Vol III File 2: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James

2. Negus Line

Jonathan Negus is the first person of the Negus family to be identified. It is assumed that he was born in England, but there is no known record. His wife, Jane Deighton, married (1) John Lugg in St. Nicholas, co. Gloucester, England, on January 3, 1627. She and her first husband came to America about 1638. There were children from this first marriage. See details elsewhere in Volume III. and earlier records in Volume II. After John Lugg died, Jane Deighton married (2) Jonathan Negus in America.

1. Jonathan Negus (Negoose) was born in 1602 or 1607, presumably in England. He was in Boston, Massachusetts in 1634. He married in Boston, on October 27, 1647 Jane Deighton (Dighton), baptized at St. Nicholas, co. Gloucester, England, April 5, 1609, widow of John Lugg, who died after 1644, and daughter of Dr. John Deighton (Dighton), surgeon, and his wife Jane Bassett, both of St. Nicholas, co. Gloucester. Jane Basset is a descendant of many ancient ancestors in England and the Continent of Europe. See the ancestral lineage in Volume II. References from Weis, G. P. C., "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650" 6th Ed. (1988) (TAG 9:221-222; NEHGR 45:303, 96; 342-343. Jane Deighton had been previously married to John Lugg. They had several children by this earlier marriage.

Jonathan was Clerk of the Writs in Boston in 1651 and for several years after. He had an estate at Muddy River. He lived in Boston in 1678. He and his wife are reported as living in both Taunton and Swansea, MA. According to the records, they had a son and a daughter as follows:
- 1. Isaac Negus, Sr See below.
- 2. Mary Negus, born July 6, 1653, who probably died young.
2. Capt. Isaac Negus, Sr. was baptized in Boston, on January 3, 1650. He was a cooper of Taunton, Bristol County, MA., in 1675 and styled himself as "sole heir of Jonathan Negus, late of Boston." He died in Swansea, MA, November 29, 1700. He married in Taunton/Swansea, on April 7, 1679, Hannah Andrews. She was born in 1643 or 1659. She was the daughter of Henry Andrews, who was killed by Indians in the King Phillip's War, while at work on his farm in April or May 1676. Her mother was Hannah Street, daughter of Rev. Nicholas Street. They had two sons as follows:
- 1. Isaac Negus, Jr See below.
- 2. Henry Negus, born in 1690, in Swansea, Bristol County, MA.
  
  Following the death of Isaac Negus, Hannah Andrews married (2) William Corbett.
- 3. Isaac Negus, Jr. He was born in 1680, and died in Freetown, Bristol County, MA, where he lived most of his life. He married on April 7, 1679 Hannah ________. There is good reason to believe that his wife's name was confused with his mother's name. He and his mother, Hannah Andrews Negus, sold land in Swansea, MA (Land Deeds, Bristol County, MA). He had a son, Thomas.
- 4. Thomas Negus was born May 18, 1718 in Freetown, MA. He died April 12, 1754, in Shrewsbury, NJ. They must have been part of the Quaker migration from the New England area to NY and NJ. A sizable Quaker comunity was located in Shrewsbury, NJ. His widow, Lavina West, administered his estate in Shrewsbury, NJ (New Jersey Archives, Abstracts of Wills). Lavina West was descended from the first Quakers in America in the New England area, and is a direct descendant of Stephen Batchelor, non conformist minister, as well as several other ministers. See her ancestral lineage in the Wing-West Line below. They had two sons as follows:
  - 1. Shaidlock Negus, Sr See below.
  - 2. John Negus, born July 13, 1753 at Shrewsbury, NJ. He died in Philadelphia, PA in March 1823. He married in Burlington, NJ on February 15 or 16, 1779 Mary Shreve, born October 13, 1760, died in Philadelphia, PA June 28, 1811. Burlington, NJ, was an important Quaker community, dating back to its origin in 1681. This Negus family continued for at least four more generations in Philadelphia into the latter part of the 20th century. As an example, Stephen West Negus, son of John Negus and his wife, Mary Shreve, was born April 25, 1791, in Philadelphia, PA, died there December 21, 1851, married in Philadelphia, Eliza Rea, born in 1798, in Philadelphia. They had a son, Alexander Negus, who married Kate Rea, in Terre Haute, Indiana. They in turn had a son William Steel Negus, who married Letitia Roberta Walton. They had a daughter, Estelle Claxton Negus, born February 8, 1901, in Philadelphia, PA., who married George Brinker Mebus, born April 14, 1903, died December 13, 1972, in Glenside, PA. They had a son, Charles Fillmore Mebus II., born June 15, 1928.
- 5. Shaidlock (Shadlock) Negus, Sr was born November 20, 1749, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. On August 1, 1774 he was received by request by the Burlington (NJ) Monthly Meeting of Friends (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy). He married on November 10, 1774 in Burlington, NJ, Sarah Smith, daughter of Thomas Smith and Rebecca Shreve Smith, probably a relative of Nancy Anne Shreve, shown below. She was born April 29, 1751, in Cumberland Co., PA. This marriage is confirmed in Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol II" with an entry from the Burlington, NJ Monthly Meeting, dated December 5, 1774. On March 5, 1787, Shaidlock was cited for disunity in the Burlington Monthly Meeting. On February 5, 1788, the family members were granted certification of removal to the Old Redstone Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania. The Old Redstone Monthly Meeting was the first such group west of the Allegheny Mountains, formally established in 1793, near Brownsville, Fayette County, PA, thus Shaidlock and Sarah were of the original members of that group. Sarah died October 13, 1821, Fayette Co., PA, and was buried by the Providence Monthly Meeting, Fayette County, PA. Shaidlock died in June 4, 1806, in Bloomfield, Crawford Co., PA. They had ten children as follows:
  - 1. Lavina Negus, born September 4, 1775, born in New Jersey.
  - 2. Thomas Negus, born November 5, 1776, born in New Jersey.
  - 3. John Negus, born May 4, 1778, in New Jersey, married on May 28, 1806, in the Westland Monthly Meeting, Greene Co., PA., Miriam Burdge, born January 19, 1786 in Columbiana County, Ohio. They came to Iowa in a one-horse-buggy when both were past 75 years old, crossing rivers on ferry boats. They stayed with Isaac and Mary (Coppock) Negus, their son and daughter-in-law, for three weeks, then came to Springdale and made their home with Israel Negus and died there. He died November 6, 1868, and she died January 10, 1867. Both are buried at Springdale, Iowa. They had eleven children as follows:
    - 1. Sarah Negus, born April 23, 1807, in Fayette Co., PA, married July (August) 2, 1835, in Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting, Ohio, Septimus (Septemus) C. Sharpless (his brothers used the surname Sharples), son of Benjamin Sharpless, born June 21, 1804, at Fallston, Beaver Co., PA; died June 24, 1865, in Centerdale, Iowa. He was the brother of Ellen Sharpless, born October 10, 1806, married Mifflin Cadwalader, of Redstone, PA., son of Jonah Cadwalader and Ann Cattell, of Redstone, PA. Sarah and Septimus had the following children:
      - 1. Isaac Sharpless, born May 2, 18 36, in Salem, Ohio, married October 8, 1857, in Springdale, Iowa, Esther Gibson.
      - 2. John Sharpless, born April 5, 1837, died young on August 14, 1838.
      - 3. Nathan Sharpless, born April 11, 1838, in Damascus, Ohio, unmarried.
      - 4. Lavina N. Sharpless, born July 21, 1839, in Damascus, Ohio, married in Iowa City, Iowa, Isaac P. Santee.
      - 5. Amy D. Sharpless, born December 26, 1840, in Damascus, Ohio. She married January 15, 1862, in Springdale, Iowa, Edward C. Cook. They were both ministers in the Society of Friends. During the Civil War he was drafted, and being conscientiously opposed to fighting, endured much suffering before he was released.
      - 6. Miriam Sharpless, born November 29, 1841, in Damascus, Ohio, lived in Centerdale, Iowa, unmarried.
      - 7. Evi Sharpless, born June 3, 1844, in Mercer County, PA. Moved to Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, unmarried.
      - 8. Israel Sharpless, born June 3, 1844, in Mercer County, PA., died July 25, 1849.
      - 9. Lydia G. Sharpless, born June 25, 1848, in Hillston, Mercer County, PA. She married M. Nicholas Larson, of Denmark, who came to America in 1874 to avoid military service, and in Iowa joined the Society of Friends.
    - 2. Lavina Negus, born February 19, 1809. Probably died young.
    - 3. Eliza Negus, born December 27, 1810. Probably died young.
    - 4. Israel Negus, born August 13, 1812, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, married (1) Lydia Garwood. He died June 15, 1891 in Springdale, Iowa. They had five children as follows:
      - 1. Jesse Negus, born January 8, 1837 at Danason, Mahoning County, Ohio. He married Rachel Mather. They were released by the Springdale (Iowa) Monthly Meeting, August 23, 1884. They had the following children:
        
        1. Lydia Negus, died young.
        
        2. Israel Negus, Jr., born May 10, 1864, died July 15, 1870.
        
        3. William P. Negus, born January 10, 1870, married Lucretia Claudia Patterson, born November 11, 1868. He was released by the Springdale Monthly Meeting, November 20, 1886, to join the West Branch Society. They had two children:( Olive Margaret Negus and Jesse Ardith Negus).
      - 2. Jason Negus, born March 3, 1838 in Damascus, Ohio, died December 12, 1909, West Branch, IA. He married February 11, 1864, Esther Carr Gruwell, daughter of Moses Gruwell and his wife Ann _______. They had the following children:
        
        1. Alva (Alvah) Negus, , born April 10, 1865, married Cora Weber
        
        2. Lydia Ann Negus, born February 4, 1869. Changed from Society of Friends to Methodist Episcopal Church, Mason City, IA, August 31, 1893.
        
        3. Edwin Negus, born February 27, 1871. Changed from Society of Friends to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Springdale, IA. He married Rhoda Maxon, born August 14, 1872.
      - 3. Eliza Ann Negus, born October 6, 1839, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. She died February 26, 1841, in Columbiana Co., Ohio.
      - 4. Oliver Negus, born November 28, 1841, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. He died March 13, 1842, in Columbiana Co., Ohio.
      - 5. Griffith Negus, born December 9, 1842, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. He died March 19, 1843 in Columbiana Co., Ohio.
    - 5. Jacob Negus, born August 22, 1814, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. He died in infancy.
    - 6. Lydia Negus, born April 22, 1816, married August 31, 1837, Isaac Walker.
    - 7. Mary Martin Negus, born May 31, 1818, married Israel Owen.
    - 8. John Wayts Negus, born May 20, 1820, Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting, Columbiana Co., OH.
    - 9. Isaac Negus, born June 30, 1822, (Providence Meeting, Fayette County, PA). He died August 18, 1883, in Muscatine, Iowa. He moved to Iowa with his parents in 1849. He married June 19, 1850, Mary Coppock, born December 12, 1801. Both descended from Quaker families of the early colonies. Isaac was a nurseryman and fruit grower. They had ten children as follows:
      - 1. John Negus, born July 7, 1851, in Henry, Iowa, died in October 1935, married Mary Sharp, born in 1854, died in 1930. They had six children as follows:
        
        1. William B. Negus, born July 6, 1876, died May 10, 1945, married October 29, 1901, Laura Campbell, born April 14, 1879, died November 25, 1929. They had five children, two died young: (1) Vera Marie Negus, born June 29, 1905, married December 30, 1931, Jack Edward Luellan, both living in Muscatine, Iowa in the 1950's; (2) Harold Earl Negus, born August 29, 1907, married Eloise Ruth Thompson, (3) Raymond LeRoy Negus, born December 13, 1914, married Flossie Andrews. They lived in Albuquerque, NM in the 1950's.
        
        2. Alice Negus, born April 15, 1882, married ______ Wolford. She died in 1948.
        
        3. Edwin Negus, born April 3, 1885, died January 14, 1906.
        
        4. Hervey Negus, born April 14, 1887.
        
        5. Henry Negus, born April 14, 1887.
        
        6. Eva Negus, born May 16, 1889, married Glen Foster. They had three children: (Melvin, Merle, and Virgil).
      - 2. Eli Negus, born May 17, 1853, died August 1, 1854.
      - 3. Amy C. Negus, born December 14, 1854, died August 19, 1896, married September 2, 1874, Martin Clever Nolte, born December 7, 1850, died August 24, 1907. They had the following children:
        
        1. Minnie Ellen Nolte, born May 30, 1875, died June 13, 1878.
        
        2. Frederick Henry Nolte, born February 27, 1877, died August 15, 1955, married Gertrude Brown. There was issue.
        
        3. Willis Clever Nolte, born May 8, 1879, died March 20, 1957, married Lydia Ellen Harrison. There was issue.
        
        4. Isaac Newton Nolte, born October 10, 1881, died November 12, 1881.
        
        5. Rev. Ira Elwood Nolte, born June 5, 1887. He married Frieda Marie Olive Olson, born February 25, 1892. He was a minister, living in Minneapolis, MN. He was the compiler and publisher of the "Negus Family Ancestry," written in the mid 1950's. They had the following three sons:
        
        1. Robert Elwood Nolte, born March 3, 1917.
        
        2. Paul Howard Nolte, born November 18, 1919.
        
        3. David James Nolte, born October 29, 1929.
        
        6. Elmer Perry Nolte, born June 14, 1889, died July 20, 1911.
      - 4. Miriam Negus, born February 13, 1857, died April 18, 1952, married February 26, 1879, Newton Branson, born September 9, 1855, died January 22, 1935. They had the following children:
        
        1. Hervey Isaac Branson, born December 18, 1879, married Mary Hirst. There was issue.
        
        2. Ada May Branson, born August 1, 1882, married (1) Elmer Lewis, and (2) Lee Millette. There was issue.
        
        3. Belva Branson, born September 11, 1884, married Dr. Will Austin. No data on children.
        
        4. Mary Ethel Branson, born May 24, 1888, married June 9, 1910, Walter L. Tatum. She prepared most of the information on descendants of Isaac and Mary Negus, used in "The Negus Family Ancestry." They had the following children:
        
        1. Mary Eloise Tatum
        
        2. Walter Lawerence Tatum
        
        3. Kenneth Branson Tatum
        
        4. Mable Eleanor Tatum, born August 12, 1926, married March 23, 1946, Herbert F. Hoover. They had three daughters (Rebecca Hoover, Rachel Marie Hoover, and Rose Mary Hoover.)
        
        From correspondence with Mrs. Mildred Mather, Archivist-Librarian o the Herbert Hoover Memorial Library in West Branch, Iowa, it was determined that this said Herbert F. Hoover is a direct descendant of Andrew Hoover, seven generations removed, who was the direct ancestor of Herbert C. Hoover, President of the United States, he being a fifth generation descendant of the same Andrew Hoover. It is interesting to note that Herbert C. Hoover, Jr., son of the President, was a radio engineer, working for Charlie Negus James, Sr., father of Homer Beers James, at Western Air Express, in the early 1930's. Also, on two occasions, Homer Beers James met the President at the airport at West Yellowstone, Montana. The President often fished at a ranch on the Madison River near West Yellowstone.
        
        5. Luella Branson, born January 2, 1890.
        
        6. Ralph William Branson, born March 28, 1892.
        
        5. Henry A. Negus, born May 27, 1859.
        
        6. William T. Negus, born August 16, 1861.
        
        7. Suel Foster Negus, born in 1863.
        8 Rebecca Negus, born October 6, 1865.
        
        9. Israel Negus, born April 20, 1867, died in September, 1908. He was killed hauling lumber.
        
        10. Anna Mary Negus, born February 14, 1870, died in September 1953. She married (1) John Fischer, and (2) Oliver Townsend. There was issue by both marriages.
    - 10. Miriam Negus, born November 7, 1824.
    - 11. Esther Negus, born May 21, 1828, married Edward W. Fawcett.
  - 4. Rebecca Negus, born December 6, 1779, in New Jersey.
  - 5. Joshua Negus, born May 5, 1781, Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ. He married Nancy Anne Shreve, born October 3, 1789, in Fayette County, PA.. They had a total of eleven children as follows:
    - 1. Thomas Negus, born in 1808, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 2. Sharlot Negus, born in 1810, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 3. Margaret Negus, born in 1812, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 4. Sarah Negus, born in 1813, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 5. West Negus, born July 20, 1815, Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA. He married Lucinda Sargent, born December 26, 1823, in Bath, NY. They had eleven children, all probably born in Crawford County, PA. between 1842 and 1865. Names are available in the Mormon records (Ancestral Files).
    - 6. Amy Negus, born November 20, 1818, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA., married Enoch Sargent, Jr., born October 26, 1816, in Pittsfield, Orange County, Vermont. They had eight children. Data available on several generations in the Mormon records.
    - 7. Ann Negus, born in 1819, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 8. Mariam Negus, born in 1821 (twin?), in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 9. John Negus, born in 1821 (twin?), in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 10. Emaline Negus, born in 1823, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
    - 11. Marie Negus, born in 1825, in Bloomfield, Crawford County, PA.
  - 6. Isaac Negus, born about 1783, in New Jersey, died young.
  - 7. Sarah Negus, born September 26, 1785, born in New Jersey.
  - 8. West Negus, born February 5, 1788, in Columbiana County, Ohio. He married Mary Thompson, born August 3, 1796. They had the following nine children:
    - 1. William Negus, born December 20, 1823, married Mary E. Norris.
    - 2. Eliza Negus, born September 16, 1825, married John M. Watson.
    - 3. Esther Negus, born November 16, 1827.
    - 4. David Negus, born December 31, 1829.
    - 5. Sarah Negus, born March 27, 1832.
    - 6. John Thompson Negus, born June 19, 1834.
    - 7. Martha Negus, born January 8, 1839.
    - 8. Elma Negus, about 1840.
    - 9. Joseph Negus, about 1841.
  - 9. Joseph Negus, born November 20, 1789. He married Eliza Ann Chalfant. He died June 12, 1865 at Selma, Ohio. They had nine children as follows:
    - 1. Isabel Negus
    - 2. Jonathan Negus
    - 3. Margaret Negus
    - 4. Sarah Negus
    - 5. Hannah Negus
    - 6. Albert C. Negus, born June 29, 1840, died July 3, 1901, married Lucy M. Wise. They had a son, Joseph J. Negus, who married Sallie Gane.
    - 7. Lydia Negus
    - 8. Mary Eliza Negus, born 1844, married David C. Garwood.
    - 9. Ruthanna Negus
    - 10. Shaidlock Negus, Jr See below.
- 6. Shaidlock Negus, Jr , the last child of Shaidlock Negus, Sr. and his wife, Sarah Smith, was born December 16, 1791 in Columbiana County, Ohio. He married on October 29, 1818, in Washington County, PA, Rachel Bracken. In the Iowa Township Census of August 27, 1850, he is shown as 55 years of age, born in Pennsylvania (both are obvious discrepancies), and he is recorded as being employed as a clothier. In 1845 the Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting in Ohio disowned him, but on June 22, 1850 he was restored at the Salem Monthly Meeting in Iowa on the consent of the Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting in Ohio. He died January 13, 1853, in Muscatine, Iowa. The family were active members of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa, participating in some of the first settlements in these three different locations. They moved to Springdale, Iowa Township, Cedar County, probably in 1849. They had ten children as follows:
  - 1. Caleb Bracken Negus, born December 5, 1819, in Columbiana County, Ohio. He married Eliza Jane Branson, daughter of Rees and Ruth Branson. He died in Cedar County, Iowa. They had the following six children:
    - 1. Rachel Negus, born June 14, 1844 (Short Creek Monthly Meeting, Jefferson County, Ohio).
    - 2. Amasa Negus, married Lydia Hoyle.
    - 3. Oliver Negus, born October 30, 1847, married Deborah Steer. They had the following children: Anna B. Negus; Albert D. Negus, born March 2, 1880, who married Myra Yost, and had four children (Edward, Oliver, Albert, and Frederick); Mary Negus, who married Clarence Fawcett; Laura Negus; Sarah Negus, who married William Tabor; and Wilson Negus, who married Jessie Crawford.
    - 4. Plummer Negus, born February 20, 1851, died in infancy (Short Creek Monthly Meeting, Jefferson County, OH.).
    - 5. Anna Negus, born 1852.
    - 6. Bracken Negus, born 1854.
  - 2. Rebecca Miller Negus, born May 24, 1821, married Thomas Darlington.
  - 3. Sarah Smith Negus, born January 5, 1823, married Jonathan Wilson (Short Creek Monthly Meeting, Jefferson Co., Ohio).
  - 4. Elisha Negus, born January 10, 1825, married in December 27, 1846 (Salem Monthly Meeting, Columbiana Co., Ohio), Elvira Fawcett, daughter of Jonathan Fawcett and his wife Mary. He died March 12, 1882 in Springdale, Iowa. In the Iowa Township Census of August 27, 1850, he is shown as 25 years of age and employed as a farmer from Pennsylvania. Elvira Fawcett is recorded as 26 years of age from Ohio. She died July 24, 1912, in Springdale, IA. The entire family is listed in the General Register of the Springdale Monthly Meeting, Iowa. They had the following children:
    - 1. Elma Negus, born March 23, 1851 at Springdale, Iowa. She died November 22, 1922, at Tipton, Iowa. She married William Mather, born November 11, 1844, died December 15, 1928, at Tipton, Iowa, son of Samuel Mather, brother of John Mather who was the great-grandfather of Stewart Mather, husband of Mildred Mather, Archivist-Librarian of the Herbert Hoover Memorial Library, West Branch, Iowa. William Mather also had a sister, Rachel Mather, who married Jesse Negus, son of Israel Negus and his wife, Lydia Garwood. Israel was the grandson of Shaidlock Negus, Sr.
      
      Elma and William Mather had two children as follows:
      - 1. May Emma Mather, born November 29, 1871, at Springdale, Iowa, married Sylvester Jones, born February 6, 1875 at Tonganoxie, Kansas.
      - 2. Carl Henry Mather, born August 27, 1878 at Springdale, Iowa, married Jennie Hamiel, born December 12, 1878. They had two daughters: Maurine Elma Mather and Bethany Mather.
    - 2. Mary B. Negus, born March 31, 1853, married John Rood.
    - 3. Rachel Negus, born October 25, 1856, married Ebenezer Fogg.
    - 4. Henry Negus, born February 22, 1859, in Springdale, Iowa. He married Sarah Alice Heppenstall, born January 11, 1861, at Centerville, Iowa. He was relieved by the Springdale Monthly Meeting, October 20, 1894.
    - 5. Esther Negus, born January 23, 1861, married William N. Ellyson. They had two children: Chester B. Ellyson and Oakley Ellyson.
  - 5. Elijah Negus, born 1826, died in infancy.
  - 6. Marie (Maria) Whitacre Negus, born March 29, 1827, married Eleazer (Eleazor D.) Hemingway, a farmer from Ohio. They were listed as married in the Iowa Township Census of August 27, 1850, living in adjacent property to her father.
  - 7. Albert Bracken Negus, born April 3, 1829. See below.
  - 8. Elwood Negus, born January 3, 1831, in Springfield, MO., died July 27, 1875. In the Iowa Township census of August 27, 1850, he is recorded as 17 years of age, employed as a farmer from Pennsylvania. He was still living in his father's home at the time. Later, he married Susan Collins. They had the following children:
    - 1. Rachel Negus
    - 2. Bracken Negus
    - 3. Lizzie Negus, married Jasper Stouffer.
    - 4. Carrie Negus
    - 5. Rebecca Negus
    - 10. Esther Fawcett Negus, born December 12, 1832. In the Iowa Township census of August 27, 1850 she is recorded as 17 years of age from Ohio. She married (2) Charles Fogg. He first husband probably died about 1850 or earlier, before she moved to Cedar Co., Iowa.
    - 11. Lavina Negus, born April 12, 1834, married George Wilson.
      
      A curious entry was discovered by Homer Beers James in Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol 7, Part 3 and 4". There is a record, dated June 14, 1854, for the Honey Creek Monthly Meeting, "New London", Howard County, Indiana, that a Shaidlock Negus, from Cedar County, IA, son of Shaidlock and Sarah Negus (both deceased) married Ann K. Benbow. On October 14, 1854, Ann Negus and daughter, Elizabeth Ann White, were granted a certification to the Red Cedar Monthly Meeting in Iowa. Shaidlock Negus, Jr. died January 13, 1853, according to other records. He does not appear in the 1860 census. [Ed. Note: This matter needs more investigation.]
- 7. Albert Bracken Negus was the third son and the seventh child of Shaidlock Negus, Jr. and his wife Rachel Bracken. He was born April 3, 1829 in Columbiana County, Ohio, as recorded by the Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting of the Friends Society. In the Iowa Township Census of August 27, 1850, he is shown as 21 years of age and employed as a farmer, from Pennsylvania. The "Negus Family Ancestry" states that he was born in Springfield, MO., an obvious error. He married, about 1853, Martha Ball, born July 3, 1835, 3rd child and 2nd daughter of Benjamin Ball, and his wife Hannah ________. See the lineage of the Ball Line elsewhere. Albert and Martha were certified on September 17, 1902 from the Springdale, IA, Monthly Meeting to the Pasadena, CA, Monthly Meeting. He died in 1910 in Pasadena, California. They had four children as follows:
  - 1. Charles (Charlie) Elliot Negus, born September 2, 1854, married on August 28, 1876, in Springdale Meeting, Ella (Ellen J.) Tatum, daughter of Lowrie Tatum and his wife Mary A. ______. In a letter to Homer Beers James, Genevieve James McKennan states that Ella Tatum was somehow related to the mother of George Washington. Charles was received in the Springdale Monthly Meeting, July 24, 1886. The Rev. John Yount Hoover (incorrectly referred to as John V. Hoover in "The Negus Family Ancestry"), presided at their wedding. He was a great uncle to Herbert C. Hoover, the President of the United States. John Yount Hoover was in the vanguard of Quakers who moved to California in the late 19th century. Charles E. Negus was later certified to the Pasadena Monthly Meeting., and set off in February 1884. He and his wife had the following children:
    - 1. Stella J. Negus, born May 30, 1879, married John Peck.
    - 2. Edith Negus, born October 4, 1882. She was certified to the Pasadena Monthly Meeting, December 18, 1901. It is believed that she married and had children.
    - 3. Frank Charles Negus, born November 1891, married Mildred Mary Williams. He was certified to the Pasadena Monthly Meeting, December 18, 1901. They lived on a 1000-acre ranch in Porterville, CA. They had children. He and his wife were married for over 52 years, according the Genevieve James McKennan in a letter to Homer Beers James, date unknown. They had a son, who in turn had a son, Don Negus, living near Porterville, CA. He was contacted on April 1, 1995 to obtain information about the Frank Charles Negus family.
    - 4. Roy Negus, birth date unrecorded.
    - 5. Laura H. Negus, born October 6, 1893. She changed to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA. She married and had children and grandchildren.
  - 2. Lillian H. "Lillie" Negus, born July 25, 1856. She had a large home at Balboa Beach, Newport, CA, where her relatives, including the James families, would gather in the 1930's. She married Henry McDonald. There were two children as follows:
    - 1. Florence Mc Donald. She married ________ Fitzpatrick. They resided in Porterville, CA. They had two children as follows:
      - 1. Jimmy Fitzpatrick
      - 2. Mary Lee Fitzpatrick
    - 2. Bert Mc Donald. He lived in Alhambra at one time.
      
      Lillian Negus probably died by 1940.
    - 3. Hannah G. "Nannie" Negus, born July 9, 1858. She married Alonzo Painter. They had two children as follows:
      - 1. Ethel Painter, married _______ Chaffin. She was the dress designer for Gloria Swanson and other early movie stars. She did not have any children according to the records.
      - 2. Harry Painter. He married and had a son, Lt. Col. Harry Painter, a marine officer, living at one time in Springville, VA. He had three daughters (Cathy, who was a graduate of Stanford and married a math professor; Helen; and Nancy) and a son, name unknown.
    - 4. Jennie (Jenny) Iona Negus. See below.
- 8. Jennie Iona Negus, the fourth and last child of Albert Bracken Negus and his wife, Mary Ball, was born October 30, 1866 in Springdale, Cedar County, Iowa. She died April 13, 1911, at age 44, in Pasadena, CA. She married on August 18, 1884, in Springdale, Iowa, Walter James, son of Thomas James and Hanna McBride James. He was born October 28, 1861 in Springdale, Cedar County, Iowa, and died December 29, 1942, at age 81, in Ojai, California. They had three children as follows:
  - 1. Wilfred Macdonald (Donald) James. See details in the James Line.
  - 2. Letha Hannah James, born 1895, died about 1915, the age of 20.
  - 3. Charlie Negus James, Sr
    
    See continuation and details of this lineage under the James Line.

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