Hi folks, I wonder if anyone has seen reference to Benjamin and Sarah Andrews, parents of James M. Andrews. James was born around 1824. On his Marriage License in Shenandoah County, it lists Benjamin and Sarah as parents and James's birthplace as Warren County. I have no other information on Benjamin. I know that in the mid 1850s James M. Andrews lived in Page County. Eventually a descendant of James M. Andrews lived at Elizabeth Furnace. Thanks for any help. Sally Andrews Gudas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Pierce" <tvpierce@infionline.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] ISABELLA FURNACE > Pat, > I've seen reference to that Isabella Furnace in Warren County > genealogies. That is not the Isabella named in the 1820 census of > Shenandoah County. The census furnace was the one at Luray, operated by > Benjamin Blackford, most likely named after his wife, Isabella Arthur > Blackford. > > Do you know the location of the Calmes furnace? It is not listed in the > 1859 directory of furnaces published by what is now the American Iron > and Steel Institute. > > Tom > Patricia Moser wrote: > > > "Warren Sentenal" March 20, 1947 > > > >Isabella Furnace was the first furnace built in Fort Valley, 1820-30. Owned by Samuel Richardson and his son Marcus. > >Samuel was the son-in-law of Isaac Miller. Samuel's brick home was called "Contentment". The Isabella Furnace was named for Isabella Calmes, wife of Samuel Richardson. She was a direct descendant of Marcus Calmes. > >It is of interest to know, the campanion of Marcus Calmes was Peter Lehew who escaped from France following the infamous Edict of Nantes in the company of 300 other refugees. > >They reached England from where they sailed for the colony of Virginia. > >Landing at Falmouth on the Potomac. The colony moved up into Prince William County and established the Village of Mantkin. > >Marcus Calmes and Peter Lehew climed the Blue Ridge until they came to the Village of Linden. On old maps it is marked as, "Calmes Pass". > >Peter Lehew took up both sides of "Happy Creek" on what Front Royal was built. > > > >The other firnace was Elizabeth Furnace owned by John and Fayette Buck, Marcus Richardson, William Ashby and Isaac Miller. > >Marcus Calmes contunued down to what is now Clarke Co VA. "Old Frederick County" > >While searching the Isabella Furnace, I google searched the Catoctin Furnace in MD. > >I found that a very generous person has put the images of the Blackford Bible there. > >I am sending my heartfelt Thanks. > > > >Pat > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom Pierce > > To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 4:35 PM > > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] ISABELLA FURNACE > > > > > > Louise, > > Isabella Furnace was located about a mile north of Luray, Page Co., VA > > If you look on a map, you'll see State Rte 652 (Old Furnace Road) on the > > west side of Hawksbill Creek, going north from Luray. After about a > > mile, the road makes a sharp bend to the west and goes toward Hamburg. > > If you were to turn east at that point you would be at the furnace > > site. If you have a better map, you might find Yeager's Spring which > > provided the power for the air blower at the furnace. > > > > Your ancestor, John Jennings, is listed in the 1820 census just prior to > > Charles Beggarly and not far after Moses Henry. Those names suggest he > > lived in the Bentonville-Browntown area. > > > > I assume you may have looked at a transcribed 1820 census because at > > least one of those erroneously shows lots and lots of people at > > Isabella. The actual census shows only 22 families on p. 159, starting > > with Benjamin Blackford and ending with Benjamin Cubbage. > > > > Hope this helps. > > Tom > > > > RUTH HENRY wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > >I am wondering if anyone can tell me the exact location of Isabella Furnace. My ancestor john Jennings was listed in 1820 census for Isabella Furnace, however he lived at Browntown area. Would this area of Browntown be called Isabella furnace. > > >Regards, Louise > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > >Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > > > > > > > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > > >Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > >