Someone in this group OR someone on the Poling List has worked on the George W. Gainer line. If you get a response could we all see it? I have Gainer on my paternal line too. (Many of the Gainer went to Gilmer, Eugene may have gone that direction too.) Nick Sturm ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda Ericsson <tucson2@mindspring.com> To: <WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 11:47 PM Subject: MATHEW/GAINER > In 1992 I found an article HISTORY OF THE GAINER FAMILY by W.S. Lang, > undated, in the Belington Public Library. It includes the following (no > dates given): > > Daniel GAINER m. Rachel MATHEW, d/o Isaac MATHEW. Daniel was s/o George W. > GAINER and Phoebe SCHOONOVER (they lived near the present location of > Montrose). > > Celia M. GAINER m. as her first husband Eugenus D. MATHEW (her second > husband was Berkley D. Phillips). Celia was d/o George E. GAINER and Mary > Jane HARRIS. George E. was s/o George W. GAINER and Phoebe SCHOONOVER. > > My notes on the MATHEW family show that Rachel was b. abt 1832, and > Eugenius/Eugenus s/o Isaac MATHEW was b. abt 1842. I did not find Eugenius > in Barbour Co. after 1860. > > Does anyone know of proof of the two GAINER/MATHEW marriages above? Is the > lineage correct for the GAINERs? > > Thanks, > Brenda > >