Welcome Cousins!
On this page you will find four reports tracing the lineage of my grandparents. There is also a fifth report tracing the descendants of Adam Simonton of Ohio.
Prominent surnames to be found in each of my grandparent's reports include:
WILLIAM CLARENCE RANEY Report: Raney, Reed, and Stough/Stauch.
These families settled in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, and Indiana.
ELSIE MAUD KIMMEL Report: Kimmel, McNair, Pool, Rice, Chalker, Norton, Newhouse, Hale, Trumbull, Barber, and Gillett.
These families settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Ontario, and Indiana.
ESTHER LEONA DAVIS Report: Davis, McComb, Simonton, Sale, Parks
These families settled in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana.
WILLIAM BENJAMIN TROUT Report: Trout, Welsh, Hammond, Dorsey,Blackmond, Ayer(s), Carleton, Haseltine, Hale, and Palmer.
These families settled in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
It sure would be nice to find some others who come from the same nest. Please e-Mail me with any comments, corrections, or questions- or just tell me that you visited my site!
NOTICE: Ancestors in the reports whose names are capitalized are directly related to the Raney family (i.e. grand parents)
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- William & Margaret (Simonton) Crosson (bef 1870) (62 KB)
Combination Atlas Map of Warren County, Ohio, 1875. Contributed by Pat Morrison (Email : patnjack@amug.org)
- Raney family photo 1928, Allen County, Indiana (69 KB)
Seated left to right, front row: Malcolm Rapp, Ethel Marie Raney, Wilton Marvin Raney, and Edgar Glen Raney. Standing left to right, back row: Henry Rapp, William Clarence Raney, Newton T. Kimmel, Elsie Maud (Kimmel) Raney, Mae C.(Kimmel) Raney, Elsie M.(Raney) Rapp, Theodore S. Raney, and Emma Elizabeth (Reed) Raney.(see the "Ancestors of William Clarence Raney" report for more information)
- James and Margaret Ann (Simonton) McComb family (112 KB)
Seated left to right, front row: Robert Stanley McComb, Emma (McComb) Davis, James McComb, Margaret Ann (Simonton) McComb, Mary Caroline (McComb) Rundles, and Thomas Corwin McComb. Standing left to right, back row: John S. McComb, Morton Theophilus McComb, Hiram Edwin "Ed" McComb, David Olin McComb, William Sherman McComb, and James Ignatius "Nate" McComb. 50th Anniversary photo taken on September 25, 1900, Allen County, Indiana. (see the "Descendants of Adam Simonton of Ohio" report or the "Ancestors of Esther Leona Davis" report for more information)
- Scotland Clan Map - Simonton/Lockhart -2 min. wait (1 KB)
SIMONTON -- ORIGIN OF NAME. (from the Simonton Genealogy of Glenn Simonton provided by Dave Ross-Email:Newtross@aol.com)
In the Life of John Gibson Lockhart, (A. Lang) writes: “In the upper part of Lancashire, Scotland, is the parish of Symington, bounded on the east by the stripling Clyde, and rising in the south to the crest of the Tinto. The whole district lies high but, save for the Tinto, is not hilly. There is a warm wooded look, considering the height of the general elevation, and the parish is best known, perhaps, for Symington Railway Station on the Caledonian Railway.”
The official name of Symington is “Villa Symonis Lockard”-- Symon’s Town -- whence Symington/Simonton.
This name is understood to be derived from Simon Locard who, in the reign of Malcolm the Warden, was Lord of the Parish and founded the village and church. A man of Symon Locard’s importance must necessarily have had forefathers of no mean estate. The name Locard is probably derived from De Loch Ard, a territorial designation, and traceable to the house of Saint Lys and the companion of the Conqueror. Symon of Symington founded his parish church ca. 1153. He also held lands in Ayreshire and gave his name to Symontown in Kyle. There is no record of the date the first Symontown/Simonton went to Ireland, but that the move was made during the settlement of the Plantation of Ulster is certain, for among the allotments of land to the (Scots) who migrated to Ireland we find that, in the county of Tyrone, Precinct of Mountjoy, 1,000 acres of land, formerly allotted to David Kennedy, were sold before the year 1630 to one John Symontown, a Scotsman. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Verne and Jackie Helmke (Email:helmke@juno.com) add that Symon Locard is thought to be buried under the Altar in the Church in Symington-Ayre which is the oldest church in Scotland still in continuous service. They further add that the Baro
- James and Margaret Ann (Simonton) McComb (68 KB)
This picture of James and Margaret Ann Simonton McComb, as well as the picture of their family, come from the "James and Margaret McComb, their Ancestors and Descendants" book, compiled and edited by Dorothy McComb Pletcher, July, 1970. They appear here by her permission. (Margaret Ann Simonton McComb was the Great Granddaughter of Adam Simonton of Ohio: Adam Simonton > Theophilus Simonton > Theophilus Simonton > Margaret Simonton)
- Adam & Elizabeth (Ford) Simonton family (95 KB)
Taken on June 8, 1883 on the occasion of Elizabeth (Ford) Simonton's 77th birthday in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. Seated left to right, front row: Theophilus Simonton, Elizabeth (Ford) Simonton, John Hiram Simonton, Adam Simonton, Sr. (Grandson of Adam Simonton of Ohio: Adam Simonton > Theophilus Simonton > Adam Simonton) , and Richard Simonton. Standing left to right, back row: John (C. J.?) Simonton, Adam Simonton, Jr., Andrew Jackson Simonton, Amanda (Simonton) Walker, James Ford Simonton, and Mary (Simonton) Johnston.(Photo contributed by Wanda Carwile. Email: MIDHARLEY@aol.com)
- 1913 McComb Family Reunion, Huntertown, Indiana (129 KB)
51 descendants of James and Margaret (Simonton) McComb were gathered in 1913 at the family homestead in Huntertown, Allen County, Indiana for this picture. Margaret (Simonton) McComb is seated on the Right side (R) of the pillar as you view this picture, Row 3, Seat 2 (R,3,2). Beginning with those standing behind her in the back row, others include Amelia (Jackson) McComb (R,4,1), Emma (McComb) Davis (R,4,2), John Sampson McComb (R, 4,3), Mary (McComb) Rundles (R,4,4), James Ignatius "Nate" McComb (R,4,5), Morton Theophilus McComb (R,3,1), Hiram Edwin McComb (R,3,3), David Olin McComb (R,3,4), James Harvey Davis (R,2,1), Zoa Celeste Davis (R,2,2), Lynn McComb(R,2,3), Bertha Ann McComb (R,2,4), Lydia Belle McComb (R,2,6), John Fordyce McComb (R,2,7), and Blanche May Davis (R, 2,8). On the Left side (L) of the pillar as you view this picture starting on the back row is Arthur McComb (L,4,1), Ralph Jones (L,4,2), Verne E. McComb (L,4,3), Fern McComb (L,4,4)who is being held by her father Hubert James McComb (L,4,5), Anna C. (Matsch) McComb (L,3,2) holding her infant, Dorothy Mae McComb (L,3,3), Mae (Rundles)Fogel (L,3,4) holding her infant daughter Marie Fogel (L,3,5), Sidney Fogel(L,3,6)holding his daughter Melba Fogel (L,3,7), Philander L. Bush (L,3,8), Rosetta (Bush) McComb (L,3,9), Lydia Ann (Morris) Bush (L, 3,10), James Christopher McComb (L,2,2), Walter McComb (L,2,3), Esther Leona Davis (L,2,4), Margaret Jones (L,2,7), and her mother Carrie Elsie (McComb) Jones (L,2,8).
- Samuel Harvey Davis family (1905) (72 KB)
From left to right: Orpha Margaret Davis, Emma (McComb) Davis, Zoa Celeste Davis (standing behind Emma), Blanche May Davis, James Harvey Davis (standing behind Blanche), Dwight Samuel Davis (seated on his father's lap), Samuel Harvey Davis, and Esther Leona Davis.
- David T. Price family, Clinton County, Ind., 1873 (76 KB)
Front row left to right: Lendora Price, David Price, Mary Ellen Halliday Price (Great Granddaughter of Adam Simonton of Ohio: Adam Simonton > William Simonton > Sarah Simonton > Mary Ellen Halliday), Christopher Simonton. Back row left to right: Laura Velma Price, Frank Price, Arista Alice Price. (Photo contributed by Jana Trent. Email: jtrent@airmail.net)
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