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• Alias-Name: Valentine Whitehead

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Four Generations of the Immigrant Christian Rodabaugh by Kem Luther:
In 1743 Valentine's parents, Christoffel (Stoffel) and Elizabeth Weisskopf, set out from southwestern Germany for America. They brought with them their daughter, Magdalena, and Elizabeth was expecting another child. During the arduous trip Elizabeth gave birth to their son, Valentine.
The Weisskopfs arrived in Philadelphia on September 8, 1743 on the Loyal Judith, James Coway, ship's master. Valentine was just six days old. Unfortunately, within 2 years Christoffel died. He was less than 30 years of age at the time of his death.
On December 26, 1745 the widow Elizabeth married Christian Rodabough, by whom she had several more children. Christian adopted Valentine and his sister Magdalena as his own. The Rodaboughs lived and farmed in eastern Pennsylvania for a while, moved to Maryland for a time, then returned to eastern Pennsylvania.
When Valentine was only 14 or 15-years old, he joined a group of soldiers under Gen. John Forbes in 1758 in the campaign to take Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) back from the French. Since Valentine was so young, he may not have actually engaged in battle. He may have cut wood, run errands, helped the cook, etc. Col. George Washington came up from Virginia to join Gen. Forbes in this campaign.
The 1758 campaign to drive the French from the Ohio Valley began on a sour note. Gen. Forbes was terribly ill, had to travel in a wagon bed and was unable to keep up with the main force. He turned the day-by-day command over to his second-in-command, Lt. Col. Henry Bouquet. As they neared the Fort in September, Bouquet sent 800 men under Maj. James Grant, primarily the 77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomrie's Highlanders), ahead to scout out the French emplacements and assess their strength. Grant, believing the fort to be lightly defended, instead drew the French out in an attempt to ambush them. The ambush went horribly wrong as Grant underestimated the number of French forces and their Indian allies. The Highlanders suffered high casualties and Grant was forced to make a desperate retreat.
French commander de Lignery knew, however, that he would not be able to hold the fort against the main body of British troops, which numbered between 6,000 and 8,000 men. The fort was manned by only about 600 French and Indians and many of the natives began deserting him. On Nov. 26 he blew up the fort's magazines, set fire to the structure and retreated under cover of darkness. As the British marched toward the smoldering remains on the morning of the 27th young Valentine was greeted with an appalling sight. The Indians had decapitated the dead from among the Highlanders, impaled their heads on spikes and displayed their kilts below them.
Around 1760, presumably at Valentine's urging, the entire Rodabough family moved to western Pennsylvania. By 1778 Valentine married Sophia Maria Ruff. He referred to her as Mary in his will. They had eleven children together, including Valentine, Jr. (my 4x great-grandfather, born in Nov. 1779), Mary, Barbara, Susanna, Elizabetha (called Elizabeth in his will), Magdalena, Catherine, Sara, Christianna (called Christina in his will), Christoper ("Stoffel," after his grandfather) and Peter. I believe that Amanda Whitehead Taylor, who is also buried in this cemetery, may be the daughter of Valentine's son Peter. If you can confirm this for me I would appreciate an email from you.
Valentine is believed to have spent his life farming in North Huntingdon township, just north of the Pittsburgh. He may have used the name Whitehead during his lifetime, which is the English translation of Weisskopf. Nevertheless, he signed his will Valentine Wisecope, a phonetic spelling of Weisskopf. His children, however, abandoned the German name in favor of its anglicized version.

Valentine heiratete Ruff, Sophia Maria geschätzt 1767. Sophia (Tochter von Ruff, Friedrich und Wilgard, Magthalina) wurde geboren in 1744; gestorben in 1821 in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Brush Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Four Generations of the Immigrant Christian Rodabaugh by Kem Luther:
Valentine was the eldest son of Valentine, Sr. and Mary (Ruff) Whitehead (Weisskopf). He was born and grew up in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, where his father had joined Gen. Forbes and Col. Washington in their campaign to recapture Ft. Duquesne (Ft. Pitt) from the French in 1758.
The younger Valentine married Mary Kemrie (or Kemmerer), probably in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on April 26, 1800. Mary's father may have been Johann Ludwig Cammerer.
In 1801 Valentine, Jr. and his new wife moved from Westmoreland County to Butler County, Pennsylvania. In 1812 he followed other family members pushing west into the Old Northwest Territory, settling in Montgomery County, Ohio near Dayton.
Nine of Valentine's twelve children moved to Elkhart County, Indiana in the 1840's. Although some of the land patents are dated as early as 1833, the 1840 census finds the Whiteheads still in Montgomery County. This would suggest that the Elkhart County land was purchased several years prior to the Whitehead migration to Indiana which actually occurred in the 1840's. This would have allowed time to prepare the land for farming and to build cabins.
The Whiteheads were instrumental in developing the Church of the Brethren in southeastern Elkhart County. One of the earliest Dunkard churches in the county was built in 1854 with timbers donated by Valentine, Jr.'s son Samuel on land donated by Samuel's brothers. Long known as The Whitehead Church, the original building still stands as the Maple Grove Church across from the Whitehead Cemetery. Many additions and remodeling has made the original timber frame no longer visible, but it is there nonetheless.
Whether Valentine, Jr. actually moved onto and worked his land in Elkhart County seems unlikely. The evidence is that, although he made mutliple trips to Elkhart County in the 1830's and 1840's, he did not move there until sometime between 1855 and 1860. We also know that by 1855 he was nearly blind. He doesn't show up on the Elkhart County census until 1860.
Valentine, Jr. died in 1865 at the age of 85. Coincidentally, Valentine, Sr. also lived to be 85. That is, of course a ripe old age, but particularly so for American pioneers.

Valentine heiratete Kemrie, Mary geschätzt 1800. Mary wurde geboren in 1780 in ,,, USA; gestorben am 29 Okt 1847 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Fort McKinley Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Samuel heiratete Frantz, Sarah geschätzt 1830. Sarah (Tochter von Frantz, Henry und Kinsey, Mary) wurde geboren am 27 Jul 1808 in , Franklin County, Virginia, USA; gestorben am 29 Okt 1886 in , Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Valentine Frantz Whitehead was one of eight children of Samuel and Sarah [Frantz] Whitehead. He grew up in Elkhart County and married Christina Smith whose parents had moved to Indiana from Canada. Valentine taught school briefly in Syracuse, IN in 1861, then married and committed himself to farming. He and Tena had eight children of their own, one of whom was Samuel Elmer Whitehead, my great-grandfather. Valentine and Tena bought 80 acres of the Ott farm west of New Paris, Indiana in 1885 when their son, Samuel E., was fifteen years old. Christina's brother Samuel purchased the adjoining 80 acres which he later sold to his brother-in-law Valentine. These two 80 acre plats formed what is now the 160 acre quarter-section owned by Dick Whitehead, one of Valentine's great-grandsons.
Valentine F. died in 1898 and Samuel E. and his wife, Doshia [Peters] Whitehead, raised four children on the family farm, Merl, Cecil, Harold, and Russell. All three boys farmed the land for a few years while their father was ill and for a short time thereafter. Seeing that the farm would not be able to support three familes, Merl sold his share to his brothers and purchased a milk route. Russell and Harold farmed together for a while, but Harold eventually sold out to Russell, who passed it on to his son, Dick.
The original barn burned in 1927 and Doshia replaced it in 1929 with lumber from the woods on the property. The 1929 barn was dismantled and sold in 2002. The beautiful white farmhouse burned on February 6, 2007. Dick and Doris Whitehead have since built a new house on the site of the old. Their sons and grandsons continue to work the farm.

Valentine heiratete Smith, Christina am 7 Apr 1861. Christina (Tochter von Smith, John und Snyder, Catharine) wurde geboren am 13 Okt 1845 in Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; gestorben am 20 Feb 1911 in , Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Samuel was the eldest child of Valentine F. Whitehead (b1833) and Christina ("Tena") (Smith) Whitehead. His parents are buried in the Whitehead Cemetery across from Maple Grove Church of the Brethren.
Samuel was the second generation to farm the quarter-section referred to by the family as The Whitehead Farm, now owned by his grandson Dick. The farm, just a mile and a half down the road from Solomon Creek Cemetery, has been worked by six generations of Whiteheads and is designated as a centennial farm. The Solomon Creek schoolhouse, a brick, one room structure which Samuel's children (including my grandfather, Merl) attended, is just across the street from the cemetery. It was built in 1889 and is now a private residence.
Samuel lived to see only one of his grandchildren (my father) born, as he died before his 50th birthday of congestive heart failure, called dropsy in those days. On Nov. 23, 1890 he married Susan Docia Peters who is buried next to him. This union produced Merl (b1895), Cecil (b1897), Russell (b1901) and Harold (b1903).

Samuel heiratete Peters, Susan Docia um 1893. Susan (Tochter von Peters, Henry W. und Kesler, Tenor) wurde geboren am 9 Okt 1871 in , Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; gestorben am 1 Sep 1940 in , Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Solomon Creek Cemetery, Benton, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]