David Stinson

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In 1819, David his wife and three children immigrated to the United States. Traveling with them were Samuel Bell, cousin of David and Bell's wife Isabelle, a sister of David's wife Elizabeth (McCaulley) Stinson. Landing in Baltimorethe men went to hunt a dwelling. After staying a month in Baltimore the journeyed up into Pennsylvania where they stayed until the following spring, 1820. Hearing of the wonderful cheapness and fertility of the land in Ohio, they concluded to move on westward. After 4 weeks of travel they finally arrived in the vicinity of Dalton ( then Dover) Ohio, and for a time the Stinson and Bell families lived in one log shanty. David Stinson purchased 100 acres of land 2 miles southeast of Dalton a few years afterward and they at once began to clear the ground and erect a dwelling. As he was a weaver by trade David did not work in the field very much but he did weaving for the neighbors and they paid him in work and produce. His boys were soon considered the best wood choppers in the vicinity and after the age of 15 years David and William (sons) had to quit school and clear up field after field of heavy timber. Eight more children were born to David and Elizabeth so David spent his last years surrounded by children and grand-children. He was a devout member of the United Presbyterian church and the Stinsons were amoung the members of the first United Presbyterian congregation organized in the latter part of 1820 at the home of John McDowell, near Dalton. David died at his farm home at the age of 79.

Children:
Grace Stinson, 1808– 1840, m. Samuel McAfee
Margaret Ann Stinson, 1812– , m. George Dague
David Stinson, 1813– 1892, m. Sarah McElhinney
William Stinson, 1816– 1894 m. Catherine Moore
Elizabeth Olive Stinson, 1819– 1858, m. Joseph McElhinney
Sarah Jane Stinson, 1821– 1823
Mary Stinson, 1823– 1892, m. James Douglas
James Stinson, 1827– 1909, m. Margaret Lavina Johnston and Ariminda Emmelie (Minnie) Johnston
John Stinson, 1829– 1833
Isabella Stinson, 1832– 1864, m. William Caldwell
Maria Stinson, m. William Murray

David married Elizabeth McCaulley on 25 Dec 1811 in Tyrone, Ulster. Elizabeth was born on 25 Dec 1792 in Northern Ireland; died on 13 Mar 1870 in Dalton, Wayne, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Grace Stinson was born in May 1808 in Antrim, Ulster; died on 27 Aug 1840 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, USA.
2. David Stinson was born on 8 Oct 1813 in Omagh, Tyrone, Ulster; died on 11 Jan 1892 in Dalton, Wayne, Ohio.
3. Elizabeth Olive Stinson was born on 5 Jan 1819 in Omagh, Tyrone, Ulster; died on 30 Dec 1858 in Dalton, Wayne, Ohio.