This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/929.1 Message Board Post: John Floyd White born Apri 22 1860 in Mercer Co. Va. Died March 26, 1930 @ Racine, W.V. Buried @ Bloomingrose, W.V. Occupation: Stone Mason Parents :Rhoda Duncan and Floyd White INfo Recorded in Boone Co. Death record Book 2 Page 416

Hello David and Pam - Here are the Belchers in Boone in 1870: 1. Harrison Belcher, age 27 - living with Francis Meadows - son of Micajah & Malinda (Ball) Belcher-Sherman district 2. John A. Belcher, age 39-son of Micajah and Malinda too - living in Sherman with wife Jemima, age 44 d/o Berry and Rhoda (?) Cauley; children are Green Chapman Belcher, Rhoda M., William Henry, Mary D., Berry M., Martha J. 3. John W. Belcher. age 31 -son of Henry and Annie Belcher of Mercer Co. with wife Rebecca W., age 25 d/o Thomas and Eleanor (Snodgrass) Payne and one child Catherine B. age 1, who died in 1885 - in Scott district 4. Micajah Belcher, age 66, son of Isham and Patsy (Hodges) Belcher who marr. 19 Feb 1828; his wife Malinda, age 61, d/o (?) and Sussannah Ball; Mary E., age 36; and Rebecca age 3 who later married Samuel H. Gillespie- Sherman dist. 5. Micajah Belcher Jr., age 21s/o Micajah and Malinda and wife Eliza d/o Simeon and Eva Bradley - Sherman dist. 6. Robert D. Belcher, age 50, and wife Rebecca, 42, d/o John and Jane Belcher - died 12 Aug 1877; 2nd marriage to Nancy Harvey; children from first marriage John W. age 25 and Martha J. age 20 It appears that half the Belchers in Va/WVa had a daughter Rebecca. My poor gg grandmother Rebecca Belcher Stewart - I wonder if I'll ever find her. Her husband was Elias Stewart. They were from Mercer Co. moving to Boone in mid-1860s. They had 13 children. Rebecca died in an automobile accident at Racine in 1900 at age 72. I have the 1900 Belchers in Boone as well. You all take care. Rick Stewart David Halstead wrote: > > Hello Richard, > I possibly might be able to help you some on your grandmother. My Grandmother was > Martha Jane Belcher Halstead Sturgill. Her father was John and his father was > Macajer. > according to the info that I have been able to collect the Belchers did in fact > migrate from down in Mercer county and from there they came from southern > Virginia. I do have some information on them and best of all I have a friend in > D.C. that works in the genology Dept. She has sent me some info. which I will > look up and > forward to you. > The Belchers that I remember were Chapman and Lettie and they had several > children, Ray, Tom, Roy and at least one girl that I don't remember her name. > These all lived in Boone County. > I'll dig through my files and see what I can come up with. > Keep in touch. > David > ps , I live in Arkansas now but grew up in Blooming Rose , Boone County. > > Richard Carlyle Stewart wrote: > > > Hello - Would you tell me about your Belchers? My gg grandmother Rebecca > Belcher Stewart, wife of Elias, and their children moved to Boone from Mercer in > the mid-1860s. I have had no success in tracing Rebecca. I suspect she must be > related to the Belchers that were in Boone during this time period. Thanks. > Rick Stewart > > cen07490@centuryinter.net wrote: > > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > Classification: Query > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jEC.2ACI/889.2 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > Hello Don, > > > My name is David Halstead and I too lived at Bloomingrose all my life until > I > > > enetred military service at age 19 back in the early 50's I still have > relatives > > > there and go back there quite often. > > > Please contact me by e-mail and I will give you some addresses back there. > > > I am related to the Belchers, Prides,and several others back there. I would > be > > > glad to exchange info. with you. > > > David cen07490@centuryinter.net > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > >

My grandfather, James Burton Peters, lived on Toneys Branch in Bloomingrose. He attended the local Church of Christ. Does anyone have any information on the local Church of Christ? Would any of its members remember my grandfather? He went by the name of Burton. One of his Burton's sons, James A. Peters, also lived on Toneys Branch with his wife "Toody" and daughters Carolyn & Debbie. Debbie Peters married Bob Milam & lives in the house now. Debbie's son, Anthony Peters, lives just down the road with his wife & daughter Dakota. Hope some of this triggers some memories. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

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Hello - Would you tell me about your Belchers? My gg grandmother Rebecca Belcher Stewart, wife of Elias, and their children moved to Boone from Mercer in the mid-1860s. I have had no success in tracing Rebecca. I suspect she must be related to the Belchers that were in Boone during this time period. Thanks. Rick Stewart cen07490@centuryinter.net wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jEC.2ACI/889.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello Don, > My name is David Halstead and I too lived at Bloomingrose all my life until I > enetred military service at age 19 back in the early 50's I still have relatives > there and go back there quite often. > Please contact me by e-mail and I will give you some addresses back there. > I am related to the Belchers, Prides,and several others back there. I would be > glad to exchange info. with you. > David cen07490@centuryinter.net > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jEC.2ACI/889.2 Message Board Post: Hello Don, My name is David Halstead and I too lived at Bloomingrose all my life until I enetred military service at age 19 back in the early 50's I still have relatives there and go back there quite often. Please contact me by e-mail and I will give you some addresses back there. I am related to the Belchers, Prides,and several others back there. I would be glad to exchange info. with you. David cen07490@centuryinter.net

In a message dated 11/15/01 5:23:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, BERNDTHOUSE writes: > 1900 census under > Green Woodrum in the Scott District of Boone Cty WV > Green and Louisa were married 21 yrs at the date they visited the house. > She had had 8 children with only 5 living. > children that were listed are: > Louisa born May 1883 > Virginia born Jan (or Jun) 1885 > Dora born Feb 1890 > Geneva born July 1894 > and Irven born May 1877 (23 yrs old) this matches Irvin from his previous > marriage > the 3 dead children must be the ones I don't have dates for, wonder if anyone has Boone death records? Descendants of Louisa Dolin 1 Louisa DOLIN b: 1853 .. +Green WOODRUM b: 1840 in Logan Co., VA m: Abt. 1878 d: Aft. 1911 in Kanawha Co., WV Father: Archibald B WOODRUM Mother: Mary "Polly" GORE 2 Bertie WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia d: Bef. 1911 2 Isaac WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia d: Bef. 1911 2 Sarah WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia d: Bef. 1911 2 J McHenry WOODRUM b: July 1879 in West Virginia 2 Louisa Belle WOODRUM b: May 1883 in West Virginia 2 Virginia C WOODRUM b: January 1885 in West Virginia 2 Dora/Loria WOODRUM b: February 1890 in West Virginia 2 Geneva WOODRUM b: July 1894 in West Virginia Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010! PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME VIRUS WARNINGS, JOKES, CHAIN LETTERS, ETC. Thanks I will gladly exchange genealogy information if you will kindly do the same.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richard Paul Kinnison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jEC.2ACI/52.566 Message Board Post: The last name Kinnison is from a WELSH origin and started from people who lived in Kinferstown . It evolved to Kinstown Kinnistown and finally kinnison . My father was Richard William Kinnison born in Cody WY in 1937. R.P. Kinnison Springfield/Eugene OR 11-15-01

Hello - Someone mentioned a newspaper called the Boone Democrat or something like that - it preceded the Coal Valley News. Are there archives for this paper? My gg grandmother, Rebecca Belcher Stewart, died in an automobile accident in Racine in 1900. I would think this might have been newsworthy. Both my Stewart and Belcher lines are dead ends at present. I know nothing about Rebecca other than her last name of Belcher and the fact she and husband Elias Stewart and children came from Mercer Co. to Boone in mid-1860s. Elias' parents are Robert and Mary Stewart of Mercer/Giles Va and NO relation to Ralph Stewart. Any info on the Democrat would be appreciated. Richard Stewart P.S. Happy Belated Birthday to Yvonne Booz.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sansom Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/435.466.468.472.477.482.481.2.1.1.2.2 Message Board Post: Hey I tried to email you but it came back is this right ucjewell@aol.com ? Marie

In a message dated 11/12/01 4:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, kzerkle@hotmail.com writes: > Manasseh Byrnside and his wife Pharlenia Lydia Casdorph is the main group. > Any of their children. My grandmother was their daughter Mary Elizabeth > Byrnside married Baccus "Baxter" Lafayette Smith. I have dates and such. > But any of the family from Benjamin Byrnside. I am trying to get more > information on James Byrnside Sr., his marriage/? to Susannah Meadows. > Looking for a marriage cert. or any thing. He was married to Isabella > Patterson before that. kzerkle@hotmail.com Thanks Kim > James and Susannah were not married, here are the children, cousin Fran has more on this line, is this your family? I don't have parents for Susannah Descendants of James Byrneside 1 James BYRNESIDE b: 1737 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bet. 1812 - 1816 in Monroe Co., VA Burial: Greenhill Cem., Monroe Co., WV .. +Isabella Elizabeth PATTERSON b: Abt. 1737 in Augusta Co., VA m: Abt. 1758 in Augusta Co., VA d: 1806 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Nathan PATTERSON Mother: Isabel ERWIN 2 Matthew BYRNESIDE b: in Virginia 2 Esther Wallace BYRNESIDE b: 1761 in Augusta Co., VA d: 1838 .... +William SHANKS m: Bef. 1780 *2nd Husband of Esther Wallace BYRNESIDE: .... +Edward BARRETT b: 1740 in Dublin, Ireland m: 30 January 1782 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1829 in Cabell Co., VA 2 Isabella BYRNESIDE b: 1762 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1802 in Monroe Co., VA .... +John CALES b: Bet. 1751 - 1753 in Burlington Co., NJ m: Bet. 1782 - 1783 in Augusta Co., VA d: 25 June 1834 in Eaton, Preble Co., OH Father: David CALES Mother: Parthena ALBERDINA 2 John BYRNESIDE b: 15 April 1763 in Augusta Co., VA d: 10 October 1816 in Union, Monroe Co., VA .... +Elizabeth ALEXANDER b: 03 December 1777 m: 05 April 1797 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 27 February 1855 in Monroe Co., VA 2 William BYRNESIDE b: Abt. 1765 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bef. 1806 .... +Melvina ALEXANDER 2 James BYRNESIDE, Jr. b: 1767 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bef. 1850 in Boone Co., VA .... +Anne CALDWELL b: 1767 m: 07 February 1787 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1840 2 Rachel BYRNESIDE b: 1769 in Augusta Co., VA d: 26 March 1823 in Monroe Co., VA .... +Thomas WYATT b: 1754 in Loudoun Co., VA m: 14 September 1784 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 12 March 1823 in Franklin Co., MO 2 Sarah BYRNESIDE b: 1771 in Augusta Co., VA .... +Nathan ROBINET m: 01 November 1790 in Greenbrier Co., VA 2 Martha BURNSIDE b: 1772 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bef. July 1845 in Kanawha Co., VA/WV .... +Arris P MEADOWS b: Bet. 1760 - 1763 in Augusta? Co., VA m: 11 February 1791 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1826 in Kanawha Co., VA Father: Francis MEADOWS, Sr. Mother: Mary BELL *2nd Husband of Martha BURNSIDE: .... +Robert CHAMBERS m: Aft. 1832 2 Mary BURNSIDE b: 1774 in Augusta Co., VA d: 1852 in Cabell Co., VA .... +George ALFORD b: Abt. 1763 in Ireland m: 14 February 1793 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1830 in Cabell Co., VA *Partner of James BYRNESIDE: .. +Susannah MEADOWS b: Bet. 1765 - 1784 in Virginia m: Abt. 1800 in not married 2 Jehue BYRNESIDE b: in Virginia 2 Joseph BYRNESIDE b: 08 April 1798 in Kanawha Co., VA/WV d: 10 October 1869 in Middleport, Meigs Co., OH .... +Lucinda FIELDS *2nd Wife of Joseph BYRNESIDE: .... +Sally HARLESS m: 08 April 1823 in Kanawha Co., VA/WV 2 Female BYRNESIDE b: Bet. 1800 - 1810 in Virginia 2 Female BYRNESIDE b: Bet. 1800 - 1810 in Virginia 2 Benjamin Elijah BURNSIDE b: 1805 in Montgomery Co., VA d: 03 April 1884 in Boone Co., WV .... +Elizabeth MILLER m: Abt. 1810 d: in Boone Co., VA Father: Jacob MILLER *2nd Wife of Benjamin Elijah BURNSIDE: .... +Cynthia ALFORD b: 1812 m: 20 January 1828 in Cabell Co., VA d: Bet. 1870 - 1879 Father: George ALFORD Mother: Mary BURNSIDE Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010! PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME VIRUS WARNINGS, JOKES, CHAIN LETTERS, ETC. Thanks I will gladly exchange genealogy information if you will kindly do the same.

In a message dated 11/12/01 4:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, kzerkle@hotmail.com writes: > Manasseh Byrnside and his wife Pharlenia Lydia Casdorph is the main group. > Any of their children. My grandmother was their daughter Mary Elizabeth > Byrnside married Baccus "Baxter" Lafayette Smith. I have dates and such. > But any of the family from Benjamin Byrnside. I am trying to get more > information on James Byrnside Sr., his marriage/? to Susannah Meadows. > Looking for a marriage cert. or any thing. He was married to Isabella > Patterson before that. kzerkle@hotmail.com Thanks Kim > James and Susannah were not married, here are the children, cousin Fran has more on this line, is this your family? I don't have parents for Susannah Descendants of James Byrneside 1 James BYRNESIDE b: 1737 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bet. 1812 - 1816 in Monroe Co., VA Burial: Greenhill Cem., Monroe Co., WV .. +Isabella Elizabeth PATTERSON b: Abt. 1737 in Augusta Co., VA m: Abt. 1758 in Augusta Co., VA d: 1806 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Nathan PATTERSON Mother: Isabel ERWIN 2 Matthew BYRNESIDE b: in Virginia 2 Esther Wallace BYRNESIDE b: 1761 in Augusta Co., VA d: 1838 .... +William SHANKS m: Bef. 1780 *2nd Husband of Esther Wallace BYRNESIDE: .... +Edward BARRETT b: 1740 in Dublin, Ireland m: 30 January 1782 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1829 in Cabell Co., VA 2 Isabella BYRNESIDE b: 1762 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1802 in Monroe Co., VA .... +John CALES b: Bet. 1751 - 1753 in Burlington Co., NJ m: Bet. 1782 - 1783 in Augusta Co., VA d: 25 June 1834 in Eaton, Preble Co., OH Father: David CALES Mother: Parthena ALBERDINA 2 John BYRNESIDE b: 15 April 1763 in Augusta Co., VA d: 10 October 1816 in Union, Monroe Co., VA .... +Elizabeth ALEXANDER b: 03 December 1777 m: 05 April 1797 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 27 February 1855 in Monroe Co., VA 2 William BYRNESIDE b: Abt. 1765 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bef. 1806 .... +Melvina ALEXANDER 2 James BYRNESIDE, Jr. b: 1767 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bef. 1850 in Boone Co., VA .... +Anne CALDWELL b: 1767 m: 07 February 1787 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1840 2 Rachel BYRNESIDE b: 1769 in Augusta Co., VA d: 26 March 1823 in Monroe Co., VA .... +Thomas WYATT b: 1754 in Loudoun Co., VA m: 14 September 1784 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 12 March 1823 in Franklin Co., MO 2 Sarah BYRNESIDE b: 1771 in Augusta Co., VA .... +Nathan ROBINET m: 01 November 1790 in Greenbrier Co., VA 2 Martha BURNSIDE b: 1772 in Augusta Co., VA d: Bef. July 1845 in Kanawha Co., VA/WV .... +Arris P MEADOWS b: Bet. 1760 - 1763 in Augusta? Co., VA m: 11 February 1791 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1826 in Kanawha Co., VA Father: Francis MEADOWS, Sr. Mother: Mary BELL *2nd Husband of Martha BURNSIDE: .... +Robert CHAMBERS m: Aft. 1832 2 Mary BURNSIDE b: 1774 in Augusta Co., VA d: 1852 in Cabell Co., VA .... +George ALFORD b: Abt. 1763 in Ireland m: 14 February 1793 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 1830 in Cabell Co., VA *Partner of James BYRNESIDE: .. +Susannah MEADOWS b: Bet. 1765 - 1784 in Virginia m: Abt. 1800 in not married 2 Jehue BYRNESIDE b: in Virginia 2 Joseph BYRNESIDE b: 08 April 1798 in Kanawha Co., VA/WV d: 10 October 1869 in Middleport, Meigs Co., OH .... +Lucinda FIELDS *2nd Wife of Joseph BYRNESIDE: .... +Sally HARLESS m: 08 April 1823 in Kanawha Co., VA/WV 2 Female BYRNESIDE b: Bet. 1800 - 1810 in Virginia 2 Female BYRNESIDE b: Bet. 1800 - 1810 in Virginia 2 Benjamin Elijah BURNSIDE b: 1805 in Montgomery Co., VA d: 03 April 1884 in Boone Co., WV .... +Elizabeth MILLER m: Abt. 1810 d: in Boone Co., VA Father: Jacob MILLER *2nd Wife of Benjamin Elijah BURNSIDE: .... +Cynthia ALFORD b: 1812 m: 20 January 1828 in Cabell Co., VA d: Bet. 1870 - 1879 Father: George ALFORD Mother: Mary BURNSIDE Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010! PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME VIRUS WARNINGS, JOKES, CHAIN LETTERS, ETC. Thanks I will gladly exchange genealogy information if you will kindly do the same.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnside / Byrnside Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/937.2 Message Board Post: Manasseh Byrnside and his wife Pharlenia Lydia Casdorph Byrnside is the main group. Any of their children. My grandmother was their daughter Mary Elizabeth Byrnside Smith married Baccus "Baxter" Lafayette Smith. I have dates and such. But any of the family from Benjamin Byrnside. I am trying to get more information on James Byrnside, Sr. and his marrage/? to Susannah Meadows. Looking for a marrage cert. or any thing. He was married to Isabella Patterson before that. kzerkle@hotmail.com Thanks Kim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: sansom Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/435.466.468.472.477.482.481.2.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: OH! I'm sorry I got behind I'll go do that know. Marie

Hello. Yes, it has been awhile. A little over 34 years, to be exact. That's the reason I wanted to talk. I thought I'd catch you up on what you've missed. For starters, I graduated college. Twice! Thank you for stressing education & for the discipline you instilled in me. That really helped. I don't know if I could have done it without you. Married? Yes sir! It happened on 20 July 1985. She's a beautiful girl. A very caring & giving person. I think you'd approve of Nancy. Children? Two lovely little girls, 10 and 7. We named the first one after you. Her grandmother thinks the naming was quite appropriate since little Shelby is as stubborn as big Shelby was. But you and I know Mom. She can hold her own in that department. The youngest is Katelyn. She looks just like me when I was little. Poor thing! We even call her "little Michael." She just smiles. Yes, I show the girls all the old pictures & tell them the stories. Mom? Oh she's a trooper. You'd be proud of her. After you left, she put herself through school & became a nurse. She's been nursing now for about 32 years. She loves it! Times were hard in the beginning. But we made it. And you know those early days were some of the best of my life. Each time I graduated, I gave her the diploma. She worked as hard or harder than I did to get there. She was well deserving. What am I doing with myself? Besides working, I've taken up a new hobby -- genealogy. Yes, family history. It can be very rewarding. Yes, I know I could have asked you. I thought there'd be more time. How did I get into that? I met Herbert's daughter online. What? That's computer lingo. When you're online, you can send someone a letter & they get it instantly. Anyway, Gracie infected me with the genealogy virus. It is great! I am constantly finding new cousins and friends. Hope they never find a cure for this ailment. By the way, how is Uncle Herbert? Good! Tell him, I said hello. Gracie then introduced me to some wonderful people who are members of what we call the Raleigh County list. There we discuss the mines & Coal River. We talk about places named Marfork, Edwight & Naoma. Yes, I know you told me about those places. I visited Grandpa Peters' old place last time I was in Boone County. It was right after Uncle James died. At Bloomingrose, I turned up Toneys Branch. Like always. But it just wasn't the same. Time does that, I guess. James' youngest daughter Debbie lives in the old house now. She married a Milam boy. I'd like to visit Whitesville next time I'm there. Yeah I know. Take Route 3 out of Raleigh. Found out that our family also lived in Wyoming County. The first permanent settlers there were the John Cook family followed shortly by the Ralph Stewart clan. We descend from both of these men. They were military men, each having fought in the Revolutionary War. Yes, I thought you'd like that. Jackson County? The woods are as beautiful as ever. Remember the time we went squirrel hunting there and you lost your sun glasses. Mom's sister "Dee" now owns the old Coleman homeplace. Her son, Clifford "Pete" Casto, shot a buck there last week with his bow. I got some of the venison in my freezer. It'll be gun season soon. How did he get his nickname? When he is a passenger in a car, he always falls asleep. Just like you did. So Grandma Coleman started calling him "Pete" and the name stuck. Oh, that's the dog barking. What kind? It's a dachshund, a brown miniature crew cut version. Named Wilt. I named him after the basketball player Wilt Chamberlain. I know it was you that got me started with the breed. He's the sixth one I've owned. And the girls love him. I've said it before. If the house was burning and the girls could save one thing, Dad and Mom would be tied for second, behind the dog. He is their protector. World Series? The Diamond Backs won. Who are they? They're a team out of Arizona. We'll discuss that next time. If you give everyone there my best, I'll do the same here for you. Dad? I miss you. Let's talk again soon. Love, Mike "Mike's Meandering" postings are archived at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvrcbiog/Mike.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/937.1 Message Board Post: There are lots of people in this family. Who are you looking for specifically and what dates do you have? Sharon

In a message dated 11/7/01 12:25:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, karen writes: > My name is Karen Woodrum, my father was Herman Cyrus Woodrum, my grandmother > and step grandfather was Louisa Belle(Woodrum) and Nicholas Dolin. Ira > does anyone have dates and spouses for these children? Descendants of Green Woodrum 1 Green WOODRUM b: 1840 in Logan Co., VA d: Aft. 1911 in Kanawha Co., WV .. +Letha GRIFFITH b: 1845 m: Abt. 1861 d: Abt. 1866 Father: William GRIFFITH Mother: Nancy UNKNOWN 2 William D WOODRUM b: 1862 2 Robert E/L WOODRUM b: 1864 2 Letha WOODRUM b: 1866 d: Child *2nd Wife of Green WOODRUM: .. +Mary Frances ESTEP b: 1852 in Boone Co., VA m: 23 August 1866 in Boone Co., WV 2 Cynthia Victoria WOODRUM b: June 1867 .... +John KISSINGER 2 Celena Olive WOODRUM b: 17 April 1869 in West Virginia .... +Albert HILL 2 James B WOODRUM b: 1871 2 Jehu WOODRUM b: 1874 2 Mary Ella WOODRUM b: 1875 .... +EW BELCHER 2 Green Irvin WOODRUM b: 17 May 1877 in Boone Co., WV .... +Mary Frances HOLSTEIN b: Bef. 1887 in Boone Co., WV m: Abt. 1902 *3rd Wife of Green WOODRUM: .. +Louisa DOLIN b: 1853 m: Abt. 1878 Father: Hiram DOLIN Mother: Sarah MILLER 2 Bertie WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia d: Bef. 1911 2 Sarah WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia d: Bef. 1911 2 Isaac WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia d: Bef. 1911 2 Louisa Belle WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia 2 Virginia C WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia 2 Geneva WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia 2 Loria WOODRUM b: Bet. 1878 - 1903 in West Virginia 2 J McHenry WOODRUM b: July 1879 in West Virginia Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woodrum, Dolin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACI/135.144.158.360.372.377.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, My name is Karen Woodrum, my father was Herman Cyrus Woodrum, my grandmother and step grandfather was Louisa Belle(Woodrum) and Nicholas Dolin. Ira Dolin Sr. was my grandfather, Ollie Dolin was my great uncle, I remember visiting his store at Camp Creek as a child. I would like to hear from any of my cousins.

We moved around like nomads or migrant workers. But our moving was not predicated by crops or season. We moved because of orders that trickled down the chain of command. My father was a career military man, a "lifer" as they are called. He realized that moving was part of his job, as did my mother. It was a little harder on their son. Just as fast as I would make friends, we would move on to other locales. But I adjusted. I had to. I was what they called an "Air Force brat." We lived in different states & on different continents. We traveled, heard new dialects & studied new cultures. I learned tolerance & to respect diversity. I didn't realize it then. But we always seemed to be stationed in a place where major news was breaking. The current events we experienced shaped the future of our family, our country & our world. And we were there on the front line. My father left his wife & 4-month-old baby boy at the Hopkinsville, KY base where we were stationed & went to Arkansas in September of 1957. He was part of a group of soldiers ordered by President Eisenhower to help 9 Black children integrate Little Rock's Central High School. My father came home repulsed by the insults & objects that were hurled at the children. He was ashamed that people in America, the America he had fought for & that his buddies had died for, acted in such a manner. He talked to my mother about one of those children. "All she wanted to do was go to school." >From Kentucky we traveled to Germany. We were there in 1961 when Russia erected the Berlin Wall between the freedom of West Berlin & the communism of East Berlin. I remember JFK's speech of 25 June 1963. Near the beginning of the speech he said, "There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the communist world. Let them come to Berlin! " He ended it to a roaring standing ovation and with the words, "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." I remember this because we memorized parts of his Berlin speech for school. It was his best speech since the 1961 inaugural address, the one with the famous, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." But that was just the opinion of an elementary school critic. >From Germany we went to Florida. We were there in 1962 when the "missiles of October" threatened to push the world off the cliff, where it hovered for a couple of weeks on the brink of nuclear destruction. I didn't know too much about Cuba then. I did know that I liked Cuban Desi Arnaz & wife Lucy a lot better than I did Fidel Castro & Khruschev. My father put my mother, a couple of suitcases & a 5-year-old son in a 1960 Opel station wagon. Florida was just too close to Havana & we didn't have a shelter to protect us from the mushroom clouds. Dad had to stay behind at Tampa's MacDill AFB, because the military was on high alert. He sent us north toward West Virginia, north to live with my maternal grandparents, for a while, in Jackson County. Maybe that wasn't out of harm's way either. But to my father, West Virginia was the answer to the equation of impending danger. It wasn't as difficult as algebra, nuclear physics or rocket science. It was a simple deduction. West Virginia was family. West Virginia was home. Therefore, West Virginia meant safety. >From Florida we went to Texas. We were there on 22 November 1963 when they killed President Kennedy in Dallas. I don't know if I ever have or ever will get over that. I've become a lot more skeptical since then. He was our president. He started the Peace Corps & the President's Physical Fitness Award for children. I had the most trouble with the chin-ups. But I persevered & got one of those treasured awards. I wish I knew where it was today. JFK backed the space program & predicted a man would walk on the moon before the decade ended. I loved the space program. I remember checking out a book form the school library about the original 7 Mercury astronauts. I can still recite their names -- Walter Schirra, Donald Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Virgil "Gus" Grissom & Gordon Cooper. I remember John Glenn riding a rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral and orbiting the earth. To travel so high! The only thing I could compare it to was a fungo hit off my Dad's baseball bat. The ball went up & up & never seemed to come down. Dyess AFB in Abilene Texas was the last place we were stationed. After my father's death there in 1967, my mother & I moved to Columbus, Ohio. We were close to Lockbourne AFB, where we could get the benefits of the commissary & the PX. We were also close to West Virginia & traveled home almost every weekend. We lived in Ohio when Neal Armstrong, a native of the state, fulfilled JFK's prophecy & walked on the moon on 20 July 1969. We also lived there in 1970, when students at Ohio's Kent State University died while protesting our country's involvement in the Viet Nam War. Some things never change. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jEC.2ACI/435.466.468.472.477.482.481.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hey Marie, did you ever find any pictures. I was talking to my mother tonight and she said that "grandma Johnson's" 2nd husband was a photographer--looks like there would be several pictures out there somewhere. She said that my grandmother has some old pictures that I never knew about so I'm going to take a look at these when I go home which will probably be Thanksgiving, and hopefully get some copies of. Were you a part of those yearly dinners at Grandma Johnson's...were'nt they for ther birthday?--I remember the live blue grass etc. She had a old telephone on the wall that I used to envy. Do you have any idea what became of that?