Charles W. ALLUM

  General Notes:

Charles W. Allum's middle name has not been found in print so may not be "William" (his father's given name). Also, the last name of Charles' second wife Cal is not proven as "Scott" and is not used here.


Photo: "This country is breathtaking," wrote Shirley Allum Hudlicky. In December, 1967 her photo Christmas card was this scene of the Charles W. Allum homestead in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The description in her accompanying Christmas newsletter states, "The photo was taken on the ridge road that, about one-half mile away, meets the valley road. The spot where the two roads converge is the site of the first Allum School, given by deed dated January 26, 1861 'to the directors of Richhill twp., all of a parcel of land situated in Richhill twp., Greene County, Penn. on which is erected a school house, now called Allum School, for the support and establishment of a common school.'

"The center section of the barn at the right was constructed in 1871 by James, the 4th son of Charles [James 'Jimmy' Allum, 1822-1905]. The two silos were added more recently when Charley Swart owned the property. The house, which was torn down the year before my first visit to Pennsylvania, was located between the barn in the lower left corner and the tree with the rounded top. Beyond are a wool shed and a spring house. Faintly seen in the distance is a white barn. On the brown hill in front of it, and just to the left of the green field, is where the Allum family graveyard is situated. The white barn in the distance is on land once occupied by William Allum 2nd, the eldest son of Charles. [William Allum, 1817-1879]

"The road by the William Allum property and around the hill winds through the valley and soon crosses Wheeling Creek, the dividing line between Greene and Washington counties. Just before crossing the creek, a side road leads up around a hill to Enon Cemetery where many more of the Allum family are buried. Directly across the creek is Enon Church."

Photo taken by Shirley Allum Hudlicky, shared via her photo Christmas card in 1967
(Original photo card sent to DeeAnna Allum Granston by Shirley Allum Hudlicky in '67)


(P.S. Throughout preparation of this online file, I have used this photo as Desktop Wallpaper on my computer. --DeeAnna)



CHARLES W. ALLUM was born in Washington County and died in the adjoining county of Greene in Pennsylvania in Richhill Township. The township was named for its hills and rich soil.

"He was a farmer all his life," according to a statement by his son Isaac in the HISTORY OF POWESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA.

An account in the 1910 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, by Joseph F. McFarland (in which Albert Bryson Frye, a grandson of Charles W. Allum, is profiled) reveals "Charles Allum was a man of wealth and a large land owner. He was of an early family in Greene County and prior to the advent of railroads drove six-horse teams over the mountains to Cumberland, Maryland." Cumberland is in Allegany County.

Another account in THE OLD PIKE: A History of the National Road, With Incidents, Accidents and Anecdotes Thereon by Thomas Brownfield Searight, published by the author at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1894 , confirms "Charles Allum and James Brownlee drove for Leonard Vail, an old pork-packer of the vicinity of Prosperity, Washington County, Pennsylvania." (Chapter XVI, page 136). On page 848 of the HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA with Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men by Boyd Crumrine (L. H. Everts & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1882) we are informed, "About 1830, Leonard Vail...opened a store at Sparta and did a thriving business for several years in wagoning, buying cattle, and selling goods. He was appointed postmaster in 1835."

(In yet another book -- A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA, Volume II, by Seymour Dunbar, published in 1915 by Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis -- within Chapter XXXIII and on page 718, Charles Allum's name appears on a list of "well-known characters of the National Road during its heyday of importance." Also -- its reference originating with the book THE OLD PIKE (cited in the foregoing paragraph) -- Charles' name appears on page 143 in a recent book titled TWO FAMILIES: A HISTORY OF THE LIVES AND TIMES OF THE FAMILIES OF ISAAC NEWTON DAY AND LUCILLA CAROLINE BLACHLY, 1635-1954, by Reed B. Day, published by Mechling Bookbindery in 2004.)

The Charles Allum house--a faded photo of which has been preserved--was a fine frame structure for the early-to-mid 1800s that may have reflected Charles' wealth referred to above. The house was demolished in 1964. (Read Shirley Allum Hudlicky's quote in the PHOTOGRAPHS section below.)

"Allum School" was on Charles' property. In THE HORN PAPERS, Volume III, by W. F. Horn, the 1865 map of Richhill Township documents property owned by Charles Allum, as well as the location of the Allum School.

Charles was associated with Enon Baptist Church in Greene County. He was buried in the Allum Cemetery high on a ridge on his farm. Charles' son James had been the first burial in 1850. In 1981, all graves in the Allum, Supler and Jones cemeteries were moved in to Enon Cemetery by the Consol Coal Company after a hearing attended by Allum descendants, including Shirley Allum Hudlicky.


--DeeAnna Allum Granston




1796 BIRTH of Charles W. Allum ("Charley") (Was Charles' middle name "William" or "Wheeler"?) (See Sharon Cunningham Ratliff below)
(June 16)

(George Washington was President when Charles W. Allum was born, but the election held that year determined that John Adams would succeed Washington in 1797 with Thomas Jefferson as Vice President. In 1796 the Southwest Territory became the State of Tennessee, the 16th state in the nation. Andrew Jackson was chosen as Tennessee's first delegate to Congress. The Land Act passed in 1796 opened land in the Northwest Territory for sale to the public. Lands were sold at public auction to the highest bidders at or above a minimum price of $2 per acre, but 640 acres was the smallest unit that could be purchased. General Moses Cleaveland surveyed the Territory and, with 50 other men, laid out a city on high ground where the Cuyahoga River emptied into Lake Erie. Cleaveland suggested the new city be called "Cuyahoga," but his men insisted on naming it after him misspelling his surname as "Cleveland" on documents. In 1796 scientists in Philadelphia conducted first experiments with gas illumination. A new criminal code in the State of Virginia eliminated the death penalty for several types of crimes beginning a national trend away from capital punishment.)

1800 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Bethlehem Township (with parents)

1808 NAMED IN THE WILL of Dr. Charles Wheeler (will proved 1813), although to benefit only under certain circumstances (In the Index of Names in this online file, click on "Wheeler, Charles")

1810 CENSUS, would have been with parents in 1810, but the Allum family has not been located in the census

1816 MARRIAGE (approximate) of Charles W. Allum and Jemima Barnhart


Shirley Allum Hudlicky, November 2, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"The name ' Jemima ' just doesn't seem to fit into the family as neatly as it should. I have been pondering why none of the children or grandchildren bear the name Jemima but a number are named ' Penina' ..."


1817 BIRTH of son William in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(no month or day has been documented)

1818 BIRTH of son Thomas in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(May 29)

1819 CASE, William Allum and Charles Allum vs. Leiper
(September 4)
(This was continued over and over to the year 1835.)

1820 BIRTH of son John in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(June 22)

1820 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township ("Allims")

6 people are in the household in 1820:

4 males (Charles himself and presumably sons William, Thomas and John)
2 females (wife Jemima and ?)

1822 BIRTH of son James ("Jimmy") in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(January 9)

1823 BIRTH of daughter Delila Ann in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(November 29)

1825 BIRTH of daughter Peninah in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(June ?)

1826 CASE, Charles Allum vs. John Scott, Jr. Sum of $29.98 was appealed, settled out of court

1827 BIRTH of daughter Hannah in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(May 13)

1828 BIRTH of son Isaac in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(November 30)

1820-1830 DEATH of mother, first wife of William Allum

1830 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township

10 people are in the household in 1830:

1 male 30-40 (Charles himself, born 1796)
2 males 10-15 (sons William and Thomas, born 1817 and 1818)
2 males 5-10 (sons John and James, born 1820 and 1822)
1 male under 5 (son Isaac, born 1828)
1 female 30-40 (wife Jemima, born 1795)
1 female 5-10 (daughter Delila, born 1823)
2 females under 5 (daughters Peninah and Hannah, born 1825 and 1827)

1832 BIRTH of daughter Pamelia in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(April 13)

1834 BIRTH of daughter Eliza in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(May 21)

1839 CASE, Charles Allum vs. B. D. Rickey et al and Abraham C. Rickey
(September 5)

1840 DEATH of father, William Allum in Washington County, Pennsylvania
(January)

1840 INHERITANCE from father William of 125+ acres in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Charles' elder brother John received approximately the same number of acres in the same general location. The land, called "Moonrough," had been acquired by their father, William Allum, in the year 1816.

1840 BIRTH of son Porter in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(May)

1840 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township

11 people are in the household in 1840:

1 male 40-50 (Charles)
1 male 20-30 (son John) (sons William, born 1817, and Thomas, born 1818, are documented in their own households in Richhill Township in 1840)
1 male 15-20 (son James "Jimmy," born 1822)
1 male 10-15 (son Isaac, born 1828)
1 male under 5 (son Porter, born 1840)
1 female 40-50 (wife Jemima, born 1795)
2 females 15-20 (daughters Delila, born 1823, and Peninah, born 1825)
1 female 10-15 (daughter Hannah, born 1827)
2 females under 5 (Should the census category have really been "2 females 5-10"? If so, they would have been daughters Pamelia and Eliza)

1842 SUMMONS for Charles for "slanderous words spoken"
(March 8)

1842 PURCHASE of 50 acres by Charles from Daniel Clouse
(March 14)

1844-1847 SEPARATION of Charles Allum and his wife, Jemima (Barnhart) Allum


Shirley Allum Hudlicky, August 11, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"Charles and Jemima separated about 1847. In return for 75 acres of land, Charles and Jemima's son James cared for his mother until her death in 1859"


1847 SUBPOENA to Charles "for slanderous words spoken" from Daniel Allison via the court in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(October 13)

1847 AFFIDAVIT of Defense in which Charles denied statements as charged by plaintiff Daniel Allison
(December 4)

1848 SUMMONS for Charles in the case of Daniel Allison vs. Charles Allum "for slanderous words spoken"
(March 8)

1848 APPEARANCE DOCKET, Charles Allum vs. Jemima Allum
(October 13)


APPEARANCE DOCKET

CHARLES ALLUM Filed October 13, 1848
Oct. 14, 1848 by subpoena by direction of __________
vs. Attorneys, the second Monday of November 1848.
Served October 26, 1848 on Jemima Allum personally
JEMIMA ALLUM by copy says John Lindsey, sheriff. ($1.68)
Vol. 15, p 482 Court records, Waynesburg, PA


1848 SUBPOENA from Charles served on Jemima for divorce
(October 26) (see directly above)

1848 ARTICLE OF AGREEMENT between Charles and his son James. James was to receive 75 acres of land in exchange for taking care of his mother Jemima during her lifetime. Among other things, it is stated, "For and in consideration of the above plot or piece of land, the said James Allum(s) jun. do(e)ht agree and bind himself, his heirs, etc. to maintain, support and provide for his mother Jemima Allum(s) both in sickness and in health during her natural life, and the said James Allum(s) jun. agrees to stop all proceedings on his part to prevent the said Charles from getting divorce from the said Jemima Allum(s) (bears signatures of both Charles Allum and James Allum)
(November 22)


Shirley, letter to DeeAnna:

"The name is often written 'Allums' in the indexes, also when copied in the record books. But nowhere did I find it spelled Allums on original documents signed by Allum men."


1850 JUDGMENT to the plaintiff Daniel Allison in the case of Allison vs. Allum
(January 31)

1850 COSTS of $9.93 received of Charles in the case of Allison vs. Allum
(March 20)

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (Charles) (Charles, "Farmer")
Charles Allum is documented with daughters Amelia, age 19, and Eliza, age 16, and son Porter, age 10, along with Margaret Sargent, age 51; Margaret's maiden name was Barnhart, and she was the elder sister of Charles' estranged wife, Jemima Barnhart Allum
(Census taken on September 9)


Shirley, letter to DeeAnna:

"Margaret (Peggy) Sargent, age 51--sister of Jemima--was living in the same household with Charles Allum and his children. Margaret was a widow, her husband Henry having died 18 years before, in 1832. Margaret was listed as ' housekeeper, ' probably caring for the household after Charles and Jemima separated."


1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (Jemima)
Jemima Allum appears with her daughter Hannah in a household separate from her husband Charles, a household next to that of her son James Allum
(Census taken on September 13)

1850 PURCHASE by Charles of 182 acres from John Supler with deed from Supler to Allum
(December 25)

1851 PURCHASE by Charles of 400 acres from Thomas Patterson et al.

1851 PETITION by Charles to prove contract from R. H. Lindsey for property in Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania for $400.00 that Lindsey received by Sheriff's sale of Eli Phillips
(September 24)

1851 PROOF OF CONTRACT from R. H. Lindsey for property in Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania
(also September 24)

1852 DEATH of daughter, Hannah (Allum) Parson, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, at age 25, wife of Charles Parson
(October 22)

1854 CASE, Libel in Divorce
(March 25)

1854 PETITION presented and subpoena awarded
(April 15)

1854 SUBPOENA for second appearance served by Charles on Jemima:
"Subpoena issued and served April 30, 1854 on Jemima personally," says Sheriff Adams
(April 30)


Downey & Lazear LIBEL IN DIVORCE

CHARLES ALLUM March 25, 1854 Petition presented and subpoena
awarded April 15, 1854. Subpoena issued and
vs. served April 30, 1854 on Jemima Allum personally says Sheriff Adams. ($2.00)
JEMIMA ALLUM


1854 APPOINTMENT of Samuel VanAtta to take testimony in the divorce, replacing L. W. Cleavenger
(June 13)

1854 DEATH of son, John in Greene County, Pennsylvania, at age 34
(October 13)

1855 SALE of land in Richhill Township by Charles and Jemima to James Allum for $1,030.99. Charles signed his name; Jemima made her mark. (January 1)

1857 CASE, Charles Allum vs. Enoch Teagarden and William Seaman
(September)

1858 PURCHASE by Charles of 50 acres from James Richmond and his wife Luvisa in Jasper County, Iowa
(May 13)

1858 SALE of land in East Finley Township to Simpson Hixenbaugh; $84 in notes on Jonathan Simpson, calling for $44; $84 in notes on Robert Kincaid, calling for $44; witness, Rebecca P. Allum; signed by Charles Allum

1859 DEATH of Jemima (Barnhart) Allum at 64 years 9 months 6 days (James Buchanan was President)
(December 4)



Inscription (Jemima's gravestone):

JEMIMA
WIFE OF CHARLES ALLUM
DIED
DEC. 4, 1859
AGED
64 Yrs. 9Ms. 6D

Note: Jemima was not buried in the Allum Cemetery but in Supler Cemetery prior to being moved to Enon in 1981

Cause of death (Jemima): "Apoplexy" --1860 Mortality Schedule, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania ("New York" is cited as her place of birth)



1860 DEED for Lot from Charles for $10 to the School District for the Allum School, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (signed by Charles)
(January 26)

Charles Allum to School District of Richhill twp. -- a certain parcel of land situated in Richhill twp., Greene County, Pa. described as follows, to wit, on which is erected School house, etc. one called Allums School house in the aforesaid twp. also all that parcel of land 10 ft. each way from the said house, the whole containing 2000 ft. being a part of home place of Charles Allum together with all its appurtenances to have and to hold the said pieces of ground as long as wanted for School Purposes for the establishment and support of Common School in said District according to law and he, the said Charles Allum do hereby covenant with said District and its assigns that he is lawfully seized in fee of the above granted premises, that he is free of all incumberances, that he has a good right to sell and convey the same to said District (and) its assigns as long as it (is) used for School purposes.

(signed) James Hughes
(signed) R. L. Noble (signed) Charles Allum


1860 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (Charles "Allums," "Farmer")
Charles is shown with his son Porter Allums, age 20; "Matilda" Allums, age 15; John Allums, age 11; and "Peggy" [nickname for Margaret] Sargent, "housekeeper," age 62. Presumably "Matilda" is actually Eliza "Malinda" Allum, born in 1845, daughter of Charles' son John, who died in 1854. Malinda (as "Matilda") is shown as a "House Domestic." Young John Allum, age 11 in 1860, would have been John Erwin Allum born in 1848, a son of Charles' son John, who died in 1854.
(Census taken on June 6)

Charles was the court-appointed guardian for his grandchildren, John Erwin Allum, age 11, and Minerva Allum, age 15 (documented by the census taker as "Matilda").

1860 MARRIAGE of Charles Allum and "Cal V."
(The marriage presumably occurred between June 6, 1860--when the census was taken--and December 27, 1860 when Charles and Cal signed a deed conveying land in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia to Charles' eldest son William)


Shirley:

"Although Jemima had been served twice between 1848 and 1854, Charles and Jemima never divorced. Jemima died in 1859. Charles had remarried by December 1860 when a deed in Moundsville, West Virginia was signed by he and his wife ' Cal V. ' Ewing Pollock, attorney for Consol Coal pointed this out at the hearing in 1981. I headed to the basement of the Greene County court house at Waynesburg and checked it out."


1860 SALE by Charles and wife "Cal V." to Charles' son, William Allum, land in Moundsville, West Virginia
(December 27)

To this day, the surname of Charles' second wife, Caroline "Cal V." Allum, remains undocumented.


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Shirley, August 11, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"It is possible Cal's last name was Scott, but there is no proof.

"In the 1850 census, household No. 222 between that of Daniel Allison (221) and Thomas Allum (223) is a Caroline Scott, age 21, with Wm. A. Scott, age about 5 months. [Caroline and son William are living with Freeman and Elizabeth Hunt.] In the 1860 census, Wm. A. Scott, age 10, is in the household of James and Rebecca (Sermon) Allum and a James Scott, age 20, is in the household of John Supler, Sr. In the 1870 census, James Scott, age 30, is still living with the Suplers. I have gone through the 1860 census again looking for Scotts. There are scores of them, mostly residing in Aleppo Township."

Comments by DeeAnna:

In the 1870 census for Claysville, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania is Caroline Scott, age 39, housekeeper, born in Pennsylvania. Caroline is in the household of Charles Daugherty, farmer, age 77, born in Maryland. With Caroline is her son, William Scott, age 20, teacher, born in Pennsylvania and Caroline's daughter, Mary D. M. Scott, age 12, born in Virginia. Might "Daugherty" (or a spelling variation thereof, such as Doherty or Dougherty*) have been Caroline's maiden name? (Caroline's relationship to Charles Daugherty is not defined in this census.) Daughter Mary would have been born about 1858, prior to (the potential of this particular) Caroline's marriage to Charles Allum, after the death of Jemima Allum in 1859.

*The 1860 census for Claysville, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania reveals a Charles Doherty, farmer, age 67, born in Maryland, with wife Hannah, age 65, born in New Jersey. Likewise, the 1850 census documents Charles and Hannah Dougherty in West Finley Township, Washington County, PA

In the 1880 census for Claysville, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania is Caroline Scott in her own household with son William Scott, age 30, teacher. Again, Caroline is shown as having been born in Pennsylvania, this time, her father having been born in Maryland (presumably deceased prior to 1880), leading to the conclusion that Charles Daugherty was Caroline's father and that "Daugherty" (or a spelling variation thereof) was Caroline's maiden name.

In the 1900 census for Claysville, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania is Caroline Scott in her own household, alone at age 69, widow, born July, 1830; she is shown as having had 1 child, 0 living in 1900 (whether or not the latter stat is accurate, son William is not in her household; and what about Mary D. M. Scott, designated Caroline's daughter in the 1870 census?)

In the 1910 census for Claysville, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania is Caroline Scott in her own household, alone at age 80 "with own income"; again, she is shown as having had 1 child, 0 living in 1910.

Caroline is not found in Washington County in the 1920 census.

No "V." was found as a middle initial for this Caroline Scott in census records nor the nickname "Cal."

A "Mary D. M. Scott" was not in Caroline's household after the 1870 census.

A Caroline Scott, born July 15, 1830, died August 7, 1911--"wife of Rueben Scott"--is buried in St. James Cemetery, West Alexander, Washington County, Pennsylvania. This person does dovetail with age information provided in the census records outlined above. Charles Doherty, 1793-1875, and his wife Hannah are also at St. James Cemetery.

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1861 SALE by Charles to Barnet B. Smith of Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, as follows:

Charles W. Allum, Richhill twp., Greene Co, Pa. to Barnet B. Smith of the Borough of Jefferson for $150.00 a piece of ground in the town of Hamilton, Greene Co, Pa. Lot 22 in the town of Hamilton, joining land of Charles W. Allum.

(signed) Charles W. Allum
(April 15)

(The above-cited deed is noteworthy because it is signed "Charles W. Allum," documenting Charles' middle initial)

1861 APPOINTMENT of Charles by the court as guardian of his grandson John
(John Erwin Allum, age 12, was a son of Charles' deceased son whose given name was also John; the elder John had died in 1854)
(June 10)

1863 PURCHASE by Charles of land from Charles Scott
(September 9)

1864 PROPERTY VALUATION of $600 according to the tax list for "Rich Hill" Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, list created in May

1864 PROPERTY VALUATION of $600 according to the tax list for "Rich Hill" Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, list created in October

1865 SALE by Charles to Robert Kincaid of Greene County, Pennsylvania a tract of 22 acres lying partly in Washington County and partly in Greene County adjoining land of Joshua Coffield and Jonathan Simpson
(September 15)

1865 RULES FOR COST in the divorce of Charles and Jemima (Jemima had died in 1859)
(December)

June 13, 1854, L. W. Cleavenger Esq. appointed commissioner to take testimony vacated, and Samuel Van Atta appointed in his stead. And now to wit December 18, 1865 rule for costs in the nature of a ________ grantor by the court, and now December 30, 1865 Rule issued.

Record of Mr. Temple, fees in this case, 50 cents. D. A. Morley

1865 CREATION of a township map (Richhill Township) on which the Charles Allum homestead and Allum School appear (along with other Allum-owned properties). The map appears in the book, THE HORN PAPERS, Volume III, by W. F. Horn.


Shirley, October 14, 1965 letter to DeeAnna:

"Charles Monroe Swart [Charles Monroe Swart, 1893-1988, great grandson of Charles W. Allum] came to the court house in Greene County where I was doing research. While there he asked Mr. Black to take us to the basement vault where we saw large maps from which Horn took photocopies for his Atlas. The maps were as large as a table top, and most of them are on a material that looks like linen topped with an oilcloth-like substance. The land that Charles Allum owned was part of the 400-acre grant in the Benham patent. Some of his later acquisitions were from the original Leiper patent. Can you locate these on your map in your copy of THE HORN PAPERS?

"The evening before I left Greene County I went to see Alfred Sayers, the attorney for Charles Monroe Swart, to inquire about abstracts for the Allum land. Mr. Sayers has a Richhill Township map on his office wall that shows all of the Allum holdings at the time Charles lived there. My purpose was to learn the identity of Charles' second wife [the maps did not document her]. I asked what determined a township, for I noticed they were crazy shapes. He said a township was determined by a man setting out to cultivate or care for land, his boundaries generally being limited by either a ridge he could not go over or by a stream he could not cross. When a number of such men settled in an area, they banded together to form a government and, thus, the township was formed. It is true most of the dividing lines follow streams or ridges, especially on the patent maps.

"While talking with Mr. Sayers, he mentioned he owned a history of Greene County. He offered to loan the book to me for the evening. I sat in bed propped up with pillows and, with writing equipment, copied the most pertinent facts until 3 a.m."


1866 PROPERTY VALUATION of $450 for Charles "Allums"according to the tax list for Richhill Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, list created in May

1867 CORRECTION, Charles Allum sold to Eliza Anne Smith, 2 lots of ground in the town of Belmont, Ohio, numbers 65 and 66 for $550.00. Lots 55 and 56 had been listed. A good deed was delivered June 16, 1869.
(March 28)

(Who was Eliza Anne Smith who purchased land in Belmont, Ohio in 1867? Charles' eldest son William had a daughter named Eliza Ann Allum, born about 1847. The William Allum family indeed lived in Belmont County, Ohio. Eliza, who did appear in the 1850 census, is not in the Allum household in 1860. It has been presumed she died before the 1860 census.)

1867 WILL prepared and signed by Charles Allum in Greene County, Pennsylvania
(May 18)

1867 DEED signed by Charles Allum and his second wife, Caroline "Cal V." Allum
(October 13)

Deed: Charles Allum and wife to David Hitchcock
1867, Oct 13 -- Indenture made

This indenture made the 13th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven between Charles Allum and Caroline Allum, his wife in law of Richhill twp., Greene County, Pa. of the one part and David Hitchcock of the aforesaid twp., County and State of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Charles Allum and Caroline Allum his wife for the consideration of the sum of $500.00 dollars lawful money of the United States of America unto them well and truly paid by the said David Hitchcock -- etc. for 20 Acres of land in Richhill twp.

Charles Allum and his wife in law.

Attest: Signed:
John S Knox Charles Allum
James Allum Cal V Allum


J. F. Wood, J.P.

V32 p359 of Deeds


1868 DEATH of daughter, Delia Ann (Allum) Cumpston, in Livingston County, Illinois, at age 44, wife of Solomon Cumpston
(January 30)

1868 DEATH, Charles W. Allum in Greene County, Pennsylvania at 71 years 9 months 17 days
(April 2)

(Andrew Johnson was President when Charles W. Allum died in 1868. Johnson was the first President to undergo an impeachment trial but was acquitted by the Senate. Later in 1868, Ulysses S. Grant was elected to succeed Johnson carrying twenty-six states. The Territory of Wyoming was created from Dakota and Utah. In Wyoming Territory, the Sioux war ended with the signing of a peace treaty by Chief Red Cloud and William T. Sherman at Fort Laramie; the United States ceded parts of northern Wyoming and the Dakotas to the Sioux confining them to those areas. The 800-man 7th Cavalry under the command of Colonel George Armstrong Custer struck Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of Washita in Indian Territory east of the Texas Panhandle, killing more than 100, including Chief Black Kettle. In 1868, Dr. Samuel Mudd of Maryland--who in 1865 had assisted Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, by setting Booth's broken leg--was pardoned by President Johnson after administering to other prisoners during a yellow fever epidemic.

An earthquake caused more than $3 million in damage in San Francisco. Christopher "Kit" Carson, age 59, died from natural causes in Colorado. In Boston, while working for Western Union, Thomas Edison applied for, and received, invention papers for his electric vote recorder. In Moline, Illinois, John and Charles Deere incorporated their firm as Deere & Company. The new Equitable Life Assurance Society building in New York City reached 130 feet in height. Inside, two steam-powered elevators designed by Elisha Otis carried passengers five stories. George Pullman introduced the railroad dining car. A bustle at the back of a dress was fashionable for women. The novel LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott was published. Also in 1868, the government mandated an eight-hour day for government employees. Decoration Day was celebrated for the first time on May 30. On a light note, the "ice cream soda" was created in San Antonio, Texas by a German immigrant who offered it to patrons with both a straw and a spoon.)



Inscription (Charles' gravestone):

CHARLES ALLUM
DIED
April 2, 1868
AGED
71 Yrs. 9Ms. & 17D.

Farewell my wife and children all
From you a father, Christ doth call
Mourn not for me, it is in vain
To call me to your sight again

[Stone by]

Summersgill
Waynesburg



1868 JUDGMENT for $160.91 interest from June 1, 1868, assigned to Caroline Smith in the case of James Allum, Excr. vs. James Allum, Eveline Allum and Morgan Bell
(May 15)

Who was Caroline Smith? Was she the elusive Caroline "Cal V." Allum? But why would her surname be "Smith" only 6 weeks after the death of a husband? In the 1860 census, taken on August 19, a Caroline Smith, age 35 (born 1825) is in the household of (presumably her widowed mother) Sarah Smith, age 64, in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Remember, Charles and second wife Caroline would have married after he was documented in the 1860 census in Richhill Township on June 6--but before December 27, 1860 when Charles and "Cal V." signed a deed together. At this time, no documentation exists that links Charles W. Allum and "Caroline Smith."

The Smith surname appears three times in conjunction with Charles' legal affairs: Barnet B. Smith [year 1861], Eliza Anne Smith [1867], and Caroline Smith [1868]. Are they related to one another...and/or to us? (See "Eliza Ann Allum" in the Index of Names.)


1868 WILL of Charles Allum, No. 2389, Will Book 4, pages 215 and 216, Greene County, Pennsylvania (with his signature). His will had been made on May 18, 1867 and was probated and registered on April 6, 1868.


IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I, Charles Allum of Richhill township, Greene County Pennsylvania being of Sound and disposing mind make this my last will and testament as follows Viz------1st I give and bequeath to MY WIFE CAROLINE the interest of two thousand dollars annually during her natural life or so long as she remains my widow Said two thousand dollars to remain under the control of my executors the annual interest to be by the paid to her each year. At her death or marriage then the two thousand dollars are to be equally divided among all my children or their heirs. I also give and bequeath to MY WIFE CAROLINE a bed and bedding of good quality to be selected by my executors. 2nd I give and bequeath to MY SON WILLIAM, one thousand dollars, in addition to what he has already received. 3 (sic) I give and bequeath to MY SON THOMAS five hundred dollars, in addition to what he has already received. 4th I give and bequeath to MALINDY ALLUM, now Malindy Crawford, MINE(R)VA ALLUM, now Minerva Simpson, JOHN ALLUM, WILLIAM ALLUM AND OSA JANE ALLUM, children of JOHN ALLUM, dec. each two hundred dollars. 5th I give and bequeath to MY SON JAMES ALLUM a certain tract of land on which James formerly lived, a part of which land, he has now sold to James Daily, which I have promised to deed to said daily shortly, adjoining lands J. W. Burns, John Parkinson, Aron Cumins, and other lands of said Jams Allum. 6th I give and bequeath to (my) MY D(A)UGHTER DELILA CUMPSTON on(e) thousand dollars in addition to what she has already received. 7th I give and bequeath to MY DAUGHTER PENINAH SWART one thousand dollars in addition to what she has received. 8th I give and bequeath to MY DAUGHTER PERMELIA SARGINT the interest of five hundred dollars, said five hundred dollars to remain under the control of my executors the interest onely (sic), to be, by them paid to her each year. At her death the five hundred dollars are to be equally divided among her children. 9th I give and bequeath to MY SON ISAAC ALLUM fifty acres of land situated in Jasper county Iowa or should I sell said land in my lifetime the the [repeated] said Isaac is to have in money an amount equal to what the land was sold for. Should the said Isaac conclud (sic) to remove onto the land, then he is to have the exclusive control of said property from the time of said removil (sic). 10th I give and bequeath to MY DAUGHTER ELISA FRY the interest of two thousand dollars, said two thousand to remain under the control of my executors, the interest of which is to be by them paid to her. At her death the said two thousand dollars are to be equally divided among her children. 11th I give and bequeath to MY SON PORTER ALLUM the interest of three thousand dollars, during his life, said three thousand dollars to remain under the control of my executors the interest only to be by them paid to him, and at his death two thousand dollars of said money are to be distributed equally among his children and the remaining one thousand dollars are to be equally divided among all my children and their heirs. The remainder of my estate, if any, after the debts, expenses, and bequests are all paid is to be by my executors equally divided among all my children or their heirs. I hereby direct my executors to sell at publick (sic) sale as soon as convenient after my death all my property, real and personal, not disposed of by will, to the hiest (sic) and best bidder, and on such turms (sic) as they may think most advantagious (sic) for the estate--
I hereby constitute and appoint James Allum and William B. Porter my executors--

Signed and sealed the 18th day of May 1867 in presence of Charles Allum (SEAL)
William S. Carter
J. H. Porter

_______________________________

State of Penna
Greene County S.S.

Before me Peter Brown Register for the probate of wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County personally came William S. Carter and J. H. Porter the subscribing witnesses to the within will, who being duly qualified according to law say they were present and saw and heart Charles Allum the testator, sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his Last Will & Testament, and that at the time of so doing, he was of sound mind memory and understanding, to the best of their knowledge observation and belief and that they signed the same as witnesses at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other.

Sworn and Subscribed William S. Carter

April 6, 1868 before J. H. Porter
Peter Brown
Register



1868 DEATH of son, Porter Allum, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, at age 27
(May 14)
(Porter died about six weeks after the death of his father Charles)

1868 LISTS of Charles' personal property, warranty deeds, etc., post-death

1868 PROOF OF CONTRACT in which it is stated, "the said Charles Allum(s) entered into a written contract with Petitioner (James Allum) to sell and convey to him the above described tract of land in consideration of which Petitioner bound himself to maintain, support, provide for his mother, Jemima Allum, the wife of the said Charles Allum, during her life time; that Petitioner did support, maintain and provide for the said Jemima Allum during her life time and up to the time of her death, which took place some six months ago...," as follows:

To the now Judge of the Orphans Court of Greene County: The petition of James Allum respectfully represents that Charles Allum late of Richhill twp., Greene County, Pa., died on the second day of April 1868, testate, that letters Testamentary upon his Estate are granted to petitioners his surviving Executor by the Registrar of Greene County; that the said Charles Allum died seized of certain Real Estate and among which is a tract of land situate in Richhill twp. adjoining lands of John Supler, William Supler and others containing seventy five acres more or less and being part of a tract of land on which James Allum resided; that on the 22nd day of November 1848, the said Charles Allums entered into a written contract with your Petitioner to sell and convey to him the above described tract of land in consideration of which your Petitioner bound himself to maintain support, provide for his mother Jemima Allum during her life time and up to the time of her death which took place some six months ago (?) (Jemima died in 1859 --DeeAnna) as provided for in said vested contract; that the said contract is so far executed that it would be against equity to rescind the same and that no provision for the performance of the said contract was made by the Decedent in his life time.

Your Petitioner therefore prays your Hons. to award a citation directed to the heirs at law of the said Charles Allum, dec. to wit: William Allums, residing in Blacksville, W. Va.; Thomas, residing in Jasper County, Iowa; John, now dec. leaving children whose residences are unknown to the Petitioner; Delila now deceased, but leaving children whose residences are unknown to Petitioner and the following heirs residing in Greene County, Pa., to wit: Penina (sic) married to Jacob Swartz; Hannah, now dec., leaving no children; Eliza married to Thomas Fry; Isaac; Porter, now deceased, but leaving children; and Amelia married to Richard Sergeant, commanding them to appear in Court and answer this Petition at a day and time to be fixed by the Court and if cause be not shown to the contrary, the Petitioner prays the decree of the court for a specific performance of the said contract according to the time, intent and meaning thereof and that a conveyance be made under the same decree by the Sheriff of Greene County to your Petitioner of the said premises in fee Simple and he will ever pray, etc. --

And now to wit: June 8, 1868 the court awards citation as prayed for and direct the same to be made returnable on the third Monday of September next, the heirs residing out of the County to be notified by publication in the Waynesburg Messenger by three publications, the last of which shall be at least ten days before the hearing on the citation.

(signed) By the Court

James Allum, being duly affirmed according to law, saith the statements set forth in this foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief.

J. F. Temple, Clerk
(June 8)

1868 AFFIDAVIT signed by Daniel Clouse in which it is stated, "that he was well acquainted with Charley Allum of Richhill Township, Greene County, also with James Allum, his son--that he lived in the neighborhood of both these persons; that he knows of the dif(f)iculties between said Charles Allum and his wife Jemima, which resulted in a separation between them some twelve or fifteen years before the death of Mrs. Allum. I know that Charles Allum, from his statement to me, agreed to give his son the said James Allum a tract of land, containing, I think, about 70 five acres, if he would keep his mother during her life time. I know also that Mrs. Allum lived with James Allum up to the time of her death in the pursuance of the contract...," as follows:

Personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in the aforesaid County, Daniel Clouse of West Finley twp., Washington Co., Pa. who after being duly sworn, saith: -- that he was well acquainted with Charley Allum of Richhill twp., Greene Co. also with James Allum his son -- that he lived in the neighborhood of both these persons; that he knows of the dificulties (sic) between Charles Allum and his wife Jemima, which resulted in a separation between them some twelve or fifteen years before the death of Mrs. Allum. I know that Charles Allum, from his statement to me, agreed to give his son the said James Allum a tract of land containing, I think, about 70 five acres, if he would keep his mother during her life time. I know also that Mrs. Allum lived with James Allum up to the time of her death in the pursuance of the contract. The same contract was stated to me by both Charles Allum and James Allum at the time of shortly after it was made. The said tract of land was situate in Richhill twp. adjoining other land of said James Allum, William Supler, and John Supler Senior. I know that James Allum took possession of the said land about the date of the contract which as appears by the article between the partyes (sic) was in November 1848 and has retained possession up to the present time.

(signed) Daniel Clouse
(June 8)

1868 RULE TO SHOW CAUSE to Remove Executor, as follows:

Petitioner believes said James Allum is not managing the estate properly but to the prejudice of the other legatees and devisees is mis-managing same. That said James Allum bid at the sale of the real estate sold under a power in the will and is now the owner of part of it. One farm being purchased by his son-in-law, all of which we think is unjust and in fraud of the rights of the other legatees and devisees and therefore pray your Honors to grant a rule upon said James Allum to show cause why he should not be removed from the office of Executor as aforesaid and we will ever pray, etc.
And now to wit September 23, 1868 Rule to Show Cause granted by the Court.
(September 23)

1868 ESTATE DEED to Isaac Allum for 134A 36P in Morris and Richhill Townships (purchased by Isaac at his father Charles' estate sale)
(October 15)
(See a transcription of the 1868 deed on the "Isaac Allum" page within this online file)

1868 ESTATE DEED to Eliza (Allum) Fry for 130A 20P in Richhill Township (purchased by Eliza at her father Charles' estate sale) between James Allum, Executor of the estate, and Eliza; the tract had been offered at Public Sale on June 25, 1868 and sold to Eliza--the highest bidder--for $27.35 per acre, totaling $3,598.00.
(October 15)

1868 ESTATE DEED to James Monroe Swartz for land in Richhill Township, the same land conveyed to Charles by Daniel Clouse in 1842 (purchased by James at Charles' estate sale; James was the husband of Charles' granddaughter, Sarah Jane Allum)
(October 15)

1868 NOTICE TO THE HEIRS of Charles Allum that James Allum's contract is "okay"; this refers to the agreement between James and his father Charles that James would care for Charles' wife Jemima, who was James' mother (bears signature of James Allum)
(December 15)

1870-1871 ALLUM Executors vs. CARROLL Administrators, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, as follows:
(November 15, 1870 - January 3, 1871)

November 15th 1870.

Before THOMPSON, C. J., READ, AGNEW, SHARSWOOD and WILLIAMS, JJ.

Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county: Of October and November Term 1870, No. 191.


C. A. Black, J. Phelan and R. W. Downey, for plaintiffs in error, cited Act of April 10th 1867, § 1, Pamph. L. 60, Purd. 1463, pl. 1; Seip v. Storch, 2 P. F. Smith 210; Acts of March 20th 1810, § 8, 5 Sm. L. 165, Purd. 597, pl. 52; March 28th 1814, § 1, 6 Sm. L. 208, Purd. 425, pl. 22; Dyott's Estate, 2 W. & S. 463; Leeds v. Bender, 6 Id. 318; Act of April 9th 1870, Pamph. L. 44; Wolfinger v. Forsman, 6 Barr 390; 1 Greenl. Ev., § 418.

A. A. Purman, for defendant in error.

The opinion of the court was delivered, January 3d 1871, by AGNEW, J.

This was an action against three joint promissors, and had been tried before arbitrators, when the plaintiff called upon Thomas Carroll, one of the defendants, to testify, under the provisions of the Act of 27th March 1865. The defendants then, under the Act of 10th April 1867, called upon William McKenna, another of the defendants, to testify. Carroll died after an appeal taken, and at the trial of the cause in court in September 1870, the defendants offered in evidence the testimony of McKenna as given to the arbitrators, which the plaintiff objected to as incompetent, and it was received by the court. This, we think, was an error. McKenna himself was incompetent to testify under the Act of 15th April 1869, Charles Allum being dead, and the action in the name of his executor. On the trial of an appeal the proceeding is de novo, and it required an Act of Assembly to make a deposition taken to be read before arbitrators competent to be read afterwards on the trial in court. McKenna's testimony was made competent before the arbitrators, not by being called by the plaintiff and his credibility thus endorsed by him, but by the calling of Thomas Carroll, a co-defendant. It is true the plaintiff by calling Carroll ran the risk of any one of his co-defendants being called by the adverse party; but this risk was assumed solely on the ground that it could safely be met by the testimony of Carroll. But when Carroll died the circumstances changed. Then the case stood precisely upon the reason of the Act of 1869, which excludes one party when the other is dead; that is, because it would be unjust to hear one party when the other party could not be called to contradict him, or to explain what might be even the truth. Carroll being dead, the plaintiff was not bound to call either of the other defendants, and in fact did not. On what proper ground, therefore, can the defendants be permitted to give in evidence the former testimony of one of them called only to rebut or explain the testimony of Carroll? The plaintiff had not endorsed his credibility, and had not chosen that he should be heard alone. His former testimony was not more competent than his present testimony, and that the judge had properly excluded and given to the defendants a bill of exceptions.

For the error stated the judgment is reversed, and a venire facias de novo awarded.


1874 FINAL ACCOUNT OF ESTATE of Charles Allum by James Allum: Balance of $22,441.99 was confirmed by the Court.
(June 10)


Shirley, letter to DeeAnna:

"I copied material by hand in four notebooks. I have impressions and memories of many things I did not copy, such as various wills and the stipulations in them--where a person was to be buried, how much the funeral and tombstone were to cost. I would enjoy reading the Will Books cover to cover, even those not about the family."



More than 100 years later...



1981 REMOVAL of all stones, even broken ones, from the Allum, Supler and Jones cemeteries were incorporated into a large concrete slab at Enon Cemetery, located in West Finley Township in Greene County. This cemetery, still being used, belongs to Enon Baptist Church founded in 1848. The remains found when gravesites were opened were placed in new caskets and vaults and were reburied in a special section of Enon on land donated by the Consul coal company for that purpose. The new section of Enon Cemetery was dedicated in December, 1981.


Jerry Dittman:
"You can find articles relating to this in the Observer-Reporter [Washington, Pennsylvania] throughout 1981."


Shirley Jones Miller, July 22, 2001 letter to DeeAnna:
"I think this cemetery [Enon] is one of a kind. In order to reach the cemetery, you have to enter through the gate of the coal mine. You stop at the gate, motion that you are going up to the cemetery, and they will wave you on. While in the cemetery, you will probably hear the whistle from the coal mine blow several times."


Names listed in the HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE ENON BAPTIST CHURCH, 1848-1990, as having been buried in the Allum cemetery are as follows:

William Montgomery McKanna son of William H. and Sarah McKanna born 9/18/1859, died 3/1/1860 aged 5 mon 11 days

Catharine McKanna daughter of William H. and Sarah McKanna born 8/24/1850, died 3/1/1851 aged 8 mon 6 days

Saran Ann McKanna wife of William H. McKanna (daughter of James and Evaline Allum) born 10/23/1832, died 10/17/1859 aged 27 years 5 mo 24 days

Charles Allum born 6/16/1796, died 4/2/1868, aged 71 years 9 mo 17 days

Hanna Parsons wife of Charles Parson (daughter of Charles and Jemima Allum) born 5/13/1827, died 10/22/1852 aged 25 years mo 9 days

James Allum born 1812, died 8/25/1850 aged 38

Evaline Allum born 1808, died 7/14/1873 aged 65

(Plus 2 unknown graves)



1981 MEMORIAL SERVICE service was held at Enon Baptist Church on December 13

"In memory of those who died and were buried in Leslie-Jones, Supler and Allum Cemeteries"

Time: 2:00 P. M.

Date: Sunday, December 13, 1981

Place: Enon Baptist Church, Enon, Pa.

Invocation: Rev. Ralph Porter

Remarks: Ewing B. Pollock, Esquire; Gerald R. Spindler, Vice President for Exploration Consolidation Coal Company; Herschel Sprowls, Enon Cemetery Assn.

Address: The Honorable Glenn R. Toothman

Service of Reinterment: Rev. Ralph Porter

Presentation: W. D. Stanhagen

Benediction: Rev. Ralph Porter

"Today we take time out to remember and honor those loved ones that were buried in the Leslie-Jones, Supler, and Allum Cemeteries. The utmost care and respect for the deceased were the primary considerations during the disinterment and re interment of these loved ones.

"Death is an undeniable part of life. We all have suffered loss or will someday experience the pain and sorrow associated with death. It is good to know that sorrow can be shared. Today, over a century after most of these people had died, the fact that you are here is a way of saying, 'I remember,' 'I care.' It's good to know that these loved ones will not be forgotten. ....................... Thank you"

______________________________

THE OBSERVER REPORTER, Washington, Pennsylvania, Monday, December 14, 1981:

Cemetery Dedicated At Enon Baptist Church

ENON--A ceremony dedicating a new section of the Enon Cemetery was held Sunday afternoon at the Enon Baptist Church with between 100 and 125 persons attending.

As part of the service, the Rev. Ralph Porter conducted a service of reinterment for 113 persons whose remains have been moved there from the Allum, Supler and Leslie-Jones families cemeteries through arrangements made by Consolidation Coal Co.

All three of the family cemeteries, containing the remains of people buried during the 1800s, were located within the development site for Consolidation's new mine in Richhill Township.

Waynesburg attorney Ewing B. Pollock, who was instrumental in making arrangements for the reinterments, spoke of the year of research which had gone into searching out descendants of the three families and of the cooperation which he had received from them, many of whom attended the service.

Records of the births and deaths of those known to have been buried in the cemeteries were listed in the program prepared for the service as well as a listing of unknown persons found to have been buried in the cemeteries, many of them infants and small children. All of the genealogical information collected has been made available to the Greene County Historical Society.

Herschel Sprowls, a member of the Enon Cemetery Association and a direct descendant of Charles Allum, spoke of the additional ground which Consolidation had donated to the cemetery for the new section. He said the company had paid for the reburial in individual graves, for headstones, and for a new road leading into the cemetery, which the company will pave next spring.

Gerald R. Spindler, Consolidation vice president for exploration, presented the cemetery company with a check for perpetual care of the graves and W. D. Stanhagen presented it with a flag which had flown over the Capitol in Washington, D. C., with arrangements having been made for the erection of a flagpole.

Judge Glenn Toothman, in the principal address, spoke of the care which was taken by the Behm Funeral Home to carry out the reburial with proper regard for the deceased and their descendants. He also noted the increased interest being shown in tracing family lineages and complimented the coal company for making available the information it had been able to trace.

Women of the church provided refreshments following the ceremony.

Shirley Allum Hudlicky, regarding the foregoing information: "Herschel [Sprowls] did a good job negotiating additional land plus a new road."





PHOTOGRAPHS taken by Shirley Allum Hudlicky in 1965:

Charles Allum Homestead, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Shirley:
" 'Copied from a very old and yellowed photo in the possession of Harley Swart, this is the Charles Allum house as it was. It was torn down only last year [1964]. I literally wept. Kids, one on a horse, and various adults can be seen in the picture. Perhaps some of them are our great, great grandparents; they would be even more greats to you. Neither Harley Swart nor Charles Monroe Swart knew when the photograph was taken. How nice it would have been if someone had written names and a date on the back. Charles Monroe Swart told me who had gotten the lumber when the house was torn down. I asked him if he could get a small board from it." --October 14, 1965 letter to DeeAnna

DeeAnna:
"Thanks to a photographer whose name we shall never know, to Harley Swart, and to you and your copying equipment, we have a photo of the house as it appeared several years ago. Who might be the woman in the doorway!" --November 4, 1965 letter to Shirley

Shirley:
"Because the photo was in the possession of James Allum descendants, it may be of his family." --November 12, 1965 letter to DeeAnna

(Gift to DeeAnna from Shirley in 1965: Piece of aged wood, gray in color except for one side with weathered [formerly] white paint; eleven and one-half inches long; from the large frame house of Charles Allum in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania)


Charles Monroe Swart beside the sign "Char-Mar Ranch" in Greene County, Pennsylvania
("Allum Portion" of "Char-Mar" as seen from Ridge Road)
"This is Charles Swart beside the sign for Char-Mar Ranch. He called the place 'Char-Mar Farms,' but the present owner calls it a ranch. Notice the steepness of the hill behind Charles. This sign is at the western end of the road 30031 just east of its junction with 62020. Road 30031 is the one that follows the creek and the valley floor along which the Allums, Swarts, Scotts and others settled. Allum land was on both sides of the road in the vicinity of the 'Allen School' (should be Allum School) on the 1865 Richhill Township map."

Land That Belonged to Charles Allum, including:
Site of first Chas. Allum homestead
Barn, the center section of which was built in 1854:
"Here is the 1854 barn with two silos peeking over the hill. To get to the place where the house stood, I had to go to the east end of the barn, undo a gate, and wade through tall weeds. You can see the excellent quality of the fence that surrounds each pasture."
Spring house
Additional remaining buildings
Site of the first Allum School
Walk leading to the site of the second Chas. Allum homestead:
"To the left of the sidewalk is a cistern, cemented, neatly done, but it had been filled in with rocks. There was a ground hog living there, and when I approached he ran into it, finding his way through the rocks, then turned around and stuck his head out, watching me."

Two Enon Church (collector) plates that had belonged to Sarah Jane (Allum) Swart:

"Two souvenir plates of Enon Church that had belonged to Sarah Jane (Allum) Swart (1845-1915) hang on the wall in the Harley Swart home. He also has a horse-hair set of chairs that had belonged to James Allum (1822-1905). Harley Swart, who suffers from old wounds from World War I, lives on the old Swart homestead.* It is about two miles west of the Charles Allum place and up a winding trail-road to the large square brick house."

*Homestead of Sarah Jane (Allum) Swart (1845-1915) (granddaughter of Charles Allum) and her husband, James Monroe Swart (1844-1913)




Comments by DeeAnna:

Through the years it was presumed the "W" in Charles Allum's name represented his father William. Because the ancestral line of compiler Sharon Cunningham Ratliff includes Charles Wheeler Allum Frye (1864-1921), a grandson of Charles W. Allum (1796-1868), she surmised differently. Now that descendants of Mary Allum Lewis have been researched, it is documented that Mary's grandson and a great grandson were named Charles Wheeler Lewis, while Mary's own son was Charles W. Lewis. (His middle name has not been found in print.)

Sharon's comments (written in 1999) remain intriguing. Read below.




Sharon Cunningham Ratliff, 1999:

For many years I was under the impression the middle name of my own direct ancestor, Charles W. Allum, was "Wheeler." However, a correspondent has never found records showing a middle name. She assumed Charles' middle name was "William." We may never [learn] his middle name, but the following quotes may shed some light on my theory.

The following is copied verbatim from pages 986 and 987 of Boyd Crumrine's 1883 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, the chapter titled "West Pike Run Township."

Quote:

One of the earliest settlers (if not the first) within the territory that now forms the township of West Pike Run was Dr. Charles Wheeler, who came into this section of Washington County as early as the fall of 1774 and took up two tracts of land which were contiguous to each other, located on Falls Run, a branch of Pike Run,and which were warranted to him under the title of "Winter's Choice." The entire area was about three hundred and forty-five acres, but it was granted to him as three hundred acres, strict measure. When the establishment of township lines took place, Dr. Wheeler's land was in both East Bethlehem and West Pike Run Townships. The Virginia certificate which he received entitling him to his land was dated February 21, 1780. In the survey the property was described thus:

Situate chiefly on the north side of the main road leading from Redstone Ferry to Washington town in Washington County, called "Winter's Choice," containing three hundred acres of land, surveyed Jan. 25, 1785, in pursuance of a Certificate granted to Charles Wheeler from the Commissioners of Virginia for a settlement right as followeth, to wit:

Surveyor's office, Yohogania County
State of Virginia

Charles Wheeler produced a certificate from the Commissioners appointed to settle titles and grant unpatented lands in the counties of Yohogania, Monongalia, and Ohio, for three hundred acres of land in Yohogania County, to include his improvement made thereon in the year 1775, which was granted at Cox's Fort the 21st day of February, 1780, and duly entered in this office.

(signed) B. Johnston
Surveyor, Yohogania County
January 12, 1785."

In 1796, Dr. Charles Wheeler was one of three persons who purchased a town lot in Brownsville for the use of a Protestant Episcopal Church. In his history of Christ Church of Brownsville, Rev. Samuel Cowell says of him, 'Dr. Charles Wheeler was an Englishman, and a surgeon by profession, who, after serving in Dunmore's war, settled on a farm about four miles west of Brownsville. He was warmly attached to the church, and when disposing of his worldly effects bequeathed to the same one hundred pounds, to be paid at the death of his wife. Mrs. Wheeler lived many years after her husband's death, having reached the advanced age of ninety-four years.

The wife of Dr. Wheeler was Miss Elizabeth Cresap, and she lived a quarter of a century after her husband had passed away. Her remains were interred in the Episcopalian churchyard at Brownsville. Dr. Wheeler was the owner of several slaves, all of whom he remembered in his will. Hannah Young was the latest survivor of these slaves, she living until after 1870. As Dr. and Mrs. Wheeler had no children, he, after naming various minor bequests, gave the bulk of his property to his nephew, Charles Wheeler. The following are some of the clauses in the will, which was executed May 26, 1808, viz.: 'After my debts are discharged, which are very trifling, it is my further wish and pleasure that the little I have which is of my own acquiring shall be disposed of in the following manner: [After naming several sums for other persons, he gave] L50 to black Samuel; L50 to black Benjamin; L50 to black Hannah; L25 to black Lydia; L50 to black Daniel; and L25 to black Rachel. 'The above-named black people were raised under my roof. I therefore hope they will consider the intent of the small bounties bestowed them by an indulgent master and to apply the same discreetly to their interests... As it was not my lot to have issue by my wife, I did not embark in this world's speculation in search of more than what would enable me to live decently comfortable to my family and friends. Therefore it must be considered that the little I possess at this present, the total value thereof cannot now be fully estimated for the time to come by several hundreds. When it arrived at that epoch it is my desire and request that my executors will, from any additional sum arising from the sale of my real and personal property, equally divide the same in addition to every legacy I have bequeathed.

Joseph Crawford and Robert Clarke, of Fayette County, and Thomas Johnson, of Washington County [see below] were named executors of this will, which was proved Sept. 25, 1813. On March 29, 1839, they sold to Jonathan Knight one hundred and seventy-three acres of the tract "Winter's Choice." It now belongs to Oliver K. Taylor, cashier of the Bank of Brownsville.

End quote

Sharon continues, "The following was copied from Abstracts of Washington County, Pennsylvania Will Books 1-5 (1776-1841), recompiled by Bob and Marry Closson by permission of the Citizens Library, Washington, Pennsylvania, copyright January, 1995, page 175 (Abstracts of Will Book 2 [1803-1814]."

Quote:

WHEELER, DR. CHARLES (Page 449)

DATED: 26 May 1808 PROBATED: 6 Dec. 1813

EXEC: Joseph Crawford of Fayette Co., PA.; Robert Clarke of Fayette Co., Pa. and Thomas Falconer

WIT: Ebenezer Major; Eli Oman; Mary Allum

BENE: WIFE: Elizabeth
NEPHEW: Thomas Humphries [not Charles Wheeler]
OTHERS: Mary, John, Charles, William and Ann Allum (dau. of William Allum). All parties named Allum.
Legacy to the trustees of the church ground at Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa.
ACCT #: W-44-1816

End quote

Sharon summarizes, "It is my opinion that William Allum bestowed his son Charles Allum with the middle name 'Wheeler' because of respect Mr. Allum had for Dr. Wheeler. Perhaps unbeknownst to us there was also a connection by blood."


Comments by DeeAnna:

If William Allum 1st did not bestow the middle name "Wheeler" upon his son Charles, the descendants of Mary (Allum) Lewis--Charles W. Allum's elder sister--did use "Wheeler" in naming. However, in 1808 when Dr. Charles Wheeler prepared and signed his will, Mary was not only a witness but designated to be his primary beneficiary after the death of his wife Elisabeth. Certainly, Mary would have had great regard for Dr. Wheeler and he for her. As it turns out, Dr. Wheeler's wife Elisabeth lived for a good many years after his death. Puzzling is the statement by Crumrine in THE HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, that the bulk of Wheeler's property went to his nephew, Charles Wheeler, when a Charles Wheeler is not named in the 1808 will. If true, events unknown to us at this time--at least unknown to this researcher--would have occurred.

In the Index of Names in this online file, click on "Wheeler, Dr. Charles" for additional information.




CORRESPONDENCE:


Patty Houston, Cameron, West Virginia, July 24, 1964 letter to DeeAnna (excerpts):

"I have received both of your letters and have made some effort to locate the burial place of the Allum family but until now I have not been successful. I cannot find the Supler Cemetery. Although Ryerson Station, near my home, is a Supler community, none by that name live there now.

"There was in Richhill Twp. a one-room school known as the Allum School. When I learn its location and have leisure I shall inquire in that neighborhood for the information you want. I am guessing that this school may be some thirty miles from my home.

"I will ask a man I know who is interested in genealogy to go with me and perhaps get the inscriptions since many of these old cemeteries are overgrown.

(signed) Patty Houston"

Just a note: The P. O. for a section of Aleppo Township (Greene County) in the 1860s was Cameron, West Virginia. --DeeAnna



Patty Houston, Cameron, West Virginia, July 30, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"I received your letter enclosing the map today. I also have a copy of the atlas which accompanies the Horn Papers. The school called 'Allen' on the map is the 'Allum' school.

"On last Sunday, July 26, I asked a farmer friend of mine and his wife to go for a drive with me to the section of Richhill Township near the Allum school. He has lived in Richhill Twp. and knows more people than I do. He is also accustomed to driving over farm lanes and through fields and could take the car to places I would have been afraid to attempt.

"We spent all afternoon, driving about 45 miles in all. We found a cemetery at last which I am assuming is the Supler cemetery you mentioned. It is not large, perhaps 100 by 150 feet, but I'm not a good judge of distance. It has a reasonably good fence on three sides and borders a farm road on the other side. Before we found it we had inquired of a good many people and had driven into the fields in two other places investigating what we had been told were old cemeteries. One was on a hilltop, a small circle overgrown with bushes, briers, and poison ivy. We went into it, however, and walked about until we were satisfied there were no tombstones standing, and I don't think there could have been any on the ground either. We decided it must not have been a cemetery, yet there seemed no other reason why it had been left to grow up since the rest of the field was in grass.

"That place was near where the Allum school was. It has been torn down or moved. The location on the Horn map is correct for it.

"I have made a small ' x ' in ink on your map as near as we can determine the location of the cemeteries we visited. It is located on what is known as Charmar Farms, a large ranch-like farming operation that specializes in grazing cattle. It was assembled several years ago by a CPA by the name of Charles Swart who worked in Wheeling, W. Va. and may still live there. However, he sold his farms three or four years ago and the property has changed hands at least twice since. Someone told us that the farm owners had hauled the stones from the cemeteries on the place, but I doubt that. It would be against the law for a public cemetery, and I think all the landowners respect the burial plots on their land. At least, they don't plow them up.

"I'm sure you would like more information than I was able to get for you, but it was a very hot afternoon, and this is not the time of year to go into overgrown cemeteries. I tried to note all the family names but didn't take inscriptions from any but Allums. The family names were Scott, Supler, Fry, Miller, and Allum, with a greater number of Suplers than of any other. Many stones have fallen. If the inscription side was down we had nothing with which to turn them so we could read them. However, in the part where Allums were buried we did not notice any stones that were down.

"These are the inscriptions we found:

James Edwin, son of Isaac and Lucinda Allum
Died Nov. 5, 1868, aged 8 years

Porter Allum, Co B, 18 Regt. Pa. Cav.
Died May 14, 1868
Aged 27 years 11 mo. 23 days

Jemima, wife of Charles Allum
Died Dec. 1, 1859
Aged 64 yr. 9 mo. 6 da.

"I'm sorry we couldn't have got more complete information for you. I feel very strongly that the inscriptions from these old cemeteries should be recorded for the Historical Society, but there are few people willing to go to the trouble and expense. Such work should be done in the early spring before there is the problem of vegetation, but if it is too early there is the problem of driving off the hard roads. The man who was with me told me he is pretty certain there is an old cemetery on a country road that has been abandoned but looks to be used by the farm owners. It is the road that runs south from Talley Run and joins another road that runs from Route 30031 to Route 30007. He thinks that may be the Allum cemetery. Would you think that possible?

"I have enjoyed trying to find this for you. I am a retired teacher with many hobbies, expert at none.

(signed) Patty Houston"


Comments by DeeAnna:

Indeed, Patty had found the Supler Cemetery where Jemima Allum, who died in 1859, had been buried. Jemima's estranged husband, Charles Allum, was buried in 1868 in the Allum cemetery on his own property. In 1964, when Patty's letter was written, the Supler cemetery had not been cared for, or likely even visited, for many years.




CORRESPONDENCE:


Charles Monroe Swart (1893-1988), Wheeling, West Virginia, January 30, 1965 letter to DeeAnna (excerpts):

"Charles Allum was my paternal great, great grandfather. I came down through his son James and daughter Sarah Jane (married to James Monroe Swart), then James H. Swart, my father. (One of Charles Allum's daughters, Peninah, married Jacob Swart.)

"Charles Allum is buried not far from his old homestead, which is now part of the Char-Mar Ranch, and that small family cemetery, like a lot of others, has not been well maintained. There are a number of family burying grounds on that ranch besides the Allum, namely Scott, Supler, Jones, and also the Enon Cemetery which is the burying ground for the Enon Baptist Church.

"I am surprised to learn that Charles Allum was born in 1796 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. I have never seen any documents to support this, but my information was that he was an immigrant to this country (a stowaway) from Ireland. However, that kind of information can sometimes be inaccurate."



Charles Monroe Swart (1893-1988), June 7, 1965 letter to DeeAnna (excerpt):

"The story I told you about Charles Allum being a stowaway is very faint and, from the information you have, is very incorrect. It might have applied to Alexander Burns who lived in that community. He was high-jacked on a Man-of-War. He was enticed on board and taken below deck to see the cutlery. When he came back on deck, the ship was quite some distance out from port, and he was kept aboard for seven years as a powder boy. He has many descendants but no direct connection to our families. Incidentally, I have found this information since I wrote to you previously."



Charles Monroe Swart (1893-1988), October 21, 1978 letter to Shirley Allum Hudlicky:

"I saw my brother Harley at the homecoming at Enon Church, and we picked each other's minds about how William Allum got to America. We are both convinced that he was a stowaway. From bits of conversation that Harley had heard, he may have had to do considerable work to pay for his passage which, I understand, was the punishment in the old days. This probably makes it almost impossible to find anything about him because we don't even know at which port he landed."



To Ponder:

Might William indeed have been a stowaway immigrant from Ireland?

We have not found William on a passenger list!

Charles' wife Jemima's heritage was German through and through, so Ireland cannot be confused with her lineage. Likewise, "Ireland" cannot be confused with the Swart and Huffman lines from which Charles Monroe Swart descended.

--DeeAnna



Charles Monroe Swart (1893-1988), Wheeling, West Virginia, June 7, 1965 letter to DeeAnna (excerpts):

"It was nice to talk with you by phone a few minutes ago. I hope you have recovered from the shock of surprise to hear my voice.

"I put together Char-Mar Ranch. I called it the Char-Mar Farms. My father inherited the Supler homestead, and I bought the land adjoining that and more--43 purchases totaling about 3,300 acres. (The new owners have added about 100 more acres.)

"It was the practice in that area a hundred or more years ago for each farmer to have his own private burying ground. That is how we came up with names like Supler, Jones, Scott, etc. Most of them have received little or no care in the last fifty years. Many stones are down and, in many cases, it would be impossible to definitely locate graves.

"I am intrigued with the information given you by Miss Patty Houston taken from the Supler burying ground about 'Jemima, wife of Charles Allum, Died Dec. 1, 1859, Aged 64 yr. 9 mo. 6 da.'

"I had known of Charles Allum having but one wife, who turns out to be the second one.

"You mention James Allum being a deacon of Enon Baptist Church in 1853. That can well be. My understanding is that he was ' almost the church ' in the early days. Coming down from him to my father were the minutes of the South Ten-Mile Baptist Association. Some members of the Association convinced my father that these were such valuable papers they should not be in the care of any individual, so he gave them to the Carnegie Library at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."

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Shirley: "Herschel Allum Sprowls is now 'keeper of the books' of Enon Church. Many of the minutes and early record books were in a Safety Deposit box at the Gallatin Bank in Waynesburg, not in the Carnegie Library at Pittsburgh. However, Herschel did have some of the church books at his home. Because they were getting dog-eared and faded, entries were copied into other books and the books deposited. In the original books I saw, names were entered in a random manner, often with no dates." --November 12, 1965 letter to DeeAnna

DeeAnna: " I found what we can refer to as 'casual record keeping' to also be the case when researching in early churches in Iowa (for families unrelated to Allum). I was told, 'Whatever page the pastor opened the book to, he put the record on.' "
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DeeAnna Allum Granston, June 8, 1965 letter to Shirley Allum Hudlicky:

"I was surprised, but delighted, to receive Charley Swart's call last evening. He said the cemeteries must be reached on foot and that a good deal of walking is involved. Charley said what we expected--the cemeteries are neglected, with stones crumbling. He asked what I thought of his idea to move 'Charlie Allum's' remains to Enon Cemetery at his expense (also 'Tom' Sermon's remains). This took me by surprise, but if the cemeteries are as he says they are, I am in favor of it. If the gravesites were moved to Enon they would be more accessible and 'permanent.' It is a shame that the old cemeteries are not well kept, for the graves of others in the Allum family, and related families, will undoubtedly vanish in the not-too-distant future from continued neglect."



As described previously, all graves from Allum, Supler and Jones cemeteries were moved to Enon Cemetery by the Consol Coal Company in 1981.


In the Index of Names, click on "Swart, Charles Monroe" to read a newspaper description of his sale of Char Mar Farm in 1962.

Charles married Jemima BARNHART, daughter of Harmon BARNHART and Anne McLELLAN, about 1816 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. (Jemima BARNHART was born on February 28, 1795 in New Jersey Or Pennsylvania, died on December 4, 1859 in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Supler Cemetery (Removed To Enon Cemetery, Greene County, PA In 1981).)

Charles next married Cal V. ALLUM before December 1860.