Did you find your family on my web site? Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: woody woodson [mailto:woody2@localnet.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:44 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery Jim Burgess wrote: Hi Jim.......My grandma was a Georgia Vance who married Warning Workman......Denzil [Woody]Woodson >Woody >Have you visited my web site www.surnames.com >Click on Published ged coms (find Jim and Sandi Burgess Evan Brown and his >family >are listed there. >Hope this helps. >How are you related? >thanks >Jim Burgess > >-----Original Message----- >From: woody woodson [mailto:woody2@localnet.com] >Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:22 PM >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > > >WBMPAPAW@aol.com wrote:Hi Benny.....Re Marvel Vance......I have a >Margaret [Marvil ?] Vance born 1838 that was married to a Evans Brown on >12/27/1855.....Do u have anything like this? Also, do u have >anything on Susan b. 1847 and Elisha b. 1849........Tks.....Denzil Woodson > > > >>Phyllis, I have a Christine Elkins born Nov. 9, 1810, she was the daughter >>of James Elkins. She married Abner Vance born Nov. 4, 1813. he was the son >> >> >of > > >>Richard Vance born 1792 who was the son of Abner Vance and Susannah >> >> >Howard. > > >>Some dates show Abner was born in 1815 but the above date comes from a >>family bible. Marvel Vance was born Jan. 19, 1838 and Elizabeth Maynard >> >> >Kirk > > >>Vance was born June 28, 1837. I have all the birth dates for the Kirk >> >> >kids > > >>Joseph, Claryce, Melvin, Vashty, James, Sarah Jane and my grandmother >> >> >Christeanna > > >>Vance (only child by Marvel and Elizabeth) hope this doesn't confuse you. >>Yes the " Haulbush" Cemetery is the one that Elizabeth is buried in. Bye >> >> >Benny > > >>============================== >>New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >> >> >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&t a >rgetid=5429 > > >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Woody Have you visited my web site www.surnames.com Click on Published ged coms (find Jim and Sandi Burgess Evan Brown and his family are listed there. Hope this helps. How are you related? thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: woody woodson [mailto:woody2@localnet.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:22 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery WBMPAPAW@aol.com wrote:Hi Benny.....Re Marvel Vance......I have a Margaret [Marvil ?] Vance born 1838 that was married to a Evans Brown on 12/27/1855.....Do u have anything like this? Also, do u have anything on Susan b. 1847 and Elisha b. 1849........Tks.....Denzil Woodson >Phyllis, I have a Christine Elkins born Nov. 9, 1810, she was the daughter >of James Elkins. She married Abner Vance born Nov. 4, 1813. he was the son of >Richard Vance born 1792 who was the son of Abner Vance and Susannah Howard. >Some dates show Abner was born in 1815 but the above date comes from a >family bible. Marvel Vance was born Jan. 19, 1838 and Elizabeth Maynard Kirk >Vance was born June 28, 1837. I have all the birth dates for the Kirk kids >Joseph, Claryce, Melvin, Vashty, James, Sarah Jane and my grandmother Christeanna >Vance (only child by Marvel and Elizabeth) hope this doesn't confuse you. >Yes the " Haulbush" Cemetery is the one that Elizabeth is buried in. Bye Benny > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > > > > > > ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

I was going over a list of marriages for Logan Co on the web and found this: VANCE Louisa March 22 ,1865 John/Mary J. Ellis Could this Mary Jane be the daughter of Anderson and Jeanetta Ellis. Mary Jane would have been abt. 16 when Louisa was born. Louisa shows up on the following census submitted by Jim Burgess to the web: 1870 Logan County, West Virginia Anderson ELLIS 44 Judith ELLIS 41 Kentucky daughter of Ira DEBORD) Mary Jane ELLIS 21 Virginia married Luke CURRY) William ELLIS 19 Virginia married Catherine LAMB daughter of Martha 17 Jan 1875) Margaret L. ELLIS 14 French M ELLIS 11 married E.L. SMITH 4 Mar 1884) Mary F ELLIS 8 Joseph G(reen) ELLIS 5 (m George NEWSOM daughter of James NEWSOM &Sarah 16 Oct 1889 Ezekial ELLIS 11 Harriet ELLIS 9 Hanson ELLIS 6 Malinda ELLIS 4 Louisa ELLIS 2 Luke CURREY Self M Male W 36 KY Farming WV WV Mary J(Ellis) CURREY Wife M Female W 30 WV Keeping House WV WV Eli Francis CURREY Son S Male W 14 WV WV WV Louiza CURREY (Ellis) Dau S Female W 13 WV WV WV Geo. R. CURREY Son S Male W 11 WV WV WV John H. CURREY (Ellis) Son S Male W 10 WV WV WV Minnis S. CURREY Son S Male W 7 WV WV WV Robert Guy CURREY(Ellis) Son S Male W 7 WV WV WV m 1. Luemma Burgess Dec 1892 m 2. Estella Lee 'Letilla' Vance Mar 17,1897 Logan Co.) Albert L. CURREY Son S Male W 4 WV WV WV Cora B. CURREY Dau S Female W 2 WV WV WV Joseph E. CURREY(Ellis) Son S Male W 2 WV WV WV I hav e also spoken to Albert Ellis' daughter and she told me he had told her his fathers name was John. Albert ended up living in Wyoming county near my ggrandfather, Robert Guy Ellis, who was Mary Janes son. We have no information on his father, Anybody??? Peggy

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Phyllis, I have a Christine Elkins born Nov. 9, 1810, she was the daughter of James Elkins. She married Abner Vance born Nov. 4, 1813. he was the son of Richard Vance born 1792 who was the son of Abner Vance and Susannah Howard. Some dates show Abner was born in 1815 but the above date comes from a family bible. Marvel Vance was born Jan. 19, 1838 and Elizabeth Maynard Kirk Vance was born June 28, 1837. I have all the birth dates for the Kirk kids Joseph, Claryce, Melvin, Vashty, James, Sarah Jane and my grandmother Christeanna Vance (only child by Marvel and Elizabeth) hope this doesn't confuse you. Yes the " Haulbush" Cemetery is the one that Elizabeth is buried in. Bye Benny

Shelby, Lawrence knew where everyone lived, where every shortcut was and who was kin to who. He spent most of his live near Breeden and working as a well tender in and around that area. Benny

Phyllis, i know what you are saying because there are so many old unmarked graves of our ancestors. The one across the road and creek from Buster Kirks old home place is one for example, Buster always said that the only place to bury someone was near the back since the rest was full of unmarked graves. My dad have two small brothers buried there. Another one is the Caldwell Cemetery on up Piney and that is where Elizabeth Kirk is buried, my first cousin Ida McCloud who is 84 told me that she went with grandma Christeanna to decorate her mom's grave (back in the 40's) and that she was buried on the upper side of the cemetery near the upper end and there are only rocks there for markers. Elizabeth was a Maynard and married a Kirk then Marvel Vance. By the way i have a picture of Elizabeth and Marvel taken about 1890. Yes, i spent almost 30 years working for the gas company mostly in the southern part of WV and parts of KY. Thanks Bye Benny

this cemetery is very well taken care off and there is a memorial church service held there every year on the third sunday in may i know some of the adams that live on trace and may be some kin to you e-mail any time any help i can do for you i will do my best Marie Browning >From: mclemoreb@comcast.net >Reply-To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery >Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:28:46 +0000 > >That sounds exactly like the one. The old family homeplace where my >grandmother lived was just past the school house. The last time I was >over there the house was falling down then and thats been 20 -25 years ago >or more. The house probably doesn't exist any more. > >I will try and find it the next time I visit Logan County. Thanks for the >information and I will keep your e-mail address and then I can ask >directions if needed. > >Beulah > >-- >Reston >703-620-1389 > >-------------- Original message -------------- >From: "luther browning" <luther_browning@msn.com> > > > the cemetery you are talking about i think is the adams dillion kinser > > cemetery on trace fork on big harts it is very easy to find and has a >sign > > called maryanna rd where to turn and the little school house is now a >church > > house and the cemetery is right on the hillside behind it > > > > > > > > Marie Browning > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Beulah McLemore" > > >Reply-To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > > >Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 07:43:41 -0400 > > > > > >Phyllis, Thanks to all the students and faculty at Harts High School >for > > >all the great and necessary work done for Genealogy. Family history is > > >needed for all of us to trace our families heritage. > > > > > >My Grandmother Celia Ann Dillon, twin sisters and a host of other >relatives > > >are buried at a cemetery called Kinser Cemetery. All I can remember is > > >that > > >the cemetery is on the Fork of Harts where the Adams family lived. Ie., > > >Ernest Adams. I also know that there was a small one (l) room school >house > > >just below the cemetery. This school building was later used as a >church. > > >There are a big number of graves at this cemetery and I never knew the >name > > >of it until I found my grandmothers death certificate. She died in >1946. > > >Some years later I attended a Sunday Meeting with dinner of the grounds >and > > >also a funeral for one of my uncles. The funeral was held at the school > > >house/church and buried in this cemetery. > > > > > >My father says that this part of Harts is in Logan County. If you do >not > > >know of this cemetery perhaps you can put me in touch with someone who >can > > >help me. > > > > > >My ancestors are Dillon/Sansom/Dingess/Bailey. Lisa has done some work >on > > >the Dillon side, but didn't include this cemetery on her page. I have > > >lost > > >contact with Lisa. I know her grandmother and my first cousin passed >away > > >recently (Sylvia Dillon Farris) > > > > > >Thanks for any help you can give me. My parents are Rena (Dillon) >Sansom > > >and George Sansom. Sansom is sometimes spelled Samson. > > > > > > > > > > > >Beulah McLemore > > >703-620-1389 home > > >703-405-5522 cell > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Harts High School [mailto:hartshighschool@yahoo.com] > > >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:21 AM > > >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > > > > > >One of my students brought in a nice Workman cemetery located up >Francis > > >Creek toward Penn Coal in Lincoln Co. There isn't an Amos Workman >listed > > >but > > >it's a BIG Cemetery and has some old 1800's graves...three Fannins, a >few > > >McClouds,mostly, Workmans.Looks like the oldest marked grave is W. F. > > >Workman born 1879 and died 2/17/1950 > > > Phyllis > > > > > >Awpaxwv@aol.com wrote: > > > Need information on Amos Workman. thanks anita > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >Search the US Census Collection. 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tn be n his cemetery is very well taken care off and there is a memorial church service held there every year on the third sunday in may i know some of the adams that live on trace and may be some kin to you e-mail any time any help i can do for you i will do my best Marie Browning >From: mclemoreb@comcast.net >Reply-To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery >Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:28:46 +0000 > >That sounds exactly like the one. The old family homeplace where my >grandmother lived was just past the school house. The last time I was >over there the house was falling down then and thats been 20 -25 years ago >or more. The house probably doesn't exist any more. > >I will try and find it the next time I visit Logan County. Thanks for the >information and I will keep your e-mail address and then I can ask >directions if needed. > >Beulah > >-- >Reston >703-620-1389 > >-------------- Original message -------------- >From: "luther browning" <luther_browning@msn.com> > > > the cemetery you are talking about i think is the adams dillion kinser > > cemetery on trace fork on big harts it is very easy to find and has a >sign > > called maryanna rd where to turn and the little school house is now a >church > > house and the cemetery is right on the hillside behind it > > > > > > > > Marie Browning > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Beulah McLemore" > > >Reply-To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > > >Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 07:43:41 -0400 > > > > > >Phyllis, Thanks to all the students and faculty at Harts High School >for > > >all the great and necessary work done for Genealogy. Family history is > > >needed for all of us to trace our families heritage. > > > > > >My Grandmother Celia Ann Dillon, twin sisters and a host of other >relatives > > >are buried at a cemetery called Kinser Cemetery. All I can remember is > > >that > > >the cemetery is on the Fork of Harts where the Adams family lived. Ie., > > >Ernest Adams. I also know that there was a small one (l) room school >house > > >just below the cemetery. This school building was later used as a >church. > > >There are a big number of graves at this cemetery and I never knew the >name > > >of it until I found my grandmothers death certificate. She died in >1946. > > >Some years later I attended a Sunday Meeting with dinner of the grounds >and > > >also a funeral for one of my uncles. The funeral was held at the school > > >house/church and buried in this cemetery. > > > > > >My father says that this part of Harts is in Logan County. If you do >not > > >know of this cemetery perhaps you can put me in touch with someone who >can > > >help me. > > > > > >My ancestors are Dillon/Sansom/Dingess/Bailey. Lisa has done some work >on > > >the Dillon side, but didn't include this cemetery on her page. I have > > >lost > > >contact with Lisa. I know her grandmother and my first cousin passed >away > > >recently (Sylvia Dillon Farris) > > > > > >Thanks for any help you can give me. My parents are Rena (Dillon) >Sansom > > >and George Sansom. Sansom is sometimes spelled Samson. > > > > > > > > > > > >Beulah McLemore > > >703-620-1389 home > > >703-405-5522 cell > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Harts High School [mailto:hartshighschool@yahoo.com] > > >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:21 AM > > >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > > > > > >One of my students brought in a nice Workman cemetery located up >Francis > > >Creek toward Penn Coal in Lincoln Co. There isn't an Amos Workman >listed > > >but > > >it's a BIG Cemetery and has some old 1800's graves...three Fannins, a >few > > >McClouds,mostly, Workmans.Looks like the oldest marked grave is W. F. > > >Workman born 1879 and died 2/17/1950 > > > Phyllis > > > > > >Awpaxwv@aol.com wrote: > > > Need information on Amos Workman. thanks anita > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >Search the US Census Collection. 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In a message dated 05/16/06 12:46:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, suebod@tampabay.rr.com writes: If this has been going on so long, it can't be just the current governor and government. What? Big money buys WV's government? Sick. Sue Nothing new, Sue. WV has had two governors in my lifetime who were sent to prison. Did you ever think about why WV schools were completely racially integrated after Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision? I was always proud of that. Read about the Governor who DID want to tax the energy companies fairly--Governor William C. Marland. Sharon Lee Gates Apopka, FL West Virginia's Taxicab Governor: William C. Marland This article first appeared in the Political Collector. For more information about the Political Collector newspaper, write to The Political Collector, Box 5171, York PA 17405 ____________________________________ On March 12, 1965, newspapers all over the country carried an almost unbelievable story. A reporter in Chicago had discovered that a cab driver in that city was actually the former governor of West Virginia, who had left office eight years earlier. At the time the reporter found him, ex-governor William C. Marland was eating fried chicken in the basement of the YMCA where he rented a room. Other reporters soon jumped on the story, asking Marland what had happened. He had a two word answer: "Got drunk." For several days, Marland was the talk of the nation. Perhaps the story made some people feel a little superior—even if they had never been elected governor, at least they had never fallen as far as Marland had, from governor to alcoholic cab driver. After a few days, however, the nation forgot this novelty news story. Marland deserves better, however, and his story includes elements of heroism and tragedy. William Casey Marland was the son of a coal miner, who had himself worked as a young man both in and around West Virginia mines. He worked his way through college and law school, finally winning election to the state Attorney General's office at the age of thirty. Four years later, as Governor Okey L. Patteson prepared to leave office, he anointed Marland as his hand-picked successor. Marland still faced a tough election battle in both the primary and general election of 1952, but he triumphed in November. At age thirty-four, the Democratic politician was the youngest governor ever elected in West Virginia. The first three days were the only calm ones in the four years of the Marland administration. On January 22, 1953, Marland did the unthinkable. He presented the state legislature a proposal to tax the coal industry to raise some $18 million per year for West Virginia's woefully inadequate schools and roads. There was no interest group more powerful in West Virginia than the coal barons, but Marland took them on. He argued that only adequate roads and schools could help bring prosperity to the Mountain State. As might have been expected, legislators went running for cover, and most observers described the youthful Marland as inflexible and unwilling to compromise on his bill. The bill never made it out of the legislature, and the Marland administration never recovered. Marland did continue to try to build up the state, even without the millions of dollars of development money he had hoped for. He became a sort of industrial ambassador for West Virginia, seeking new factories and other investments. By one count he traveled 50,000 miles to "sell" West Virginia to industrialists in seventeen states. He did manage to land one very large aluminum plant, and helped attract dozens of smaller factories. While some Southern governors bitterly fought the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, Marland took the common-sense attitude that Brown was the law of the land and must be enforced. While racism was far from uncommon in West Virginia, Marland stuck by his guns and the state's public schools were integrated almost without incident. Toward the end of his four year term Marland began to consider his future. When U.S. Senator Harley M. Kilgore died early in 1956, the governor announced that he would run for the seat. After a difficult primary campaign Marland did secure the Democratic nomination, but his Republican opponent, Chapman Revercomb, scored an upset victory in the general election. When his gubernatorial term ended in January 1957, Marland returned to the practice of law. About a year later the death of West Virginia's other U.S. Senator, Matthew Neely, gave Marland another chance to enter the upper chamber of the national legislature. This time, though, he went down to defeat in the Democratic primary, losing to a man who had just been defeated for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, Jennings Randolph. Undoubtedly feeling the sting of rejection, Marland took a job with a major coal company and relocated to Chicago. In a short autobiographical piece Marland later wrote for the Associated Press, he explained that after moving to Chicago "my drinking had resolved itself into a 24-hour-a-day proposition." Marland decided to check himself into "the alcoholic ward of a mental institution," and he apparently never took another drink for the rest of his life. Still, he felt far from rehabilitated when he left the hospital. The former governor took a new position as a corporate attorney, but found that his interpersonal skills were now quite poor, and he wasn't able to keep the position. Marland was undergoing great inner turmoil. As he later recalled, he could neither make himself go back to the world of being a successful lawyer, nor return to the world of the drunkard. He decided instead to enter a "neutral zone" between the world of prestigious attorney and alcoholic failure. He began to drive a white Ford taxicab for the Flash Taxicab Company. Although he seemed to intend this to be only a temporary job, he found himself liking it, as his competence at the job restored some of his confidence. Occasionally old friends from West Virginia would happen to climb into Marland's cab while visiting Chicago, and would recognize Marland, much to their astonishment. Marland always managed to get them to agree to keep his new life a secret. Finally, though, Chicago was rife with rumors that one of the Flash Company's drivers was a former governor, and a local reporter finally verified the story. Marland in March 1965, at the time he was "discovered" Marland reported he had been almost ready to return to corporate or legal work, and the news stories only hastened his decision. A number of old West Virginia friends and political allies were shocked and probably a little sheepish to learn of Marland's circumstances, and he received a number of job offers from his old home. Finally he accepted one with James F. Edwards, who owned a number of mattress factories as well as two West Virginia horse tracks. Despite the laughs that many Americans got as they read about the taxicab governor, Marland was generously honest about his recent past, and used his experience to help others who were battling alcoholism. Asked if he had triumphed over his drinking problem Marland explained patiently, "We never say we've licked the drinking problem, but I like to believe mine is arrested. I haven't had a drink in four years. I'm getting myself together again." Perhaps the most charitable headline Marland got was the one the Charleston Gazette used over Marland's short autobiography: "Marland Tells Own Story. Found Self Before Newsmen Did." Marland's new life as a corporate executive seemed to go well, but fate was not going to give William C. Marland a happy ending. Only months after the world rediscovered him, Marland was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas. He died in November 1965, eight months after leaving the taxicab company. He was with his family at the end. As he had wished, his ashes were scattered over a favorite West Virginia apple orchard. The fates did not leave Marland's widow to live out her days in peace, either. In 1977 she died in an apartment fire. Even today in West Virginia, William C. Marland is most often remembered as the "taxicab governor." It is sad this young executive is not also remembered for his own brand of bravery, daring to take on the coal companies, being willing to enforce an unpopular Supreme Court desegregation case, and finally battling the demons of alcohol and winning—or at least coming as close to victory as was possible. © 1998 by Stephen Cresswell ____________________________________

Benny, I still think that Christine/ Christianna Elkins that married a Vance was Old Marvel's daughter,but al the census dates say no. When I was at that cemetery there had been timbering going on and some damage. WBMPAPAW@aol.com wrote: Phyllis, i know what you are saying because there are so many old unmarked graves of our ancestors. The one across the road and creek from Buster Kirks old home place is one for example, Buster always said that the only place to bury someone was near the back since the rest was full of unmarked graves. My dad have two small brothers buried there. Another one is the Caldwell Cemetery on up Piney and that is where Elizabeth Kirk is buried, my first cousin Ida McCloud who is 84 told me that she went with grandma Christeanna to decorate her mom's grave (back in the 40's) and that she was buried on the upper side of the cemetery near the upper end and there are only rocks there for markers. Elizabeth was a Maynard and married a Kirk then Marvel Vance. By the way i have a picture of Elizabeth and Marvel taken about 1890. Yes, i spent almost 30 years working for the gas company mostly in the southern part of WV and parts of KY. Thanks Bye Benny ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Benny, I'd like to have a copy of that picture of Elizabeth and Marvel. Elizabeth was married to Harry's g-grandpa Kirk. I have one picture of her but none of Marvel. http://www.geocities.com/deadpoet_2000/kirkcemetery.html That's the cemetery link to what I call the Pat Kirk Cemetery,now. Harry and I have 2 babies buried there. His aunt Iris Williams owns that property. I am interested in the Caldwell Cemetery up Piney. I think it is the one I cal the Old Marvel Elkins Cemetery because he was the first one buried there( according to Harry's papaw Kirk. A few years ago, Harry and I went to the "Haulbush" (Greg McCann owns that property, but for years his papaw, Pat Kirk did). We were looking for Marvel Elkins's grave http://www.geocities.com/harts_lions/haulbush.html See if this looks like the same one to you. Phyllis WBMPAPAW@aol.com wrote: Phyllis, i know what you are saying because there are so many old unmarked graves of our ancestors. The one across the road and creek from Buster Kirks old home place is one for example, Buster always said that the only place to bury someone was near the back since the rest was full of unmarked graves. My dad have two small brothers buried there. Another one is the Caldwell Cemetery on up Piney and that is where Elizabeth Kirk is buried, my first cousin Ida McCloud who is 84 told me that she went with grandma Christeanna to decorate her mom's grave (back in the 40's) and that she was buried on the upper side of the cemetery near the upper end and there are only rocks there for markers. Elizabeth was a Maynard and married a Kirk then Marvel Vance. By the way i have a picture of Elizabeth and Marvel taken about 1890. Yes, i spent almost 30 years working for the gas company mostly in the southern part of WV and parts of KY. Thanks Bye Benny ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Phyllis, Thanks again, If you see Lisa again, tell her I ask about her and give her my e-mail address: mclemoreb@comcast.net. Thanks for information of the Adams, Dillon, Kinser Cemetery on Trace Fork. Be careful of the Snakes, as well, the last time I was there 25-30 years ago we killed two big Copperheads. Probably winter time would be the time to look this one up. I do understand that they still have church in the old school house below the cemetery. A note from Marie Browning. the cemetery you are talking about i think is the adams dillion kinser cemetery on trace fork on big harts it is very easy to find and has a sign called maryanna rd where to turn and the little school house is now a church house and the cemetery is right on the hillside behind it Marie Browning Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389  home 703-405-5522  cell -----Original Message----- From: Harts High School [mailto:hartshighschool@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:49 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery Thanks so much, This is Lisa's link. I still see her out and about. She's married to Mike Dillon and lives in Harts http://www.geocities.com/deadpoet_2000/lisamem.html I'll make a point to go out and get that other cemetery for you this summer, actually soon (because of snakes). My husband and I were on Sand Creek at a place called Mile Branch yesterday looking for an old great-great aunt's grave. We found it at Eden Park (lovely name, huh?). I'll have that cemetery on this week. Beulah McLemore <mclemoreb@comcast.net> wrote: Phyllis, Thanks to all the students and faculty at Harts High School for all the great and necessary work done for Genealogy. Family history is needed for all of us to trace our families heritage. My Grandmother Celia Ann Dillon, twin sisters and a host of other relatives are buried at a cemetery called Kinser Cemetery. All I can remember is that the cemetery is on the Fork of Harts where the Adams family lived. Ie., Ernest Adams. I also know that there was a small one (l) room school house just below the cemetery. This school building was later used as a church. There are a big number of graves at this cemetery and I never knew the name of it until I found my grandmothers death certificate. She died in 1946. Some years later I attended a Sunday Meeting with dinner of the grounds and also a funeral for one of my uncles. The funeral was held at the school house/church and buried in this cemetery. My father says that this part of Harts is in Logan County. If you do not know of this cemetery perhaps you can put me in touch with someone who can help me. My ancestors are Dillon/Sansom/Dingess/Bailey. Lisa has done some work on the Dillon side, but didn't include this cemetery on her page. I have lost contact with Lisa. I know her grandmother and my first cousin passed away recently (Sylvia Dillon Farris) Thanks for any help you can give me. My parents are Rena (Dillon) Sansom and George Sansom. Sansom is sometimes spelled Samson. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389 home 703-405-5522 cell -----Original Message----- From: Harts High School [mailto:hartshighschool@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:21 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery One of my students brought in a nice Workman cemetery located up Francis Creek toward Penn Coal in Lincoln Co. There isn't an Amos Workman listed but it's a BIG Cemetery and has some old 1800's graves...three Fannins, a few McClouds,mostly, Workmans.Looks like the oldest marked grave is W. F. Workman born 1879 and died 2/17/1950 Phyllis Awpaxwv@aol.com wrote: Need information on Amos Workman. thanks anita ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Excellent idea on asking a gas co emplyee how to find a cemetry; A few years ago, my late wife Norma were on Twelve pole trying to fond where her great grandfather Riland Floyd Hager was buried. We ask Lawrence Phelps, a gas co emplyee where the cemetry was. He told us it was the Vance/ Mcloud cemetery on the East Fork. Sure enough it was there where we found his grave.. Shelby

Hi, Benny I'm going to try and type that cemetery on this week. It has 25 un-marked graves, according to Matt Riffe and his mom( they did the scouting on that one). I appreciate the directions. I like to put on directions when we list a cemetery because you know how hard it is to find anything in this area, and no one can tell you exactly where any of the cemeteries are because they assume you know something about all these hollows and "turn-offs" (which I don't). Harry and I were up Broad Branch in Big Ugly all day Sunday looking for an Andreson Cemetery that one of my Gillenwater students had found, and all we found was the massive strip job which extends into Boone Co.,and 1000 kinds of LOST and CONFUSED in all the back roads...oh, and one snake. Did you work for the gas company? Those guys always know the routes. Phyllis WBMPAPAW@aol.com wrote: Phyllis: I think the cemetery that you are referring to is on the road past the Francis Creek Church just before you get to the guard shack on the coal haul road, you can go on across the road and turn left and come out on Laurel Branch of Twelve Pole where the Maynards Cemetery is. Also i have a first cousin that is buried in the Meeks Cemetery, Grover Marcum who married Pearlie Kinser (dau. of George Kinser). I remember seeing the grave marker of a Ed Meeks who was born about 1890 or near that time, i recall seeing him when i was a kid way back in the 50's. Bye Benny ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Thanks so much, This is Lisa's link. I still see her out and about. She's married to Mike Dillon and lives in Harts http://www.geocities.com/deadpoet_2000/lisamem.html I'll make a point to go out and get that other cemetery for you this summer, actually soon (because of snakes). My husband and I were on Sand Creek at a place called Mile Branch yesterday looking for an old great-great aunt's grave. We found it at Eden Park (lovely name, huh?). I'll have that cemetery on this week. Beulah McLemore <mclemoreb@comcast.net> wrote: Phyllis, Thanks to all the students and faculty at Harts High School for all the great and necessary work done for Genealogy. Family history is needed for all of us to trace our families heritage. My Grandmother Celia Ann Dillon, twin sisters and a host of other relatives are buried at a cemetery called Kinser Cemetery. All I can remember is that the cemetery is on the Fork of Harts where the Adams family lived. Ie., Ernest Adams. I also know that there was a small one (l) room school house just below the cemetery. This school building was later used as a church. There are a big number of graves at this cemetery and I never knew the name of it until I found my grandmothers death certificate. She died in 1946. Some years later I attended a Sunday Meeting with dinner of the grounds and also a funeral for one of my uncles. The funeral was held at the school house/church and buried in this cemetery. My father says that this part of Harts is in Logan County. If you do not know of this cemetery perhaps you can put me in touch with someone who can help me. My ancestors are Dillon/Sansom/Dingess/Bailey. Lisa has done some work on the Dillon side, but didn't include this cemetery on her page. I have lost contact with Lisa. I know her grandmother and my first cousin passed away recently (Sylvia Dillon Farris) Thanks for any help you can give me. My parents are Rena (Dillon) Sansom and George Sansom. Sansom is sometimes spelled Samson. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389 home 703-405-5522 cell -----Original Message----- From: Harts High School [mailto:hartshighschool@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:21 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery One of my students brought in a nice Workman cemetery located up Francis Creek toward Penn Coal in Lincoln Co. There isn't an Amos Workman listed but it's a BIG Cemetery and has some old 1800's graves...three Fannins, a few McClouds,mostly, Workmans.Looks like the oldest marked grave is W. F. Workman born 1879 and died 2/17/1950 Phyllis Awpaxwv@aol.com wrote: Need information on Amos Workman. thanks anita ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

That sounds exactly like the one. The old family homeplace where my grandmother lived was just past the school house. The last time I was over there the house was falling down then and thats been 20 -25 years ago or more. The house probably doesn't exist any more. I will try and find it the next time I visit Logan County. Thanks for the information and I will keep your e-mail address and then I can ask directions if needed. Beulah -- Reston 703-620-1389 -------------- Original message -------------- From: "luther browning" <luther_browning@msn.com> > the cemetery you are talking about i think is the adams dillion kinser > cemetery on trace fork on big harts it is very easy to find and has a sign > called maryanna rd where to turn and the little school house is now a church > house and the cemetery is right on the hillside behind it > > > > Marie Browning > > > > > > >From: "Beulah McLemore" > >Reply-To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > >Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 07:43:41 -0400 > > > >Phyllis, Thanks to all the students and faculty at Harts High School for > >all the great and necessary work done for Genealogy. Family history is > >needed for all of us to trace our families heritage. > > > >My Grandmother Celia Ann Dillon, twin sisters and a host of other relatives > >are buried at a cemetery called Kinser Cemetery. All I can remember is > >that > >the cemetery is on the Fork of Harts where the Adams family lived. Ie., > >Ernest Adams. I also know that there was a small one (l) room school house > >just below the cemetery. This school building was later used as a church. > >There are a big number of graves at this cemetery and I never knew the name > >of it until I found my grandmothers death certificate. She died in 1946. > >Some years later I attended a Sunday Meeting with dinner of the grounds and > >also a funeral for one of my uncles. The funeral was held at the school > >house/church and buried in this cemetery. > > > >My father says that this part of Harts is in Logan County. If you do not > >know of this cemetery perhaps you can put me in touch with someone who can > >help me. > > > >My ancestors are Dillon/Sansom/Dingess/Bailey. Lisa has done some work on > >the Dillon side, but didn't include this cemetery on her page. I have > >lost > >contact with Lisa. I know her grandmother and my first cousin passed away > >recently (Sylvia Dillon Farris) > > > >Thanks for any help you can give me. My parents are Rena (Dillon) Sansom > >and George Sansom. Sansom is sometimes spelled Samson. > > > > > > > >Beulah McLemore > >703-620-1389 home > >703-405-5522 cell > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Harts High School [mailto:hartshighschool@yahoo.com] > >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:21 AM > >To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Old Workman Cemetery > > > >One of my students brought in a nice Workman cemetery located up Francis > >Creek toward Penn Coal in Lincoln Co. There isn't an Amos Workman listed > >but > >it's a BIG Cemetery and has some old 1800's graves...three Fannins, a few > >McClouds,mostly, Workmans.Looks like the oldest marked grave is W. F. > >Workman born 1879 and died 2/17/1950 > > Phyllis > > > >Awpaxwv@aol.com wrote: > > Need information on Amos Workman. thanks anita > > > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > >============================== > >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Thank you. I always counted myself so blessed to have this time with them. Sue At 12:11 PM 6/9/06 -0700, you wrote: >Sue, > >You should have been around for Job when he was receiving all the advice >and analyses of his problems from his three friends. He probably would >have been helped much more if he could have recounted the many good times >when God was blessing him instead of having to listen to the bad diagnosis >and indictments from his wife and friends. >My point is that the patient was being served as well as yourself in >getting them to talk while you listened; a real win-win situation. > >STAN > > >On Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 05:58 AM, suebod wrote: > >>Amen, Jim. >> >>I began writing in 1995, shortly after my mother's first stroke and >>paralysis. It was recommended by a therapist. Back then, there was no >>such thing as care giver therapy or support groups. We just went and did, >>sometimes til we dropped. >> >>What I found most painful was the lack of friends and family to listen to >>the saga of mom's slow demise. It seemed I was the pariah of Death, >>instead of the life-helper. No matter how positive and upbeat I tried to >>be, I was greeted grimly as folks awaited the latest in the bad news. >>Hospice taught me there is a notion among some that death is contagious. >> >>Time with mom, later with my great-aunt and then my beloved aunt and >>cousin, meant long hours in hospital rooms, doctors' waiting rooms, in >>line at the pharmacy or treatment centers, or at their homes. I took my >>notebook and when they could not recall what they'd had for lunch or if >>we'd had lunch, they could recall stories of their youth, their >>grandparents, funny things. All went into the notebook. >> >>Always, they said, "I don't know why you'd want that old stuff for," or, >>"I can't remember any of that." >>"Where were you when the war was over?" brought nothing. Yet, trigger >>questions like: >>"Were you still married to John and in Whitesville when you heard the war >>was over?" brought forth an hour's detailed memories. >> >>I put the stories into the computer. Some 11 years later, I've finally >>arranged them into a semblance of time order, gotten other family >>members' recollections of the same events, and added those. My Will >>clearly states this is a work in progress and if I croak tonight, go to >>"x" document in Word, print it out and send it to [include a list]. A lot >>is semi-sensitive, but hey - I'll be gone. If it were my blood line and >>family, I'd want to know the truth. So, sue me. >> >>Luckily, a pal is literate. When I finish a chapter, I ship it to her. >>She cleans it up a tad, then stores it on a disk. If my house gets hit by >>a Katrina and takes my computer, the info is safe. As are the old family >>photos. >> >>I found by doing a time-line of events, including the births of their >>children and deaths of their parents and siblings, you can form a short >>biography of most any family member, even those you know so little of. >> >>It doesn't take rocket science to overlap history with your family. If >>Sherman's Army was marching towards Milledgeville in the fall of 1864 and >>your Jonesboro family disappeared off the map only to appear in the next >>census in Arkansas Territory - duh? >> >>A lawyer boss once told me it felt presumptuous to write of his own life. >>What a life he had to write about! So full of adventure and encounters >>with the famous and infamous. I have no fame or fortune to write of, but >>I've had my adventures, as have you. Your grandchildren will be grateful >>for the smallest, silliest stories. >> >>I've told my children tales of my childhood all their lives. Did they >>listen? Ha. Only now, as adults, do they say: Granny, tell Kit about the >>time the alligator attacked you when you were arrowhead hunting. As I >>tell it, I realize they see me now as a member of the eldest living >>generation, and they are listening also. I write for them all. >> >>Simple things now trigger my ancient memories also. My only hope now is I >>can remember the story by the time I reach the computer room, and >>remember why I was headed there! >> >>Sue >> >> >>At 09:22 PM 6/6/06 -0700, you wrote: >>>Dear Logan County Cousins, >>>I have spent this evening trying to recreate briefly the lives of my >>>following ancestors. >>> >>>=========================== >>>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >>============================== >>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Thanks so much, Deb. I would really appreciate that. Sheryl

This cemetery is the Joe Maynard cemetery which is about one half mile above Laurel Fork which goes over to Pen Coal and down Francis Creek past the Meeks Cemetery. I know about where the one you mentioned and i think it is on out Queens ridge and you have to use the coal haul road to get to it. Bye Benny