Back by popular demand...we are headed back to the lovely town of Hillsville again! Since my kids have a 4 day weekend off from school, we're going to make a whirlwind trip (1500 miles) up and back to see what else we can get done. My hubby gets to go this time, so we will take his big old pick up truck up there and haul off the mountain of trash the previous owners left us. One thing I LOVE about small towns is that you find out all the good dirt pretty quickly. Turns out that the reason we got our dream house SO quick and SO reasonably was that the folks who lived there had reportedly been dabbling in illegal substances and decided to git while the gittin' was good since they had attracted the attention of the neighbors...and the law. Besides, it turns out that the hubby had apparently (according to town people) found himself a new gal pal, so he was ready to deal and get on the road. Oh, well...their loss is our gain. Of course, they high tailed it out of there so quick, they left all their trash, but we can cope with that on this trip. This will be my 5th trip to VA in 4 months (along with a trip to Chicago and one to Chattanooga, TN.) I am turning into the quite the world traveler...ha! Can't wait to finally get moved into my country house and find the time to STAY put! I'm gonna put me a rockin' chair on that front porch and sip outta my jug of thornapple juice while the watermelon gets cold in the creek! Yee haw! MizzKat

Lois, when did you leave Wise Co? did you live in Inman, VA? Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul

It was Hassie Shelburne, daughter of John Shelburne from eastern Virginia. Regina Spradlin -----Original Message----- From: vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of paul Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:53 AM To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Who are the wives of Christopher Columbus Altizer Linda, Yes it is Shelburne..that is still a popular name here in FCVA & Montgomery Co..maybe there was a spelling error of one letter in the old records of your relative? Ole Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carlisle: I am a misfit. Both my mother and father were raised up in Washington County, Virginia. She was in Radford College and he was working for the Norfolk & Western Railroad in Radford. They got married and lived around Radford from the early 1920's. My father was adopted, but he was from the Dunns in North Carolina. My mother is from the Mann / Handy / Taylor / Lewis clans, also of Ashe county, North Carolina. My wife is Addie Lovell, daughter of Albert and Nora Baker Lovell. Albert was born in Dry Valley. His parents were William Thomas & Sarah Addie Phlegar Lovell. Tom was from Pulaski county, and Sarah Addie was from Floyd. Tom and Sarah are buried at the Laurel Hill Church of Christ above Meadow Creek in Dry Valley. Addie's mother (Nora) was the daughter of Fugate Lee and Sarrah Branson Baker, both from Carroll county, Virginia. That's our connection. John in Ohio John L. Ford ----- Original Message ----- From: <Zarvon@aol.com> To: <VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:16 PM Subject: [VAFLOYD] for johnlford@embarqmail.com > John, I do not have you're name in my Family > tree. What is your wife's name? Your parents and grand parents? > > Carlisle Bowling > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Linda, Yes it is Shelburne..that is still a popular name here in FCVA & Montgomery Co..maybe there was a spelling error of one letter in the old records of your relative? Ole Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul

Lois...yes his dog was Penny...I can sing Billy Boy, too..lots of verses in that song...Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul

This is an interesting link I discovered. It seems they have the technology now to read old tombstones that were unreadable. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08011/848345-115.stm

Carlisle, Which John are you asking? There are two of us on this list that I know of. John in Ohio and me in Kansas. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Zarvon@aol.com> To: <VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:16 PM Subject: [VAFLOYD] for johnlford@embarqmail.com > John, I do not have you're name in my Family > tree. What is your wife's name? Your parents and grand parents? > > Carlisle Bowling > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1224 - Release Date: 1/14/2008 > 5:39 PM > >

That's who I have but no dates. Thank's Rena ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <pogoat2@webtv.net> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Who are the wives of Christopher Columbus Altizer > Rena...wives were Haseltine "Hassie" Shelburne and Lila Epperly. > > keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paul...I don't remember the writing book.The teachers I recall were Miss Wolf, a Mr. Duff or Duffy, Mr Yule. Im not sure I spelled that last one correctly. I didn't have a Mrs Schaffer. Maybe her name changed if she married. If not, poor thing probably had to shave. Hee Hee. Thanks for the google info. Will check it out. Lois -----Original Message----- From: paul Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:08 PM To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--repair men Lois...I dont remember that book in first grade in Wise Co, but I remember the writing books..(more like a pamphlet) it was about 8 pages and showed how to make ovals and "push-pulls" and showed all capital and lower-case letters and the corrrect way to form them...I am the worlds worst cursive writer but am a pretty good speller...Did you ever have a 3rd grade teacher named Mrs, Schaffer? she had a bit of a lip mustache... maybe she should have changed her name to Shaver....hee, hee......Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paul, I just wondered if it was used state-wide or just in some counties. Was his dog's name Penny? Those were the days! My teacher had another girl and me sing"Where Have You Been Billy Boy? " every morning. Lois -----Original Message----- From: paul Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:32 PM To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--repair men Lois..I googled Baby Ray Primer and there are used books for sale..this book is listed...Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paul You are so funny. You just missed your "calling." You should have been a comedian. All the school talk.......When I was in first grade in Wise Co. VA our reader was a Baby Ray Primer. Did you have that book also? Lois -----Original Message----- From: paul Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:23 PM To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--repair men Kay and Mizz Kat... I also keep all the operating manuals of my appliances and other electronic gear or anything else that mey need repair or replacement.. When I was younger, (about 1950) I took a course on small appliance repair thru the mail..that was B.C. (before computers)...needless to say, ALL that info is far outdated today, and I am a real dummy on this new stuff, as well as tne newer cars, too...you used to be able to take a tin can and a piece of wire and fix those older cars..nowadays you cant even get your hands in the engine area...I trained as a mechanic in the military, but all that is passe now, too... I bought a Jenn-Aire range and it is still so complicated that I can hardly use it and I have had it for 5 years now..it is all push-button controlled with a memory built in....I am now going to go to the screw-in fluorescent light bulbs as they are longer-lasting but 5 times as expensive......PHEW!!!!! .... Sorta' like the old saying,...... I bought a wooden whistle, but it wooden whistle,..I bought a steel whistle but it steel wouldn't whistle..I bought a lead whistle but momma wouldn't lead me whistle, ..I bought a tin whistle and now I tin whistle......Ole Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All, I continue to attempt documenting the cemeteries of the county with only 2 (female) helpers and we have a great time just going to these cemeteries. Ole Paul had told about this particular cemetery a couple years ago and I'd kept it in my file of ones to visit. Last week, one of my partners, Jo Parr, and I stopped by Ole Paul's to learn more about the whereabaouts of this Christopher Columbus Altizer Cemetery in order to document it. We had had a busy day in the Alum Ridge section of this beautiful county and the wind was much stronger and colder than we expected. So, even tho' we wanted badly to visit this cemetery, when we learned that it is located on a bluff overlooking the River, we decided to put off visiting it for a more serene day. BUT, we shall get it documented and marked with GPS, and you'll know about it. Can you wait? I don't have much patience, but I just must wait until the right time to visit it. Genevieve ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <pogoat2@webtv.net> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Altamont Hospital > Regina, the stones have names on them, but I have never seen > them...Howard Mannon re-set the stones years ago and told me about > them.....Paul > > keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 > 8:23 PM > >

Rena...wives were Haseltine "Hassie" Shelburne and Lila Epperly. keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul

Lois..I googled Baby Ray Primer and there are used books for sale..this book is listed...Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul

Paul....could that name be Sherburne? My ggg,grandfather was Samuel Sherburne and I have been looking for him for many years. We think he was born either in Canada or Maine. He died in or around Detroit, Michigan. He was a ship bulder. Thanks Linda Q. Hackney in California ----- Original Message ---- From: paul <pogoat2@webtv.net> To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:39:36 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Who are the wives of Christopher Columbus Altizer Rena...wives were Haseltine "Hassie" Shelburne and Lila Epperly. keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, I do not have you're name in my Family tree. What is your wife's name? Your parents and grand parents? Carlisle Bowling **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Christopher Columbus Altizer Thank's Rena

Lois...I dont remember that book in first grade in Wise Co, but I remember the writing books..(more like a pamphlet) it was about 8 pages and showed how to make ovals and "push-pulls" and showed all capital and lower-case letters and the corrrect way to form them...I am the worlds worst cursive writer but am a pretty good speller...Did you ever have a 3rd grade teacher named Mrs, Schaffer? she had a bit of a lip mustache... maybe she should have changed her name to Shaver....hee, hee......Paul keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul

I would love to have one of your cemetery books to add to my collection. Let me know when it goes up for sale please. Linda (Quesenberry) Hackney ----- Original Message ---- From: G Starkey <gacs@swva.net> To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:30:22 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] [VAFLOYD Cemeteries Hi All, I continue to attempt documenting the cemeteries of the county with only 2 (female) helpers and we have a great time just going to these cemeteries. Ole Paul had told about this particular cemetery a couple years ago and I'd kept it in my file of ones to visit. Last week, one of my partners, Jo Parr, and I stopped by Ole Paul's to learn more about the whereabaouts of this Christopher Columbus Altizer Cemetery in order to document it. We had had a busy day in the Alum Ridge section of this beautiful county and the wind was much stronger and colder than we expected. So, even tho' we wanted badly to visit this cemetery, when we learned that it is located on a bluff overlooking the River, we decided to put off visiting it for a more serene day. BUT, we shall get it documented and marked with GPS, and you'll know about it. Can you wait? I don't have much patience, but I just must wait until the right time to visit it. Genevieve ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <pogoat2@webtv.net> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Altamont Hospital > Regina, the stones have names on them, but I have never seen > them...Howard Mannon re-set the stones years ago and told me about > them.....Paul > > keep the mail comin' to Ole Paul > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 > 8:23 PM > > ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message