1870 Census shows (Pleasant Township): Aaron Mitchel 28 farmer Tamer 26 James W. 6 Martha 5 Isaac 4 Mary 2 Middleton Mitchel 26 farmer Dorcas 22 Martha 4 Mary L. 2 Daughter 5/12 Several other Mitchel/Mitchell families, but these were the only ones with a Martha aged 4,5 or 6. Curt in Fairfax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jag" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 8:44 PM Subject: Michel/Mitchell > Hello All, > > I'm looking for a Mitchel/Mitchell family. > > Martha Mitchell married in Ritchie Co. WV to S.F. Taylor. They were married > in 1897....she was 32 and he was 20. According to the marriage record she > was from Barbour Co. WV. > > Thanks to the help of someone on the Ritchie Co. list I know there was a > Josiah and Mary Ann Mitchel on the 1870 census records with a daughter > Martha Jane...but the age does not quite match...on the census Martha was > 7...I know this is close and still could be a possiblity. > > But I was wondering is anyone had the Barbour Co. 1870 or 1880 census and > could check there for me? > > Thanks > Jag > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com > The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season >

Hello All, I'm looking for a Mitchel/Mitchell family. Martha Mitchell married in Ritchie Co. WV to S.F. Taylor. They were married in 1897....she was 32 and he was 20. According to the marriage record she was from Barbour Co. WV. Thanks to the help of someone on the Ritchie Co. list I know there was a Josiah and Mary Ann Mitchel on the 1870 census records with a daughter Martha Jane...but the age does not quite match...on the census Martha was 7...I know this is close and still could be a possiblity. But I was wondering is anyone had the Barbour Co. 1870 or 1880 census and could check there for me? Thanks Jag _______________________________________________________ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season

Looking for the death dates and burial place of Jonathan E. Means and his wife Olive Layman. According to the 1900 census of Philippi dist, Barbour Co, W.Vir. Jonathan Means was born Aug 1854 and Oliver Layman Means was born Mar 1849, (both born in Marion Co., WV.) They had children Edna, Maggie, George H, Lelia, Bertie, and Sallie. I apologize if this is a repeat. Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

Cara, I asked the same question a few months back bacause I have family from the Union District, not the Union Township. It turnsout that the District is quite large and I believe may be fouond in both Barbour and Upshur counties. I was told it is shown on various USGS topographic maps. Try this address, http://www.topozone.com (this is a great resource). Have it search for Barbour County and then go to the larger scale, the 1:50,000 or 1:25,000 scales and look in the Swamp Run area between Buchkannon and Audra. You will find the name Union on several protions of the map. I don't recall if I saw the Barker area but it may be there in Barbour County. Just in case you are successful in finding some other information, do you know where the Saw Mill District was/is? Lastly, check out the following addresses for an early 1900's photo of my SANDRIDGE family farm in Audra. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvrandol/sandridg.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbarbou/sandridg.htm -- Cara Plumb/Miller wrote: > Evening All! Can anyone tell me where Union Township and Barker > Township were located during the 1870 census of Barbour Co? Thanks, > Cara -- Don Williams, KD6UVT, with interests in: amateur radio, backpacking, motorcycling and mountaineering. Do you want to be a participant in life or a spectator? [email protected] (email); kd6uvt @ w6tj.#soca.ca.usa.na (packet)

Evening All! Can anyone tell me where Union Township and Barker Township were located during the 1870 census of Barbour Co? Thanks, Cara

I show a Joshua Glasscock born Nov. 7, 1800 marrying an Elizabeth Robinson who is the son of William & Alcy Glasscock. I don't know if Joshua remarried or not?

Anybody know the parents of Mary Polly Booth who married Joshua Glasscock 6Jun1822 in Randolph Co, VA/WV? I think that Joshua's parents were William Glasscock who married Alcy Cole. This should be the Booth family of Marion/Harrison/Barbour and Randolph Counties........... Thanks....Lyle Corder

Several months ago in a brief exchange with a reader on this list, I learned that the name Holder (confused in recorder with Holden) is relatively rare. This evening in an AP story from Tampa, Fla, I saw the name Bennie Holder who is apparently the "police chief" in Tampa. Perhaps a lead to another segment of the family. Nick Sturm

Looking for the death dates and burial place of Jonathan E. Means and his wife Olive Layman. According to the 1900 census of Philippi dist, Barbour Co, W.Vir. Jonathan Means was born Aug 1854 and Oliver Layman Means was born Mar 1849, (both born in Marion Co., WV.) They had children Edna, Maggie, George H, Lelia, Bertie, and Sallie. Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

Patti, Wes Cochran's address is 2515 10th Ave., Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829, and you can get a list of his books and cost at www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/wes.htm. He pays postage and usually sends my orders by return mail. The 1850 Barbour Co. census has Mary Tallman, 35, b. VA with several children, including David, age 5. He was still living with his widowed mother in 1860, age 16. Do you know whether your D. Tallman had siblings? It's so frustrating to find a link to an ancestor but can't find the final proof we need. I hope the marriage record from Barbour will give you some good information. Let me know how it turns out and if I can help further. By the way where do you live? Lillian Dodd Charleston, WV ===================== On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:53:12 -0800 Patti Maksoudian <[email protected]> writes: > Lillian: > > Thanks for the information. So how does someone get in touch with > Wes > Cochran to find out what is in the book? > > Thanks also for the offer to check the census -- I've located Mary > in the > 1850 census and know now who her parents are. My greatest problem > has been > figuring out D. Talman's identity. I've traced them both to the > 1870 census > in Nebraska; D. Talman is listed as Davis Tallman then, born in 1845 > in > Virginia. The only D. Tallman in the 1850 census born about 1845 is > a David > Tallman, who has been reported to have died in 1864, although I > cannot track > down the source of that information.

HI All, An inexpensive way to look at many records is at your local Family History Library where you can look at films and order what you need for viewing. Very inexpensive and many have a Film/Fiche copier for a dime or so. Subscribe to mailto:[email protected] for assistance in using the LDS on line library for numbers. Have good Holidays, John Ciolina (HINES< MCCULLOUGH<FINDLEY<GRANDON<TALBOTT<ENGLAND<DAVIS<LEE)

May I comment. It always pays to examine the original "if one can afford it." If working on history, I'm not sure the relationship matters unless you are applying for membership in a restrictive organization. Of course, when it comes to census records none of us can afford it. Photo-reproductions are a long way from revealing the details the original may possess, and some are really poor, but at least we get something if we use what is available. Any record is better than working without any data. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Merikay Mestad <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 12:01 PM Subject: vital records > > > >Patti, > >Wes Cochran's address is 2515 10th Ave., Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829, and > >you can get a list of his books and cost at > >www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/wes.htm. He pays postage and usually sends my > >orders by return mail. > > Wes' books are a great help, but, if I remember right, he used WPA > abstracted records for some of his books and there are some > differences/omissions from the original records. Always pays to go to the > original if it is a direct ancestor. > >

Thanx for the clarification! http://sites.netscape.net/rickhumphreysusa/homepage -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: vital records Hi to all: Let me give one example of a reason to be careful when using WPA-extracted records. When I was searching early Barbour County records, transcribed by the WPA, the first name "Jepe" kept showing up. Being new to the area at the time, I thought it was a uniquely West Virginian name. Then I searched the original record, and found that all those "Jepe"s were actually "Jesse", written with the old double "s" that very strongly resembles a "p". I was glad I had searched an original, or I would have a lot of "Jepe"s in my family that noone else would ever find! So, be careful. Use the WPA records as a finding tool, then go to the originals, if available. Linda in Utah Merikay Mestad wrote: > > > >Patti, > >Wes Cochran's address is 2515 10th Ave., Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829, and > >you can get a list of his books and cost at > >www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/wes.htm. He pays postage and usually sends my > >orders by return mail. > > Wes' books are a great help, but, if I remember right, he used WPA > abstracted records for some of his books and there are some > differences/omissions from the original records. Always pays to go to the > original if it is a direct ancestor.

Hi to all: Let me give one example of a reason to be careful when using WPA-extracted records. When I was searching early Barbour County records, transcribed by the WPA, the first name "Jepe" kept showing up. Being new to the area at the time, I thought it was a uniquely West Virginian name. Then I searched the original record, and found that all those "Jepe"s were actually "Jesse", written with the old double "s" that very strongly resembles a "p". I was glad I had searched an original, or I would have a lot of "Jepe"s in my family that noone else would ever find! So, be careful. Use the WPA records as a finding tool, then go to the originals, if available. Linda in Utah Merikay Mestad wrote: > > > >Patti, > >Wes Cochran's address is 2515 10th Ave., Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829, and > >you can get a list of his books and cost at > >www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/wes.htm. He pays postage and usually sends my > >orders by return mail. > > Wes' books are a great help, but, if I remember right, he used WPA > abstracted records for some of his books and there are some > differences/omissions from the original records. Always pays to go to the > original if it is a direct ancestor.

> >Patti, >Wes Cochran's address is 2515 10th Ave., Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829, and >you can get a list of his books and cost at >www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/wes.htm. He pays postage and usually sends my >orders by return mail. Wes' books are a great help, but, if I remember right, he used WPA abstracted records for some of his books and there are some differences/omissions from the original records. Always pays to go to the original if it is a direct ancestor.

Excuse me, I meant Lillian Dodd, not Doddman. Sorry, Lillian. Dee.

I, too, am getting messages no intended for me thru WVBARBOU digest. Also there is a [email protected] who has been encountering my messages, and I notice there is a Toothman mentioned in the Lillian Doddman message. Any clues? Dee Randall

Patti, Here they are: 1. D. Talman and Mary Sluss, 3 Sep 1866, p. 29 2. F. M. Tallman and Sarah A. Wilmoth, 3 Jun 1872p. 44 3. R. L. Tallman and Laverna Blake, 20 Sep 1874, p. 47 4. R.. T. George and Sarah A. Tallman, 17 Nov 1876. p. 54 5. William Hymes and Harriett E. Tallman, 26 Feb 1878, p. 57 6. George B. Tallman and Hannah S. Wigle, 25 Apr 1889, p. 86 7. Karah Wilson and Rosa E. Tallman, 12 Nov 1890, p. 90 Lillian ============================== On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:30:42 -0800 Patti Maksoudian <[email protected]> writes: > Lillian: > > Can you check a marriage for me in your Wes Cochran book? Looking > for > David or Davis Tallman marrying a woman by the name of Mary? > Actually > whatever Tallman surnames are listed would be of interest to me. > > Thanks, Patti > > >

1870 Cove Twp 313 Albert D. Roberts 29y CN Clarinda J. 21y VA Sheridan L. 1y WV 317 Orpha Roberts 49y CN Mary E. 15y OH Willard 5y WV Union Twp pg 234 Absalom Roberts 54y VA Rebecca 44y VA Lloyd W. 17y VA Hester A. 8y VA Letcher L. 6y VA Alva D. 5y VA Lillian M Dodd wrote: > > Norma, > I found Absolom and Rebecca in 1850 and 1860 Barbour, but no Dennis. > Here's the listings: > 1850, 879-879 > Absolom Roberts 34 VA farmer > Rebecca 25 VA > Permelia 72 VA > Abigail On'Neal 15 VA > > 1860, 939-938 > Absolom Roberts 43 VA farmer/Meth > Rebecca 33 VA > Loid W. 7 VA > Hester 3/12 VA > > I don't have 1870 Barbour census > Lillian > ================================== > On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:40:53 -0500 Ron & Norma Eckard > <[email protected]> writes: > > I need a lookup in the 1850 and/or 1860 Barbour census. I am > > looking for Denis/Dent Roberts. His father and mother may > > have been Absalom and Rebecca. > > 1870. > > > > Thanks very much for your help if you have this census. > > > > Ron > >

Richard, I received a note from R. Toothman that he received my message to you, so I'm resending it just in case. Lillian ============== Here's what I found in 1860 Barbour, 1496-1496 Martin Myers 64 PA shoemaker Mary 54 MD John Q, 16 VA Louis A. 19 VA Anything else? Lillian Dodd ================= On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 15:34:59 -0500 Richard Manahan <[email protected]> writes: > Dear Ms Dodds, > May I ash if you can find a Martin Myers b. ca Dec 1800 in the > Census? > Thank You, > Richard