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The Shillito Family The Shillito Family -IN- Scotland, Ireland and America -0--- Five hundred and t,venty descendants of George and Agnes Miller Shillito listed in seven generations and 243 marriages. Compiled by SAMUEL MILLER SMITH Beaver, Pa., in 1931 At the age of eighty years. Sole survivor of fifty-one grandchildren. The Shillito Family The .ancestral home of the Shillito famiiy ,vas in Scot­ land, whe1~e the name was spelled Shillitoe. The family lived in Scotland until about 1745-48, vvhen they migrated to the North .of Ireland during the Scottish revolt against the Episcopal Church. The Shillitos were Covenanters, and it ,vas to thtow off the heavy yoke of the Episcopal Church that the migrati·on to North Ireland \Vas made. · · It is believed that there \Vere three brothers of the Shil­ lito family who came from Ireland to Am~rica. Of these George and- Samuel are known to have remained in this country, while a third brother is thought to have settled in York County, Pennsylvania, and may, perhaps, have re­ turned .to Ireland. The first of the f ami1y of ,vhom any definite record has been obtained is George Shillito, Sr.. father of the three brothers mentioned previously. He was married and_ the parent of a s·on, George, Jr., born in 1762. \Vhen th!s chilrl ,vas eleven years of age, or in 1773, the family emigrated from Ireland to America, and settled near Germanto\vn, Pa. Soon after the Revolutionary War broke out George Shillito, Jr., s-ho\ved his love for his adopted country by making application for enlistment into the army, but \Vas rejected on account of his youth. He vvas later accepted as a·substitute at the age of 1~ years, or in 1778. He served as a private to the close of the war in the Cumber1ancl Conn ty Militia. First Ba ttaUon, commanded by Col. James Johnson. His ,var record can be found in Pennsvl·vania .. ~ Archives, 5th Series, Vo1. 6, page 196. 4 'I'he Shillito Family Samuel Shillito, one of the three brothers who came to America, served in the vVar of 1812. At the close of that struggle he \Vas married to Nancy lvliller. ...~fter his mar­ riage he- and his wife went do,vn the Ohio River and set­ tled near Cincinnati, ,vhere some of the descendants founded _what is no,v the John E. Shillito Co. Department Store. Some time· after the Revolutionary vVar, George Shil­ lito, Jr., was married to Agnes Miller, daughter of Sa1nuel Miller of Mt. Pleasant To;vnship, '\Vashingto~ County, Penn­ sylvania. They located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, \Vhere eight children were born to them: Samuel, John, ElizabetI:i, G~orge, Jane, James, Ebenezer or Eben and Mary. In April, 1812, they came from Allegheny County to Beaver Oounty, and purchased a tract of land on Service Creek, Raccoon Tovvnship, from the estate of David Redick called "St. Clair," containing 420 acres; bounded on the east by Frederick Hubley, on the nol'th by Frederick Kiehr, and on the south by John Graff.. The price vvas $500.00. It ·was located one-half mile up the creek from Service Church. This particular location vvas selected on account of its prox­ imity to Service Church, and the desire of the family for a home in a Christian community. George Shillito \Vas familiarly kno,vn in the community of Service as "Grandaddy" Shillito. His homestead ,vas located at the foot of the hill just across Service Creek fl'om where lo\ver Service school house no,v stands. Here he 1vas a near neighbor and loyal friend of Rev. Dr. Anderson. the first pastor of old. Sevice Church, and the founded of one of the t\vo first Theological Seminaries on this continent. The Shillitos ,vere early members of and prominently identified ,vith old Service Church. Service, named from the creek on vvhbse ,vaters it is located, and it in turn named from the service-tree \vhich gTO\VS in the vicinity, dates its origin fron1 the year 1790, although prior to that time and up until the year 1793, the-congregatio:n ntet-fo1~ ,vorship in The Shillito Family 5 the log cabin homes of its members. The first extant record is that of a meeting of the session of Mill Creek (the name of Service Church until 1800) on August 11, 17no~ In that record t,vo ruling elders were identified: James Ingles and John Nelson. No mention is made of Dr. Anderson until 1792, when he is represented as the m,oderator of the ses­ sion. His date of call, acceptance, and installation as pastor. are alike unkno\vn. In conjunction ,vith his pastoral duties at Service, he was also pastor of Harmon Creek Church (no'\v Frankfort Springs). Dr. Anderson is described as being sligtly over five feet in height, possesseed of a high, shrill voice, and ,vith a dic­ tion so slo,v that a.s\vift penman might have taken down his sermons in longhand. The first meeting house at Service, a log cabin, was erected in 1793. In this building the congregation ,vorshiped for ten or t\velve years, vvhen a second church building vvas erected on the site of the present edifice. This latter ,vas of he\ved logs, chinked \Vith yello,v clay, perhaps 25x30 feet in dimerisions, and vvith one door and f e\v ,vindo\VS. In 1794 the Presbytery of Pennsylvania established a Theological Seminary and appointed Dr. Anderson professor therein. Since his services as professor \Vere to run concur­ ently \vith his duties as a pastor, Service \vas selected as the seat of the institution. Contiguous to Dr. Anderson's log­ cabin home a t\vc-storied log structure, ,vith floors of rough­ he,vn logs. and clapboard roof, \Vas erected to serve as the Seminary building. Some of the Seminary students ahvays roomed and boarded at the home of George Shillito. One of the students came home one day very angry and hurt at a sharp rebuke administered to him by Dr. Anderson, and VO\ved he \vould never go back there again. "Never mind," said "Grandaddy" Shillito, "if Dr. Anderson ,vas hasty ~nd unjust to you he \Vill never let the sun go do,vn on his \Vrath." 6 The Shillito Fan1ily Sure enough, as the Shillitos vvere eating their evening meal on the back porch facing Service Creek nearby, they sa\v Dr. Anderson coming across the meado\v. There ,vas no foot-log across the creek. Dr. Anderson took off his shoe_s and socks, ,vaded the creek and then put them on again, and ~ame up to where they ,vere eating. He spoke kindly to the student: "Young man, I spoke unjustly to you this after­ noon. I am very s•orry. I came. here to ackno\vledge my wrong and to apolgize to you. ·Will you please forgive me?" The student went back to the Seminary . Dr. Anderson served as p1·ofessor of the Seminary until 1821, when the .institution was transferred from Sevice to ·Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa. He served as pastor of Service Church until his death April 6, 1830. Between the death of Dr. Anderson and the installation of Rev. William J\i. 1\'1cEhvee in 1833, George Shillito was installed as a ruling elder. Samuel Shillito Family 7 The Samuel Shillito Family .SANI:UEL SHILLITO, eldest child of George and Agnes J\'L Shillito, was born August 31, 1793. He served in the War of 1812. He was mai·-ried February 26, 1829 t-o Eliza Sn1ith, ,vho ,vas born September 24, 1805, and died April 3, 1875. Samuel Shillito died July 16, 1865, and they were buried at Service. They had seven children: James, Nancy, Voi! et, Cynthia Jane, John, Eliza Jane, and Lucinda. Samuel Shillito ,vas of medium height but strong and ,viry in build, active and energetic, quick in manner and sententious in speech, but ,vithal the soul of gentleness and kindness. He was by vocation both a farmer and miller. The family lived on part of the old Shillito homestead which included the mill and mill site (no,v kno,vn as C·otter's Mill) kno\vn for years as Shillito's Mill. He and his family were devout members of old Service Church. He was universal1y respected for his high sense of honor and honesty. James Shillito \Vas born in 1828 and married 11artha Conley on November 25, 1858. He died in 1917. at the age of 89 years. Nancy Shillito \Vas born 11:arch 28, 1831, and died May 3, 1887. Vio1et Shillito v::as born September 10. 1833, and died Decemher 27, 1888. She married \Villiam Sterling on Octo­ ber 1, 1856. They had five children: Herman, Harry, Clara, Ida rvI. and Lora Frances. Violet 1.vas buried,. at Service. Herman Sterling was born in 1.857, and married Stella Cullen, 1.vho died September 2, 1930. He died January 16, 1917. They had three children: DeVere, Ed,vard and Harry. De Vere Sterling married Elmyra O\very. They hnd one child: Gale Sterling. 8 San1uel Shillito Family Ed\vard Sterling married Lucy Martsolf and they had t,vo children: Jack and Wilma. Harry Sterling, ,vho \Vas born in 1863 and died Decem­ ber 28,, 1924, married Catherine Small, who died January 101 1925. They had t\vo children: Ho,vard and Austin. ~ Ho,vard Sterling married Blanch Simpson. Austin ·sterling married Helen Hatha,vay. Clara Sterling was born August 27, 1867, and married J\12rch 17, 1891 to Joseph ·Colbert;\\rho ,vas born in 1862 and died in 1921.
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