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Hacker ~ Thayer ~ Wiggans ~ Seney ~ SleethOur Ancestral History 1505 -1986
by Selah Pomeroy 'Roy' Thayer, II b. 1907
Seney Family Genealogist
Seney Family Genealogist :
Cindy Spearman
Sleeth - Hacker Family Genealogist :
Mary Sleeth- Creamer
Hacker ~ Thayer ~ Wiggans ~ Seney ~ Sleeth :
Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants
SLEETH-WIANT :
Kristy Edenfield
Descendants of John Alexander Sleeth :
Shirley Clark:[email]

SLEETH : Cindy's List


  • Origin: Scotland
  • Religion: ?
  • Earliest Date Known: 1727
  • Arrived in America: 1752

John Alexander SLEETH b. abt 1727 in Scotland d. 20 Oct 1795 in Lewis Co.WV m. 1746 Mary Ann WALLACE b. abt 1730. in Renfrew Co. Scotland d. abt 1800 in Lewis Co.WV.

Children of John Alexnder Sleeth and Mary Ann Wallace:

  • Margaret b. 14 Jun 1747 in Ireland d. 8 May 1832 m.John HACKER
  • *Alexander b. 20 Aug 1750 VA d. 14 May 1820 IN m. Nancy Ann SMITH
  • David Wallace b. 18 May 1752 VA d. 28 Jun 1839 VA m. Catherine CARPENTER
  • Thomas b. 1755 d.?
  • John A. Jr. b. 1757 VA d. 1793 WV m. Anna FLESHER
  • Jane b. 1760 d. 1827 OH m. Elias HUGHES
  • Catherine b.? d.?
  • Ann Elizabeth b.? d.?

When the family property was confiscated by the English Crown, John and Mary Ann took refuge in Ireland. Mary Ann Wallace is a desendent to family of Sir William Wallace. They left Renfrew County Scotland in 1748 and lived in Ireland where they stayed until 1752, at which time they arrived in America and settled in Frederick Co. VA. They stayed in Frederick Co.,VA until 1776 when they moved to Orange Co.VA. In 1770, they moved to Hacker's Creek, Harrison Co. VA. ( a portion of that County is now Lewis Co.,WV) to be near their oldest daughter, Margaret Sleeth-Hacker and her family. John was a Leiutenant on the Ohio-West Virginian Frontier during the Revolutionary War.

Source: 'Our Ancestral History 1505 - 1986' 1986 Selah Pomeroy 'Roy' Thayer, II b. 1907.

Alexander SLEETH b. 20 Aug 1750 Fredrick Co.VA d. 14 May 1820 Fayette Co.IN m. abt 1775 1st Wife: Mrs. MONTGOMERY b.? d.? A widow with three children when they married and by whom they had three more. Do not know names of Montgomery children.

Children of Alexander Sleeth and Mrs. Montgomery:

  • John b. 7 Dec 1775 d. Sep 1851 m.1st Polly Ann BEARD m.2nd. Sarah BUTLER
  • Mary b. 31 Jan 1777 d. 11 Oct 1797
  • Mary(2nd) b. 19 Nov 1779 d. 17 May 1797.

Alexander SLEETH m.2nd Wife: Ann Nancy SMITH b. 22 Oct 1764 Morris Co. NJ d. 25 Nov 1834 Shelby Co.IN.

Children of Alexander Sleeth and Ann Nancy Smith:

  • John David b. 29 Aug 1783 WV d. 16 Apr 1820 IN m. Jane YOUNG
  • Alexander Jr. b. 18 Aug 1785 d. 6 Aug 1831 IN m. Christina KEITH
  • Thomas b. 15 Aug 1787 d. 16 Jun 1870 IN m. Rachel CORZAK
  • Jonas b. 19 Jul 1789 d. 1849 IN m. Margaret SKIDMORE
  • James b. 9 Jul 1791d.? OH m. Miss HEATH
  • Mary Ann Hacker b. 16 Jul 1793 d. 1873 OH m. Caleb WRIGHT
  • William Hacker b. 15 Aug 1795 d. 13 Nov 1846 m. Sarah DRUMMOND
  • Robert b. 20 Apr 1798 d. 1854 OH m. Mary CAMPBELL
  • Caleb b. 1 May 1800 d. 16 Aug 1879 IN m. Sarah FRAZIER
  • Nancy b. 14 Aug 1802 d. 11 Aug 1830 IN m. Abel SUMMERS
  • Albert b. 9 Nov 1806 d. 1847 MO m. Fannie SENEY
  • *Susannah b. 16 Apr 1808 OH d. 2 Jan 1890 MO m. Ira SENEY

Alexander was the first settler on the mouth of Turkey Run on the Buckhannon river, Upsur Co. WV. He fought in the American Revolution, records are in National #14017 DAR. In 1805 he and his family left Lewis Co. WV for Mad River Settlement, Greene Co. OH. He was accompanied by his wife's parents. David and Lydia BALL-SMITH, and several of his nieces and nephews; children of John and Margaret SLEETH-HACKER and other relatives who were then grown and had families of their own. He stayed until the end of the War of 1812, and then went to Fayette Co. IN in 1815. Here the family settled on the west fork of the White River near present day Waterloo, Wayne Co. IN. Alexander died 14 May 1820 in Fayette Co. IN and was buried near Waterloo, Wayne Co. IN. Ann Nancy died 25 Nov 1834 in Shelby Co. IN and was buried in Marion Cemetery, Shelby Co. IN where she had moved in 1821. Ann Nancy and her children, several of whom were now married, and settled on Blue River, not far from present day Marion. She died at the home of her youngest daughter, Susannah SLEETH-SENEY. Her Father,David Smith died a year later and is buried at her side.

Source: 'Our Ancestral History 1505 - 1986' 1986 Selah Pomeroy 'Roy' Thayer, II b. 1907 Genealogist.

Susannah SLEETH b. 16 Apr 1808 in Greene Co., OH d. 2 Jan 1890 in Valley Township, Macon Co., MO m. on 12 Apr 1827 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co.,IN to to Ira SENEY b. 18 Apr 1807 in Madison Co.,KY d. 3 Nov 1845 Valley Township, Macon Co., MO.

Children of Ira Seney and Susannah Sleeth:

  • Nancy Ann b. 1828
  • Averilla b. 1831 m. Charles P. JAMES
  • Polly Mary Ann b. 1832 never married d. 1931
  • Albert Galilion b. 1833 m. Floretta STEADMAN
  • Robert Nilton b. 1835 twin
  • Lucinda b. 1835 twin m. James Wesley CAVENDER
  • Wilburn I. b. 1839 m. Amanda S. KNIGHT
  • Caroline b. 1842 m. John BOHERS-VOHREES
  • James M. b. 1844 never married. d. 1925
  • *John L. b. 1845 m. Laura A. RAINES

Ira and Susannah first five children were born in Indiana (IN) before they moved to Macon County, MO in 1835. Susannah died 2 Jan 1890. Her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace, either as some thought, from the ashes of her clay pipe, or she may have had a heart attack.

Source: 'Our Ancestral History 1505 - 1986' 1986 Selah Pomeroy 'Roy' Thayer, II b. 1907 Genealogist.

John L. SENEY b. 9 Nov 1845 d. 6 Aug 1911 m. Laura A. RAINES b. 4 Jan 1850 d. 24 Sep 1891.

Children of John L. Seney and Laura A. Raines:

  • * Katherine Susan b. 1869 m. Lewis Evans SHAWBELL
  • Lillian Eva b. 1872 m. Martin G. GENTNER
  • Nettie King b. 1875 m. William Marion GENTNER
  • Martha O. b. 1882
Claude Marion Shawbell, III
John Alexander SLEETH and Mary Ann WALLACE
Alexander SLEETH and Ann Nancy SMITH
Ira SENEY and Susannah SLEETH
John L. SENEY and Laura A. RAINES.
Katherine Susan SENEY and Lewis Evans SHAWBELL. Claude M. SHAWBELL,SR.
and Edna Mabel COVINGTON.
Claude M. SHAWBELL, Jr. and Betty Alice BUMGARDNER.