Descendants of John Menoher

Notes:

From available information and resources it appears that John Menoher came from Ireland and may have settled in New Jersey prior to going to the Carlisle. PA. area. Later served in the Revolutionary War.

The name is speculated to have been changed due to clerical errors and the inability of persons being able to read in those days. (known variations Menoher, Manoher, Menocher, McNoher, and McNocher)

Please note that all living individuals date information are listed as private as a courtesy to those individuals.

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN1 MENOHER was born Bet. 1750 - 1759 in may have been PA or Ireland, and died Unknown.  He married (1) FIRST WIFE OF JOHN MENOHER Bef. 1770.  She was born Unknown, and died Unknown in died on ship from Ireland.  He married (2) SARA CUNNIN ABT  1770.  She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

       

Children of JOHN MENOHER and SARA CUNNIN are:

2.                i.    JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., b. 1771, ? Ligonier, PA; d. June 4, 1819, Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Cty, PA.

                  ii.    SARAH (DAU OF JOHN MCNOHER) MENOHER, b. Bet. 1770 - 1795; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH LOUTHER; b. 1840; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    HUGH MENOHER, b. November 13, 1854; d. Unknown.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JOHN2 MENOHER, SR. (JOHN1) was born 1771 in ? Ligonier, PA, and died June 4, 1819 in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Cty, PA.  He married JANE "JENNY" CLIFFORD April 4, 1794 in may be 1793, daughter of CHARLES CLIFFORD and JANE GORDON.  She was born September 9, 1772 in Hunterdon NJ, and died November 13, 1852 in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland, PA (maybe 1854).
EDITORS NOTE: As time goes on we make connections that are really a surprise. A relative, on the Clifford side of family,  living in Canada has published a book surrounding the family name of Clifford. I would thank Hugh F. Clifford for his acknowledgement for my minor contribution made to that effort.  For those that would like to visit what he has placed on line I would point you to  http://www3.telus.net/cliffordweb/index.html 
My appreciation goes to Hugh for his extraordinary efforts that have now made me realize that I have lived among descendents for years, right here in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 
Thanks Hugh! (12-24-2003)

 

        Children of JOHN MENOHER and JANE CLIFFORD are:

                   i.    INFANT DAUGHTER3 MENOHER, b. February 10, 1793/94, also found 2/18/1794; d. February 22, 1793/94, 4 days after birth.

3.               ii.    SARAH MENOHER, b. June 30, 1795, PA; d. January 18, 1879.

4.              iii.    CHARLES (SON OF JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, b. June 27, 1797, on family farm, 2 mi. east of Ligonier, PA; d. April 10, 1851, on farm at Ligonier, PA.

                 iv.    INFANT SON MENOHER, b. November 25, 1798; d. November 29, 1798, died 4 or 5 days after birth.

                  v.    ELIZABETH (DAU OF JOHN) MENOHER, b. April 9, 1801; d. Unknown.

5.              vi.    JOHN ( ? GORDON) MENOHER, b. November 11, 1803; d. September 16, 1832.

                vii.    JAMES MENOHER, b. February 15, 1806; d. 1878, family farm, Ligonier Valley PA; m. ANN (OR ANNE) CLIFFORD; b. June 7, 1806; d. Unknown.

               viii.    SAMUEL MENOHER, b. 1809; d. Unknown.

6.               ix.    JOSEPH A. MENOHER, b. October 22, 1811; d. Unknown.

                   x.    THOMAS MENOHER, b. December 27, 1814; d. Unknown.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  SARAH3 MENOHER (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born June 30, 1795 in PA, and died January 18, 1879.  She married JOHN DOUGLAS MCELROY, son of JAMES MCELROY and BETSY DOUGLAS.  He was born 1791 in PA, and died Aft. 1880.

       

Children of SARAH MENOHER and JOHN MCELROY are:

                   i.    JANE4 MCELROY, b. 1819; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS CLIFFORD REED; b. August 16, 1813, Westmoreland, PA; d. 1878.

7.               ii.    ELIZABETH MCELROY, b. 1825, Westmoreland, PA; d. Unknown, Westmoreland, PA.

                 iii.    SARAH MCELROY, b. 1827; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    SAMUEL MCELROY, b. 1829; d. Unknown.

                  v.    SUSAN MCELROY, b. 1832; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    RACHEL MCELROY, b. 1840; d. Unknown.

 

4.  CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER (JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born June 27, 1797 in on family farm, 2 mi. east of Ligonier, PA, and died April 10, 1851 in on farm at Ligonier, PA.  He married SARAH JANE (DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH) CLIFFORD 1819, daughter of JOSEPH CLIFFORD and POLLY PRITCHETT.  She was born March 23, 1796/97, and died December 4, 1850 in Ligonier, PA.

       

Children of CHARLES JOHN and SARAH CLIFFORD are:

8.                i.    JOHN (SON OF CHARLES)4 MENOHER, b. Aft. 1819; d. November 24, 1850.

9.               ii.    JOSEPH C. MENOHER, b. ABT  1823, Ligonier Township; d. Aft. 1870, Ligonier Township.

10.            iii.    WILLIAM C. MENOHER, b. ABT  1823, Ligonier, PA; d. Unknown.

11.            iv.    JANE MENOHER, b. ABT  1827, PA; d. Unknown.

                  v.    REBECKA MENOHER, b. ABT  1829, PA; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM MCCOLLY; b. Name may be  William McCauley; d. Unknown.

12.            vi.    SAMUEL M. MENOHER, b. July 11, 1831, Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA; d. October 8, 1903, Kernville, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

13.           vii.    ISABEL "BELLA" MENOHER, b. October 28, 1833; d. April 29, 1900.

14.          viii.    MELISSA MENOHER, b. 1834; d. Unknown.

15.             ix.    THOMAS MENOHER, b. 1838; d. 1918, West Fairfield, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

                   x.    SARAH J MENOHER, b. 1845; d. Unknown.

 

5.  JOHN ( ? GORDON)3 MENOHER (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born November 11, 1803, and died September 16, 1832.  He married MARY MATHEWS Bef. 1831, daughter of WILLIAM MATHEWS and ELIZABETH SNODGRASS.  She was born March 31, 1807, and died December 1, 1880 in Rankin, Ill.

       

Children of JOHN MENOHER and MARY MATHEWS are:

16.              i.    JAMES "GORDON"4 MENOHER, b. August 24, 1831, Pennsylvania; d. November 3, 1866, Fairfield, IA; burial Fairfax, IA.

17.             ii.    ELIZABETH (DAU OF JOHN GORDON) MENOHER, b. ABT  1833; d. Unknown.

 

6.  JOSEPH A.3 MENOHER (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born October 22, 1811, and died Unknown.  He married SALLY CURRY Unknown.  She was born ABT  1811, and died Unknown.

       

Children of JOSEPH MENOHER and SALLY CURRY are:

                   i.    GORDON4 MENOHER, b. Aft. 1811; d. Unknown; m. SARAH (WIFE OF GORDON MENOHER) /; b. Aft. 1811; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    JAMES MENOHER, b. Aft. 1811; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    RACHEL MENOHER, b. Aft. 1811; d. Unknown; m. JAMES LOVE; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    ANN C. MENOHER, b. 1841; d. Unknown.

                  v.    SARAH MARGARET MENOHER, b. 1855; d. 1901; m. (1) JOHN DOUGLAS MC ELROY; d. Unknown; m. (2) HUGH WALLACE LOVE; d. Unknown.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

7.  ELIZABETH4 MCELROY (SARAH3 MENOHER, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1825 in Westmoreland, PA, and died Unknown in Westmoreland, PA.  She married JOSEPH MATHEWS.  He was born 1821 in PA, and died Unknown in Westmoreland, PA.

       

Children of ELIZABETH MCELROY and JOSEPH MATHEWS are:

                   i.    WILLIAM H.5 MATHEWS, b. 1851, Westmoreland, PA; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    MAGGIE S. MATHEWS, b. 1860; d. Unknown.

 

8.  JOHN (SON OF CHARLES)4 MENOHER (CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born Aft. 1819, and died November 24, 1850.  He married JEMINA CATHERINE JOHNSON.  She was born Unknown, and died 1893.

       

Children of JOHN MENOHER and JEMINA JOHNSON are:

18.              i.    JOHN C.5 MENOHER, b. ABT  1840; d. Unknown.

19.             ii.    ANNA MATILDA MENOHER, b. March 30, 1847, Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    MIRIAM MENOHER, b. ABT  1845; d. Unknown.

 

9.  JOSEPH C.4 MENOHER (CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born ABT  1823 in Ligonier Township, and died Aft. 1870 in Ligonier Township.  He married MARTHA RECTOR.  She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

       

Children of JOSEPH MENOHER and MARTHA RECTOR are:

                   i.    MARY A.5 MENOHER, b. 1847, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland, PA; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    LEWIS MENOHER, b. 1848, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland, PA; d. Unknown.

20.            iii.    DAVID MATHIAS MENOHER, b. August 25, 1854, Waterford, PA; d. October 18, 1935.

 

10.  WILLIAM C.4 MENOHER (CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born ABT  1823 in Ligonier, PA, and died Unknown.  He married CATHERINE AUSTRAW, daughter of JOHN AUSTRAW.  She was born ABT  1822, and died Unknown.

       

Children of WILLIAM MENOHER and CATHERINE AUSTRAW are:

21.              i.    ADA MAUDE5 MENOHER, b. May 1846; d. Unknown.

22.             ii.    CHARLES CLIFFORD MENOHER, b. January 17, 1852; d. 1934, at age 82.

23.            iii.    ELSIE D. MENOHER, b. ABT  1865; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    HARRISON "HARRY" A. MENOHER, b. 1862, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland, PA; d. September 18, 1927, Pittsburgh, PA; m. ELSIE PARSONS; b. 1865; d. 1940.

24.             v.    HENRY D. FOSTER MENOHER, b. ABT  1850; d. 1929.

                 vi.    LEMON B. MENOHER, b. ABT  1850; d. Unknown, infancy.

25.           vii.    JOHN FREEMAN MENOHER, b. December 1, 1854; d. 1933, 1913 St Francis Hosp, Pittsburgh, PA.

26.          viii.    WATSON A. MENOHER, b. November 3, 1858, Ligonier, PA; d. June 17, 1907, Fort Hill, Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA.

 

11.  JANE4 MENOHER (CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born ABT  1827 in PA, and died Unknown.  She married MCKINLEY MCKELVEY.  He was born ABT  1825 in pa, and died Unknown.

       

Children of JANE MENOHER and MCKINLEY MCKELVEY are:

                   i.    AGNES (DAUGHTER OF JANE MENOHER)5 MCKELVEY, d. Unknown; m. JACOB E. KEFFER; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    BENJAMIN ROBB MCKELVEY, d. Unknown.

27.            iii.    CATHERINE MCKELVEY, b. ABT  1855; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    EMMA ALICE MCKELVEY, d. Unknown; m. HERBERT JOHNSON; d. Unknown.

                  v.    JAMES (SON/ MCKINLEY) MCKELVEY, d. Unknown.

                 vi.    JANE ANN MCKELVEY, d. Unknown; m. BEJAMIN ROBB; d. Unknown.

                vii.    JOSEPHINE MCKELVEY, d. Unknown; m. C. C. BRANT; d. Unknown.

               viii.    PAMILLA MCKELVEY, b. ABT  1844; d. Unknown; m. JOSIAH H. BRANT; b. 1844; d. 1916.

                  ix.    SAMUEL MENOHER MCKELVEY, b. September 12, 1849; d. Unknown.

                   x.    SARAH CLIFFORD MCKELVEY, b. 1854; d. 1892.

                  xi.    SAMANTHA "MANTIE" MCKELVEY, b. 1858; d. Unknown.

 

12.  SAMUEL M.4 MENOHER (CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born July 11, 1831 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA, and died October 8, 1903 in Kernville, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.  He married SARAH JANE YOUNG January 20, 1852 in Wm Penn House, Belmont, Ohio (St. Clairsville in the spring of 1852), daughter of ISAAC YOUNG and SARAH MOORE.  She was born May 2, 1832 in near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and died June 9, 1925 in Johnstown, PA (Grandview cemetery).

       

Children of SAMUEL MENOHER and SARAH YOUNG are:

28.              i.    ANNE "ANNIE" ELIZABETH5 MENOHER, b. October 11, 1852, Waterford, Westmoreland, PA; d. October 13, 1930, died  at her home on Meadow street, Lower Yoder township.

29.             ii.    WILLIAM CLIFFORD MENOHER, b. August 30, 1854, Oak Grove, Cambria, PA; d. December 8, 1908, Moxham, PA.

30.            iii.    IDA BELL MENOHER, b. November 30, 1859, Pittsburgh, PA; d. February 27, 1930, possibly 1945.

                 iv.    EMMALINE MENOHER, b. June 1856, Waterford, Westmoreland, PA; d. September 1859, Johnstown, Cambria, PA.

31.             v.    GENERAL CHARLES THOMAS MENOHER, GENERAL, b. March 20, 1862, Johnstown, Cambria, PA; d. August 11, 1930, Washington, D.C.; ArlingtonNatCem, Arl, VA.

32.            vi.    SAMUEL FRANKLIN MENOHER, b. September 29, 1864, Johnstown, Cambria, PA; d. April 3, 1936, Johnstown, Cambria, PA.

33.           vii.    MARY MELINDA MENOHER, b. January 29, 1867; d. October 18, 1915, Buffalo, NY.

34.          viii.    CLARA ELSENA (OR ELSINA) MENOHER, b. February 2, 1869, Johnstown, Cambria, PA; d. June 8, 1948, Johnstown, Cambria, PA.

35.             ix.    MARTHA VIRGINIA MENOHER, b. October 2, 1871; d. December 6, 1953.

                   x.    ROBERT MENOHER, b. December 25, 1873; d. January 29, 1874, 5 or 6 weeks of age.

 

13.  ISABEL "BELLA"4 MENOHER (CHARLES (SON OF3 JOHN, JR.) MENOHER, JOHN2 MENOHER, SR., JOHN1) was born October 28, 1833, and died April 29, 1900.  She married JAMES POLLOCK MCKELVEY February 2, 1864.  He died Unknown.

       

Children of ISABEL MENOHER and JAMES MCKELVEY are:

                   i.    CHARLES MENOHER5 M