Oh no! I am sorry everyone for sending this to the list. It's so confusing with some lists having replies sent to the list and another list having them sent to the person. Sorry about that again and sorry Allison.

In a message dated 6/28/99 3:16:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Looking for anyone researching John H. (i believe the middle name is High) Vaughan/Vaughan who was born in the 1780s in Brunswick Co VA and died in Greenbrier COunty West Virginia and married to a woman named Rebecca . They also married in Brunswick County. Both are buried in the Old stone church cemetary in Lewisburg West Virginia. i descend from their son Joshua B. Vaughn/Vaughan. Any help appreciated >> Alison, May I forward your letter to someone who also has Vaughns? Beth

To all of you wonderful people who jumped right on my e-mail: Unfortunately, I'm not home and do not have the URL with me. I tried to use favorite places to put a hyperlink in the note, but since I'm not on my own computer it doesn't want to cooperate. I have been trying for the last two hours to locate the web page to get the URL, but without my favorite places I'm lost. I will continue to try and locate the page and if successful will get to everyone. I will be home in a week, but I hope to solve this situation sooner. If anyone has a solution, I would love to hear it. Again, thanks. Bob in Atlanta

Please go to the Home Page of the Robert O. Wilson Family to see pictures and a short narrative concerning his father. It will be clear that it is a serious mystery if you will do this. I have tried everything else that I can imagine to solve this mystery. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I thank you. Bob in Atlanta

What is the URL to get to the home page? On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:11:46 EDT, [email protected] wrote: > Please go to the Home Page of the Robert O. Wilson Family to see pictures and > a short narrative concerning his father. It will be clear that it is a > serious mystery > if you will do this. I have tried everything else that I can imagine to > solve this > mystery. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > I thank you. > Bob in Atlanta > > > ==== WVA Mailing List ==== > Adrianne Hopkins Listowner [email protected] > To keep free access to genealogical data, consider sending a donation to RootsWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

To Janet Waite, This passage was taken from the History of Ritchie Co.: Daniel Mason and his wife Rachel Deacon, came from Marion county as early as 1852, and settled near Cornwallis, and from there removed to the Mt. Pisgah vicinity where their grandson, Thomas Mason now lives. Here they passed from earth and in the White Oak churchyard they repose. Their eldest son Thomas, lost his life in the Union service; Reilly and Sanford are of Webster county; Eber is of Pennsboro; Frank, of California; Webster met a tragic death from an accidental discharge of a gun in his young manhood, and the only daughter died in infancy. I know you have been working on this publication and was hoping you could help me with some information. Where did she get her information? I descend from this Daniel Mason and Rachel Dicken/Deacon but there were more children in the family and I have nothing on a Webster Mason. Daniel and Rachel were married on Sep. 17,1832. Children I have for Daniel and rachel are: Eber Mason Riley Mason Lucinda Mason died in childhood Thomas Mason Eli Mason Franklin Mason John D. Mason Daniel W. Mason Sanford L. Mason All info. I have states that Thomas was not the eldest son but rather Eber was. Can you shed any light on this??? Thanks in advance for your help Julie _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

Hello, I seek cousins of my Weaver and Mason families. Flora Mason b.abt.1881 in WV married Ardie Weaver, date unk. in WV. they had three known children: Walter Weaver Essie Weaver married Herman Jenkins Mabel Weaver married ?? Wise I know at some points in time Flora Mason's siblings lived in Parkersburg, Cairo WV. and some went to Akron OHIO. Any cousins out there? Julie _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

Looking for anyone researching John H. (i believe the middle name is High) Vaughan/Vaughan who was born in the 1780s in Brunswick Co VA and died in Greenbrier COunty West Virginia and married to a woman named Rebecca . They also married in Brunswick County. Both are buried in the Old stone church cemetary in Lewisburg West Virginia. i descend from their son Joshua B. Vaughn/Vaughan. Any help appreciated Alison

Hi All W Va friends, I am from Perth West Australia & I am looking to make contact with some family members from the following lines of mine who all come from W VA or V with the exception of my parents born West Aust & Grandmother born Scotland. Parents: Andrew McCulley Shore & Muriel Ruth BOLEY , GParents: Alfred Jackson Boley & Martha Edith Grenville. GGParents: William M Boley & Rachel Bays. 2xGGParents: Bluford Boley & Mary Howard. 3xGGParents: John Boley & Rebecca Rector. 4xGGParents: John Boley & Hannah (Rust?). I am in contact with my cousin Harold V Boley of W VA, but would love to meet other members doing FH. Harold is my mother's nephew from her father's 1st marriage to Mary Alice Pitsenbarger. I have met a few people all ready who have been wonderful. Please feel free to have a looksee at my mini web address below, I have listed all USA family names along with all others I'm trying to find or have found. Thanks, Regards Helen G. Perth, West Australia Email: [email protected] Looking for Mowco(o)mber/Malcomber anytime/anywhere. My Family Research Names are at: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/gun01.html

I am searching for any information on D. Miles Gilmore. I don't know what the D stands for. I estimate he was born around 1815 or 1820 but not sure. It is thought that he came from Ireland. I don't know anything for sure because he disappeared and the family heard nothing else from him. I think he had a temper that caused him to get in scrapes with the law, causing him to move around. I'm hoping that someone will recognize or remember seeing the name somewhere. Any information appreciated, thank you, Sonja

Dear List members, I have hit the proverbial brick wall big time on my FOREST/FORREST family. JAMES FOREST/FORREST married MAZIE GORDON in Botetourt Co VA in 1805. (I believe Mazie was the daughter of GILES GORDON). This James Forest/Forrest next shows up in Gallia/Meigs Co OH circa 1807. The only other mention I've found for a James Forest/Forrest is a 1800 Botetourt Co VA tax list - upper district- for one male and one horse and I don't know if this is my James for sure. James' father was a JOHN FOREST/FORREST who was married at least twice (maybe three times). His last wife was ROSANA/ROSINA CARPENTER. Haven't been able to locate a marriage record for them although other records show that this Rosana/Rosina was in W. VA prior to her marriage. . This John's other wives may have had the first names of SERIAH, AWZILLA, AURILLA. Could I ask list members to check their data for any mention of FOREST, FORREST, GORDON, CARPENTER? Any clues or hints would be greatly appreciated and I would try to reciprocate in some way. Do you have any unidentified Seriahs, Awzillas, Aurillas?? Do any of you have any of these surnames that ended up in OH? HELP!!! Thanking you for your attention. PENNY [email protected]

Does anyone recognize these names. I have some pictures or remembrance cards for them. Warren K. LAWYER; picture - appears to be about 7 years old; very old but no dates on picture. Photographer's address: Lovejoy, 26 W. State St., Trenton, N. J. Anna Marie Schlenker HORY; picture - by clothing and hairstyle, may have been taken early 1900's John B. SLIKER; remebrance card - died Sept. 20th 1895; age 59y 27 days. -- Larry Heffner Kingwood, Texas

At 12:17 AM 6/26/99 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >Hi there. I am looking for info on a "Bird" Holt who was born in Gilmer Co, >WV about 1874 or so and married Seymore Smarr in the same County in 1893. I >know of two of their children female Ora Smarr and son Hartsell Smarr. >Family story says that Bird was a full blooded Cherokee Indian and that >Seymore "fetched" her from a reservation to be his wife. Other stories are >that her mother was the Indian. Looking for any info on Bird or her family >or on the history of Cherokee Indians in VA or WV and where there >reservations were. Would love to learn more about this family. >Please email me if you have any info or suggestions. It is greatly Kara, There was (is?) a Indian community near Buckhannon known as "Guineas." I've seen someone post on the Melungeon list (Melungeon-L) about them being a branch of the Delaware tribe (the Mannoy, I think) that isn't Federally recognized. There's a brief article about them on http://www.melungeons.org: you may have to do a search on the site to find the article. I have a picture of a Guinea descendant, my gggrandfather, Henry Colerider (b. in Buckhannon), at http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~elwhitaker/mystanc.html. He's the dark gentleman in the center of the small picture. Elizabeth Whitaker

Hello everyone. I'm looking for information on the Blessing surname, specifically I would like to find one Samuel Joseph Blessing (born in 1852 in what became West Virginia). I am unsure as to the county so unfortunately I will have to post this information without any other clues as to the location of Samuel's birth or residence. He married a Lucy Bell Rainey (born about 1857 somewhere in West Virginia) and they had 13 children, all of whom are said to have been born in West Virginia: Bert, Joseph Samuel, Claude, Cecil, Ansel, Carl, Clermont, Clarence, Bessie, Virginia, Mary, Sally, and Margaret. Their births are no specific order. I would appreciate any resonses pertaining to these people. Thank you. Brandon

On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 08:23:16 PDT, B. Steven wrote: > Hello All, > > To bring you up to date on the James H. Harris saga!! > > This is James' parents and sibs: > > b. Sarah (Sally) CARSON b. Jan. 6, 1797; d. April 8, 1872; m. Robert (Robin) > Harris b. 1795 d. June 18, 1867. > > 1. Susan J. Harris. > 2. James H. Harris. > 3. Sara Isabel Harris. > 4. Samuel C. Harris. > > > > Now supposedly this Robert Harris' father was also A Robert Harris. > > If you know anything please let me know! > Julie > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ > _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

Hi All, Need some help on finding Greenwall Cemetery, Mineral Co., West Virginia. I believe that Alexander Bane d December 24, 1856 is buried there along with his wife Hester d April 23, 1859. I believe Hester in fact is Mary Hester Westall. Please note VA census of 1830, 1840, and 1850 show!!! VIRGINIA 1830 CENSUS DATA NAME AGE OCCUPATION BORN RESIDENCE ALEXANDER BANE (48) 40-49 FARMER PA HAMPSHIRE MARY H. BANE (38) 30-39 WIFE PA pg. 005 WILLIAM BANE (9) 5-9 VA THOMAS BANE (8) 5-9 VA ZIMRI BANE (6) 5-9 VA HESTER BANE (4) 1-4 VA JAMES BANE (1) 1-4 VA VIRGINIA 1840 CENSUS DATA ISAAC BANE (9) 5-9 VA pg. 199 ROBERT BANE (5) 5-9 VA VIRGINIA 1850 CENSUS DATA ALEXANDER BANE 68 FARMER PA HAMPSHIRE MARY H. BANE 58 WIFE PA pg. 189 WILLIAM BANE 30 FARMER VA THOMAS BANE 28 FARMER VA ZIMRI BANE 26 FARMER VA HESTER BANE 24 VA JAMES BANE 21 FARMER VA ISAAC BANE 19 FARMER VA ROBERT BANE 15 FARMER VA Does anyone live near this cemetery and could do a lookup for me. Does anyone have the 1830, 1840, and 1850 Va. census and could they varify the above. Any help would be more than appreciated. Bob Westall

Don....I didn't find any of your Stantons in my Ritchie Co. Cemetery Book but did find the following. CALHOUN CO., WV CEMETERIES BETHLEHEM Cemetery; located on St. Rte. 5 about 1 mile east of Grantsville. Harry R. STANTON 1884-1969 Clara E. STANTON 1889-1954 -- Larry Heffner Kingwood, Texas

Hi there. I am looking for info on a "Bird" Holt who was born in Gilmer Co, WV about 1874 or so and married Seymore Smarr in the same County in 1893. I know of two of their children female Ora Smarr and son Hartsell Smarr. Family story says that Bird was a full blooded Cherokee Indian and that Seymore "fetched" her from a reservation to be his wife. Other stories are that her mother was the Indian. Looking for any info on Bird or her family or on the history of Cherokee Indians in VA or WV and where there reservations were. Would love to learn more about this family. Please email me if you have any info or suggestions. It is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Kara Dowell [email protected]

I am searching for any information pertaining to William Montgomery, Harry Robert, and Harry Donald STANTON They moved to WV from PA in 1922, Harry Robert and/or William M. may have been living in Bluefiled in 1937 when Harry Donald STANTON married Josephine Elizabeth HARRIS of Russellville, Logan, KY . William M., Harry R., and Harry D. were Civil Engineers. William M. was married to Florence M. SLIGH Jan 1923 in Parkersburgh, Wood, WV. He died 3 Feb ?? and is burried someplace between Harrisville, WV and Big Bend, WV in a cemetery on a hill near a crossroad with SR 16. Harry R. lived in Wheeling, WV in 1935 He was married 5 times after moving to WV. He was living with his 5th wife Thelma SIMONS (poss married 1964/5 near Big Bend, WV) when he died 6 Jan 1969 in Pennsboro, Richie, WV. Harry D. and Josephine E. lived in Roanoak, VA for a year or two after their marriage and then moved to Evansville, IN where they lived until their divorce in 1947. Harry D. died 21 Oct 1961 Monticello, IN. And information will be greatly appreciated. Have a nice day, Don Stanton [email protected] ICQ# 3352312 Yahoo Pager: TeeSquare1

for W VA records. Albert Ceil CROOKSHANKS SR Huron Co.NORWALK,OHIO - Albert Ceil CROOKSHANKS SR., 70, of Norwalk,OH., Died Wednesday 23 June 1999 at the Veterans Administration Wade Park Medical Center in Cleveland following an extended Illness. (Heart attack) He was born June 12, 1929, in Kingston, W.VA., and Had lived in the Milan - Norwalk area since 1955, When he was honorably discharged from the Army. He is survived by his fiance, Loucreassia CASE of Norwalk,OHIO. daughters, Mrs Alex(Alicia)WARD of Norwalk, Kim GROSSBECK of New London, Mrs.Tom(Lena)KNOTT of Wakeman, Mrs.Lina SCOTT of Texas; Sons,Alert Ceil CROOKSHANKS JR of Monroeville, John and Robert CROOKSHANKS both of Norwalk; sisters,Mrs.Sonny(Susan)BRAMMER and Mrs. James(Nellie)FORD, both of West Virginia, Mrs. Mike(Mary) MARSECANO of New York, Viola BOOTH of Pennsylvania; a brother, Roy CROOKSHANKS of Maryland; 13 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Audery (CHILDERS)CROOKSHANKS from W VA. his parents, John and Lena(HOWELL)CROOKSHANKS brothers Raymond and Robert; and sisters, Helen and Mable. Friends may call from 2 to 4pm and 6 to 8pm on June 25, 1999 at the Rawle - Kubach - Smith Funeral Home, 1 South Main Street. Milan,OHIO where services will be held at 11 am on Saturday June 26, 1999. with the Rev.James FORD, brother-in-law of Albert, Officiating. Burial will follow in Milan Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association,Northeast Ohio Affiliate, 1689 East 115th Street, Cleveland,OHIO 44106-3988. I hope this will help someone and someone please put this on W VA records for me. LEE Notices:HURON CO.NORTH FAIRFIELD,OHIO - MUSEUM NEEDS REPAIRS BADLY OR WE WILL BE FORCE TO CLOSE. YOUR DONATIONS ARE GREATLY NEEDED! Email for the MUSEUM ONLY: [email protected] SEND TO: NORTH FAIRFIELD FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 865 Townline RD 131 East North Fairfield,OHIO 44855 ATT:MUSEUM REPAIRS Hours: Every Sunday from 2 - 4pm from June to Oct. E-Mail us at: [email protected] JAY & LEE - OHIO