Ahnentafel Report - Southern Illinois University

Ancestors of Roy Melvin Bearden-Whited) James Kidwell was born Feb. 25, 1823 and died Jan. 14, 1894. He was first married to Rebecca Slane, whowas a daughter of Benjamin and Delilah (Poston) Slane, Feb. 21, 1845. Rebecca was born Feb. 21, 1825 anddied in October 1849. They had two children. After Rebecca's death, James remarried to Mary Mencer(spelled Mentzer in the family Bible), March 7, 1853. Mary was born Sept. 29, 1831 and died on September4, 1899. They had six children. The family Bible is a possession of Shirley Ludwick, of Mountain FallsRoute, Winchester, Va.e) Jonathan Kidwell was born Oct. 11, 1827 and died in 1908. He was buried in the Kidwell graveyard,located near Slanesville, W.Va. He first married Ann Brelsford. After her death he remarried to Ann MariahBennett (1834-1908), Jan. 12, 1867.f) David Kidwell was born circa 1835. He married Martha Hiett, who was one of the daughters of John andAnn (Edwards) Hiett. After David's death, Martha remarried to Isaac King.g) Joseph Kidwell, born in 1835, married Lucy Rittenhour. He was living with his parents when the 1850census was taken for Hampshire County.h) William Kidwell never married, according to Maud Pugh.i) Evan Kidwell remained single.j) Mary Kidwell was born June 10, 1833 and died June 19, 1894. She first married Sylvester Vanorsdale andthen Charles Patterson, the latter on March 8, 1858, by the Rev. Christy Sine. Charles was born Oct. 19,1827 and died April 11, 1927. Charles and Mary lived in Ohio during the era of the Civil War, but they laterreturned to Hampshire County where they were buried in the Kidwell family graveyard near Slanesville,W.Va.8. Ann Hiett was born in 1787. She married James S. Kidwell, who was a son of John and Ellen (Hayes)Kidwell. James was born in 1800 and died Sept. 14, 1879, according to a death record in the HampshireCounty courthouse. After Ann's death, James remarried, July 18, 1871, to Elizabeth Ann (Edwards) Largent,who was a widow of William Largent (1796-1848). Elizabeth was a daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth(Cram) Edwards. A Bible record states that Elizabeth was born at Cold Stream, Hampshire County, Dec. 20,1812 and died in Sherman County, Nebraska, Sept. 13, 1887.More research is needed to understand fully the Kidwell families, especially their relationships with the EvanHiett family branch. Much erroneous information has been circulated about the Kidwell family, and theaccount in Miss Maud Pugh's work is generally unreliable, especially the section on James and Ann (Hiett)Kidwell. Several of the persons listed by Miss Pugh, in Volume II, pages 134-135, were actually children ofHawkins and Nancy Kidwell (1786-1847), rather than James and Ann Kidwell.9. Sarah Hiett was born in 1789 and died circa 1860. She married Adam Loy of the Sandy Ridge area ofHampshire County. The Loys lived on a farm which adjoined the Evan Hiett lands. The log house whichAdam Loy built was destroyed several years ago, located along Cold Stream Road that runs betweenSlanesville and Capon Bridge, WV.The children of Adam and Sarah (Hiett) Loy were::a) Nancy Loy was born June 3, 1810 and died in Peoria, Illinois, Dec. 18, 1881. She married George Wolford,son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kidwell) Wolford. They immigrated to Illinois after the Civil War.b) Sarah Loy was born in 1819 and died in 1892. She married Thomas Largent, who was a son of Samuel andMary (Largent) Largent. Thomas was born Jan. 27, 1813 and died Nov. 20, 1874. They were buried in thePowell cemetery at the Forks of Capon.32