Arthur WALKUP b. Abt 1734 Carrick Fergus, Antrim, Ireland d. 1834 Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia: Our Family History

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Name	Arthur WALKUP [1]
Birth	Abt 1734	Carrick Fergus, Antrim, Ireland [1, 2]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	LCQQ-NJL
Name	Arthur Vachub [2]
Name	Arthur Wachope [2]
Death	1834	Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia [1]
Person ID	I594766242	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	26 Sep 2024

Father	Samuel WAUCHOPE, Walkup, b. Abt 1695, Carrick Fergus, Antrim, Ireland d. Abt 1788, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia (Age ~ 93 years)
Mother	Nancy Agnes ALEXANDER, b. Abt 1702, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland d. 1740, Anson, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age ~ 38 years)
Marriage	Fergus, Ireland [1]
Family ID	F536728638	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth LOCKBRIDGE, b. 1738, Carrickfergus, Ulster, Ireland d. 1797, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)

Marriage 1788 Augusta County, Virginia

Children

	1. Samuel WALKUP, b. 1783, , Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States d. 4 May 1852, , Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States (Age 69 years)
	2. Rebecca WALKUP, b. 27 Feb 1786, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States d. 12 Feb 1876, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States (Age 89 years)

Family ID F536732040 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Sep 2024

Notes

Arthur Walkup, was a native of Ireland...The merchant's [Arthur
Walkup] father, Samuel Walkup (Wauchope) emigrated from Ireland to America,
but the son [Arthur Walkup] is said to have come over first. One account has it
that they came from Donegal; another, from the county Antrim...The original
spelling of the name was Wauchope...."

"Arthur Walkup was twice married. First to Elizabeth Lockridge, by whom he
had three children, Samuel, John, Arthur, and Rebecca...."

"John Arthur married Mary Edgar, a daughter of Thomas Edgar, one of the
original trustess of Washington Collete. He was a native of Nelson county, but
settled in Greenbrier, and afterwards in Rockbridge. he died early, leaving one
daughter, Ann Eliza, afterwards married to Dr. Feamster, of Greenbirer.
Another daughter married James Withrow, Sr. (the father of John and James Withrow),
and a third daughter married Sampson Mathews, of Pocahontas...."

"The eldest son, Samuel, married Miss Maria Todd Houston ( a sister of Rev.
S. R. Houston, of Monroe county), who had eight sons...He was at one time the
editor of a newspaper, or magazine, in Lexington, Va.; afterwards the sheriff
of Rockbridge county. In the war of 1812 he was paymaster in the army,
stationed at Norfolk, Va. After the war he bought a farm in Rockbridge, and married
Miss Houston, a lady of superior qualities, both of mind and heart. When his
eight sones began to grow up, he settled in Lexington, to be near the college.
His death occurred at 'Rural Valley,' a place belonging to his wife. It was
recorded of him, 'He lived and died a true and warm-hearted Christin. Her
was peculiarly independent, and unconcerned about what others might think of
him, hence his true caharacter was not well understood except by his most
intimate friends.' His wife survived him by more than thirty years. All of her
eight sons served in the Confederate army--Joseph as a chaplin, William [Madison
as a lieutenant, Houston as a prviate, and the others filled various
position."

"Six children were the heritage of John and Rebecca McElhenney; James
Addison, born May 13, 1809; Elizabeth Ann, born September 10, 1812; John Franklin and
Samuel Washington, born December 24, 1814; Mary Jane, born November 20, 1816;
Susan Emily, born April 15, 1819...little Mary was the first to be laid away
in the new graveyard. She did not live to see her second birthday...James
[Addison] McElhenney married early in lfie. A certain Jacob Cardoso, Principal
of the Lewisburg Academy, brought with him from the South three attractive
daughters. Cornelia, the oldest, became the wife of James...he [James Addison
McElhenney] died prematurely five years after his marriage with Miss Cardoso,
leaving one child, John McElhenney....[Elizabeth Ann McElhenney's marriage [to
Joseph L. Fry] took place on the 24th of December, 1833...Died, December 3,
1886, at Lewisburg, West Va., of penumonia, Miss Sue E. [Susan Emily] McElhenney,
youngest child of the late Rev. John McElhenney and Rebecca Walkup."

"John Franklin [McElhenney] never married. Of the grandchildren, Henry Fry
married Mss S. B. Huffnagle, of Greenbrier; and William Wirt Fry, Miss Ella A.
Ferris, of Georgia. The oldest granddaughter, Lucy C. Fry, married Henry M.
Mathews, afterwards governor of West Virginia, a son of Mason Matthews, Esq.
Another granddaughter, Susan McElhenney, married John S. Price, eldest son of
Hon. Samuel Price; and her sister, Rebecca, Heber K. Withrow, the youngest son
of James Withrow; all being residents of Greenbrier. A.J. Clarke, of
Wheeling, West Virginia, married Nannie McElhenney; Colonel George M. Edgar, of
Monroe, Rebecca Fry; J. Emmet Guy, of Staunton, Lillie F. Fry; and Captain Arch.
Graham, of Lexington, Virginia, Lizzie Fry."
Arthur Walkup, a native of Ireland

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[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Dec 2022), entry for Samuel Wauchope, person ID LTL8-C4K. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Sep 2024), entry for Arthur WALKUP, person ID LCQQ-NJL. (Reliability: 3).