Jesse McPike Sr. was born the of William McPike buried in Tennesse & Obedience Holloway buried Lawrence County, Indiana. Jesse was a Private in War of 1812 in Unit: Bunch's Regiment Mounted (1814-1814) East Tennessee Volunteers; husband of Mary Holland buried this cemetery; married 06/27/1815 Cocke Co. TN; came to Iowa 04/28/1853 with $2,200 in gold; died of cancer of eye and brain; 12 children:

1.Elizabeth (McPike) Faubion b. 03/13/1817 Cocke County, Tennesse died 03/18/1898 buried Faubion Cemetery Lawrence Co. IN;

2. Ruth McPike b. 1819-1838 buried Indiana;

3. James Washington McPike b. 12/22/1819 Cocke County, Tennessee died 09/10/1865 buried in Bonham/McPike Cemetery. (can't find) in Lawrence County, Indiana;

4. Jane Clementine (McPike) Berry born on 02/06/1821 buried this cemetery; Mary Ann (McPike) Long b. 11/24/1822 buried this cemetery;

5. William Faubion McPike b. 01/27/1824 TN bur. here;

6. Obedience McPike (no information-may have died at birth);

7. John Wesley McPike b. __/__/182_ bur. MO (there in 1910 census);

8. Charles Hayden McPike b. 03/30/1830 IN. bur. Walker, IA; Charlotte (McPike) Brown b. __/__/1832 bur. Texas;

9. Sarah Ann (McPike) Berry b. 10/09/1834 buried this cemetry;

10. Jesse Patrick McPike b. __/__/1837 d. __/__/1838 Indiana.

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11. William McPike father of Jesse b. 1750 County Tyrone, Ireland; married in Ireland; died before 1825 TN; Obedience Holloway mother of Jesse b. 1763 Ireland d. 1844 Lawrence C., IN. This cemetery is about three miles north east of Troy Mills which is Linn County, Iowa. Cemetery is in Buchanan County.

*Inquiry to LDS Library-William McPike and wife Obedience (Holloway) McPike came from Tyrone or Londonderry, Ireland (?), to United States States; were in Virginia by 1765. Want information on them and on Roger and Benjamin McPike. William had nine children: William McPike Jr.; Sarah McPike; Mary McPike; John McPike; Charlotte McPike; Obedience McPike, James McPike, Jesse McPike, John McPike, and Jane McPike. First three children stayed in Ireland and rest in NC., Va., or Tenn, Isle of Fauquier or Culpepper Cos. Family left Virginia in 1794; went to Cocke County, Tennessee, where William died in 1794. Mother Obedience, and family went to Indiana in 1825. She supposidly died in 1828., Lawrence County, Indiana. Son Jesse and family went to Iowa in 1852. Mrs. Harold Geigle 18903 S.E. Addie Street Gladstone, Oregon 97027.