-----Original Message----- From: Gudas [mailto:seatide@att.net] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 8:21 AM To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [VASHENAN] FW: {not a subscriber} Naked Creek Tom, Thanks for taking the time to send me all this information about Naked Creek and about James M. Andrews. I haven't previously researched the Lams, but thanks for sharing the information about Elizabeth. I would like to know more about her family. James was my great great grandfather. I haven't been able to locate information about his father Benjamin, but I found James in Harper's Ferry, WVA in the 1870 census and then in Cumberland, Maryland in 1880. It looks like Mahala Short Andrews may have died before 1870 because James has step-children named Miller in the 1870 census and the first name of his wife is illegible, but in 1880 it is Clara. One of his sons, my great grandfather Hiram Jack Andrews, had settled in Shenandoah County in the Ft. Valley by 1882 -- at Elizabeth Furnace. Thanks very much for so much help, Sally Andrews Gudas On Monday, December 29, 2003, at 07:33 AM, Tom Pierce wrote: > > This didn't go through directly. > > Sally, > Naked Creek is the southern boundary of Shenandoah Iron Works District > and forms part of the county line between Page and Rockingham > Counties. It was never part of Shenandoah County as Shenandoah Iron > Works District was taken from Rockingham County in 1831 to become part > of Page County. If you travel south of Shenandoah, Page Co. on Rte > 340, you'll come to a small stream at what used to be a tavern and > park area (The name, Verbena, remains). Turn east there and you'll be > on Naked Creek. Most of the people in that area in the late 1800's > worked at, or were somehow associated with, Shenandoah Iron Furnace > No. 2. The furnace was just on the Rockingham side of the creek but > the operations generally straddled the creek. I'm not very familiar > with the Andrews family, but I see they are mixed in with Merica's, > Mozingo's, Eppard's, McAllister's, etc, all of whom were associated > with the furnace. > >> In 1860, James M. Andrew's wife was Elizabeth G., daughter of >> Zachariah and Lucy Lamb of Rockingham County. The family name is now >> Lam and they were found all around that area, including up on the >> Blue Ridge. Anyway, Elizabeth died of cancer Dec 5, 1860 (Page Co. >> death records) and James married Mahala Short Mar 19, 1861 (The short >> time between marriages was common when there were children to take >> care of). Mahala was a distant relative of mine (I don't know how at >> the moment but she was probably a third cousin, six times removed or >> something). So, in that marriage (Page County Marriage Register), >> James' parents are listed as Benjamin and Sarah of Warren County. >> James' birthplace is also given as Warren. >> >> >> >> I don't know what became of the family. However, if you are descended >> from Elizabeth, there should be a lot of Lam information available. >> >> >> >> Tom