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John Monroe, I

John Monroe, I

Male 1772 - 1862  (90 years)

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  • Name John Monroe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Suffix
    Born 9 Jan 1772  , , New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Jul 1862  , Shelby Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2076  Munro
    Last Modified 15 May 2012 

    Father Robert Monroe,   b. 1750, , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1803, , Hampshire Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Margaret Geary,   b. 1749,   d. 12 Apr 1833, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1768  [1
    Family ID F215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jackson,   b. 14 Apr 1775, , , New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1857, Shelby, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1797  Allegheny Co., Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • John and Mary were married by Rev. Shaw. [6]
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Monroe,   b. 15 Aug 1799, George Hill, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1876  (Age 77 years)
     2. Robert Monroe,   b. Abt 1801, George Hill, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. John Monroe, II,   b. 7 Jun 1803, , Highland Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1883  (Age 80 years)
    +4. Joseph Monroe,   b. 10 Apr 1805, , Highland Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1903, , Shelby Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
     5. Amos Monroe,   b. 1807, , Highland Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1811  (Age 4 years)
     6. Joshua Monroe,   b. 5 Jun 1809, , Highland Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1855  (Age 45 years)
     7. Elizabeth Monroe,   b. 1811,   d. Abt 1821  (Age 10 years)
     8. Ephraim Monroe,   b. 18 Apr 1813, Clermont Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1893  (Age 80 years)
    +9. Jacob Jackson Monroe,   b. 3 Dec 1816, Point Pleasant, Clermont Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1840  (Age 23 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rev. John Monroe's wife was a first cousin of President Andrew Jackson. She was the daughter of Margaret (Kelch) and Samuel Jackson.

      John was a Methodist minister (not ordained). He traded a yoke of oxen for a farm in New Jersey, but when the farm proved to be a mountain, he left and moved to Allegheny County, Maryland near Cumberland in about 1794 or 1795. The Eldredge reference attributes this story to his father.

      Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, John
      - Orr, Ruba Alta
      - Locklar, Allene Kerr
      - Mann, Esther Monroe
      - Eldredge, Elizabeth - letter received 5 May 1996

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Clan Munro files - Keller, Ruth B., Ruth B. Keller, Letter from Ruth B. Keller to Charlotte Elder - 23 Feb 1973 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S27] Clan Munro files - Barngrover, Debbie Monroe, Debbie Monroe Barngrover, Email received from Debbie Monroe Barngrover - 27 Jul 2000 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S32] Clan Munro files - McQueen, Betty Lou Monroe, Betty Lou Monroe McQueen, Membership application for Betty Lou Monroe McQueen date d 7 Jun 2000 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S97] Clan Munro files - Bond, Idris Monroe, Idris Monroe Bond, Membership application for Idris Monroe Bond dated 23 Jun 2 001 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 394 (Reliability: 3).
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    6. [S3] Clan Munro files - Keller, Ruth B., Ruth B. Keller, Letter from Shirley Hegeman to Charlotte Elder - 13 May 1970 (Reliability: 3).