This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOWEN, CRIGLER, Beck, Johnson Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QBC.2ACI/2324 Message Board Post: George's wife, Rbecca Everhart CRIGLER, died in 1896. Fairy A. Beck, below, is Fairy Arabella Bowen. Her son's Charles' middle name is Bowen. Bronte's middle name is Vashti. I had the good fortune of visiting their home place last June. George and Rebecca are buried there.Fairy's husband is Charles McFadden Beck from Belmont Co., Ohio . He would have been living when this census was taken, but don't know why he isn't listed in the household. 1900 Federal Census - VA Supervisor's District 8, Enumeration District 4, Sheet 17A Catalpa Magisterial Dist. - except Culpeper Town Enumerated 25 June 1900 by Robert McGill Lines 29-32: Bowen, George W., Head, W, M, Dec. 1822, 77, Wid., mrd. 54 years, b. VA, Day Labor, can read/write/speak English, owns home, not a farm; Beck, Fairy A., Daughter, W, F, Nov. 1835, 65, Mrd., mrd. 14 years, had 2 children & 2 living, she & both parents b. VA, can read/write/speak English; ----, Bronte V., G-daughter, W, F, Jan. 1887, 13, Sgl., she & both parents b. VA, can read/write/speak English; ----, Charles B., Grandson, W, M, Sep. 1890, 9, he & both parents b. VA, can read/write/speak English. The household enumerated prior to theirs is that of Robert Johnson and Vashti (Bowen). The one after is that of James Green. ========== Robert's middle name is Lawrence and he was born in Belmont County, Ohio. Vashti's middle name is Catherine. Same census page - Lines 27-28: Johnson, Robert L., Head, W, M, May 1834, age 66, Mrd., m. 18 years, b. OH, both parents b. PA, Carpenter, can read/write/speak English, owns home, free of mortgage, home not farm; -------, Vashti C., Wife, W, F, Sep 1833, age 66, Mrd., m. 18 years, had no children, she & both parents b. VA, can read/write/speak English. =========== Kathleen Bowen backup email: kbowen@hotmail.com