Show r- r t tt rV V t 5 t 7 tr Ji iL 4 A AJ J fr 1 S s1 SIN 0 l McCormicK Family I i ic i c Ol One Branch Traces Back to King David of Scotland American Amer- Amer I ican Ancestry Includes a Signer and arid Revolutionary Pioneers Were Pioneers Were 1 Sires Sires Sires- Early Pennsylvania and Virginia Men of Affairs and Large Land Owne Owners Always s- s Always Ready f I ii in iii Times of Stress to Pledge Lives Fortunes Fortunes' and Honor Honor Honor- t Family Has Its Inventors Authors Poets Poets Heraldic Heraldic SYll- SYll Sym Sym- 5 Y hols hoIs Crusader Ancestry Military Fortitude and andt f t Generosity t nv In t r Upon the rages of o history w we find t of br McCormick ami ancl I Its t arla varla- t C Mac Cormick Mac I i Carmack and While a Cort Cormick Cor Cor- t mick may be he a great and good man a 4 must surel surely be greater great r and ani j 1 better this better heter this i Is the dl distinction conferred 1 II by the prefix Me 1 which however er means menn only eon on of or Just like the word ap In Welsh and Ci fitz In li-i Anglo- Anglo I Norman and O 0 In fn Irish 0 O. however means mens grandson ln or descendant it Ii Is IR li also 4 i used In this Re sense Rl the Scotch 1 Highlanders O O O and aid Oy t. t Ii A stor story is toll fold of an ancient dame of ot r. r 1 the Gaelic race that thal sh could boast A. A Au Argus 1 ArLIN u uI I Ike ke of or a hundred Oyes i While the Macs Mue lucI abound in In Scotland r there are nrc only three thre hl us sur- sur urn ur- ur 1 n mes In In 0 0 Once Once- upon a n tnt for or Ki ori or gi IOl 9 nobody il 1 1 the te people or J who prided ed themselves upon not ot being Irishmen Irishmen- although nobody knows wh why 1 either cither An n Irishman hman ranks second to none is I the humble elmaton o of the present k S writer but alon alongside all al her hel other othel i I splendid people of the world worM Including S and Well cl thel the l' l authorities of Galway in 1518 issued au an order that t written 0 O n no nc Mac should ruth no 16 swagger through the thc streets One One branch of or the McCormick family fam fm- I t I ily 11 11 traces back to royalty royalty to royal to to St. St 81 Dat David Da Da- Da- Da t vid viii king of Scotland and his luls queen luceil j Matilda daughter aughter of oC Barl arl of or I r Northumberland Illustrious o ancestors Illumine this rage of oC thu family faintly history his his- tory There is h Lad L' Lady Ada a dc do e Warren anen a descendant ant of William the Conqueror Robert Hobert the Bruce ruce an and James I oC oft Scotland Scot Scot- 11 1 hl land with such uch well known wel-Iown wel names in r American merican history as s General Daniel Roberdeau and ant Governor Co McKoan when we Wt 11 begin 11 to search learch the 1 records or 9 of a afew few generations butch buck General Roberdeau Rober- Rober J deau of of Philadelphia member of the Continental congress au and signer I ner of the ther r Articles of Con Confederation 01 Governor 1 l k Thomas McKean signer of or the E c lion o of Independence Thc n In nf K were prominent f Ireland as well wel as aR Scotland and ond wo we WI find Ola name on ono one of or prominence and along the nee ages The Flue progenitor pros pro pro- s genitor of bit bij but branch of ot the American Amr t family wa waar waS tes McCormick whose r name is found foun n aw one of oC the signers of t f t. t an m a address dres to William 11 0 HI III II rind nd Mary July Jub I suns sons Runs Hugh born Lorn lO an and Thomas bo born n seven sc years s later were Pennsylvania I pioneers c j d From the Quaker state th their I descend descendants ants went to Virginia and Int late latter found i their way to the South EAst iKast and 1 j I West cst s I Before 1730 1750 T I. several families f the tho thecA cA name were living In ut 1 whether nearly related or 01 not not research does hot 1101 reveal i J John McCormick born hor in Ireland c 0 died at Lock Haven Ha Pu Pa P His de descendants descend c ml- ml c t ants m tl nu may ca claim im affiliation with wih tho the thoI I Sel Society h of Wars Wan for fOl he lie was DI va a member of oC the militia mitia protect protect- ed l the frontier H lIe He also alst served In the Rc Revolution Durn During the French Frenchu and 1 Indian war var one ono of tho thit f homes was vaS and cale called Fort rho Tho Virginia was wn Robert who T f hl his homo home In Pennsylvania in 1779 Ho lIe 10 bought O acres oC of land in Rockbridge Rock Rock- d bridge county count the o Old lI Dominion and uld built buit a. a a h large he e log house Walnut Grove It ho 10 cate called th the place The house which he built hult about out ten teti years ers later h Is still Ul said aid to bo lie to standing as us well veli wel ax 31 one put up UI In Iii II 1522 The rue western branch brunch of or the trace directly back to Robert family Houer mi and his wife Martha Sanderson Robert Robert noLI Rob noL I ert crt was wis a man mon of rigid and uncompromising j r raising piety antI and the stor story Is told toll that when a hymn was wan given Iven out In church Instead of oC the usual Psalm he hue took t U up hla hat his lils stick which w being Ini Intended intended In- In i te tended ed for defense was about j lx Ix feet long and Ull stalked solemnly down tho aisle and out of oC the building Others left Iet leC with wih him and alli the they hey organized a t tle leZ new le 1 Z church I This Robert vas grandson Ron of o Thomas J the thc pilgrim and hl hils hil wife Elizabeth Carruth Their son Robert jr Jr born Dorn liW became a n large e land owner an and andIs I Is known knowl as ns an nn Inventor nn and the father fath tutu er or of oC Cru Cyrus Hall hail Hal McCormick who with wih hl his own hands built hult thin tho first practical reaping machine e ever er r mate made It I was this Invention which the theline line lne of oC civilization move westward ml miles mile's R each year cl He lie wa an officer of the Legion of oC Honor and corresponding corre corre- carre member of the French Academy Aca Aca- dem demy lemy of oC Science These honors w vero ro rot conferred hc be because ause u e he hG ho has ims dOI done more t for for the cause of a agriculture than an any S other living l man The rue fie Halls hails Corer forebears forebears fore Core r bears of ot Cyrus ulso Virginia pioneers i L 1 IS b brought their small fortune tram from the theold I old 1141 country In the shape of linen which I th they sold ol and purchased land Two heirlooms heirlooms heir heir- looms In thin the Hall hail lal family were a n yellow satin wed wedding gown grown with wih white whito brocaded bro bro- stripes and 7 betrothal ring rinK which was q I 1 have obtained whom God hath ordained These relics have Ime E since gone the wa way of oC all ni the theca thee e ca earth rth h Stephen Cl McCormick the Inventor of th the plow born In Fauquier coult county Virginia wa was th the son of or John nail and his wife Elizabeth Morgan who was of the family of oC the great American merican general Daniel laniel Morgan When St Stephen phen was a youth YO th his hits father gave him a fine young hor hors hors' anti and one da day he was vas racing rae rac lag ing InS him Ills Ils father angry at nt this phil phil- proceeding ordered him to hitch the thue horse horo to a plow and go JO to work Stephen disgusted nt at the clumsy wOod wOod- Sn Wi i ek t tp L n a better one which lie P T Jh dong gj and this revolutionized revolutionised re the cultivation of the sol soil Lafayette when he visited America 1 1 was presented with wih a plow by Ly Mr I McCormick This he took back hack to lo with France wih him hini and entered In a n plowing match where It i carried off orf the prize Their lives their fortunes anti and IHl their sa sacred honors the tho have always been the first to pledge o when their country va wa was In pen peril Robert tile the tie VI Virginia lnla pilgrim wa was u n patriot and arid Served at it Guilford Court COUI l House House The rho stor story han handed d down wn In his hits family Is that n n. officer spying him when off ff duty drilled called out Shoot that thuat rebel rebe S The dash represents wor words s not nol suitable sul- sul suit sult- abl able for or print so print so so rude can men Lo to each other at times S Then rhen n there ther was Captain George Geore also of or Virginia who vho was wa among tho the first to respond to call cal to arms Of ll the Pennsylvania family In the hc Continental I army were wr Alexan Alexander cl and Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant 1 Henry em When Il Hugh h of or Vh Virginia lnla I returned home at the lie close of C the Revolution Te o Revo lution lulon he was wal a L thing of nC shreds s and patches patch s and the only onh article c in hl his knapsack a a a conch shell shell shell-Is 18 is still a treas treas- relic uld 11 Hl S The have their men men of oC learning their thel authors poets pot painters musicians stat statesmen as well vell wel as their brave Chief omon among tho writers writers writ writ- ers er of oC th the family amity may bo be named RIchard Richard Rich RIch- Ilch- Ilch ard ail C C. McCormick In appointed governor of or Arizona and andA A 1 t commander of oC th tho Legion of or Honor Characteristics of or the tie family are line fine gifts girs of mind and anti heart heart The men uncut have havea a dignified bearing hearing but Lut unassuming reserved ed manners Til women aro are beautiful witty wity and accomplished tl OC- OC no i been berm said he neither sought Rought difficulties n nC avoided them thI Marriage connections Q the families of or Armstrong Carter an and Nightingale Christian nanC names In the tue earl early days ns were wore somewhat om what sentimental tal tah tta and anc for Cor ex ox- ox ample Can you OU n t picture Of OC course coune her hair wa and hor huor eyes oyes blue heavens blue heavens heaven's own blue blud Was as she not about sixteen n when she shie hc married anti and anti tier her gown sprigged muslin with wih a sash i also 1180 blue bine She died of oC course coure before sue shu was tW two twenty two nty-two sn say for or we don't dont want to think of ot her In caps and spec spec- CC- CC Isabella was a maiden of somewhat some seine what different moule mould During her Great Runaway I In In sho escaped with her lieI child b by n fleeing on n horseback S The coat of Illustrated Is blazoned blazoned blaz blaz- by br Burke Gules on a chevron between three dirks argent urgent hilled or a a Inter two crescents gums gules Crest on a rock proper a n sable I Motto Sine without without fear car or fearlessness Is our watchword Both Hoth the or wafer bread of the Holy Communion and the crescent denote clusa crusader er ancestry The Tue chevron eliot chev ron dirk and rock symbolize protection tion thu ton safety refuge refue GUlCH Gules denotes miln military fortitude nt sincerity or or constancy generosity and magnanimity sable |