West Virginia Pioneers

Family: James Robert Wolfe / Frances 'Fanny' Beath (F1045)



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  • Father | Male
    James Robert Wolfe

    Born  20 Mar 1788  Hackers Creek, Harrison Co, Va Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Feb 1858  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married     
    Other Spouse  Christena Straley | F1592 
    Married  1841  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Wolfe | F1591 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anna Straley | F1591 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Frances 'Fanny' Beath

    Born     
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Father  Dad Beath | F1589 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Female
    Rebecca Wolfe

    Born  Abt 1806  Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1888  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Charles Asbury Parsons | F1220 
    Married  23 Oct 1826   

    Child 2 | Male
    George B Wolfe

    Born  8 Jan 1809  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Mar 1895  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elizabeth Crites | F307 
    Married  26 Feb 1830  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Barbara C Casto | F175 
    Married  11 Aug 1874  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Margaret Wolfe

    Born  Abt 1811  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Isaac Crites | F313 
    Married  20 Oct 1831  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Abraham Wolfe

    Born  25 Mar 1811  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Spring of 1904  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Emily Boswell | F1498 
    Married  26 Nov 1835  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Jemima Kessel | F3314 
    Married  30 Oct 1870  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Nancy Wolfe

    Born  Apr 1815  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jun 1902   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elijah Baker | F1543 
    Married  18 Aug 1835  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Thomas Wolfe

    Born  Abt 1817  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Eleanor Garnes | F3563 
    Married  13 May 1841  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Joseph Beath Wolfe

    Born  20 Jan 1819  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1895   
    Buried  1896  Wilson Cemetery, Spencer, Roane County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth Alkire | F1209 
    Married  13 Mar 1842   

    Child 8 | Male
    Jacob Beath Wolfe

    Born  18 Aug 1820  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah 'Sally' Boswell | F1546 
    Married  2 Apr 1845  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Male
    James C Wolfe

    Born  10 Feb 1826  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Dec 1889  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Straley | F2719 
    Married  27 Apr 1852  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Female
    Mary Wolfe

    Born  Oct 1820  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1904   
    Buried    Mt Olive Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lenox C Armstrong | F3560 
    Married  9 Oct 1849  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 11 | Male
    Jackson M (twin) Wolfe

    Born  Abt 1830  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

  • Notes 

    • 1840 Jackson, Va
      1m 10-15
      1m 15-20
      2m 20-30
      1m 50-60
      1f 15-20
      1f 20-30

      John House:
      WOLFE FAMILY

      The next farm is a mile or more above Hyre's and just below Elk Fork, and was known as the James Wolfe farm. It has for many years been the residence of Summerfield Thomas.
      James R. Wolfe was born and raised near the fort on Hacker's Creek, not far from the present village of Jane Lew.
      Here is a "curious incident" related in Withers' "Chronicles of Border Warfare', page sixty seven:
      "Jacob Wolfe, in digging a well on Hacker's Creek, found a piece of timber, which had evidently been cut off at one end, twelve or thirteen feet in the ground, --- marks of the axe were plainly visible on it."
      James R. Wolfe married Frances Beath, a sister of Mary Beath, who married Jacob Hyre. One informant says that after her death, he returned to Lewis Count, and married the widow Straley.
      He died on the farm above mentioned, and was buried on the point back of the house. There are several persons buried at this spot, but are now no markers, and it has long since ceased to be used for burial purposes. It is even said that some years ago, the then owner commenced to plow it up, but became frightened and desisted, fearing ghosts would retaliate. Mrs. Thomas (Hogsett) Rader says there used to be a gravestone marked "Lizzie".
      The children, as given by the widow of the late James Wolfe, were:
      Abe, Joe, Jake, Tommy, Jim, Lon, Mary, Katie, Nancy, Peggy and George.
      James R. Wolfe and wife moved to Mill Creek in August, 1821, bringing with them eight children. With them came Francis King and wife and Jacob Wolfe, thirteen persons in all, and they brought all their goods and everything on five horses. They were four days on the road, and never inside of a house in that time.
      They first settled at the Wash Rader farm, near the mouth of Station Camp, now the residence of Mr. Charles Shinn.
      The immediate object of the move was to find a better hunting ground.
      Jonathan Wolfe, who came with Tanner to Spencer in 1812, is said to have been a brother. He married Bridgett Runyan, a sister of Henry Runyan.
      James R. Wolfe's children were:
      Abraham Wolfe was born March 25th, 1811, and married Emily Boswell, in 1835, lived for many years on Parchment, and died the spring of 1904. His children were C.M., Nohemiah, Adam, John, Jane who married Isam Rhodes, and Virginia, who married G.P. Morrison. The O.J. and C.S. Morrison, merchants, were their sons.
      Joseph Boath Wolfe, born in 1819, married in Lewis County, at Hacker's Creek, to Elizabeth Alkire, a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Bonnet Alkire, in 1842, and a year later moved to Roane County. He died in 1895, and she died March 21st, 1911. Elizabeth C., their daughter, married John W. Daniels.
      Jacob Wolfe, born in the early 1800's, married Sally Boswell. Aunt Sally died at the age of seventy seven years.
      George Wolfe built the first house where John Rader now lives, 1907. Mrs. Ludwick says his first wife was a Crites, and his second a Bord.
      James G. Wolfe married Lizzie Straley, and lived on Station Camp. He was born in 1826, and died December 26th, 1889. She died December 22nd, 1911, aged eighty four years.
      Thomas Wolfe married Susan Garnes and went west.
      Margaret Wolfe married Isaac Crites.
      Rebecca Wolfe married Charles Parson, Jr.
      Nancy Wolfe married Elijah Baker, of Reedy, and lived at Leroy, on Sandy. Their children were Dal Baker, who married a Johnson, Frank who married Alice Stout, and America, who married John Spencer.
      Mary Wolfe married Lenox Armstrong.
      It is stated that the grandmother of Elizabeth Alkire Wolfe was a daughter of Jesse Hughes.
      A Lewis Wolfe lived on Elk Fork at the place above Ellet Hyre's, no date given.
      Reece Wolfe was a local preacher from Monongahela, who settled on the Little Kanawha before 1799. He was probably not connected as his name was at first spelled "Woolf".
      C. M. Wolfe was a son of Abram, whose second wife, Jemima Kessell, died in 1872.
      [I don't have Katie & Lon]
      JCMR shows a marriage of Katharine Wolf to Richard Cadwahender, 4/11/1841 - could this be 'Katie' mentioned by House?

      See Jackson County Past and Present page 505