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Robert LOUGH

Male Abt 1795 - 1875  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Robert LOUGH 
    Birth Abt 1795  PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1875  Vermilion County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Vermilion County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: Emolene Lynch .

      (2) Brand, Franklin Marion, The Brand Family of Monongalia County, Virginia (Now West Virginia), Charleston, WV: Tribune Printing Co., 1922, p. 131:

      Robert Lough at one time owned several large tracts of land in Monongalia County. His son, John Lough, married Mary Ann Brand, daughter of "Blacksmith" John Brand. The wife of Otto Henry is also said to be one of his descendants. Moreover, his family was connected with one branch of the Brand family in another respect. His wife was Sarah Lynch, a sister of Nancy Bussey, who was the wife of Edward Bussey and the mother of the first wife of Alexander W. Brand.

      (3) A household headed by Robert LOUGH is listed in the 1820 census of the Western Division, Monongalia County, VA [now WV].

      Listed in Robert's household are 1 free white male under 10 years of age; 1 free white male between 16 and 26 years of age; 1 free white female under 10 years of age; and 1 free white female between 16 and 26 years of age.

      Assuming that Robert is the free white male listed in the 1820 census as then being between 16 and 26 years of age, he would have been born between 1794 and 1804, according to the 1820 census.

      Assuming that Robert's wife is the free white female listed in the 1820 census as then being between 16 and 26 years of age, she would have been born between 1794 and 1804, according to the 1820 census.

      Assuming that the other persons in Robert's household are children of Robert and his wife, those children would have consisted of 1 son (which son would have been born between 1810 and 1820, according to the 1820 census) and 1 daughter (which daughter would have been born between 1810 and 1820, according to the 1820 census).

      (4) Robert LOUGH and his half-brother, Joseph LOUGH, were the grantees in a land patent dated 4 January 1821 covering 106 acres of land in Monongalia County, VA [now WV]. See the following information in Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys <http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_ base=CLAS30>:

      URL: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=96&last=&g_p=G70&co llection=LO Grant

      Title: Lough, Robert.

      Publication: 4 January 1821.

      Other Format: Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.

      Note: Location: Monongalia County. Grantee(s): Lough, Joseph and Lough, Robert. Description: 106 acres on waters of the Meadow Run. Source: Land Office Grants No. 70, 1820-1821, p. 96 (Reel 136). Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

      Subject - Personal: Lough, Robert, grantee. Lough, Joseph.

      Subject - Topical: Land titles - Registration and transfer - West Virginia - Monongalia County.

      Subject - Geographic: Monongalia County (W. Va.) - History - 19th century.

      Genre/Form: Land grants - West Virginia - Monongalia County.

      Added Entry: Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779-. Library of Virginia. Archives.

      System Number: 000786645.

      (5) A household headed by Robert LOUGH is listed in the 1830 census of the Western District, Monongalia County, VA [now WV].

      Listed in Robert's household are 2 free white males under 5 years of age; 1 free white male between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white male between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white male between 30 and 40 years of age; 1 free white female under 5 years of age; 1 free white female between 10 and 15 years of age; and 1 free white female between 30 and 40 years of age.

      Assuming that Robert is the free white male listed in the 1830 census as then being between 30 and 40 years of age, he would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1830 census.

      Assuming that Robert's wife is the free white female listed in the 1830 census as then being between 30 and 40 years of age, she would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1830 census.

      Assuming that the other persons in Robert's household are children of Robert and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of 4 sons (2 of which sons would have been born between 1825 and 1830, 1 of which sons would have been born between 1820 and 1825, and 1 of which sons would have been born 1815 and 1820, according to the 1830 census) and 2 daughters (1 of which daughters would have been born between 1825 and 1830, and 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1815 and 1820, according to the 1830 census).

      (6) A household headed by Robert LAUGH is listed in the 1840 census of the Western Division, Monongalia County, VA [now WV].

      Listed in Robert's household are 1 free white male between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white male between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white male between 15 and 20 years of age; 1 free white male between 40 and 50 years of age; 1 free white female under 5 years of age; 1 free white female between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white female between 10 and 15 years of age; and 1 free white female between 40 and 50 years of age.

      Assuming that Robert is the free white male listed in the 1840 census as then being between 40 and 50 years of age, he would have been born between 1790 and 1800, according to the 1840 census.

      Assuming that Robert's wife is the free white female listed in the 1840 census as then being between 40 and 50 years of age, she would have been born between 1790 and 1800, according to the 1840 census.

      Assuming that the other persons in Robert's household are children of Robert and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of 3 sons (1 of which sons would have been born between 1830 and 1835, 1 of which sons would have been born between 1825 and 1830, and 1 of which sons would have been born between 1820 and 1825, according to the 1840 census) and 3 daughters (1 of which daughters would have been born between 183 and 1840, 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1830 and 1835, and 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1825 and 1830, according to the 1840 census).

      (7) Robert LOUGH was the grantee in a land patent dated 31 July 1845 covering 100 acres of land in Wood County, VA [now WV]. See the following information in Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys <http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_ base=CLAS30>:

      URL: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=573&last=&g_p=G96&c ollection=LO Grant

      Title: Lough, Robert.

      Publication: 31 July 1845.

      Other Format: Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.

      Note: Location: Wood County. Description: 100 acres on Duchman's Run a branch of the south fork of Hughes River. Source: Land Office Grants No. 96, 1844-1845, p. 573 (Reel 162). Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

      Subject - Personal: Lough, Robert, grantee.

      Subject - Topical: Land titles - Registration and transfer - West Virginia - Wood County.

      Subject - Geographic: Wood County (W. Va.) - History - 19th century.

      Genre/Form: Land grants - West Virginia - Wood County.

      Added Entry: Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779-. Library of Virginia. Archives.

      System Number: 000786646.

      (8) Robert LOUGH was the grantee in a land patent dated 31 July 1845 covering 100 acres of land in Wood County, VA [now WV]. See the following information in Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys <http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_ base=CLAS30>:

      URL: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=574&last=&g_p=G96&c ollection=LO Grant

      Title: Lough, Robert.

      Publication: 31 July 1845.

      Other Format: Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.

      Note: Location: Wood County. Description: 100 acres on Straight Creek a branch of Little Kanawha River. Source: Land Office Grants No. 96, 1844-1845, p. 574 (Reel 162). Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

      Subject - Personal: Lough, Robert, grantee.

      Subject - Topical: Land titles - Registration and transfer - West Virginia - Wood County.

      Subject - Geographic: Wood County (W. Va.) - History - 19th century.

      Genre/Form: Land grants - West Virginia - Wood County.

      Added Entry: Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779-. Library of Virginia. Archives.

      System Number: 000786647.

      (9) Lowther, Minnie Kendall, History of Ritchie County, Wheeling, WV: Wheeling News Litho Co., 1911, pp. 369-372:

      Dutchman [Run] Settled by Robert Lough.?Though the history of this stream began at such an early day, its wilderness remained unbroken until near the year 1840, when Robert Lough came here from Monongalia county with his family and reared the first cabin?on the farm that is now owned by the Dawson heirs.

      The records show that in the year 1842 the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia granted to the said Robert Lough a patent for one hundred acres on Dutchman's run. From here, he removed to the Webb's mill vicinity, a few years later, he having purchased five hundred sixty-nine acres of land in this section of Waltman Joseph, of Tyler county, on November 14, 1846, a tract which now includes the farms of John P. Kennedy, John V. Warner, John Hallam, and perhaps, others.

      Here he resided until 1862, when this property passed into other hands, and for the next ten years he made his home with his son, John, on Indian run; and early in the seventies, they all went to Vermillion [sic; should be Vermilion] county, Illinois, where he died shortly after his arrival; and there, in a rural burying-ground, near Ridge Farm, his ashes lie. He was a native of Monongalia county and was born in 1800.

      A year or two after his death, his aged widow, Mrs. Sarah Lynch Lough, returned to West Virginia, and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Means, in Calhoun county, until she was borne to the Fluharty cemetery, on Leading creek, in 1880.

      They were the parents of the following named children:

      John, Nimrod, Edward D., Pierce, Eleanore, Nancy, Sarah, and Rachel, all of whom were born in Monongalia county, except Rachel.

      John Lough, the eldest son?born in the early twenties, married Miss Mary Brand, of Monongalia county, who only survived the nuptial hour a short time; he then married Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson Drake, sister of the venerable Isaac Wilson, and settled near the forks of Dutchman, on the farm that is now owned by the Dawson heirs?doubtless. the one improved by his father?near the year 1845. After a few years sojourn here, he traded his property to the late Cyrus Dawson for what is now the P. R. Tharpe farm, on Indian run, and there he resided until he went to Vermillion county, Illinois, late in the sixties or early in the seventies. There he saw the last of earth, in 1879; and there, beside his wife, he rests, with his father, near Ridge Farm. He had several children, but as they all live in the West, their names are missing.

      Nimrod Lough?born in 1823, was first married to Miss Elizabeth Butcher, sister of the late Washington Butcher, and Mrs. Jacob Dougherty, who passed to her final home in 1865; and his second wife was Mrs. Rachel Stansbury Goff. He resided in the Hardman chapel Vicinity, and on Alum fork of Bone creek for many years. He rendered service as a Union soldier during the Civil war, and finally in 1905, went to thie Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio, where he answered the "last roll call" in 1908, and where he slumbers.

      The children of his first marriage were, Robert, Thomas, arid Jerome, of Lewis county; Caroline, who first married John William Law, of this county, and after his death, went to Harrison county and married Milton Davis, of Salem. She is the mother of Steele Law, of Clarksburg.

      Sarah Ellen became Mrs. Isaac Smith, of Smithville; and Isa [?] married a Mr. Clarke, and resides in Lewis county.

      The children of his second marriage were the late John Lough, Moses, and Newton, who now live in Ohio; and Auriila [?], who was the late Mrs. Phineas Folden, of Jackson county.

      Edward D. Lough was born on March 24, 1824, and on April 10, 1849, he was married to Miss Dorcas Dawson, of Marion county; and there settled down until 1855, when he removed his family to land owned by his father on lower Indian creek. From there, he went to what is now the Amos Scott farm; farther up the creek, and finally, in 1870, to the old homestead, near Harrisville, which is still in the hands of his heirs. Here on August 25, 1903, he bade adieu to earth. On December fifth of the same year, his aged companion followed him to the grave. Both rest in the Odd Fellows cemetery, at Harrisville.

      They were the parents of five children: John A., died in infancy. Napoleon E., and Misses Mary F. and Henrietta, who has been an invalid for many long years, reside at the old home; and Phillip S. is engaged in the mercantile business in Ohio. All are unmarried.

      Pierce Lough was born in 1828, and near the year 1863, he was married to Miss Malinda Campbell, of Wirt county, and for a few years after this event he called the "Buckeye state" his home, but for many years past he had been a resident of Leading creek, in Calhoun county. In 1877, his wife passed on, leaving three children; viz., Hiram Douglas Lough, of Williamstown; Mrs. Virginia ( I. C.) Fox, of Lough, Calhoun county; and Mrs. Ida Black, Gilmer county; and after her death he married Mrs. Mary Martin Hayhurst, and the one child of this union died in infancy.

      Eleanor Lough (daughter of Robert) married Jacob Hibbs, of Marion county, who died in this county, in 1895, and she now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Marshall, in Ohio. Her other children are: Mrs. C. D. Furbee, Grafton; Mrs. Wilson Rollins, Parkersburg; the late Mrs. Nancy (Walter) Dotson, the late Ulysses, Grant, and Walter, of this county; John C., of Wood, and Charles, of the West.

      Nancy Lough (daughter of Robert) married Granville Sleeth, an early merchant of Smithville, and she died in 1856, and he, the following year. Their children are Robert Sleeth, of Ohio; and William, of Parkersburg.

      Sarah Lough married Robert Means, who came to this county from Lewis, in the early fifties, and figured in the affairs of the Ritchie Mines vicinity until 1875, when he removed to Leading creek, in Calhoun county, where his wife died in 1897, and where he still survives. Their children were, the late Scott Means, of Calhoun county; Mrs. Ella L. (Wm.) Otto, of Revere; and Edward E., who lives with his aged father at the old homestead.

      Rachel A. Lough, the youngest daughter of Robert, married James Rogers, son of John B. Rogers, of Smithville, and at Hutchinson, Kansas, they reside. They have no children.

      Robert Lough's father, whose first name is wanting, crossed the sea from Downs [sic] county, Ireland, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, and probably settled in the Virginia colony, but this is uncertain. He married a Miss Hart, however, and was identified among the citizens of what is now Monongalia county, as early as 1800, when his son, the progenitor of the Ritchie county family, made his exit upon the stage of life; and there, perhaps, he spent the remnant of his days.

      (10) A household headed by Robt. LOUGH is listed in the 1850 census of the Western District, Ritchie County, VA [now WV].

      Robt. is listed in the 1850 census as a farmer who was then 55 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1795. According to the 1850 census, he was born in PA.

      Listed with Robt. is his wife, Sarah, who was then 50 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1800. According to the 1850 census, she was born in VA.

      Also listed with Robt. is his son, Pierce, a farmer who was then 22 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1828. According to the 1850 census, he was born in VA.

      Also listed with Robt. is his daughter, Sarah A., 15 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1835. According to the 1850 census, she was born in VA.

      Also listed with Robt. is an apparently unrelated farmer.

      (11) A household headed by Robt. LOUGH is listed in the 1860 census of Ritchie County, VA [now WV].

      Robt. is listed in the 1860 census as a farmer who was then 63 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1797. According to the 1860 census, he was born in PA.

      Listed with Robt. is his wife, Sarah, who was then 59 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1801. According to the 1860 census, she was born in VA.

      Also listed with Robt. is his son, Pierce, a farmer who was then 30 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1830. According to the 1860 census, he was born in VA.

      Also listed with Robt. is his daughter, Rachel A., who was then 18 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1801. According to the 1860 census, she was born in VA.

      (12) A household headed by Robert LOUGH is listed in the 1870 census of Murphy Township, Ritchie County, WV.

      Robert is listed in the 1870 census as a retired farmer who was then 75 years of age; therefore, according to the 1870 census, he was born in about 1795. According to the 1870 census, he was born in PA. According to the 1870 census, both of his parents were of foreign birth.

      Listed with Robert is his wife, Sarah, who was then 70 years of age; therefore, according to the 1870 census, she was born in about 1800. According to the 1870 census, she was born in VA.

      Also listed with Robert is his daughter, Rachel A., who was then 27 years of age; therefore, according to the 1870 census, she was born in about 1843. According to the 1870 census, she was born in VA.
    Person ID I13578  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father John LOUGH, Sr.,   b. Abt 1750   d. Mar 1816, Monongalia County, VA [now WV] Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Jane (HART),   b. Abt 1752, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1820, VA [now WV] Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1785  Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) According to Phyllis A. Vines, Jane HART was the widow of Charles HART when she married John LOUGH.
    Family ID F6119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah LINCH,   b. 10 Nov 1799, Monongalia County, VA [now WV] Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1880, Calhoun County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 26 May 1816  Monongalia County, VA [now WV] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024