FRANK married AULD ADA S. on 26 Dec 1910. ADA (daughter of AULD WILLIAM REYNOLDS and KENNEDY MARGARET LOUISA) was born on 14 Mar 1886. [Group Sheet]

J. married MCCLURKEN MARGARET. MARGARET was born in in Of Oakdale, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John Auld born 2/22/1783 died 11/9/1842, married 12/17/1807. Mary Forsythe born in Pa. 3/8/1782 died 4/1/1862. They had 3 sons and 2 daughters. John and Mary Auld moved to Rich Hill Twp. Muskingham Co. Ohio.

Their son James Auld born 6/28/1824 in Va. died 1/1/1901 very suddenly at home of is daughter, Mrs. Jane Boyd. James married 2/17/1848 Sarah Reynolds born 9/12/1829 died 2/1/1890 at the family home west of Oakdale, Illinois where Harold Auld now lives.

James and Sarah Reynolds Auld had 2 daughters and 3 sons. Lessie Auld, Jane Auld, William R. Auld, John Auld, Oliver Auld.

William Reynolds Auld born 11/21/1853 died 3/14/1939 married 12/26/1878 Margaret Louisa Kennedy born 3/15/1852 died 4/4/1923.

They had 2 daughters and 2 sons. Eleanor T., Ada S., W. Kennedy, Ward J. Auld, born 12/21/1894 died 9/1/1955, married 3/21/1917 Jane Piper, born 1/30/1896. Ward and Jane Auld had 3 sons and 1 daughter. The names and dates of these are included in the Robert Piper line.

It was thtrough Sarah Reynolds Auld's family line that there was Revolutionary War service.

By Mrs. Jane Auld

From1979 WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS HISTORY


After they married they lived on a farm two miles west of Oakdale, Illinois, which they purchased and where all their children were born. Later in life they bought a place in Oakdale, Illinois, where they both died. He was for years a school director, a farmer and later a director in the Venedy Insurance Company. They both liked music and they sang in the church choir for some time and attended a singing school.
Per Narratives of Randolph County, Sparta Public Library, Sparta, Illinois.

WILLIAM married KENNEDY MARGARET LOUISA on 26 Dec 1878. MARGARET (daughter of KENNEDY WILLIAM and TODD ELEANOR) was born on 15 Mar 1852; died on 4 Apr 1923 in Their home.; was buried in Cemetery, Oakdale, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

James Auld of New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio (b. 6/28/1824 d. 1/1/1901) was a farmer and a carpet weaver. He m. 2/17/1848 Sarah Reynolds b. 3/21/1829 in Ohio, whosse grandfather was Col. John Reynolds in the revolutionary War. James came to Illinois on the train from Ohio, with his wife, 2 daughters Lessie and Jane, his mother and a sister Ann in 1858. They then lived on the old Auld homestead north of where Harold Auld now lives. There his mother Mary d. 4/1/1962. In May 1865, he bought from Andrew Todd a farm about 1/2 mile south of where they lived. There his wife Sarah d. 2/1/1890. Sarah was well known and appreciated for her assistance to other families in times of sickness and grief.

In April 1890, he sold the farm to his son John C. and his wife Isabelle. He continued to live with them after the deaath of his wife and continued as a weaver. He made an overnight visit with his daughter Jane and her family and died quietly in his sleep that night.

Their children were: Mary Celesta (Lessie) Auld (See James McKnight Torrens); Sarah Jane Auld b. 3/6/1852, d. 4/12/1932, m. 3/10/1870 Richard Boyd; William Reynolds Auld (See William R. Auld); John C. Auld (See John C. Auld); James Oliver Auld b. 2/14/1868, d. 8/17/1885 aged 17 years 6 months 3 days. He was overheated putting hay in the barn. He is buried in Oakdale, Illinois Cemetery.

By Maxine Musselman

From1979 WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS HISTORY

Per Narratives of Randolph County, James was a farmer and a weaver of cloth, as bedspreads, etc. He in his late years wore a paisley shawl over his shoulders when in church. He was tall and erect.

JAMES married REYNOLDS SARAH on 17 Feb 1848 in Married by Rev. J. Henderson. SARAH was born on 21 Mar 1829 in Date may be 9/12/1829; Ohio; died on 1 Feb 1890 in At their home west of Oakdale.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Narratives of Randolph County, she died at their hme west of Oakdale an just south of the old Auld homestead on the ridge. Harold Auld now living there (1957).
Sarah was a woman of large build, very good in her home and the church, was a good manager and made everything serve its purpose in the home. It is through her family line that there is Rev. war services.

WILLIAM married TODD ELEANOR. ELEANOR was born in in Of Elkton, Illinois. [Group Sheet]