*Caroline "Carrie" Taylor
born about 1845 West Virginia
died 1875 West Virginia

father:
unknown

mother:
unknown

siblings:
unknown

spouse:
*John Wesley Pugh
born15 March 1844 West Virginia (near Cumberland, Maryland)
died 24 November 1920 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
buried 28 November 1920 Neal, Kansas
married 9 January 1867 Hampshire, West Virginia

children:
*Mary Elizabeth Pugh born 9 April 1872 West Virginia died 3 March 1948 Cushing, Oklahoma
Sallie Pugh born about 1867 West Virginia died after 1920 Missouri?
Blanche Pugh born 1870 West Virginia died after 1920 Missouri?
son Pugh born between 1870 and 1875 died before 1920

biographical and/or anecdotal:
Hampshire County was formed in 1753, as Old Frederick County was broken down
into smaller, more manageable geographic units. In earlier days, the area
was a hunting ground for the Native Americans who lived there. The Welsh
frontiersman Morgan Morgan, and the German, Joist Hite are among the first
known European settlers to the area. Part of the county was included in a
land grant given to Thomas Lord Farifax, and later surveyed by George
Washington. Earlier in this century some of our Cartmill family had
migrated from the early Quaker settlements around the triangle of NJ, MD,
and PA, and settled at Winchester, in Old Frederick County. Winchester lies
at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Today Frederick
County is in Virginia, and since 1862, Hampshire County is in West Virginia.
About 35 miles to the west of Winchester, is a place called Mechanicsburg
Gap, which is a scenic canyon, formed by Mill Creek cutting a channel
through the mountains. The Gap had an old Indian trail, and this became the
principle route for white settlers to use as they made their way westward.
It became known as the Northwest Turnpike, and later was named the George
Washington Highway (US Route 50).
West of Mechanicsburg Gap, about three miles to the west of the town of
Romney, is a large stone house called the "Burg". This house was the manor
house of Issac Means, who came from Tyrone County, Northern Ireland about
1730. He first settled in Boston, and then came to Hampshire County, in
1769. During the Revolutionary War he took by patent from the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 321 acres in Dumpalin Hollow and 400 acres in Cores Hollow,
which is just behind the "Burg" property. Later he acquired all the land
along the west side of Mill Creek, including the mountain. At about that
time he acquired the "Burg" manor house and lived there, the rest of hislife.
During the Revolutionary War my fourth great-grandfather, Daniel Taylor, was
a soldier in the Continental Line, enlisting as a private and reaching the
rank of Sargent by the end of the conflict. Daniel Taylor was born in
Hunterdon County, NJ in 1758. In 1789 he moved to Hampshire County, VA, and
settled at Reese's Mill, just south of Headsville, not far from Mechanicsburg Gap.
Daniel's son, Edward Taylor, was my third great-grandfather and he and
married Margaret Means, the daughter of the aforementioned Issac Means.
Edward and Margaret eventually acquired the "Burg", and Edward built a
tannery on the property and operated the business during his life. Edward's
son, William (who is not in my direct line), inherited the "Burg" and built
two other tanneries, one at Vanderlip, and one at Petersburg.
My third great-grandfather Edward Taylor's son William, who inherited the
"Burg", was married to Margaret Parker. William owned many slaves before
the Civil War, and he served in the Confederate Army. The "Burg" was
located near several battle sites of that war, and the house was used as a
headquarters for both the Union and the Confederate Armies. William and
Margaret had a daughter, Harriett Ellen Taylor, who married Samuel Holland
Williams. Their son, George H. Williams later became a United States Senator.
My fourth great-grandfather Daniel Taylor was married a second time to Sarah
Larue. Their son Silas had a daughter, Mary Ellen Taylor who married John
Jacob Cornwell. Their son John Jacob Cornwell, Jr. became governor of West
Virginia, 1917-1921. Phil L. Cartmille
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/wv+index+9439286908+F

Taylor, Daniel Hampshire VA continental 1833 age 76 in 1833; age 83 in 1840
Taylor, Thomas Hampshire VA continental 1833 age 74 in 1833
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/wv+index+9459313845+F

notes or source:
Neal, Kansas obituary of *John Wesley Pugh
LDS
1870 Census for Romney Township, Hampshire County, West Virginia page 507