Hi, Be sure you schedule an appt. with the Wellsburg Library as they have some great resources but the genealogy section is not always open. You have to have an appt. I met with Gwen Hubbard and she was great. I would start there BEFORE going to the courthouse. You will save yourself a lot of time. If you haven't already, please check out http://www.brookecountywvgenealogy.org/ Tell her I said hi. Sandy Norton >] > #3 Research trip to Brooke County thi ["georgeann malowney" > <[email protected]] > > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 06:50:47 -0800 >From: "georgeann malowney" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Research trip to Brooke County this summer >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >I will be traveling to Brooke County for the first time this summer. I >would appreciate any advice on finding more information on the ancestors below. > >Best regards, >Georgeann Malowney >http://www.chartiers.com<http://www.chartiers.com/> Genealogy in >Washington County, PA >http://www.irishgenealogy.com/georgeann/ancestors.htm<http://www.irishgenealogy.com/georgeann/ancestors.htm> > > > > > >Year Surname Given Name County State Page Township or Other Info ID# >1840 WHITE THOMPSON Washington County PA 213 Hopewell Township PAS4a2779247 > >1860 WHITE THOMPSON Brooke County WV 548 Wellsburg P.O. WV45189994 >1870 WHITE THOMPSON Brooke County WV 530 Wellsburg WV569102205 > >History of Northern WV Panhandle, by J.H. Newton, org. pub. 1879 - some of >info below: > >1807, July 11, Thompson WHITE was born Westmoreland County, PA so he >was 25 years old when he married Martha CURRY. > >1833, June 20 - Thompson WHITE married Martha CURRY. They had three >children all born in Wellsburg, Brooke Co., W. VA. > >1834- Jun 24 Hugh WHITE was born in Wellsburg, W. VA >1836/7 - Sep 2 - Mary Margaret WHITE ,Wellsburg, West VA (Georgeann's >ancestor) >1839 - June 23 Elizabeth Mitchel WHITE, Wellsburg, West Virginia This >child died January 05, 1840 at the age of six months. Her mother, Martha >died six weeks later. > >When Martha died in 1840, she was buried in Grove Cemetery, W. Middleton, >Washington County, PA. Perhaps this is due to family ties at the cemetery? >Thompson was 33 years old with a son, Hugh, about 6 and daughter, Mary >Margaret, about 4 when their mother died. > >A year and a month later he married Sarah FULTON. They had six children >and were married 21 years when she died of cancer in 1862. He was 54 at >the time of Sarah's death. The Civil War (1861-1865) broke out while she >was dying. They lived near the Mason-Dixon Line, the area of SW PA that >was often claimed by PA. Land deeds for the "Steam Mill" purchased by >Thompson and Sarah WHITE are dated May 1855. > > >......... +Martha CURRY b: 1811 in Westmoreland County, PA m: June 20, >1833 d: February 22, 1840 in Grove Cemetery, W. Middleton, PA > >... *2nd Wife of Thompson WHITE: ... +Sarah FULTON b: January 21, 1811 >in South Huntington Township, Westmoreland Co., PA m: March 30, 1841 d: >August 14, 1862 in Brooke Co. Cemetery (died of cancer) > >Six children of Thompson and Sarah WHITE: Oldest daughter, Elizabeth died >at age six in 1850. Youngest daughter, "Nannie" died at age nine in 1860. >Second son, Albert died in 1864 in Civil War battle. Daughter, Clara J., >died at age 25 in 1874. > >...... *3rd Wife of Thompson WHITE: ... +Nancy J. Boone b: Abt. 1831 >in Washington County, PA m: 1863 in date estimated after 1862 death of Sarah > >1880, July 28, Thompson WHITE died in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West >Virginia. (It was part of Virginia before the Civil War.) He had a >steamboat that went as far south as New Orleans. See story about >steamboats in this area: >http://www.angelfire.com/wi/bcga/sp10.html<http://www.angelfire.com/wi/bcga/sp10.html> > > >DEEDS: Jacob White/Elizabeth, Brooke County, W. VA deed book 18 Page 424, >May 9, 1855 Lot 324 to John Ervin Jacob White/wife Elizabeth, Brooke >County, W. VA May 10, 1856, Book 18, Page 324 (Jacob and Elizabeth WHITE >are Thompson WHITE's parents - I haven't found reason to believe they >moved to Brooke Co. W. VA. even though it wasn't very far, the deed might >be a result of their investment in their son's business? This deed has >same date as "Steam Mill" below.) > >Thompson/Sarah White & William/Sabina White of Fulton County, Illinois, >sold lot 424 to Jacob White on 3 February 1852. > >Other family transactions in Brooke County in 1846 and 1852. Hugh , Jacob, >William and Thompson White to John Ervin "Steam Mill" Recorded May 9, >1855, Wellsburg, W. VA. > >Civil War (1861-1865) - purchase of "Steam Mill" was 10 years before the >Civil War > >FROM THE HISTORY OF THE PAN HANDLE, PAGE 328 >TWEED & WHITE ON THE NE Corner Urbana AND YANKEE STREETS. HE IS ALSO >ENGAGED IN BOATING ON THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AS FAR AS NEW ORLEANS. >HE BECAME ONE OF THE PIONEER BUSINESS MEN OF WELLSBURG. HE PURCHASED LAND >THERE IN 1846, HOWEVER, BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN THERE 1833 OR BEFORE. > >4 Thompson WHITE b: July 11, 1807 in Westmoreland City, PA d: July >28, 1880 in Wellsburg, W VA .......... +Martha CURRY b: 1811 in >Westmoreland County, PA m: June 20, 1833 d: February 22, 1840 in Grove >Cemetery, W. Middleton, PA Father: CURRY >......... 5 Hugh WHITE b: June 24, 1834 in Wellsburg, W. VA d: March >26, 1906 in Annawan, IL >............ +Elizabeth Roberts m: April 02, 1854 d: June 19, 1855 >......... *2nd Wife of Hugh WHITE: ............. +Elizabeth Grape b: >September 16, 1832 in Prussia, Germany m: May 19, 1857 in Peoria, IL d: >1933 Father: Frederick Grape Mother: Carolyn >......... 5 Mary Margaret WHITE b: September 02, 1836 in or >1837,Wellsburg, West VA d: April 01, 1915 in Chicago, IL >............ +Franklin ODENBAUGH b: July 28, 1839 in West Middleton, >Washington Co., PA m: October 16, 1860 in Williamsburg, W. VA or W. >Middletown, PA d: July 10, 1911 in Chicago, IL Father: Thomas >Jefferson ODENBAUGH Mother: Susan W. CRAIG >......... 5 Elizabeth Mitchel WHITE b: June 23, 1839 in Wellsburg, West >Virginia d: January 05, 1840 in her mother died six weeks later >...... *2nd Wife of Thompson WHITE: >......... +Sarah FULTON b: January 21, 1811 in South Huntington >Township, Westmoreland Co., PA m: March 30, 1841 d: August 14, 1862 in >Brooke Co. Cemetery (died of cancer) Father: Henry FULTON Mother: Jane >(sometimes spelled Jean) Hartley >......... 5 Elizabeth Fulton WHITE b: May 20, 1844 in Wellsburg, West >Virginia d: 1850 >......... 5 William Henry Fulton WHITE b: May 28, 1842 in Wellsburg, >West Virginia d: April 29, 1914 ... +Emma McREDMOND b: 1869 in >probably Redmond or Seattle, WA m: 1898 d: 1932 in probably Redmond or >Seattle, WA Father: Luke McREDMOND Mother: Kate BARRY >......... 5 Albert Wheeler Fulton WHITE b: February 28, 1846 in >Wellsburg, West Virginia d: June 05, 1864 in Battle, Piedmont, VA >......... 5 Martha Jane "Mattie" Fulton WHITE b: May 05, 1847 in >Wellsburg, West Virginia d: December 18, 1912 >............ +William Pierce FULTON b: May 02, 1848 m: August 08, >1871 Father: Robert FULTON Mother: Firstnameunknown CROW >......... 5 Clarissa (Clara J.) WHITE b: March 28, 1849 in Wellsburg, >West Virginia d: March 04, 1874 >......... 5 Nancy (Nannie) WHITE b: November 18, 1851 in Wellsburg, >West Virginia d: August 02, 1860 >...... *3rd Wife of Thompson WHITE: >......... +Nancy J. Boone b: Abt. 1831 in Washington County, PA m: 1863 >in date estimated after 1862 death of Sarah > >WILL of THOMPSON WHITE Brooke County. West Virginia Will Book 4, Page l34 >probated August 9, 1880 I, Thompson WHITE of the town of Wellsburg and >Stare of West Virginia do make and and publish this my last will and testament. > >Ist I give and bequeath to my son Hugh WHITE one hundred dollars. > >2nd I give and bequeath to my son William H. WHITE one hundred dollars. > > 3rd I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary ODENBAUGH the annual > interest for and during her natural life on four hundred dollars to be > retained by my personal representatives hereafter named, or securely > invested by them so that she may be paid annually the said interest and > paid only to her, and after her death the principal to be paid equally to > her children or their heirs - each branch to share equally. > > 4th give and bequeath to my wife Nancy J. WHITE the profits of one > half of the remainder of my estate real and personal for and during her > natural life and after her death to go to my children now living and > their heirs- each branch to share equally. > >5th I give and bequeath to my daughter Mattie J. FULTON the other half of >the said remainder of my estate real and personal to be her's absolutely. > >6th Before any distribution is made under this will I direct all just >debts to be paid by my said personal representatives and that they collect >all moneys due me either by note or bank account. > >7th I appoint my said wife Nancy J. and daughter Mattie J. executrixes of >this my last will and testament and exonerate them or either of them from >giving security on their bond and I hereby revoke all former wills by me >at any time made and declared this to be my only last will and testament. > >Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of November 1879 and to my grandson >Walter FULTON I give my gold watch. > > (signed) Thompson WHITE Signed sealed published and declared by the > testator Thompson WHITE as and for his last will and testament, who in > his presence and in the presence of each other, and at his request sign > our names as witnesses this 27th day of November 1879. Witness our hands > and seals the day and year above written (signed) James Hervey (signed) > Robert Mansbarger