Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1954 Surname: LANDFRIED ------------------------- Hi Kate! I'm very glad to hear from you! I think I've got you placed, but I'll look at the family tree tonight and check. I'm really glad to locate someone from that group of Landfried's. How would you like to join the GREAT LANDFRIED GENEALOGY PROJECT? I've found people in Transfer, PA, and from Mosine, Wisconsin, whose families and ours knew each other way back!! It's been very exciting so far. Sandy Landfried 209 Maple Street Ripley, WV 25271 lndfrd@hotmail.com

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/WV/Jackson/1953 Surname: Slaven, Boso ------------------------- Seeking information on Wade Slaven who married Bertha Boso. Are they related to this family? Thank you kindly.

Does any one have a copy of Pioneers of Jackson County by John House? If so would you see if there are any persons by the name of Rhodes listed. Eleanor dghahn333@aol.com

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/WV/Jackson/1952 Surname: SLAVEN ------------------------- >From publication--RAVENSWOOD CEMETERY--Tombstone Inscriptions--By Carolyn Thomas Miihlbach--1985 Section 5 Row 11 SLAVEN, A J 1849-1927 SLAVEN, Mary E, his wife 1852-1913

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/208 Surname: WESTFALL, CARNEY, CASTO, HYRE, GREEN, LITTON, CHANCEY, HARPER, CARPENTER, HINZMAN, GANDEE, WETTER, ROLLINS, PARSONS, STEWART, CUTRIGHT, TOLLEY, TIBBLE, CALBRAITH, KNOPP, HITE, TENNEY, ALLMAN, MONTGOMERY, COTTRILL ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Tug Fork". Westfall Family Zachariah Westfall was another of the pupils in the first Buckhannon school, along with Thomas Carney and David Casto. He came from Hacker's Creek to Mill Creek in 1827, and settled on Buffalo Lick Run of Tug Fork. (Perhaps he was a son of James Westfall, of Beverly.) He had several sons, among them Andrew, Owen, Clark, John, and George. Andrew Westfall came with his father, and made the first improvement at the Skidmore farm, at the mouth of Buffalo Lick. He later moved to Tug Fork. He married Mary Hyre, a sister of Jacob Hyre, Sr. Their children were: John H. Westfall, married Marinda Green, and lived on the head of Elk Fork. Noah Westfall, married a daughter of Old Davy Litton, and lived on Wolf Camp, later he married Martha Chancey, and built the first cabin where the late A. S. Chancey lived, near Reedy. Abraham Westfall, married Mollie Harper. He lived on the lower flat fork of Poca. James and Andy Westfall are said to be his sons. Susanna Westfall was born on the Buckhannon River, in 1815. She died in 1846, married Stephen, son of John Carpenter, of Lewis County. Their daughter, Lucretia J., married Samuel B. Hinzman. Rachel Westfall, moved west. Katy Westfall, married John G. Casto, oldest son of George Casto, by his last marriage. Mary Westfall, married George, son of Uriah Gandee. Betty Westfall, married Calvary Chancey, on Reedy. They had two sons, Andrew and William, both in the Union Army, the latter was killed at a tobacco house raising at the place now owned by D. Wetter on "Dutch Ridge". Debby Westfall, married Henderson Harper. Lizbeth Westfall, married Isaac Rollins, whose second wife was a daughter of Captain Billy Parsons. Barbara Westfall was born August 26th, 1826, married Andrew Stewart, and lived at the Three forks of Reedy. Virginia Westfall, married Fielding Parsons, a son of George Parsons, of Trace Fork. In 1772, James Westfall settled at the present site of Beverly. His son, George, married Roxhanna Cutright, and raised a family in Randolph County, probably a brother of Zachariah above. Andrew Westfall was a man of a good deal of local influence in his community, and like Nimod, was famous for killing the wild beasts of the forest. His wife died when Mrs. Stewart was but five or six years old, and later he moved his family onto a hill on the flatwoods of Elk. After remaining there a few years, he bought a farm on Elk Fork, one half mile above Tolley's mill. Clark Westfall, brother of Andrew, lived on Frozen Camp, about a mile from the mouth. He owned the Elias and Sam Parsons farm. He is described as a "school teacher and a good one, too". He taught in different little cabin schoolhouses, or vacant dwellings, during the 30's and 40's. Clark Westfall sold his farm to Charles Parsons in 1846, and moved "to the west". Granville Westfall, who married Captain W. W. Parsons' widow, was his son. Steven and Jacob Westfall, who settled on lower tug Fork, were sons of a brother of Zachariah. Jacob died unmarried. Steven moved to Elk before 1833. George Casto's wife was his sister. Watt Rollins claims Stephen Westfall was a son of John Westfall. One of his sons, Isaac N. Westfall, born in 1841 and died in 1879, from the effects of a wound received at Cloyd's Mountain. He married Catharine Tibble, daughter of James and Margaret Calbraith Tibble, of Athens County, Ohio. John B. Westfall, of Elk Fork, another son, was a carpenter and a noted athlete. Henry Knopp, of Mill Creek, relates that when he was a boy, Westfall built a new hewed log house for his father, George Knopp. This was considered at that time quite a fine residence, since, it has been weather boarded, ceiled, and painted, and is the same house in which Mr. Knopp now lives. When Westfall finished nailing on the roof, he threw his hatchet to the ground, and sticking his feet up into the air, walked along the comb of the building on his hands to the other end, where he could climb down. There was a Job Westfall, one of the first settlers of Sherman District, Calhoun County. Peggy Westfall married Abe Litton. Jemima Westfall married first Richard Hite, and second Ches Tenney, who was killed in the Confederate Army. Ellen Westfall married William Green. John Westfall, of Lewis County, married Elizabeth Allman, and their daughter, Barbara Westfall, born 1829, married Isaac Montgomery, of Roane County, Manuel Westfall was killed by the Union soldiers with Andy Cottrill, on Spring Creek, above Spencer.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/207 Surname: ROLLINS, CASTO, CARNEY, ANDERSON, HOWELL, PRICE, WESTFALL, MURPHY, PARSONS, KELLY, CUNNINGHAM, MEADOWS, MCKOWN, VANDYNE, HANNAN, MORGAN, ARMSTRONG, BONNET, STONE, GOODWIN, SHAMBLIN ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Tug Fork". Rollins Family There were several of the Rollins family who came to Mill Creek, brothers and sisters, but there is no record of either of the parents ever having lived here. The first and most notable of these is Elijah, who was raised in the Buckhannon settlement, and came to Mill Creek about 1811. He was the first white settler on Tug Fork, settling there about 1816. He and George Casto were local Methodist preachers, "preached a great deal", and formed the first Methodist classes in the upper Mill Creek valley. He died about 1854, at the age of ninety years. His wife's name was Lucretia Casto, a sister of Jonathan, Levi, etc. It is related that when these boys were growing up, they had the misfortune to acquire that unpleasant malady caused by a burrowing mite, Jesse Carney coming past one day, undertook to prescribe for them. He directed them to strip off and bathe in a large trough of brine standing in the smokehouse, in which meat had been pickled the winter previous. Two or three of the boys obeyed instructions and plunged into the brine, only to spring out again with the greatest alacrity and racing headlong to the deep hole at the mouth of the creek, as if forty legions of demons were after them, leaped off the high bank to the bottom of the cold swirling flood. This heroic remedy, it is said, accomplished its purpose, but has never become popular among the people. Benjamin Rollins, Elijah's son, kept a hotel at the Anderson stand in Ripley, twenty five years ago. Captain Columbus Rollins was a son of Jonathan Rollins. He went to Kentucky after the war. A brother of Elijah Rollins, by the name of Zachariah, came from Lewis County, and settled at the first place below Staats Mill. He married Elizabeth Howell before coming out to Mill Creek. To Wash Rollins and Becca Rollins Price, I am indebted for the following outline of the Rollins family, as well as much of the foregoing account fo the family. Elijah Rollins married Lucretia Casto, sister of Levi Casto. Their children were: Isaac Rollins married Betsy Westfall, and lived on Tug Fork. Of their children, there were Nathaniel, Andy and Cretia, who married Pete Murphy. After the death of his first wife, Isaac married Polly Parsons, and a daughter by this marriage married James Kelly of Little Creek, in her later years. Benjamin Rollins married Phebe, a sister of Joel Cunningham. He died at Ripley in 1893, when eighty two years old. His wife, Phebe, was born in 1810 and died in 1832. (Some accounts say he married a second time to Polly Meadows, who was a widow Coon with a large family of children by her first marriage.) Becca Rollins was born in 1820. She married Abraham Price (not related to the Wirt County Prices). He came from Greenbrier County. They had two children. Rhoda Rollins married Sam McKown, and lived on Mill Creek. Jemima Rollins married John Vandyne. He came to Mill Creek in 1835. John Rollins, born in 1812, was four years old when they moved to Tug Fork. He married Mary Hannan who lived on Parchment. Their son Watt was born in 1831. A daughter, Louisa, married Clint Morgan. Aerli Rollins married William Armstrong, brother of Ben Armstrong. Their daughter, Marseline, married John Bonnet. After the death of her first husband, Aerli married Lias Stone. A son by this marriage was Perry Stone, of Spencer. As a third husband, Aerli married John Goodwin. Levi Rollins married Elizabeth Murphy, a sister of Pete Murphy. Jabel Rollins married a Janet Parson, and lived on Mill Creek above Ripley. Jonathan Rollins married Sarah Casto. Watt and William Rollins never married. The above name are given in order with the exception of Jonathan, who was the seventh child. Zachariah Rollins, a brother of Elijah, married Elizabeth Howell. Their children were: Eli Rollins. Barney Rollins. Johnson Rollins. Adonijah Rollins. Cideon Rollins. Wesley Rollins. Cyrus Rollins. The names of the other brothers' children were not given by my correspondent. Of the girls: Susie Rollins, a sister of Elijah, married William Casto. Polly Rollins married Jesse Shamblin.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/206 Surname: KIDD, ROBERTS, DORMAN ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek". Kidd Family Dr. Amos Kidd was born near Marietta, in 1827. His father, Amos Kidd, married Keziah Roberts. He was from Greene County Pennsylvania, and she from Loudoun County, Virginia. In later life, they came to Jackson County, and died there. Dr. Kidd studied medicine at Sterling Medical College. He came to Ravenswood in 1863, and practiced there for some years, then practiced at Ripley until his death. He married Mary Dorman. Dr. W.W. Kidd, of Ripley, is their son.

Need the email addresses for Jackson County Newspapers. I have information on contamination of wells in the Ravenswood and Silverton area that I need to pass on. Can anyone help? Please email me privately. Robin

Will Book 1-A - Mason County, WV Will of George Eckard, Senior In the Name of God Amen     I George Eckard Senior of the County of Mason and State of West Virginia being weak of body but Sound of Mind and disposing memory do Make publish and declair this as and for my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills by me at any time heretofore made and declaring this to Be My only last will.     Article first I will and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth two hundred Dollars and my Share of the House yard & Garden and an Equal Share with the rest of My heirs Andrew - the heirs of Susan, wife of Andrew Kinkaid Jane wife of Wm Riffle Barbary wife of Joseph Yeager. Margaret Ann wife of Albert Yeager the heirs of Sucy Riffle.  Matilda wife of George Jones.  Fifty five acres of land the land to be Sold and all other property there may be the proceeds to be Equally divided among them my Sons Isaac W and John M having Received their dower heretofore                             George Eckard Senior (his mark) Signed Sealed and acknowledged by the testator George Eckard Senior as and for his last will before us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Given under our hands this the 26th of November one thousand eighty hundred and Sisetty Four. West Virginia SS     In the Recorders Office of Mason County September 15th 1871     A writing purperting to be the last will and testament of George Eckard deceased late of Robinson Township Mason County West Virginia was this day produced in this office and fully proved in due form of law by the oaths of Thomas Foglesong and John Knepp the two Subscribing witnesses thereto who testified that the testator George Eckard Subscribed and acknowledged the Said writing in their presence and in the presence of each other and at this request they Subscribed the Same as witnesses thereto and shall at the time of Subscribing the Same the Said testater was of Sound and disposing mind and memory wherein the Said writing is admitted to record and as for the true last will and testament of the Said George Eckard deceased   Bev Bev

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1951 Surname: Landfried ------------------------- Looking for family (Landfried) information from Ripley, WV Jackson county, area. I am the granddaughter of Gay Landfried. He was one of nine children born to Jacob and Lois Landfried. I had traced his family back to Germany. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of data in my computer prior to printing. I would be interested in Sandra Landfried's findings. My grandfather was born in East Liverpool area I believe.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1950 Surname: Herdman, Hughes ------------------------- New address. pro4art@core.com

WHAT IS A VETERAN? Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them, a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet? A vet is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel. A vet is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th Parallel. A vet is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. A vet is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back at all. A vet is the drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account punks and gang members into marines, airmen, sailors, soldiers and coast guardsmen, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. A vet is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. A vet is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by. A vet is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep. A vet is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come. A vet is an ordinary and yet extraordinary human being, a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs. A vet is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more that the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known. So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say, "Thank You." That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded. Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU".

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Jackson/1949 Surname: Landfried ------------------------- Posted for Landfried information in Jackson County, WV. Since it appears that no one has responded to your post I thought I had better do so since I am likely the only person activately doing anything here with Landfried Genealogy. Who were your Landfried relatives? Mine were Adam Landfried, grandfather who lived on Scyamore Creek. Sandra Landfried

Wonderfully put, thank you Betty. Betty in Idaho

Thanks Betty From one of those submarine guys, Ron Mitchell EN1(SS) USS Entemedor (SS340) ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Briggs <bettyb23@uswest.net> To: <WVJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:00 AM Subject: [WVJackson] Veteran's Day Thank you > Today is again a day to remember and be thankful for the men and women who serve in our military. It's Veteran's Day. > > At this time of year, I like to remember all those ancestors who fought to give us this life we have. There were a lot > of brave hearts who sailed to America in tiny ships, with no one to meet them, but the natives. In my mind, they are > Veterans of a war against the tyranny of the kings of those days, a war of Freedom and Independence, where guns weren't > fired at an army, where the battles were against the unknown and nature. Many died on the ships crossing the wide ocean, > many more died of disease, famine and at the hands of the natives, when they decided to try to drive them from this > land. They could be killed, they could die of hunger and even torture, but their hunger for freedom, for a patch of land > to call their own, was stronger than everything thrown at them. To those Veterans, Thank you! > > They kept coming, and settled up and down the coast of North America, up the rivers and creeks, over the mountains into > the wilderness, sometimes leaving behind parents, wives, children; and sometimes never coming home. They still faced the > natives who attacked unexpectedly, wild animals, and hunger, while they grubbed out the trees and planted crops that > might feed only the wild animals. The settlements were growing stronger until the feeling of freedom was so strong that > they could no longer answer to a foreign king, a man who must have seemed more myth than real. By now, they were no > longer English, they had, unknowingly, become Americans. Our fine men, young and old, rebelled - the American > Revolution. And in the next century, they had to do it all again in th e War of 1812. To those Veterans, John and > William, George and Thomas, Benjamin and Christopher, James and all the rest - Thank You. Thank you for giving up your > money, your time, your homes, your families and your lives, just so I could live in a free land. > > The Civil War brought it's own brand of heros, brothers fighting on opposite sides and sometimes, ever fathers fighting > on the other side from their sons. Each willing to die for something they felt was worth it all. To these Veterans, > Thank You. > > There have been so many more wars, non-wars, and police actions. No matter what they are called, our men, and more > recently, our women, died. You know the names of the wars, you know the victory parades some came home to, and how > others came home to treatment almost as bad as the prison camps they left some of their comrades in. The politics and > sympathies of our nation are divided, but that cannot tarnish the gleaming gold of freedom that our Veterans insure. To > all the Veterans who proudly wore the uniform and fought under our flag, Thank You. > > It doesn't matter if it was Ed in buckskins stealing through the woods, or Jimmy marching off in Blue or Grey, or Billy > smearing his face with mud - they are my heros. They gave me a precious gift, a chance to live in America, a free > country. > > But there are other heros you don't hear about, veterans in their own way. > > To the bride who had to walk down the aisle alone, because Daddy was on a ship to the Gulf, Thank You. > > To the kid in Little League, who never had Dad there to coach him or to play catch or cheer him on in a game because Dad > was in the jungle of Viet Nam, Thank You. > > To the ones who missed so many good night kisses, Thank You. > > To the wife who learned to deal with the plumbing, attend all the Father-kid functions, and still make cookies and write > letters every day, Thank You. > > To the parents who never saw their son again, Thank You. > > To the sailor under the ocean in a submarine, I'm sorry you missed your baby's first steps. > > To the soldier in the jungle, I'm sorry you missed the day your child pulled out that first baby tooth. > > To the airman dodging bullets, I'm sorry you missed the birthday party. > > To the Marine somewhere in a swamp, I'm sorry you missed your Dad's funeral. > > >From the bottom of my heart, to all of those who have served, from the moment those tiny ships sailed until the crew of > the USS Cole showed us that our guys and gals are still the best, Thank You. > > > > > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== > I am looking for old photographs of Jackson County residents and buildings that can be added to the Jackson County WVGenWeb pages. > If you have any to share, send them to Lshockey@citynet.net >

Today is again a day to remember and be thankful for the men and women who serve in our military. It’s Veteran’s Day. At this time of year, I like to remember all those ancestors who fought to give us this life we have. There were a lot of brave hearts who sailed to America in tiny ships, with no one to meet them, but the natives. In my mind, they are Veterans of a war against the tyranny of the kings of those days, a war of Freedom and Independence, where guns weren’t fired at an army, where the battles were against the unknown and nature. Many died on the ships crossing the wide ocean, many more died of disease, famine and at the hands of the natives, when they decided to try to drive them from this land. They could be killed, they could die of hunger and even torture, but their hunger for freedom, for a patch of land to call their own, was stronger than everything thrown at them. To those Veterans, Thank you! They kept coming, and settled up and down the coast of North America, up the rivers and creeks, over the mountains into the wilderness, sometimes leaving behind parents, wives, children; and sometimes never coming home. They still faced the natives who attacked unexpectedly, wild animals, and hunger, while they grubbed out the trees and planted crops that might feed only the wild animals. The settlements were growing stronger until the feeling of freedom was so strong that they could no longer answer to a foreign king, a man who must have seemed more myth than real. By now, they were no longer English, they had, unknowingly, become Americans. Our fine men, young and old, rebelled - the American Revolution. And in the next century, they had to do it all again in the War of 1812. To those Veterans, John and William, George and Thomas, Benjamin and Christopher, James and all the rest - Thank You. Thank you for giving up your money, your time, your homes, your families and your lives, just so I could live in a free land. The Civil War brought it’s own brand of heros, brothers fighting on opposite sides and sometimes, ever fathers fighting on the other side from their sons. Each willing to die for something they felt was worth it all. To these Veterans, Thank You. There have been so many more wars, non-wars, and police actions. No matter what they are called, our men, and more recently, our women, died. You know the names of the wars, you know the victory parades some came home to, and how others came home to treatment almost as bad as the prison camps they left some of their comrades in. The politics and sympathies of our nation are divided, but that cannot tarnish the gleaming gold of freedom that our Veterans insure. To all the Veterans who proudly wore the uniform and fought under our flag, Thank You. It doesn’t matter if it was Ed in buckskins stealing through the woods, or Jimmy marching off in Blue or Grey, or Billy smearing his face with mud - they are my heros. They gave me a precious gift, a chance to live in America, a free country. But there are other heros you don’t hear about, veterans in their own way. To the bride who had to walk down the aisle alone, because Daddy was on a ship to the Gulf, Thank You. To the kid in Little League, who never had Dad there to coach him or to play catch or cheer him on in a game because Dad was in the jungle of Viet Nam, Thank You. To the ones who missed so many good night kisses, Thank You. To the wife who learned to deal with the plumbing, attend all the Father-kid functions, and still make cookies and write letters every day, Thank You. To the parents who never saw their son again, Thank You. To the sailor under the ocean in a submarine, I’m sorry you missed your baby’s first steps. To the soldier in the jungle, I’m sorry you missed the day your child pulled out that first baby tooth. To the airman dodging bullets, I’m sorry you missed the birthday party. To the Marine somewhere in a swamp, I’m sorry you missed your Dad’s funeral. >From the bottom of my heart, to all of those who have served, from the moment those tiny ships sailed until the crew of the USS Cole showed us that our guys and gals are still the best, Thank You.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/205 Surname: KING, WOLFE, STRALEY, HUGHES, RILEY, STAATS, KOONTZ, HEATON, CARTER ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Sycamore Creek". King Family One evening in September, 1904, while returning from Ripley, I stopped for a chat with Mrs. "Lizzie" Wolfe, at her home on Station Camp. Among other reminiscences of the past, she spoke of Leonard King, who had long lived on the top of the hill I had just passed over on the flats lying off to the right of the road, but now for many years sleeping under a giant oak tree in the Mount Olive Cemetery. She said the Kings lived on Sycamore when she first came to the country when a girl. King, she said, was a son of Francis King, who came from Hacker's Creek with her husband's father, in 1821. She remembered being at the King's house when young, they being already residents when her father, George Straley, settled at the mouth of the run which heads up in the King farm. Though she did not say whether or not they lived on the hill. The Kings kept sheep, which, like all stock in that day, ran at large in the forest, but they kept them trained to come up at nightfall, when they confined them in a pen near the house, to protect them from the wolves. Mrs. King would blow the long tin dinner horn, making the wolves howl in the neighboring woods, which would bring the sheep home. Mrs. King, whose name was, according to the recollection of my informant, Elizabeth Hughes, before her marriage, was a first cousin to her husband. Her father was "Bill" Hughes, and he is supposed to be a relative of Jesse Hughes, the famous Indian fighter. They had three grown children who were not strong, and died young. One was a dwarf. She is the only of the family with a marker to her grave. In the Mount Olive graveyard, by the side of the Spencer pike, is a grave, the head and footstones of which are not more than four and one half feet apart, the inscription on the headstone reads- Catherine, daughter of L. and R. King died June 15, 1871 aged 35 yr. 5 mo and 3 d There is a row of graves near the outside of the cemetery, under the oak trees, which is said to contain the ashes of the rest of the family. Leonard King was a member of the second grand jury in Jackson County, in 1831. Samuel R. King married Mary C. Riley, lived near Ripley, in 1836. George S. Matson King was born near Ripley, in 1836, was sheriff of Jackson County in 1866. His wife was Caroline O., daughter of Elijah Staats. They had seven children. A Mrs. Nancy King, widow of Samuel King, died in 1896, at the age of nearly seventy nine. M. V. King and John I. King were her sons. She was either a second wife of Samuel R. King, or there was also another Samuel King. Rufina King died at Buckhannon, in April, 1904. She was wife of Reverend F. B. J. King, sister of Mrs. Koontz and Mrs. S. D. King. Reverend W. W. King, Dr. J. M. King, E. M. King, and Mrs. Heaton were her children. Reverend D. E. W. King, of Jackson County, was probably a brother of F. H. J. King, perhaps a son of G. S. Matson King. There were Kings on Cow Run and Little Mill Creek. One married a Carter.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/204 Surname: DEPUE, ARNOLD ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Middle Sandy Valley". DePue Family David DePue was a son of Henry, and brother of Beniah DePue. He married Margaret Arnold. Jonathan DePue, who one represented Wirt County in the Legislature, was their son. David DePue died in April, 1885, Margaret four months later.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/203 Surname: BOSO, FLINN, FANCHER, COLEMAN, MILLS, SMITH, HALE, BURDINE, HALL, BROWN, ANDERSON, OREM, INGALLS, FERGUSON, PILCHARD ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Sandy Valley". Boso Family The Boso family was forty years ago the most numerous race on the two Ponds Creeks. The first of the name to come to these parts, and the father of the line, was one John Boso, who was living in the block house at the mouth of the Hocking River, about 1790, and who settled at Muse's Bottom in 1807. Where Boso came from is not known, but he was French descent, and the family were intimately connected with the Flinns, another family prominent in the pioneer history of Pond Creek. John Boso had four sons, whose name I have been given - Charles, Joe, Jake and John. Joe and Jake married girls by the name of Fancher, Joe went to Indiana, and Jake is not mentioned further. John Boso's wife was a daughter of the Michael Coleman who was killed by the Indians. Their children were: Mike Boso, married a Mills, sister of George. He had a mill on Pond Creek, below the Flinn ford, at the mouth of Cabin Fork. John Boso (Curly John), married a Smith, sister of Sam Smith. Charley Boso, married a Flinn, sister of "Old Johnny" Flinn. He died in St. Louis. S. Greene Boso is his son. Nancy Boso married Joe Hale, and lived on a branch of Lee Creek. Barbara Boso married a Burdine. "Polly" Boso marred a Hall and lived in Ohio. Bent Boso married and lived in Illinois. "Kins" Boso (Kinsman) married a Brown. "Lafe" Boso was "in the Army". France Boso lived in Pomeroy. John Boso, afer the death of his first wife, was married to a sister of "old Johnny" Flinn, who lived at the mouth of Cabin Fork. Charles Boso, known for miles around as "Old Charley", was born in the Big Hocking Block House, some time toward the end of the Eighteenth Century, probably early in the nineties. He died at the age of one hundred and six, said his son, Isaiah. His wife was Mary Anderson, perhaps a sister of "Mike" Anderson, who lived on upper Pond Creek. Their children were: Isaiah married Mary E. Orem, a sister of Joe Orem. He was born in 1833 and died February 16th, 1908. John A. Boso married Debby Mills, a sister of Bill Mills. Nelson Boso married and Ingalls. He was the father of Charley Boso. Nels Boso was born about 1828. Probably John was the John A. who was seventy five in 1900. Willard Boso went to Indiana. Charles Boso. Eliza Boso married John Orem. Jane Boso married a Ferguson. "Uncle Charley Boso was born near the mouth of the Big Hocking River, on a houseboat, spent the early years of his life flatboating on the Ohio River. Died about three o'clock, on the morning on June 5th, 1898, at age one hundred and eight years. Was father of seven children, six of whom survived him, was in good health until two weeks before his death. Died at his son John A. Boso's on Little Pond Creek. Four hundred people attended burying." So wrote C. T. Pilchard, of Lone Cedar, in Jackson Herald for June 10th, 1898.

Posted on: Jackson County, WV Bios Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/JacksonBios/202 Surname: ADAMS, HOWES, TOLLEY, MACINTOSH, SHEPPERD, HAWK, CARDER ------------------------- This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Middle Sandy Valley". Adams Family The most prominent of the pioneers of Trace Fork was Dr. Spencer Adams, who appears to have first come to this neighborhood in 1840, or a little earlier. He came, some say, from Ripley to Trace Fork, and it is related that he married on of four sisters, the father being dead, and the mother the owner of a five hundred acre tract of land, where he afterward lived. Sometime in the thirties, (probably), Dr. Adams was a candidate for the House of Delegates, but it was discovered after his election that he was ineligible, not being a freeholder, and his mother-in-law deeded him a portion of the Trace Fork land so he could take his seat in the Legislature. Later, he moved on to his land, where it appears he continued to reside until 1855. He had (someone told me) a son, Philip, who went to Racine, Ohio. There are two Adams children buried in the Howes plot in the old Sandyville graveyard, one in 1857, the other ten years later. The first, Amelia Adams, was born in 1830. The Adams and Howes families were connected, Howes having married an Adams as his second wife. Adams wife was, I believe, a Tolley, and Andy Adams, the Spencer merchant, and the wife of John A. Macintosh were his children. Dr. Adams was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and enjoyed an extensive practice on Sandy and Mill Creek waters. He lived for a short time in the house next the Shepperd place, and then built at the mouth of the run, below where Mr. Hawk now lives. When Smith Carder was first married, he lived for a year or two on Dr. Adams place. Uncle Eph Carder, who was born in 1837, lived with him, being a little fellow just big enough to run around and pick up walnuts, say four or five years old, which would make the date about 1842. He says he used to see Adams " 'most every day", and would judge him to have been somewhere in forty years old.