Andrew Stoughton

Andrew Stoughton was the third child of his parents, John and Catherine Covert Stoughton. His two older brothers were born in New Jersey, but Andrew was born in 1802, the year his parents arrived in Butler County PA. 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
Marriage			To Mary Glenn
Death	~1867		Will filed on 2 Jan 1867
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:

Children

(all children with Mary Glenn)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Rachel Stoughton	F	~1826		Robert Campbell
Euphany "Effie" Jane Stoughton	F	~1826		Miller Cornelius
Mathew S. Stoughton	M	~1832		Margaret J. Davis
John C. Stoughton	M	10 Nov 1832		Mary Jane McCandless	Direct line
Hannah A. Stoughton	F	~1835		John M. McCandless	John is the brother of Mary Jane McCandless; two siblings married to two siblings.
Catherine Amanda Stoughton	F	~1839		Robert Henry Davis
Jacob B. Stoughton	M	~1840	PA	Margaret Hockenberry
William Stoughton	M	~1851				See source notes.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
expect Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA	~1802/03 - 1850
Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA	1860- ~1867 death

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.
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.
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.
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.	.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Source Notes

• No census data was found for 1810, 1820, or 1830 census.
• 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.
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church's present day location is in Franklin Twp. The location of original Muddy Creek Baptist Church now 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.
• 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

• Research re. burial site of Andrew Stoughton, 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, 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