Etta Armenta McAfee

Notes:

"Samuel J. McAfee Died of Blood Poison
Prominent Elderly Farmer Died Sunday Night After Brief Illness.

Samuel J. McAfee, seventy-nine, a prominent Lancaster township pioneer, died at his home just south of Kingsland, at 10:30 Sunday night, after a shot illness with blood posoning in his right arm, which developed from a slight cut received while butchering on last Wednesday. He passed away a short time after submitting to an operation for the opening of the infected member, which was resorted to as the only means of saving his life. It is probable that the illness would not have been fatal in a younger man.

Mr. McAfee cut the third finger of his right hand while helping to butcher, but gave the wound no attention as it was scarcely more than a scratch. His hand had been criplled several years ago when he lost two joints of the second finger when the digit caught in a heavy pulley. The blood poison began to develop on Friday and he became worse rapidly until on Sunday Mr. McAfee's arm was in a terribly swollen condition. A consultation was held over him on Sunday afternoon and the operation for opening the infected area was decided on. The poson had gained too great a hold on his system, however, and the operation proved of no avail.

Mr. McAfee was born in Pittsurg on December 29, 1839, the son of James and Rachael (Dinsmore) McAfee, natives of County Antrim, Ireland and of Scotch covenanter descent. They moved to Wayne County, OH, a short time after the birth of the decedent. His moter passed away in 1844 and in 1853 he came to Wells County, IN with his father and settled in Lancaster township, near where his present home is located.

Mr. McAfee was married on September 28. 1865 to Miss Rachel Nelson, a native of Wells County, IN and a daughter of James Nelson and wife, of Lanxaster township, who were pioneer settlers of the county. She was a sister of the late Solomon Nelson, of this city. Mrs. McAfee died on November 9, 1871, leaving two daughers. One daughter, Etta A., the widow of William Wasson, of Lancaster township, survives her father and the other, Ella, passed away in young womanhood.

Mr. McAfee was married a second time, September 29, 1873, to Miss Catherine Maddux, who was the daughter of Jacob Maddux and wife, of Lancaster townshop. Two sons were born to this union, Ernest W. and Marion J. McAfee, both of whom survice. The decedent made his home with the last named son, who lived on his father's farm, just south of Kingsland. Mrs. McAfee has been dead for a number of years.

Besides the daughter and sons Mr. McAfee is survived by five grandhilcren and one great-grandchild, the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lantz Wasson, of Lancaster township. He also leaves a brother and sister, namely: William J. McAfee of this city, who just recently returned from a winter visit to Georgia, and Maria McAfee who keeps house for her brother-in-law, James Earl, just north of Murray."

Samuel married Rachel Nelson on 28 Sep 1865 in Wells Co., IN. Rachel was born in 1849 in Wells County, Indiana, USA; died on 9 Nov 1871 in Wells County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Murray, Wells, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her parents were James Nelson and Sarah J. Beals 1815-1885:

Blufton Banner
September 2, 1886
Obituary

"James Nelson was born March 14, 1813, in York county, Pennsylvania. When twelve years old he moved with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio. He was married to Sarah Beals, October 17, 1833. He lived about three years in Stark county, Ohio from which place he moved to Adams county, Indiana, in Sepember, 1844. In February 1849, he moved to Wells county, where he settled on a farm in Lancaster township, where he lived until his death, Sunday August 22, 1886, aged 73 years, 5 months, and 8 days. His funeral, together with that of his wife, who died February 19, 1885, was preached by Rev. Lewellyn of the Ossian M. E. Church, at the residence. He was buried in the Murray graveyard. He leaves to mourn his death, eight children, twenty seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, besides many friends."

Notes:

His early home was near Giant's Causeway in Antrim.
In the USA the family were first living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and moved to Wells county, Indiana in 1853 as early pioneers in the county. They helped to develop from a swampy wilderness to an agricultural district.

James married Rachel Dinsmore on 21 Aug 1837 in Ballymoney Presbyterian Church. Rachel (daughter of Samuel Dinsmore and Mary Brewster) was born in 1806 in Ballywattick, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland; died in 1844 in Wayne Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Leonard Clay Morrison's The Dinsmoor-Dinsmore Family, 1891, says on pages 13-14 that Rachel was born abt 1806 at Ballywattick (old=Bally Wattiche) and was a daughter of Samuel & Mary (Brewster) Dinsmore. She wed James McAfee who was from the Giant's Causeway (just a few miles N of Bushmills, on the sea) of County Antrim.

Notes:

1833 land assessment: Bootown, Ballymoney, Dunluce, Upper Antrim, Ireland

The McAfees were Presbyterians and farmers and said to have descended from Scottish Convenanters.

Arrived in New York 7 Jun 1838, aboard the ship "St. Andrew", age 59, farmer, together with Martha age 56, James age 34, Rachael (Dinsmore) 25, Elija (infant), William age 20, Robert 13, Mathew 14, Martha Jane 14,
Also arriving on the same ship W. McAfee, age 23, John Dinsmore 28, his wife Margaret 31, Samuel 4, Mary (infant) and Mary Dinsmore 76.

Living with them in East Union township in the 1850 census were son William b. 1818, in addition to Martin b. 1828, Margaret b 1830 and Eliza b. 1835. Unknown parents, of them only granddaughter Eliza is mentioned in his will.

In his will he gives the north half of his farm to son William, the south half to Mathew, the latter also got half the share of the fruit that may grow on the south half of the fam untill he has time to plant fruit trees on his part of the farm and they are grown to such size as will produce a reasonable quiantity of apples, except if he should sell his part of the farm in that event the fruit will all belong to William.
Martha Jane 400 dollars. Granddaughter Eliza Mc?, 400 dollars. Grandson Joseph McAfee 400 dollars, son Robert McAfee one thousand dollars. Wife Martha my two horses or horse kind ald all my cattle and she is to have the privilege of living in the house in which we noe recide during her lifetime.

One source has his father as John McDuffee/McAfee born ab. 1730 on the Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. A farmer who migrated to Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland with a friend, William McQuigg, when they both were young men probably in the 1750's from Islay, Co. Argyll, Scotland.
Presbyterian and descendant of Scots Convenanters. Believed to be buried at County Antrim Saint Cuthbert's Church Cemetery, where a Mathew McDuffee is buried which might be his son. In the same cemetery is:

Erected in memory of
MARGARET beloved wife of
JAMES McAFEE, Park.
Who died 12th August 1854
aged 35 years.
Also her husband
JAMES McAFEE,
who died 9th January 1888
aged 87 years.
Also her daughter
MARGARET
who died 3rd Sept 1889
aged 43 years.

--
Clan Macfie is one of the oldest Scottish Clans with a history going back before records were kept. The ancient name for our clan is Macdubhsith. While literally meaning "dark man of peace", sithe is also the term used for supernatural beings that populated the islands and the highlands and the tern dubh or dark also had mystical and supernatural connotations. The ancestral homeland for the Macfies are the islands of Colonsay and Oronsay in the Hebrides, the Western Isles of Scotland.

In 1623, Malcolm, the last Chief of the Clan Macfie, was captured by the infamous Colla Ciotach MacDonald. He was tied to a standing stone, known as Carraig Mhic a' Phi at Balaruminmore, on our ancestral island of Colonsay, and summarily shot. The Clan Macfie was dispossessed of its lands and dispersed as a "broken" Clan.

That is, until 27th May 1981, when the Clan was reactivated and again formally recognised as an "active" Clan by the Lord Lyon. Macfies all over the world celebrate that day as a new 'birthday' for the Clan Macfie.

As there was no hereditary Chief, a Ceann-Cath or Clan Commander was appointed to head the Clan. The current Clan Commander is Alexander "Sandy" C. McPhie who resides in Queensland Australia.

The original name was
"MacDubhsith" meaning
"mac" - son of
"Dubh" - dark or black
"sith" - elf or fairy
It is Gaelic. The Scottish-Gaelic pronunciation is"Mac - Dhoogh- shee".
English it is MacDuffie.
The clan called themselves "Clan MacDuffie" until 1539 when they dropped the Gaelic "dubh" syllable. Mac-Du-ffie became MacFie.
From 1539 on they were known as Clan MacFie.Many still used/spelled their name MacDuffie however. When the Act of Union joing England and Scotland into Great Britain was passed in 1707, the English language was used more often in Scotland. There was no equivalent English sound or letter for the Gaelic sound "bh" in the clan names, so clerks and clergy used the approximations f, v, or ph. The result was many variations of the clan name but no single, correct spelling. Also, spellings were changed in Ireland during times of persecution because the Irish did not like the Scottish coming into Northern Ireland and taking their land they once owned. In addition, spellings varied because during immigration many of the immigration officers misspelled
or forced immigrants to change the spellings of their names. And in some instances, some of the immigrants didn't know how to spell their own last names.
The McAfee, McAffee, MacAfee spellings appear in Northern Ireland (County Antrim,
County Armagh).

Recognized Clan Surnames:

The following names are recognised by the Commander of Clan Macfie, Ceann-Cath A. C. (Sandy) McPhie, as being current acceptable surname spellings for members of the Clan. Variations in the spelling of these names are acceptable. Mac/Mc prefixes are considered to be interchangeable:

ATHEY, ATHIE, CATHEY, CATHIE, COFFEE, COFFEY, DUFFEE, DUFFIE, DUFFEY, DUFFY, FEE, GUFFEY, GUFFIE, HAFFEY, HAFFIE, MacAFEE (and McAfee), MacAFIE, MacCAFFER, MacCAFFREY, MacCAFFIE, MacCATHEY, MacCATHIE, MacCUISH, MacDUFFEE, MacDUFFIE, MacDUFFEY, MacDUFFY, MacDUFFIN, MacFEE, MacFIE, MacGUFFEY, MacGUFFIE, MacGUFFIN, MacHAFFIE, MacHAFFY, MacPHEE, MacPHIE, MacVEE, MacVIE, MAHAFFEY, MEHAFFEY, PHEE, PHIE.

In addition, the Clan Commander recognises the historical links Clan Macfie had with the Macdonald Lords of the Isles, Clan Cameron in Lochaber and a branch of the MacNicol family in Glenorchy. More recently, the close links established with Clan Macfie by the Thorburn family in Sweden and the Brew family in New Zealand are also acknowledged by the Clan Commander.
CLAN MACFIE HISTORY

William married Margaret Martha Taggart in 1802 in Antrim, Ulster. Margaret was born in 1780 in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland; died on 6 Oct 1864 in Sugar Creek Twp., Wayne Co, Ohio, USA; was buried in Dalton Presbyterian Cemetary, Dalton, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a large, tall, strong-limbed farmer, and lived on a portion of the Dinsmore homestead in Ballywattick, where he died Nov 13, 1829 and is buried in Ballymoney Cemetery. Upon his tombstone in Ballymoney is this inscription: "Here lies the body of the late Samuel Dinsmore, of Ballywattick, who departed this life the 13th of Nov. 1829, aged 68 years; also his son, Robert, who departed this life the 18th of April, 1818, aged 18 ears." He and family were Presbyterians. His widow died in Bloomington, Ind, in 1847. He lived in a comfortable stone house, at the end of it is a fielld surrounded by trees, which make the place attractive and home-like.

Samuel married Mary Brewster in 1783 in Antrim, Ulster. Mary was born in 1762 in Antrim, Ulster; died in 1847 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of Andrew Brewster of Glenhall, County of Londonderry, Ireland.