Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
Bertha Ringwalt
1875 - Bef 1880 (4 years)1. Bertha Ringwalt was born on 5 Nov 1875 in Clark County, Ohio, USA (daughter of David Lewis Ringwalt and Mary Jane Cotter); died before 1880.
2. David Lewis Ringwalt was born on 4 Sep 1847 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Levi Bull Ringwalt and Catherine Swigert); died on 12 Sep 1928 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Thomas County, Kansas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military service: 8th Ohio Cavalry, Civil War
- Occupation: Blacksmith, sheriff
- Residence: 1895, Logan County, Kansas, USA
Notes:
David Ringwalt enlisted as a private in Company D, 8th Ohio Cavalry, on 28 March 1864, during the Civil War, and was mustered out on 30 July 1865 at Clarksburg, West Virginia. He was in Libby and Pemberton Prisons in the winter and spring of 1865. On 23 May 1866, he enlisted in Company C, 19th United States Infantry, and was discharged on 23 May 1869, at Little Rock, Arkansas. The David Ringwalt family was living in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, at the time of the 1880 census. They were living in Oakley Township, Logan County, Kansas, at the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, having moved to Oakley in April 1887. He served as the first marshal of Oakley in 1887 and was a law enforcement officer until 1919 in addition to holding other city and school board positions.
David married Mary Jane Cotter on 7 Oct 1874 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Mary (daughter of James Laurence Cotter and Anna Maria Harrison) was born on 17 Oct 1857 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 4 Feb 1931 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Thomas County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Jane Cotter was born on 17 Oct 1857 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA (daughter of James Laurence Cotter and Anna Maria Harrison); died on 4 Feb 1931 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Thomas County, Kansas, USA. Notes:
Married:
David Ringwalt and Mary Jane Cotter were married at the United Brethren Church in Lagonda, Clark County, Ohio.Children:
- 1. Bertha Ringwalt was born on 5 Nov 1875 in Clark County, Ohio, USA; died before 1880.
- David Lewis Ringwalt was born on 5 Feb 1877 in Lagonda, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died in Nov 1958.
- Dr. Levi Bull Ringwalt was born on 15 Jul 1879 in Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA; died on 2 Oct 1946 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Thomas County, Kansas, USA.
- James Laurence Ringwalt was born on 4 Sep 1882 in Ohio, USA; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA.
- Ray Rogers Ringwalt was born on 20 Jul 1885 in Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 15 Sep 1886 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
- Paul Cotter Ringwalt was born on 22 Jun 1887 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; died on 11 Mar 1933 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, Morgan County, Colorado, USA.
- Mary Isabelle Ringwalt was born on 22 Sep 1891 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
- Ruth Dorcas Ringwalt was born on 16 Apr 1896 in Russell Springs, Logan County, Kansas, USA; died on 9 May 1962 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Levi Bull Ringwalt was born on 15 May 1817; died on 3 Aug 1891. Levi married Catherine Swigert on 24 Sep 1844. Catherine was born on 26 Oct 1825; died on 25 Mar 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Catherine Swigert was born on 26 Oct 1825; died on 25 Mar 1898. Children:
- Jacob D. Ringwalt was born on 20 Jan 1846 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Mar 1891 in Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Richland County, Illinois, USA.
- 2. David Lewis Ringwalt was born on 4 Sep 1847 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Sep 1928 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Thomas County, Kansas, USA.
6. James Laurence Cotter was born in cir 1818 in Belfast (?), Ireland (son of Dr. Rogers Cotter and Arabella Lyon); died on 17 Apr 1899 in Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 19 Apr 1899 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34298001/james_laurence_cotter
- Residence: 1848, McGillivray Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
- Census: 1870, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, USA
Notes:
James L. Cotter emigrated to Ontario, Canada, in 1835 with his father, and he later settled in the Park Hill, Ontario, area. In the "History of Middlesex County," James is listed as a warden and pathmaster for the year 1845. He is recorded as having owned land in Middlesex County, Ontario. The land was in McGillivray Township, Lot 23, Concession 9, and was purchased on 17 Dec 1842. His brother, George, purchased the neighboring lot, No. 22, on the same day; their brother, John, purchased Lot No. 20 on 18 Mar 1844 . However, James Cotter is also listed on the 28 September 1837 map of McGillivray Township as owning that same lot number. James Cotter appears in the 1848 census of Canada West (Ontario). He is listed on page 3, McGillivray Township, Huron (now Middlesex) County. Around 1848, James Cotter moved to Clark County, Ohio. He filed a Declaration of Intention for Naturalization in Clark County, Ohio, on 20 March 1861, but apparently never completed the naturalization process. At the time of the 1850 census, James and Maria (name given as Mary in the census) were living in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. James' age was given as 26, and his occupation was sawyer. Maria's age was given as 25. At the time of the 1860 census, the family was living in German Township, Clark County, Ohio. Included in the census is Anna Cotter, aged 66. He is listed in the 1880 census of Clark County, Ohio. James Cotter was a member of The Champion City Guard, Company A, Seventh Infantry, Ohio National Guard, during the Civil War. He purchased land from William T. Haley in the city of Springfield, Ohio, on 13 July 1855, and from James T. Warder on 14 December 1870, in Springfield Township. Around 1881, the James Cotter family moved to Illinois, settling near Claremont in Richland County. James Cotter purchased land from Robert B. and Ellen Patrick in Richland County, on 27 November 1882. The property is described in the deed as the northwest fourth of the southeast quarter of Section 26, township 4, North Range (numbered 14 west), "containing 40 acres, more or less." The property was sold by his heirs to Mary Cotter Melrose, James's daughter, for $800 on 28 November 1902, following the death of James's second wife in August 1902. James is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, in Lot 242 of Section L. This plot was purchased by Ann Cotter on 18 April 1899.
Buried:
Section L, Lot 242James married Anna Maria Harrison on 6 Oct 1849 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Anna died before 1866; was buried in cir 1865 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Anna Maria Harrison died before 1866; was buried in cir 1865 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Maria Harris
- Buried: 8 May 1903, Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA
Notes:
Buried:
Section L, Lot 242
Moved from Mt. Zion to Ferncliff, 8 May 1903Children:
- Barbara Elizabeth Cotter was born on 10 Dec 1852 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 5 Aug 1925 in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 8 Aug 1925 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
- James S. Cotter was born on 10 Jun 1854 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 5 Feb 1933 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1933 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
- 3. Mary Jane Cotter was born on 17 Oct 1857 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 4 Feb 1931 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Thomas County, Kansas, USA.
- William Harrison Cotter was born on 22 Jul 1858 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 11 Sep 1941 in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Sep 1941 in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
- Simon Kenton Cotter was born on 9 May 1860 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 9 Jul 1948; was buried on 12 Jul 1948 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
- George Sackville Cotter was born on 8 Apr 1862 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 14 Nov 1940 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 16 Nov 1940 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
Generation: 4
12. Dr. Rogers Cotter was born in cir 1786 in County West Meathe, Ireland (son of Rev. George Sackville Cotter and Margaret Rogers); died in 1847 in Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- Education: Trinity College, Cambridge
- Education: Trinity College, Dublin
- Education: University of Edinburgh
- Occupation: Doctor
- Military service: 1811-1829; Surgeon, West Meath Militia
- Immigration: 1835, New York, USA
Notes:
It is possible that Rogers Cotter was born in Kilmichael, County Cork, Ireland, since his father was Vicar there from 1784-1797. Rogers Cotter is identified in his 1810 marriage record as "Rogers Cotter of City of Dublin Esquire." He attended Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1806, but did not graduate), and later graduated as a physician and surgeon from Trinity College, Dublin, and then the University of Edinburgh, on 1 August 1815. His dissertation was entitled "Dissertatio medica inauguralis de tympanita," and was published in Edinburgh in 1815. He entered the army as a surgeon's mate in the West Meath Militia on 26 March 1811. He was assistant surgeon from 1817 until 1829, when the regiment disbanded. He was also surgeon and physician of Balinacaryge Dispensary. He published "The Fables of Aesop, in Latin hexameter verse translated from the original Greek," in Dublin in 1833. Rogers Cotter and his family emigrated in 1835. They sailed on the ship Tallahassee, originating in Ireland, and departing ultimately from Liverpool. The ship arrived in New York on 8 July 1835. The following family members are on the passenger list: Rogers Cotter, no age given; Mrs. (?) Cotter, age 39; James L. Cotter, age 17; George L. Cotter, age 19; John R. Cotter, age 13; Lydia Cotter, age 15; Annabella M. Cotter, age 11, and; A. Cotter, age 1 (female). Upon their arrival, Rogers stated that his destination was Ohio. However, he went instead to Ontario, settling in Toronto Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario. There is no record to indicate that he ever went to the Park Hill, Ontario, area with his sons. On 28 September 1835, he applied to purchase Lot 12, Concession 10, of the Gore of Toronto (Clergy Reserves), but the lot was not for sale. He was described as a "Doctor of Medicine and Surgeon," and "lately arrived in this province with a numerous family." Rogers Cotter is listed in the 1837 census of Toronto, Gore Township, York County, as "Dr. Cotter," living at Concession 10, Lot 12, in the Gore of Toronto. On 9 July 1839, he applied to purchase the same lot, where he had been living as a lessee. Rogers Cotter is listed in "The City of Toronto and the Home District Commercial Directory and Register with Almanack and Calendar for 1837." He appears on page 38 in a list of physicians and on page 162, as living in the Gore of Toronto, Northern Division, Concession 10, Lot 12. Rogers Cotter may have been the Cotter (first name not given) who was buried in McGillivary Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, on 23 September 1845, age 60.
The address given on the baptismal record of his son, George Sackville Cotter, is Strawling Lodge. The baptism took place in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.
Died:
The death year of 1847 is given in Burke's Peerage. However, if the burial record from 1845 refers to Rogers Cotter, then he obviously died in 1845.Rogers married Arabella Lyon on 13 Nov 1810 in St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland. Arabella was born in cir 1794 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Arabella Lyon was born in cir 1794 in Ireland. Notes:
According to family tradition, Rogers Cotter "ran off with a parlor maid." Living with James Cotter at the time of the 1860 Clark County, Ohio, census was a 66-year-old woman named Anna Cotter, who may have been his mother. The baptismal record of her daughter, Mary, states that Arabella's name was Isabella Ann. Isabella is also the name given on the marriage record of her daughter, Annabella, to Amos Barber. Her maiden name may have been Lyne.
Children:
- Margaret Cotter was born on 13 May 1813 in Dublin, Ireland, or Sussex, England; was christened on 24 May 1813 in St. Peter the Great, Chichester, Sussex, England; died on 28 Sep 1869 in Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in 1869 in Gillford Cemetery, Oak Center, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA.
- George Sackville Cotter was born in cir 1816; was christened on 14 Jan 1816 in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland; died in 1863 in Clark County, Ohio, USA.
- 6. James Laurence Cotter was born in cir 1818 in Belfast (?), Ireland; died on 17 Apr 1899 in Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 19 Apr 1899 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
- Lydia A. Cotter was born in cir 1820.
- John Rogers Cotter was born in cir 1822; died on 1 Dec 1853 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. James Anglican Cemetery, Clandeboye, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- Annabella M. Cotter was born in cir 1824.
- A. Cotter was born in cir 1834.
Generation: 5
24. Rev. George Sackville Cotter was born in 1755 in Belfast, Ulster, Ireland (son of Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest and Arabella Rogerson); died on 3 Apr 1831 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Education: St. Peter's College, Cambridge, England
- Education: Westminster School, London, England
Notes:
From: The Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee; Vol. IV. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.
"Cotter, George Sackville (1755-1831), poet and translator, was the fourth son of Sir James Cotter. He was educated at Westminster School, of which he was captain in 1770, and in 1771 he was elected to St. Peter's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1775 and M.A. in 1779. Having taken holy orders he became vicar of Kilmacdonough, and rector of Kilcreddan-Garrivoe and Ightermorragh, diocese of Cloyne. In 1788 he published two volumes of 'Poems,' dedicated to Lady Shannon, and consisting of a poem in two books, entitled 'Prospects,' and a collection of odes and other fugitive pieces. In 1826 he published a translation of Terence for the use of the schools, in the preface to which he states that when at Westminster School he had been an actor in three of Terence's comedies. In the following year he printed seven of the plays of Plautus, 'translated literally and grammatically, and cleared of objectionable passages.' The later years of his life were spent at Youghal, Cork, and he died in 1831. By his wife, a daughter of Bayly Rogers, physician and banker of Cork, he left, with other issue, four sons."
George Sackville Cotter was named after Lord George Sackville, a friend of his father's, and was known as "a great musician." His translations of the comedies of Plautus was "Plauti Comoediae septem selectae; Anglice redditae, expurgatae." The comedies are Aulularia, Epidicus, Menaechmi, Mercator, Pseudolus, Trinummus, and Rudens. The book was published by J. F. Dove, London, in 1827. The poems dedicated to Lady Shannon were published by William Flynn, Cork, in 1788. The full title is "Poems, consisting of odes, songs, pastorals, satyrs, &c, and a descriptive poem in four books, called Prospects." His translations of the comedies of Terence was "Four Comedies of Terence, translated, and the stage management and mode of acting them set down, as they were acted at Westminster School; and also the other two comedies of Terence, the Heautotimorumenos and the Hecyra..." It was published by Dodges and M'Arthur, Dublin, in 1824. George Cotter also wrote "An Essay on the Best Mode of Extension of Agriculture in Ireland, by the breaking up and cultivating lay or grasslands." It was printed by A. Edwards, Cork, in 1802. It was originally published in "Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 1801." Grorge Cotter is listed in "A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors" by A. Austin Allibone, published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, in 1858, and in "The Poets of Ireland: A Biographical Dictionary" by David J. O'Donoghue, published by the author, London, in 1892-3.George married Margaret Rogers on 4 Nov 1775 in St. Finbarr's, Cork, Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Bayly Rogers and Martha Pigott) died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
25. Margaret Rogers (daughter of Bayly Rogers and Martha Pigott); died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland. Children:
- Elizabeth Cotter was born in cir 1775; died on 16 Dec 1834.
- Arabella Sackville Cotter was born in 1782 in Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Jun 1845 in Tabernacle Row, Shoreditch, London, England.
- Rev. James Laurence Cotter was born in 1783; died on 24 Sep 1850 in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland.
- George Sackville Cotter was born on 1 Jul 1783 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 10 Apr 1869 in Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- 12. Dr. Rogers Cotter was born in cir 1786 in County West Meathe, Ireland; died in 1847 in Ontario, Canada.
- Margaret Cotter was born in cir 1787.
- Louisa Cotter was born in cir 1789; died before 1865.
- Rev. Joseph Rogerson Cotter was born on 2 Sep 1790 in Cork, Ireland; died on 4 Feb 1868 in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Station Road Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland.
- Sophia Cotter was born in cir 1791.
- Anne Laurence Cotter was born in cir 1793; died on 12 Dec 1857.
- Isabella Cotter was born in 1795 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 26 Nov 1875 in Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
Generation: 6
48. Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest was born in 1714 (son of James Cotter and Margaret Mathew); died on 9 Jun 1770 in Rockforest, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. Notes:
Sir James Cotter attended Dublin College, and was at the Middleton School in 1729. He was created a Baronet on 30 April 1763. He represented the borough of Askeyton in the Irish Parliament.
James married Arabella Rogerson in 1746. Arabella (daughter of John Rogerson and Elizabeth Ludlow) died on 18 Mar 1793 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
49. Arabella Rogerson (daughter of John Rogerson and Elizabeth Ludlow); died on 18 Mar 1793 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. Children:
- James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet of Rockforest was born in 1748; died on 9 Feb 1829.
- Edmond Cotter was born in 1749; died in 1770.
- Rogerson Cotter was born in 1752 in Rockforest, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; died on 19 Feb 1830; was buried on 23 Feb 1830 in Paris, France.
- 24. Rev. George Sackville Cotter was born in 1755 in Belfast, Ulster, Ireland; died on 3 Apr 1831 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland.
50. Bayly Rogers (son of Joseph Rogers and Margaret Bayly); died in cir 1786 in Cork, Ireland. Notes:
Bayly Rogers was a doctor. His will was probated in Cork, Ireland, in 1786.
Bayly married Martha Pigott in 1750 in Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland. Martha (daughter of Emanuel Pigott and Judith Warburton) was born in cir 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
51. Martha Pigott was born in cir 1730 (daughter of Emanuel Pigott and Judith Warburton). Children:
- 25. Margaret Rogers died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland.
- Alexander Rogers was born in 1756; died in 1826.