Remember when researching your early pioneers that they followed what "highways" they had and there is a great one between Charleston and Gallipolis, the Kanawa River and the Ohio River. Many of the early settlers came from Columbiana County, which I think might have been a stopping off place en route down the river, some stayed a generation or two and then the younger ones followed the river on down...... Even from Washington County, Pa, one might think going overland would be easier, and it would be by today's standards, but "in the day" it was easier from there to follow the river highways...... On 3/15/2005, "SGates1949@aol.com" <SGates1949@aol.com> wrote: > >In a message dated 3/15/2005 4:00:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >OHGALLIA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >Mr. George D. McIntyre, of Gallipolis, was recently married to Miss >Maime E. Bibby, of Charleston, West Virginia. > >It seems there has always been a close connection between the two. All my >Gates ancestors who started out in Gallia County, OH, ended up in Kanawha >County, WV, except, of course, poor ggg grandfather, Moses, who rests in one of >the cemeteries in Gallipolis! > >My own grandfather, LeRoy Madison Gates, eloped with my grandmother, >Madeleine Virginia Hume, lied about their ages and married in Gallipolis, as well, >in 1921 (any record of that?) > >Sharon Lee Gates >Apopka, FL > > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >

Good point Charlie. My Ward ancestors came from Columbiana County, Ohio, it took me quite a while to figure out that Columbiana was as you said, a stopping off place before coming on down the river. I later found they were from Pennsylvania. Mary Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Hazlett" <charlie@hazlett.net> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Gallipolis OH and Charleston WV > > Remember when researching your early pioneers that they followed what > "highways" they had and there is a great one between Charleston and > Gallipolis, the Kanawa River and the Ohio River. > > Many of the early settlers came from Columbiana County, which I think > might have been a stopping off place en route down the river, some > stayed a generation or two and then the younger ones followed the river > on down...... > > Even from Washington County, Pa, one might think going overland would be > easier, and it would be by today's standards, but "in the day" it was > easier from there to follow the river highways...... > > > > On 3/15/2005, "SGates1949@aol.com" <SGates1949@aol.com> wrote: > >> >>In a message dated 3/15/2005 4:00:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >>OHGALLIA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >> >>Mr. George D. McIntyre, of Gallipolis, was recently married to Miss >>Maime E. Bibby, of Charleston, West Virginia. >> >>It seems there has always been a close connection between the two. All >>my >>Gates ancestors who started out in Gallia County, OH, ended up in Kanawha >>County, WV, except, of course, poor ggg grandfather, Moses, who rests in >>one of >>the cemeteries in Gallipolis! >> >>My own grandfather, LeRoy Madison Gates, eloped with my grandmother, >>Madeleine Virginia Hume, lied about their ages and married in Gallipolis, >>as well, >>in 1921 (any record of that?) >> >>Sharon Lee Gates >>Apopka, FL >> >> >> >>==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >>Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >> > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > >