I remember in about 1956 when employed as a correspondent for for the Cumberland Times a young guy wrapped his car around a tree down near South Branch and was killed. I was also working at Melvin Dickens Orchard at the Levels and asked how far down the road did the accident happenand said I was going down and get the story. Somehow I got a camera and took a picture. Seems the engine even came out of the car. What a young reporter didn't do for a story. ----------------------------------------------------- Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL, wpyles@crl.rr.com and new area code, 321-269-9534. Originally from Cumberland, MD and Fort Ashby, WV. Lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Santa Maria, Calif. previously. Researching Pyles/Piles/Allen/Starkey/Peters/ Daniels/Kisner/Friend/Titchinell/Marker/McKee/Monnett/Adams of Va, WV & MD. ----- Original Message ----- From: "pixi" <pixi@hardynet.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Re: South Branch and FRENCH's Station(McDonald-French-Guthrie-Shannon-Taylor-Kuykendall-Parker-Blue and others) > Hello! > > The stuff I saw by the breeched wall was soil, not sawdust although > what was covering a good bit of the floor could very well have been > sawdust. > > Didn't notice any lilac but certainly could have been there. > > I didn't mean that the cottages had cutsey names. I thought the streets > did though. Some of the cottages were beautiful. One was for sale and > if it wssn't so darned remote and I wasn't so darned old I would > seriously consider buying it. > > Glad you gave the name of the cemetery. I thought the woman used a name > starting with an O although there is no name like it on the tombstones. > Our informant gave it the same name as that of the woman who owns the > house next door. I didn't quite catch the name she used. > > Can you tell me how to find the old buildings from the old store? > > Thank you > > Pixi > > > > DanlHarris wrote: > > > > Called the RUSSELL Cemetary. Right on RUGGLE's Rd. > > > > The walls are filled with saw dust. Saw dust used to be used as insulation. > > Floor was wood covered with dirt and rotting saw dust. Also, old fashioned > > lilac. > > > > The B&O photos show the dirt road crossing the railroad, so the viaduct must > > have been a recent item. Right there at the viaduct is FRENCH's Station. > > The station stood on the river side of the railroad and 30-40' upstream > > (left). > > > > The sub-divided area is FRENCH's Neck East. > > > > One of those cutsey, cottage names was mine. > > > > Dan H > > > >

Bill, Do you remember if that was the Nixon boy from Oldtown that wrecked? Becci Bill Pyles wrote: > I remember in about 1956 when employed as a correspondent for for the > Cumberland Times a young guy wrapped his car around a tree down near South > Branch and was killed. I was also working at Melvin Dickens Orchard at the > Levels and asked how far down the road did the accident happenand said I was > going down and get the story. Somehow I got a camera and took a picture. > Seems the engine even came out of the car. What a young reporter didn't do > for a story. > ----------------------------------------------------- > Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL, wpyles@crl.rr.com and new area code, > 321-269-9534. > Originally from Cumberland, MD and Fort Ashby, WV. Lived in Cheyenne, > Wyoming > and Santa Maria, Calif. previously. Researching > Pyles/Piles/Allen/Starkey/Peters/ > Daniels/Kisner/Friend/Titchinell/Marker/McKee/Monnett/Adams of Va, WV & MD. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pixi" <pixi@hardynet.com> > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:10 AM > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Re: South Branch and FRENCH's > Station(McDonald-French-Guthrie-Shannon-Taylor-Kuykendall-Parker-Blue and > others) > > > Hello! > > > > The stuff I saw by the breeched wall was soil, not sawdust although > > what was covering a good bit of the floor could very well have been > > sawdust. > > > > Didn't notice any lilac but certainly could have been there. > > > > I didn't mean that the cottages had cutsey names. I thought the streets > > did though. Some of the cottages were beautiful. One was for sale and > > if it wssn't so darned remote and I wasn't so darned old I would > > seriously consider buying it. > > > > Glad you gave the name of the cemetery. I thought the woman used a name > > starting with an O although there is no name like it on the tombstones. > > Our informant gave it the same name as that of the woman who owns the > > house next door. I didn't quite catch the name she used. > > > > Can you tell me how to find the old buildings from the old store? > > > > Thank you > > > > Pixi > > > > > > > > DanlHarris wrote: > > > > > > Called the RUSSELL Cemetary. Right on RUGGLE's Rd. > > > > > > The walls are filled with saw dust. Saw dust used to be used as > insulation. > > > Floor was wood covered with dirt and rotting saw dust. Also, old > fashioned > > > lilac. > > > > > > The B&O photos show the dirt road crossing the railroad, so the viaduct > must > > > have been a recent item. Right there at the viaduct is FRENCH's > Station. > > > The station stood on the river side of the railroad and 30-40' upstream > > > (left). > > > > > > The sub-divided area is FRENCH's Neck East. > > > > > > One of those cutsey, cottage names was mine. > > > > > > Dan H > > > > > > >