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224. CHARLES5 WHITSETT (Mary4 Clifford, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1786 probably in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. On 19 May 1813 in Harrison or Bourbon County, Kentucky, he married ELIZABETH (BETSEY) MOCK; born 1796 in Kentucky.1129 In the 1820s, Charles and Elizabeth purchased the quit claim rights from the other heirs of Joseph Whitsett; see under specific siblings. By 1824, Charles and Elizabeth were living in Fayette County, Indiana.1130 In 1827, Charles and Elizabeth were living in Clark County, Indiana.1131 In 1808, an Enoch Willard, infant of Phoebe Vernon, was bound to a Charles Whitsett, cabinet maker, of Nicholas County, Kentucky.1132 The 1850 federal census reports a Charles Whitsett, cabinet maker, born circa 1786 in Kentucky, living in the household of John Bader (or Rader) and his wife Mary E. and their children in Mercer County, Illinois.1133 An appended item reports this Charles Whitsett, age 64, born in Kentucky, dying of typhoid in December (?1850). Could he be our Charles Whitsett?
225. JANE5 WHITSETT, (Mary4 Clifford, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 10 December 1790 in either Harrison County or Bourbon County, Kentucky; died 9 May 1833. On 16 March 1809 in Harrison County, Kentucky, Jane married STEPHEN MITCHELL IRVIN; born 3 October 1780 in Virginia; died 25 July 1851 in Fayette County, Ohio.1135 Stephen Irvin was a minister, Disciples of Christ. In 1817, Stephen and Jane were living in Clinton County, Ohio;1136 in 1826, they were living in Fayette County, Ohio.1137 In 1850, Stephen, no occupation given, was still living in Fayette County, Ohio; this federal census would indicate that, after Jane died in 1833, Stephen apparently married Elizabeth [-?-], born circa 1800 in Ohio.1138 Also in the household in 1850 were children (all born in Ohio) Elizabeth Irvin, born circa 1824; Mary M. Irvin, born circa 1827; John C. Irvin, born circa 1829; William Irvin, born circa 1833 (these were children of Stephen and Jane); Ann Irvin, born circa 1836; James W, Irvin, born circa 1839; and Joshua Irvin, born circa 1842 (these would be children of Stephen and second wife Elizabeth). Probably the John Mitchell Irvin who married Jane (Whitsett) Irvin's sister Matilda was a brother of Stephen Mitchell. Another brother was possibly the Joshua Irvin, born circa 1788 in Kentucky, who was living next door to Stephen and Jane's son Isaiah W. Irvin in 1850, and like Isaiah, was listed as cabinet maker.1139
226. MARY5 MALINDA WHITSETT (Mary4 Clifford, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1794 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; on 26 May 1813 in Harrison County, Kentucky; she married STEPHEN BREWER; born circa 1775 in Virginia.1142 In 1826, Stephen and Mary and family were living in Fayette County, Indiana.1143 In 1850, Stephen and Mary were living by themselves in Grant County, Indiana, but next door to their son Stephen (Jr.).1144
227. MARGARET5 (PEGGY) WHITSETT (Mary4 Clifford, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 17 October 1795 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; died 11 November 1865 in Fayette County, Ohio; buried in Mills' Farm Family Cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio. Margaret married WILLIAM PALMER on 23 January 18141147 in Harrison County, Kentucky; he was born 30 December 1788 in Halifax County, Virginia;1148 died 1866.1149 In 1826, William and Margaret were living in Fayette County, Ohio.1150 In 1850, William, Margaret and children Margaret, Rebecca, William and Charles were in Jasper Township, Fayette County, Ohio, where William was listed as a farmer.1151 Also in the household in 1850 was Mary Whitehead, born circa 1785 in ?Maryland or Pennsylvania. William was in the War of 1812, elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, 1840-1841, and was a progressive and leading agriculturist in Ohio, especially an authority on short-horn cattle. He was president of the Ohio Agricultural Society. William and Margaret helped to organize the First Universalist Church of Jeffersonville, Ohio.
229. EMILY5 WHITSETT (Mary4 Clifford, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 30 April 1801 in Kentucky; died 18 August 1886; she married, 23 May 1818, DAVID HUGHES; born 1791 near Louisville, Kentucky; died 19 July 1870 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.1156 Emily's mother, Mary (Clifford) Whitsett, possibly died in 1801.1157 In 1826, David and Emily were living in Clinton County, Ohio.1158 In 1850, David, Emily, son Harry, and married daughter Emily and Emily's son Eugene were living in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, where David was enumerated as a farmer.1159 In 1880, Emily W. Hughes, widow, was living in the household of her grandson, Frank E. Wilson, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio.1160 This census reported Emily born in Kentucky and both her parents born in Pennsylvania. There is a biography of David Hughes in Descendants of John Hewes.1161 According to this biography, David had "brown hair, hazel eyes and was very energetic." He was a son of Jesse Hughes, one of the first associate judges of Clinton County, Ohio. David and Emily lived in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, from the time they got married until 1829 when they moved to Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. David, a farmer, was a captain in the company of Colonel Thomas Hinkson's 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Ohio. The biography, citing a letter of Mrs. Caldwell (Catherine, a daughter of Joseph and Emily Whitsett), mentions Emily was a daughter of Joseph Whitsett; that she was born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, 30 April 1801; and that she came to Ohio from Kentucky in 1814. In 1879, Emily applied for a pension, but it was rejected because "the name of Mr. Hughes did not appear on any roll, except in 1813 as a captain of an independent company."
230. Mary5 Clifford (Joseph4, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 17 February 1793; died 11 December 1875; married (first) SAMUEL RIDDLE;1168 married (second) JOHN TAYLOR; born circa 1789; died 29 October 1865. Both John and Mary (Clifford) Riddle Taylor are buried in Fort Palmer Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County.1169 I have little information on Samuel Riddle. He was said to be a step-son of John Riddell, born in Strabane, Tyrone, northern Ireland and Isabelle (Gaut) Riddle. John and Isabelle had one other child, John Riddle, step-son, born in Ireland, died in Slippery Rock Township, present-day Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. I do not know who was the father of Samuel and John Riddle. Presumably, Isabelle was the mother of both. Samuel was born in 1793 (location not known).1170 He was probably deceased by 1816, since Joseph Taylor, Mary's child by John Taylor, was born in October 1817. Samuel Riddle was reported to be in the War of 1812.1171 John Taylor was a shoemaker1172 and farmer, and in 1850 and 1860 was living with Mary and children in Ligonier Township.1173 In 1870, Mary was living with her children Joseph and Catherine in Ligonier Township.1174 Important 1855 and 1857 Westmoreland County Orphans Court documents (pertaining to Mary's deceased brother Charles Clifford, #239) mentions Mary Clifford as the wife of John Taylor.1175 This from Francis McConaughy1176 in the Ligonier Echo, 29 June 1892, page 1: I will now close our neighborhood with John Taylor of the family already mentioned on Shaffer land. A lot of tall good-looking men. His wife was of the Joseph Clifford daughters and they attended church regularly and paid promptly. He opened out a large well improved farm at the foot of the mountains and afterwards bought of the John Ogden land. He was a man who wasted no time with gun or fishing-rod, but would at times go into the mountain and bring home much wild game-bears, deer and turkeys. I remember of a time we were going for chestnuts to a beautiful flat of half-grown chestnut trees, half up the mountain, where three or four of us gathered two bushels of chestnuts and where Mr. Taylor and family were the day before and on his way home killed a deer weighing nearly 400 pounds. Killed him at the second shot as after the first he got up and was looking around for his enemy, while he reloaded and shot him in the head. He had also same day shot another deer. I remember of his so ably telling father the particulars as there was great danger of in the case of a bear being wounded and seeing the person who did it. The age distributions in John Taylor's Fairfield Township household in 1820 were males: 2-0-0-0-1, females 1-0-1-0-01177 (see beginning of end notes for age intervals of federal census categories). The female under 10 would probably have been Jane Ann Riddle, daughter of Mary and first husband Samuel Riddle. One of the males under 10 would have been Joseph Taylor, son of Mary and second husband John Taylor. The other male under 10, if a son, could have been a son of either Samuel Riddle or John Taylor. In 1830 (males: 0-1-0-0-0-1, females: 0-2-1-0-0-1) only one young male, presumable son Joseph, was listed, whereas, there were three young females, presumably Jane Ann Riddle, Catherine Taylor and an unidentified female.1178 In 1840, Joseph was still in the household but there were only two young females, both age 15-20; one would be daughter Catherine Taylor. Since Jane Riddle had married and was having children by the late 1830s, the other young female in 1840 remains a mystery. She was not in the household in 1850. Possibly she was a daughter who died or left home before the 1850 federal census1179 In 1850, Mary (Clifford) Taylor's age was listed as 481180 (born circa 1802); however in the 1860 census her age, 67, would calculate to being born 1793. In the 1850 census, besides John and Mary and children Catherine and Joseph, a Jane (presumably) Taylor, age 78, and a George Fowler, age 10, were in the household. Probably this Jane was Jane (Brown) Taylor, mother of John Taylor, and widow of Jacob Taylor.1181 Jane Brown's parents were (tentative) James and Nancy Brown of Ligonier.
The 1830 and 1840 federal censuses suggest the possibility of another daughter (see above). In this regard, there was a Catherine Taylor, born December 1823, single, "aunt," living in the household of John and Isabella Clark in Ligonier Township in 1900.1187 Was John or Isabella a child of an unknown sister of Catherine Taylor? 232. SARAH5 CLIFFORD (Joseph4, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 17 February 1797; died 4 December 1850; married CHARLES MENOHER; born 24 May 1797; died 10 April 1851.1188 Perhaps both Sarah and Charles died of typhoid fever (see the 20 July 1892 Ligonier Echo article below). Both Charles and Sarah are buried in Fort Palmer Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.1189 Charles Menoher (#255) was a son of John and Jane (Clifford) Menoher (#54); hence Sarah and Charles were first cousins. Sarah's sister Ann Clifford married James Menoher (see #258), a brother of Charles Menoher. See Chart 2: "Some Clifford-Menoher-McKelvey relationships." Charles, as head of household, was first enumerated in Fairfield Township with Sarah and one male (son John?) under 10 in 1820.1190 In 1850, Charles and Sarah and children William Menoher, Rebecca Menoher, Isabel Menoher, Melissa Menoher, Thomas Menoher and Sarah J. Menoher were living in Ligonier Township (dwelling and family 326), next to their son Joseph Menoher and wife Sarah J. (dwelling and family 327).1191 Charles wrote his will 8 March 1851.1192 All children were mentioned except Sarah. Other than what was to be bequeathed to his children, his personal property was to be sold at public auction. The farm was willed to sons William and Thomas. John Hill was executor; James Jones and David W. McConahy were witnesses. 
This from Francis McConaughy1193 in the Ligonier Echo, 20 July 1892, page 2: Charles Manoher our near neighbor, joining us on the north, settled in the woods of half the 400 acres, by trading his small property on Millcreek to Col. Clifford [John Clifford, #240], for this larger tract, that gave him and boys plenty healthy exercise, to clear it out and put up buildings. His land also joined the Hermitage on the southeast. His wife was of the Joseph Clifford daughters, and they raised a large industrious well doing family, and were excellent neighbors. They about all came to my Hermitage school, and were obedient and learned well. Attended Dr. Scroggs' church, although distant. Jane [#659] and Wm. [#661] however became Presbyterians and Joseph [#660] a Methodist, perhaps by marrying Lewis Rector's daughter. Many of the family I have lost sight of since I left home and do not know in what part of the country they are settled. The parents I think died, and perhaps some of the children, with typhoid fever. Their farm was well improved every way, and well supplied with the best of fruit and berries, and was a good producing farm in every way, when he died.
235. RACHEL5 CLIFFORD (Joseph4, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 15 December 1804; died 14 February 1836; buried in Fort Palmer Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania;1199 married THOMAS LEMON BEAM;1200 born 15 September 1803; died 19 March 1877.1201 Thomas was a son of Henry Beam (see McConaughy's article, next paragraph). After Rachel died, Thomas married Jane Ann Riddle (#655), daughter of Rachel's sister Mary (Clifford) Riddle. For more information on Thomas Lemon Beam, see under Mary Clifford (#230). Thomas Beam was a blacksmith1202 and Westmoreland County justice of the peace.1203 He was also a debater, see under John Clifford (#240). And this from Francis McConaughy1204 in the Ligonier Echo, 20 July 1892, page 2: I have thought best before commencing with Edward Irwin and David Hammil in that hill country wing of Dr. Scroggs' church, to unite in this an account of the Campbellite, now called Disciple church of that region, the originators or leaders being Wm. Luther and Thomas Beam. The former being brother of church elder Robert Luther, Esq., of Laughlinstown; the latter of the first family of Henry Beam of the Hermitage, as he had a large second family that were mostly drowned in the Tubmill as previously mentioned [I do not know about this tragedy. Tubmill (or Tub Mill) Creek and its tributaries drain most of Fairfield Township; the stream flows northward emptying into the Conemaugh River at Bolivar] … Thos. Beam, Esq., his co-worker in the church was also a man of more than ordinary mind, was engaged in various business and rather a natural genius, good debater in societies, made grand without trainer or teacher in the business. His wife was of the Joseph Clifford family and had sons eminent in medical practice, but not sure how many. Thomas Beam had a full brother, Andrew, who teamed some at the furnaces and perhaps some on the highway. He also was once a candidate for the office of sheriff, but not succeeding in this, I do not know what became of him finally, as I for a long time lost sight of him in that region.
236. EDWARD5 CLIFFORD (Joseph4, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 27 July 1807; died 2 June 1886; on 24 March 1831, he married CATHERINE MYERS; born 29 March 1808; died 8 January 1871; she was a daughter of Christian and Barbara (Beachley) Myers of Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.1209 Since her parents came to the Ligonier area in 1814 from Berlin, Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, this is probably where Catherine was born.1210 Both Edward and Catherine are buried in Fort Palmer Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County.1211, 1212 Christian and Barbara (Beachley) Myers had 13 children. Another daughter was Elizabeth Myers, who married Peter Breniser. One of Peter and Elizabeth's 12 children was Nancy Breniser who married Johnston Shrum (#585), son of George and Sarah Ann (Clifford) Shrum -see under Johnston Shrum for sources. Two other children of Christian and Barbara Myers were Susan Myers, born 1817, and Henry Myers, born 1810-Henry, Sarah, born circa 1825, and family were living in Ligonier Township in 1870.1213 There are biographies of Henry, whose wife's maiden name was Sarah Smith (daughter of Henry and Madelena Richards Smith), and his son Abram Beachley Myers, who married Margaret Fletcher, in Hedley (1918a), pages 467-489. Edward purchased his brothers and sisters' interests in their father's estate.1214 Edward was a farmer and stock dealer and "he became one of the wealthiest men of the valley of his day."1215 There is a picture of him in Jordan (1906), opposite page 246. In 1840, Edward, Catherine and their first four children (all sons) were enumerated in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County.1216 In 1850, Edward, Catherine, all children, and Susan Myers, age 33, presumable the sister of Catherine (Myers) Clifford), mentioned above, were enumerated in Ligonier Township.1217 In 1860, children Franklin, Abram, and George were still living with Edward and Catherine in Ligonier Township.1218 Also enumerated with Edward in 1860 was Sarah Clifford, age 22 (born circa 1838), "domestic." I can not place this Sarah Clifford; possibly this is a census mistake and her surname was not Clifford. There was no Sarah Clifford with Edward in 1870, when Edward and Catherine and son Franklin were still living in Ligonier Township; but there was a Rebecca Blair (age 15), perhaps a domestic, living with the family.1219 In 1880, Edward was living by himself in Ligonier Township;1220 Catherine had died in 1871. The 1876 New Illustrated Atlas of Westmoreland County, for Ligonier Township, shows only six Clifford tracts. Four of these were in the known Clifford area, the Oak Grove area: two of these were owned by E. (Edward) Clifford, and one each owned by Abram Clifford and C. H. (Charles Henry?, #674) Clifford. One of the other two tracts was listed as "M. Clifford" and the other as "M. A. Clifford." The "M. Clifford" tract was located about two miles west of Ligonier town and that of "M. A. Clifford" was about two miles northeast of Ligonier. I can not place M and M. A. Clifford. Perhaps one or both tracts belonged to Mary A. [-?-], wife of Robert Clifford (#236). 
Photo 8. Edward Clifford (#236) (1807-1886), date not known. From Jordan (1906), opposite page 246.
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