Hello List, I am new to this list and hope that I am following procedures. I am hopeful that someone can help me. I have tried other areas, but have not been able to find an explanation as of yet. I am looking for the reason that my husbands' grandfather, James Thomas Myers, b1885, who was married, and was incarcerated at the time of his wife's death on 18 Feb. 1935. At the time he lived in Bradshaw, McDowell County, WV. He was allowed to leave the facility in which he was being held to attend her funeral. No one seems to know the reason for the incarceration nor the amount of time he was there. All of his children are now gone and no one ever passed on to us the reason, nor did anyone wish to discuss it before they passed away. Surely, there is someplace or someone who could help to find the reason for this incarceration. Does anyone have any ideas as to where I may be able to look? I would appreciate any and all suggestions. Thanks for allowing me to state my position. Shelby

I ca't directly help you on your ancestor, BUT I can welcome you as a member, you may add IBSSG after your name,and hopefully someone on the list will have something to help. Jeff Scism, IBSSG Hello List, I am new to this list and hope that I am following procedures. I am hopeful that someone can help me. I have tried other areas, but have not been able to find an explanation as of yet. I am looking for the reason that my husbands' grandfather, James Thomas Myers, b1885, who was married, and was incarcerated at the time of his wife's death on 18 Feb. 1935. At the time he lived in Bradshaw, McDowell County, WV. He was allowed to leave the facility in which he was being held to attend her funeral. No one seems to know the reason for the incarceration nor the amount of time he was there. All of his children are now gone and no one ever passed on to us the reason, nor did anyone wish to discuss it before they passed away. Surely, there is someplace or someone who could help to find the reason for this incarceration. Does anyone have any ideas as to where I may be able to look? I would appreciate any and all suggestions. Thanks for allowing me to state my position. Shelby -- Jeffery Scism, http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists Links to my Homepages: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scismfam/ Genealogy is the art of the living haunting the dead.... Heritage is the anchor in the sea of life, holding us steady, giving us a standard to live up to or beyond, a compass for our course, and a place to call home.