Hi Guys! Finally, after much fanfare and baited breath, my Tope family history has been uploaded to the publisher, and I have placed an order for two copies of the hardcover, and one of the coil bound. I wanna make certain there are no horrific errors made at the time of uploading them to the publisher before I really let them out to the general public, but I'm so excited I can't help but to brag just a tiny bit now. :-) Three cheers to Nerd Computer Solutions here in Gallipolis for helping me with this project, getting the fonts and images embedded, putting it in PDF format, and then spending about 2.5 hours this afternoon with me as we struggled to get Lulu to accept this that and the other. I can't thank them enough as Lulu is extremely picky about everything, but as you can see by the price of the books -- it's clear why I wanted to go with them. Either of the two following links will take you directly to where you can buy the book, as well as to a page where you can preview eight pages. In the preview I have the table of contents, one section on George W. Tope and William Donaldson, and another is a sample of the Civil War letters from George W. to his son William G. Tope, a sample of the bibliography, and a sample of the index. The hardcover is $25.04 plus $2.96 for shipping USPS Media Mail. http://www.lulu.com/content/966778 152 pages, 8.25" x 10.75", casewrap-hardcover binding. The paperback is $12.57 plus $2.96 for shipping USPS Media Mail. http://www.lulu.com/content/978528 152 pages, 8.5" x 11", coil binding. The book is complete with a six page bibliography and a 19 page index! Both books are identical on the interior except that the hardcover has a photograph of my great grandparents and their three children on it, whereas the paperback has a simple family tree on the cover. I believe that the paperback will also say on the inside page that "the photo on the cover is William G and family," but hey, if that's the only error... :-) It should take around 5 business days to get the paperback and 15 business days to get the hardcover (one goes to OGS). Once I've reviewed them and make certain there isn't anything seriously wrong with them I'll let you all know, and whoever's interested can order direct from Lulu. That way you save on double shipping (them to me and me to you). Linda Trent. [email protected] Carroll: Tope, Donaldson, Robertson, Everhart, Bowers... Gallia: Tope, Donaldson, Morgan, Eachus, Campbell, Foster, Hixon, Sawyer, Merrell Lawrence: Hixon, Rice, Clarkson, Morgan, Hall, Neal Madison: Tope, Hixon

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Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index About George Oldaker Name:George Oldaker Birthplace:W VA State:OH Age:50 Color:W Enumeration District:0047 Visit:0016 County:Gallia Relation:Head of Household Other Residents:RelationNameColorAgeBirth Place WifeLucie43Ohio SonClarence14Ohio SonClydeNRW VA I found a George Oldaker that died in Athens County, Ohio [which is close to Gallia] in April 29, 1913. I can get the death certificate for you when I go to the Ohio Historical Society next week and will e-mail it to you to make sure that that's him. There's no charge because I'm a member. Teresa Herrmann Columbus, Ohio

That would be a different George Oldaker becasue in the 1900 mason county census he and Lucy Elizabeth Volentine it said were married for 15 years thnak you for the info on John ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Whoops, I forgot to tell you that John died of pneumonia. Also, I found the following marriage record on George Oldaker in Gallia County, Ohio: Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 About EFFA JANE LANGDON Name:OLDAKER, GEORGE Spouse:LANGDON, EFFA JANE Marriage Date:07 Sep 1886 County:Gallia State:OH

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I found his brother, John in the Gallia County death records: John Oldaker, Born: 10 Feb. 1867 and Died: 29 March 1910, Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio. Let me look some more for George. [Yes, I'm in Gallia County list too.] Teresa Herrmann Columbus, Ohio

Im looking for a death of George Oldaker who was married to Lucy E Volentine they are in the 1910 Census for Gallia County he eas born in West Virginia but i think he died in Gallia county hope someone can help me thank you ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Chad, I have found the following in the 1900 census: Nancy A Mulford spouse William H Lewis, Mason, West Virginia abt 1836 Virginia White Wife So, I would suggest you check W.VA for the death information. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Chad<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:53 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Death lookup I am looking for a death of a Nancy A Mulford. I believe her first marriage would have had her as a last name of SANDS and her maiden name was possibly MAYES..... she died sometime between 1900 and 1910 either in mason or a neighboring county Any help is Greatly Aprreciated!!!! Chad ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for a death of a Nancy A Mulford. I believe her first marriage would have had her as a last name of SANDS and her maiden name was possibly MAYES..... she died sometime between 1900 and 1910 either in mason or a neighboring county Any help is Greatly Aprreciated!!!! Chad

To Linda Trent and all who responded to her query: Thank you for sharing your publishing experiences. Many among us plan to do what you have accomplished but few actually follow through. You and others provided useful information to help make critical decisions. Thanks to you and all who participated in the discussion. Experience counts! Carolyn Dawson Hayford At 05:39 PM 6/25/2007, you wrote: >First I'd like to thank everyone who wrote with their opinions of coil v. >hardcover. I've definately decided hardcover is the way to go with > Carolyn Dawson Hayford, 2302 Windham Road, Charleston WV 25303-3021 304-343-3828

Could be that the Bemans owned the land. They were prolific in that area as well. Henny [email protected] wrote: Hi Henny- Thanks for the link, but what I'm really looking for is information on the Hughes (Beman) Cemetery itself- specifically, the history. At this point I don't know if there is a connection with that Hughes family and mine, but that proximity of that family to where mine lived (Centreville-Thurman) in combination with finding an informant on a death certificate for one of their family members with the same name as one of my great grandfather's brothers is making me wonder if there might be some connection. I'm hoping that learning about the cemetery origin may shine a little light on the situation. Why is this cemetery called Hughes (Beman)? There are no Beman headstones in it. There are also Beamons in my family tree- more cause to wonder. Regards, Rachel >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:39:13 -0700 (PDT) >From: Henny Evans >Subject: [OHGALLIA] Hughes >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >You can check all Hughes buried in Gallia County at galliagenealogy.org by going there and clicking on Genealogical Resources, then cemeteries, then alphabetical index. By 1824 William Hughes has joined Anderson H. Hughes in Gallia County. Hill Cemetery was at one time in Gallia Co., but is now just over the line in Jackson Co. Many of Anderson's family married into the Cherrington family of which I am a part. Henny Evans > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Henny- Thanks for the link, but what I'm really looking for is information on the Hughes (Beman) Cemetery itself- specifically, the history. At this point I don't know if there is a connection with that Hughes family and mine, but that proximity of that family to where mine lived (Centreville-Thurman) in combination with finding an informant on a death certificate for one of their family members with the same name as one of my great grandfather's brothers is making me wonder if there might be some connection. I'm hoping that learning about the cemetery origin may shine a little light on the situation. Why is this cemetery called Hughes (Beman)? There are no Beman headstones in it. There are also Beamons in my family tree- more cause to wonder. Regards, Rachel >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:39:13 -0700 (PDT) >From: Henny Evans <[email protected]> >Subject: [OHGALLIA] Hughes >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >You can check all Hughes buried in Gallia County at galliagenealogy.org by going there and clicking on Genealogical Resources, then cemeteries, then alphabetical index. By 1824 William Hughes has joined Anderson H. Hughes in Gallia County. Hill Cemetery was at one time in Gallia Co., but is now just over the line in Jackson Co. Many of Anderson's family married into the Cherrington family of which I am a part. Henny Evans > >

this is something I didn't think about before Mary Ladica EAGLE married Levi HUGHES when she was 15 she had her first child when she was 17 I have them in 1860 in Gallia Co but, not 1870 by 1880 they were in IL if anyone has any information on this couple please e-mail me thanks & take care, Debbie

Rachel, I have looked and looked for Levi and or his wife in the 1870 census I'm hoping that finding them in the 1870 will give me a name for their 3rd child and possibly birth info on their 2nd child ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > Hi Debbie- > > I have absolutely no idea! > > The farthest I can go back is my great great grandfather, Richard L. > HUGHES (aka Lew Arfon). The family story has always been that he came to > the US alone from North Wales, where he was a concert performer and > conductor. Aside from his six children, John L., Joseph Thomas, Jennie, > Mabel, Hugh Robert, and Minnie (Mary Elizabeth), I have no other Hughes > names. I don't know exactly when Llew Arfon arrived, but I've found > evidence of him in Wales in 1865 (when he would have been about 20) and > his marriage record in Jackson County in 1878. > > Just for the heck of it, I recently ordered the death certificate of > Edward HUGHES, the son of the Richard HUGHES buried in the Beman Cemetery > (Llew Arfon is in the Hill Cemetery in Centreville-Thurman). I had found > this other Richard in the census records and ruled him out as not mine > some time ago, but then I got the death certificate for Edward. The thing > that gave me pause was this: The informant for the death certificate is a > John L. HUGHES, of Thurman- the same name as Llew Arfon's first born son. > And while Welsh names often repeat, Centreville-Thurman was a very small > town. If I recall correctly, my line and this other one were the only > Hughes families there for a long time. Is it possible they were all > related? > > Tell me about your Levi HUGHES. I'm sure I've seen that name while looking > over census records. > > Regards, > Rachel > >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 7 >>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:23:12 -0500 >>From: "Debbie Alley" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >>Rachel, >>are you related to Levi HUGHES? >>thanks & take care, Debbie >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "rachelslansky" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:16 AM >>Subject: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >> >> >>> Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of >>> Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes >>> Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is >>> connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. >>> >>> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! >>> >>> -Rachel >>> Portland, OR >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

several researchers on rootsweb have Jackson HUGHES & Lavinia ASH as Levi's parents thanks & take care, Debbie

I thought I had parents for Levi but, I don't seem to I have Levi HUGHES born Feb 1836 Virginia he was in the civil war he married in Gallia Co to Mary Ladicia EAGLE on 13 Sep 1859 they had 3 children Sarah Ellen born 7 May 1861 Lydia born ? died 1872 and unknown ? I would love to know where these people were in 1870 they ended up in Perry Co, IL by 1880 thanks & take care, Debbie

Any CHICK in this book ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Symmes Creek publication > GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > The Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society at 412 Second Avenue, Gallipolis has acquired the book "Symmes Creek". We have a limited amount of these books for sale thanks to the widow of the author Wayne B. Ingles. > This book was written in 1976 and has been unavailable for quite a few years now. > It is soft bound with 160 pages filled with valuable information on Gallia, Lawrence and Jackson Counties. It has 403 family surnames listed in the index, plus information on area history in the Symmes Valley area along with many pictures. We have been asked countless times over the past years as to where this book could be purchased and until now it has been unavailable. > For the price call GCH&GS 740-446-7200. > Supply is limited order your copy soon. > > Marjorie > > If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. > George Bernard Shaw > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Mary- I haven't seen the actual book but someone once emailed me some of the information. Does that book have any history on the cemeteries? My known Hughes family is in the Hill Cemetery. There are a few Hughes's in that cemetery whose names I don't recognize from my own family- the Edward that started all this is one of those. I believe that the Richard buried in the Beman Cemetery is Edward's father. But where did did that family originate? Your Hughes line doesn't ring any bells so far, but I'll let you know if anything changes. Many thanks! Rachel -----Original Message----- >From: Mary Cervantes <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 26, 2007 3:30 PM >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > >Hi Rachel, > >You probaly already know that there is a lot burial information on your Hughes ancestors on pages 47 & 49 of the "Cemeteries of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, OH" published by the "Gallia Co. Historical/Genealogicall Society in 1999. > >The following information was published in the History of Mason Co. WV, under "The Hughes Family": > >"THE HUGHES FAMILY >John Hughes born ca. 1777 York Co. Pa. Married Elizabeth Ott born ca. 1778 Lancaster Co. Pa. They first moved to Gallia Co., Ohio circa 1820. By 1850 they were in Mason Co., W.Va. Known children: Christopher born 1909 Lancaster Co. Pa. Married Rebecca Clemons. >Christopher died 27 Sept. 1891 Mason Co. W.Va. Jesse born 1814 Pa. Married Sarah last name unknown. He died 15 Nov. 1882 Mason Co. W.Va. Agness born 1816 Pa. , Margaret born 1818 Pa. Married John Brickel [sic: Bickel?], Elizabeth born 1820 Ohio, Jemima born 1822. Married Thomas Christy, John born 1825 Ohio, Jane born 1827 Ohio, and Thomas born 1832 Va. > >Ashbell Hughes born 3 July 1847 Mason Co. Va. son of Margaret Hughes. Married 1st, 30 june 1870 to Viola Catherine Grice. 2nd to Laura F. Pusey. > >Dekalb Hughes born 7 January 1845 Ohio, son of Jemima Hughes and a McMullen. Married 27 July 1865 Gallia Co. to Jane Ann Bowen >born 28 march 1845 on Mud River Cabell Co.Va..." > >I do not know if John Hughes (b. 1777) was of Welsh ancestry nor do I know where he is buried, although I believe he is probably buried in either Mason Co. or Cabell Co. WV where there is another Hughes Cemetery where Jemima Hughes Christy is supposed to be buried. > >Good luck! > >-Mary Cervantes > > >---- [email protected] wrote: > >============= >Hi, Mary! > >Once again, I have to say I don't know. Up until I received the death record of Edward HUGHES, I was convinced that the first Hughes to come to the US in my line was Llew Arfon (Richard HUGHES), who was born in Wales in approximately 1845. I've never been able to trace him to his parents, so I don't know their names, whether he had siblings, exactly where he originated, when he left Wales, where he went first, and how he ended up in Centreville-Thurman. > >My guess is that this isn't a connection. But at this point, who knows? Do you know when your Hughs family came to the US and what part of Wales they came from? > >Regards, >Rachel > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Mary Cervantes <[email protected]> >>Sent: Jun 26, 2007 2:16 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Cc: rachelslansky <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >> >>Rachel, >> >>Are you a descendant of John Hughs/Hughes b. c1777 and Elizabeth Ott Hughes? I know there are legions of Hughes descendants in WV, and John & Elizabeth were quite prolific as were their children. >> >>John & Elizabeth Hughs/Hughes are my ggg-grandparents. They had at least 9 children who grew to adulthood, including Jemima Hughes (1822-1890) who m. Thomas Christy (c1830 -1893) in 1851 in Gallia Co. OH but who raised their family in Mason Co. WV and later Cabell Co. WV. >> >>Before she married Thomas Christy, Jemima had a son, Dekalb Hughes (1845-1915) >>by a "Mach McMullen" according to the History of Mason Co. WV. >> >>Jemima and Thomas Christy had 3 sons: Jerome Christy (1853-1935), James Wm. Christy, Sr. (1858-1901) --who is my g-grandfather-- and Jefferson Christy (1862 -Aft.1896). >> >>Please let me know if there is any connection and I'll be happy to share information. >>By coincidence, I'll be in Portland, OR, for about 10 days in mid-July visiting my sister. >> >>-Mary Cervantes >>Milford, OH (near Cincinnati) >> >> >>---- rachelslansky <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>============= >>Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of >>Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes >>Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is >>connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. >> >>Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! >> >>-Rachel >>Portland, OR >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >