Sarah Hoge

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Sarah Hoge/Hogg is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of James Hoge Daughter of Robert Hoge and wife Letitia unknown.

Sarah Hoge/Hogg was born in May, 1753 in Philadelphia, to Robert & Letitia Hoge/Hogg, shortly after they had immigrated from County Down, Ireland in 1752. Her father was born in Scotland, and it is possibly that her mother, born in Northern Ireland, was also of Scottish descent. A brother born in Ireland in 1751 is reported to have died at age 2 (in 1753) in Philadelphia. The family located in the Tuscarora Valley of Cumberland Co. PA (now Juniata Co.) in the spring of 1754. Sarah thus grew up as the oldest of the suviving children, with three younger sisters, and one brother. Another brother born in 1764 died in infancy.

In June of 1756 Indian incursions along the Juniata forced the Hoge family to flee to Carlisle, where they stayed until fall of that year. Twice more they took refuge in Carlisle. Sarah would have been three years old when these incidents began. Sarah married first to George McCullough, a veteran of the American Revolution. George had immigranted in 1774 with his two cousins, Thomas & John McKee. The 3 young men settled in Tuscarora Valley, PA and each married a daughter of Robert Hoge. George McCullough and Sarah Hoge are known to have had two daughters, Letitia and Anna McCullough, named in the will of their grandfather Robert Hoge. George died in 1783 per source at age 32 yrs, from the bite of a rabid dog.
Sarah remarried in (1781 per source; expect 1787) to Hamilton Graham, and had at least three children - Robert, George and Jane Graham, who are also named in the will. When Sarah was 48 years old, and twice married, her father, Robert Hoge, died on his farm in Juniata Co. 25 Jan. 1798, aged 80 years. Letitia survived him until 8 Mar. 1812, when Sarah Graham would have been age 62 years. Her parents are buried in the McKee graveyard. Sarah died in 1828, at age 75, near Waterford in Juniata Co. PA.
(See The Hogue Family in Europe and America)

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	May 1753	Philadelphia, PA
1st Marriage	1778	Tuscarora Valley, Cumberland Co. PA (now Juniata Co.)	to George McCullough (1751-1783/84)
2nd Marriage	expect 1787; see Source Notes below	Tuscarora Valley, Cumberland Co. PA (now Juniata Co.)	to Hamilton Graham/Grimes/Grime see Source Notes
Death	26 June 1828	near Waterford, Juniata Co. PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 6             Generation 7     Generation 8
 
                                      +-- Robert Hoge
                                      |   (1721-1798)
                     +-- James Hoge --+ 
                     |   (1766-1840)  |
 James Irvin Hogue --+                |
 (1796-1877)         |                |    
                     +-- Mary Irvin   |
                         (1724_-1812) |    
                                      |
                                      | 
                        Sarah Hogg----+       
                        (1753-????)   |
                                      +-- Letitia [unknown]
                                          (1724-1812)
  Sources: 

Children

(Children with George McCullough)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Letitia McCullough	F	26 Feb 1779	PA	Robert Lytle
Ann McCullough	F	28 Sept 1781	PA	Moses Sturgeon

(Children with Hamilton Graham )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
George Graham	M	8 Feb 1788	Tuscarora Valley, PA		died Apr. 1849, Spruce Hill Tpw., Juniata Co. PA. children: Robert, James, William, Fleming, & Sarah H. Graham
Jane Graham	F	4 Dec 1790	PA	m. 1 Feb 1821 William Vance (b. 8 May 1790 Shannon Ireland; d. March 1844 Piqua, Miami Co. OH).	died 19 Feb 1873,Brighton, Washington Co. IA, residence since 1855. 5 children: Mary Jane , Sarah , James O., William , & Letitia Vance
Robert Graham	M	1792	PA		died 1859 near Logansport, IN. Of his children: sons Matthew K. Graham & Issaiah A. Graham

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Philadelphia PA area	1753 birth - 1754
Tuscarora Valley, Cumberland Co. PA (now Juniata Co.) Note: Tuscarora Valley became part of Mifflin Co. in 1789; Juniata Co. in 1831	1754- 1828
near Waterford,Juniata Co. PA	died 26 June,1828

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1790 United States Federal Census, Mifflin Co, PA, page 2. Page not dated. Family headed by Hamilton Grims: 3 males <16, 1 male 16 or over, 3 females. * Note: The females could be Sarah Hoge (McCullough/Graham) and her two daughters with William McCullough. Her son George is one of the younger males. The other two young males could be sons of Hamilton Grims (Graham) from an earlier marriage. * No listing for a Hamilton Graham is found in the Ancestry.com indexing of Pennsylvania in any year. * Also on this page are families headed by Robert Lyttle and by Andrew Lyttle. Robert Lyttle is a son-in-law of Sarah Hoge and first husband George McCullough. The Robert Lyttle listed on this page would probably be a generation older.
2	1800 United States federal Census, Milford Twp, Mifflin Co, PA, page 2. Page not dated. (In column 2) Family headed by Sarah Graham: 1 male 10-16, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25, 2 females >45. Sarah Hoge would be ~47, daughter Jane 9, son George 12. Letitia McCullough would be 21 and Anna 18. The youngest son, Robert (age 8) is not listed.
3	1810 United States Federal Census, Milford Twp. Mifflin Co, PA, page 9. Page not dated. Line 38: Family headed by Sarah Grimes: 2 males 16-25, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 25-44, 1 female 45+. Note: Page listing is Union Twp. This page includes entries from 3 townships. Sarah Hoge would be ~57 years old. The children listed correspond to George Graham (age 22), Robert Graham 18), Jane Graham (20), and either Letitia (31) or Anna (29) McCullough.
4	1820 United States federal Census, Turbett Twp, Mifflin Co, PA, page 2. Page not dated. Family headed by Sarah Graham:1 male <10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-44, 2 females >45. * Note: Sarah Hoge is in her 60's in 1820. She could be living with one of her children and their family. Turbett Township is in the Tuscarora Valley, near Port Royal. * A family headed by George Graham (age 26-44) is listed on page 3. There are families headed by William Graham and John Graham on page 2: the oldest males in these families are >45.
5	The Descendants of Robert Hoge or Hogg of Tuscarora Valley, Pennsylvania Including the Families of Lytle, McCullough, McKee, Sturgeon, Dunbar, Graham, Stitt, Harnish, Vance, Robinson, Potts, McBride. Being a copy of a manuscript prepared by Dr. Egle about 1900 for publication in a second volume of his Pennsylvania Genealogies. Dr. Egle died before this material was published. The original manuscript was purchased from Miss Catherine I. Egle by Leonard Lytle of Detroit, MI, and a copy with additional matter made by him in August, 1921. Available at Butler Area Public Library, Butler PA. See complete text pp. 1-9 pg. 3-4: II. Sarah Hoge (dau. of Robert) b. May 1753, in the city of Philadelphia, Penn. d. June 26, 1828, near Waterford, Juniata Co. Pa. She was a remarkable woman in many ways, a most estimable wife and mother. She was twice married; m. first in Tuscarora Valley, 1778 to George McCullough, b. 1751 in County Down Ireland; d. in the year 1783, his death resulting from the bite of a rabid dog. Mr. McCullough came to America prior to 1774, with his cousins Thomas and John McKee, and settled in the Tuscarora Valley. When the war of the Revolution broke out, he sided with the patriots of his locality, and served during the greater part of the struggle for Independence. He left issue (surname McCullough).     i. Letitia, b. Feb 26, 1779; m. Robert Lytle.     ii. Anna, b. Sept 28, 1781; Mr. Moses Sturgeon. (See Sturgeon record.) Mrs. McCullough m. secondly, in (1781 per source; more likely 1787), Hamilton Graham. They had issue (surname Graham):     i. George, b. Feb.8, 1788, in Tuscarora Valley, Penn. d. April, 1849, in Spruce Hill Twp. Juniata Co. Penn. m. and left issue: Robert, James, William, Fleming, and Sarah H.     ii. Jane, b. Dec. 4, 1790; d. Feb. 19, 1873 in Brighton, Washington Co. Iowa, whither she removed in 1855; she m. Feb.1, 1821, William Vance, b. May 8, 1790, in Shannon, Ireland: d. March 1844, at Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio; came with his parents when a child to the Juniata Valley; in 1834 removed to Miami Co. Ohio; they had issue (surname Vance):       1. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 26, 1822; d. Sept 28, 1840.       2. Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1824; m. Daniel Kindall in Brighton, Washington Co. Iowa, and had issue.       3. James O., b. Oct 14, 1825; a farmer; resides in Washington, Iowa.       4. William, b. Oct 13, 1829; followed the gold pioneers to California in 1849 where he died July 26, 1852.       5. Letitia Lytle b. April 2, 1833, m. James Robinson a descendant of the Tuscarora Valley Robinsons who shared in the ill-fated Indian massacre of 1763; resides near Brighton, Iowa and had issue. iii. Robert Graham, b. 1792, d. 1859 near Logansport Ind. Of his children, Matthew K. was a lieutenant in the 46th Indiana Regt. and d. at Helena, Ark. during the Rebellion; while Issaiah A. served in the 9th Regt. Illinois Cavalry. Dr Egle includes a statement of Lettitia Lytle, daughter of George McCullough: George McCullough came from Ireland to America prior to the Revolution. He was a stone mason by trade, landed at Philadelphia and from there went to Northumberland, to erect a barn for a Quaker, was drafted about 1774. (In Northumberland) he met with Jno. McKee and others from Tuscarora Valley, and whom he accompanied home after the service of the draft,&there he met Sarah Hoagg, in 1775 whom he married, and resided there when he again was called into service, about 1776. , He served his time, returned home to farming, until again called out in 1778. Hugh Gray was with him in '78. Lettitia was born in Feb. '79, after his return from the war. He died in Sept. '84 leaving but two children living, Lettitia and Ann, the latter 2 years younger than the older. "My mother again married, a man the name of Hamilton Grimes, in the year of '89, by whom she had two sons and a daughter, named Robert, George and Jane, and lived on in Tuscarora Valley to her death in 1829 or 1830. I married Robert Lytle on 6th July 1802 and lived with him until August 1847 when he died at Hollidaysburg Blair County, Pa. My sister Ann McCulloch married Moses Sturgeon in 1800 and lived with him until 1850, when he died. She died in 1851, both died in Shelby County, Ohio." Note added by Leonard Lytle, re. the Sturgeon family:<br. I have some letters written by Mrs. Margaret Townsley of Cedarville, Ohio, in 1887. She was gathering material for Egle's "Pennsylvania Genealogies" and I think that she furnished the information from which this manuscript was prepared by Dr. Egle. Miss Catherine I. Egle informs me that she cannot find the papers on the Sturgeon family and thinks they may have been sold. In order to preserve what information I have on the Sturgeon family I gave the following extracts from the letters of Mrs. Margaret Townsley: "Letitia McCullough was the only sister of Ann McCullough, wife of Moses Sturgeon, and their daughter Lettitia Sturgeon was my mother. She first married John Campbell of Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio in 1821. To them 2 sons and 1 daughter was born. Mr. Campbell died she again married my father John Dalzell, in 1834 and to them were born two children, myself and a brother who died in infancy. My mothers name was Letitia, by that ever dear and loved name we called our daughter, Orrel Lettitia. She died at the age of 2 years and 3 months. Of our four children we have but one living, a son John Dalzell Townsley, now 25 years of age, residing in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, there in business but not married." The postmaster at Cedarville, Ohio, informed me in 1921 that Mrs. Townsley died years ago and that he thinks her son John Dalzell Townsley is now living in Kansas City. I have not been able to get in touch with him.	(See Text)
6	Will of Robert Hogg,1797, filed at Lewistown, Juniata Co. PA. Images of transcription forwarded by Donald Hogue; transcriber not named. Names wife Letitia; son James Hogg; daughter Sarah & her 3 children Robert, George & Jane Graham; grandchildren Letitia & Ann McCullough; daughter Jane Robinson; daughter Mary McKee; daughter Martha McKee; grandson Robert Hogg; grandson James Irwin Hogg; Lity McCullough, Ann McCullough ("for taking care of me"). Note added by transcriber says son-in-law Hamilton Graham challenged a will of Robert Hoge, unclear if it was the will here presented. Letty & Ann McCullough were daughters of Sarah Hoge.	Click image to enlarge
7	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A
8	1850 United States Federal Census, Tuscarora Twp, Juniata Co, PA, page 7. Census dated 27 Aug 1850. Lines 7-10: Geo. Graham, 60, millwright, $300 personal property; N. Graham, f., 35; M. Graham, 6, f.; (I., J., or A.) Graham, 8, f. The two children attended school in the year.

Source Notes

• In the copy of Dr. Engle's manuscript (Source 3), the transcriber appears to have miss-transcribed the marriage date of Sarah Hoge to 2nd husband Hamilton Graham, as 1781. Her first husband died in 1783 (per this same source), his last child having been born in 1781. Perhaps the date of the 2nd marriage was originally written as 1787, which could look like 1781 easily; the first child of this marriage was born in 1788.
• Tuscarora Valley was in Cumberland County until 1789 when it became part of Mifflin County. That portion of Mifflin County became part of Juniata County in 1831.
• The surname of Sarah Hoge's second husband is given as Graham in the manuscript of Dr. Egle; however, that same manuscript contains a statement of Letitia Lytle, a daughter of George McCullough, who says that her mother's second husband was Hamilton Grimes. We find Hamilton Grims listed in the 1790 census; no Hamilton Graham was found in Pennsylvania in the 1790 census. It is possible that both spellings were used in the family. Later census records are inconclusive on this point. No individuals matching the descendants of Hamilton Graham and Sarah Hoge, as given by Dr. Egle, have been identified.
• Ellen Hockenberry (born around 1790), daughter of John Hockenberry, married a William Graham. We speculate this William could have been a nephew of Hamilton Graham who appears to have resided in Tuscarora Valley. The Hockenberry family resided on the south side of Tuscarora Mtn., in Horse or Burns Valley. However, John Hockenberry is said to have moved west to Butler Co. by 1803; Ellen would still have been a young child. William Graham, if from the Tuscarora Mtn. area, would have to have also migrated to Butler Co. before marriage.

Research

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1790 United States Federal Census, Chester Co. PA, Oxford Twp, pg. 3 on Ancestry.com. Census not dated. George McCullough head of a household that includes 3 males under age 16, 1 male over age 16, and 3 females. * Note: The George McCullough entry (31300) could be the spouse of Sarah Hoge but the 3 boys in the census are not known to be Sarah's; the 2 daughters are documented elsewhere. This appears to be the closest match, from 5 George McCulloughs listed in PA in 1790. Listed in the same township are the households of a Robert McKee (12200); Robert Hogg (14200); William Robinson (10100); John Robinson (14200). These surnames are those of the spouses of the children of Robert Hoge, though not these individuals. The cluster of names suggests that this could be the community of residence of Robert Hoge's family. (1790 census numbers indicate males under 16, males over 16, females, other free persons, & slaves.)