More Historic Cash Family Photos

As a result of my adding some info about our Cash family connection to this Family History blog, I was contacted by Kathy Shea, to whom we are related through the Cash line on her mother's side. Bottom line: I was able to determine that she's another long-lost cousin!

This brings us to a current total of seven new cousins we've been able to connect with as a result of starting this Family History project. Hooray!
◄ Kathy sent me this photo of the headstone of W.G. and Mollie (Mary Elizabeth) Cash, my generation's GG grandparents.


Their gravesite is at Belmont Ridge Cemetery in Belmont County, Ohio, as are many other graves of our ancestral Cash family. (Click on photos to enlarge them.)
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William Galen Cash was an interesting character in our ancestral Cash family.
◄ The reverse side of this picture from our uncle DeRand Jones' archive says, "Taken on front steps at home of W.G. Cash near Belmont Ridge [Ohio]". It also notes that those in the picture are:

■ W.G. Cash (pointing)
■ His wife, Mollie [Mary Elizabeth] Cash (under W.G.'s extended arm)
■ Their daughter, Leona Cash Jones (in front of Mollie)
■ Leona's husband, Fleetwood Churchill Jones (in front of Leona)
■ Leona and Fleet's son, Carleton D. Jones (the boy to Leona's right)
■ W.G. and Mollie's daughter, Dessie Cash Spencer (seated)
■ W.G. and Mollie's daughter, Mottie Cash Noll (seated)

It's unclear as to why neither Guy Spencer nor Will(iam) Noll, Dessie and Mottie's husbands, are in this photo. However, it may be that even though their married names were noted on the photo, they weren't yet married when it was taken.Since Carleton was born in 1895 and appears to be about five years old here, this photo appears to be circa 1900.

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◄ The back of this photo lists the following people:


■ W.G. and Mollie Cash (seated)
■ Will and Mottie Noll (standing on right), also Hurd (their son, seated in front)
■ Leona [Cash] Jones (standing on left) and Mary [Jones] (the girl with the doll in front of W.G. and Molly)
■ Pauline Cash (the girl sitting in front next to Hurd)
Hurd (J. Hurd) Noll was Will and Mottie's only child, born in 1901. Pauline Cash was W.G. and Mollie's great niece, daughter of their nephew, Thomas Ellwood Cash. She was the sister of Henry Stanley Cash (see below) and was born about 1904.
Mary Jones was Leona and Fleetwood's daughter and was born in 1907. She appears to be about six years old here, so this photo appears to be circa 1913.

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A Mystery Solved

◄ Because I could find no reference to Henry Stanley Cash anywhere in his archive, this photo of him from DeRand's collection was a mystery to me until I was contacted by Kathy Shea. Kathy provided me with extensive Cash family genealogy info, including info about Henry. With Kathy's info I have been able to assemble a matrix (below) showing where he fits into our ancestral family. (Thanks, Kathy!)

As shown in the matrix, he was a second cousin to my generation's grandfather, Carleton D. Jones - and was my generation's 2nd cousin, 2 x removed. (The 2 x removed refers to the fact that there are two extra generations between my generation and Jonathan Cash as compared to Henry.)
◄ This is the reverse side of the photo above. Sadly, Henry Stanley Cash, born in 1896, died on November 24th, Thanksgiving day, 1910, at age 14. His grave is also at Belmont Ridge Cemetery.The photo was made into a postcard, but never mailed - a practice in that era that I've seen elsewhere in our uncle DeRand's archive. The notation of Carleton's name appears to have been made on the copy of the postcard designated for Carleton, leading me to believe that copies were made for family members and labeled for distribution.
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◄ Here's the matrix that shows Henry's lineage and the relationship between him and Carleton Jones.
(Click on it to enlarge it. In Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, clicking twice makes it readable.)







Last updated: 6/30/2010

The U.S. Revolutionary War and Our Cash Family

Our Cash Family Connection

Kathy Shea, who - on her mother's side - is our cousin, related to our family via our Cash line, has provided me with an extensive, well-documented 99-page report on Cash family genealogy. Included in this report is information about the military service of our ancestral Cash family, which adds greatly to the knowledge we already have on the subject of our family's military involvement.

◄ Revolutionary War Soldiers

For example, here is a quick look at what Kathy’s research shows about those in our ancestral Cash family who served in the U.S. Revolutionary War:

John Cash, born about 1754
Military Service on 05 Aug 1776 in Flying Camp under Captain Philip Maroney

William Cash,1756-1848
Military Service on 06 Aug 1776 in Captain Philip Maroney's Company in the Flying Camp, Maryland

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In researching “Flying Camp, Maryland”, where her research records those two men as serving, I found a website that contains the following:

"...There were several Flying Camp Battalions...formed during the Revolutionary War. In particular was a company of Flying Camp that was mustered into service called Maroney’s Company. There were several men from the Toms Creek Hundred Settlement that served with Captain Philip Maroney’s Company...

Listed below is a copy of the muster roll of Captain Maroney’s Company of Flying Camp: [Muster] Roll of Captain Philip Maroney’s Company, Flying Camp, Maryland August 5, 1776 – List of the members of Captain Philip Maroney’s Company, in the Flying Camp, August 5, 1776, enlisted in the Middletown District and elsewhere, Frederick County, Maryland.” [Emphasis added]

Here's another paragraph from that website:

"Tom's Creek Hundreds Revolutionary War heritage is only a small footnote in history books. Their deeds and contributions for independence are ones that surely must be remembered. These are true American heroes and the only monuments to honor these American heroes are the gravestones that mark their grave..." [Emphasis added]

That muster roll, indeed, shows both John Cash and William Cash being members of Maroney's company during the Revolutionary War. Here is a link to the site.

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More about the Flying Camp

"In the American Revolutionary War, the Flying Camp was a military formation employed by the Americans in the second half of 1776.

After the British evacuation of Boston in March 1776, General George Washington met with members of the Continental Congress to determine future military strategy. Faced with defending a huge amount of territory from potential British operations, Washington recommended forming a 'flying camp', which in the military terminology of the day referred to a mobile, strategic reserve of troops. Congress agreed and on June 3, 1776, passed a resolution 'that a flying camp be immediately established in the middle colonies and that it consist of 10,000 men ....'

The men recruited for the Flying Camp were to be militiamen from three colonies: 6000 from Pennsylvania, 3400 from Maryland, and 600 from Delaware. They were to serve until December 1, 1776, unless discharged sooner by Congress, and to be paid and fed in the same manner as regular soldiers of the Continental Army.

Brigadier-General Hugh Mercer of Virginia was commissioned as its commandant."


Source: Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Revised ed. New York: McKay, 1974, quoted here.

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William Cash's Revolutionary War Pension Records

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Source: Ancestry.com (available here via Cash cousin Kathy Shea's Flickr site)
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Before getting into the details of how John and William Cash fit into our ancestral family, let's look at a bit of information about the area in which they lived in those days:

"All of the settlements of present day Washington and Frederick County [Maryland] repeatedly came under attack by Indian war parties. Monocacy (believed to be located a short distance from the present day Creagerstown) was burned until only the old log Church and a few nearby buildings were left standing. The war was eventually won through the efforts of the colonial army with little actual help from the British regulars.

By early 1756, the Pennsylvania General Assembly finally decided to take action and defend the settlers. Pennsylvania voted to build a chain of forts along the Blue Ridge Mountains from the Delaware River to the Mason-Dixon Line. These forts were to serve and protect communities from Indian attacks. William McCord and his brothers built Ft. McCord in 1756 as part of this line of Pennsylvania’s frontier forts. It is well known and memorialized in Pennsylvania history where 26 people lost their lives or were captured on April 1, 1756 in an attack by the Indians backed by the French." (Source)


In other words, our Cash forebears were on the wild frontier of the settlement of what is now the state of Maryland - and were among the settlers subject to the Indian wars of that era.

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Our Family’s Direct Descendancy from a Revolutionary War Soldier

Using Kathy's report as a starting point, here are the details behind the Cash military service summarized above - and our relationship to the men involved:

John Cash married Mary Dawson

We currently know little about him other than that he died in September, 1726, in Prince George's County, Maryland. Research about him is ongoing.

Mary Dawson was the daughter of Edward Dawson and another Mary (unknown maiden name).
John’s wife Mary was born in 1685 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
She died in 1751 in Maryland.

John Cash and Mary Dawson had seven children, one of whom was another John Cash.

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John Cash married Ann Shaw
He was born 22 August 1714 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Residence: 1751 - 1758 in Frederick County, Maryland
Residence: 1778 - 1794 in Montgomery County, Maryland
He died in March, 1794 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
(Kathy Shea has his will.)

Ann Shaw was the daughter of William Shaw and Elizabeth (maiden name unknown).
Ann was born about 1736.
Residence: 1800 in Montgomery County, Maryland
She died in 1801 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
(Kathy Shea also has her will.)

John Cash and Ann Shaw were married about 1753. They had ten children, among whom were the John and William Cash referred to above - the soldiers in the U.S. revolutionary War.
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Our direct line descends from William, my generation's GGGGG grandfather. His brother, John Cash, was our GGGGG grand uncle.

William Cash married Keziah Nicholls
He was born in 1756 in Frederick County, Maryland.
Military service 06 August 1776 in Captain Philip Maroney's Co. in the Flying Camp, Maryland
Residence: 1790 in Montgomery County, Maryland
Residence: 1796 in Frederick County, Maryland
Residence 1805 - 1830 in Belmont County, Ohio
Death: 31 December 1848
Burial in Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio
(Lloydsville (Plainfield) Cemetery)

Keziah "Cassie" Nicholls was the daughter of John Nicholls and Ann (unknown maiden name).
Keziah was born about 1760 in Maryland.
She died before 1830 in Belmont County, Ohio.

William Cash and Keziah "Cassie" Nicholls were married on 26 March 1779 in Frederick County, Maryland. They had four children, one of whom was Jonathan Cash.

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[Editor's note: The information about Jonathan Cash below was provided by sources believed to be reliable. However, after applying for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution I've learned that documentation of the father-son relationship between WIlliam and Jonathan isn't avalible. In fact, no documentation of the existence of this Jonathan Cash (there are others) has been found. No census records, marriage record, death record, etc., have been located; the research continues.]

Jonathan Cash married Mary (unknown maiden name)He was born in 1783 in Frederick County, Maryland.
Residence: 1803 in Ohio
Residence 1850 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
He died in 1861 in Belmont County, Ohio.
Burial in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
(St. Clairsville Methodist Cemetery).

Mary was born in 1784 in Virginia.
She died in 1870 in Belmont County, Ohio.
Burial in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
(St. Clairsville Methodist Cemetery).

Jonathan Cash and Mary were married on 26 March 1799 in Frederick County, Maryland. They had one child, also named Jonathan.

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Jonathan Cash married Mary Stotlar
He was born on 02 October 1801 in Maryland.
Residence: 1803 in Ohio
Residence on 01 June 1840 - 1874 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
He died on 29 March 1874 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
Burial in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
(Belmont Ridge Cemetery)

Mary Stotlar was the daughter of Henry Stotlar and Mary (unknown maiden name).
She was born on 17 April 1801 in Virginia.
Residence: 1850 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
She died on 06 November 1854 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
Burial in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
(Belmont Ridge Cemetery)

Jonathan Cash and Mary Stotlar were married on 10 September 1822 in Belmont County, Ohio. They had six children, one of whom was William Galen Cash.

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William Galen Cash married Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) AndersonHe was born on 11 October 1847 in Belmont County, Ohio.
Residence: 1850 – 1910 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
He died on 25 September 1916 in Franklin, Ohio.
Burial in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
(Belmont Ridge Cemetery)

Mary Elizabeth Anderson was the daughter of Dennis Parrott Anderson and Margaret Bonar.
She was born on 16 June 1852 in Ohio.
Residence: 1880 – 1927 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
She died on 24 November 1927.
Burial in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
(Belmont Ridge Cemetery).

W. G. Cash and Mary Elizabeth Anderson were married on 26 December 1871 in Belmont County, Ohio. They had three children, one of whom was Leona D. Cash.

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Leona Cash married Fleetwood Churchill JonesShe was born on 17 June 1873 in Flushing township, Belmont County, Ohio.
Residence: 1880 in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
Residence: 1900 – 1930 in Goshen Township, Bethesda Precinct, Belmont County, Ohio.
She died on 27 June 1957 in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio.

Leona and Fleetwood were married on 20 June 1894 in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio. They were the parents of two children, one of whom was Carleton Duane Jones.

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Carleton D. Jones married Nelle Virginia Field
They were the parents of Fleeta Claire Jones, Paul Wesley Jones, DeRand Jones and Virginia Lee Jones. These were/are the parents of my generation, and their details will be available when I add our Jones family's stories to this blog.

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The source of most of the information above is the report compiled by Kathy Shea. Some of the information from W.G. Cash on down comes from the archive assembled by my generation’s uncle, DeRand Jones, who personally interviewed his grandmother, Leona Cash Jones, about family history over an extended period.

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Our McPherson and Anderson Connections

In addition to the above, according to our family’s oral tradition - as recorded by my generation’s uncle DeRand - the Reverends John McPherson and James Anderson each reportedly served as chaplains in the Revolutionary War, but I’ve been unable to document either of them serving. That doesn't mean it isn't true, it just means that I haven't yet been able to confirm it.

Regarding chaplains, the evidence suggests that their role was/is an important one.

"Since the [Chaplain] [C]orps was created on July 29, 1775, more than 25,000 chaplains have served as religious and spiritual leaders for 25 million Soldiers and their families. Presently, the Army has 2,700 chaplains and an equal number of assistants across the active Army, Reserve and National Guard. More than 1,000 chaplains have been mobilized or deployed in support of contingency operations worldwide since 2003.

Present in more than 270 major combat engagements, 400 chaplains have died in combat going back to the Revolutionary War battles at Lexington, Concord Bridge and Bunker Hill. Gen. George Washington pushed for chaplains to be assigned to individual regiments and even ordered religious services to be performed at 11 a.m. every Sunday." (Source)
In fact, then General George Washington issued the following General Order:

“New York, July 9th, l776

The Honorable Continental Congress having been pleased to allow a Chaplain to each Regiment, with the pay of Thirty-Three Dollars and one third dollars pr month - The Colonels or commanding officers of each regiment are directed to procure Chaplains accordingly; persons of good Characters and exemplary lives - To see that all inferior officers and soldiers pay them a suitable respect and attend carefully upon religious exercises. The blessing and protection of Heaven are at all times necessary but especially so in times of public distress and danger - The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man, will endeavor so to live, and act as becomes a Christian Soldier defending the dearest Rights and Liberties of his country.”

Last updated 8/28/2010

Historic Cash Family Letter and Photos

▲ Odessa Pearl Cash (Spencer), called Dessie, and Motta Forest Cash (Noll), called Mottie, were two of William Galen Cash and Mary Elizabeth Cash's three daughters. This portrait of them is circa 1895. (Click photos and letter below to enlarge them.)

◄ This 1903 letter from W. G. Cash to his wife appears to have been written while he was attending a business meeting or convention with a group of some sort.

Since he was a teacher and / or superintendent of schools, the meeting may have been for school administrators. However, he was also a local preacher, and the language suggests that it might have been a meeting of church leaders in his denomination, which I believe was Methodist Episcopal (ME). (Many others in our ancestral family were ME during that era.) Having said that, in 1895 the Nazarene denomination reportedly came into being as a split from the ME church. My generation's maternal uncle DeRand Jones (W.G.'s great grandson) reported that by the mid-1920s many family members had become Nazarenes. Thus, W.G., who died in 1916, may have become a Nazarene toward the end of his life.

The letter is transcribed below. (It's unclear as to why, but he used stationery from the Belmont County Treasurer's office.)

"St. Clairesville O. Jan 7, 1903

My dear wife:

Wednesday morning, and a little headache, but I think it will wear off directly. I got in Sunday about 2 P.M. but I met (illegible) who insisted that I should spend the night with him which I did and had a very pleasant visit. We were sworn and charged yesterday in the forenoon [morning] but did not go into session til afternoon, we are full of work, which will not get through til some time Saturday. We were in session til dark yesterday and oh I was tired A very full day today.

I recd. a letter from (illegible) yesterday morning, which I enclose. I presume if I sleep well I had better go up. I forgot the pills but I got a box last night and think I’ll get along alright. Hope the same for you.

Lovingly yours, W.G. Cash"

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W. G. Cash and some of his family - with their home in the background - was taken at their Belmont County, Ohio, farm circa 1905.

He's seated, with one daughter behind him. It appears to be his wife, Mollie, on the left - with daughter Leona, son-in-law Fleetwood and grandson Carleton (in front of Leona) on the right.

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To provide a reference point for the information on this page, here are the relationships between the people named here:

William Galen Cash, known as W.G., married Mary Elizabeth Anderson, known as Mollie. In addition to Dessie and Mottie they were parents of…
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Leona D. Cash, who married Fleetwood Churchill Jones. They were the parents of Carleton Duane Jones and…

Mary Elizabeth Jones, who married J. Willis Anderson. They were the parents of…
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John Anderson

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Leona was my generation's maternal great grandmother; her sisters our great-grand aunts.

◄ Here's a wonderful photo, labeled on the back as, "Mottie Cash and Will Noll before they were married". WIll Noll is recorded in our uncle DeRand Jones' family history archive as being a farmer, which explains the setting for this photo.

Mottie appears to have been 18-22 years old when this picture was taken. I haven't come across a marriage date for them; however, she was born in 1877, and if my guess as to her age is correct, this photo would be circa 1895-1899.

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◄ Here's another antique photo. Since Carleton was born in 1895 and I estimate his age in this photo to be about 5 or 6, this picture would be circa 1900-1901.

The notes on the back tell about the barn getting struck by lightning and the people in the picture, but doesn't say whose farm it is. Since the photo is of the Cash family, I presume it is W. G. and Mollie Cash's. W.G. and Mollie were my generation's maternal great-great grandparents; Leona's husband, Fleetwood Jones, was my generation's great grandfather; Carleton was Leona and Fleet's son, and my generation's grandfather.
(Note the horse on the right side, behind Mottie Cash.)

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◄ Here's a remarkable wide-angle photo, especially when considering that photography was relatively primitive in this era. It appears to be a gathering of the family, and on the back it says, "Mrs. W.G. Cash's [Mollie's] birthday" and "Mother Jones' mother".

Mollie was born in 1852, lived through the U.S. Civil War and WW I, and died in 1927 at age 75. This photo appears to be circa 1927 and the occasion may have been her 75th birthday.

Note the gentleman with the bowler hat in the back row. Also note that the women wore high-necked dresses, the girls all wore dresses and the boys wore ties. Although I'm uncertain as to who all the people in this photo are, it appears that grandma Cash (Mollie) is the one sitting down in front with the cane and her daughter Leona ("Mother Jones") is behind her with her hand on the chair.
W.G. Cash died in 1916, so he's not in the photo.

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The names Mary and Elizabeth are biblical names, and they appear regularly throughout our ancestral family records.

◄In this photo the grandmother's maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Anderson and she became Mary Elizabeth Cash. The granddaughter's maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Jones and became Mary Elizabeth Anderson when she married.

Thus, her married name became the same as her grandmother's maiden name. The younger Mary was born in 1907 and the older died in 1927, so this photo had to be taken between those years. I'm guessing the younger Mary is 15-16 years old in this photo, so if that's correct this would have been taken around 1922-23.

The younger Mary was the sister of Carleton, my generation's grandfather, making her my generation's great aunt. She and her husband became missionaries to India. According to her nephew, my generation's uncle DeRand Jones, Mary became known as a "superstar" missionary in the Nazarene denomination.

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In a previous post on this blog (Our Cash Family Connection) I included info from a man whose detailed research traced the ancestry of W.G. Cash to a mariner who emigrated to the U.S. from Scotland. However, under a subject line of, "Bits of family history", in a 2001 email message to DeRand, his cousin John Anderson (Mary's son), provided the following. John said it was written to the family by his mother around 1980, and it says W.G.s forebears came to the U.S. from Wales:

"Wm. G. Cash (my maternal grandfather - both my grandfathers were William) was one of 7 brothers, whose grandparents [e]migrated to [the] USA from Wales in the 1700s. In this group of family was also J C Penney - J for Joseph--C for Cash. [His name was actually James Cash] They all settled in S E Ohio on rich farmland which is now in the bottom of the lake made by [a] T.V.A. Project.

Grandma was English all the way (Anderson). There is also a bit of Welsh in the Jones line -- not very much -- and a bit of German through my grandmother - Elizabeth Goodman Jones - otherwise English all the way! My Grandmother Cash - whenever I said 'Thank You' - always said 'You are a Welshman' instead of -'You are welcome!' She was very proud of my Welsh blood! The first book I can remember as mine, before I could read - was the story of a little girl in the Welsh Revival, entitled 'Mary Jones & her Bible' The Welsh people are known for their love of the Bible."

I have not been able to document either claim as to W.G.'s national origin, so I include both on this blog and leave it to readers to decide which seems more lilely to be accurate.

Last updated 7/5/2010

Our Cash Family Connection

William Galen Cash, (1847-1916) was known as W.G.
He was a farmer, local preacher, teacher and ultimately became Superintendent of Schools in Belmont County, Ohio.



◄ This photo of him is circa 1905. (Click photos to enlarge them.)










◄ On the back of this photo his daughter, Leona Cash Jones, wrote, "It was said [he was such a good teacher] he could teach a dog to read." This tongue-in-cheek photo presumably shows him doing so with his dog, Rover. (Note the glasses on the dog.)












◄ This portrait of W.G. Cash and family is circa 1905.








W.G. Cash married Mary Elizabeth Anderson (1852-1927), who was known as Mollie. They had three daughters, Leona Cash (Jones), Dessie Cash (Spencer) and Mottie Cash (Noll). Leona (1873-1957) married Fleetwood Churchill Jones (1857-1937) and they had two children, Carleton Duane Jones (1895-1967) and Mary Elizabeth Jones (Anderson) (1907-1993).

Carleton was my generation’s maternal grandfather, Fleetwood my generation’s maternal great-grandfather and W.G. my generation’s maternal great-great grandfather. Carleton’s sister, Mary Elizabeth, was twelve years younger than Carleton and hadn’t been born when this portrait was made. The rest of those named above are included in this photo.

I haven't documented this, but my generation's maternal uncle, DeRand Jones, over several decades did extensive work assembling his family's history and reported that W.G. was the uncle of James Cash Penney of JC Penney stores fame; W.G.'s sister was reportedly JC Penney’s mother.

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Looking Back Further

If the information below is accurate, the Cash family above has an interesting ancestral history. In my research on our family's ancestors I stumbled across the following data:

“The first known CASH in America was a William Cash from Scotland, a mariner who settled in Salem, Massachusettes [sic] about 1645. On one of his return voyages from England/Scotland on his brigantine 'The Good Intent', he brought with him a favorite nephew, son of his brother, who was also named William Cash (aka The Imigrant) [sic], born in Scotland circa 1653.

At his uncle's urging, this younger William Cash went down into Virginia, settling in Westmoreland County about 1673. William Cash, the Imigrant (sic), came to Tidewater, Virginia about 1673 and was the first Cash to settle in that Colony. (Johnny Cash, the singer, is descended from William the Imigrant)” (sic) [emphasis added]

also…

“William Cash lived in Salem, Mass. at the lower end of Essex Street, near the eastern corner of Gerrish Place; he married Elizabeth Lambert Oct., 1667; he died before 1693.”

Source cited on the website where I found this: “The History of Salem, Massachusettes", Sidney Perley, 1928, Salem, Ma., Volume II, 1638-1870.

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The website on which I found this was created by a man by the name of Jeff Drake, so I presume the parenthetical comment about Johnny Cash was written by him. Here’s more from his site:

"William Cash, Master Mariner, was born in Scotland, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1667. There he married Elizabeth Lambert, bought a home on a quarter acre at the junction of Essex and Forrester Streets. Eight children were born to them, four sons and four daughters. In 1676 the Mariner brought to Salem his nephew, also named William Cash, from Scotland. This younger William was the Immigrant Ancestor of our American Cash family.

The Salem Mariner left [in] Massachusetts a record of the fact that the Cash [family] seat was anciently at 'the place Cash', near Strathmiglo, in Fife, Scotland. Research proved him to have been correct. The Salem William was owner and Master of the Brigantine, 'Good Intent', and was very likely a master Mariner by the time he was 22.

He operated his ship in the British Isles-American Colonies trade. To have sailed a wooden vessel for nearly fifty years on the treacherous waters of the Atlantic, with the crudest of instruments or by the stars, particularly in winter, and finally after a lifetime to bring to port his vessel and crew intact, marks him certainly as a Master of the sea. He was of that intrepid group of early mariners who pioneered the routes for the commerce that would follow them.

He sleeps [is buried] in Charter Street Cemetary [sic] (now called Vine Cemetery), Salem, on Burial Point. The wooden cross that once marked his grave is long gone."

Source cited on the website on which I found this: CASH book written by Don Cash. (March 10, 1976, San Diego, California, now deceased.)
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So What Does All That Have To Do With Our Family?

Here’s the ancestral trail, distilled from Mr. Drake’s very detailed website - which he takes down to the W.G. Cash level - supplemented from there by what we know about W.G.'s descendants. (Mr. Drake’s site includes all the children, siblings, and spouses of everyone listed below, but for simplicity I’ve left them out here.)

William Cash (the mariner above): Abt 1642 to after 1717, married Elizabeth Lambert: 1642-unknown, and had a son William.
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William Cash: 1668-1729, married Sarah Flinder, and had a son Richard.
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Richard Cash: 1706-unknown, married Abigail Davis and had a son John.
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John Cash: 1736-1794, married Ann Shaw and had a son Isaiah.
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Isaiah Cash married Mary (unknown maiden name) and had a son named Jonathan.
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Jonathan Cash: 1801-1874, married Mary Stotlar 1801-1854, had a son named William Galen Cash.
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William Galen Cash: 1847-1916, married Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Anderson, 1852-1927, and had a daughter, Leona Cash.
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Leona Cash, 1872-1957, married Fleetwood Churchill Jones, 1857-1937, and had a son named Carleton Duane Jones.
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Carleton Jones, 1895-1967, married Nelle Virginia Field, 1899-1976, and had four children, Fleeta Claire, Paul Wesley, Virginia Lee and DeRand Jones.
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Claire, Paul, and Virginia were the parents of my generation, thus had/have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, adding generations 10, 11 and 12 to the above.

I cannot verify that Mr. Drake’s research is correct, for I found at least one error in his info, e.g., W.G. Cash’s wife and children’s names were incorrect (I corrected them here). In addition, on another page of this blog I've included a note from his granddaughter, Mary Jones Anderson, that says W.G.'s forebears emigrated from Wales. However, if Mr. Drake's research about preceding generations is accurate, it appears that twelve generations up from the youngest members of our current family, William Cash, Master Mariner from Scotland, is an ancestor of ours and was the uncle of another William Cash from whom the singer Johnny Cash descended.

Being Johnny Cash's distant cousin is a remote connection to our family, for sure, but a fun possibility to consider. It’s also interesting to contemplate the idea that William Cash (the mariner) and his nephew were, indeed, the first people by the name of “Cash” recorded as being here - 100 years before America became a nation - and are in our ancestral line.

Update to the above on 15 June 2010:

After posting information on this blog about our Cash family connection I was contacted about the Cash family by Kathy Shea, who turns out to be a cousin who's related to our family through the Cash line on her mother’s side. Kathy provided data that conflicts with the data found on Jeff Drake’s site.

Simplified, Kathy’s research, which is documented in a 99-page report, shows the following descendancy information:

John Cash married Mary Dawson (not Richard Cash & Abigail Davis);
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John Cash married Ann Shaw;
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William Cash married Keziah Nicholls (Kathy reports that we're missing this generation);
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Jonathan Cash married Mary [unknown maiden name] (Not Isaiah - Isaiah married Mary Seal);
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Jonathan Cash married Mary Stotlar;
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William Galen (W.G.) Cash married Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Anderson.

To which I can again add the following:

W.G. and Mary Elizabeth Cash's daughter, Leona Cash, 1872-1957, married Fleetwood Churchill Jones, 1857-1937, and had a son named Carleton Duane Jones.
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Carleton Jones, 1895-1967, married Nelle Virginia Field, 1899-1976, and had four children, Fleeta Claire, Paul Wesley, DeRand and Virginia Lee Jones.
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Claire, Paul, and Virginia were the parents of my generation, thus had/have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, adding generations 10, 11 and 12 to the above.

If Kathy Shea’s research is accurate - and it’s well documented from original sources, then our link to William Cash the mariner is broken. Having said that, there may be another link that connects William the mariner to our family, but not the one provided by Mr. Drake. The research on this is a work in progress for Kathy, so we shall see what she turns up regarding this issue.

Last updated 6/30/2010

Index and Links as of June, 2010

"East Chicago Dunns"

♦ Index and Links ◄ Updated 6/29/2010




A blog where we explore our ancestral
family's history, photos and stories...

Compiled by Patrick William Dunn
In Irish / Gaelic: Pádraig Uiliam Ó Duinn





An Irish Toast:
May neighbours respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you!

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The Circumstances That Led Our Irish Ancestors to Emigrate:

♦ Why Did Our Ancestors Leave Ireland?

♦ How Could They Afford the Passage? ◄ Updated

The Furthest We’ve Gotten Back On the Paternal Side:

♦ Pierce Dunn / Ireland

The Immigrants:

♦ Michael Dunn / Ireland

– Dunns in 1860 Madison County, Illinois ◄ Updated

♦ Edward Nolan / Ireland

– Where Our Nolan Line Came From in Ireland

♦ John Ring / Ireland

♦ Mathias Schwarz / Casper Lauer / Germany

The First Generation Americans:

♦ William Edward Dunn, Son of Michael Dunn ◄ Updated 6/10/10

♦ William Edward Dunn's 1892 Marriage License, 1902 Letters

♦ Peter L Dunn, Son of Michael Dunn

♦ Stephen G Dunn, Son of Michael Dunn

♦ Photos: Edward Francis Nolan and Family

♦ Nolan Family Obituaries

The Second Generation:

♦ Eugene Michael Dunn, Son of William Edward Dunn

♦ John Henry Dunn, Son of William Edward Dunn

♦ Stephen C Dunn, Son of William Edward Dunn

♦ Edward T Dunn, Son of William Edward Dunn

♦ Francis A (Smiley) Dunn, Son of William Edward Dunn

♦ Helen Dunn Green Wolf, Daughter of William Edward Dunn

♦ Leo Peter Dunn, Son of Peter L Dunn

The Third Generation:

♦ Franklin L [Dunn] Myers, Great Grandson of Michael Dunn

♦ William Edward (Bill) Dunn (1918-1986)

Our Maternal Side - The Cash Family Line:

♦ The U.S. Revolutionary War and Our Cash Family ◄ New on 6/15/10, expanded 6/18

♦ Our Cash Family Connection ◄ Updated 6/15/10

♦ Historic Cash Family Letter and Photos ◄ New

♦ More Historic Cash Family Photos ◄ New on 6/29/10

♦ Memorial Day, 1891 - Article Referring to William Galen Cash ◄ Updated

Other Information:

♦ Did Irish Immigrants Live in Caves in Chicago? ◄ New

♦ Historical Info About Ancient Dunn(e)s ◄ Updated

♦ Life in Brittas, Family Seat of the Ancient Dunn(e)s

♦ What Became of Brittas Castle - and the Brittas Dunnes?

Surnames and Coats of Arms:

♦ Variations of the Dunn Coat of Arms/Crest

♦ The History of Surnames and Coats of Arms

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Dunn

♦ The Dunn Name and Interesting Trivia

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Cash ◄ New

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Grace

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Cavanaugh/Kavanaugh

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Ring

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Nolan

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Lauer

♦ Origin and History of the Surname Schwarz

Origin and History of the Surname Cash

"This interesting surname recorded as Cass, Casse, Cassie, Cassey, Cassy and in Dublin (Ireland) as Cash, can be English, Irish or Scottish.

It is of the group of surnames which derive from medieval personal names, Cass or Cassie being a nickname form of the popular female name 'Cassandra', a Greek name meaning 'snarer of men'. It was introduced into Europe at the time of the famous crusades of the 12th century.

It is said that the first Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess of classical legend, who was condemned to foretell the future, but never to be believed! For whatever reason, this story was widely popular in medieval times.

The name is a metronomic, which is so say that it derives from the mother's name, rather than the father's. The personal name appears as Casse Rumpe in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridge in 1279, whilst William Casse was mentioned in the pipe rolls of Essex in the year 1300. Other recordings include Elyzabeth Casye, who married William Kendricke at St Dionis Backchurch, London, on August 27th 1564, whilst John Cass of Dalkeith, Scotland was summoned before the Privy Council for Scotland in 1566, and James Cash is recorded in Dublin in 1772. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Roger Cass, which was dated 1130, in the Registrum de Dunfermelyn, during the reign of King David 1st of Scotland, 1124 - 1153.

Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to 'develop' often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling." Source