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/ZCC.2ACE/977.2 Message Board Post: Hi, Eli is my gggrandfather and his marriage to Peggy Brumfield. His son Henry Harmon is my ggrandfather and his sone Wirt Brumfield is my grandfather. After Peggy died, he married Lucinda Jane Griffith around 1849 and the marriage produced four children. John, Annette, Wilburn, Alex, (Alexander) who's ob I found, died Sept(?) of scarlet fever and was buried in Mud River Valley Cem.in Cabell Co. I have found two different ages given 10 years old and 10 mos. not verified which is correct. He survived by his grandfather Alexander Griffith. Hope this helps.....mimi

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/ZCC.2ACE/977.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Eli is my gggrandfather and his marriage to Peggy Brumfield. His son Henry Harmon is my ggrandfather and his sone Wirt Brumfield is my grandfather. After Peggy died, he married Lucinda Jane Griffith around 1849 and the marriage produced four children. John, Annette, Wilburn, Alex, (Alexander) who's ob I found, died Sept(?) of scarlet fever and was buried in Mud River Valley Cem.in Cabell Co. I have found two different ages given 10 years old and 10 mos. not verified which is correct. He survived by his grandfather Alexander Griffith. Hope this helps.....mimi

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/ZCC.2ACE/112.184.180.186.187.189.199.200.256.262.406.408.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather is Noah Neace and my grandmother Octaveen, not sure of the spelling on her. My mother's name, Ethel Mae, was their second child. He brother Jackson Neace was first. Can give a little more info on Neace's but not a lot. Please answer or send reply to anniem1938@earthlink.net. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Manns,Dean,Mullins,Baker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZCC.2ACE/838.1 Message Board Post: I'm locating some of my family from the wayne,lincoln countie areas,I saw the clovis manns name in the obit,I know this is in my family tree the name clovis manns has been mentioned as a 2-3rd cousin,My line comes from Homer manns(Previouslyof Chapmanville) son of Arthur Ira Manns(from ten mile) .Arthur being the son of melroy Manns.Melroy is were I'm stuck at and would like to find out what Melroy's parentage is or even where he was from origianlly.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Black, Turley, Porter, Woyoan, Eden, Forsey, Sites, Midkiff Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZCC.2ACE/992 Message Board Post: W. T. Black, Methodist Cleric, Dies - The Rev. W. T. Black, 83, of Myra, a licensed minister of the Methodist Church for 50 years and a former postmaster at Myra, died Saturday night in a Huntington hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 P.M. tomorrow at the Myra Methodist Church by the Rev. Ebb Cummings, the Rev. Enos Scraggs, the Rev. Harvey Sullivan and the Rev. Jack Shy. Burial will follow in the Black Cemetery at Myra. Pallbearers will be Ernie Neal, Hallie Edwards, Scott Hauldren, Ray Elkins, Charles Yeager and Riley Miller. Mr. Black was a former merchant and had extensive natural gas holdings. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ethel Black; two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Turley and Mrs. Addie Porter, both of Hamlin; four sons, Fred Black of Yawkey, Hal Black of Hamlin, R.L. Black of Lancaster, O., and Raymond Black of Myra; a stepson, Clyde Woyoan of Cincinnati; a brother, A.F. Black of Albuquerque, N.M.; four sisters, Mrs. B.F. Eden, Mrs. W.E. Forsey, Mrs. Garfield Sites and Mrs. Frank Midkiff, all of Jackson, O.; and 25 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The body has been taken to the home from the Koontz Funeral Home at Hamlin. Source: "Huntington Herald Dispatch" Monday, Oct 5, 1953

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Does anyone have a list of the people who are buried in the New Hamlin Cemetery? Or it might be the big Hamlin Cemetery right there on Route 1 near the Rit Aide Drug Store. I am looking for information about Robert and Annie Adkins, Leslie Adkins Almeda Legg and Everett Adkins who are buried there. There might be others like Ruth and Roosevelt Adkins also. Need their dates of birth and deaths please. Thanks Pat

In a message dated 10/19/01 12:38:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, KVan286597@aol.com writes: > Joseph says he "sawed many a board and oarblade to run timber with." He > worked for Irvin Lusher and his sons in the timber business. He > i have a Joseph harless married to Agnes Adkins, her father is also Joseph, is this not the same one Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010!

A Wonderful Cousin sent me this and I wanted to share it with the Lincoln Co. and Cabell Co. List if anyone is interested in getting copies. I tried to Hire a guy to copy this very important Document but he could not find it. The History of my Little Church off of Harless Creek Road has been solved! Way to Cool not to pass along! <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/kvan286597/MyHarlessLineConnection.html/heritage .html">Click here: My Harless Tree Connection</A> If anyone wants to check the names all you have to do is check with the LDS Church and look up this file number: 0205271 This number will help you connect with the whole file of names! About 25 pages. I think this should be something that the Lincoln Co. Society should have a Copy of in their Library! Kathy Lynn Huntington BEach,Calif. PS. I'm planning on Change this Website soon and will let you know the NEW URL with the NEW Information I received: http://hometown.aol.com/kvan286597/MyHarlessLineConnection.html/heritage.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I ran into a very a very interesting document at Marshall University in Huntington, WV. This is a long document & I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPLY COPIES TO ANYONE (sorry). But I thought I would pass the information along. Evidently a Professor Lambert collected a massive amount of history/genealogy information and his family donated much of this information to Marshall University. It is housed in the Special Collection library in Morrow Library. The call number for this particular document is MS 76 BX 18 NBK 16. This stands for box 10 and notebook 16. I give this information for those wanting to acquire the document as again, I am NOT going to be able to respond to any requests for photocopies. Evidently professor Lambert or his wife wrote up an account of Joseph Harless remembrances. I will quote the opening paragraphs: "Four Mile Notes by Joseph M. Harless. My full name is Joseph Madison Harless. My father was Riley Harless of Giles County, Va. He was of Dutch descent born in Giles Co., and came here when he was 19 years old. He died Oct. 13, 1860, and is buried in Haless (sic) Cemetry (sic) on Four Mile. About 200 people are buried there, but there are no tombstones except a few with names only. It is located on Harless Fork, about a mile above the church." The second paragraph starts, "My mother was Nancy Douglas, of Giles Co., Va. Each came to Boone County before their marriage near Stoney. They were in Boone County, and settled near the mouth of Four Mile, near Col. Branch's residence, where he used to live." These two paragraphs already supply a lot of information. First, William seems to have gone by the name Riley - his middle name - to family. This followed a long Germanic tradition of using middle names. The "M" in Joseph's name stands for Madison. If Wm R was born about 1816, then he would have come to WV about 1835/36. [Yet, later suggests his parents came to area about 1825 - error?]. Wm R was buried in Harless Cemetery. He and Nancy Douglas independently came to area & were married near Stoney. This confirms that Wm R married Nancy Douglas. Last year John & Harriet Clendenen wrote a book called Johan Philip Harless of Virginia in which they claim that Wm R married Nancy Hughes rather than Nancy Jane Douglas. I will highlight some of the other statements in this document: Joseph M says he was born March 10, 1848 on Four Mile at the old place less than a mile above Harless Fork Church. [Based on his declaration he was almost 79 yrs old when relating this narrative, it must have been collected about 1927/1928 - there is no explicit dating of the document]. He states he was primarily responsible for the building of this church. He furnished the timber & did most of the work. Charley McCoy did some of the carpentry work. This church was built in 1876 for Primitive Baptists, though United Baptists helped in the building some. Joseph says he deeded the church for use by both groups. [Later he says he owned the church land, and his deed allows preachers of various denominations to preach there - especially Primitive Baptists & United Baptists - but explicitly excludes its use by Catholics & Mormons.] He also later gives the building date for the church as 1877 or 1878 and says it cost about $500 to build besides timber & land. He says it took 18 months to build because construction was not continuous. He supplied all but 5 timbers, a team, shingles, nails, stove (all but $1.25) & paid part of the carpentry bill. The Dickeys sawed the timber. At another point he says his uncle by marriage, Enoch Adkins & possibly other Adkins, donated timbers which he hauled, had sawed, took to the church & "worked it up". Charley McCoy, Mormon Eaves & his brother Jasper helped on carpentry work, he says at later point. They built the seats & he helped, too. The stated $500 cost came from donations, some in cash & some in donated labor. He says his brother Jasper B helped "beg" for donations/pledges, including some from Methodists. Joseph says there were about 15 -20 original members, including he & his wife Amazetta. Andrew Adkins was the first minister. Joseph says that what became known as the John W Dial house was built by his father "who was a carpenter". He thinks his father may have also had a hand in building a house for Andy Chapman. Joseph says he does not remember wolves & bears but his mother told him tales about wild wolves when she first arrived on the Guyan River. Nancy's family settled about a mile from mouth of Hart's Creek. She kept a fire going all night to scare away wolves & bears because her chimney was not completely built up. Joseph remembers one time when his father was home sick with fever when some hounds obligingly ran a deer by his house, allowing him to shoot it! [Joseph often dates an event by saying it was before or after the War, and I am not always clear whether he means Civil War or WW I. I have to use context to decide sometimes. I suspect he generally means the Civil War as in his discussion on deer. He says deer were very plentiful after the War, but they took "Black Tongue" about 1870 & most died. He recalls them especially going to the Big Ugly to drink & then dying there.] He remembers when fish were plentiful on Four Mile. He caught 38 fish 20 inches or longer with a brother & cousin once, and remembers fish of 60 lbs or more. Joseph says he "sawed many a board and oarblade to run timber with." He worked for Irvin Lusher and his sons in the timber business. He remembers his wife's father, James Adkins, saving the life of an important mill owner named Messinger, who was in danger of drowning. I don't understand the reference, but Joseph says he went to the Dusenberry's [mill?] during the [Civil] War. Why? Joseph says he never served in the Civil War but three of his brothers did: James, John, & Jasper Burk. He then goes on to explain the Burk name. He states his great grandmother was a Burk - a sister to the owner's of Burk's Garden. He says his two uncles - Tom & Bill - owned it. He describes Burk's Garden as about 800 acres in Tazewell or Wythe Co. [I know Burk's Garden was prominently mentioned in many early histories of German migration into VA]. Joseph says his father was born in Giles Co & went back there just before the Civil War when Joseph was about 4 yrs old. The purpose of the trip was to visit family & get apple grafts. Joseph says William Ball preached at the death of his father in 1860 and the death of his mother in 1878. [This is first documentation I have on her death date]. He characterizes the Harlesses as "Dutch" on several occasions, though other people are said to be from Germany. He says his paternal grandmother was half Dutch. He says "Harless Fork was named from me and my three brothers, who lived on that creek. James H. Harless lived there first - a mile above the church. John A. and Jasper B. were the others - all are dead but me and my sister Cynthia. Before this the creek was called Locust Rough Fork of Four Mile." He says his uncle George Douglas married the daughter of Thomas Dial & settled near the head of Kentuck Fork. George came from Giles Co and was of "Dutch' ancestry. Joseph discusses his days as storekeeper. Joseph's store was on Harless Fork, about half a mile from the church. He says he began storekeeping in 1875 and quit about 1900. "I sold dry goods, groceries, hardware, drugs, in fact everything used in the country. I bought the largest bill of queensware ever brought here up to that time." He talks about getting much of his goods by boat - Guyandotte Hustler in particular, a freight & passenger ship that could sometimes get all the way to Logan. Push boats & railroads also carried freight. He gives many details, like dealing with up to 1000 pounds of seng [ginsing] a year. & buying trapped furs. He bought from drummers coming from as far away as Bristol, TN & from dealers in Portsmouth, OH, Huntington, Charleston, Gallipolis, & Cincinnati. When he sold his first store to James Jeffers, the latter moved it to head of Harless Fork & used it as dwelling. [Jeffers married a niece to Joseph.] He describes the dimensions of his first store & later building. He later had stores in Man, WV & Wayne Co. Joseph mentions several of his wife's ancestors who owned slaves. One of the great charms of this long narrative is that Joseph reminisces about every old settler he can remember. I found mention of a number of my other relatives - like the Pritchards. I could not even begin to list all the people he discusses [Dials, Adkins, McComas, Lucas, Vaughns, Chafins, Holleys, Akers, Scites, etc etc]. He characterizes many of the early ministers, saying Andrew Adkins & Samuel Smith were among the best ministers, & he also had a high opinion of Burwell & Stephen Spurlock. He also enumerates all mills he knew about. I wish he would have told more about his family, but the stories on neighbors also helps understand the times & social climate. As an aside, he mentions seeing catamounts in the woods in times past - up to 9 feet long. What was a catamount? I will warn anyone wanting to copy this item - there are whole sections duplicated & triplicated but the last pages are new material. It's hard to know where to stop & re-start to avoid the duplications. Sorry, but I really can't look up names of non-Harlesses. I am not curmudgeonly - just booked up timewise. But I did want to share this information with people having an interest in the Wm R Harless line.

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/ZCC.2ACE/991 Message Board Post: Pheley (Pheby) Roberts was born in 1879, had a sister Alwilda born in 1877. Their parents were S. B. and Mary ?? Roberts, was in the 1880 census. Does any one have these 2 in their family tree.

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/ZCC.2ACE/990 Message Board Post: Ihave a Elbert Zirkler (age 16) living with James N. Nida in the 1900 Lincoln Cty. Census

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/ZCC.2ACE/549.554.1.1 Message Board Post: The father of Russell Dean was Hiram Dean and his mother was Nancy Lawson. They came from Wise County, VA. Who was your gg grandmother? I possibly know a lot about them. My dad's mother was a Dean and related to these Dean's.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALBRIGHT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZCC.2ACE/989 Message Board Post: HARDESTY'S ENCYLOPEDIA, 1884, "Personal History Department--Lincoln County, West Virginia", p 398,399. Sheridan District. WILLIAM A. ALBRIGHT--owns 179 acres of good land on Trace fork of Four-mile creek, and has made his home in this district since 1868. He was born in Wythe County, Virginia, January 19, 1817, a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Camper) Albright, now many years deceased. In Boone county, (then) Virginia, in 1837, he was united in marriage with Frances Adkins; and the birth and death record of their children is: Moses A., born January 7, 1838, died in 1863; Elias E., born September 20, 1840, lives in Cabell County; Cynthia J., February 12, 1841, lives near home; Isaac M., May 17, 1843, died September 15, 1853; Silas R., born May 27, 1845; Matthew A., August 10, 1847, lives in Boyd County, Kentucky; William C., February 5, 1849; George W., February 3, 1851; James P., June 10, 1853; Joseph S., May 31, 1855, died September 13, 1856. The wife of Mr. Albright was a daughter of Rev. William and Elizabeth (Meadows) Adkins, and she was born in Monroe County. Mr. Alb! right, his wife, and all their children save one, are members of the Church of Christ. One son belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church. During the War between the States Mr. Albright was a member of the 8th Virginia Cavalry, Company G., Confederate service, and among the battles in which he fought were Winchester, Lacy Landing, and Harrisonburg. He has served his district as overseer of the poor, and as deputy sheriff and constable. His postoffice address is Bowen, Wayne county, Virginia.

Does anyone have any data on Richard Lee Stowers, b. 10-16-1893 married Valrie Wallis and d. Jan 1973 in huntington WV. I know who his siblings and parents were. I am looking for his decendents. Stan Adkins

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/ZCC.2ACE/505.511.1 Message Board Post: Lillian: Thanks for responding. I found the cemetery last spring and have visited there twice since then. Some of the names I am interested in are Clay, Watson, Sansom, Parsons and Merritt. It just so happened that the day I first visited the cemetery, I also stopped at the library in Hamlin. (I had been there before and had asked about a listing of burials for Watson, but they did not have one.) I asked again about a Watson listing and the volunteer showed me that she was just punching holes in two new listings for Watson to put them into their notebook! What timing! I took photocopies of both listings and they have been a great help (though there are some errors). Lincoln County genealogy is a challenge, so the gravestones at Watson helped me identify people I could not have found otherwise. Thanks again for contacting me. If you want me to check the listings for anyone, just let me know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClellan, Dean Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZCC.2ACE/549.554.1 Message Board Post: Lillian, I have had some info added but no way to confirm info. Two different people sent me infomation from the 1880 Lincoln County Census, possibly of the family of Martha McClellan Dean, one source spelled it with a D so that is probably where I got the D from, I have a copy of my ggrandmothers SS appl. which spells it with no D. The Martha in the Census is the correct age, with father name John D. and step-mother named Mary M. If you can anyway verify any of this I would appreciate it. Also any info on the parents of Russell Dean would be appreciated.

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/ZCC.2ACE/505.511 Message Board Post: Sharon, who in particular are you trying to locate at the Watson Cemetery? My is dad was buried there, and I am somewhat familiar with many people who were buried there. I was at this cemetery this past August, and the reply posted is very accurate as to where this cemetery is located (I grew up there). If you would like any further information from me, please e-mail. One other thing, many cemetries in Lincoln County list those buried on the website. However, Watson's is not listed.