Pat, What an interesting piece of information. Thanks for sharing it. Lois Hetrick Stewart

Connie, Thanks so much for the pictures . . . I really enjoyed them. Great picture of you and Lynn. Lois

By chance, would anyone know of any history written about Keyser's ridge? "Garrett County, A History of Maryland's Tableland by Stephen Schlosnagle and The Garrett County Bicentennial Committee" mentions on page 51: Squatters living near the mouth of Savage River in 1787 included Charles QUEEN, Patrick BURNS, Charles BOYLES, Joseph DAVIS, George FAZENBAKER, Moses TICHENAL, Johanes and Michael PAUGH, Henry KITE, Joseph WARNICK, John RYAN, James DENNISON, and John STREET. . . . . . Squatters along ***Braddock Road*** at the time of the military surveys included Benjamin CODDINGTON, Peter CRAWL, *****John KISER***** (from whom Keyser's Ridge takes its name) John SIMKINS, John JONAS, Matthias BARNSTREDDER, Jacob STROM, James MCPIPE, Joseph MOUNTAIN and Jesse TOMLINSON I have now found information that a John Kiser (originally from Hagerstown, (m. Susan Ieis), in 1793 located on a farm, now known as the Kiser farm, near Latrobe, Westmoreland County, (PA) All of this somehow seems connected to my mother's family and the Kiser farm was where she grew up, the family sold the farm in about 1935. Any help at all would be appreciated. Pat-T

What fun to live in a great little town! -------Original Message------- From: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, July 07, 2003 18:18:12 To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGARRET] ACCIDENT FOURTH OF JULY PARADE For those of you who missed the parade in Accident this year, here's just what you need. Parade pictures are on-line at: http://www.chrisbeachy.net/Pictures/2003/04jul/index.html Note the first two pictures are 1. Moses and his deciple (aka Lynn Patton and Connie). 2. Helen Wilburn Rhodeheaver - Carl Beachy's aunt, sister to Gertrude Wilburn Beachy. No complaints. Lynn had to visitors there from Australia to watch the parade. Connie History is preserved through knowledge shared ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.

For those of you who missed the parade in Accident this year, here's just what you need. Parade pictures are on-line at: http://www.chrisbeachy.net/Pictures/2003/04jul/index.html Note the first two pictures are 1. Moses and his deciple (aka Lynn Patton and Connie). 2. Helen Wilburn Rhodeheaver - Carl Beachy's aunt, sister to Gertrude Wilburn Beachy. No complaints. Lynn had to visitors there from Australia to watch the parade. Connie History is preserved through knowledge shared

Kenneth, Dorothy has an entry in my book about the Warnick family. She was daughter of Arthur Bowser and Hilda (Stanton). Hilda was a descendant of the original Walrnick pioneers, hence her entry in my book. James W. Hoover's full name was James William Hoover, and he was known by the nickname "Bill". I have no definite information about Dorothy's marriages except to Bill. Dorothy passed away just a few years ago. I am curious about the nature of your interest in this family. Walt Warnick ----------------------------------- Work in Progress wrote: >Hello Fellow Researchers: > >Please if anyone can offer any information, your assistance is most appreciated. Thank you. > >Dorothy M. Bowser...was Dorothy married to both James W. Hoover and his brother Harry Elmer Hoover? They were son's of Louis Chance Hoover and Stella Mae (Stein) Spiker. Also, who were Dorothy's parents? > >Again, thank you for any help. > >Kenneth > > > > >==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== >Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > > > >

Maybe it's the server? or busy? or ????????? I just tried it again and it works now. Doggone these computers! ; ) http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/wood/vitals/marriages/brides.txt =;o) Carolyn

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/wood/vitals/marriages/brides.txt Braham, King, Pugh, Benson, Hendershot, Neale, Lee, Dye, Murphy, Wilt, Tennant, Lowers, Smith, White, Davis + + + late 1700's to 1900's marriages, Wood Co., WV =;o) Carolyn

I hope I am not breaking any rules here. I found this on the MD-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com site that I subscribe to. Pat-T The Mountain Democrat Oakland, Maryland February 4, 1887 Deaths - A. C. WILLIAMS on 13 Jan 1887 at William Station on WV Central RR; age 43y.11m. He leaves a wife and nine children. His residence is in Deer Park where he and his wife's parents and relations now live. Burial was at Deer Park on Jan 16; Revs. HORN and KORTZ preaching at the funeral. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 11, 1887 Deaths - William CRUISE was instantly killed in the mines near Frostburg on Friday last. - Michael BURKE, one of Piedmont's oldest citizens, died Saturday last of paralysis. - Adam BOSTON, well-known butcher and cattle dealer of Lonaconing, was killed by the cars in Pittsburgh while on a business trip, on Friday last. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 18, 1887 Deaths - Joseph KUHN, a young man working on the P & C RR Company was found on the B & O road almonst one mile below Piedmont on Sunday with one arem and both legs cut off. He died the same evening. He leaves a wife and family in Baltimore. He is supposed to have fallen from the train. - Charles MESSMAN, s/o Francis MESSMAN, of Cumberland, slipped from a car near Rockwood Station in Pittsburgh Division of B & O and was killed, Tuesday last. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 25, 1887 Marriages - Charles P. HARVEY of Parkersburg and Miss Minnie McKONE of Piedmont, WV, were married in St Peter's Catholic Church in Westernport on February 15. ================================================ ==== MD-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== County and State Coordinators needed. For more information see: http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/volunteer.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 .

Kenneth, Per the Bittinger Book: Henry Spiker the the third child of Adam Spiker and "Annie" Reckner. The first born, Michael Spiker was born abt 1813. Joseph Spiker, the sixth child was b. 1/14/1824--Given that a child was born every 2 years and Henry was the 3rd born, he was probably b. abt 1819-20. Henry m Lavina ? (no other info there) -- If he were 20 when he married, that would be around 1840. Jacob "Jake" Bittinger (late 1840's-3/15/1929) m. (1) Goldie Ellen Fazenbaker (b. abt 1847-d. 12/19/1912)--seemed to have lived in the vacinity of Bear Hill; m. (2) Jennie Mae Shrout (3/22/1897-8/29/1980). Jake and Jennie Mae's Children: (It would appear from the dates of the children, Jake and Jennie could have married anywhere between 1913-16 judging by the ages of their first two children. That's as close as I could get with the information available in the Bittinger Book. It also appears Jennie Mae was about 50 years younger than Jake. Daughter (died as an infant) Orpha Roberta Bittinger (1/14/1918) Alvie Bittinger (died as an infant) Clarence Hillary Bittinger (b. 2/22/1920) Ervin Walter Bittinger (8/7/1923) Glenn Elwood Bittinger (8/22/1928) So, it is likely Jenny m. Henry Spiker sometime after Jake died (1929) and would have been in her early 30s at that time. There was more information on the Bittinger children, but nothing more about the Spiker union. Lois H-Stewart In a message dated 7/3/2003 3:10:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, epaurora@visuallink.com writes: > Hello Fellow Researchers: > > Does anyone have information regarding the marriage of Henry SPIKER and > Jennie Mae SHROUT (Jennie was b. 1897 Preston Co., WV, she d. 1980 in Florida). > Jennie had previously been married to Jacob "Jake" BITTINGER, also Samuel > LYNCH. Jennie was the daughter of John A SHROUT and Sarah Jane UPHOLD. > > Henry and Jennie were married about 1949. > > I am looking for the names of Henry's parents and the date of Henry and > Jennie's marriage. Also, any other information available regarding Henry. > > Thank you for any assistance offered. > > Kenneth >

Hopefully, someone on the list can answer a question for me. There is an obit for Freda Lancaster running currently in the Republican for Freda Lancaster. Her parents were listed as Ervin Lancaster and Della Roberson Lancaster. Does anyone know who Della Roberson's parents were? Thanks. Denise Michael

Hello Fellow Researchers: Does anyone have information regarding the marriage of Henry SPIKER and Jennie Mae SHROUT (Jennie was b. 1897 Preston Co., WV, she d. 1980 in Florida). Jennie had previously been married to Jacob "Jake" BITTINGER, also Samuel LYNCH. Jennie was the daughter of John A SHROUT and Sarah Jane UPHOLD. Henry and Jennie were married about 1949. I am looking for the names of Henry's parents and the date of Henry and Jennie's marriage. Also, any other information available regarding Henry. Thank you for any assistance offered. Kenneth

Hello Fellow Researchers: Please if anyone can offer any information, your assistance is most appreciated. Thank you. Dorothy M. Bowser...was Dorothy married to both James W. Hoover and his brother Harry Elmer Hoover? They were son's of Louis Chance Hoover and Stella Mae (Stein) Spiker. Also, who were Dorothy's parents? Again, thank you for any help. Kenneth

Beverly, Here is some Sara Ridenour info: Marriage and Death Notices from the Lutheran Observer 1831-1861 and the Southern Lutheran 1861-1865 by Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S. In German Settlement, Preston Co., Va.,April 4th, 1861, Mr. John A. Wotring, aged 59 years and 11 days confirmed in the German Reformed Church.… =========== This John A. Wotring marriage and wife's parents may! belong to son of Abraham & Mary Troxell and not the above John A. pg. 29 "Aurora Documents" states: "John A. Wotring, a son of Abraham Wotring and his wife, nee Mary Troxall, married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Ridenour and his wife, Susan Stemple." ======== Children's names and birthdates are from Bell/Granquist bklet "Wotrin-Woodring" supplement. (cs note: I have booklet if you need more) ====== Warm regards, Carolyn Bez4@aol.com wrote: > Carolyn, thanks for making me think about Sarah Ridenour m. to James > Freeland, they are my ggg grandparents if I remember this correctly. Their son, Andrew > Jackson (called Jackson) m. Louisa King (Koenig). > > Now I need to work on Sarah Ridenour! > Beverly Railey Walter > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.

Carolyn, thanks for making me think about Sarah Ridenour m. to James Freeland, they are my ggg grandparents if I remember this correctly. Their son, Andrew Jackson (called Jackson) m. Louisa King (Koenig). Now I need to work on Sarah Ridenour! Beverly Railey Walter

Carolyn, Both Samuel (m. Ann Rebecca Ridenour) and William Robert Garner (m. Nancy Ridenour) are sons of William Garner and Frances Roberts. You included both in your Morton info. I was wonderng what the chances were of brothers (Garner) marrying sisters (Ridenour). Some place I found that Ann Rebecca had a brother John. I will have to look up Lockhart to see if the info was there.

Delores, I don't have any info on any of the names you mention in my own data; except for your Samuel Garner b. 1820 m.. Anna Rebecca Ridenour. The Garner info that I have is pretty early---bef. 1850's. They could be in my notes and not entered into my alpha. names yet. ==== Morton re Ridenour: RIDENOUR David -m. ( ____ ____) -c-2: 1.? Joseph. 2. Susan -b. 1798. 3. Margaret -b. 1800. 4. David -b. 1802. Jacob -bro. to David -m. Susanna Stemple -c-2: 1. Martin -b. 1782 -m. Mary Miller. 2. Mary -m. Jospeh Everly. 3. Roxanna -m. ______ Schweinhart. 4. David -O.* 5. John -m. Susan Shaffer -O. 6. Sarah -b.1793 -m. John A. Wotring. 7. Susan -b. 1796 -m. Peter Hoffman. 8. Jacob -b. 1798 -m. Susan Dumire. 9. Eve C. -b. 1805 -m. Henry Y. Hauser. C-3 of Martin: 1. Andrew† -b. 1809, d. 1848 -m. Elizabeth Braham. 2. Susan -m. Samuel Thomas. 3. Sarah E. -b. 1814 -m. James Freeland. 4. Jacob† -m. (1) Mary Braham, (2) Jane Roberts. 5. John -b. 1820 -m. Elizabeth Fraish -O. 6. Ann R. -m. Samuel Garner. 7. Nancy -m. William Garner. 8. Martin† -b. 1826, d. 1875 -m. (1) Harriet Bucklew, (2) Mary White. 9. Epaline -m. Jehu Bucklew. 10. Phoebe -m. Jacob Beeghley. 11. Sevilia -b. 1835 -m. Hiram Dodge. C-3 of John (Jacob?): 1. Samuel W. -m. Lydia Fries -Taylor. 2. Sarah E. -b. 1814 -m. George Y. Hauser. 3. David -b. 1817, d. 1896 -m. Sarah J. Wheeler. 4. John -W.* 5. Jacob -Hampshire.* 6. Susan -m. ______ Gray. 7. Servilia -O*. ==== Morton re Garner: GARNER Lewis -m. _______ Rickmeyer -c-2: 1. William† -m. Frances Roberts. 2. John- Barbour. 3. Lewis -out. 4. Phoebe -m. John Pugh. 5. Huldah -b. 1800, d. 1844 -m. Thomas Jefferys. 6. Melinda -m. Salathiel Goff. ==== (William Garner is my line.--cs) =;o) Carolyn

For what it's worth, Nancy was sometimes used in place of Ann(a). Lois Hetrick Stewart

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Carolyn, this is a great piece of information - and is very valuable - it was SO nice of you to type it in for me (and everyone)! :o) -------Original Message------- From: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 13:48:47 To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGARRET] Morton's bk. abbreviations whew! =;o) Carolyn Morton's abbreviations: m. - married w. - wife d. - died k. - killed by accident or military service s. - unmarried n.c. - no children out - migrated from Preston here - in Preston others - other members of family unkn. - whereabouts unknown W. - west of Monongahela river c-2 - children of pioneer c-3 - grandchildren of pioneer c-4 - great grandchildren of pioneer Monon. - Monongalia county G.D. - Grant District (similar initials for other districts.) A dash coming where a name should be expected means that the name is unknown. A pair of hypens within brackets means that both the given name and the surname are unknown. C-2, or c-3, means that the list of children which follows is believed to be given in the order of age, or “in rotation.” Such expression as “Ann Brown Smith” refers to a widow whose maiden name was Ann Brown. Where she is known to have a middle name only, the initial of the same is given, as in the instance, “Ann J. Brown Smith.” Where the maiden surname is unknown, the title “Mrs.” is prefixed to the late husband’s surname. When a small c follows a date, it means that the date given is only approximate, the actual date being unknown. When a date immediately follows the name of a married consort, it refers to the date of marriage. When a question mark follows a given name, but not a surname, or vice versa, it means that only the name is in doubt which preceded the question mark. M? Means that we are not sure that the “John Roe” in question was the one who married “Mary Doe.” It indicates, however, that a certain “John Roe” did marry a “Mary Doe.” “John Smith of Garrett” would mean John Smith of Garrett county, and not John Smith, son of Garrett Smith. When a person migrates from Preston, the destination is often indicated. When a county name is not followed by that of the state to which it belongs, a county of one of the Virginias is to be understood. There are no instances where there is a common name for a county in Virginia and a county in West Virginia. Also, the state name is not given in the case of the neighboring counties of Garrett, Somerset, Fayette, and Greene. There is a Greene county in Virginia and a Fayette county in West Virginia, but neither of these calls for mention in this chapter. When a star follows the name of the place of destination, -- as “Tucker*,” -- it means the person married in such place. “D.’61*,” or k. ‘61*,” refers to a man who lost his life in military service in the war of 1861. But if the year of death is known, it is given accordingly. A dagger standing after a man’s given name means that to the best of our knowledge, there was resident in Preston in 1907, posterity of that person in the male line. To avoid repetition, descent is reckoned in the male line. Where a daughter marries into another pioneer family, the reader is referred to the same. 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I attached it right to the comments area of the sources file with Morton's Book - it'll always be there (and I wrote from Carolyn SHUPE with your email addy!) -------Original Message------- From: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 18:05:03 To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Morton's bk. abbreviations Hi Bonnie, Not a problem---------I had it in my notes and just copied and pasted------! The "whew" was like the commercial where the mom spritzes flour all over her face and presents the family with tasty store prepared morsels----you have seen it, I'm sure. It was tongue-in-cheek" humor. =;o) Carolyn Bonnie McCroby Wuensche wrote: > "whew!" is right!!! > > Carolyn, this is a great piece of information - and is very valuable - it > was SO nice of you to type it in for me (and everyone)! > > :o) > > -------Original Message------- > > From: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 13:48:47 > To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MDGARRET] Morton's bk. abbreviations > > whew! =;o) Carolyn > > Morton's abbreviations: > > m. - married > w. - wife > d. - died > k. - killed by accident or military service > s. - unmarried > n.c. - no children > out - migrated from Preston > here - in Preston > others - other members of family > unkn. - whereabouts unknown > W. - west of Monongahela river > c-2 - children of pioneer > c-3 - grandchildren of pioneer > c-4 - great grandchildren of pioneer > Monon. - Monongalia county > G.D. - Grant District (similar initials for other > districts.) > > A dash coming where a name should be expected means that > the name is unknown. > A pair of hypens within brackets means that both the > given name and the surname are unknown. > C-2, or c-3, means that the list of children which > follows is believed to be given in the order of age, or “in > rotation.” > Such expression as “Ann Brown Smith” refers to a widow > whose maiden name was Ann Brown. Where she is known to have > a middle name only, the initial of the same is given, as in > the instance, “Ann J. Brown Smith.” Where the maiden > surname is unknown, the title “Mrs.” is prefixed to the late > husband’s surname. > When a small c follows a date, it means that the date > given is only approximate, the actual date being unknown. > When a date immediately follows the name of a married > consort, it refers to the date of marriage. > When a question mark follows a given name, but not a > surname, or vice versa, it means that only the name is in > doubt which preceded the question mark. > M? Means that we are not sure that the “John Roe” in > question was the one who married “Mary Doe.” It indicates, > however, that a certain “John Roe” did marry a “Mary Doe.” > “John Smith of Garrett” would mean John Smith of Garrett > county, and not John Smith, son of Garrett Smith. > When a person migrates from Preston, the destination is > often indicated. > When a county name is not followed by that of the state > to which it belongs, a county of one of the Virginias is to > be understood. There are no instances where there is a > common name for a county in Virginia and a county in West > Virginia. Also, the state name is not given in the case of > the neighboring counties of Garrett, Somerset, Fayette, and > Greene. There is a Greene county in Virginia and a Fayette > county in West Virginia, but neither of these calls for > mention in this chapter. > When a star follows the name of the place of destination, > -- as “Tucker*,” -- it means the person married in such > place. > “D.’61*,” or k. ‘61*,” refers to a man who lost his life > in military service in the war of 1861. But if the year of > death is known, it is given accordingly. > A dagger standing after a man’s given name means that to > the best of our knowledge, there was resident in Preston in > 1907, posterity of that person in the male line. > To avoid repetition, descent is reckoned in the male > line. Where a daughter marries into another pioneer family, > the reader is referred to the same. > Each given name under the same topic refers to a > group-family unrelated to others of the same name, except > when such fact is stated. > * * * * > * * * * > > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator > Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net. > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net. ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html