Dear Claudia. I'm not sure how well I can explain the Witcher part. I am a Bullethead Marcum. Other Marcums were known by peculiar names also; Big-Nose Marcums(Carl Marcum's line who is on the Marcum list),Chugarouse, Quillback, Lick skillet, etc. Then some certain person has his own personal name to set him apart, Jim-Pokey, Broke Leg Jim, Miller Mose... Then when one of these names start like the Bullethead or Witcher or I've also heard Witchy Wylie (though that may be another set) it gets passed down the line to the descendants. I have heard a few variations on the 'Witcher' name and where it originated. Herbie Dawson said that it could have been someone who used a willow stick and 'witched' for water for a well. Also, there were men over there that were known as Witches or witch doctors. I have one of a Dock Marcum. He is said to have been a man before his time. He used herbs and such to cure all ills. I have also went to Mingo Co WV courthouse and found a few deeds that state Joseph Witcher Marcum. I'm not sure if this is his true middle name and that's how it started. Or as Herbie also mentioned, Joseph could have been a Witcher and got taken in by the Marcums. Quite confusing. When you mentioned Leonard, you were talking about the one who married Rosie Bell Sparks right? Which one of the children is your connection? Rhoda