Andrew Stoughton

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Andrew Stoughton was the third child of his parents, John and Catherine Covert Stoughton. Andrew was born in 1802 or 1803, so possibly the year his parents arrived in Butler County PA from the Lewisburg area of Northampton (now Union) Co. Andrew was the third of nine children, and among the five boys, he was the middle brother. In 1825, when Andrew was 23 yrs. old, he married Mary Glenn, and they raised a family of nine children, four boys and five girls. The children married into the families of Campbell, Davis, McCandless and Hockenberry. Andrew lived through the years of the Civil War, and died a year after it ended. He wrote his will in early December of 1866, and died one month later, January 1867. He was sixty-five years old.

Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 1802 or 1803
possibly 8 July 1803
expect Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA [5][6][16]
Marriage 24 March 1825 expect Butler Twp., Butler Co. PA To Mary Glenn [13][18]
Death ~1867 Clay township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Will filed on 2 Jan 1867 [8]
Burial ~1867 no record see Research Notes

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5            Generation 6           Generation 7
 
                                            +-- John Stoughton
                                            |   (1773-1833)
                     +-- Andrew Stoughton --+
                     |   (~1802-1867)       |
 John C. Stoughton --+                      +-- Catherine Covert
 (1832-1902)         |                          (????-????)
                     +-- Mary Glenn
                         (~1800-????)

Sources: [10][13]

Children

(all children with Mary Glenn)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Rachel W. Stoughton F ~1825/1826 Robert G. Campbell;
grave at Andersonville Prison
[8][19][20\
Euphany "Effie" Jane Stoughton F ~1826 Miller Cornelius [8][15]
Mathew S. Stoughton M ~1832 Margaret J. Davis [5][7]
John C. Stoughton M 10 Nov 1832 Mary Jane McCandless Direct line [5][8][14]
Hannah A. Stoughton F ~1835 John A. McCandless John is the brother of Mary Jane McCandless; two siblings married to two siblings. [5][8]
Catherine Amanda Stoughton F ~1839 Robert Henry Davis [5][6][8]
Jacob Bernard Stoughton M ~1840 PA Margaret L. Hockenberry [5][6][8][9]
William Stoughton M ~1851 [6]
See source notes.

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
expect Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA ~1802/03 - 1850 [1][2][3][4][5]
apparently Butler Twp., Butler Co. PA 1825 marriage [18]
Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA 1860- ~1867 death [6][17]

Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 1810 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 2. Census is not dated. Lists family headed by J. Stoughton: 3 males <10, 2 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-44. Family headed by W. Stoughton also on page.
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2 1820 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 4. Census is not dated. Lists family headed by J. Stoughton: 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25 1 male >45,, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female >45.
This corresponds to John Stoughton age 53, wife Catherine Covert age 52. Children: 2 males under age 10 are Barnard age 3,& Luke, age ~13; 1 male age 10-15 is John age 15; 2 males age 16-25 are Andrew age 18,& Jacob age 20; 1 female <10 is Hannah age 5; 1 female age 10-15 is Effie age 10. (Son William age 23 not enumerated here; possibly working & living elsewhere; married in 1822).
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3 1830 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA pg 11. Lists family of Andrew Stoughton: 1 males <5, 1 male 20-30, 1 females <5, 1 female 20-40. Note that a second Andrew Stoughton is in the county; it is this Andrew's Uncle.
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4 1840 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA, (Ancestry.com pg. 11). Household of Andrew Stoughton: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 40-50, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 30-40. These seem to correspond to Jacob, John, Matthew, father Andrew Stoughton, Catherine, Hannah, Rachel, an unknown daughter, & mother Mary Glenn. The unknown daughter may have died before 1850, or may cast doubt on the match. However, household of William Stoughton, brother of Andrew, seems to be next door.
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5 1850 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Butler Co., PA, Page 281, Lines 36-42 shows Andrew Stoughton, 48, married to Mary Stoughton, 50. They live with five children: son Matthrew Stoughton, 18; son John Stoughton, 17; daughter Hannah Stoughton, 15; daughter Catherine Stoughton, 11; and son Jacob Stoughton, 10. Note that this household appears at the bottom of the census page but does not continue on the next page. Andrew Stoughton is a farmer. Everyone was born in PA. Hannah, Catherine, and Jacob attended school within the census year. This census is dated 21 Sep 1850.
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6 1860 United States Federal Census, Clay Twp., Butler Co., PA, Page 74, Lines 1-5 shows Andrew Stoughton, 57, married to Mary Stoughton, 58. They live with three children: Catherine Stoughton, 21; Jacob Stoughton, 20; and William Stoughton, 9. Andrew Stoughton is a farmer, Jacob Stoughton is a laborer, Catherine is a "domestic." Everyone was born in PA. This census is dated 20 Jul 1860.
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7 20th Century History of Butler & Butler Co.,by McKee, p. 1270, biographical sketch of Oliver W. Stoughton: "Matthew Stoughton, father of Oliver W., was born in Clay Township, Butler County, in 1831, and died in 1855, when aged but twenty-four years... Grandfather Stoughton was a leading member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Franklin Township, Butler County, in which he at times served officially..." (For complete text, go to Biographical sketch Oliver W. Stoughton).
8 Will of Andrew Stoughton, abstract, from Book D, p. 452. Andrew Stoughton of Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA, filed 2 Jan. 1867 (possibly signed 4 Dec. 1866). Lists wife Mary; sons Jacob and John; daughters Rachel Campbell, Effie Jane wife of Miller Cornelius, Hannah wife of John A. McCandless, Catharine Amanda wife of Robert Davis; grandson Oliver Stoughton, granddaughter Mary Isabella Stoughton. Witness William S. Wick.
9 Will of Jacob Stoughton, abstract, from Book B, p.195. of Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA (brother of direct line Andrew Stoughton); signed 2 Apr. 1841,filed 25 June 1841;lists nephew Jacob Stoughton.
10 Family tradition per correspondence of Paul Keith Heckathorn, was that Andrew Stoughton gave land for Muddy Creek Baptist Church (1829), which merged into Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 1844. He was a founding member of both Muddy Creek Baptist (Clay Twp.)and Mt. Zion Baptist Churches.
11 Reproduction, Map of Butler County, PA 1858 by Violet M. Covert. Mechling, Chicora PA, 2005, p.67 Franklin Township, shows land of John Stoughton.
p. 31 Clay Township shows land of A. Stoughton, and And. Stoughton.
12 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
N/A
13 Research of Jeanne Eichelberger, sources not given. Correspondence in 2006-2007.
14 McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, researched & compiled by Joseph A. Ferree, Sr.; ed. & publ. by Joseph A. Ferree, Jr., Natrona Heights. PA.
Pg. 69: James McCandless, and p. 68 "The Second Group of Three Brothers" (immigrants): "James McCandless, the second of the second group of three brothers, was born in County Down, Ireland ...He married Jane (Jennie) McCandless, daughter of Moses McCandless...". Their 4 children: John A.(sic) McCandless married Hannah Stoughton, Joshua McCandless married Lucinda McCandless, Julia Ann McCandless married Albert Ralston, Mary Jane McCandless married John C. Stoughton.


p.55, Moses McCandless, married Jane Hockenberry. Their 4 children: William H. McCandless (died 1884) married Mary Anne Turk (died 1900), Hannah McCandless married George C. McCandless, Jane McCandless (Jennie) married James McCandless, Mary McCandless married George Mackey.

(complete text James McCandless, The McCandless and Related Families)
15 1860 United States Census, Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA, pg 16 line 40 and pg 17 lines 1-6.
I. M. Cornelius (or J. M.), 36, farmer, $1500 real estate, $1203 personal estate; Auphany, 34; Mary E, 7; Rachell E., 5; Hannah, 2; Nancy 3/12; Franklin, 14. All born in PA. None attended school in the year.
Franklin is apparently a nephew or other relative.
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16 Obituary Andrew Stoughton, The Union Herald, Butler Co. PA, published Wed. 6 Feb. 1867, p.3, col.3.
"Died of cancer of the stomach, Dec. 28th, Andrrw (sic) Stoughton, Sr., aged 53 years and five months and twenty days."
Provided by Lu Eisler, Butler Area Public Library, Butler PA. Union Herald Film # 080.
See source notes below regarding age & birthdate of Andrew Stoughton.
17 Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan.

Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274.
From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy re. use on websites is ambiguous; may prohibit reproduction of text. See web address below for full text
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;q1=catherine%20covert;rgn=full%20text;idno=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247
Abstract: Catherine Covert was of Holland descent; her mother's maiden name was Van Zandt, a family that settled on Manhattan Island, NY. John Stoughton, of English descent, was a farmer and owned 350 acres of land in three farms. His brother Samuel Stoughton was a Baptist minister, and the entire family was strict in its religious observances. Children of John and Catherine Covert Stoughton were: William, Luke, Andrew a wealthy and prosperous farmer of Clay township, Jacob (died unmarried), John, Barnard, Jane (married Thomas Boyle), Hannah (married John Patterson),Effie (married Robert Logan),Polly (died young).=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247

18 Marriage Announcement for Andrew Stoughton & Mary Glenn, Butler Sentinel/Centinel, 26 Mar 1825, p.3 Film #66 Butler County Library; transcribed by contributor Jim Voltz.
"Married - On Thursday last (i.e. 24 March 1825), Mr. Andrew Stoughton, to Miss Mary Glenn, both of Butler Township."
19 Gravestone Transcription Rachel W. Campbell, Mount Zion Baptist (Isle Cemetery), Butler Co. PA Archives Cemeteries.
See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/butler/cemeteries/mountzion02.txt
Campbell, Rachel W. 10/14/1881 aged 56 years, wife of Robert G. Campbell

cJames Voltz research, correspondence 2008, ongoing.

  • Robert G. Campbell, husband of Rachel W. Stoughton, has a marked grave at Andersonville Prison.
20 Stoughton Family Private Cemetery, Stoughton family research by Burke Stoughton.
Burke Stoughton reported that a Stoughton family member told him there are 30 Stoughtons buried in this graveyard, and a number of Cornelius as well (likely members of the Effie Stoughton & Miller Cornelius family).
  • In addition to Andrew Stoughton and wife Mary Glenn Stoughton, it is thought that the graveyard includes son Elliott Lawrence Stoughton, daughter Effie Jane Stoughton Cornelius & her family, son Matthew Stoughton, daughter Catherine A. Stoughton Davis, son Jacob Bernard & wife Margaret Hockenberry Stoughton, Albert C. Stoughton, & Harry Freeman Stoughton.
  • Graveyard location: Clay Twp., on private property; ask owner's permission for access. The graveyard is located "on Claytonia Rd. between Hall Rd. and Kelly Rd., on the left 1/4 to 1/2 mile south" (presumably on the left as you travel south on Claytonia Rd., and 1/4 - 1/2 mile south of Hall Rd.)

Source Notes

  • No census data was found for 1810, 1820, or 1830 census.
  • [6] Relationship of William Stoughton: In 1860 census, relationships are not given. It is unclear whether William is a son or possibly a grandson or nephew. His birth in ~1851 seems late for this family.
  • [18] Church locations: Mt. Zion Baptist Church's present day location is in Franklin Twp. The location of original Muddy Creek Baptist Church not known to this researcher, but the present day church is on the border of Clay & Brady townships. If Andrew Stoughton donated land for the church, it may have been in Clay Twp., where it appears his land lay.
  • [16] Andrew Stoughton obituary: The Andrew Stoughton of this obituary would have been born about 8 July 1813. Only two adult Andrew Stoughtons are found in the 1850 & 1860 census (by ancestry.com search engine): Andrew Stoughton born 1802, and his nephew Andrew J. Stoughton born 1825. (A third Andrew Stoughton, age 8 yrs, appears in the 1860 census.) Andrew J. Stoughton lived until 1902, so one would conclude that the obituary must pertain to Andrew Stoughton born about 1802. This 1802 birth year is calculated from his age as in the 1850 & 1860 census. If it is correct, and if he died in Dec. 1866, his age would have been about 64 years. It is possible the obituary miss-stated his age in years as 53 rather than, say, 63 years. If so, and if the rest of the age is correct (the 5 months & 20 days), then his birth date would be something like 8 July 1803.

Research Notes

  • Burial site research re. Andrew Stoughton & wife Mary, with negative results: No gravestones found at various Butler County cemeteries visited in 2006-2007 by E. Wilson Williams (Mt. Zion Baptist Cemetery, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Muddy Creek Cemetery, Prospect's Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect Presbyterian Cemetery or West Liberty Cemetery). No record found in the entire 5 volume set of the Cemetery Inventory of Butler County, searched by research staff of the Butler Area Public Library, Oct. 2007.
    This suggests burial without gravestones, or that their stones deteriorated beyond legibility by the time of the Inventory; or burial at a small private cemetery not included in the Inventory.

Research Wishlist

  • Will of Andrew Stoughton, full copy
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