Looking for Frank Mowery/Mowrey born in Virginia. He is the father of James B. Mowery and Robert Mowery. I rec'd the death record of James B. and his father is listed as Frank Mowery born in Va. and Unknown mother also born in Va. Frank could also be Francis or Franklin. I have not yet found the death record of Robert Mowery. James B. Mowery was born Nov.14, 1859 in VA. He died in Belomont County, Ohio on May 6, 1936. James never married. Robert Mowery was born April 1855 in VA. He married Sarah Ellen Scott about 1878 in Belmont County, Ohio. Their children: Lucy Belle b.5/10/1879 Laura Lee b.6/10/1880 Branson L. b. 4/15/1884 Catherine b. 4/25/1886 James Franklin b. 7/15/1887 All children were born in Belmont County, Ohio. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks................Barb

Looks like it in Ohio. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Pierce" <tvpierce@infionline.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:23 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Hello?? > Can anyone tell me if I'm still connected? > Thanks, > Tom > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > >

Can anyone tell me if I'm still connected? Thanks, Tom

Hi, It looks like you are connected since I received a message from Vashenan. Regards Louise Tom Pierce <tvpierce@infionline.net> wrote: Can anyone tell me if I'm still connected? Thanks, Tom ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search

Help............Mowrey/Mowery Researchers! Looking for the parents of James B. and Robert Mowery/Mowrey. Father's name is Frank. Just rec'd the death certificate of James B. Mowery b.11/14/1859 in VA. and d.5/6/1936 Belmont County, Ohio. James B. never married. His father is Frank Mowery born in Va., mother is unknown but said to have been born in Va. James B. Mowery is thought to be the brother of Robert Mowery b. 4/1855 in Va. Have not yet found the death record of Robert. Robert Mowery married Sarah Ellen Scott about 1878 in Belmont County, Ohio. Their children: Lucy Belle, Laura Lee, Branson L., Catherine, and James Franklin. Thanks..............Barb

I have found a John Parkison on the 1783 and 1788 Shenandoah County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists. Would anyone on the list have any knowledge of the PARKISON/PARKINSON family in Northern Virginia or West Virginia? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Chocy

Hello everyone, I know it has been awhile since you have heard from me and I have been busy doing lots of things including Civil War reenactments and living history presentations. We are in the planning stage for Shenandoah County Heritage Day, Saturday April 10, 2004 at the Fire Hall in Edinburg. I am trying to use my reenactment contacts to add to next year's Heritage Day attractions, more on this as things develop. Now to the site updates. I have been updating and correcting and adding to the cemetery lists (by cemetery). I started at the top of the list and am as far down as St. Matthews Lutheran Cemetery in New Market. One thing I am adding to the lists is adding more information on military veterans, particularly Confederate veterans, as that is the information I have available to me. I have also added information to veterans of other wars as I can find it. It is important to me that we honor those who served to protect our country and as long as I can do so, I will ensure that the site shows who those people were and how they served. Another thing I have done (and will continue to do) is make the lists smaller, in other words, Riverview Cemetery in Strasburg now has twelve smaller (alphabetical) lists rather than six large ones, which load more quickly for those of us who use modem connections. Again, any contributions you would like to make to the site are welcome. If you have the opportunity, this month is the prime time for visiting the Shenandoah Valley, as I look out my window at this moment, there are rich gold colors in the landscape, but still plenty of green, so you have a week or two to get here and enjoy the Valley in all her fall splendor! The 139th reenactment of the battle of Cedar Creek in Middletown, VA next weekend, October 18-19, would be an excellent time to visit. Have a great weekend everyone, Don *************************************************** Don Silvius Co-coordinator Shenandoah County VAGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html> <dsilvius@intrepid.net> <dsilvius@tlcdelivers.com> ***************************************************

Lewis: You've been very helpful, and I enjoyed the story of your experience there. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "LHZirkle" <lhzirkle@bcpl.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > Jim, > > I don't know about the origin or the end of the Shenandoah Community > Workers. I believe it was set up as a low tax or no tax enterprise. Mr. > Clark had been involved in some direct mail business, I believe, as he had a > number of sets of paperbook books left over in the office, I have a set he > gave me. They were printed in 1932. He had office equipment for large > mailings. I believe the 4th class Bird Haven P.O. was for the business and > disappeared whenever the business was ended. Neither the Workers nor Bird > Haven, VA can be brought up with GOOGLE. I haven't tried yet for Mr. Clark. > His first name might have been Bernard. About the only other thing I > remember is that he had a new Airflow Chrysler which I drove once. > > You brought up an interesting subject. I wish I could be more helpful. > > Lewis Zirkle > lhzirkle@bcpl.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Funkhouser" <j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net> > To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:01 PM > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > > > > Lewis: > > > > Thank you very much for the information of the Shenandoah Community > Workers > > and the story of your part in it. > > My daughter-in-law recently bought at an auction or estate sale 8 small > > bowls and a large maple salad bowl with the Shenandoah Community Workshop > > label still attached. > > > > Do you know the origin of this group and how long it lasted? > > > > Thanks, again. > > > > Jim Funkhouser > > j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "LHZirkle" <lhzirkle@bcpl.net> > > To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:21 PM > > Subject: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > > > > > > > Regarding the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven: > > > > > > In 1940 I worked there for about six months. My work was secretarial > for > > > Mr. Clark and I ran the Bird Haven Post Office. I took dictation and > > typed > > > the outgoing letters for Mr. Clark. In the post office most of my work > > was > > > sending money orders for farmers to such companies as Jim Brown, Wards > and > > > Sears. Someone killed one of the wild goats on the mountain and sent > away > > > the hide to be tanned. When it came back c.o.d. the recipient thought > it > > > was for too much money and wouldn't accept it. I had to return it to > the > > > tanner. Each month I prepared the financial report for the post office. > > > The work was easy for me as I had had a 12-month secretarial course at > > > Strayer College on the 1936 scholarship for Shenandoah County. My > salary > > > was $10 per week. > > > > > > The Workers made beautiful solid maple furniture, salad bowls and lazy > > > susans. In my spare time I made a salad bowl which I still have. I > think > > > there were less than a dozen workers in the factory. I don't remember > > their > > > names. Mr. Clark bought a new radio-phonograph console and had the > finish > > > stripped off and refinished it in maple. > > > > > > At first I stayed with a nearby Moomaw family where room and board cost > me > > > $0.50 per day. I went home to New Market on weekends. The Moomaws had > no > > > running water. Later, in the spring, I began boarding at a Mrs. > > > Funkhouser's at Bayse. I became good friends with her oldest son, > Harold, > > > who was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. (At that time I was in > > the > > > Navy at Bliss Electrical School at Takoma Park, MD where everyone > donated > > > blood > > > for the casualties.) Another man who boarded there, Gilbert Barb, > killed > > > one of wild goats and I remember taking a goat sandwich in my lunch. > > > > > > Lewis Harold Zirkle > > > lhzirkle@bcpl.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > > To: <VASHENAN-D@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:02 AM > > > Subject: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or > > VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html >

At 05:47 PM 8/10/2003, LHZirkle wrote: >Jim, > >I don't know about the origin or the end of the Shenandoah Community >Workers. > ><snip> > >Neither the Workers nor Bird Haven, VA can be brought up with GOOGLE. > ><snip> > >Lewis Zirkle >lhzirkle@bcpl.net From USGS GNIS (United States Geographical Service's Geographical Name Information Server): Feature Name: Bird Haven Feature Type: locale State: Virginia County: Shenandoah USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Orkney Springs 384911N 0784728W I remember giving a roommate a hard time because he had used his preacher as a character reference to get into the University of Virginia. "Come on, a preacher will give anyone a reference!" The response was: "He's the only person in Orkney who isn't related to me; half the town is my mother's family, the other half is my father's family [Moomaws]". "How about the post master?" "That's Uncle Ned down at the general store." And boy oh boy did they make great Virginia ham biscuits there as I later found out. If we went to Orkney for the weekend we might end crashing in any house in town ... just depended on who had a spare bed that weekend. Pleasant memories indeed. Walt

At 05:47 PM 8/10/2003, LHZirkle wrote: >Jim, > >I don't know about the origin or the end of the Shenandoah Community >Workers. > ><snip> > >Neither the Workers nor Bird Haven, VA can be brought up with GOOGLE. > ><snip> > >Lewis Zirkle >lhzirkle@bcpl.net From USGS GNIS (United States Geographical Service's Geographical Name Information Server): Feature Name: Bird Haven Feature Type: locale State: Virginia County: Shenandoah USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Orkney Springs [] 384911N [] 0784728W I remember giving a roommate a hard time because he had used his preacher as a character reference to get into the University of Virginia. "Come on, I

Jim, I don't know about the origin or the end of the Shenandoah Community Workers. I believe it was set up as a low tax or no tax enterprise. Mr. Clark had been involved in some direct mail business, I believe, as he had a number of sets of paperbook books left over in the office, I have a set he gave me. They were printed in 1932. He had office equipment for large mailings. I believe the 4th class Bird Haven P.O. was for the business and disappeared whenever the business was ended. Neither the Workers nor Bird Haven, VA can be brought up with GOOGLE. I haven't tried yet for Mr. Clark. His first name might have been Bernard. About the only other thing I remember is that he had a new Airflow Chrysler which I drove once. You brought up an interesting subject. I wish I could be more helpful. Lewis Zirkle lhzirkle@bcpl.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Funkhouser" <j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > Lewis: > > Thank you very much for the information of the Shenandoah Community Workers > and the story of your part in it. > My daughter-in-law recently bought at an auction or estate sale 8 small > bowls and a large maple salad bowl with the Shenandoah Community Workshop > label still attached. > > Do you know the origin of this group and how long it lasted? > > Thanks, again. > > Jim Funkhouser > j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LHZirkle" <lhzirkle@bcpl.net> > To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:21 PM > Subject: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > > > > Regarding the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven: > > > > In 1940 I worked there for about six months. My work was secretarial for > > Mr. Clark and I ran the Bird Haven Post Office. I took dictation and > typed > > the outgoing letters for Mr. Clark. In the post office most of my work > was > > sending money orders for farmers to such companies as Jim Brown, Wards and > > Sears. Someone killed one of the wild goats on the mountain and sent away > > the hide to be tanned. When it came back c.o.d. the recipient thought it > > was for too much money and wouldn't accept it. I had to return it to the > > tanner. Each month I prepared the financial report for the post office. > > The work was easy for me as I had had a 12-month secretarial course at > > Strayer College on the 1936 scholarship for Shenandoah County. My salary > > was $10 per week. > > > > The Workers made beautiful solid maple furniture, salad bowls and lazy > > susans. In my spare time I made a salad bowl which I still have. I think > > there were less than a dozen workers in the factory. I don't remember > their > > names. Mr. Clark bought a new radio-phonograph console and had the finish > > stripped off and refinished it in maple. > > > > At first I stayed with a nearby Moomaw family where room and board cost me > > $0.50 per day. I went home to New Market on weekends. The Moomaws had no > > running water. Later, in the spring, I began boarding at a Mrs. > > Funkhouser's at Bayse. I became good friends with her oldest son, Harold, > > who was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. (At that time I was in > the > > Navy at Bliss Electrical School at Takoma Park, MD where everyone donated > > blood > > for the casualties.) Another man who boarded there, Gilbert Barb, killed > > one of wild goats and I remember taking a goat sandwich in my lunch. > > > > Lewis Harold Zirkle > > lhzirkle@bcpl.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > To: <VASHENAN-D@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:02 AM > > Subject: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > > > > > > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or > VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > > > > >

Lewis: Thank you very much for the information of the Shenandoah Community Workers and the story of your part in it. My daughter-in-law recently bought at an auction or estate sale 8 small bowls and a large maple salad bowl with the Shenandoah Community Workshop label still attached. Do you know the origin of this group and how long it lasted? Thanks, again. Jim Funkhouser j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "LHZirkle" <lhzirkle@bcpl.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > Regarding the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven: > > In 1940 I worked there for about six months. My work was secretarial for > Mr. Clark and I ran the Bird Haven Post Office. I took dictation and typed > the outgoing letters for Mr. Clark. In the post office most of my work was > sending money orders for farmers to such companies as Jim Brown, Wards and > Sears. Someone killed one of the wild goats on the mountain and sent away > the hide to be tanned. When it came back c.o.d. the recipient thought it > was for too much money and wouldn't accept it. I had to return it to the > tanner. Each month I prepared the financial report for the post office. > The work was easy for me as I had had a 12-month secretarial course at > Strayer College on the 1936 scholarship for Shenandoah County. My salary > was $10 per week. > > The Workers made beautiful solid maple furniture, salad bowls and lazy > susans. In my spare time I made a salad bowl which I still have. I think > there were less than a dozen workers in the factory. I don't remember their > names. Mr. Clark bought a new radio-phonograph console and had the finish > stripped off and refinished it in maple. > > At first I stayed with a nearby Moomaw family where room and board cost me > $0.50 per day. I went home to New Market on weekends. The Moomaws had no > running water. Later, in the spring, I began boarding at a Mrs. > Funkhouser's at Bayse. I became good friends with her oldest son, Harold, > who was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. (At that time I was in the > Navy at Bliss Electrical School at Takoma Park, MD where everyone donated > blood > for the casualties.) Another man who boarded there, Gilbert Barb, killed > one of wild goats and I remember taking a goat sandwich in my lunch. > > Lewis Harold Zirkle > lhzirkle@bcpl.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <VASHENAN-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:02 AM > Subject: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > >

Lewis, could you be speaking of Harold Woodroe Funkhouser. He was the son of Nevin and Gladys (Moomaw) Funkhouser. Harold was born 19 Nov 1924 and died 29 Oct 1944. He was killed in Holland during WW II. Harold married Goldie Burkholder. They had no children. They were only married 4 months when Harold went into the service. Thanks for the memories! Jan Funkhouser Hood Lewis wrote: "At first I stayed with a nearby Moomaw family where room and board cost me $0.50 per day. I went home to New Market on weekends. The Moomaws had no running water. Later, in the spring, I began boarding at a Mrs. Funkhouser's at Bayse. I became good friends with her oldest son, Harold, who was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge.

Lewis, I enjoyed what you wrote so very much. I hope you'll write more often and share more memories with us. Alley

Lewis, Thank you so much for sharing your story. We really enjoyed it! Chocy

WOW!! Thanks for sharing those memories! That is interesting. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: [VASHENAN] Re: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 Date: 10/6/2003 10:22:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:lhzirkle@bcpl.net">lhzirkle@bcpl.net</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com">VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com">VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) Regarding the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven: In 1940 I worked there for about six months. My work was secretarial for Mr. Clark and I ran the Bird Haven Post Office. I took dictation and typed the outgoing letters for Mr. Clark. In the post office most of my work was sending money orders for farmers to such companies as Jim Brown, Wards and Sears. Someone killed one of the wild goats on the mountain and sent away the hide to be tanned. When it came back c.o.d. the recipient thought it was for too much money and wouldn't accept it. I had to return it to the tanner. Each month I prepared the financial report for the post office. The work was easy for me as I had had a 12-month secretarial course at Strayer College on the 1936 scholarship for Shenandoah County. My salary was $10 per week. The Workers made beautiful solid maple furniture, salad bowls and lazy susans. In my spare time I made a salad bowl which I still have. I think there were less than a dozen workers in the factory. I don't remember their names. Mr. Clark bought a new radio-phonograph console and had the finish stripped off and refinished it in maple. At first I stayed with a nearby Moomaw family where room and board cost me $0.50 per day. I went home to New Market on weekends. The Moomaws had no running water. Later, in the spring, I began boarding at a Mrs. Funkhouser's at Bayse. I became good friends with her oldest son, Harold, who was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. (At that time I was in the Navy at Bliss Electrical School at Takoma Park, MD where everyone donated blood for the casualties.) Another man who boarded there, Gilbert Barb, killed one of wild goats and I remember taking a goat sandwich in my lunch. Lewis Harold Zirkle lhzirkle@bcpl.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <VASHENAN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181 ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.

Regarding the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven: In 1940 I worked there for about six months. My work was secretarial for Mr. Clark and I ran the Bird Haven Post Office. I took dictation and typed the outgoing letters for Mr. Clark. In the post office most of my work was sending money orders for farmers to such companies as Jim Brown, Wards and Sears. Someone killed one of the wild goats on the mountain and sent away the hide to be tanned. When it came back c.o.d. the recipient thought it was for too much money and wouldn't accept it. I had to return it to the tanner. Each month I prepared the financial report for the post office. The work was easy for me as I had had a 12-month secretarial course at Strayer College on the 1936 scholarship for Shenandoah County. My salary was $10 per week. The Workers made beautiful solid maple furniture, salad bowls and lazy susans. In my spare time I made a salad bowl which I still have. I think there were less than a dozen workers in the factory. I don't remember their names. Mr. Clark bought a new radio-phonograph console and had the finish stripped off and refinished it in maple. At first I stayed with a nearby Moomaw family where room and board cost me $0.50 per day. I went home to New Market on weekends. The Moomaws had no running water. Later, in the spring, I began boarding at a Mrs. Funkhouser's at Bayse. I became good friends with her oldest son, Harold, who was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. (At that time I was in the Navy at Bliss Electrical School at Takoma Park, MD where everyone donated blood for the casualties.) Another man who boarded there, Gilbert Barb, killed one of wild goats and I remember taking a goat sandwich in my lunch. Lewis Harold Zirkle lhzirkle@bcpl.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <VASHENAN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: VASHENAN-D Digest V03 #181

Does anyone on the list know anything about the Shenandoah Community Workshop of Bird Haven? I'd appreciate any information and recommendation on sources. Thanks. Jim Funkhouser j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net

In a message dated 10/4/2003 1:30:15 PM Central Standard Time, diane.kittle@voyager.net writes: > According to the Shenandoah Co. Marriage Records William Henry married > Sarah > Hoffman July 28, 1812. Does anyone know where this William and Sarah lived > after their marriage? In Shenandoah Co. Deed Book U-1 (1813), Augustine Shoe and Dorothy his wife conveyed to William Henry several lots of land in the Town of Strasburg, Shenandoah Co., VA. Adjoins Jacob Lambert. Then in Deed Book U-265 (17 June 1813) Joseph Stover and Jacob Cook releases the above lots to William Henry satisfying an earlier Deed of Trust. In other words giving William Henry a true title to the lots. In the 1820 Shenandoah County Census, there is an entry under Strasburg for William Henry as Head of Family. Ages of members of his household: Males-one under 10, one 10-16 and one 26-45. Females- two under 10 and one 26-45. Apparent adjoining neighbors were Nathaniel Henry and Barbary Lambert. Other neighbors were Isaac Huffman, Elizabeth Halefin, George Fisher, Susannah Stover and Abner Long.

According to the Shenandoah Co. Marriage Records William Henry married Sarah Hoffman July 28, 1812. Does anyone know where this William and Sarah lived after their marriage? Does anyone know who William's parents were? Any input will greatly be appreciated. Thanks.