He died from pneumonia.
37. Elizabeth Compton McConnell
They went to Missouri in 1845.
38. Lucy McConnell
They went west in the 1840's.
He was living with his son, William G., and his family on the 1880 Scott County, VA Census.
48. Winnie McConnell
She died as a child.
Died in a Union prison, Camp Douglas, IL. (During Civil War)
Wayne G. McConnell has been uncovering the mystery of where exactly Thomas P. is buried, and he has norrowed it down to two family cemeteries close together near Twin Springs High School. Wayne believes he is buried in the same cemetery where his brother, Joab Watson, and Joab's son Jeremiah is buried. Jeremiah has the only readable stone. If Thomas P. is buried there, it is likely his first wife, Malinda, is buried there also. His second wife, Mary Davis is buried abut one mile away with a readable stone and readable stones all around her, and Thomas' isn't one of them.
The legend is that Malinda was the daughter of Abraham Compton II and others say she is the daughter of Abraham Compton I, but this cannon be true since he died in 1779. I believe she was the granddaughter of Abraham Compton I, and daughter of Lindy Compton and Henry Phillips. I don't have proof of this but for the purpose of this report, and because facts seem to support it, I am listing her as the daughter of Henry and Lindy (Compton) Phillips.
Some researchers give the name Alexander McConnell and say he died young. At least one researcher lists Alexander as a separate child, in addition to John W.
She was the daughter of Morgan and Sarah Davis.
60. Martha McConnell
Married in Kentucky.
Joab spoke out against slavery and Virginia's leaving the union. He was allowed to live in peace because three of his sons fought for the Confederacy.
She died from fever following the birth of their son, Stephen.
She was a twin to Jeremiah.
77. Nathan McConnell
He is listed in the official records as AWOL from the Confederate Army on February 1862. In fact, he was back with his unit by the summer of 1863. He died on Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, PA July 1-3, 1863. Perhaps he still lies there in a common grave; but, he may be among those killed at Gettysburg who were reburied through the efforts of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. VA.
Enlistment: Nickelsville, Scott Co., age 20, July 2, 1861
Rank: 4th Sgt.
Present thru 10/15/61. Hosp., sick, Lewisburg, W. Va., 10/21/61-11/30/61. AWOL by 2/28/62
John spent the last months of the war imprisoned in Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. After his release in the summer of 1865, he walked back to Scott County, VA. He arrived back home in the fall of 1865 as a walking skelton. He always felt guilty because he had to take things from people's gardens along the route, but it was necessary or he would have strved to death.
He was a twin to Susannah.
William began as 5th Sergeant of the 48th Virginia Infantry and ended the war as a Captain. He was captured at Spotsylvania and taken to Fort Delaware. He was taken, along with 600 other Confederate officers, to Morris Island, SC in Charleston Harbor. They were held under Confederate fire for twenty-nine days from September 17 to October 21, 1864. He survived his captivity and died in 1918. He was buried on a hill southwest of his father's old long house in Scott County. Efforts have been made to preserve this site of the last resting place of this member of the "Immortal 600".
She died at age 18 of mourning death of Corporal Harris who was killed in the Civil War.
111. Carson Dougherty
Never married. Scott County death records indicate he died from an accidental fall at the age of 18 years, 23 days.
114. John Dougherty
Never married.
Also known as James Thomas McConnell.
James Thomas was born before Nancy married Philip Dingus and the name of his father is unknown.
Among the records of Salem Lutheran Church of Lebanon, PA this baptism was found;
parent child sponsors: Anna Mcconnel Thomas Thomas Atkinson
un md born Jun 6 1798 & Wife bap Oct 7 1798This child is Thomas James McConnell. Nancy, later married to Phillip Dingus (-es) and came to SW VA by tradition at the same time as the family of her half-brother, George (II) and wife Susanna (Snavely) McConnel and John Adam McConnel. The date of baptism would indicate the date of emigration to be after this date of March 5 1803.
Ann, Anna, Nan, and Nancy seem to be used in some records and families interchangeably. This is the record of the child born to Nancy McConnel before her marriage to Philip Dinges, son of William and Anna Maria (Kelker) Dinges. Anna (Nancy) was the daughter of George (I) McConnel and his second wife, Regina, who is named as a member of this church.
It is said that this child was brought up more in the home of Abraham (II) Compton than of his mother and step-father after his earliest years, but at what age he left his mother to live with the Compton family is not known. He was much liked and trusted by Abraham and his wife Lucy Berry Compton. Latter, by middle name James he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham and Lucy Bert Compton, as of August 7, 1821. His wife Elizabeth was born April 3, 1801 and died about 1840. Thomas married 2nd time to Elizabeth Elliott on April 16, 1842. There were 3 sons and 2 daughters by the first marriage and four sons and three daughters by the second marriage.
He lived and died at a home he built (or had built on Obey's Creek a short distance northeast of the old Irvington school house and church. This house was built on land he had bought from Abraham Compton II, his father-in-law. The house is still in good and livable condition and is now occupied by Claude Gillenwater (1990s). This is the home where Sarah Elizabeth McConnell (Thomas' 12th child) and Samuel Elbert Smith, her husband, raised their family. Of course there had been changes made in the house over the years. This old house was at one time a U. S. Post Office (1902-1929) named Mack, VA. This post office was on the Star Route from Gate City, VA to Jessie, VA and Samuel E. Smith was its only postmaster.
On the northeast of this old home is believed to be the final resting place of Thomas McConnell and other family members; however, the only grave markers that could be found were for Samuel Smith and his wife. All the graves are overgrown with vines, briars, and bushes.
Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Margaret (Kincannon) Elliott. She was living with her son, William H., and his wife, Minerva, on the 1880 census.
He was killed during the Civil War.
128. William Henderson McConnell
1880 Census - DeKalb, Scott County, VA - William age 27, Manerva age 26, and living with them was William's mother, Elizabeth McConnell age 66.
129. Sarah Elizabeth McConnell
Sarah Elizabeth Smith raised her family in the home where she was born and brought up. She inherited this home and some land from her father, Thomas J. McConnell, son of Nancy McConnell-Dingus. Nancy had this son before she married Phillip Dingus in 1799 in Penn. She was a half sister to "Sherriff George McConnell, who came to Virginia a little while before the Dingus couple came. Sarah Elizabeth McConnell (James Thomas3, Nancy2, George1) was born 1861 in Scott Co., Va, and died July 23, 1916. She married Samuel E Smith August 21, 1878 in Scott Co., Va, son of William Smith and July A. Children of Sarah McConnell and Samuel Smith are: i. Julia Elizabeth5 Smith, born Abt. 1880. She married Edwin W Lane. ii. A Jeff Smith, born 1881; died 1883. iii. Wiley L Smith, born 1883; died 1883. iv. Bertha Alice Smith, born Abt. 1885 in Scott Co., Va. v. Alpha L Smith, born Abt. 1890 in Scott Co., Va. She married Henry Madison McConnell December 12, 1912 in Scott Co., Va. vi. Ida Mae Smith, born August 12, 1893; died June 09, 1925.
Family links: Parents: Thomas James McConnell (1798 - 1872) <fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39777060>
Burial: McConnell Family Cemetery </cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=39777118&CRid=2315311&> Gate City Scott County Virginia, USA
Created by: Mitch Dingus <fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46859174> Record added: Jul 23, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 39777118