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06-Peter Hamilton Vories
Birth: 8 Dec 1845, Carroll Co, KY
Death: 28 Mar 1924, Sparta, Owen Co, KY: Vol.16/7623- age 78
Burial: IOOF New Liberty Cemetery
Military: Union Army: Company K, 54th Regiment KY Infantry 15
Mother: Nancy Carter Garriott

Marriage: 14 Apr 1886
Spouse: Sarah Louisa "Sallie" DEWITT
Birth: 2 Dec 1867, Hart Co, KY
Death: 7 Feb 1949, Covington, Kenton Co, KY- age 81
Burial: IOOF New Liberty Cemetery

Father: John Wesley DeWitt [1932-1919]

Mother: Virginia Frances Gardner [1840-1922] 

     CHILDREN: Peter and Sallie had four children:
07----ROWLAND THOMAS VORIES [b. 21 Jan 1887, Sanders, Owen Co, KY; d. 10 May 1940, Elsinore, Riverside Co, CA- age 53, of double lobar pneumonia, bur. Elsinore Valley Cemetery], SSN: 287-10-6803, (information on death certificate was provided by Nola Walters, San Diego, CA) m.
Helen Margaret HEDERICK on 14 Dec 1911, at courthouse, Springfield, Sagamon Co, IL, had two children:
     08----LESLIE HAMILTON VORIES [b. 26 Feb 1913, Owen Co, KY; d. 16 Feb 1992, PA- age almost 79, bur. St Stevens Cemetery], US Navy, 1929-1950, SSN: 172-24-7343/PA, m.
Ruth Robinson HENRY [b. 15 Mar 1912, New Orleans, LA; d. 1996- age 84, bur Saint Stephen Cemetery}, daughter of Samuel L Henry and Grace B Ballay; 
     Rowland's death certificate states he was divorced from a Loretta (with a question mark).
07----EMMA DEWITT VORIES [b. 1892; d. 1977- age 85, bur. IOOF New Liberty Cemetery], m.
Leland Winfield MEYER [b. 1892; d. 15 Mar 1963- age 71, bur. IOOF New Liberty Cemetery], he the son of Charles Meyer and Kate Wright;
07----LEWIS WESLEY VORIES [b. 18 Oct 1894, Owen Co, KY; d. 11 Jun 1964, Covington, Kenton Co, KY- age 69, bur. Highland Cemetery], Telephone Operator (death Cert), SSN: 704-07-0303/??, m.
Rosa Mary ___ , [b. 14 Feb 1898, Carroll Co, KY; d. 26 Jul 1994, Covington, Kenton Co, KY- age 96, bur. Highland Cemetery], SSN: 403-66-9070/KY; and​
07----IANTHA G VORIES [b. 1900; d. 1979- age 79, bur. Warsaw Cemetery], m.
James Henry McDANELL, [b. 1899; d. 1942- age 43, bur. Warsaw Cemetery] had children:​

     08----FLORA LOUISE McDANELL [b. 8 Feb 1921, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH; d. 22 Jan 22 1998, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN- age 76, bur. Warsaw Cemetery], SSN: 272-20-9938/OH, m. Samuel William LASWELL [b. 7 Nov 1921; d. 25 May 1975- age 53, bur. Warsaw Cemetery], had son:

          09----WILLIAM PRYOR LASWELL [b. about 1943, OH], m. 1st Pauleen WAITES [ b. 24 Oct 1943,, TN; d. 3 Jan 2016, OH- age 73, bur. Bethel Cemetery] on 18 Nov 1968, Scott Co, TN, m. 2nd Pamela Louise HEATH [b. about 1946, Marion Co, IN] on 12 Sep 1992, IN;

     08----MARIEN BYRD McDANELL [b. 7 Mar 1923, Warsaw, Gallatin Co, KY; d. 7 Oct 2003, Ft Mitchell, KY- age 80], SSN: 289-24-1398/OH, m. William Alexander PLUNKETT [b. 23 May 1924, Covington Co, KY; d. 13 Jul 1992- age 68, bur. Saint Mary's Cemetery], SSN: 317-30-3011/??, son of Edward R Plunkett [1888-1967] and Agnes M Lubrecht [1904-1991], had child:

          09----MARIEN A PLUNKETT [b. 1949, OH];​

     08----DOROTHY JEANNE McDANELL [b. 13 Nov 1929, Gallatin Co, KY; d. 26 May 2000- age 70, bur. Highland Cemetery], m. John M PATTEN [b. 1927; d. 1985- age 57, bur. Highland Cemetery]; and

     08----JAMES HENRY McDANELL IV [b. 17 May 1941; d. 21 Jun 2017, Knox Co, KY- age 76, bur. Resthaven Memorial Gardens], m. Janice ___.

     CENSUS:
     1900 Poplar Grove, Owen Co, KY census:
has (all b. KY) Peter H Vories 54, Huckster; Sallie L Vories 32; Roland Vories 13; Emma D Vories 9; and Lewis W Vories 4.
     1910 Magistrial District 1, Owen Co, KY census:
has (all b. KY) Peter H Vories 67, Farmer-Farm; Sallie L Vories 42; Rolland L Vories 22; Emma D Vories 19; Lewis W Vories 15; and Iantha G Vories 9.
     1920 Los Barelos?, Bernalillo Co, NM census:
has Rowland Vories 33, b. KY, Clerk-Express Co; and Helen Vories 26, b. IL.

     1930 Gallatin Co, KY census: has (all but one b. KY) James C Mcdanell 31, Farmer-General; Entha Mcdanell 29; Flora Louise Mcdanell 9, b. OH; Marien B Mcdanell 7; Dorthey Jean Mcdanell 0; Sarah Vories 62 (Mother-in-Law); and Pearl Warner 24 B/Laborer-Farm].

     1940 Covington, Kenton Co, KY census: has (both b. KY) L Wesley Vories 45, Telephone Operator-Railroad Office; and Rosa M Vories 42. 

     1940 Gallatin Co, KY census: has (all b. KY) James Mc Danell 39, Farmer; Gartha Mc Danell 38; Marian Mc Danell 17; and Dorothy Jean Mc Danell 10.

     1950 US Naval Air Station, Monroe Co, FL census: has Leslie H Vories 36, b. KY, Armed Forces; Ruth Vories 34, b. LA; John Vories 5, b. CA; Roy Vories 4, b. LA; and Fay Vories, b. FL.

     1950 Lakeside Park, Kenton Co, KY census: has William Plunkett 26, b. KY, Foreman-Industrial Building; Marien M Plunkett 26, b. KY; and Marien A Plunkett, b. OH.


     MILITARY SERVICE:
Rowland Vories served in the Hospital Corps, 28th Company Coast Artillery, L Company, 9th Infantry. His address at enlistment was Pueblo, CO, a student, aged 18-6/12. He was enrolled on 8 Aug 1905 as a private. He was enlisted in the Mounted Service at enlistment and was transferred to the Hospital Corps, US Army 15 Sep 1905 and was discharged 7 Aug 1908, Ft Bayard, NM at expiration of service. He re-enlisted on 11 Aug 1908 at Ft Bliss, TX, was described as 21-6/12 years, height 5'-5-1/2", fair complexion, auburn hair, and Blue #3 eyes and was assigned to the 28th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, 14 Oct 1908. He was transferred to Company L, 9th Infantry on 27 Jul 1909 and was honorably discharged on 12 Mar 1910, Fort Bayard, NM. [War Department, Commissioner of Pensions document, dated 27 Apr 1910]

     MILITARY PENSION:
Rowland Vories applied for a pension on 12 Mar 1910 (same day as discharge) in New Mexico. He was 24 years old, a resident of US General Hospital, Fort Bayard, Grant County, Territory of New Mexico. Rowland stated that he was treated at Ft Rosencrans, CA, on or about 16 Nov 1908 until 18 Dec 1908, where he contracted disease of throat and lungs, which has since developed into Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Other medical documents stated he had, from 11-18 Sep 1905, appendicitis, acute, recurrent; from 6-7 Aug 1906, Intercostal neuralgia, acute, left side; from 11-14 Apr 1906, Gastro-enteritis, acute; from 6-24 Oct 1906, Sprain, right ankle, moderate, incurred while ascending steps of Corps Quarters on 5 Oct 1906; Sprain right ankle, slight, caused by turning ankle while walking in Post 31 Oct 1906; Influenza, acute, 16-19 Dec 1908, Tuberculosis pulmonary, involving both lungs; from 21 Dec 1908- 27 Jul 1909, Tuberulosis, pulmonary, involving both lungs, not concussed in Diag changed on admission, etc. [War Department, Commissioner of Pensions document, dated 27 Apr 1910]

     NOTE TO GENEALOGISTS:
The following information is about a Peter H Vories that was born in 1929 that married a Sarah Frances ___. The Peter H Vories, son of Nancy Carter Garriott was born in 1845. Although he would have been 16 years old in 1861 at the start of the Civil War, the military and pension records listed below are for the other Peter H Vories that was born in 1929-- perhaps not related to any Garriott.

    MILITARY:
Peter was in Co K, 54th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry. He enlisted 22 Sep 1864, mustered in on 29 Sep 1864, mustered out 1 Sep 1865, Louisville, KY, in the presence of James Vories and George Ringo, Jr. This Sarah was listed as the widow of Peter H Vories on his military pension records.
    A Peter H Vories is listed as marrying a Sarah FOREE [b. 5 Apr 1835, Henry Co, KY] on 31 Dec 1820, at the house of Fielding Vories in the County of Carroll, KY.

     PENSION:
 Peter H Vories, on 15 Oct 1892, a Farmer, Henry & Carroll Co, KY, applied for a pension based on his service based on his Civil War service. He was described as age 62, who was enrolled as a private on 22 Sep 1864, commanded by Capt E Earley and was honorably discharged at Louisville, KY, on 1 Sep 1865, was described as 62 years old, 5'-9", dark complexion, gray hair, dark eyes. "He stated that he contracted measles and resulting disease of throat and lungs. He had been exposed to measles there, then sent to Corrington, KY, and en route back to his company he got very sick, was put off the boat at Carrollton, KY, where he "broke out." Dr Taylor, deceased, treated him 13 days and then he was hauled home 12 miles in the rain, and did not get well enough to rejoin his company until in Jan 1865 when he rejoined it at Lexington, KY, at which place he contracted rheumatism and resulting disease of heart. The disease was chiefly situated in his back (lombago) but has become general. These diseases have continued on him until now."
     On 15 Mar 1907, Peter H Vories, 77, a resident of Campbellsburg, Henry Co, KY applied for a pension. He was as described as above, born 31 Dec 1829, Henry Co, KY [cert 876.180].

     PENSION APPLICATION:
Another Peter H Vories [b. 1829; d. 22 Feb 1908- age 77, bur. Campbellsburg Masonic Cemetery] married a Sarah Frances FOREE [b. 5 Apr 1835, Carroll Co, KY; d. 17 Jun 1911- age 75, bur. Campbellsburg Masonic Cemetery] on 19 Oct 1854, Carroll Co, KY by Robert Rickells. Their children were listed as William Tell VORIES [b. 29 May 1857], Laura VORIES [b. 24 Feb 1859], Bettie VORIES [b. 9 Feb 1863], James E VORIES [b. 16 Jun 1867], and Richard M VORIES [b. 15 Sep 1874]. [from US pension application, certificate #656307, dated 4 May 1898]
     In her pension application on 29 May 1908, as his widow, Sarah Vories was 73 years old, a resident of Campbellsburg, Henry Co, KY, and that neither she or Peter H Vories had been previously married and had lived as husband and wife until his death on 22 Feb 1908. [from US pension application, certificate #656307, dated 4 May 1898]


     2017 OBITUARY: James Henry McDanell, lV passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. He was preceded in death by his parents, James & Iantha McDanell and sisters, Flora Louise, Marien, & Dorothy. 
He is survived by his wife, Janice McDanell as well as several nieces and nephews.
     A committal service will be held Saturday, June 24, 2017 in the Mausoleum Chapel at Resthaven Memorial Gardens.

     "ADVENTURES OF A RED-HEADED REBEL"
49 [by Emma Voorhees Meyer, Georgetown, KY]
     Peter, the sun turning his always-tousled hair to an angry flame, was sitting on the kitchen doorstep, chin in hand, elbow on knee, think of John. The other members of the family were making a show of "business as usual." Mother ended breakfast in the usual way: she got up and washed the dished; father had gone to the field with the black men; another "red-head" had gone on an errand after busying himself making things around the house look nice ["T" was always putting things in order-- "making things look nice"]; Lewis, affectionately called "Boss" had gone to feed the colt, owned in partnership by him and Peter; Harry, little "Cottontop," was looking wistfully at a picture of Daniel Webster and had started into an extempore speech, which "Queen" brought to a sudden stop; Em was inside the house, busy at --. In fact, every one was busy but Peter. Peter had come out here to think of John. John had gone to the war!
     Letters from John told little, but, like the one received today, they left much to the imagination. This last one had affected the family more than usual, hence the busyness of being casual. John was "in Owen County." All the fellows from near Carrollton were "getting along fine." They had been "a little scarce of food" and were "eating parched corn," but they "hoped," etc.
     John was eating parched corn! He was in Owen County! Peter wanted to go fight with John. Peter said "Yes'm" to something mother said-- he had not understood her-- and walked into the "family room" where the old gun hung over the large open fireplace. He noticed the details the "summer bouquet" of cedar, cat-tails, and colored milkweed stalks that "Queen" had placed in the open fireplace. He saw the framed wax wreath Sister Nannie had made. Of these he was conscious as he reached for the old gun. He walked around the house, the old double-barrelled shotgun loaded with buckshot, over his shoulder. Peter was off to war! What the war was about, the sixteen-year old mind had not fully taken in, but John was eating parched corn, and John was not the only Vories who knew how to handle a gun!
     Walking across fields, it was necessary to set the gun down against a fence so that Peter could climb over. The fence was of rails and not too steady in getting over, Peter pressed a worn rail against the trigger of the old shotgun and with a startling report, the war almost ended for Peter before it had begun.

     *      *     *
     Peter was very tired. Gallatin County looked so small when he studied it in school. It was the next county to Carroll and Owen was just on the other side. It looked so simple, Maybe, after all -- (Note 1)
     But, John was eating parched corn! With renewed vigor, he walked around the bend in the road. He was face to face with some Yanks! "Well, well!" "This is rich." "Who is the soldier?" etc. "Going to fight for his country?" Then more directly, "On which side are you?" Peter was tired; that is why he shook a little. "I am a Confederate, sir." "Well, well." Consultation with others...... "Where are you going?" Peter was going to Owen County. "You are in Owen County now, boy;" and "Where did you come from?" "Carrollton." Consultation...... "Now boy, you tell us what message you are taking to the Confederates, and we let you go free." Peter wasn't taking a message. Consultation...... "Clever boy." .... Consultation..... If he wouldn't tell he would be taken and "put into jail." Peter slowly turned around, with head down when he thought of being taken back-- with head up when he realized that he was not afraid to say he was a Confederate. Anyway, he had reached Owen County.

     *     *     *
     Peter was placed in the Carrollton Courthouse. The jail was full of "Rebels," the main offices of the courthouse were filled with "Rebels," and this little red-headed "Rebel" had to be placed in a very small room. Guards were stationed in the halls and at every door.
     It was night. Peter hadn't gone to sleep at all. This was not the way he had planned to go to war. Peter noticed that the guard outside his door was nodding..... just pretending perhaps; ....no, he was asleep and had begun to snore. What happened to guards who went to sleep on duty? They were shot at sunrise... always at sunrise. Peter slipped quietly over to the sleeping guard and shook him. Awaking in sudden fear, the guard said, "What did you do that for?"
     "They will shoot you at sunrise if they catch you asleep."
     The next day Peter was questioned, but maintained that he was not taking a message to anyone. He was released.
     Peter went home.
     It hadn't taken Peter long to go over the ground he had covered on his first trip to join John, from whom another letter had slipped through to the home. A letter stating that he was still in Owen County, but farther away than when he wrote last. He had not written much. The letter ended: "So long, John." Peter thought of all this as he walked along the road, listening carefully that he might not be again caught and taken back to Carrollton. John hadn't said anything about parched corn, but, just the same, Peter was going to fight with John. The same old gun was over his shoulder. Peter was thinking; "I'm glad they let me have the old gun back. Guess they thought I would be too scared to try it again. Well, John--" Just then two Yankee soldiers stepped from the side of the road where they had hidden when they heard what Peter thought was a noiseless approach. (Note 2)
     When Peter came into sight of the Carrollton courthouse yard, he saw so many Yankees that his heart sank. They were leaning against trees. They were talking and smoking in groups. They were strolling about. All turned to see the approach of a boy between two Yankees. Some recognized the little redheaded rebel. Aha, he had been taking messages through the lines! Some said: "Hang him!" And with "Hang him," "Shoot him!" the crowd closed in around Peter as he was being taken into the courthouse. Beck Wilkins, wife of the jailer, hid the clothesline with which some "rebels," had been hanged.
     After some three weeks, Peter was called before some head officers for trial. Peter heard the name of "Jones," whom he believed to be a Yankee officer from Ohio, and the name of "Guillion." Peter was told that he was expected to tell the truth and to answer all questions put to him. Where was he going when he was arrested? "Up in Owen County." What was he going up there for? "To find John." Who in the thunder was "John." [Why, didn't they understand who John was?] "John is my brother." What was he doing up there? "Fighting." What was Peter going to do? "Help John fight." Was he taking any message to John? Was he going to tell John anything?
     "Yes, sir." .....They all crowded closer.... "Now, just what was he going to tell John?" "Well, that father is all right and mother is all right, but she cries sometimes; and that Harry was lots bigger than he was, and that 'T' had been caught smoking and had promised to quit." .....A pause... This boy was either telling the truth or he was dangerously clever... The head officers talked together, then questioned Peter until they were satisfied that he was telling the truth and that he was-- unafraid. Finally, on what side was Peter? "I am a Southern sympathizer, sir." "Hang him!" "Shoot him!" Then, in a rage, the head officer ("Jones"?-- "Gullion"?) -- turned upon the others, and said, "Turn this boy loose. I glory in his spunk!" (Note 3)
     This Red-Headed Rebel, a Carroll County native, was (Peter Hamilton Vories the 3rd) a direct descendant, in the male line, of Steven Coert van Voorhees who immigrated to America from the Netherlands in 1660. He was also descended from David DesMarest, the famous Huguenot emigrant, Lieut. Peter Montfort and other colonials. Among his Revolutionary ancestors, settlers of (now) Carroll County, were the following: Henry Banta Sr, Jacob Lamb, Levi Scott Sr, and Ambrose Garriott.
     Peter said that, during the War, he helped sink into the Little Kentucky River, beds and other pieces of furniture secured by chains and ropes, in order to hide them; and that, after the War, they were rescued little worse for the wear except that they were covered with mud.

     Notes:

     1. An examination of the map suggests that Peter's trip was from Carroll County across the border into Owen but at the time he described the way he said: "through Gallatin County." He knew all this territory well because he later lived in Owen County, 1st across from Sanders and later at Sparta which lies partly in Gallatin, -- Eagle Creek running through the town. Remaining single until he was 40 years old, he married Sallie Louise "Lewis" DeWitt who was 20 years his junior. He gave the ground upon which the Sparta Baptist Church was built. His four children were born at Sparta where he lived until he died in 1924.
     2. Peter said that, in a gunnysack, he was also carrying half a baked ham for John but that he never saw it again after the Yankees captured him.
     3. Peter never fought during the war but, as a "Southern Sympathizer" he ferried, across the Little Kentucky R..... Southern soldier..... for them. Whe.... about this in..... said: "Oh that w..... was done mostly .... often said that .... that the slaves w..... father owned .... would not leave.... they were freed.... was positive that.... the States had .... and that that wo.... be bad.