Hume.

 

My father, John C Hume M.D. collected much material on his family before his death. He told me a little about his work and I started some genealogical research on the internet but made little progress. After his death, my sister and I were going through his papers and found a wealth of material he had collected. I was surprised by this discovery since my father never spoke about my grandfather and his family. My grandparents had divorced in 1915 and dad was estranged from his Hume relatives. Accordingly, I knew almost nothing about my father’s family. I decided to work on and broaden the information my father had collected as perhaps a way of dealing with my grief and his.

 

Jack Hume      

 

John Chandler Hume, Jr.

Professor of History and Dean of the College, Emeritus

Saint Mary’s College

 

 


 

Descendants of George Home a Resident of E. Gordon Parish  Berwickshire Scotland

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  GEORGE1 HOME was born Abt. 1651 in Scotland.

 

Notes for GEORGE HOME:

Email from Barbara McRae:

 

"Two children named James Home were baptized in Gordon Parish in 1672-1673.

One was the son of Abraham, the other the son of George. I lean toward

George because Abraham does not appear in any subsequent family record,

while George shows up as a given name over and over.

 

Three Part EMAIL from Barbara McRae  3 April 1998

       

Child of GEORGE HOME is:

2.                i.    JAMES2 HOME, b. 03 Aug 1673, Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JAMES2 HOME (GEORGE1) was born 03 Aug 1673 in Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland.  He married BEATRIX TONTOR 18 Dec 1694 in Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, daughter of JOHN TONTOR.  She was born 18 Dec 1674 in Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland1.

 

Notes for BEATRIX TONTOR:

From Barbara McRae: "Beatrix was probably a daughter of John Tonter of Gordon Parish, who had five children baptized in Gordon, 1666-1679. (See entry for John Tonter.)

Her grandson Robert Hume named a daughter Elizabeth Beatrix, called Betty."

 

3 part email from Barbara McRae sent on 3 Apr 1998.

       

Children of JAMES HOME and BEATRIX TONTOR are:

3.                i.    GEORGE3 HUME, b. 24 Feb 1704, Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 11 Dec 1786, Buried Parish of Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland.

                  ii.    JOHN HUME, b. 04 Jun 1710, Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland.

                 iii.    UNNAMED HUME, b. 26 Aug 1711.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  GEORGE3 HUME (JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)2 was born 24 Feb 1704 in Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland3, and died 11 Dec 1786 in Buried Parish of Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland4.  He married ALISON BRODIE WFT Est. 1721-1754, daughter of WALTER BRODIE and MARGARET BUNIAN.  She was born 18 Nov 1722 in Gordon Parish, and died 12 Jun 1788 in Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland.

 

Notes for GEORGE HUME:

From the Mac Laughry book:

 

141. Robert Hume. Served heir to his mother April 21, 1692, and returned heir to his father May 2, 1706. Died in 1710, S. P., and was succeeded by Patrick Home, first Earl of Marchmount in the lands of Kimmerghame.

 

The traditions of the branch of the Hume family which follow are to the effect that the above statement is in error, and that Robert Hume, No. 141. had a son George from whom the following Hume’s are descended.: Whether this George was disinherited by his father in consequence of some disagreement between father and son is not known, but the family traditions are strongly assertive of the supposed fact. The graves of George Hume and his grandson George are still to be seen in Gordon Churchyard. ""Here lies the body of "Here lies the body of George Home. son of Robert Home tenant in East Gordon who East Gordon August 9, 1736 aged 15 years."

"Here lies the body of George Home tenant in East Gordon who died Dec. 11, 1786, aged 82 years. Also Alison Brodie his spouse who died June 12, 1788 aged 67 years."

 

Son:

155. George Hume, born 1704. Died Dec.11, 1786.

Married Alison Brodie, Born 1721.

 

Given the dates and age of the grandfather George this account seems very dubious.

 

Mac CLAUGHRY FAMILY. 85

CLAN HUME

 

More About GEORGE HUME:

Baptism: 24 Feb 1705, Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland

 

Notes for ALISON BRODIE:

Barbara McRae notes: "Probably these girls were siblings; Walter and Margaret may moved temporarily to Gordon Parish, or been there for some reason at the time of Alison's birth.  In the Gordon Parish register, mothers' names seem to have been routinely omitted.

An Alexander Brodie in Gordon Parish also had a daughter Alison on Mar. 12, 1721.  However, I lean toward Walter and Margaret Bunian Brodie as Alison's parents, given the close association of the Hume grandchildren with the children of the Bunyan family who came to the New World with them."

 

"Note that the Bunyan/Bunian family came to America at the same time as the Hume's, and intermarried there."

 

3 part email from Barbara McRae 3 Apr 1998 based on notes from the Scottish General Record Office

       

Children of GEORGE HUME and ALISON BRODIE are:

4.                i.    ROBERT4 HUME, b. 06 Feb 1739, E. Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 20 Jan 1839, Stamford, Delaware County, New York.

                  ii.    WILLIAM HUME.

                 iii.    ALEXANDER HUME.

                 iv.    JOHN HUME.

5.               v.    GEORGE HUME, b. 1758, E Gordon Parish, Berwickshire; d. 1838, E Gordon Parish, Berwickshire.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  ROBERT4 HUME (GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)5 was born 06 Feb 1739 in E. Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, and died 20 Jan 1839 in Stamford, Delaware County, New York.  He married ALISON WILSON Abt. 1770 in E. Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland.  She was born 1747 in Scotland, and died 16 May 1813 in Kortright, Delaware County, New York.

 

Notes for ROBERT HUME:

Robert came from Scotland on same ship as Adam Kedzie.  Daughter Margaret Stewart married James Kedzie.

 

In 1830 census of Northern New York, he is listed as living with his son John in Bovina Township, Delaware County.  He is listed as being between 80-90 years old.

 

He was ruling elder of the Succession Church at Sichel, Kelso, Berwickshire (Rev George Coventry, pastor) where he served for 30 years.

He settled first in Galway, Saratoga County, New York.  Source "The Mac Claughry Family" Charles Chase McClaughry (Anamosa Iowa, 1913)

 

Why did the Scots come to the Delhi area?

 

Subj:[NYDELAWA-L] Re-Scots in Delaware County

Date:10/30/2002 6:28:56 PM  Eastern Standard Time

From:    _asbsc@mail.a-znet.com_ (mailto:asbsc@mail.a-znet.com)  (Gregory 

Cooke)

To:    _NYDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:NYDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com)

 

 

While researching the history of the town of Kortright and the 

Kortright Patent, I found a lot of information on the Scottish

settlers  and the fact that they were enticed by Lawrence Kortright

and his very  liberal land purchase policies and his very flowery ads

for the sale of his  lands. His patent was 22,000 acres between the

Susquehanna and Delaware  Rivers. His advertisement of 1786, after

the Revolutionary War indicated  that about 70 farms had some

improvement on them, before hostile actions of  the British and their

Indian allies drove the settlers out. Some returned  after the war and

resettled their lands. One history indicated that   Harpersfield was

largely settled by English and that Kortright was largely  settled by

Scottish and Irish people. It indicated that in early September of 

1773 a large group of members of the McDonald clan and others

chartered  the ship "Pearl" and emigrated from Glengarry to

America. The history  indicated that The New York Gazetteer for

Thursday, October 21,1773 carried  an article about the arrival of the

"Pearl" and that it carried a great  number of passengers from the

highlands of Scotland who were in great health  and had ready money to

each purchase a freehold. On November 4, 1773, the Gazetteer noted

that they embarked on a sloop for Albany and from there they 

Communicated with Sir William Johnson about possible tracts of land.

The  histories mentioned many families and their areas of settlement

and  indicated that a large group of them settled on the headwaters of

Betty  Brook, which is now generally the area of Kortright Center, I

Believe..

I  found a wealth of early Delaware County history at Fonda in

Montgomery  County, because Delaware was not yet a county at the time

a lot of this  Kortright Patent land sales and settlement occurred. I

am looking there  because I have narrowed my branch of the Kortright

Smiths, by process of  elimination down to very likely having been

with the group. As they were in  Kortright and on Betty Brook, before

the other Smiths came in from Columbia  County and other areas and I'm

searching and searching for some kind of  proof of it. So far to no

avail. The Montgomery County Department of  Archives and History at

Fonda has a very good genealogy library and they  will do research for

a reasonable fee for those who can't get to the  facility. You can

contact them at  _histarch@superior.net_ (mailto:histarch@superior.net)  or

go to the  Montgomery County genweb site for a tie in to them. (Gregory  Cooke)

 

 

Paul E. Newell

Ellicott City, MD

 

 

       

Children of ROBERT HUME and ALISON WILSON are:

                   i.    GEORGE5 HUME, b. 1771, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 09 Aug 1786, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland.

                  ii.    ISABELLA HUME, b. 1773, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 25 Jan 1821, West Charlton, NY; m. WILLIAM BUNYAN, WFT Est. 1787-1818; b. 26 Sep 1773, Melrose Scotland; d. 07 Feb 1838, W. Charlton, Saratoga Co., N.Y..

 

Notes for ISABELLA HUME:

Married Bunyan moved to Sara toga. 

The couple had six children.  James Hume took the middle name Bunyon for his uncle by marriage.

See Barbara McRae notes.

 

Notes for WILLIAM BUNYAN:

Descendants of Robert Bunyon

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

       1.  Robert1 Bunyon was born in Newstead-Melrose, Roxburyshire, Scotland, and died 1799.  He married Isabel Hoy January 10, 1767.

      

Children of Robert Bunyon and Isabel Hoy are:

+    2      i.      William2 Bunyan, born September 26, 1773 in Newstead-Melrose, Roxburyshire Scotland; died 1837.

       3      ii.     James Bunyan.  He married Elizabeth Beatrice "Betsy" Hume.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

       2.  William2 Bunyan (Robert1 Bunyon) was born September 26, 1773 in Newstead-Melrose, Roxburyshire Scotland, and died 1837.  He married Isabella Hume, daughter of ROBERT HUME and ALISON WILSON.

 

Notes for Isabella Hume:

Married Bunyan moved to Sara toga. 

The couple had six children.  James Hume took the middle name Bunyon for his uncle by marriage.

See Barbara McRae notes.

      

Child of William Bunyan and Isabella Hume is:

+    4      i.      John3 Bunyan, born June 04, 1807 in West Charlton, New York; died February 12, 1886 in West Charlton, New York.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

       4.  John3 Bunyan (William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born June 04, 1807 in West Charlton, New York, and died February 12, 1886 in West Charlton, New York.  He married Jane Tweed Chalmers January 30, 1836 in Schenectady, New York, daughter of Mathew Chalmers and Agnes Clark.

      

Children of John Bunyan and Jane Chalmers are:

       5      i.      Jane Ferguson4 Bunyan, born March 20, 1845; died September 08, 1930.

 

Notes for Jane Ferguson Bunyan:

Unmarried.  Kept house for spinster sisters Agnes and Margaret.

 

       6      ii.     Margaret Bunyan, born July 17, 1854; died April 05, 1908.

 

Notes for Margaret Bunyan:

Of the three unmarried sisters Margaret was considered the farmer. She and

her sisters, Agnes and Jane, were the last Bunyan's to live on the old

homestead purchased in 1796 by their great grandfather, Robert, who came to

the US in 1794.

 

 

       7      iii.    Mary Bunyan, born May 08, 1852; died November 10, 1927.  She married George A Orr.

 

Notes for Mary Bunyan:

 

       8      iv.    William Bunyan, born October 20, 1836.

       9      v.     William James Bunyan, born 1838; died November 15, 1842.

       10    vi.    William Rankin Bunyan, born June 28, 1843; died August 21, 1929.

+    11    vii.   Matthew Bunyan, born October 20, 1836 in west Charlton, New York; died April 10, 1919 in west Charlton, New York.

       12    viii.  Agnes Bunyan, born June 20, 1840 in West Charlton, New York; died April 18, 1898.

+    13    ix.    Thomas Chalmers Bunyan, born August 30, 1847 in Charlton, Saratoga County, New York; died May 29, 1912 in Bertoud, Colorado.

+    14    x.     Robert Proudfit Bunyan, born October 27, 1849 in West Charlton, New York; died August 25, 1882 in West Charlton, New York.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

       11.  Matthew4 Bunyan (John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born October 20, 1836 in west Charlton, New York, and died April 10, 1919 in west Charlton, New York.  He married Agnes Boyd Smeallie June 30, 1878, daughter of Mathew Bunyan and Agnes Clark.

 

Notes for Matthew Bunyan:

Farmer

      

Children of Matthew Bunyan and Agnes Smeallie are:

       15    i.      Hume5 Bunyan, born August 27, 1878 in West Charlton, New York; died October 20, 1943.  He married Minnie Ennis October 17, 1900.

       16    ii.     Robert Proudfit Bunyan.

       17    iii.    James Boyd Bunyan.

 

       13.  Thomas Chalmers4 Bunyan (John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born August 30, 1847 in Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, and died May 29, 1912 in Bertoud, Colorado.  He married Ellen Miller Hallowell August 11, 1875, daughter of Robert Hallowell and Agnes Bell.

 

Notes for Thomas Chalmers Bunyan:

School principal and banker  School principal in Ballston Spa, New YorkMoved to Berthoud National Bank.  Graduate of Union College, Schenectady, New York.

      

Children of Thomas Bunyan and Ellen Hallowell are:

+    18    i.      John5 Bunyan, born May 16, 1876; died February 14, 1965.

       19    ii.     William Chalmers Bunyan, born October 14, 1877; died June 29, 1953.  He married Ruth Purcell.

       20    iii.    Margaret Tweed Bunyan, born August 30, 1879.

+    21    iv.    Julia Bunyan, born February 08, 1881 in Balston Spa, New York; died October 15, 1945 in Boulder, Colorado.

+    22    v.     Ellen Thomas Bunyan, born February 08, 1889; died August 29, 1961.

 

       14.  Robert Proudfit4 Bunyan (John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born October 27, 1849 in West Charlton, New York, and died August 25, 1882 in West Charlton, New York.  He married Mary Elizabeth Smeallie May 13, 1875.

      

Children of Robert Bunyan and Mary Smeallie are:

+    23    i.      Gertrude C.5 Bunyan, born March 27, 1876 in West Charlton, New York; died June 18, 1946.

+    24    ii.     John Cresar Bunyan, born February 19, 1882 in West Charlton, New York; died May 12, 1956.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

       18.  John5 Bunyan (Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born May 16, 1876, and died February 14, 1965.  He married Edith Williams.

      

Children of John Bunyan and Edith Williams are:

       25    i.      Mary Francis6 Bunyan, born May 30, 1900.  She married (1) Clyde Nielson.  She married (2) Williard Brinkley May 30, 1920.

 

Notes for Mary Francis Bunyan:

Divorced Williard date unknown.

 

+    26    ii.     Margaret Bunyan, born November 11, 1903.

 

       21.  Julia5 Bunyan (Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born February 08, 1881 in Balston Spa, New York, and died October 15, 1945 in Boulder, Colorado.  She married Charles Alvin Wilson July 25, 1912, son of John Wilson and Nancey Lewis.

 

Notes for Charles Alvin Wilson:

Reverend

Buried Evansville Ind

      

Children of Julia Bunyan and Charles Wilson are:

+    27    i.      Ruth Louise6 Wilson, born August 28, 1915 in Chanute, Kansas; died December 22, 1992 in Boulder City, Nevada.

+    28    ii.     Alvin Chalmers Wilson, born September 24, 1925.

 

       22.  Ellen Thomas5 Bunyan (Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born February 08, 1889, and died August 29, 1961.  She married Louis Bein November 18, 1915.

      

Children of Ellen Bunyan and Louis Bein are:

       29    i.      Eleanor Martha6 Bein, born October 07, 1916.

+    30    ii.     Louis Frederick Bein, born January 26, 1919.

+    31    iii.    Margaret Jane Bein, born April 14, 1922.

+    32    iv.    Thomas Chalmers Bein, born October 31, 1924.

+    33    v.     Mary Elizabeth Bein, born October 11, 1926.

 

       23.  Gertrude C.5 Bunyan (Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born March 27, 1876 in West Charlton, New York, and died June 18, 1946.  She married Frank W. Skinner.

      

Children of Gertrude Bunyan and Frank Skinner are:

       34    i.      Helen6 Skinner, born September 07, 1903 in Arlington, New Jersey.  She married Roy Shadbolt.

+    35    ii.     Mary Elizabeth Skinner, born January 16, 1912.

 

       24.  John Cresar5 Bunyan (Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born February 19, 1882 in West Charlton, New York, and died May 12, 1956.  He married Jesse Humphrey December 28, 1904.

      

Children of John Bunyan and Jesse Humphrey are:

+    36    i.      Elizabeth Smeallie6 Bunyan, born January 15, 1906; died August 27, 1969.

+    37    ii.     George Humphrey Bunyan, born May 30, 1911.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

       26.  Margaret6 Bunyan (John5, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born November 11, 1903.  She married Merle Stockman.

      

Children of Margaret Bunyan and Merle Stockman are:

+    38    i.      John Franklin7 Stockman, born May 25, 1926.

+    39    ii.     Marjorie Stockman, born September 14, 1928.

+    40    iii.    Richard Robert Stockman, born January 25, 1930.

       41    iv.    Russell Merle Stockman, born July 26, 1935.

 

       27.  Ruth Louise6 Wilson (Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born August 28, 1915 in Chanute, Kansas, and died December 22, 1992 in Boulder City, Nevada.  She married John Tyo Kearns September 14, 1938 in Boulder, Colorado, son of John Kearns and Inez Tyo.

      

Children of Ruth Wilson and John Kearns are:

+    42    i.      John Tyo7 Kearns, born December 30, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri.

+    43    ii.     Richard Towner Kearns, born September 14, 1942 in Flint, Michigan.

+    44    iii.    Gail Kearns, born October 27, 1945.

       45    iv.    Betsy Kearns, born January 30, 1949.

+    46    v.     Robert Michael Kearns, born March 23, 1954.

 

       28.  Alvin Chalmers6 Wilson (Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born September 24, 1925.  He married Helen Kelsall December 21, 1946 in Boulder, Colorado.

      

Children of Alvin Wilson and Helen Kelsall are:

+    47    i.      William Chalmers7 Wilson, born January 07, 1949 in Boulder, Colorado.

+    48    ii.     Linda Lou Wilson, born May 16, 1952.

+    49    iii.    Cindy Sue Wilson, born March 23, 1969.

 

       30.  Louis Frederick6 Bein (Ellen Thomas5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born January 26, 1919.  He married Jean Holloway December 10, 1942.

      

Children of Louis Bein and Jean Holloway are:

       50    i.      Louis Frederick7 Bein III, born December 1943.

       51    ii.     Jean Adair Bein, born December 22, 1945.

       52    iii.    Ellen Elizabeth Bein, born May 23, 1949.

       53    iv.    Catherine Julia Bein, born May 1951.

       54    v.     Robert Holloway Bein, born August 29, 1955.

 

       31.  Margaret Jane6 Bein (Ellen Thomas5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born April 14, 1922.  She married Rufus Hendon June 01, 1946.

      

Children of Margaret Bein and Rufus Hendon are:

       55    i.      Alison Maragraet7 Hendon, born October 06, 1952.

       56    ii.     Tom Tillman Hendon, born February 26, 1955.

       57    iii.    Julia Ann Hendon, born May 07, 1957.

 

       32.  Thomas Chalmers6 Bein (Ellen Thomas5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born October 31, 1924.  He married Louise Ismay September 06, 1948.

      

Children of Thomas Bein and Louise Ismay are:

       58    i.      Mary Louise7 Bein, born March 12, 1949.

       59    ii.     Margaret Irene Bein, born April 11, 1950.

       60    iii.    Laura Jane Bein, born August 02, 1951.

 

       33.  Mary Elizabeth6 Bein (Ellen Thomas5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born October 11, 1926.  She married George John Keto May 26, 1954.

      

Children of Mary Bein and George Keto are:

       61    i.      David Bruce7 Keto, born August 03, 1955.

       62    ii.     Eric Ravenian Keto, born December 27, 1956.

 

       35.  Mary Elizabeth6 Skinner (Gertrude C.5 Bunyan, Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born January 16, 1912.  She married Walter J. McLaren June 22, 1935.

      

Children of Mary Skinner and Walter McLaren are:

       63    i.      Robert James7 McLaren, born August 10, 1936.

       64    ii.     Jean Elisabeth McLaren, born June 22, 1938.

       65    iii.    Kathryn Jane McLaren, born June 09, 1941.

 

       36.  Elizabeth Smeallie6 Bunyan (John Cresar5, Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born January 15, 1906, and died August 27, 1969.  She married Southerland Rugg Stuart June 15, 1929.

      

Children of Elizabeth Bunyan and Southerland Stuart are:

+    66    i.      John Bunyon7 Stuart, born August 30, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York.

+    67    ii.     Elizabeth Southerland Stuart, born October 11, 1932.

 

       37.  George Humphrey6 Bunyan (John Cresar5, Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born May 30, 1911.  He married Elizabeth Susan Osterman.

      

Children of George Bunyan and Elizabeth Osterman are:

       68    i.      Barbara7 Bunyan, born April 11, 1938.

       69    ii.     Christine Bunyan, born September 01, 1942.

       70    iii.    John Albert Bunyan, born June 12, 1952.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

       38.  John Franklin7 Stockman (Margaret6 Bunyan, John5, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born May 25, 1926.  He married Edna Alice Herron May 24, 1946.

      

Children of John Stockman and Edna Herron are:

       71    i.      Karen Margaret8 Stockman, born June 12, 1950.

       72    ii.     Kristen Ann Stockman, born October 19, 1951.

 

       39.  Marjorie7 Stockman (Margaret6 Bunyan, John5, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born September 14, 1928.  She married James A Gossler December 27, 1950.

      

Children of Marjorie Stockman and James Gossler are:

       73    i.      Jane Lee8 Gossler, born February 19, 1952.

       74    ii.     Michael Duane Gossler, born July 06, 1953.

       75    iii.    Roger Dean Gossler, born August 11, 1955.

       76    iv.    Gretchen Marie Gossler, born May 20, 1959.

 

       40.  Richard Robert7 Stockman (Margaret6 Bunyan, John5, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born January 25, 1930.  He married Ruth Oelrichs June 13, 1953.

      

Children of Richard Stockman and Ruth Oelrichs are:

       77    i.      Cynthia Jo8 Stockman, born May 19, 1955.

       78    ii.     Sally Ann Stockman, born June 23, 1958.

 

       42.  John Tyo7 Kearns (Ruth Louise6 Wilson, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born December 30, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri.  He married Louise Gail Arbuckle May 25, 1963 in Denver, Colorado.

      

Children of John Kearns and Louise Arbuckle are:

       79    i.      Heidi Lynn8 Kearns, born November 19, 1966.  She married Randy Cooksey August 22, 1992 in Larkspur, Colorado.

       80    ii.     John Tyo Kearns II, born April 20, 1971.

 

       43.  Richard Towner7 Kearns (Ruth Louise6 Wilson, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born September 14, 1942 in Flint, Michigan.  He married Helen Lucille Henkel August 16, 1975 in Denver, Colorado.

      

Children of Richard Kearns and Helen Henkel are:

       81    i.      Kathryn Marie8 Kearns, born October 09, 1977 in Denver, Colorado.

       82    ii.     Richard Towner Kearns , Jr., born June 01, 1981 in Berkely, California.

 

       44.  Gail7 Kearns (Ruth Louise6 Wilson, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born October 27, 1945.  She married (1) Lee Richard West March 30, 1968 in Denver, Colorado.  She married (2) Glenn Keneipp October 14, 1994 in Boulder, Colorado.

      

Child of Gail Kearns and Lee West is:

       83    i.      Julia Louise8 West, born February 26, 1977.

 

       46.  Robert Michael7 Kearns (Ruth Louise6 Wilson, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born March 23, 1954.  He married (1) Elizabeth Cullen 1972 in Boulder, Colorado.  He married (2) Vei Ann Lancaster December 12, 1977 in Texas.  He married (3) Sue Fain 1988 in Nevada.

      

Child of Robert Kearns and Elizabeth Cullen is:

       84    i.      Aaron8 Kearns, born 1972.

      

Children of Robert Kearns and Vei Lancaster are:

       85    i.      Veo Michelle8 Kearns, born June 30, 1974.

       86    ii.     Robert Michael Kearns II, born October 25, 1978.

      

Child of Robert Kearns and Sue Fain is:

       87    i.      Kassandra8 Kearns, born August 28, 1989.

 

       47.  William Chalmers7 Wilson (Alvin Chalmers6, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born January 07, 1949 in Boulder, Colorado.  He married Maria Grizeldis Freund May 12, 1973 in Boulder, Colorado.

      

Children of William Wilson and Maria Freund are:

       88    i.      Tatiana Beatrix8 Wilson, born March 31, 1974.

       89    ii.     Adriana Natascha Wilson, born July 20, 1976.

       90    iii.    Mark Alexandr Wilson, born May 09, 1978.

 

       48.  Linda Lou7 Wilson (Alvin Chalmers6, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born May 16, 1952.  She married Gabriel Tomassetti December 21, 1975 in Boulder, Colorado, son of Pietro Tomassetti and Gabriel.

      

Children of Linda Wilson and Gabriel Tomassetti are:

       91    i.      Julia Louise8 Tomassetti, born September 01, 1978.

       92    ii.     Sarah Elizabeth Tomassetti, born April 11, 1983.

 

       49.  Cindy Sue7 Wilson (Alvin Chalmers6, Julia5 Bunyan, Thomas Chalmers4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born March 23, 1969.  She married James Kermit August February 27, 1988 in Boulder, Colorado, son of Kermit Eggebroten and Evelyn Gustafson.

 

Notes for James Kermit August:

Changed name to August in 1990

      

Children of Cindy Wilson and James August are:

       93    i.      Thomas Fraser8 August, born April 17, 1990.

       94    ii.     Gregory Nicholas August, born March 23, 1994.

 

       66.  John Bunyon7 Stuart (Elizabeth Smeallie6 Bunyan, John Cresar5, Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born August 30, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York.  He married Barbara Jean Morris.

      

Children of John Stuart and Barbara Morris are:

       95    i.      James Southerland8 Stuart, born October 15, 1956.

       96    ii.     Elizabeth Jean Stuart, born February 16, 1958.

 

       67.  Elizabeth Southerland7 Stuart (Elizabeth Smeallie6 Bunyan, John Cresar5, Robert Proudfit4, John3, William2, Robert1 Bunyon) was born October 11, 1932.  She married Norman Roy Dwyer.

      

Children of Elizabeth Stuart and Norman Dwyer are:

       97    i.      Dawn Elizabeth8 Dwyer, born September 18, 1953.

       98    ii.     Deborah Dwyer, born November 28, 1954.

       99    iii.    David Stuart Dwyer, born October 12, 1959.

 

 

6.              iii.    JOHN HUME, b. 1775, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 1857, Clark County, OH.

                 iv.    ALISON HUME, b. 1778, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. WFT Est. 1779-1872; m. (1) THOMPSON; m. (2) LEETE.

 

Notes for ALISON HUME:

Married 1.) Thompson and 2.) Leete (Liete, Leite)

 

7.               v.    MARGARET STEWART HUME, b. 09 Jan 1780, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 16 Nov 1865, Yellow Springs, OH.

                 vi.    ELIZABETH BEATRICE "BETSY" HUME, b. 1782, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 1841, Yellow Springs Ohio; m. JAMES BUNYAN, 1808; b. 13 Mar 1784, Scotland; d. 18 Jan 1873, Yellow Springs Ohio.

8.             vii.    JANET HUME, b. 1784, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 27 Aug 1828, Delaware County, New York.

9.            viii.    ROBERT T HUME, b. 25 Feb 1787, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 24 Jul 1859, LaGrange, IN.

10.             ix.    JAMES HUME, b. 1789, E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. WFT Est. 1810-1879.

                   x.    GEORGE HUME, b. Abt. 1792, E. Gordon , Berwickshire, Scotland; d. 1862, Ohio; m. MARY ROSE, 1830.

 

 

5.  GEORGE4 HUME (GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 1758 in E Gordon Parish, Berwickshire, and died 1838 in E Gordon Parish, Berwickshire.  He married ELIZABETH MOORE.  She was born 1763.

       

Child of GEORGE HUME and ELIZABETH MOORE is:

                   i.    ALEXANDER JOHN5 HUME, b. 01 Oct 1801, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland; d. Ontario, Canada; m. MARY CHESSER; b. 1808; d. 1876.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

6.  JOHN5 HUME (ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 1775 in E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, and died 1857 in Clark County, OH.  He married ELIZABETH "BETSY" CLARK 1804 in Delaware County, NY.  She was born WFT Est. 1767-1793, and died WFT Est. 1833-1883.

       

Children of JOHN HUME and ELIZABETH CLARK are:

                   i.    MARY6 HUME, b. Abt. 1805, NY; d. WFT Est. 1819-1899; m. JOHN LUCE, WFT Est. 1819-1852; b. WFT Est. 1788-1808; d. WFT Est. 1822-1894.

                  ii.    ROBERT HUME, b. 17 Dec 1806, Bovina Township, Delaware County, New York; d. 09 Aug 1886.

                 iii.    JAMES HUME, b. Abt. 1807; d. WFT Est. 1808-1897.

                 iv.    THOMAS C. HUME, b. 22 Jun 1809; d. WFT Est. 1810-1899.

                  v.    GEORGE HUME, b. 1812; d. WFT Est. 1813-1902.

                 vi.    WILLIAM HUME, b. 17 May 1814, Delaware County; d. WFT Est. 1815-1904.

 

More About WILLIAM HUME:

Baptism: 19 Jun 1814, So Kortright Presbyterian Church

 

                vii.    ALISON W. HUME, b. 1825; d. WFT Est. 1826-1919.

               viii.    JOHN F. HUME, b. 1830; d. WFT Est. 1831-1920.

                  ix.    ALEXANDER F. HUME, b. 20 Apr 1831; d. WFT Est. 1832-1921.

 

 

7.  MARGARET STEWART5 HUME (ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 09 Jan 1780 in E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, and died 16 Nov 1865 in Yellow Springs, OH.  She married JAMES KEDZIE WFT Est. 1794-1827, son of ADAM KEDZIE.  He was born WFT Est. 1763-1783, and died WFT Est. 1798-1869.

 

Notes for MARGARET STEWART HUME:

Letter from Margaret Stewart Penfield (Mrs. Orrin Scovil Penfield) of Delhi, New York to her mother and father James Kedzie and Margaret Stewart Hume Kedzie of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

 

Note:  Orrin Scovil Penfield is the son of David and Voadicea Penfield.  Margaret Stewart Penfield is the granddaughter of Robert Hume.  Robert Hume is my gggggfather through my grandfather John Chandler Hume and ggggfather via Margaret Stewart Penfield through John's wife, my grandmother Elizabeth Kedzie Lynch Hume.  Robert Hume and Adam Kedzie came to Delaware County circa 1795.  They met in Scotland as they prepared to come to the US.  They and their families traveled to New York on the same boat..  Their children James Kedzie and Margaret Stewart Hume married.  They moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio – as did many Hume’s and Kedzie’s.

 

Envelope

 

 

Feby

 

Mr Jas Kedsie

Yellow Springs

Greene Co

Ohio

 

Body

 

Delhi, Feb. 1848

 

My Dear Parents Sister & Brs.

 

        I have at length taken my pen to commence the performance of a long neglected duty.  I wrote you last fall respecting shawls for Mother and Isabella wishing you if you could obtain them from NYork (sic) by your Merchants to write us and we send by Mr. Gould and have them in readiness for you, we felt it would be a privilege to contribute a smile in this way for your benefit is their (sic) none of our friends that talk of coming east soon, we have looked for and expected a letter for a long time and I have put off writing myself till it has troubled me much there is constantly something on hand that takes up my time, yet I know this is not a sufficient excuse __I have not written a line to anyone since I wrote you, we have not written or receive (sic) anything from John since he left us last Spring except (?) from him by way of S, and E and it is a good while since we heard from them.  I intend to write to them all soon.  How do you all get along.  Your situation has weighed upon my spirits very much since the burning of your house how do you get along are you comfortable and happy - Worldly property is not the highway to holiness it has been my prayer that the Lord would teach you by this afflictive event high and important lessons in divine things and effectively wean you all from everything that savors of a worldly spirit & how little we need, and how short the time that we shall need that little.  All my observation teaches me that it is vain and wicked thing for Parents to give themselves up to accumulate and horde up property for their children Uncle James rant has made a will that does not satisfy the most of his family  Adam ha hot an undue proportion  Margaret and Duncan have sued for wages.  D has had to clear out  Aunt Betsy is badly treated and no doubt friendship and harmony are banished forever  John Henry is teaching in that district this Winter John Ks wife is very low with consumption will not probably live but a shourt time  the rest of our friends are well as far as I know  Daniel Grant here in the mill, Eliza Jones came down three week since and staid (sic) a fortnight  She was getting her health fixed  Margaret

 

       

Children of MARGARET HUME and JAMES KEDZIE are:

                   i.    JOHN6 KEDZIE, b. WFT Est. 1798-1821; d. WFT Est. 1803-1902.

 

Notes for JOHN KEDZIE:

Kedzie, John Hume - (1815-1903) Mr. Kedzie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, September 8, 1815. Adam Kedzie, the grandfather of our subject emigrated from Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland, with his wife and eight children. They arrived in 1795, and settled in Delaware County, New York. The maternal grandfather Robert Hume, crossed the Atlantic on the same vessel as the Kedzie family. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1841, and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He moved to Chicago that year and began the practice of law. He gradually switched to real estate and became one of the leading men in Chicago. His property dealing were mostly on the West and North sides, and Kedzie Avenue on the west side is named in his honor. In 1868, he moved to Evanston and was instrumental in laying out the Kedzie and Keeney's addition, which formed the nucleus of South Evanston. Kedzie street in Evanston is named in his honor. He was also involved in founding and developing Ravenswood and took an active part in laying out the Lurton and Kedzie addition to Jacksonville, Illinois. He saw the city laid to waste by the great fire in 1871. In Evanston, He built a beautiful residence that was destroyed by fire on December 9, 1873. The replacement residence was also destroyed by fire in December, 1880. Mr. Kedzie married twice. In July, 1850, he married Mary Elizabeth Austin of Greene County, New York. She died July 16, 1854. Three years later he married Mary Elizabeth of Chicago and they became the parents of five children. "He was ever a champion of liberty, the opponent of oppression and an advocate of freedom. Naturally he became opposed to the system of slavery in the South, espousing the cause of the abolitionist party, and met with five or six others in the first meetings held to organize the republican party in Illinois. He was president of the Illinois Saint Andrew Society in 1854. He died April 9, 1903, having traveled life's journey for nearly eight-eight years." Mr. Kedzie is buried in a family plot at Rose Hill cemetery Section M, Lot 73-75. Ten persons are buried here. Seven bear the name Kedzie. Two are named Parker and there is one Lucy B. Kent. The age range is 1-87. The last burial was John Hume Kedzie who died December 7, 1953.12

 

11.             ii.    MARGARET STEWART KEDZIE, b. 13 Mar 1809, Middletown, Orange, NY, USA; d. 25 Feb 1864, Delhi, NY, USA.

                 iii.    ADAM KEDZIE.

                 iv.    ALLISON HUME KEDZIE.

                  v.    ISABELLA BUNYAN KEDZIE.

                 vi.    ROBERT HUME KEDZIE.

                vii.    JAMES HUME KEDZIE.

               viii.    ELIZABETH B KEDZIE.

                  ix.    GEORGE LAWSON KEDZIE.

                   x.    JANE ANNE KEDZIE.

 

 

8.  JANET5 HUME (ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 1784 in E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, and died 27 Aug 1828 in Delaware County, New York.  She married DAVID THOMPSON WFT Est. 1798-1831.  He was born 1782, and died 24 Aug 1832.

       

Child of JANET HUME and DAVID THOMPSON is:

                   i.    ROBERT HUME6 THOMPSON, b. 19 Jun 1814.

 

More About ROBERT HUME THOMPSON:

Baptism: 09 Mar 1814, South Kortright Presbyterian Church6

 

 

9.  ROBERT T5 HUME (ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 25 Feb 1787 in E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, and died 24 Jul 1859 in LaGrange, IN.  He married CATHERINE ROSE7 20 Jul 1807 in Delaware County, daughter of HUGH ROSE and MARJORAM CLARK.  She was born 08 Mar 1791 in Stamford, NY7, and died 29 Oct 1878 in Lima, IN7.

 

Notes for ROBERT T HUME:

Robert Hume, Jr. emigrated from E. Gordon Berwickshire Scotland with his father about 1795.  The family settled in Galway, NY.  After his marriage to Catherine Rose he settled on a farm east of South Kortright, in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York.

 

The 1830 census shows this family with 14 persons: an elderly woman age 70-80 ; one male ages, 40-50, one female, 30-40; one female, 20-30; one male 20-3-; one female, 15-20; one male, 15-20; three females, 10-15; one female, 5-10, one male, 5-10; two males under five. Perhaps the elderly woman was Catherine's mother.

 

Other Hume's in Northern New York in 1830, were George Hume (age 30-40) and John Hume (50-60) in Bovina Township.  The household of John Hume included an elderly man, age 80-90 (this most likely was Robert Sr., who lived to be 100).

 

In 1836, Robert and Catherine took their family to Monroe, Michigan, but moved on to Pretty Prairie, Indiana by February 11, 1837.  Robert had purchased land in Greenfield township, IN.  They were listed in the 1840 census of Greenfield Township, LaGrange County, IN as follows: one male, 50-60; one female, 40-50; one female, 20-30;two males, 20-30; two females, 15-20; one male, 15-20; one male, 10-15.

 

In the 1850 census (East Lima, LaGrange County, IN) taken in September, Robert Hume was 63, Catherine was 59.  Besides John and James, their household included Catherine, age 26.  Robert was a farmer with real estate worth $2,900.

 

From accounts by James Hume, Robert was a stern Presbyterian who insisted on strict observance on the part of his children.  However, he mellowed when James, the youngest child, became an adult, telling him that he had to be strict to raise so many children.

 

Source: Email from Barbara McRae April 03, 1998 6:43 AM.

 

LaGrange Collegiate Institute,

Situated at

Ontario, LaGrange Co., IND.

1872:Printed and Published by Sweet & Bayliss, LaGrange, Indiana

 

Trustee

*Robert Hume Greenfield 1840 Resigned 1852

 

FROM: LaGrange County, IN

INGenWeb Project

http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlagran/

 

More About ROBERT T HUME:

Baptism: 18 Feb 1810, South Kortright Presbyterian Church8

 

Notes for CATHERINE ROSE:

Daughter of Hugh Rose and Mary McIntosh

       

Children of ROBERT HUME and CATHERINE ROSE are:

12.              i.    ROBERT WILSON6 HUME, b. 08 Nov 1809, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. Abt. 09 Dec 1854, On board ship Merchantman off Capetown South Africa.

13.             ii.    MARY HUME, b. 06 Nov 1812, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. 05 Jul 1852, Fountain Green, IL.

                 iii.    CHARLES ROSE HUME, b. 01 Jan 1814, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. Mar 1898, Indianola, NE; m. HARRIET L. BLANDIN, 29 May 1839, Blandinville, McDonough County, IL; b. WFT Est. 1801-1823; d. WFT Est. 1844-1912.

 

Notes for CHARLES ROSE HUME:

Charles erected the first store in Blandinville land and operated and did mill work until the Mexican War.  He was a recruiting officer in Jefferson Barracks, MO until mustered out, July 3, 1848.  In 1852, he went to California to read law with his brother John in Placerville.  He returned to Blandinville in 1855 and was admitted to the bar in 1856.  He was associate Justice of McDonough Co. and later Justice of the Peace for 26 years.  During the civil war, he raised a company that became Company C, 78th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers.  He was captured December 1862 and remained a prisoner until September 1863.  He served as Captain until December 1864 when he was mustered out for a disability.  Charles was in the battle of Mission Ridge and the relief of General Burnside at Knoxville.

(History of McDonough Co. IL, 1885)

 

He was alive in 1884, according to the Illinois State Genealogy Society Quarterly, which stated he voted in the 1840 election, as did George Hume, relationship not known.  George may be a previously unnamed brother ; he was 76 in 1884.

 

Abe Lincoln visited Charles" house in Blandinville as he was campaigning against Stephan A. Douglas fore a U.S. Senate seat.  (Peoria, IL newspaper, April 6, 1968)

 

Source: Email from Barbara McRae April 3, 1998.

 

More About CHARLES ROSE HUME:

Baptism: 20 Feb 1814, South Kortright Presbyterian Church8

 

14.            iv.    ALISON WILSON HUME, b. 15 Feb 1816, IN; d. 13 Jan 1844, Yellow Springs, OH.

15.             v.    LYDIA ANN HUME, b. 20 Dec 1817; d. WFT Est. 1835-1911.

16.            vi.    ISABEL JANE HUME, b. 12 Feb 1820, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. 06 Dec 1893, Lima, IN.

17.           vii.    CATHERINE "KATE" HUME, b. 03 Jun 1822, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. 27 Dec 1904, LaGrange County, IN.

18.          viii.    JOHN HUME, b. 01 Mar 1825, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. 13 Aug 1866, LaGrange County, IN.

                  ix.    JAMES BUNYON HUME, b. 23 Jan 1827, Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York; d. 18 May 1904, Berkeley, CA; m. LIDA MUNSON, Apr 1884; b. WFT Est. 1825-1866; d. WFT Est. 1888-1954, Berkeley, CA.

 

Notes for JAMES BUNYON HUME:

Notes for JAMES BUNYON HUME:

James and his brother John went west with their own gold mining company in

1850.  They settled in Placerville, El Dorado County, CA.  James mined and

carried on various kinds of business in parts of the state until he became a

deputy in the tax collector's office in El Dorado, Mar. 4, 1860.  Two years

later, he became city  marshal and chief of police, the under-sheriff, and

finally sheriff, in 1870. In 1872, he was asked to take the job of deputy

warden in the State Prison at Carson City, Nevada, after a major prison

break.  He succeeded in restoring order to the prison, and returned to

Placerville after eleven months.  In 1873, Wells Fargo offered him the

position of special officer.  He accepted, and pursued this work until his

death in 1904, achieving a national reputation as a detective.  His most

famous case was the pursuit of Black Bart, the stagecoach robber.  During his

service, he handled many intricate and complex cases in all sections of the

United States and Mexico.  He was known as "invariably just, dispassionate

and generous" with men under arrest.

 

According to his biography, James took the middle name Bunyan to avoid

confusion with his brother.  (Both were known by the same initials.)  Bunyan

was said to be the name of a branch of the Hume family.

 

James mentioned a cousin, John Kedzie, in his autobiography.  This man must

have been the son of Margaret Hume (Robert Jr.'s sister) and James Kedzie)

The Kedzie's (perhaps a variant of McKenzie) came on the same ship with the

Humes in 1795.

 

James Hume, Wells Fargo Lawman

 

In the spring of 1872, Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express had been tormented by highwaymen. The company enjoyed excellent gross earnings, but the percentage lost to robbery was steadily growing. The directors of the company agreed to set up an internal force of detectives—"special agents"—to thwart bandits and stop the losses.

 

Wells Fargo hired James B. Hume, Sheriff of El Dorado County, California . Hume came to the California gold fields in 1849 along with hundreds of thousands of other adventurers. Like most of them, Hume did not strike it rich. But he had a strong character and a knack for enforcing the law. He began as tax collector in the county seat, then called Hangtown by most people. His career got traction—he was made City Marshal in 1864, then Chief of Police and County Sheriff. He served the county for eight years.

 

As Sheriff, Hume caught many of the wastrels who held up Wells Fargo stagecoaches on remote El Dorado roads. He got a reputation as a man who enjoyed the detection process, whittling leads, and pursuit of the perpetrator. Hume accepted Wells Fargo's offer to establish the Special Agent operation, but it had to wait almost a year as he tracked and captured several prisoners who had escaped Nevada's state prison, and reformed Nevada's prison system.

 

Hume started building Wells Fargo's investigative unit quickly by getting personally acquainted with drivers and shotgun messengers, and he changed stagecoach routes and schedules. Hume made the valuables box on board too difficult for a single person to handle. His talent for knowing how and where crooks operated allowed Hume to set up efficient dragnets. When a robber sprayed buckshot at a stagecoach, Hume's detectives removed the shot piece by piece and detained several known outlaws. They checked the outlaws' guns for a match, found the crook, and got a confession. It was an early and creative use of the science of ballistics.

 

Hume worked for Wells Fargo until his death in 1904. His record has many colorful stories about the apprehension of colorful crooks. The notorious "Black Bart" was actually Charles Boles, a mild-mannered and sophisticated city man, not the cackling villain that Hollywood portrayed. Black Bart's offenses against customers' funds tormented Wells Fargo for several years and 28 incidents. All the while, however, Hume meticulously followed every lead and scrap of evidence till Boles was arrested without incident in 1883.

 

Frederick L. Lipman began his 60-year career with Wells Fargo in 1883 and rose through the ranks to become President. Lipman watched the company transform, from Gilded Age  to Atomic Age . Lipman and Hume resided across San Francisco Bay and commuted together by ferry during their years of service in common. In 1947, Lipman was asked about Hume by a biographer. The questions were of a more personal nature than the usual stories of heroism and tireless manhunts. About Hume, Lipman answered:

 

He smoked cigars and chewed tobacco.

He dressed informally, favoring tweeds.

Lipman did not know whether or not Hume took a drink but would not be surprised if he had.

He had a flower garden.

Lipman knew Mrs. Hume also, who was prominent in church work in Berkeley.

 

Posted by Charles on November 3, 2006 02:52 PM | Permalink

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Wells Fargo Never Forgets

 

You remember the posts about James B. Hume, Wells Fargo's chief detective, who tracked down the bad guys and brought them to justice. There's a very real, human side to the story of law enforcement in these times, which is usually forgotten. People favor "Gunfight at the OK Corral "-type stories over lowbrow larceny or inept outlaws. Or the round-the-clock action by agents, determined to nab dangerous people because it's the right thing to do.

 

On June 19, 1884, Wells Fargo's transport in León, Mexico , was robbed. Agent Thompson in León detailed the incident in a letter to the superintendent. Thompson left the León railroad depot as usual that evening, with his clerk and driver named Alberto Romero and an armed guard provided by local police. A few blocks into the three-mile route, the wagon turned onto Calle Honda—"hardly a street," Thompson wrote, "more of a watercourse and the spot is very lonely."

 

 There, several bandits opened fire and swarmed the wagon. The mules were terrified, the guard fell wounded, and Romero cried out that he was also shot. Thompson emptied his pistol, and a policeman on foot joined the firefight. Outnumbered and outgunned, they dove for cover. The thieves made off with the treasure box that contained $500 in cash. Alberto Romero died at the scene.

 

When things calmed down, the entire neighborhood came to aid the victims, and local police sprang to action. Local businessmen provided a substantial funeral for Romero, Thompson wrote,

 

"a number of whom attended in person. I take it these demonstrations are a compliment to the dead boy, but also to the Company, which has acquired a reputation of being the only foreign enterprise in this country which gives good service to the public.

 

"The boy had earned the goodwill of business men here by his activity, intelligence and obliging disposition."

Thompson was authorized to give the wounded guard a $15 "gratification," which had, he wrote, "a very good effect throughout the country."

 

 J.N. Thacker, Hume's top assistant, was sent to León to investigate the incident for Wells Fargo. Thacker's report details his unrelenting efforts to find witnesses and nab the gang. But Thacker's report also tells of his intelligent collaboration with law enforcement and political machinery. Thacker worked closely with local, state and federal police. Each level pledged its cooperation as Thacker showed his determination to let Mexican officials do their jobs. Thacker was even able to work with the Mexican presidency  in his quest.

 

On July 14, 1884, Thacker reported that several people had been detained, questioned or convicted in the case. The final case against the robbers, Thacker wrote,

 

"will come to a close within a week, and the judge has given me to understand that he will Sentence (the crook) for a term of three years to ... Penitentiary."

Posted by Charles on June 22, 2007 08:47 AM | Permalink

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You Can't Make This Stuff Up ...

 

Funny thing happened on the way to Grass Valley, Calif., in '73 ...

 

A reporter in 1889 wanted to get some good tales of justice from Wells Fargo lawman James Hume. Hume recounted a beauty.

 

The stagecoach was on its way from Colfax, Calif., to Grass Valley in 1873. Aboard were 11 male passengers and one Miss E. Webber. Miss Webber was on her way to marry a wealthy miner, sight unseen, she met through a lonely hearts column in the newspaper.

 

On that trip, the Wells Fargo stagecoach had a strongbox aboard that contained $7,078 in gold coin. After crossing the Bear River, the stagecoach was stopped by five masked bandits who removed the passengers and placed explosive charges on the treasure box.

 

In the gentlewomanly ways of those times, Miss Webber engaged the scoundrels in conversation. She nicely asked the robbers to spare her luggage. It contained all her possessions, and the crooks had no immediate interest in it. One thief gallantly agreed to bring it down for her. As he pulled the trunk from atop the coach, Miss Webber caught a glimpse of his face. She told Hume later that conversation with the perpetrators might help identify them by voice. Under duress, Miss Webber was outthinking everyone at the scene.

 

Explosives opened the treasure box, and the outlaws faded into the forest with the money. Wells Fargo stagecoaches were very well made, and the coach survived the blast. Passengers and crew continued to Grass Valley, made their reports and went on with their lives. Miss Webber got to her destination and waited a short time for her unknown fiancé. He came to call a few hours later and brought a clergyman with him to perform the nuptials.

 

The groom was unusually shy and kept his head down. But when the minister declared the couple married, he faced Miss Webber full on for the consummating kiss. Miss Webber recognized his face—the scalawag who had robbed the stagecoach only hours before! She screamed and fled the room.

 

Hume was able to track down the larcenist, Louis Dreibelbis, and got the full confession with names of his accomplices. All paid for the crime in prison.

 

Miss Webber, meanwhile, was able to take some solace in the fact that the marriage was not official—she did not have to bear the pain of marriage to a criminal. She returned to her hometown in northern Indiana and married her childhood sweetheart.

 

"It was Fate!"

 

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10.  JAMES5 HUME (ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 1789 in E. Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, and died WFT Est. 1810-1879.  He married ANN MCDONALD WFT Est. 1806-1839.  She was born WFT Est. 1785-1805, and died WFT Est. 1810-1889.

 

Notes for ANN MCDONALD:

I'm researching the McDonald's of Delaware County, NY. Ann McDonald was born 1798 and married James Hume. I know of four children; Margaret who married James Grant; Isabella who married John Kedzie Grant; Alice Jane who married James Kilpatrick, and Robert Thompson who married Carrie Grant.

 

Ann McDonald (from Delaware County, NY) was the daughter of Alexander McDonald who was born in Scotland and married Isabella Thompson.

 

 

       

Children of JAMES HUME and ANN MCDONALD are:

                   i.    ROBERT6 HUME, b. WFT Est. 1810-1839; d. WFT Est. 1816-1918.

                  ii.    ISABELA HUME, b. 02 Oct 1816; d. WFT Est. 1815-1921.

 

More About ISABELA HUME:

Baptism: 08 Nov 1816, So Kortright Presbyterian Church

 

                 iii.    ANNA HUME, b. WFT Est. 1810-1839; d. WFT Est. 1815-1921.

                 iv.    MARGARET HUME, b. WFT Est. 1810-1839; d. WFT Est. 1815-1921.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

11.  MARGARET STEWART6 KEDZIE (MARGARET STEWART5 HUME, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)9 was born 13 Mar 1809 in Middletown, Orange, NY, USA9, and died 25 Feb 1864 in Delhi, NY, USA9.  She married ORRIN SCOVIL PENFIELD9 29 Oct 1838 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio, son of DEACON PENFIELD and VOADICEA SCOVIL.  He was born 26 Feb 1807 in Harpersfield, Oswego, NY, USA9, and died 02 Sep 1884 in Delhi, NY, USA9.

       

Children of MARGARET KEDZIE and ORRIN PENFIELD are:

19.              i.    ELIZABETH7 PENFIELD, b. 05 Nov 1841; d. 16 May 1912, Oneonta, NY, USA.

                  ii.    MARGARET ALICE PENFIELD, b. 07 Mar 1844, Delhi, NY; d. 14 Dec 1910; m. (1) HENRY WHITE, 15 Jun 1865; m. (2) HENRY ROBINSON, 14 Jul 1881, Delhi, Delaware, New York.

 

 

12.  ROBERT WILSON6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 08 Nov 1809 in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York, and died Abt. 09 Dec 1854 in On board ship Merchantman off Capetown South Africa.  He married HANNAH DERBY SACKETT 25 Mar 1839 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Mass, daughter of EDWARD SACKETT and SARAH WARREN.  She was born 03 Jun 1816 in West Springfield, Mass, and died 18 Apr 1903 in New Haven, CT.

 

Notes for ROBERT WILSON HUME:

According to the biographer of James B. Hume, Wilson was the parson of the Pretty Prairie Church.

Source: Email from Barbara McRae April 3, 1998, 6:48 AM

 

More About ROBERT WILSON HUME:

Baptism: 08 Feb 1810, So Kortright Presbyterian Church

 

Notes for HANNAH DERBY SACKETT:

McRae lists her name as Hannah Derby (Berg) Sackett and states they were married in Hamden, MA.

 

"It is impossible to give in detail the careers of the score of devoted men and women who have carried the message of this church into the uttermost parts of the world. Again a second volume would be required. Chronologically they cover most of the period of the history of modern missions. For this church the record began and is still continuing in the work of the Hume family. The first one, Mrs. Robert W. Hume (1816-1903) was not a member when she sailed with her husband in March, 1839, for Bombay. After fifteen years they were obliged to return to America because of Mr. Hume's health. He died at sea, leaving his wife with six children. She went to her old home in West Springfield, where she remained until it was time for her sons to go to college. The family came to New Haven and in 1864 she and two children, Robert and Sarah, joined the Third Church, the other children joining later. Mrs. Hume became a teacher in the Sunday School, was one of the organizers of the Young Women's Christian Association and helped in the City Mission, but her greatest service was in the missionary work which she soon found to be done at home. In 1870 a meeting in a New Haven parlor of seven women of whom she was one led to the founding of the New Haven Branch of the Woman's Board. To it she gave thirty-two years of service as truly missionary as her years in India had been. By her addresses and her letters to the young societies which were springing up all over Connecticut, she aroused them to the need of the world. For thirty-two years she was Corresponding Secretary of the Branch, in later years most ably helped by her daughter, Mrs. Katharine Hume Miller. It was rightly said of her that "By her life and through those whom she has raised up for service she set forces in operation felt on two continents which make for the redemption of the world."

Of her fifteen years in India it should be said that a large portion of her time and that of her husband was given to organizing schools. They started about forty, chiefly day schools, in Bombay and the nearer regions. For ten years Mrs. Hume "carried on in her own home a boarding school for girls. When a son, Edward, returned to India, in 1877, he reopened it at the persuasion of former pupils and it developed into one of the leading High Schools in the Marathi Mission, the Byculla High School with over six hundred pupils."

 

HUCNW pp86-87

 

Obit: The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT published April 21, 1903

 

Mrs. Hannah P. Hume, widow of Robert W. Hume, died Sunday afternoon at her home in New Haven after an illness of about a week. She was well known in missionary circles in New Haven. Her daughter, Miss Sarah J. Hume, died only a short time ago and this is thought to have hastened Mrs. Hume's death. Her husband was for many years a missionary in Africa (sic was India). She is survived by two sons, Robert A. and Edward S. Hume, both of whom are connected with the missionary college at Ahmednegar, India, and a daughter, Mrs. Alfred Miller of New Haven

 

 

More About HANNAH DERBY SACKETT:

Mission (ABCFM): 1839, Board  "Waverly" for Bombay

Residence: 1860, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts10

 

Marriage Notes for ROBERT HUME and HANNAH SACKETT:

Fairbanks states they married in Hampden County MA

       

Children of ROBERT HUME and HANNAH SACKETT are:

                   i.    SARAH JANE7 HUME, b. 22 Jul 1840, India; d. 06 Apr 1903, New Haven, CT.

 

Notes for SARAH JANE HUME:

Went to Ahmednagar for 5 years.  Was City Missionary for New Haven ? representing United Church on the Green.

 

More About SARAH JANE HUME:

Degree: 1865, Mt. Holoyke11

 

20.             ii.    CATHERINE ROSE HUME, b. 31 Aug 1841, India.

                 iii.    MARY B HUME, b. Nov 1843, India; d. 1844, India.

                 iv.    HANNAH CALDER HUME, b. 18 Jun 1845, India; d. 31 Aug 1869.

21.             v.    ROBERT ALLEN HUME, b. 18 Mar 1847, Bombay, India; d. 24 Jun 1929, Brookline, MA.

22.            vi.    REVEREND EDWARD SACKETT HUME, b. 04 Jun 1848, Ahmednagar, India; d. 10 Jan 1908, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.

                vii.    ISABELLA WILLIAMS HUME, b. 19 Oct 1851, Bombay, India; d. 03 Jun 1898.

 

Notes for ISABELLA WILLIAMS HUME:

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Name:    Issabella w Hume

Age in 1860:    9  India 

Home in 1860:    Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Gender:    Female 

Value of real estate:    View image

Post Office:    Wilbraham

Roll:    M653_503

Page:    208

Year:    1860

Head of Household:    Hannah Hume

    Household

 

 

Source Information:

 

Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1860 United States Federal Census. M653, 1438 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

 

13.  MARY6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 06 Nov 1812 in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York, and died 05 Jul 1852 in Fountain Green, IL.  She married MATTHEW MCCLAUGHRY 03 Jul 1837 in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York.  He was born WFT Est. 1790-1817, and died WFT Est. 1842-1903.

 

Notes for MARY HUME:

They were married in New York.  They moved to Fountain Green, Hancock County, IL where they remained for the rest of their lives.  Mary was the second of Matthew's three wives.  They are buried in Fountain Green.

Three children

Mohn McClaughry (ethallen@ plainfield, bypass.com) descends from this couple

 

Source: Email from Barbara McRae April 03, 1998.

       

Children of MARY HUME and MATTHEW MCCLAUGHRY are:

                   i.    ?7 MCCLAUGHRY, b. WFT Est. 1830-1851; d. WFT Est. 1835-1936.

                  ii.    ? MCCLAUGHRY, b. WFT Est. 1830-1851; d. WFT Est. 1835-1936.

                 iii.    ? MCCLAUGHRY, b. WFT Est. 1830-1851; d. WFT Est. 1835-1936.

 

 

14.  ALISON WILSON6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)12 was born 15 Feb 1816 in IN12, and died 13 Jan 1844 in Yellow Springs, OH12.  She married JOHN WYLIE12 WFT Est. 1830-1843.  He was born 19 Oct 1810 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire12, and died 186612.

 

Notes for ALISON WILSON HUME:

Two children

 

More About ALISON WILSON HUME:

Baptism: 08 Apr 1816, South Kortright Presbyterian Church13

 

Notes for JOHN WYLIE:

Lived in Allegan, MI.

       

Children of ALISON HUME and JOHN WYLIE are:

                   i.    WILLIAM F7 WYLIE, b. WFT Est. 1833-1844; d. WFT Est. 1838-1934.

                  ii.    ROBERT HUME WYLIE14, b. 26 Oct 1840, Lima, IN14; d. 31 Oct 1912, MI14.

                 iii.    CATHERINE R WYLIE, b. 15 Dec 1843, IN; d. 22 Apr 1908; m. (1) WILLIAM F HARDIN; m. (2) GEORGE F PATTERSON.

                 iv.    JOSEPH H WYLIE.

                  v.    JOHN R WYLIE.

                 vi.    ANDREW J WYLIE.

                vii.    ANNA D WYLIE.

               viii.    WILLIAM C WYLIE.

 

 

15.  LYDIA ANN6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 20 Dec 1817, and died WFT Est. 1835-1911.  She married SAMUEL PORTER WILLIAMS WFT Est. 1831-1864.  He was born WFT Est. 1800-1820, and died WFT Est. 1835-1906.

       

Child of LYDIA HUME and SAMUEL WILLIAMS is:

                   i.    ?7 WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1835-1858; d. WFT Est. 1840-1942.

 

 

16.  ISABEL JANE6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 12 Feb 1820 in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York, and died 06 Dec 1893 in Lima, IN.  She married SAMUEL PORTER WILLIAMS 09 Oct 1843 in LaGrangeCounty, IN.  He was born WFT Est. 1797-1823, and died WFT Est. 1848-1910.

 

Notes for ISABEL JANE HUME:

Married widower of her older sister.

 

When Marguerite Hume graduated from high school, she received a congratulatory card from her cousin, Jane Porter Williams, "Miss Williams, Lima, Indiana".  Lima is now Howe Indiana.

 

Notes for SAMUEL PORTER WILLIAMS:

First wife older sister of Isabel -- Lydia Ann

       

Children of ISABEL HUME and SAMUEL WILLIAMS are:

                   i.    ?7 WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1838-1861; d. WFT Est. 1843-1945.

                  ii.    ? WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1838-1861; d. WFT Est. 1843-1945.

                 iii.    ? WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1838-1861; d. WFT Est. 1843-1945.

                 iv.    ? WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1838-1861; d. WFT Est. 1843-1945.

                  v.    ? WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1838-1861; d. WFT Est. 1843-1945.

                 vi.    ? WILLIAMS, b. WFT Est. 1838-1861; d. WFT Est. 1843-1945.

 

 

17.  CATHERINE "KATE"6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 03 Jun 1822 in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York, and died 27 Dec 1904 in LaGrangeCounty, IN.  She married SANDFORD HALSEY WFT Est. 1836-1868.  He was born WFT Est. 1805-1825, and died WFT Est. 1840-1911.

       

Children of CATHERINE HUME and SANDFORD HALSEY are:

                   i.    ?7 HALSEY, b. WFT Est. 1840-1863; d. WFT Est. 1845-1947.

                  ii.    ? HALSEY, b. WFT Est. 1840-1863; d. WFT Est. 1845-1947.

                 iii.    ? HALSEY, b. WFT Est. 1840-1863; d. WFT Est. 1845-1947.

 

 

18.  JOHN6 HUME (ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 01 Mar 1825 in Stamford Township, Delaware County, New York, and died 13 Aug 1866 in LaGrange County, IN.  He married MARTHA TACKABERRY 06 Sep 1855 in Placerville, El Dorado County, CA.  She was born WFT Est. 1816-1840, and died WFT Est. 1865-1928.

 

Notes for JOHN HUME:

Notes for JOHN HUME:

John moved with his family across the country, from New York to Michigan, to

Indiana, where they settled.  He attended school in Indiana and became a

lawyer by 1849.  He left home with his younger brother James on March 26,

1850, with a gold mining company they had formed, heading for California.

Their route took them through Chicago, Maquoketa and Council Bluffs.

Instead of traveling with a wagon train, they took their own five wagons and

18-20 horses, and followed the Platte River west to Fort Laramie. They were

at Laramie on June 13, 1850, and arrived in California on August 20, 1850.

During a stop at Salt Lake, they met the Mormon leader Brigham Young, who

offered John a teaching position.  The story of this journey is told in a

biography of his brother:  "Wells Fargo Detective: the Biography of James B.

Hume," by Richard Dillon (published by  Coward- McCann, NY). 

 

The 1850 census lists the two men twice -- in East Lima, IN with their

parents, and in Placerville, CA. By the time of the California enumeration

(November), John was practicing law, James was established as a "trader."

They were living next door to each other along with Alonzo Streetor (28, b.

NY), Nathaniel Roof (27, b. IN), and William L. Orton (25, b. NY).  This may

have been the remnant of their gold company.

 

By Nov. 1851, John was a partner in the law firm of Roberson, Sanderson and

Hume. He was elected to the State Assembly on Nov. 4, 1856, with the second

highest number of votes among 24 candidates. He lost the district attorney's

race to S.W. Sanderson (his partner?) on Sept. 7, 1859, but won two years

later, on Sept. 4, 1861.

 

In the 1860 census, John, age 35, and Martha, 21, were listed in El Dorado

County (p. 99, family #1101) with little Wilson ("W.T."), eight months, a

female domestic named C. Bates (age 23, b. Ireland), and N. (Nannie)

Tackaberry (15, b. MO), Martha's younger sister.  John had real property

valued at $1,200 and personal property worth $2,000.

 

John sent his young son to Indiana to attend school with his relatives

there.  The youngest son, Robert Alexander, was listed in the probate of

John's estate.  I believe this boy survived to adulthood.  He was living

with his mother in Wm. Ayers' household in 1870.

 

John died in LaGrange County, Indiana while visiting his family there.

 

 

 

Notes for MARTHA TACKABERRY:

Notes for MARTHA TACKABERRY:

Martha, a handsome and much admired young woman (according to the biographer

of James Hume), married John Hume at the age of 17.  By age 28, she was a

widow with two young sons.  She remarried William H. Ayers, a pharmacist,

and was living with him in 1870 in the town of Watsonville, CA.  This

marriage may have been a disaster.  Someone later took acid to a marriage

record in the family bible --  I think it was to obliterate this marriage. I

never heard of Mr. Ayers until I found him in the census.  Martha's son,

Wilson, listed her name in the family record of her death as "Martha Hume."

 

In the 1870 census, Martha was listed as owning $1,000 in real estate. Her

sons Wilson, 10, and Robert A., 7, were living with her and Mr. Ayers.  Also

with them were Martha's siblings, Nannie E. Tackaberry, 25, a teacher, and

George E. Tackaberry, 21, apprentice to a printer.  A young woman named Mary

Bell, 18, teacher, also lived in the household, as did Elijah S. Ayers,

probably William's father.

       

Children of JOHN HUME and MARTHA TACKABERRY are:

                   i.    EDWARD7 HUME, b. 21 Jun 1857, Placerville, El Dorado Co., CA; d. 22 Jun 1858, Placerville, El Dorado County, CA.

23.             ii.    WILSON THEODORE HUME, b. 21 Oct 1859, Placerville, El Dorado County, CA; d. 08 Oct 1921, Portland, OR.

                 iii.    ROBERT ALEXANDER HUME, b. 16 Sep 1862; d. WFT Est. 1863-1952.

 

Notes for ROBERT ALEXANDER HUME:

He was named in the probate of his father's estate, and is listed with his

mother and Wilson in the 1870 census of Watsonville, San Joaquim County, CA.

Presumably, he lived to adulthood and married; I believe I have a photo of

him, but it is not identified and I can't be certain.

 

I have a newspaper clipping, no date except July 8, Sacramento, stating that

"Paul Hume, a nephew of Detective Hume, is wanted by Wells, Fargo & Co. for

embezzlement."  He had been employed as a messenger between Placerville and

Redding, and absconded with a package containing $3000.  Apparently, his

downfall was caused by a woman in Redding. The newspaper account was

incorrect. The unfortunate Paul Hume was from Australia. But, I wonder if

James did have a nephew named Paul, who was confused in this account?

 

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

19.  ELIZABETH7 PENFIELD (MARGARET STEWART6 KEDZIE, MARGARET STEWART5 HUME, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)15 was born 05 Nov 184115, and died 16 May 1912 in Oneonta, NY, USA15.  She married WILLIAM PENFIELD LYNCH 13 Nov 1867 in Delhi, NY, son of JAMES LYNCH and JANE ORWIN.  He was born 29 Jul 1837 in Delhi, NY, and died 17 May 1911.

       

Children of ELIZABETH PENFIELD and WILLIAM LYNCH are:

24.              i.    ELIZABETH KEDZIE8 LYNCH, b. 30 May 1879, Delhi, New York; d. WFT Est. 1917-1974.

                  ii.    JANE LYNCH15, b. 187015.

                 iii.    EUGEN LYNCH, b. 187515.

                 iv.    MARGARET LYNCH15, b. 1868, KY, USA15.

 

 

20.  CATHERINE ROSE7 HUME (ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 31 Aug 1841 in India.  She married PROFESSOR ALFRED B MILLER 16 Sep 1873.  He was born 03 Apr 1831.

 

Notes for PROFESSOR ALFRED B MILLER:

Listed in 1870-71 Yale Banner as teaching mathematics.  Robert A Hume is listed as a member of the middle class in the Theological Department

       

Children of CATHERINE HUME and ALFRED MILLER are:

                   i.    ROBERT H8 MILLER, b. 25 Jul 1875.

                  ii.    EDWARD H MILLER, b. 14 Jun 1878.

 

 

21.  ROBERT ALLEN7 HUME (ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 18 Mar 1847 in Bombay, India, and died 24 Jun 1929 in Brookline, MA.  He married (1) ABBIE BURGESS WFT Est. 1862-1896.  She was born WFT Est. 1837-1859, and died WFT Est. 1880-1946.  He married (2) KATIE FAIRBANK 08 Sep 1887 in Ahmednagar, India.  She was born 08 May 1859 in Ahmednagar, India, and died WFT Est. 1892-1958.

 

Notes for ROBERT ALLEN HUME:

Taught 1 year in Russell's Military School, New Haven, Conn.  Taught 1 year in Edwards School, Stockbridge, Mass.  Ordained Congregational minister 1874.  Missionary with  American Board of Congregational Foreign Missions at Ahmednagar, India on August 12, 1874Presented by Queen Victoria January 1, 1901 with the Kaiser-i-Hind gold medal for public service in India.  Hyde lecturer on foreign missions, Andover Theological Seminary 1904-5.  Author of "Missions from the Modern View"; "An Interpretation of India's Religious History". 

Source    WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICA v 1

 

I ran across his testimony to the Royal Commission on Decentralization see Vol VIII Evidence taken in Bombay 1908 CD.4366 xlv.679

 

From Mary Hewitt Mitchell, "History of the United Church of New Haven", (New Haven CT, 1942) pp.87-90.

 

"The most distinguished member of the family, Robert Allan Hume (1847-1929), was ordained in the Third Church, May 9, 1874. He was a missionary from 1874 to 1928, and a member of the Third and United Churches from 1864 to 1929. A graduate of Yale College (1868) as an honor student and of Andover Theological Seminary in 1873, he taught for two years after graduation from Yale, one of them in General Russell's School in New Haven. He sailed for India in August, 1874, with his wife, Abbie Burgess Hume, the daughter of missionaries and grandniece of Mary Lyon. He was assigned to the Ahmednagar District of the Marathi Mission. It was in this same mission that two young people who went later from the church were stationed —Mr. and Mrs. William McCance. Here Mr. Hume found one village church, two preachers, two Bible women, one teacher, and a few other Indian helpers. The Mission buildings were few and inadequate, but in his fifty years there he superintended the erection of eighteen substantial buildings and many smaller ones ; churches with trained pastors were organized; many schools were started, till gradually the leadership of all this work was turned over to the Indians.

 

Mr. Hume found time to do much literary work and in Queen Victoria's last Honor List was awarded a gold medal for distinguished public service, especially in connection with relief work in time of famines.

In 1886 when he was about to return to India from a furlough, trouble arose with the American Board over a hope he expressed incidentally in a speech at Andover that the heathen who had never heard of Christ might not be condemned to everlasting perdition. At this time the actual management of the Board was in the hands of good but narrow and very conservative men who felt that such a doctrine would "cut the nerve of missions." When it was rumored that he might not be sent back to India because of his theological views, the United Church acted. A letter signed by the pastor and board of deacons was sent, setting forth Mr. Hume's special and inherited fitness for missionary work, telling of the results which had already come from his labors, and of the unanimous wish of the Mission that he be returned. It questioned the right of the Prudential Committee of the Board to decide the Theological fitness of missionaries and said that this was a matter to be settled by a Church Council regularly called for that purpose. Mr. Hume would not change his views, but after much delay and discussion he was allowed to return to his work "with a gospel of hope instead of doom." The stand taken by the United Church went far to establish the principle that it is the churches only that should decide the theological fitness of their members to be missionaries and not the Board Secretaries. The churches thus regained self-governing functions which they were in danger of losing. The missionaries were assured freedom of thought and action.

 

By the wish of the Mission Mr. Hume remained in India long after the retiring age. When he returned to America he was active in preaching, speaking, and writing for the cause. He died in 1929 at the age of eighty-two, regarded as "the outstanding missionary of the American Board in his day."

His second wife, Katie Fairbanks Hume, also from a missionary family, shared his work for more than forty years. Four of his children have been missionaries in India—Ruth, in medical work as the representative of Wellesley College ; Robert Ernest in educational work, and his wife in teaching nurses and working with women and children ; Wilson in Y. M. C. A. work ; Hannah Hume Lee Calder as wife of a missionary and later as a missionary herself. A sister, Sarah (1840-1903), who went to India to care for her brother's motherless children, was never a corn missioned missionary, but for five years did the work of one. After her return to America she was for fourteen years city missionary under the Woman's Board of the City Missionary Association. Her special work was among women and children, and one result of her visits to their homes and knowledge of their ignorance and need was the organization of the Visiting Nurse Association.

 

Bombay Directory 1899 courtesy of Sylvia Murphy a fellow member of India-L on Rootsweb

 

Anyway, in the 'Mofussil' I have:

Revd R A Hume, American Marathi Mission, Ahmednagar

 

Under "Missionary and Religious Societies" on p.792 there is a fairly extensive entry as follows:

AMERICAN MARATHI MISSION - BYCULLA, BOMBAY

Missionaries: Rev E S Hume, Rev J E Abbott, Miss A Abbott and Miss Millard; Pastor - Rev Tukaram Nathoji

AHMEDNAGAR AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS - Missionaries - Rev S B Fairbank D D; Rev R A Hume; Rev H M Lawson, Rev W O Ballantine MD; Rev J Smith; Miss E Bissell; Miss J Bisseell MD; Miss B Nugent; Miss Stockbridge; Rev H S Bissell; Miss Moulton; Mrs Bissell

(Then follows a list of pastors of 11 village churches - all native names, so won't give them here - get back to me if you need them)

SATARA - Missionaries - Rev H J Bruce; Miss H Bruce; Evangelist - Rev Kassam Muhammadji, Pastor - Rev Vitahl Makasare

SHOLAPORE - Missionaries - Rev C Harding; Rev E Fairbank; Miss E B Fowler; Pastor - Rev Bhujanrao Laxman

SIRUR - Missionary - Rev R winsor, Pastor - Rev Kashiram Patole

WAI - Missionaries - Mrs Sibley; Miss Gordon; Pastor - Rev Hariba Gayakwad

BASSEIN - Evangelist - Rev S V Karmarkar; In charge of medical work - Mrs S V Karmarkar MD

 

From Betty Mclaughlin 27 Oct 07

 

News Article:  The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT published May 25, 1915

 

Missionary Internees In India:  Rev. Dr. Robert A. Hume, who is a missionary in India, and father of W. M. Hume, former educational secretary at the local Y. M. C. A. writes interestingly of conditions in India.  There are about seventy German Protestant missionaries in a camp of interned German civilians in the country.  Sports of all sorts are allowed and the prisoners and newspapers and magazines are supplied them, that they might keep in touch with the outside world.  Rev. Hume contributes articles on the work among the natives of India to magazines and his writings are always interesting and instructive.

 

Heading in a church notice:  The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT published December 12, 1919

 

The United Church   Broad & Gilberts Sts.  Sunday 10:30 A.M.

 

DR. ROBERT A. HUME "FORTY FIVE YEARS IN INDIA"

 

Article in The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT published December 15, 1919

 

BACK FROM INDIA AFTER 45 YEARS - Dr. Hume Tells of Experiences As Missionary and Great Growth of Work

 

Dr. Robert A Hume on furlough from India where he has been a missionary for 45 years gave an informal address before the congregation of the United church yesterday morning on his work in teaching Christianity in the uncivilized sections of India.  Dr. Hume told of the natives citing the fact that when he first reached the district over which he was given religious jurisdiction by the American board he found only one church with 13 members and that 20 years later a census showed the Christian population as over 1000 and eight new churches had been established.

 

Besides his personal missionary work Dr. Hume is credited with having instituted the first theological seminary in India.  He has been the editor of a religious newspaper read by Christians throughout India and has written several book and tracts on missionary work.

 

Part of an article in The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT published October 18, 1927

 

An interesting address was given on Sunday evening in the church of Christ, Congregational, by the Rev. Robert A. Hume, SD for 52 years a leader in the religious life of India and a moderator of the United churches of India, who attended the World Conference on Faith and Order at Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

Part of an article in The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT published November 10, 1927

 

Patriarchal Blessings Given:  The patriarchal blessing of the Rev. Robert A. Hume, 82, veteran missionary for over half a century in India was one of the features of the conference Tuesday evening.  Dr. Hume is now retired and lives in Auburndale, Mass.  His father was a missionary in India and died at sea. 

 

Through his marriage to a daughter and granddaughter of missionaries and thrugh his children, more than twenty-five Dr. Hume's family connections have been missionaries to India.  He has a daughter who is now a medical missionary at Ahmednagar, India, and a son at Wai, India.  Another son is professor of missions at Union Theological seminary, New York City.  A third son was head of Yale-in-China, resigning last year.  Another daughter was a missionary at Satara, India and later a secretary of the congregational Woman's Board of Missions of the eastern states.

 

More About ROBERT ALLEN HUME:

Fact 2: 1871, AM Yale University

Fact 3: Bet. 1869 - 1871, Yale Div School

Fact 4: 1873, Graduate Andover Theological School

Fact 5: 1895, DD Yale (Honorary) given at 1895 commencement

Fact 6: -

       

 


Children of R
OBERT HUME and ABBIE BURGESS are:

25.              i.    ROBERT ERNEST8 HUME, b. 20 Mar 1877, Ahmednagar, India; d. 14 Jun 1948, New York, New York.

                  ii.    RUTH PEABODY HUME, b. 02 Jun 1875.

                 iii.    HANNAH HUME, b. 11 Mar 1878; d. 11 Aug 1911.

 

       

Children of ROBERT HUME and KATIE FAIRBANK are:

                 iv.    MARY B8 HUME, b. WFT Est. 1868-1897; d. WFT Est. 1873-1979.

                  v.    WILSON MCLAUGHRY HUME, b. 09 May 1888, Mahableswar, Bombay, India; d. May 1965, New York.

                 vi.    HENRY W HUME, b. 15 May 1890; d. WFT Est. 1874-1976.

 

 

22.  REVEREND EDWARD SACKETT7 HUME (ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)16,17 was born 04 Jun 1848 in Ahmednagar, India, and died 10 Jan 1908 in Presbyterian Hospital, New York City18.  He married CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH CHANDLER HUME19 21 Jul 1875, daughter of JOHN CHANDLER and CHARLOTTE HOPKINS.  She was born 03 Sep 1847 in Madura, India, and died 05 Aug 1920.

 

Notes for REVEREND EDWARD SACKETT HUME:

Edward Sackett Hume was Principal of Hume Memorial School in Bombay.  There was also a Hume Memorial Church in Bombay as well.  He was a classics scholar.  His daughter in law, Lotta Carswell Hume, indicates that he educated his children at the school.  His children spoke and wrote various Indian languages.

 

"Of her fifteen years in India it should be said that a large portion of her time and that of her husband was given to organizing schools. They started about forty, chiefly day schools, in Bombay and the nearer regions. For ten years Mrs. Hume  carried on in her own home a boarding school for girls. When a son, Edward, returned to India, in 1877, he reopened it at the persuasion of former pupils and it developed into one of the leading High Schools in the Marathi Mission, the Byculla High School with over six hundred pupils."

 

From HUCNW p90

 

Obit: The New York Times, New York, New York published January 11, 1908

 

The Rev. Edward S. Hume

 

The Rev. Edward S. Hume, for many years a missionary of the American Board of Foreign Missions, died yesterday in the Presbyterian Hospital, aged 60 years. He was a son of a missionary, the Rev. Robert W. Hume, and was born in India and spent much of his life in that country. He was graduated from Yale in 1870 and from the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1874. He went at once to India and remained there until 1894, when he returned and made his home in New Haven. One of his six children is Dr. Edward H. Hume, head of Yale Mission in China. One of his daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunnesberger, is a missionary in Bombay, and another, Mrs. O. D. Wanamaker, in Canton China. A third daughter is in Vassar College. Mr. Hume leaves a widow. The funeral will be held in New Haven on Sunday

 

Bombay Directory 1899 courtesy of Sylvia Murphy a fellow member of India-L on Rootsweb

 

 

Anyway, in the 'Mofussil' I have:

Revd R A Hume, American Marathi Mission, Ahmednagar

 

Under "Missionary and Religious Societies" on p.792 there is a fairly extensive entry as follows:

AMERICAN MARATHI MISSION - BYCULLA, BOMBAY

Missionaries: Rev E S Hume, Rev J E Abbott, Miss A Abbott and Miss Millard; Pastor - Rev Tukaram Nathoji

AHMEDNAGAR AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS - Missionaries - Rev S B Fairbank D D; Rev R A Hume; Rev H M Lawson, Rev W O Ballantine MD; Rev J Smith; Miss E Bissell; Miss J Bisseell MD; Miss B Nugent; Miss Stockbridge; Rev H S Bissell; Miss Moulton; Mrs Bissell

(Then follows a list of pastors of 11 village churches - all native names, so won't give them here - get back to me if you need them)

SATARA - Missionaries - Rev H J Bruce; Miss H Bruce; Evangelist - Rev Kassam Muhammadji, Pastor - Rev Vitahl Makasare

SHOLAPORE - Missionaries - Rev C Harding; Rev E Fairbank; Miss E B Fowler; Pastor - Rev Bhujanrao Laxman

SIRUR - Missionary - Rev R winsor, Pastor - Rev Kashiram Patole

WAI - Missionaries - Mrs Sibley; Miss Gordon; Pastor - Rev Hariba Gayakwad

BASSEIN - Evangelist - Rev S V Karmarkar; In charge of medical work - Mrs S V Karmarkar MD

 

 

 

 

 

More About REVEREND EDWARD SACKETT HUME:

Graduation: 1870, Yale College

Residence: 1860, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts20

 

More About CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH CHANDLER HUME


A scanned manuscript  from  my father's papers titled:

 

the descendants of john eddy chandler and charlotte maria hopkins

edited by edward h. chandler

ofwoodstock, conn.

1944

 

I.  FIRST GENERATION

 

1.       JOHN EDDY CHANDLER.

                b.  June 12, 1817, North Woodstock, Conn.

      father: John Chandler.

June 7, 1779; d. Feb. 27, 1852.

                                mother: Deborah Eddy.

b.        Jan. 2, 1784; d. Nov. 21, 1855.

                m.  Sept. 10, 1846,

                        Charlotte Maria Hopkins.  

                d.     Jan. 10, 1894, India.

 

Note:        He was a descendant of William and Annis Chandler who came from Bishop-Stortford in Hertford County, England, and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1637. He spent three years at Yale in the class of 1844; then three years at Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, graduating in 1846. With his wife he sailed from Boston, a missionary to India, Nov. 19, 1846, returning in 1861. He was in India again, 1863 to 1874, also from 1876 to 1890. After his wife’s death in the United States, 1891, he returned to India and lived with his son John until his death in 1894.

·     At the Commencement in New Haven, in 1870 when his son John received his B.A., Yale gave him an honorary M.A.

 

2.         CHARLOTTE MARIA HOPKINS.

b.  Nov. 16, 1821, Leroy, N. Y.

              father: Milton W. Hopkins.

Aug. 1, 1789;

d. April 24, 1844

                                  mother: Almina Adkins.

Nov. 4, 1790;

d. April 6, 1861.

m.      Sept. 10, 1846, John Eddy Chandler.

d.      Sept. 25, 1891, Auburndale.

 

Note:            Milton W. Hopkins was a descendant of John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts who went with other colonists to Hartford before 1637. Milton resided in various parts of Jefferson County, New York, also in Albion, where he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and in Leroy where he was a trustee of the Congregational Church upon its organization in 1823. Later he traveled as a portrait painter and was once driven out of the South because he had in his bag a copy of the New York “Independent”. In his later years he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio.


II.  SECOND GENERATION

 

Children of John Eddy Chandler (1)  and Charlotte Maria (Hopkins) Chandler (2)

 

Charlotte Elizabeth (3)

John Scudder (5)

flora Jane (8)

Gertrude Maria (10)

Louis Augustus (11)

Henrietta Susan (12)

Gertrude Abigail (13)

William Hopkins (15)

Joseph West (16)

Edward Herrick (17)


 

3. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH CHANDLER.

b.    Sept. 3, 1847, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

m.    July 21, 1875, Edward Sackett Hume.

d.    Aug. 5, 1920.

 

4.     EDWARD SACKETT HUME.

June 4, 1848, India.

                              father: Robert Wilson Hume.

                              mother: Hannah Derby Sackett.

July 21, 1875,

                              Charlotte Elizabeth Chandler.

d.       Jan. 10, 1908.

 

Children of Edward Sackett Hume (4) and Charlotte Elizabeth (Chandler) Hume (3).

5.          JOHN SCUDDER CHANDLER.

                    b.  April 12, 1849, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

                    m.  (1st) May 21, 1873,

Jane Elizabeth Minor.

                    (2nd) July 17, 1837,

Henrietta Shelton Rendall.

d. June 19, 1934.

 

JANE ELIZABETH MINOR

                       lst wife.

                       b.  June 8, 1849, Ceylon.

                              father: Eastman Strong Minor.

                              mother: Judith 14. Taylor.

May 21, 1873,

                              John Scudder Chandler.

d.       April 3, 1886.

 

Children of John Scudder Chandler (5) and Jane Elizabeth (Minor) Chandler (6).

 

HENRIETTA SHELTON RENDALL

                    2nd wife.

Jan. 16, 1856, India.

                              father: John Rendall.

                              mother: Jane Ballad.

m.      July 17, 1887, John Scudder Chandler.

d.       July 9, 1932.

 

Children of John Scudder Chandler (5) and Henrietta Shelton (Rendall) Chandler (7).

 

 


8.      FLORA JANE CHANDLER.

b.       Mar. 21, 1851, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

Aug 1, 1877,

                      William E. Yorke of England.

d.       Sept. 12, 1878, Southborough, Kent, England.

 

9.       WILLIAM B. YORKE.

b. England.

m. (1st) Sarah Ashley.

(2nd) Aug. 1, 1877, Flora Jane Chandler.

d.        Dec. 10, 1878.

 

Note:       William E. Yorke and Sarah Ashley had a daughter Edith. Flora Jane (Chandler) Yorke had no child.

 

10. GERTRUDE MARIA CHANDLER.

b.      May 24, 1853, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

d.      Nov. 6, 1853, India.

 

11.        LOUIS AUGUSTUS CHANDLER.

b.       Aug. 23, 1854, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

d.       Nov. 20, 1885, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

 

12.        HENRIETTA SUSAN CHANDLER.

b.       Dec. 3, 1855, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

d.      Jan. 26, 1879, India.

 

13.        GERTRUDE ABIGAIL CHANDLER.

b.       May 26, 1857, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

m.      June 22, 1892, John Henry Wyckoff.

d.       Jan. 17, 1918, India.

 

14.     JOHN HENRY WYCKOFF.

Sept. 28, 1851.

                                 father: Gerritt Wyckoff.

mother: Cornelia Ann Garrison.

(1st) Nov. 8, 1876,

                                 Emmeline F. L. Bonney.

                                 (2nd) June 22, 1892,

                                 Gertrude Abigail Chandler.

d.       April 28, 1915.

 

Note:         By his first wife John Henry Wyckoff had six children, of whom Elizabeth Bonney and Cornelia are living in 1944.

Daughter of John Henry Wyckoff (14) and Gertrude Abigail (Chandler) Wyckoff (13).

 

 

15.        WILLIAM HOPKINS CHANDLER.

b.       July 10, 1859, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

d.       Jan. 4, 1865, India.

Twin brother of Joseph West Chandler (16).

 

16.        JOSEPH WEST CHANDLER.

b.       July 10, 1859, India; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

d.       Aug. 13, 1859, India.

Twin brother of William Hopkins Chandler (15).


 

17.        EDWARD HERRICK CHANDLER.

b.       April 11, 1863, New Haven, Conn.; parents, Nos. 1, 2.

(1st) Aug. 15, 1893,

                        Emelyn Doane Osgood.

                        (2nd) June 12, 1917,

                        Amelia Jane Ripley.

            d.April. 7, 1944, Woodstock, Connecticut.

 

EMELYN DOANE OSGOOD

lst wife.

Mar. 23, 1864, Salem, Mass.

                              father: John C. Osgood.

                              mother: Martha Ellen Whipple.

Aug. 15, 1893,

                              Edward Herrick Chandler.

d.        Sept. 28, 1916.

 

Children of Edward Herrick Chandler (17) and Emelyn Doane (Osgood) Chandler (18) see page 12.

AMELIA JANE RIPLEY

              2nd wife.

Jan. 24, 1879, Hingham, Mass.

                              father: Henry Snow Ripley.

                              mother: Ella Jane Perkins.

June 12, 1917,

                              Edward Herrick Chandler.

Son of Edward Herrick Chandler17) and Amelia Jane (Ripley) Chandler (19) see page 12.

 

 


Ill. THIRD GENERATION

 

 

Children of Edward Sackett flume (4) and Charlotte Elizabeth (Chandler) Hume (3)

 

Edward Hicks (20)

Elizabeth Norris (22)

Katharine Miller (24)

John Chandler (26)

Robert Woolsey (28)

Gertrude Capron (30)

 

Children of John Scudder Chandler (5) and Jane Elizabeth (Minor) Chandler (6)

 

Helen Elizabeth (32)

Edith Frances (34)

Alice Etta (35)

Lucy Gertrude (36)

Robert Elmer (37)

Gertrude Ethel (39)

 

Children of John Scudder Chandler (5) and Henrietta Shelton (Rendall) Chandler (7)

 

John Rendall (41)

Theodore (42)

William Hopkins (44)

 

Daughter of John Henry Wyckoff (14) and Gertrude Abigail (Chandler) Wyckoff (13)

 

Charlotte Chandler (46)

 

Children of Edward Herrick Chandler (17)

and Emelyn Doane (Osgood) Chandler (18)

Martha Herrick (47)

Osgood (48)

Elizabeth Lathrop (49)

 

Son of Edward Herrick Chandler (17)

and Amelia Jane (Ripley) Chandler (19)

 

 

20.        EDWARD HICKS HUME.

b.        May 13, 1876, India; parents, Nos. 3, 4.

m.       Sept. 24, 1903, Lotta Carswell.

21.       LOTTA CARSWELL.

Oct 3, 1876, Baltimore.

                              father: Lockhart Scott Carswell

                              mother: Annie Buckley.

m.       Sept. 24, 1903, Edward Hicks Hume.

 

Children of Edward Hicks Hume (20) and Lotta (Cars­well) Hume (21)..

 

22.        ELIZABETH NORRIS HUME.

b.        Dec. 11, 1878, India; parents, Nos. 3, 4.

m.        Apr. 27, 1903, Byron Keyser Hunsberger.

 

23.       BYRON KEYSER HUNSBERGER.

Nov. 26, 1873, Skippack, Pa.

                              father: William Oberholtzer Hunsberger.

                              mother: Henrietta Croll Keyser.

                              m.      Apr. 27, 1903, Elizabeth Norris Hume.

 

Children of Byron Keyser Hunsberger (23) and Eliza­beth Norris (Hume) Hunsberger (22).

 

24.        KATHARINE MILLER HUME.

b.        Aug. 16, 1830, India; parents, Nos. 3, 4.

m.       Feb. 7, 1907, Olin Dantzler Wannamaker.

d.        Nov. 26, 1939.

 

OLIN DANTZLER WANNAMAKER.

                      b.       July 16, 1875, Bamberg, South Carolina.
                        father: Francis Marion Wannamaker.
                        mother: Eleanor Margaret Bellinger.
                     
M.     Feb. 7, 1907, Katharine Miller Hume.

 

Daughter of Olin Dantzler Wannamaker (25) and

Katharine Miller (Hume) Wannamaker (24).

 

26.       JOHN CHANDLER HUME.

b.        July 7, 1882, India; parents, Nos. 3, 4.

m.        June 5, 1906, Elizabeth Kedzie Lynch.

d.      Mar. 1940.

 

27.       ELIZABETH KEDZIE LYNCH.

·b. May 30, 1879, Delhi, N. Y. father: William P. Lynch.

mother: Elizabeth Penfield.

m. .June 5, 1906, John Chandler Hume.

 

Children of John Chandler Hume (26) and Elizabeth Kedzie Lynch Hume (27).

 

28.       ROBERT WOO1SEY HUME.

b.      Aug. 12, 1884, India; parents, Nos. 3, 4.

m.       Dec. 17, 1912, Katharine English Rockwell.

d.      Feb. 10, 1928.

 

29.       KATHARINE ENGLISH ROCKWELL.

b.      May 17, 1883.

father: William Rockwell.

mother: Laura C. Murray.

m.       Dec. 17, 1912, Robert Woolsey Hume.

 

Children of Robert Woolsey Hume (28) and Katharine English (Rockwell) Hume (29) see page is.

 

30.       GERTRUDE CAPRON HIJME.

b.        Jan. 2, 1887, India; parents, Nos. 3, 4.

m.       Nov. 7, 1912, Edward Wilder Hale.

 

31.      EDWARD WILDER HALE.

b.      Oct. 13, 1887, Chicago.

father: John P. Hale.

mother: Annie Stewart McDonald.

m.       Nov. 17, 1912, Gertrude Capron Hume.

 

Children of Edward Wilder Hale 431) and Gertrude Capron (Hume) Hale (30).

 

32. HELEN ELIZABETH CHANDLER.

b.       Apr. 3, 1874, India; parents, Nos. 5, 6.

m.      Apr. 19, 1911, Isaac Cannaday.

 

33.     ISAAC CANNADAY.

b.      May 29, 1876, Virgina. father: Giles Lennon Cannaday.

mother: Sarah Adelaide Cannaday.

m.     Apr. 19, 1911, Helen Elizabeth Chandler.

 

34.        EDITH FRANCES CHANDLER.

b.      May 10, 1876, India; parents, Nos. 5, 6.

d.      Sept. 17, 1876,

 

35.        ALICE ETTA CHANDLER.

b.      June 22, 1877, India; parents, Nos. 5, 6.

 

36.        LUCY GERTRUDE CHANDLER.

b.      Dec. 8, 1878, India; parents, Nos. 5, 6.

d.      Jan. 7, 1880.

 

37. ROBERT ELMER CHANDLER.

b.      Nov. 17, 1881, India; parents, Nos. 5, 6.

m.      July 6, 1910, Helen Augusta Davis.

 

38.     HELEN AUGUSTA DAVIS.

b.        May 2, 1885, Kyoto. father: Jerome D. Davis.

mother: Sophia Demond Strong.

m.     July 6, 1910, Robert Elmer Chandler.

 

Son of Robert Elmer Chandler (37) and Helen Augusta (Davis) Chandler (38) see page 19.

 

39.        GERTRUDE ETHEL CHANDLER.

b.       Feb. 15, 1886, Auburndale, Mass.; parents, Nos. 5, 6.

 

40.        JOHN RENDALL CHANDLER.

b.      Jan. 20, 1889, India; parents, Nos. 5, 72

m.      Sept. 4, 1920, Ethel Clarke Woodward.

 

41.     ETHEL CLARKE WOODWARD.

b.      May 25, 1892, Brooklyn. father: Isaac Whitehouse Woodward. mother: Lucretia Helen Greaves.

m.     Sept. 4, 1920, John Rendall Chandler.

 

Children of John Rendall Chandler (40) and Ethel Clarke Woodward Chandl6r (41).


42. THEODORE CHANDLER.

b.       April 13, 1890, India; parents, Nos. 5, 7.

m.      Oct. 25, 1919, Mary B. Williams.

 

43.     MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.

b.      Mar. 7, 1898, Dedham, Mass. father: Marshall S. P. Williams.

mother: Kate Barrett.

m.       Oct. 25, 1919, Theodore Chandler.

 

Children of Theodore Chandler (42) and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Chandler (43).

 

44. WILLIAM HOPKINS CHANDLER.

b.      Jan. 9, 1894, India; parents, Nos. 5, 7.

m.      Aug. 18, 1917, Maud B. Seale.

d.      Oct. 6, 1918, France.

 

45.       MAUD BERESFORD SEALE.

b.     Dec. 21, 1893, Brooklyn. father: William Beresford Seale.

mother: Alice Maud Greaves.

m.       (1st) Aug. 18, 1917, William Hopkins Chandler.

(2nd) Henry Arthur Laurie.

 

46.       CHARLOTTE CHANDLER WYCKOFF.

b.      Apr. 30, 1893, India; parents, Nos. 13, 14.

47.        MARTHA HERRICK CHANDLER.

b.      Dec. 5, 1894, Taunton; parents, Nos. 17, 18.

48.        OSGOOD CHANDLER.

b.      Nov. 10, 1898, Wellesley; parents, Nos. 17, 18.

d.      July 2, 1904.

 

49.        ELIZABETH LATHROP CHANDLER.

b.      Jan. 27, 1906, Danvers; parents, Nos. 17, 18.

m.      Dec. 22, 1931, William Patterson Cumming.

 

50.       WILLIAM PATTERSON CUMMING.

b.     Oct. 31, 1900, Japan. father: Calvin Knox Cumming.

mother: Ona Patterson.

m.       Dec. 22, 1931, Elizabeth Lathrop Chandler.

 

Children of William Patterson Cumming (50) and Eliza­beth Lathrop (Chandler) Cumming (49).

 

51. EDWARD RIPLEY CHANDLER.

b.        Aug. 9, 1918, Boston; parents, Nos. 17, 19.

d.        Aug. 13, 1918.

 

Children of Edward Hicks Hume (20) and Lotta (Carswell) Hume (21)

Theodore Carswell (52)

Charlotte Elizabeth (54)

Margery (56)

Edward Welch (57)

Kathrina Joy (58)

 

Children of Byron Keyser Hunsberger (23) and Elizabeth Norris (Hume) Hunsberger (22)

 

Dotha Bushnell (60)

Edward Chandler (61)

Deborah Sayles (62)

Warren Seabury (64)

Elizabeth Williams (66)

George Sheppard (68)

Duncan Macdonald (70)

Byron Hume (72)

Daughter of Olin Dantzler Wannamaker (25) and Katharine Miller (Hume) Wannamaker (25)

 

Margaret (74)

 

Children of John Chandler Hume (26) and Elizabeth Kedzie (Lynch) Hume (27)

 

John Chandler, Jr. (76)

Elizabeth Lynch (78)

 

Children of Robert Woolsey Hume (28) and Katharine English (Rockwell) Hume (29)

 

Robert Rockwell (80)

Paul Chandler (82)

David Murray (83)

 

Children of Edward \Wilder Hale (31) and Gertrude Capron (Hume) Hale (30)

 

Edward Hume (84)

John McDonald (86)

Son of Robert Elmer Chandler (37) and Helen Augusta (Davis) Chandler (38)

 

John Harlan (87)

 

Children of John Rendall Chandler (40) and Ethel Clarke (\Woodward) Chandler (41)

 

John Harding (88)

Robert Woodward (90)

 

Children of Theodore Chandler (42) and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Chandler (43)

 

Theodore, Jr. (91)

William Lawrence (93)

Hugh Williams (94)

John Scudder (95)

 

Children of William Patterson Cumming (50) and Elizabeth Lathrop (Chandler) Cumming (49)

 

Edward Chandler (96)

Robert Patterson (97)


52.  THEODORE CARSWELL HUME.

b.       July 10, 1904, India; parents, Nos. 20, 21.

m.      June 22, 1929, Gertrude Baldwm.

d.       Oct. 22, 1943.

 

Note:           The plane in which Theodore Hume was a passenger from London to Stockholm was shot down by the Germans off the coast of Sweden. His journey was in

the inter­est of the Protestant Churches of  Europe.

 

53.       GERTRUDE BALDWM.

b.      Apr. 9, 1905, Rome. father: Elbert Francis Baldwm.

mother: Mary Caroline Washburn

m.     June 22, 1929, Theodore Carswell Hume.

 

Children of Theodore Carswell Hume (52) and Gertrude (Baldwin) Hume (53).

 

54.       CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH HUME.

b.         April 24, 1906, China; parents, Nos. 20, 21.

m.      June 7, 1930, Norman Freeman.

 

55.     NORMAN EASTON FREEMAN.

b.     July 22, 1903, Cape May, N. J. father: Walter Jackson Freeman.

mother: Corinne Keen Freeman.

m.       June 7, 1930, Charlotte Elizabeth Hume.

 

Children of Norman Easton Freeman (55) and Char­lotte Elizabeth (Hume) Freeman (54) see page 21.

 

56. MARGERY HUME.

b.       April 11, 1909, China; parents, Nos. 20, 21.

d.       Aug. 7, 1911.

 

57.       EDWARD WELCH HUME.

b.       Aug. 31, 1914, China; parents, Nos. 20, 21.

d.       Mar. 3, 1916.

 

58. KATHRINA JOY HUME.

b.       Mar. 1, 1917, China; parents, Nos. 20, 21.

m.      Dec. 29, 1942, Leslie Alan Falk.

 

59.       LESLIE ALAN FALK.

b.      April 19, 1915, St. Louis, Mo. father: Albert.

mother: Eleanor.

m.       Dec. 29, 1942, Kathrina Joy Hume.

 

Residence Charlotte Chandler Hume: 1910, 10-WD NEW HAVEN, New haven, Connecticut21

       

Children of EDWARD HUME and CHARLOTTE HUME are:

26.              i.    EDWARD HICKS8 HUME, b. 13 May 1876, Ahmednagar, India; d. 09 Feb 1957, Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, Walllingford, CT.

27.             ii.    ELIZABETH NORRIS HUME, b. 11 Dec 1878, India; d. 17 Apr 1954.

                 iii.    KATHRINE MILLER HUME, b. 16 Aug 1880, Bombay,India; d. WFT Est. 1912-1974; m. OLIN DANTZLER WANNAMAKER, 07 Feb 1907, Canton, China; b. 16 Jul 1875, Bamberg, South Carolina; d. WFT Est. 1912-1966.

28.            iv.    JOHN CHANDLER HUME, b. 07 Jul 1882, Byculla (Bombay), India; d. Mar 1940, New York, New York.

29.             v.    ROBERT WOOLSEY HUME, b. 12 Aug 1884, India; d. 10 Feb 1928.

                 vi.    GERTRUDE CAPRON HUME, b. 02 Jan 1887, India; d. WFT Est. 1903-1981; m. EDWARD WILDER HALE, WFT Est. 1903-1935; b. 13 Oct 1887, Chicago, Illinois; d. WFT Est. 1906-1978.

 

 

23.  WILSON THEODORE7 HUME (JOHN6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 21 Oct 1859 in Placerville, El Dorado County, CA, and died 08 Oct 1921 in Portland, OR.  He married EMILY OSLIN HAMILTON 24 Dec 1882 in Portland, OR, daughter of ALEXANDER HAMILTON and CHRISTINA CHANDLER.  She was born 25 Jan 1863 in Portland, OR, and died WFT Est. 1897-1958.

 

Notes for WILSON THEODORE HUME:

Wilson went to school with his Hume cousins in LaGrange County, Indiana. He

was living there at the time of his father's death, which occurred during a

visit to Indiana

 

He moved to Portland by 1880, when he became a court reporter there.  After

four years in this position, he was admitted to the bar. He served in

several elected and appointed positions. In 1889, he won election to the

legislature from Multnomah County, OR. In 1892 and 1894, he was elected

District Attorney for the 4th District. In 1885 he became a member of the

firm Watson, Hume and Watson.

 

According to family stories, Wilson saw Emily at her high school graduation

and determined to marry her.  He served as executor of Alexander Hamilton's

estate in 1887.

 

After gold was discovered in the Klondike, Wilson joined the rush to the

North. On June 20, 1899, W.T. Hume was recorded at Lake Bennett as entering

the Yukon on the SS Clifford Sifton. That same year, he was appointed city

attorney of Nome, Alaska, and deputy U.S. attorney. After five years in

Alaska, he left for San Francisco, where he practiced law from 1904 to 1912,

returning in the latter year to Portland.

 

In 1912, he was shot by a man who was involved in a lawsuit, but he made a

dramatic recovery. He practiced law and ran for the circuit court, but was

not elected. In 1920, he ran for the State Senate, was successful, and

served one session before his death, of cancer of the esophagus. He was

cremated at Portland Crematorium. (Physician A.H. Wheeler, Undertaker Holman

& Son). Remains deposited in "Daisy" Chamber of Columbarium, Section B, Tier

9, Niche 12. A.R. McKentley of the Tutor Arms Apartments provided the

information on the death certificate (he didn't know very much).

 

Wilson recorded the death of little Katherine in the family Bible in a shaky

hand.  One and a half years later, his mother died, age 57. Perhaps these

tragedies led to the heavy drinking that is supposed to have broken his

marriage to Emily.  Though no record of a divorce has yet been found,

Emily's sister gave her marital status as "divorced" on her death

certificate.  Possibly, the separation came before 1899, when Wilson left

for Alaska.  However, he was listed with Emily and Marguerite in the 1900

census of Portland, living as boarders in the home of Samuel B. McBride. 

 

Wilson seems to have avoided Oregon until after Emily's death in 1912.  His

second wife, Stella F., survived him.  I have not found a record of their

marriage, and do not know her maiden name, only that she was 56 at the time

of his death. Stella administered the small estate. Though Wilson was a

lawyer, he died intestate, in a hotel room, where he had been treated for

his illness. In the records of the Portland Crematorium, she is listed only

as Mrs. Wilson Hume, of 496 E. 50 N., City.

 

Notes for EMILY OSLIN HAMILTON:

 

Records of First Unitarian Church (1011 SW 12th Ave., Portland, OR 97201):

 

Emily's baptism was recorded on Jan. 3, 1869 (V1-22). The record shows her

birth date as Jan. 25, 1863. Her name is given as Emma Oslyn Hamilton.

 

Emily entered church membership on March 28, 1880, Easter Sunday, her name

recorded as Emily (Emma) Oslyn Hamilton.

 

Her marriage to Wilson Hume was recorded on Dec. 23, 1882 (V1-216), with

Charles Noyes officiating. (V1-216)

 

The baptism of Catherine Hume, daughter of "Wilson T. & Emma H. Hume" was

recorded on Sep. 7, 1890, with this note: "Supposed to be dying."

Catherine's birthdate was given as April 21, 1890.

 

-----------------------------

 

The announcement of Emily's marriage to Wilson appeared in the Jan. 1, 1883

"North-west News" as follows: 

 

"HUME-HAMILTON -- In this city, Dec. 24 by Rev. Chas. Noyes, Wilson T. Hume

to Miss Emma O. Hamilton, both of Portland.

 

"On Monday evening, Dec. 24, Mr. Wilson T. Hume and Miss Emma O. Hamilton

were married at the residence of the bride's father in this city, Rev. Chas.

Noyes, acting pastor of the Unitarian church, performed the ceremony, which

was witnessed only by a few friends of the contracting parties. After the

knot had been tied and the blushing young couple had received the

congratulations of those present, they retired to the residence recently

purchased by the bridegroom at 168 Ninth Street, where they intend to begin

housekeeping. A large number of elegant and costly presents were received

from the friends of the happy pair. The bride is one of the belles of

Portland, handsome, generous and accomplished. She graduated with high

honors from the High school in this city in the class of '82, her essay upon

graduation day receiving extended notices in the press of Portland. The

groom is a young aspirant for legal honors, being one of the best short-hand

writers in America. For some time past he has acted as private secretary to

Senator J.N. Dolph. Mr. Hume has a wide circle of warm friends who wish him

and his charming bride a full measure of happiness."

 

Her father's death in 1887 left her independently wealthy. Alexander named

her his executor, but her husband Wilson (an attorney) and brother Asa

administered the complex estate for her.  She was undoubtedly too busy, as a

young mother with an infant daughter.

 

Clues to her personality have come down in photographs.  She appears to have

been a plump and rather plain, but stylish woman -- active, literate and

well traveled, with many interests.  She seems more serious in these

pictures than her sister Elsie. Her son-in-law said she had many male

admirers, so she apparently possessed great charm.

 

According to family tradition, she belonged to a bicycling club.  She was

injured during an outing and left paralyzed. Perhaps this injury led to her

eventual death from cerebral hemorrhage at age 49.

 

        Children of WILSON HUME and EMILY HAMILTON are:

3.     i.      MARGUERITE6 HUME, b. Oct 31, 1886, Portland OR; d. Sep 11, 1977,

Atlanta, GA.

        ii.     KATHERINE HUME, b. Apr 21, 1890, Portland OR; d. Jan 05, 1894, Los

Angeles, CA.

 

Notes for KATHERINE HUME:

The baptism of "Catherine" Hume is listed in First Unitarian Church records

(Portland, Ore.), Sep. 7, 1890, with the note: "Supposed to be dying." (V2-523)

 

She apparently was never healthy and died very young. Her funeral appears in

First Unitarian Church records, Jan. 2, 1894, "Catherine" Hume, three years,

seven months, date of death June 5, 1894 (sic), Los Angeles. Place of

service Frances Sealy's, 874 (29) St., Place of Interment, Riverview

Cemetery, Undertaker, James E. Hughes. Remarks: no service at the house.

Minister, Earl M. Wilbur. The data is conflicting. Obviously, the funeral

could not have been held before her death.

 

She was a beautiful little blonde child. I never heard what caused her death.

 

       

Children of WILSON HUME and EMILY HAMILTON are:

30.              i.    MARGUERITE8 HUME, b. 31 Oct 1886, Portland, OR; d. 11 Sep 1977, Atlanta, GA.

                  ii.    KATHERINE HUME, b. 04 Jan 1894; d. WFT Est. 1895-1988.

 

Notes for KATHERINE HUME:

The baptism of "Catherine" Hume is listed in First Unitarian Church records

(Portland, Ore.), Sep. 7, 1890, with the note: "Supposed to be dying." (V2-523)

 

She apparently was never healthy and died very young. Her funeral appears in

First Unitarian Church records, Jan. 2, 1894, "Catherine" Hume, three years,

seven months, date of death June 5, 1894 (sic), Los Angeles. Place of

service Frances Sealy's, 874 (29) St., Place of Interment, Riverview

Cemetery, Undertaker, James E. Hughes. Remarks: no service at the house.

Minister, Earl M. Wilbur. The data is conflicting. Obviously, the funeral

could not have been held before her death.

 

She was a beautiful little blonde child. I never heard what caused her death.

 

Source for above Barbara McRae

 

 

 

 

Generation No. 8

 

24.  ELIZABETH KEDZIE8 LYNCH (ELIZABETH7 PENFIELD, MARGARET STEWART6 KEDZIE, MARGARET STEWART5 HUME, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 30 May 1879 in Delhi, New York, and died WFT Est. 1917-1974.  She married JOHN CHANDLER HUME22 05 Jun 1906 in Providence, Rhode Island, son of EDWARD HUME and CHARLOTTE HUME.  He was born 07 Jul 1882 in Byculla (Bombay), India, and died Mar 1940 in New York, New York.

 

More About ELIZABETH KEDZIE LYNCH:

Residence: 1880, Delhi, Delaware, New York23

 

Notes for JOHN CHANDLER HUME:

Elizabeth Brownell, a Lynch cousin Niece of my father's mother,  and I talked about JCH circa spring 1962.  She described him as very handsome, very charming, very nice, and very witty.  According to her and my father's sister, family lore was that he was spoiled by his parents and that they kept him in India too long.  If so, his experience was much different than that of his brother Edward Hicks Hume.

 

More About JOHN CHANDLER HUME:

Residence: 1910, 22-WD BROOKLYN, Kings, New York24

 

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH LYNCH and JOHN HUME:

Married by Rev's Krom and Hume at  86 Chapin Ave. Providence, RI.

 

Divorce initiated by Elizabeth.  While she was pregnant with Betty, JCH caught a social disease.  (conversation with John C. Hume c. 1995).  In conversation I had with Elizabeth in July, 1957, she argued that she had been too strong a woman for JCH to deal with.

 

Reference: Bill DeProsse family record 54 of 11/30/89.

       

Children of ELIZABETH LYNCH and JOHN HUME are:

31.              i.    JOHN CHANDLER9 HUME, b. 16 May 1911, Brooklyn, New York; d. Mar 1940, New York, New York.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH "BETTY" KEDZIE HUME, b. Private.

 

 

25.  ROBERT ERNEST8 HUME (ROBERT ALLEN7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 20 Mar 1877 in Ahmednagar, India, and died 14 Jun 1948 in New York, New York.  He married LAURA CASWELL 15 Mar 1907.  She was born WFT Est. 1868-1890, and died WFT Est. 1912-1979.

 

Notes for ROBERT ERNEST HUME:

Ordained Congregational Minister 1905.  Went to India as missionary with American Board of Congregational Foreign Missions 1907.  Served as Professor of History of Religions, Union Theological Seminary 1914-1943.  Emeritus 1943.  While in India served as Lecturer at Bombay University, University of the Punjab, Hindu University at Benares, Moslem University at Aligarh, and Vishwas Bharati (Greater India) University, Bolpur.  In 1923, lectured at  College of His Highness the Maharajah of Baroda.  Spent 1938 at the Indian Institute, Oxford University.

MEMBER --  America Oriental Society, American Theological Society (pres 1939), American Association of the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa.

AUTHOR -- The Worlds Living Religions, 1924, 32nd edition 1946; Treasure House of the Living Religions, 1932, 2nd ed 1933.

TRANSLATOR -- From Sanskrit -- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads, with an Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads, 1921 still in print from Oxford UP

 

His book The World's Living Religions, the only religious book beside the Bible to be placed in the "time capsule" (50 feet below ground) New York World's Fair 1939; to be opened in 6939.

 

SOURCE WHO WAS WHO

 

In 1915 Dr. Robert E. and Laura Hume acquired the lakefront property just north of Penfield Cottage, which had belonged to Judge Wilson. The Humes had solid Silver Bay credentials. Robert was a graduate student at Yale and Laura a nurse at Massachusetts General when they met at a college conference at Silver Bay in 1904. They were engaged on Sunrise Mountain and married in 1905. The couple went as missionaries to India, where Robert had been born of missionary parents, and stayed seven years, serving in various capacities in the Bombay area. Their sons Robert and Edward were born there. They returned in 1913 when Dr. Hume was offered a professorship in the History of Religion at Union Seminary. They came to Silver Bay in 1914 and 1915, renting cottages on Van Buren Bay. As noted earlier, their daughter Jane McCormick Mitchell was born in the Paine farm house in 1915.[92]

 

In the winter of 1916, the Humes began construction of their own cottage. Louis Spelman supervised the work, and it is said that some of the materials used were leftover from the construction of Fisher Gymnasium. It is a house of many rooms and its wide porches take full advantage of the view of the lake. Dr. Hume wrote several of his books on the history of religion in his second floor study, and the cottage still contains brass lamps and other artifacts dating back to the family's time in India. Jane and Jim McCormick inherited the property, and Jane is now passing it on to her children, Robert, James, and Sally Pickert and their families. In 1950, Robert C. and Elizabeth Hume bought a plot of land just above the original house and built a small cottage there overlooking Shawanapek Beach. They spent summers there for years before health problems kept them away. Elizabeth has recently given that property to her grandchildren, Cheryl Corsi and Lisa Foy.

 

Source

Benjamin Van Buren's Bay

Charles G. Gosselink

from The Penfield Family

 

 

 

More About ROBERT ERNEST HUME:

Fact 2: 1900, M.A. Yale University

Fact 3: 1901, Ph.D. Yale University

Fact 4: 1904, B.D. Union Theological Seminary

Fact 5: 1932, D. Theo, Strasbourg

       

Children of ROBERT HUME and LAURA CASWELL are:

                   i.    ROBERT CASWELL9 HUME, b. Private.

                  ii.    EDWARD PUTNAM HUME, b. Private.

                 iii.    JANE WILLIAMS HUME, b. Private.

 

 

26.  EDWARD HICKS8 HUME (EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 13 May 1876 in Ahmednagar, India, and died 09 Feb 1957 in Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, Walllingford, CT.  He married LOTTA CARSWELL 24 Sep 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of LOCKHART CARSWELL and ANNIE BUCKLEY.  She was born 03 Oct 1876 in Baltimore, Maryland, and died WFT Est. 1908-1970.

 

Notes for EDWARD HICKS HUME:

        Edward Hicks Hume was educated by his father in India.  He spoke Maharatti.  He was trained in the classics.  Although in his autobiographical DOCTORS EAST AND DOCTORS WEST and in his wife's biographical  DRAMA AT THE DOCTOR'S GATE he states his desire to go into medicine was quite strong at a very early age, he told me something different in 1955.  I met Uncle Ed at our home in Towson, Maryland in the Spring of 1955. I remember a man slightly shorter than myself, rotund, thin hair, and a ruddy complexion.  Bright, sparkling, blue eyes and the ability to talk to a seventeen year old as though he really was interested in him.   I was just finishing my freshman year at Saint John's College in Annapolis.  We discussed Saint John's and the fact that he had received an honorary degree there. He remembered wearing his bright red academic robes from Hong Kong.  People thought he was a Cardinal, which amused him still.  He asked me about my Greek language efforts.  I told him that they were not going well.  He  began to recite Greek passages and to decline Greek verbs -- I was quite impressed.  He told me that his father had instilled in him a love of the classics and that when he was at Yale he wanted to major in the classics and pursue a scholarly career. His father wrote him that that was not really an option, that he was needed as a physician.  His father stated that he had an obligation to humanity to become a physician and return to India.  His father also wrote to William Welch at Johns Hopkins.  Welch wrote to Uncle Ed telling him that Ed would of course come to Hopkins. He maintained his love and interest in the classics all through his life. 

        After graduating from Hopkins, Uncle Ed went to Liverpool and spent a year studying Tropical Medicine. From 1903-1905 he was in Bombay as an Acting Assistant Surgeon in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service.  He was really there to monitor the Plague outbreak that had started in 1896.  He studied with Haffkine, who developed the first effective plague vaccine.

        In 1905, he joined the Yale Mission in China.  In 1906, he founded the Yale Hospital in Changsha, Hunan, China.  He founded the Hunan-Yale Medical College in 1914 and was Dean from 1914-27.  He served as President of the Colleges of Yale-in-China from 1923-27. 

        He returned to the US in 1927.  he served as Executive VP and Trustee of the NY Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital from 1928-1933.

        The list of his memberships, publications, and awards in WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICA is quite extensive.

 

Sources:

Personal Recollection -- Jack Hume

Edward H. Hume DOCTORS EAST DOCTORS WEST, Norton, 1946

Lotta Carswell Hume DRAMA AT THE DOCTOR'S GATE: The Story of Dr. Edward Hume of Yale-in-China, Yale-in-China Association, 1961

Reuben Holden YALE IN CHINA: The Mainland 1901-1951, Yale-in-China Association, 1961

WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICA

 

More About EDWARD HICKS HUME:

Arrival: May 1915, San Francisco25

Departure: Shanghai, China25

Fact 2: 1901, M.D. Johns Hopkins University

Fact 3: Bet. 1901 - 1902, Graduate work University of Liverpool

Fact 4: 1912, Hon M.A. Yale University

Fact 5: 1923, LL.D. Jefferson Medical College

Fact 6: 1925, LL.D University of Hong Kong

Residence: 1930, Manhattan, New York, New York26

       

Children of EDWARD HUME and LOTTA CARSWELL are:

                   i.    THEODORE9 HUME, b. 10 Jul 1904, Miraj, India; d. 22 Oct 1943, Off coast Sweden.

32.             ii.    CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH HUME, b. Private.

                 iii.    MARGERY HUME, b. Private.

                 iv.    EDWARD WELCH HUME, b. Private.

33.             v.    KATHRINA JOY HUME, b. Private.

 

 

27.  ELIZABETH NORRIS8 HUME (EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 11 Dec 1878 in India, and died 17 Apr 1954.  She married BYRON KEYSER HUNSBERGER 27 Apr 1903, son of WILLIAM HUNSBERGER and HENRIETTA KEYSER.  He was born 26 Nov 1873 in Skippack, Pennsylvania, and died 11 Jan 1961 in Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, PA.

       

Children of ELIZABETH HUME and BYRON HUNSBERGER are:

                   i.    DOTHA BUSNELL9 HUNSBERGER, b. 03 Jan 1903, India.

                  ii.    EDWARD CHANDLER HUNSBERGER, b. 14 Oct 1908, India; d. 24 Oct 1909.

                 iii.    DEBORAH SAYLES HUNSBERGER, b. 05 Apr 1910, India.

                 iv.    WARREN SEABURY HUNSBERGER, b. 28 Apr 1911, Philadelphia, PA.

                  v.    ELIZABETH WILLIAMS HUNSBERGER, b. 05 Mar 1913, Philadelphia, PA.

                 vi.    GEORGE SHEPPARD HUNSBERGER, b. 28 Aug 1914, Philadelphia, PA.

                vii.    DUNCAN MACDONALD HUNSBERGER, b. 21 Jan 1916, Philadelphia, PA.

               viii.    BYRON HUME HUNSBERGER, b. 28 Jan 1918, Philadelphia, PA.

 

 

28.  JOHN CHANDLER8 HUME (EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1)27 was born 07 Jul 1882 in Byculla (Bombay), India, and died Mar 1940 in New York, New York.  He married ELIZABETH KEDZIE LYNCH 05 Jun 1906 in Providence, Rhode Island, daughter of WILLIAM LYNCH and ELIZABETH PENFIELD.  She was born 30 May 1879 in Delhi, New York, and died WFT Est. 1917-1974.

 

Notes for JOHN CHANDLER HUME:

Elizabeth Brownell, a Lynch cousin Neice of my father's mother,  and I talked about JCH circa spring 1962.  She described him as very handsome, very charming, very nice, and very witty.  According to her and my father's sister, family lore was that he was spoiled by his parents and that they kept him in India too long.  If so, his experience was much different than that of his brother Edward Hicks Hume.

 

More About JOHN CHANDLER HUME:

Residence: 1910, 22-WD BROOKLYN, Kings, New York28

 

More About ELIZABETH KEDZIE LYNCH:

Residence: 1880, Delhi, Delaware, New York29

 

Marriage Notes for JOHN HUME and ELIZABETH LYNCH:

Married by Rev's Krom and Hume at  86 Chapin Ave. Providence, RI.

 

Divorce initiated by Elizabeth.  While she was pregnant with Betty, JCH caught a social disease.  (conversation with John C. Hume c. 1995).  In conversation I had with Elizabeth in July, 1957, she argued that she had been too strong a woman for JCH to deal with.

 

Reference: Bill DeProsse family record 54 of 11/30/89.

       

Children are listed above under (24) Elizabeth Kedzie Lynch.

 

29.  ROBERT WOOLSEY8 HUME (EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 12 Aug 1884 in India, and died 10 Feb 1928.  He married KATHARINE ENGLISH ROCKWELL 17 Dec 1912, daughter of WILLIAM ROCKWELL and LAURA MURRAY.  She was born 17 May 1883, and died WFT Est. 1918-1978.

       

Children of ROBERT HUME and KATHARINE ROCKWELL are:

34.              i.    PAUL CHANDLER9 HUME, b. Private.

                  ii.    ROBERT ROCKWELL HUME, b. Private.

                 iii.    DAVID MURRAY, b. Private.

 

 

30.  MARGUERITE8 HUME (WILSON THEODORE7, JOHN6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 31 Oct 1886 in Portland, OR, and died 11 Sep 1977 in Atlanta, GA.  She married ROBERT WILSON SEARS 27 Sep 1911 in Portland, OR.  He was born WFT Est. 1863-1892, and died WFT Est. 1919-1977.

 

Notes for MARGUERITE HUME:

Marguerite was baptised April 10, 1887 at First Unitarian Church, Portland.

(V2-418) She was a very intelligent, very beautiful and well-educated woman,

a graduate of Smith College. As the wife of an Army officer, she moved and

traveled frequently, yet had time to teach school. She was considered an

accomplished public speaker. During World War II, while her husband Bob was

overseas (the oldest infantry officer in the European theater), she worked

in Civil Service, supervising blind workers at the Ogden Arsenal.

 

       

Children of MARGUERITE HUME and ROBERT SEARS are:

35.              i.    RODERICK HAMILTON9 SEARS, b. Private.

36.             ii.    DAVID HUME SEARS, b. Private.

37.            iii.    ROBERT CARVER SEARS, b. Private.

 

 

Generation No. 9

 

31.  JOHN CHANDLER9 HUME (JOHN CHANDLER8, EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 16 May 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, and died 16 Feb 1998 in Baltimore, MD at St. Angnes Hospital.  He married AMELIA ELIZABETH BROWN on 9 Sep 1933 in Frankfort, Simpson County, KY.  She was the  daughter of WILLIAM BROWN and GRACE PAUL.  She was born 07 Sep 1913 in Nashville, Tennessee, and died 22 Apr 2002 in her home in Baltimore, MD.

 

Notes for JOHN CHANDLER HUME:

Other facts:

1938-39 Clinician and Acting Director, Tri county Venereal Disease Control Demonstration, Brunswick, GA

1939-32 Private practice, Saint Simons Island, GA

1942      Assistant Surgeon, Commissioned Corps United States Public Health Service

1942-61 active duty and reserves, USPHS to rank of Medical Director

1962-71 USAF Medical Corps Reserve, to rank of Colonel.

1942-44 Director, Venereal Disease Control, City of Wilmington and New Hanover County, NC

1944-46 Chief, Bureau of Venereal Disease Control, State of West Virginia

1947-51 Research Associate Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

1947-51 Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

1948-55 Assistant Director, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

1950-55 Consultant, WHO, Palestinian Refugees, Haiti Yaws Eradication Project

1951-55 Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

1955-61 Chief, Health Division, US. Technical Mission to India, ICA

1961-77 Professor, Department of Public Health Administration, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

1961-69 Chairman, Department of Public Health Administration

1961-67 Associate Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

1967-77 Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

1977-98 Professor and Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

 

Awards etc.  See WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA 1982

 

More About JOHN CHANDLER HUME:

Fact 2: 1936, M.D. Vanderbilt University

Fact 3: 1947, M.P.H. Johns Hopkins University

Fact 4: 1947, Rockefellow Foundation Fellow

Fact 5: 1951, Dr.P.H. Johns Hopkins University

Fact 6: Bet. 1936 - 1937, Intern Vanderbilt University Hospital

Fact 7: Bet. 1937 - 1938, Acting Director Hardin County Health Department

       

Children of JOHN HUME and AMELIA BROWN are:

38.              i.    DR. JOHN CHANDLER10 HUME, JR, b. 06 Jun 1937, Nashville, Tennessee.

                  ii.    WILLIAM PENFIELD HUME, b. Private.

                 iii.    SUSAN FERRELL HUME, b. Private.

 

 

32.  CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH9 HUME (EDWARD HICKS8, EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born Private.  She married NORMAN EASTMAN FREEMAN

       

Children of CHARLOTTE HUME and NORMAN FREEMAN are:

                   i.    MARGERY CHANDLER10 FREEMAN.

                  ii.    DAVID NORMAN FREEMAN.

                 iii.    NANCY SCOTT FREEMAN.

                 iv.    CORRINE KEEN FREEMAN.

 

 

33.  KATHRINA JOY9 HUME (EDWARD HICKS8, EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born Private.  She married LESLIE ALAN FALK

       

Child of KATHRINA HUME and LESLIE FALK is:

                   i.    ELEANOR GAIL10 FALK.

 

 

34.  PAUL CHANDLER9 HUME (ROBERT WOOLSEY8, EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born Private.  He married RUTH FOX.  She was born Private.

       

Children of PAUL HUME and RUTH FOX are:

                   i.    PAUL10 HUME, b. Private.

                  ii.    MICHAEL HUME, b. Private.

                 iii.    ANN HUME, b. Private.

                 iv.    PETER HUME, b. Private.

 

 

35.  RODERICK HAMILTON9 SEARS (MARGUERITE8 HUME, WILSON THEODORE7, JOHN6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born Private.  He married BARBARA TUFTS BARNES.  She was born Private.

       

Child of RODERICK SEARS and BARBARA BARNES is:

                   i.    BARBARA HAMILTON10 SEARS, b. Private.

 

 

36.  DAVID HUME9 SEARS (MARGUERITE8 HUME, WILSON THEODORE7, JOHN6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born Private.  He married JANE ELIZABETH TUTTLES.  She was born Private.

       

Children of DAVID SEARS and JANE TUTTLES are:

                   i.    CARVER10 SEARS, b. Private.

                  ii.    DAVID HUME SEARS, b. Private.

                 iii.    MARGARET SEARS, b. Private.

                 iv.    HAROLD SEARS, b. Private.

                  v.    REBECCA SEARS, b. Private.

 

 

37.  ROBERT CARVER9 SEARS (MARGUERITE8 HUME, WILSON THEODORE7, JOHN6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born Private.  He married EMMA MARY HOCH.  She was born Private.

       

Children of ROBERT SEARS and EMMA HOCH are:

                   i.    BARBARA10 SEARS, b. Private; m. ? MCRAE; b. Private.

                  ii.    ROBERT CARVER SEARS, b. Private.

                 iii.    MARGARET ELAYNE SEARS, b. Private; m. ? TANGUY; b. Private.

                 iv.    JAMES WALTER SEARS, b. Private.

 

 

Generation No. 10

 

38.  DR. JOHN CHANDLER10 HUME, JR (JOHN CHANDLER9, JOHN CHANDLER8, EDWARD SACKETT7, ROBERT WILSON6, ROBERT T5, ROBERT4, GEORGE3, JAMES2 HOME, GEORGE1) was born 06 Jun 1937 in Nashville, Tennessee.  He married (1) SANDRA JANE ALLEN.  She was born Private.  He married (2) MARILYN ANITA HYATT, daughter of GORDON HYATT and MARILYN REYNOLDS.  She was born Private in Harriman TN.

       

Children of JOHN HUME and SANDRA ALLEN are:

                   i.    JOHN ALLEN11 HUME, b. Private.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH JANE HUME, b. Private.

                 iii.    DAVID EDWARD HUME, b. Private.

                 iv.    DEBORAH HUME, b. Private.

 

       

Child of JOHN HUME and MARILYN HYATT is:

                  v.    WILLIAM GORDON11 HUME, b. Private.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  OneWorldTreeSM.

2.  CHARLES C. McCLAUGHRY, NO. 523, Genealogy of the MacLaughry Famiiy,  (ANAMOSA IOWA, 1913).

3.  Barbara McRae, Three Part EMail 3 Apr 1998,  (EMail), "Electronic."

4.  Barbara McRae, Email from Barbara McRae,  (sent 3 April 1998), "Electronic."

5.  CHARLES C. McCLAUGHRY, NO. 523, Genealogy of the MacLaughry Famiiy,  (ANAMOSA IOWA, 1913), p. 388.

6.  NY Delaware County Website, SOUTH KORTRIGHT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS 1810-188, "Electronic."

7.  OneWorldTreeSM.

8.  NY Delaware County Website, SOUTH KORTRIGHT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS 1810-188, "Electronic."

9.  OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

10.  1860 United States Federal Census.

11.  By Sarah D. (Locke) Stow, History of Mount Holyoke Seminary, South Hadley, Mass.: During Its First ... .

12.  OneWorldTreeSM.

13.  NY Delaware County Website, SOUTH KORTRIGHT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS 1810-188, "Electronic."

14.  OneWorldTreeSM.

15.  OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

16.  Charles C McClaughry, Geneology of the Mac Claughry Family by Charles C McClaughry,  (Anamosa Iowa  1913), 404, #281  as above died at Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.

17.  History of the United Church of New Haven.

18.  Charles C McClaughry, Geneology of the Mac Claughry Family by Charles C McClaughry,  (Anamosa Iowa  1913).

19.  Charles C McClaughry, Geneology of the Mac Claughry Family by Charles C McClaughry,  (Anamosa Iowa  1913), 404.

20.  1860 United States Federal Census.

21.  1910 United States Federal Census.

22.  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

23.  1880 United States Federal Census.

24.  1910 United States Federal Census.

25.  San Francisco Passenger Lists.

26.  1930 United States Federal Census.

27.  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

28.  1910 United States Federal Census.

29.  1880 United States Federal Census.


Other Sources:
Who Was Who in America
Who Is Who in America 1982

Heritage Quest Website

New York Times Online Archives
Proquest
Missionary Herald
Google Books - a lot of material on the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission, American Marathi Mission, Robert A. Hume.

Mt. Holyoke Graduates in India as Missionaries (a list)

Missionaries with the of the American Marathi Mission 1813-1881 (a list)
Papers of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions:  Missionary Index