Name: James Hogue
Born: 1754
Place: Ireland
Died: 31 Oct 1827
Place: Butler Co., OH
Buried:
Married: 1783
Place: Cumberland Co., PA
I once told my uncle that he was descended from a long line of old men:
James Hogue was 46 at the birth of
John Hogue was 46 at the birth of
Robert Irwin Hogue was 47 at the birth of
Hugh Wallace Hogue was 45 at the birth of
Ronald Hugh Hogue in 1939
The "tradition", however, stopped there.
Known children of James Hogue and Margaret Irwin:
| Elizabeth Hogue |
1798-1870 |
Elizabeth was born in KY and married Joseph Gaston
McQuiston in Butler Co OH. She and her husband died in Warren County OH.
Three known children: James Hogue McQuiston, Margaret McQuiston and
William Hugh McQuiston. |
| John Hogue |
1800-1872 |
Married Ann R Simpson. |
It would be reasonable to think that James had many more children. To date,
I found no clues to that end.
According to the DAR application of Margaret McQuiston Milne
(3William Hugh McQuiston, 2Elizabeth Hogue,
1James Hogue), James Hogue served with Captain William Hendricks
during the revolution, was captured at Quebec and spent 3 years in a British
prison.150 A list of
recruitments does name a James Hogg but I've been unable to verify that, he
was, in fact, our James. In fact, virtually all that we know about James
Hogue is found in Mrs Milne's application. I have found no primary evidence
that he was born in Ireland or that he served in the Revolution from
Cumberland county PA. I have no idea what Milne's source for his marriage
date was.
James Hogue Article
My grandmother received the following along with a letter from her niece
(in-law), Jody Hogue Bentson, in 1987. Judging from the content of the
letter, Jody was responding to Birdie's phone call, which she might have
very well have made at my instigation.
Jody did not know who the writer was. Evidently, it was a son or daughter
of Robert Irwin Hogue, James's son. And judging from what follows, the
author was still living in Ringgold county. "Uncle Bob" and aunts Bertha and
Ethel (who my cousins, Patty and Rhonda, fondly recall from their childhood
summer vacations in Tingley) remained in the area all their lives. It seems
unlikely this would have been written by my grandfather, Hugh Hogue, or by
Jody's father, "Uncle Harry".
All five siblings mentioned above lived to the 1960s. I'd suspect that
what follows was written mid-century, certainly well beyond any possibility
of personal knowledge. Since they were third cousins to Margaret Milne, the
DAR applicant, it seems likely to me that she was the source of the
information, although it is not known just what they would have learned from
their own father, Robert (1846-1929). Whoever the writer was, the remark
about the chicken thief is of the kind of humor I came to expect from my Iowa
antecedants.
I've retained all punctuation and grammarical errors as found in my copy,
itself a type-written transcription.
Our father, Robert Irwin Hogue, was born in Butler County, Ohio, Sept. 13,
1846. He was the son of John Hogue, who was born also in Butler County,
Ohio, April 17, 1800. The latter was the son of James Hogue, who was born in
Ireland in 1754.
Great Grandfather, James Hogue came from Ireland to America at the age of 15
years. When he was 16 years old he went to Carlisle, Pa. to reap. Shortly
after that he enlisted in Capt. Hendrick's Rifle Co., and they were drafted
to Quebec. He served Five and One half years in the Revolutionary War.
About the year 1784 he moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, and later to
Butler County Ohio. He got a ticket of 40 shillings for his service on the
Trumbull frigate, which is all the pay he got for his five and one half
years service. He was married some years after returning from the
war
Our connections as far as I know are all respectable, law-abiding citizens.
However in recent years there are some Hogue families residing in this
Ringgold County, Iowa, As far as I know they are not related to us. Our
father and his three brothers came to Iowa about 60 years age, and these
Hogues, who are here do not belong to any of these families. If they should
be related it must be quite distant. One, however, was in jail for chicken
stealing, so I am not anxious to trace any relationship.
According to the Navy Department Library
(http://www.history.navy.mil/library), the Trumbull was commissioned from
1776-1781. The following is from page 280 of The Lives of Eminent
Philadelphians, Now Deceased, by Henry Simpson.
In July of this year [1781], [Richard] Dale sailed fron the capes of
Delaware as lieutenant of the Trumbull frigate, Captain James
Nicholson.1
When at sea but a few hours, they fell in with a British frigate and
sloop-of-war. After a severe engagement in a dark and stormy night, the
Trumbull, having been crippled by the gale, was compelled to strike her flag
to a force vastly superior. Lieutenant Dale was severely wounded in this
encounter. In a short time he was put on Long Island a prisoner on parole;
he was soon afterwards exchanged, and, in November, 1781, returned to
Philadelphia.
Other Data
James Hogue appears on the 1810 tax list for Butler county, Ohio.
From the 1820 census:
1820 > OHIO > BUTLER > WAYNE
Series: M33 Roll: 87 Page: 128
James Houge 000101 011010 1
1From navybuddies.com: "Captain James Nicholson
(1737-1804) was the senior Continental Navy Captain in the Revolutionary
War. Prior to receiving his commission in the Continental Navy, he served in
the Colonial Navy with the British and was present during the assault on
Havana in 1762. During the Revolutionary War, he commanded three ships of
the line: DEFENSE, TURNBULL and VIRGINIA. Most notable, when his ship was
blockaded at Baltimore, Captain Nicholson took his men to join Washington at
Trenton, and aided in that victory."
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