Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/135 Surname: DEWEESE, UPDEGRAFF, LAFAYETTE, CARR, BOGGS, KING ------------------------- Deweese Family John and Robert Deweese came to America as French soldiers under Marquis LaFayette, with whom they served. Both married and settled in Pennsylvania. John married a French lady, Mary Updegrave (Updegraff or Updegrove), and lived near Uniontown, PA. They raised six children: Isaac Updegraff Deweese, married Catherine, daughter of Balas (Bayliss) Carr. Their children were: Joshua John Samuel William Sarah Isaac Daniel S. Deweese, author of history of Steer Creek and West Fork settlements, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Boggs. Was born at the mouth of Steer Run, on Steer Creek, March 11th, 1821. Mary Deweese Elizabeth Deweese, lived at George Click's, above Ripley, in 1839. Sarah Deweese, lived on Mill Creek with Samuel King's famly, in 1839. Balas Carr Deweese, born August 25th, 1828, on the divide between Grassey Run and Horse Fork, on Parchment, southwest of Ripley. Balas Carr, father of Catharine Carr Deweese, was drowned in the Monongahela, at Dunkard's Bottom, was at that time a resident of Monongahela County. This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"