Brenda, I note your Spencer connection and thought I'd pass along this obit that was in the March 31, 2001, Mountain Messenger. Alice Lee Loudermilk LEWISBURG--Aliced Lee Loudermilk, 95, passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at Greenbrier Manor, Fairlea. Born Aug. 6, 1905, at Frankford, she was the daughter of the late Steward and Emma Landrum Spencer. Mrs. Loudermilk was a member of Lewisburg United Methodist Church and was a homemaker and caregiver. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil LeRoy Loudermilk; daughter, Patty Paige Porterfield; four sisters, Viola Spencer, Maxine Sell, Stella Bailey, and Minnie Boggs; and four brothers, Acie, William, Lester and Marvin Spencer. Survivors include: daughter, Helen Lorraine Kauff and her husband, Howard, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; sons, Clifford Leroy Loudermilk and his wife, Carol, of Franklin, PA, and Donald Lee Loudermilk and his wife, Marjorie, of Terra Alta; sister, Nellie Decker of Lewisburg; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held March 30, at Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with the Rev. Jim Anderson officiating. Burial was at Rosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg. from Bill Johnson Harrisburg, PA

Good Morning Folks, It has been a long time since I partisipated in the list but due to family health problems I have been sitting on the sidelines. I wanted you to all know I am still here and still looking for additional information on the above families that at one time were in Greenbrier Co. SPENCER line goes back to James Spencer , supposed son of Thomas, who married first Elizabeth Hopenstal and second in 1833 married Mary COOK. COOK is my brickwall: According to census records Mary appeared to be much younger than James at the time of their marriage. ( Does anybody have a copy of that marriage?) When they were married James was a widower with 11 children including a set of infant twins. Is it possible that Mary first came to the Spencer home as a wet nurse or nanny? My line followes that of James & Mary's son Washington Spencer born in Nicholas Co. WV . "Wash" married Maryetta Williams and had a large family. They moved to Lewis Co. Washington in 1902 however their son, John Jones Spencer stayed in WV.(my line) I can't find what happened to Mary Cook Spencer and would love to connect with somebody who may have this information. TAYLOR my gggrandmother was Catherine Taylor b. 1835, daughter of StephenTaylor & Melinda Williams ( cousin to Maryetta Williams above) Stephen was son to Eli & Margaret Woods Taylor. Eli was son to Daniel Taylor ( war of 1812 vet) Other WV surnames include BENNETT COLLINS PERRY PATTERSON SHOULDERS COTTRILL GODFREY Brenda Collins Dillon

I have a conflict here. Perhaps "Chas." was misinterpreted as "Thos." or visa versa. Does anyone know? Greenbrier Co. Marriage register (LDS microfilms 595040 and 848615): Chas. Henning and Mary Smith, 2 Jan. 1839 [by?] Wm. C. Margrave. Evans, Register of Marriages, Greenbrier Co. 1781-1849 (published book): Thos. Henning and Mary Smith, 2 Jan. 1839 [by?] S. McMullen. This is among my earlier research so my notes were less than perfect and my source citations nearly non-existent (I know better now -- grin). Lynne Hundley (descended from Thomas "Old Tommy" Henning through his daughter Sarah Frances)

Hi Folks, I've gotten a lot of questions about the URL to this article. It is a two-line URL....you can do a Copy then Paste it into your browser's address line. Or you can visit <http://www.register-herald.com> This is the feature article today. Also, I spoke with Joyce Mott, director of the North House Museum, last week, and she told me that the GHS was notified of the documents and told they had an hour and a half before the trash truck was to pick them up!! They went "dumpster-diving" for these wonderful documents, so we owe those folks a debt of gratitude! She said that they are scanning some of these documents for the Members-Only section of the GHS website. Some of them are already on-line. Valerie At 05:35 AM 4/7/2001 -0600, Valerie & Tommy Crook wrote: >This is an article about the recent documents discovered at the Greenbrier >County Courthouse! >http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1643017&BRD=2086&PAG=461&dept_id=348406&rfi=6 > > > >+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > + As featured in the on-line version of The Register-Herald. > + Web Address: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2086 > >+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > Valerie F~O~R~R~E~N Crook email: vfcrook@earthlink.net Monroe, NC 28112 Greenbrier Co., WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> ASC for the WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> Archivist - USGenWeb WV Archives - Greenbrier and Fayette Co. <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> Valerie's Genealogy Pages <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfcrook/>

WOW! This might be end of brick walls for a lot of us. I AM THRILLED!! Thanks for sharing this information with us, Val. NOW -- How long?????? (we ALL seem to want to know THAT!) I CAN'T WAIT!! <<worse than a kid at Christmas, aren't I?>> Tracy Murdock Boguth Researching MURDOCK, HAYNES, ERSKINE, JONES, TINCHER, ROWLAND, LEAKE

What am I doing wrong? I went to http://www.zwire.com/sites/news.cmf? and keep getting a "Page not found" message. Did I miss part of the URL? Bill

What wonderful news! Now, maybe I'll be able to find out what a 10-year suit and countersuit that involved on of my ancestors was all about. Thanks for sharing the newstory. Does anyone have any idea how long it will take for the Greenbrier County Historical Society volunteers to do the index? Wish I was close enough to help. Now would be a good opportunity to encourage people to join the historical society, if that's permitted on this list. If not, just ignore that last sentence (grin).

Looking for information on NOEL CLINTON COOK. born Feb 23, 1922 and died Dec 28, 1954 Father: ULYSSES S. COOK Mother: BESSIE LAKE Wife: ERMA GAYLE KEENER Daughters: ROBERTA ANN COOK & LINDA GAYLE COOK Brother: DARIUS COOK Would be interested in getting in touch with this family, ULYSSES was my Grandfathers brother and am trying to get some information for research on other family members. I live in Montana so is hard to find out anything. Thanks, Dolly Roberts Treece yes, the Roberts is also from WV.

WOW, what a potential breakthrough for us people looking for things in a county with no 1810 census! Fantastic! Thanks for letting us know. I too wonder when they will be done archiving. I'll be back there in July and would love to be able to at least take a look.

This is an article about the recent documents discovered at the Greenbrier County Courthouse! http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1643017&BRD=2086&PAG=461&dept_id=348406&rfi=6 +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + As featured in the on-line version of The Register-Herald. + Web Address: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2086 +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Sara, You should get in touch with Jim Tackitt of the Tackett Family Association. Their webpage and his email is http://www.jps.net/jtackitt/. Jim descends from the early Monroe Co. Tacketts, so would definitely have information on your line. David --------------- David Fridley david@fridley.net <mailto:david@fridley.net> San Francisco, CA Alderson web: www.fridley.net <http://www.fridley.net> -----Original Message----- From: Sara Patton [mailto:sarap@widomaker.com] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:23 AM To: WVGREENB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVGREENB] Tacketts Am looking for descendants or researchers of Tackett family who were in Greenbrier area ca 1763. Anyone out there? Sara Patton

Am looking for descendants or researchers of Tackett family who were in Greenbrier area ca 1763. Anyone out there? Sara Patton

Cara, Write to National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) 9700 Page Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63132 and ask for Form 180. Here's a note about these records: "Please note that a 1973 fire destroyed many Army records for the years 1912-1959, many Air Force records for the years 1947-1963, and a few Army records for personnel discharged since 1973. Records for veterans who were still living at the time of the fire were reconstructed. " Good luck! Valerie At 03:06 PM 4/4/2001 -0700, Cara wrote: >Can someone tell me where to find the forms to get WW I from the Archives? >Thanks, Cara Valerie F~O~R~R~E~N Crook email: vfcrook@earthlink.net Monroe, NC 28112 Greenbrier Co., WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> ASC for the WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> Archivist - USGenWeb WV Archives - Greenbrier and Fayette Co. <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> Valerie's Genealogy Pages <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfcrook/>

Can someone tell me where to find the forms to get WW I from the Archives? Thanks, Cara

In a message dated 4/1/01 8:07:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sarap@widomaker.com writes: << >scrofula tuberculosis of the neck > lymph nodes > >> I always wondered what that was. Thanks for sending this

From another list: >Outdated medical terminology, which has changed over time, which you might >find in genealogical records [from a Genealogy.Com webpage.] > > > Outdated Term Current Term >apoplexy stroke > >bad blood syphilis > >blood poisoning septicemia (overwhelming > bacterial infection) > >Bright's disease glomerulonephritis (serious > kidney disease) > >consumption tuberculosis, pulmonary > >cretinism hypothyroidism, congenital > >dropsy congestive heart failure > >fatty liver cirrhosis > >glandular fever mononucleosis > >grippe influenza (flu) killed lots of > people in 1918 > >jail fever typhus > >lock jaw tetanus > >lung fever pneumonia > >lung sickness tuberculosis > >plague/black death Bubonic plague > >podagra gout > >Pott's disease tuberculosis of the spinal > vertebrae > >quinsy streptococcal tonsillitis > >scrofula tuberculosis of the neck > lymph nodes > >toxemia of pregnancy eclampsia (high blood pressure > & seizures)

Am searching for wedding information on a "Dosky" Holstein. She is found in David Anderson Turner's annotated Census of 1900 Boone County, WV in the following household: Sherman District #214 David HOLSTEIN      55 Rebecca E.              49  wife Virginia                    27  daughter George T.                20   son Silas                       18   son Quincy A.                14   son Dosky                     1     granddaughter Dosky/Doskie Holstein was the daughter of Virginia "Jenny" Holstein. Father, at present, is unknown. Virginia "Jenny" Holstein married Linville Garrison "Tom" Stover in Boone County on 8 November 1902 in Boone County, WV. "Tom" Stover & "Jenny" Holstein had two children -- Gladys M. Stover & Sadie Alice Stover -- before "Jenny" died on 26 March 1911 in McKenfree, Fayette County, WV. According to the obit of Sadie Alice Stover Peters, who died in February of 1963, "Doskie" Kirk was a surviving sister, living at the time in Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, WV. Does anyone know which of the Kirk gentlemen that Dosky/Doskie Holstein married? Oral legend tells me that Dosky/Doskie/Dasky went by the nickname of "Dot." Thank you in advance for any information & guidance. As always, I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

>Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 07:06:55 -0700 >X-From_: Madisma1@aol.com Sun Apr 1 07:06:55 2001 >From: Madisma1@aol.com >Old-Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 10:06:35 EDT >To: WVGREENB-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10519 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} surnames: Commack( McCommack),Yates, Mann, Lilly >X-Envelope-To: WVGREENB-L > >Hi, my husband bought a very large family Bible in an estate sale over 30 >years ago, in Penn. close to upstate New York. >I have been doing research on family lines for two years now and very >interested in anyone finding their families. I thought about this Bible and >got it out. There is some family information on the family pages, though not >a great deal, still someone might need it, or want it. >As I began to search for info concerning one of the names in the >Bible, I ran into brick walls. No listing for Commack on LDS or on genforum. > Therefore, I started trying other variations on the name. There are two >references written by the woman that owned this Bible, the first is Commack, >then on the next page where listing her marriage, she changes it to >McCommack. She remarried after her husband died and married a Lilly. She >was living in Richmond, VA in 1921. >The woman was born in Merced Co. W.Va. The husband Greenbrier Co. W.Va. I >will post this on several sites. >There is an obituary in the Bible for a Mrs. Sally Ann Yates(sister to owner >of the Bible)Mann, mother of well known local attorney, Anderson W. Mann. >She is also the Widow of A.W. Mann captain in the Civil War in Greenbrier Co. >W.VA. >John Anderson Yates is the father to both Sallie Ann Yates Mann and Margaret >Susan Yates Commack (McCommack) Lilly. >If anyone is interested, I will be happy to share the info that has been >recorded in this wonderful family heirloom. Please email me: >Classics4me@aol.com or madisma1@aol.com >Jo Crabtree Valerie F~O~R~R~E~N Crook email: vfcrook@earthlink.net Monroe, NC 28112 Greenbrier Co., WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> ASC for the WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> Archivist - USGenWeb WV Archives - Greenbrier and Fayette Co. <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> Valerie's Genealogy Pages <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfcrook/>

I am still looking for my Long family, and recently was able to obtain some information, and I hope someone out there can help me, if only a little bit. My husbands grandfather was JOHN LETCHER LONG, born April 15, 1873 in Meadow Bluff. We were able to get some of his medical records, these show that his father was James Long and the mother of some of his children was: Malinda ADALINE Fisher. I found today that she was born in Patrick County, Virginia and lived in 1860 in Floyd County, Virginia with William and Elizabeth Fisher. This means these kids may have not had married parents. I was also finally able to get a copy of his death certificate and this shows his father was called Dock, now this could have been a nickname. Hopefully, someone can help. THANK YOU!! ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Thanks so much for the lead to the other spelling, maybe this will open up some of those closed doors!!!!! Kim Harris Baker khbaker@home.com For another spelling variation, Larry G. Shuck's "Greenbrier Co. (W)Va Marriages" shows: William Harris & Sarah Parswell 5 Oct 1871; (V.1A). And an 1802 land record shows a Richard Parsell as a witness to a transaction. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Baker <khbaker@home.com> To: <WVGREENB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:15 PM Subject: [WVGREENB] William Harris Lookup > William Harris-------------- > > > I am researching Harris from Greebriar. > Do you know of a William Harris that married a Sarah Persival.???? late > 1700's > > Does the Scotch Irish Book cover specific names and this time period?? > I would love to buy all the books, but that is impossible. > Would buy them if I could see them and think they were pertinent to my > research. > Sounds like they would be great. > Greenbriar sounds thick with Harris's - am I right? > Do you know the Ancestory here? > > Is there anyway you could give me an insight on the Harris's I mentioned? > They had children: Osborn, Seaborn, Alfred and Phenaty. > Born in Morgan Co. GA, maybe Greene Co., or Fayette Co. GA. Any > clues??????? > > I am at wits end without a clue. > Kim Harris Baker > Garland, Texas, > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie & Tommy Crook" <vfcrook@earthlink.net> > To: <WVGREENB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:06 PM > Subject: [WVGREENB] GHS Museum Store online! > > > > Hi Folks! > > > > The North House Museum Store is back on-line. > > > > http://www.greenbrierhistorical.org/~greenbr/cgi-bin/cart.cgi/index.html > > > > The White Sulphur Springs Cemetery Book is listed, too! > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Valerie > > > > >