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Name	James LARIMORE
Born	Abt 1740	Ulster, Ireland
Gender	Male
Died	31 Jul 1817	Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA
	Death due to a rattlesnake bite.
Age	77 years
Notes	This is drawn from parts of a story written by Caroline Larimore Williams of Wheeling, W. Va., Daughter of James Larimore Jr. and Ann Eliza DeWald, and Granddaughter of James Larimore Sr. and Susannah Bonheim, and published in a Larimore family history compiled by J. H. Larimore of Westerville, Ohio in collaboration with Dr. F. C. Larimore. James, William, and Hugh Larimore, brothers, of Ulster, Ireland, emigrated to the United States in 1760, and landed in New Jersey. James settled in Hampshire county, Virginia. (now W. Virginia) Hugh located in North Carolina, and William in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. James was a weaver by trade, embarking on a new way of life in a new land, far from family and friends, a brave beginning. James is attracted to the rich lands of Lord Fairfax, who at one time owned all the land in Hampshire county, now confiscated by the State of Virginia and open for settlement. He discovers a clear flowing spring and stream and on its bank, he pitches his tent. With his tomahawk he blazes his mark upon trees in the valley and carves his initials in them to place his claim by "Tomahawk Right".(see:Wikipedia; tomahawk right) By this means he lays claim to four hundred acres of Virginia land. To certify this claim he must build a cabin upon it and raise a crop in a reasonable time. This qualifies him for a pre-emption right to an additional one thousand acres of adjoining land. In New Jersey or Virginia, he meets Susannah Bonheim, and together they start a life in the cabin on the Little Capon Stream. They called it "Jersey Mountain, Three Churches", near Romney, in the Shenandoah Valley, between the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east and the Allegheny Mountains on the west. There they commenced to raise the family of children who would form the roots of this family tree. James Larimore is buried at Three Churches, near Romney, on top of Jersey Mountain, victim of a rattlesnake bite. Susannah was born in the Rhenish Palatinate of Germany, and emigrated with her parents at the age of eighteen to the United States because of religious persecution in their homeland, which was the same reason that James Larimore emigrated. She and James were Protestants of the Lutheran faith. Their children were; John, William, Susan, Nancy, James Jr., Samuel, Robert, Sarah, Peggy, Joseph, and Thomas. When grown, John, William, Nancy, and Susan relocated to Tazewell county, Illinois, and made their homes in Pekin, the county seat. James Jr., and Joseph remained in Virginia. All the others; Samuel, Robert, Sarah, Peggy, and Thomas relocated to Ohio.
Person ID	I3406	The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree
Last Modified	23 Mar 2011

Family Susanna Barbel BUNNER, b. 10 May 1758, Virginia, USA , d. Dec 1825, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)

Married 1777 Hampshire, West Virginia, USA

Children

	1. John LARIMORE, b. 6 Jun 1779, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 16 Sep 1846, Elm Grove, Tazewell, Illinois, USA (Age 67 years)
	2. William LARIMORE, b. 29 Jul 1784, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 18 Sep 1859, Elm Grove, Tazewell, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)
	3. Joseph LARIMORE, b. 1785, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 30 Jul 1821, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)
	4. Nancy LARIMORE, b. 1785, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 1861 (Age 76 years)
	5. James LARIMORE, b. 17 Jan 1786, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 18 Jul 1862, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)
	6. Samuel LARIMORE, b. Dec 1788, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 13 Jan 1873, Homer, Licking, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years)
	7. Susan LARIMORE, b. 1790, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. Tazewell, Illnois, USA
	8. Sarah LARIMORE, b. 29 Aug 1791, Three Churches, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 13 Dec 1867, Bennington, Licking, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)
	9. Robert LARIMORE, b. 20 Oct 1792, Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 27 Feb 1856, Chilicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA (Age 63 years)
	10. Thomas LARIMORE, b. 6 Aug 1801, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA , d. 14 Feb 1867, Milford, Knox, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years)
	11. Margaret LARIMORE, b. 1803
	12. Joseph LARIMORE

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