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Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmQ.2ACIB/2334 Message Board Post: www.pioneerindex.com/wentwest.html : P I O N E E R P R O F I L E S RANDOLPH COUNTY, W V T H E Y W E N T W E S T & T H E Y R E T U R N E D John Marshall BALL 1836:b s/o George W. & Malinda (Parsons) Ball, traveled extensively in the West, homesteader in pioneer days of Kansas with hot winds, grasshoppers & Indians returning to Randolph, in 1916 he was the only living representative of a pioneer family, 1860:m Christina Ward d/o Adonijah & Patsy (Carper) Ward Ch: Hattie, Maggie [BOSp405] William Hall CONRAD {1849 -1927} s/o John B. & Mary (Wilson) Conrad, German ancestry went West, returned after 8 years in Kansas, Colorado, California & other western states postmaster, 1892:m1 Alice Hamilton {5/9/185-1/1/1900} d/o Bryson & Mary (Stalnaker) Hamilton m2 Effie Crouch d/o Randolph & Katherine (Hutton) Crouch [BOSp334,MAXp351] John Randolph CRICKARD {1860-1950} Irish s/o Patrick & Amanda (Currence) Crickard mother died at age 2, stepmother died age 4, then 10 Ch born to family, spent 2 yrs in Missouri, Justice of the Peace 1885:m Alverda F. Bell {1868-1952} d/o John N.C. & Hannah (Currence) Bell Ch: Patrick Ewart, John Nixon, Robert Bruce, Eva Bell, Peter Warren, Mary, Jonas F., Anne C., Rose P. [MAXp354] James Snyder CUNNINGHAM {1859-1900} s/o Solomon & Mary J. (Lantz) Cunningham, Scotish, Scotish, traveled west 3 years 1890: Randolph, farmer Dry Fork District 1881:m Mary S. Ketlerman d/o Salem & Polly (Bennett) Ketlerman Ch: Charles, Paul, Homas, Maudie, Gertie, Glenn, Lenora, Bryan, Baby [MAXp357] Marion Harding CURRENCE 1862:b s/o Jacob C. & Virginia P. (Currence) Currence went West & herded cattle in Indian Territory, farmed in Kansas, raised cattle in Colorado 1895: Elkins 1891:m Iva Mabel Edwards d/o A.J. & Elizabeth (Muncy) Edwards in Colorado Ch: Alcanzar, Edwin, Arthur Jacob, Omar Jarvis, Virginia Pearl [MAXp362] David Blackman CURTIS 1841-1893:b near site of Elkins s/o Thomas B. & Mary (Conrad) Curtis German, Union 2nd WV Vol Cavalry Co B., 1865: fought Sioux Indians out West 1867: returned to Randolph Cty teaching school until 1890, 1870:m Mary Virginia McLean {1845-1893} d/o George McLean Ch: George McLean, Stella, Anna May, David Quinton, Eusebius Ozias, Flossie [BOSp325,MAXp363] George McLean CURTIS 1872:b near Elkins s/o David Blackman* & Mary Virginia (McLean) Curtis age 19 began teaching & reading law with Hon C. H. Scott 1895:adm to bar, spent 1 year at Ardmore, Indian Territory, 1895 : adm to the bar, Whitmer lawyer, m Ora Earl Collett {10/23/1873-2/02/1949} d/o Andrew & Xantippie Crawford Collett [BOSp326,MAXp363] Elias Andrew FERGUSON 1833-1888 s/o Ellis Ferguson traveled West in early life res Randolph & Tucker Cty m Mary Francis Clementine Propst d/o Jehu & Abigail (Ervin) Propst Ch: Sarah E., Bernard I., Isaac W., Alba J., Elias A., Wyatt P., James L., Penesa J., Olive M., Robert E. [MAXp379] Matthew Luther GAINER {12/8/1854-4/10/1933}1854:b s/o Daniel G. & Rachel (Matthew) Gainer Montrose farmer 1883:m Lydia Ann Phares {8/26/1856-7/24/1940} d/o Jacob & Jemima (Wilmoth) Phares Ch: Howard J., Dellas C., Dora B., Emma May, Summa, Lura, Glenn W, Stella Pearl [MAXp385] Walter A. HEDRICK 1881:b Pendleton Cty s/o J. C. & Martha (Berkely) Hedrick, traveled extensively in the South & West returning to WV, in partnership with his brother Frederick R. a restaurant in Elkins [BOSp420] John Middleton JOHNSON 1837:b s/o David & Fannie (Huff) Johnson of VA, English ancestry Confederate soldier under Pickett, lived CA for 2 years 1857:m Sarah Yates d/o Garrett Yates in Missouri 8 Ch: Henry, Missouri, Emma, Sammy, Henry, Charles, Pickett, Fannie 1891:m2 Eliza E.Beahm, d/o George W. Beahm, 5 Ch: Nancy, Etta, Belle, Gilbert Bibee, Ira Clay [MAXp416] Chambers L. MUSTOE 1860:b in Barbour Cty s/o Anthony & Catherine Mustoe, lumberman 1880: visited Missouri, Montana, gold mines of Alaska & British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, California 1886: Cascade Range premature explosion of dynamite tore off part of his hand & killed his brother Anthony, returned to farm at Kerens [MAXp523] Leonard PHARES 1858:b s/o Jacob & Jemima (Wilmoth) Phares, after trying the West he came back to Randolph, Orlena farmer 1881:m Laura Louella Wilmoth d/o Seymour & Virginia C. (Taylor) Wilmoth Ch: Lottie, Leslie J., Grover C. [MAXp445] Claude PHILLIPS 1845:b s/o Moses & Margaret Phillips, Confederate army, lived in Missouri working on the railroad & studying law & geology, worked the goldmines in CA, he crossed the country twice, farmer, developed Roaring Creek naming the town Womelsdorff [MAXp449] Lee Jesse SANDRIDGE 1870:b Upshur Cty s/o John Frederick & Elmanza (Lyman) Sandridge grad Buckhannon Seminary, 1892: Kansas, prospected in lead & zinc mines 1894: returned to Randolph as a stone-cutter & mason 1895:elected sergeant of Beverly, engaged in building, loan & life insurance 1896:m Mrs. Jessie May (Wilson) Houston d/o James D.Wilson in Beverly [MAXp471] Edwin SCOTT {1/8/1859-3/18/1921} s/o John K. & Rachel (Skidmore) Scott, Irish & German ancestry,farmer & contractor, spent several years in the Northwest returning to live in Roaring Creek District 1891:m Carrie L. Kittle d/o G. W. & F. M. Kittle Ch: Stephen B., Russie, Rachel [MAXp468] Daniel M. STALNAKER 1871:b s/o Alba & Rebecca A. (Moore) Stalnaker 1890:m Myrtle Cofman d/o Franklin B. & Jane (Corley) Coffman m2 Ada M. Right 1891: Idaho, farmer & employed at U. S. Geological Survey of Idaho 1893: returned to Randolph, resident Kerens [MAXp460] Thomas H. STALNAKER {1861-1923} s/o John M., Elkins carpenter, spent one year in the West 1887:m1 Maggie King {1/31/1863-4/7/1894} d/o Miles & Martha (Corley) King, Ch: Guy, Joe, Ada, Burr, his son Joe was the first child to be born in Elkins 1896:m2 Ella Mathew d/o Amos [MAXp459] Willie Randolph STALNAKER 1866:b s/o Hyre A. & Emmeline (Taylor) Stalnaker teacher, lumberman, lumber inspector, brakeman, 3 yrs hotel business in Colusa Cty, CA 1890:m Cora Thompson* Ch: Effie L., Frank [MAXp459] Elam Dowden TALBOTT {11/8/1857-10/29/1937} s/o William Woodford & Sarah (Simon) Talbott educated at WVU, UVA, Beverly lawyer, 2 yrs on western frontiers, herding cattle, hunting, prospecting & traveling 1886:m Lucy (Lutie) Lee Bosworth {3/16/1868-10/13//1956} d/o Squire Newton & Florence A. (Brown) Bosworth Ch: Eva Bosworth, Marguerite, Eugenia, Winifred, William Donal [MAXp480] Jehu VANSCOY 1821: born Randolph lived here all his life except three years in the West, m Hannah son Daniel Allen [MAXp487] Edgar D. WAMSLEY 1865:b s/o Jacob & Minerva (Hamilton) Wamsley, farmer with over 1000 acres, also a stockraiser, traveled expensively in the West 1879:m Mary H. Butcher in Beverley in Beverly d/o Baxter & Mary (Hutton) Butcher Ch: Wilfred D., Hellen, Warren B, J. E. Kenneth, Robert H. [MAXp498] Felix WHITE 1853:b Pendleon Cty s/o Archibald E. & Emil White 1880: went West, IL 6 yrs, 7 yrs on railroads visiting Kansas & Colorado 1894: Randolph, Dry Fork Railroad foreman 1890:m Addie, Oakland, MD d/o Benjamin & Louise (Wotring) Henline Ch: Arnett, Myrtle, Ople, Loudie [MAXp512] James W. WHITE 1878:b s/o S. L. & Etta White, traveled west returning to Wymer, merchant & postmaster 1914:m Cleo Cunningham d/o A. L. & Katie Cunningham [BOSp391] Charles Noah WOOD 1861:b s/o John C. & Mary W. (Channel) Wood, English ancestry, Mingo merchant & deputy postmaster, excellent carpenter, 1885:m Florence Kellison in Kansas, d/o Daniel & Martha Kellison Ch: Arnett Clyde, Arva Earle, Iva Merte [MAXp508] S O U R C E S { } ARFHS Cemetery Headstone Readings of Randolph County West Virginia BOS Bosworth, Dr. A. S. A History of Randolph County West Virginia, 1916 MAX Maxwell, Hu History of Randolph County, 1898 YOK Yokum, Martin L. Recent Findings Disclose New Twist to History Excerpted from GLEANINGS from the PIONEER INDEX 1753-1899 of Randolph County WV Lauren D. Ragland, Editor www.pioneerindex.com/gleanings.html