This is the only info I have for Alice and her family connections. I was actually visiting my family and at the cemetery the day before the burial when they came to dig the grave. Alice Irene "Bobbie" Edwards, 97, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away Thursday, June 23, 2005, in Heritage Manor Care Center. She was born July 31, 1907, in Tazewell, Va. She worked for many years in the children's department at the former Nasser's Department Store. She was a member of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arbie Obal Edwards; a daughter, Peggy Joyce Hughes; and a brother, Emory Burgess. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Stewart E. and Carol Edwards of Huntington; a son-in-law, Vance Hughes of Bethesda, Md.; grandchildren, Craig M. Edwards, Brent C. Edwards and Mindy C. Edwards, Molly Hughes and Suzanna (Kenyatta) Ramsey; great-grandchildren, Taylor James and Tyler Radcliff; and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make memorial contributions to Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church or Hospice of Huntington. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Beard Mortuary. A procession will leave the funeral home at 2 p.m. for Edwards Cemetery, Myra, W.Va., where a graveside service will be held at 2:45 p.m. Burial will follow. Online register books at _www.beardfuneralhome.com_ (http://www.beardfuneralhome.com) (Source: The Herald Dispatch, June 25, 2005) Lora
Thanks Jim, I should have checked my other e-mails before the previous response. This has been a big help. Lora
Yes Jim, that is my Edwards family. They are all buried in Edwards cemetery on Mud River Road right by the Porter cemetery there. I've got the Edwards info down pretty good but I can't find Alice in any census record to give me an idea of who her parents were or any other siblings. I got the name Emory Burgess from Alice's obit. Any ideas? Lora
If you get more information on the Burgess connection please let me know. thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: LEHJDH211@aol.com [mailto:LEHJDH211@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:20 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger t... Yes Jim, that is my Edwards family. They are all buried in Edwards cemetery on Mud River Road right by the Porter cemetery there. I've got the Edwards info down pretty good but I can't find Alice in any census record to give me an idea of who her parents were or any other siblings. I got the name Emory Burgess from Alice's obit. Any ideas? Lora ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx
Record shows that they were married 8 Sep 1904 in Logan County, West Virginia. Then they had a son Dennis Franklin Bias born 6 Feb 1906 Is this possible. Jim Burgess
More info on my Bennetts.....John Bennett married Nancy Smith...forget the name Susan, I had em mixed up....John was from white county Tn and Nancy also.....John was Vance's Bennett's father...Vance apparently came from a large family...there was Montogomery Carrick, Mary Jane,William, James, Samuel,John,Thomas,Sarah,Layfayette,David,Charles....still searchign for more info...thanks Helen
Lora, Look at this (little hard to read) 1930 Lincoln County, West Virginia Census Carroll District Dwelling 197 Homer O EDWARDS 54 White Male Ohio Ohio Ohio Almira E EDWARDS 52 White Female Kentucky Kentucky Ohio Hollie EDWARDS 20 White Son Ohio Kentucky Ohio may be Hallie Arbil B EDWARDS 19 White Male (could be Arkil)???? Donald EDWARDS 15 White Male Arredith EDWARDS 13 White Female Maynard EDWARDS 11 White Male Is this your family? Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: LEHJDH211@aol.com [mailto:LEHJDH211@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 10:47 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger t... For Jim Burgess, I'm trying to find out the parents for Alice Irene Burgess. She was born in 1908 and died June 2005. Her husband was Arbie Obal Edwards. Alice had a brother named Emory Burgess. Would you happen to have her in your file? Lora ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx
Hello all....Im a "quiet" memeer of this list....;but finally I need some help...first of all my husbands Grandfather was Vance Bennett and he is buried up at Iaegar Memorial........and we would love a photo of his grave if there is anyone that can help us.....also his Uncle Eston H Bennett is buried up at Christian Roberts cemetary....now for the hard part.....Jerrys mom was Maude Bennett Johnson.....she was married to Ira L Johnson....they were married in Crossville Tn......they had a son named Gene Tunney Johnson....he was born in 1927..we think...first she had Lila who was born in May 1922 then she has Leonard born in 1925 then came Gene.....who is my biggest problem...you see Gene died when he was 15 months old...but yet no one knows where he is buried at....sad huh??? I have a photograph and on the back of it it says Berryton Ga.....but so far no luck in finding where he is....I got so many questions to throw at yall....like I know Vance's parents were John Bennett and he married a Susan.....but another block.....Vance had a large family came from tennessee....if any can help I will be deeply indebted to yall....God Bless...Helen & Jerry Johnson
For Jim Burgess, I'm trying to find out the parents for Alice Irene Burgess. She was born in 1908 and died June 2005. Her husband was Arbie Obal Edwards. Alice had a brother named Emory Burgess. Would you happen to have her in your file? Lora
Lora, Made a mistake on last order! 1920 Boone County, West Virginia Census Sherman District Dwelling 251 BURGESS, John A 42 married 30 years WV WV WV BURGESS, Margaret E 33 married 30 years BURGESS, Josie A 11 BURGESS, John F 9 BURGESS, Margaret E 7 BURGESS, Percy E 6 BURGESS, Alice L 3 9/12 BURGESS, Helen W 1 7/12 Here is the census on Boone County disregard the last information on Alice - this is the correct information. sorry Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 12:44 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger t... Lora, This looks like your family. Atleast there is an Emory and Irene in the family. Let me know what you think. 1930 Kanawha County, West Virginia Census Union District Dwelling 212 John Burgess 63 White Male Virginia VA VA Lucretia Burgess 54 White Female Virginia VA VA Irene Burgess 22 White Female Virginia Va Va Emory Burges 16 White Female Virginia Va Va John Burgess 13 White Male Virginia Va Va NOTE: Everyone is born in Virginia - Does not look like this is a West Virginia family. I could be wrong! There is an Alice Burgess in Boone County, West Virginia the daughter of John A Burgess and Margaret. This Alice is born 1930 3 years 9 months old. No Emory When was Emory born? I have 4 Emory Burgess in my data base. a. Emory Burgess born 1891 son Henderson Burgess and Dora Watts b. Emory Jackson Burgess born 1902 married Rosie Elizabeth Smith There was Emory Jr and Emory III I do not have an Alice in my records that is close during this time period. Hope this helps. Do you have more information? Will be happy to help you further. thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: LEHJDH211@aol.com [mailto:LEHJDH211@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 10:47 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger t... For Jim Burgess, I'm trying to find out the parents for Alice Irene Burgess. She was born in 1908 and died June 2005. Her husband was Arbie Obal Edwards. Alice had a brother named Emory Burgess. Would you happen to have her in your file? Lora ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/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
Lora, This looks like your family. Atleast there is an Emory and Irene in the family. Let me know what you think. 1930 Kanawha County, West Virginia Census Union District Dwelling 212 John Burgess 63 White Male Virginia VA VA Lucretia Burgess 54 White Female Virginia VA VA Irene Burgess 22 White Female Virginia Va Va Emory Burges 16 White Female Virginia Va Va John Burgess 13 White Male Virginia Va Va NOTE: Everyone is born in Virginia - Does not look like this is a West Virginia family. I could be wrong! There is an Alice Burgess in Boone County, West Virginia the daughter of John A Burgess and Margaret. This Alice is born 1930 3 years 9 months old. No Emory When was Emory born? I have 4 Emory Burgess in my data base. a. Emory Burgess born 1891 son Henderson Burgess and Dora Watts b. Emory Jackson Burgess born 1902 married Rosie Elizabeth Smith There was Emory Jr and Emory III I do not have an Alice in my records that is close during this time period. Hope this helps. Do you have more information? Will be happy to help you further. thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: LEHJDH211@aol.com [mailto:LEHJDH211@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 10:47 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger t... For Jim Burgess, I'm trying to find out the parents for Alice Irene Burgess. She was born in 1908 and died June 2005. Her husband was Arbie Obal Edwards. Alice had a brother named Emory Burgess. Would you happen to have her in your file? Lora ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx
Jim, I do not know who his parents were. I would be in his early sixties now and I don't know where he is currently or if he is still living. I also lived in McConnell for about 25 years. Bought a house from Charles N. Craddock. It is situated on the hill behind the Dingess Rum house that Bill Long lived in. Its a small world afterall.... Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389 home 703-405-5522 cell -----Original Message----- From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:02 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Beulah, I am sure that we are related. Do you know his parents? He is not in my file which I have stopped about 1930. I lived in McConnell and Pecks Mill! thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: Beulah McLemore [mailto:mclemoreb@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:57 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Jim, I have a question for you. I knew a Jim Burgess that lived in Whites Addition, Logan County, he was married to Sylvia Varney d/o Charley & Doskey Bryant Varney. Are you this Jim or perhaps a cousin of yours. Just Curious as I grew up in Whites Addition. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389 home 703-405-5522 cell -----Original Message----- From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:06 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Gracie, We have spent our lives doing this stuff. We are not motivated by $$. We need to be sure our family information is left for others so they do not have to retract our steps. My Burgess family has a lot of information www.surnames.com (see published gedcoms) I have my direct family and my Burgess file. As I finish the Toler family I will be doing the Browning, and Mullins family. I hope that someone else will do the Vance family. A Huge family - but one that really needs to be done properly. That information has been preserved and will not be lost. I need to do the same with the other information. At the very least we need to see that this information is left in Logan County before we pass away. I am 62 going on 63. I am really trying to prepare everything for family members in West Virginia. My family is from Logan County the records need to be there. Just imagine going into a library in Logan and finding hard copies of what everyone on the list has done. It would be a wonderful thing for furture generations. Hope everyone agrees, especially those of us who have been researching for years. What families beside Hager are you working on? Is there anyone lurking on the list who should do the same? Are you going to put the data in your casket? thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:41 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Jim, I agree with you completely on more books being written. Even if there are some mistakes, as long as it is noted that some information might need more research. I don't think a thing about sharing what I am sure about with most researchers. I figure that the more people who have the correct information, the better. At one time, I set up for family home pages to print out. I don't know if I did it wrong but when my printer program hit 10,000 pages, I shut it off. I still don't understand why the number went that high because I only had about 4,000 people in my files. Mayby it was going to include all the notes which have personal e-mails included. Anyway, right now all my research is in computer(no burner) and on GenCircles for safekeeping. I would love to put it in book form but really don't know how to do that yet. Guess I should take a class or something. I should mention something that I didn't know before. CDs only last about ten years at the most in prime conditions. So they need to be updated long before that. I also would love to find a copy of the Hager Family History book that was written in McPherson Co., Kansas. Have not found that one yet. Somewhere hidden in puter is the name of the person that compiled that book. Probably in my e-mail program. I am close to figuring out exactly when my gggrandfather, George Washington Hager, [s/o John Morgan and Elizabeth Jane (Miller) Hager] died. (BTW, John Morgan WAS a Major, that was not his first name.) I recently got the probate records for both George W. Hager and Eliza Ann (Baisden) Hager. Proof in those that his doctor was the father in law of his son William McDaniel. I was amazed at how long it took to finish the probate because of the traveling judge at the time. Over three years for both. Well, enough for now. Gracie in Okla. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:56 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family > Dear Logan County, West Virginia Genealogist and cousins, > > I am trying to figure out how big the Toler file is going to be. > > I never dreamed that I could find as many Toler Descendants of David Toler > and Susanna as I did for William Burgess and Susann of Bedford County, > Virginia. > > The Burgess file has approximately 725 pages. > > The Toler file tonight has 425 pages of information and I have not even > begun. > It is a little discouraging to think how many pages I am going to have on > the Toler > family. > > Nathaniel Mullins file is about 250 (not near as big as the others) > Have not begun! > > William Browning and Catherine Anglin is approximately 325 - I stopped to > work on the > Toler Family. > > Abner Vance and Susanna Howard (who knows - It must be the biggest by far) > > Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families was around 300 pages. > > I thought it was a good book - I guess it was for 1978. > > Just imagine if we wrote the book today it would have over 2500 (maybe over > 3,000) pages of information. > > Hard to believe that we have had such an explosion of information since > 1978. > > I believe with a lot of work there could be a 1,000 pages of information on > each of these > families except for the Mullins family which was a small family all things > considered! > > If my health holds out I would like to go back to West Virginia to contact > family > that lives there in about 5 years. > > I need a gate keeper to take this project before I kick off! > > _______ > > Just a thought it would be great if a lot of people on the list would work > on putting > all the descendants of their Logan County Ancestors in a book or on a web > site or on a data > base that could be shared with future generations! > > At the very least I am going to print these booklets out and donate them to > the libaries > in Logan and Wyoming Counties and the Geneaogical Societies. > > I would like to see families that are close to my families the Perry, > Hinchman, White, > Hager, Walker, Cook, Blankenship, Belcher, Grimmett, Bailey, Cline, Dempsey, > Combs, Jarrell, Smith, Cow Creek Brownings, Robinett. The list could be a > super list. > > The list could be just a big as you can make it. > > It is better than watching the boob tube! > > Should we save this information for future generations? > What are we going to leave them? > > Does anyone else want to work on their families? > > I would like for our grand children and great grand children to return to > Logan County > and fine 100 books on the early families of Logan County, West Virginia. > > I thought the Census project was a great idea. I think this is an even > better idea. > > Any thoughts? > > Jim Burgess > > > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== 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 ============================== 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 ============================== 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 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
I remember one of our teachers took us to see the tree,at the head of Trace creek,near the Mingo county line. It was big as our living room at home,but I have forgotten the actual diameter, in feet.Does anyone know how thick this tree was ? Seems to me like it was about 14 feet. Shelby
Dear Logan County, West Virginia Genealogist, Should I buy the Wyoming County, West Virginia Will Books by Pauline Haga for 1853-1900 for $23.00 Are there many Toler - Brown - Burgess - Vance wills in the book. Is Pauline still shipping books? Here are the books that she is offering for sale. How much is the Death book? Anyone have a book they want to sell? 1850-1860 Wyoming County, WV Census, $22.00 1870 Wyoming County, WV Census, $22.00 1900 Wyoming County, WV Census, $30.00 Wyoming County, Births, 1853-1884, $23.00 Wyoming County, WV Marriages, 1854-1902, $40.00 Wyoming County, WV Deaths, 1853-1894 Wyoming County, WV Wills, 1853-1900, $23.00 Mullens Advocate - Newspaper, December 1925-April 1926, $25.00 Mullens Advocate - Newspaper, May-August 1926, $25.00 Mullens Advocate - Newspaper, September-December 1926, $25.00 Mullens Advocate - Newspaper, January-March 1927, $25.00 Mullens Advocate - Newspaper, April -June 1927, $25.00 Available from: Pauline Haga, Box 1061, Crab Orchard, WV 25827 thanks Jim Burgess
Beulah, I am sure that we are related. Do you know his parents? He is not in my file which I have stopped about 1930. I lived in McConnell and Pecks Mill! thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: Beulah McLemore [mailto:mclemoreb@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:57 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Jim, I have a question for you. I knew a Jim Burgess that lived in Whites Addition, Logan County, he was married to Sylvia Varney d/o Charley & Doskey Bryant Varney. Are you this Jim or perhaps a cousin of yours. Just Curious as I grew up in Whites Addition. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389 home 703-405-5522 cell -----Original Message----- From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:06 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Gracie, We have spent our lives doing this stuff. We are not motivated by $$. We need to be sure our family information is left for others so they do not have to retract our steps. My Burgess family has a lot of information www.surnames.com (see published gedcoms) I have my direct family and my Burgess file. As I finish the Toler family I will be doing the Browning, and Mullins family. I hope that someone else will do the Vance family. A Huge family - but one that really needs to be done properly. That information has been preserved and will not be lost. I need to do the same with the other information. At the very least we need to see that this information is left in Logan County before we pass away. I am 62 going on 63. I am really trying to prepare everything for family members in West Virginia. My family is from Logan County the records need to be there. Just imagine going into a library in Logan and finding hard copies of what everyone on the list has done. It would be a wonderful thing for furture generations. Hope everyone agrees, especially those of us who have been researching for years. What families beside Hager are you working on? Is there anyone lurking on the list who should do the same? Are you going to put the data in your casket? thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:41 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Jim, I agree with you completely on more books being written. Even if there are some mistakes, as long as it is noted that some information might need more research. I don't think a thing about sharing what I am sure about with most researchers. I figure that the more people who have the correct information, the better. At one time, I set up for family home pages to print out. I don't know if I did it wrong but when my printer program hit 10,000 pages, I shut it off. I still don't understand why the number went that high because I only had about 4,000 people in my files. Mayby it was going to include all the notes which have personal e-mails included. Anyway, right now all my research is in computer(no burner) and on GenCircles for safekeeping. I would love to put it in book form but really don't know how to do that yet. Guess I should take a class or something. I should mention something that I didn't know before. CDs only last about ten years at the most in prime conditions. So they need to be updated long before that. I also would love to find a copy of the Hager Family History book that was written in McPherson Co., Kansas. Have not found that one yet. Somewhere hidden in puter is the name of the person that compiled that book. Probably in my e-mail program. I am close to figuring out exactly when my gggrandfather, George Washington Hager, [s/o John Morgan and Elizabeth Jane (Miller) Hager] died. (BTW, John Morgan WAS a Major, that was not his first name.) I recently got the probate records for both George W. Hager and Eliza Ann (Baisden) Hager. Proof in those that his doctor was the father in law of his son William McDaniel. I was amazed at how long it took to finish the probate because of the traveling judge at the time. Over three years for both. Well, enough for now. Gracie in Okla. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:56 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family > Dear Logan County, West Virginia Genealogist and cousins, > > I am trying to figure out how big the Toler file is going to be. > > I never dreamed that I could find as many Toler Descendants of David Toler > and Susanna as I did for William Burgess and Susann of Bedford County, > Virginia. > > The Burgess file has approximately 725 pages. > > The Toler file tonight has 425 pages of information and I have not even > begun. > It is a little discouraging to think how many pages I am going to have on > the Toler > family. > > Nathaniel Mullins file is about 250 (not near as big as the others) > Have not begun! > > William Browning and Catherine Anglin is approximately 325 - I stopped to > work on the > Toler Family. > > Abner Vance and Susanna Howard (who knows - It must be the biggest by far) > > Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families was around 300 pages. > > I thought it was a good book - I guess it was for 1978. > > Just imagine if we wrote the book today it would have over 2500 (maybe over > 3,000) pages of information. > > Hard to believe that we have had such an explosion of information since > 1978. > > I believe with a lot of work there could be a 1,000 pages of information on > each of these > families except for the Mullins family which was a small family all things > considered! > > If my health holds out I would like to go back to West Virginia to contact > family > that lives there in about 5 years. > > I need a gate keeper to take this project before I kick off! > > _______ > > Just a thought it would be great if a lot of people on the list would work > on putting > all the descendants of their Logan County Ancestors in a book or on a web > site or on a data > base that could be shared with future generations! > > At the very least I am going to print these booklets out and donate them to > the libaries > in Logan and Wyoming Counties and the Geneaogical Societies. > > I would like to see families that are close to my families the Perry, > Hinchman, White, > Hager, Walker, Cook, Blankenship, Belcher, Grimmett, Bailey, Cline, Dempsey, > Combs, Jarrell, Smith, Cow Creek Brownings, Robinett. The list could be a > super list. > > The list could be just a big as you can make it. > > It is better than watching the boob tube! > > Should we save this information for future generations? > What are we going to leave them? > > Does anyone else want to work on their families? > > I would like for our grand children and great grand children to return to > Logan County > and fine 100 books on the early families of Logan County, West Virginia. > > I thought the Census project was a great idea. I think this is an even > better idea. > > Any thoughts? > > Jim Burgess > > > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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Do you have a Daniel Dolin in your line ? He lived at Ottawa, Boone Co. WV I went to school with his kids back in the 30 s. Shelby
My ancestor, "Jakey" Dolin, once owned all of Camp Creek in Boone County (now). His son, Andrew Jackson Dolin, his grandson, Andrew Jackson Dolin and his great-grandson, George Washington Dolin (my great-grandfather) survived quite nicely on farming, milling and other pursuits, but my great-grandfather had 26 living children and a huge unpainted house on the property (two stories) I have him pictured. He lost what was left for $500 of real estate taxes during the Great Depression. They say he never worked a day in his life at hard labor, but did have a valuable trade as a watchmaker (and repairs). It is said he spent whatever he had on rearing children and going into Charleston for dissipation! My grandfather, Cuthbert Gunnoe, was born and reared in Peytona, Boone County, and owned a 100 farm with a mile of river front on Big Coal River at Briar Branch. He sold it to my aunt for $10,000 who sold it to my parents for $35,000. My parents sold it to people from Spokane, WA and they sold it to the coal company. One less batch of 100 acres privately owned in Boone County. Grandpa Gunnoe sold the mineral rights on the 100 acres years before for $500. The coal company only bought it, and apparently every other private piece of property at Briar Branch (between Ashford and Peytona) for ingress and egress of the coal trucks. As I see it, the Clendenins, the Gunnoes, the Dolins, and nearly every other ancestor of mine who once owned land there sold their birthright for JOBS. Now their children mostly all work for other people, wherever they may live today. I, on the other hand, went back to entrepreneurship and own my own mortgage brokerage business in Florida. I am like you, I'm not bitter or upset about it, just noting the interesting sociological phenomenon. Remember, though, the Indians had it way before our Land Grant ancestors! Ha ha! Sharon Lee Gates Apopka, FL
Jim, I have a question for you. I knew a Jim Burgess that lived in Whites Addition, Logan County, he was married to Sylvia Varney d/o Charley & Doskey Bryant Varney. Are you this Jim or perhaps a cousin of yours. Just Curious as I grew up in Whites Addition. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389 home 703-405-5522 cell -----Original Message----- From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:06 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Gracie, We have spent our lives doing this stuff. We are not motivated by $$. We need to be sure our family information is left for others so they do not have to retract our steps. My Burgess family has a lot of information www.surnames.com (see published gedcoms) I have my direct family and my Burgess file. As I finish the Toler family I will be doing the Browning, and Mullins family. I hope that someone else will do the Vance family. A Huge family - but one that really needs to be done properly. That information has been preserved and will not be lost. I need to do the same with the other information. At the very least we need to see that this information is left in Logan County before we pass away. I am 62 going on 63. I am really trying to prepare everything for family members in West Virginia. My family is from Logan County the records need to be there. Just imagine going into a library in Logan and finding hard copies of what everyone on the list has done. It would be a wonderful thing for furture generations. Hope everyone agrees, especially those of us who have been researching for years. What families beside Hager are you working on? Is there anyone lurking on the list who should do the same? Are you going to put the data in your casket? thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: gracie [mailto:g.winters@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:41 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Jim, I agree with you completely on more books being written. Even if there are some mistakes, as long as it is noted that some information might need more research. I don't think a thing about sharing what I am sure about with most researchers. I figure that the more people who have the correct information, the better. At one time, I set up for family home pages to print out. I don't know if I did it wrong but when my printer program hit 10,000 pages, I shut it off. I still don't understand why the number went that high because I only had about 4,000 people in my files. Mayby it was going to include all the notes which have personal e-mails included. Anyway, right now all my research is in computer(no burner) and on GenCircles for safekeeping. I would love to put it in book form but really don't know how to do that yet. Guess I should take a class or something. I should mention something that I didn't know before. CDs only last about ten years at the most in prime conditions. So they need to be updated long before that. I also would love to find a copy of the Hager Family History book that was written in McPherson Co., Kansas. Have not found that one yet. Somewhere hidden in puter is the name of the person that compiled that book. Probably in my e-mail program. I am close to figuring out exactly when my gggrandfather, George Washington Hager, [s/o John Morgan and Elizabeth Jane (Miller) Hager] died. (BTW, John Morgan WAS a Major, that was not his first name.) I recently got the probate records for both George W. Hager and Eliza Ann (Baisden) Hager. Proof in those that his doctor was the father in law of his son William McDaniel. I was amazed at how long it took to finish the probate because of the traveling judge at the time. Over three years for both. Well, enough for now. Gracie in Okla. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:56 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family > Dear Logan County, West Virginia Genealogist and cousins, > > I am trying to figure out how big the Toler file is going to be. > > I never dreamed that I could find as many Toler Descendants of David Toler > and Susanna as I did for William Burgess and Susann of Bedford County, > Virginia. > > The Burgess file has approximately 725 pages. > > The Toler file tonight has 425 pages of information and I have not even > begun. > It is a little discouraging to think how many pages I am going to have on > the Toler > family. > > Nathaniel Mullins file is about 250 (not near as big as the others) > Have not begun! > > William Browning and Catherine Anglin is approximately 325 - I stopped to > work on the > Toler Family. > > Abner Vance and Susanna Howard (who knows - It must be the biggest by far) > > Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families was around 300 pages. > > I thought it was a good book - I guess it was for 1978. > > Just imagine if we wrote the book today it would have over 2500 (maybe over > 3,000) pages of information. > > Hard to believe that we have had such an explosion of information since > 1978. > > I believe with a lot of work there could be a 1,000 pages of information on > each of these > families except for the Mullins family which was a small family all things > considered! > > If my health holds out I would like to go back to West Virginia to contact > family > that lives there in about 5 years. > > I need a gate keeper to take this project before I kick off! > > _______ > > Just a thought it would be great if a lot of people on the list would work > on putting > all the descendants of their Logan County Ancestors in a book or on a web > site or on a data > base that could be shared with future generations! > > At the very least I am going to print these booklets out and donate them to > the libaries > in Logan and Wyoming Counties and the Geneaogical Societies. > > I would like to see families that are close to my families the Perry, > Hinchman, White, > Hager, Walker, Cook, Blankenship, Belcher, Grimmett, Bailey, Cline, Dempsey, > Combs, Jarrell, Smith, Cow Creek Brownings, Robinett. The list could be a > super list. > > The list could be just a big as you can make it. > > It is better than watching the boob tube! > > Should we save this information for future generations? > What are we going to leave them? > > Does anyone else want to work on their families? > > I would like for our grand children and great grand children to return to > Logan County > and fine 100 books on the early families of Logan County, West Virginia. > > I thought the Census project was a great idea. I think this is an even > better idea. > > Any thoughts? > > Jim Burgess > > > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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Hi, again I have only been researching a little over two years. I do share freely, that is part of the reason for my gedcom on GenCircles. http://www.gencircles.com/users/graciewinters Most of the people who post here are cousins of mine. I haven't been doing a lot of research for WV cause there are so many great researchers already doing that who have access to the records there. My Hager/Baisden ggrandparents came to Kansas about 1873. They were in Chapmanville, Logan Co. in 1860 and in Washington twp, Boone Co in 1870. So far all my main lines go back to WV except for the brick walls. Jackson and Golliher. BTW, you are a year younger that I am. lol And no the research will not go into the ground with me. Both my sons know how important this is to me. Of course, I plan to live forever. Sigh, the other surnames, hummmm: Baisden/Miller/Vannatter/Estep/Smith/Pauley/Mullins/Toney/ McNeeley/Dalton/Stowers/Adkins/Bloucher/Newland/DeLay, just to name a few. Hagers had lots of kids and so did their kids. Must have been the water in West Virginia. There are eight of us Hager/Baisden ggrandchildren here in Kay Co., Okla. I don't know for sure how many gggrandchildren for sure. We had at least one ggggrandson born last year. Lots of us little ole transplanted WV people out here. Gracie in Okla. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 6:06 AM Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family > Gracie, > > We have spent our lives doing this stuff. We are not motivated by $$. > We need to be sure our family information is left for others so they > do not have to retract our steps. > > My Burgess family has a lot of information > www.surnames.com (see published gedcoms) > I have my direct family and my Burgess file. > As I finish the Toler family I will be doing the Browning, and Mullins > family. > I hope that someone else will do the Vance family. A Huge family - but one > that > really needs to be done properly. > > That information has been preserved and will not be lost. I need to do the > same with the other information. > > At the very least we need to see that this information is left in Logan > County > before we pass away. I am 62 going on 63. I am really trying to prepare > everything > for family members in West Virginia. > > My family is from Logan County the records need to be there. > > Just imagine going into a library in Logan and finding hard copies of what > everyone > on the list has done. > > It would be a wonderful thing for furture generations. > > Hope everyone agrees, especially those of us who have been researching for > years. > > What families beside Hager are you working on? > > Is there anyone lurking on the list who should do the same? > Are you going to put the data in your casket? > > thanks > Jim Burgess >
Jim, I do plan on doing something on the descendants of Barnabus Curry (my GGGGrandfather) who married three times. I've been going methodically through the censuses trying to decipher who is who. Laura -----Original Message----- From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 12:56 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] Burgess file has 725 pages Toler Family is going to be bigger than the Burgess Family Dear Logan County, West Virginia Genealogist and cousins, I am trying to figure out how big the Toler file is going to be. I never dreamed that I could find as many Toler Descendants of David Toler and Susanna as I did for William Burgess and Susann of Bedford County, Virginia. The Burgess file has approximately 725 pages. The Toler file tonight has 425 pages of information and I have not even begun. It is a little discouraging to think how many pages I am going to have on the Toler family. Nathaniel Mullins file is about 250 (not near as big as the others) Have not begun! William Browning and Catherine Anglin is approximately 325 - I stopped to work on the Toler Family. Abner Vance and Susanna Howard (who knows - It must be the biggest by far) Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families was around 300 pages. I thought it was a good book - I guess it was for 1978. Just imagine if we wrote the book today it would have over 2500 (maybe over 3,000) pages of information. Hard to believe that we have had such an explosion of information since 1978. I believe with a lot of work there could be a 1,000 pages of information on each of these families except for the Mullins family which was a small family all things considered! If my health holds out I would like to go back to West Virginia to contact family that lives there in about 5 years. I need a gate keeper to take this project before I kick off! _______ Just a thought it would be great if a lot of people on the list would work on putting all the descendants of their Logan County Ancestors in a book or on a web site or on a data base that could be shared with future generations! At the very least I am going to print these booklets out and donate them to the libaries in Logan and Wyoming Counties and the Geneaogical Societies. I would like to see families that are close to my families the Perry, Hinchman, White, Hager, Walker, Cook, Blankenship, Belcher, Grimmett, Bailey, Cline, Dempsey, Combs, Jarrell, Smith, Cow Creek Brownings, Robinett. The list could be a super list. The list could be just a big as you can make it. It is better than watching the boob tube! Should we save this information for future generations? What are we going to leave them? Does anyone else want to work on their families? I would like for our grand children and great grand children to return to Logan County and fine 100 books on the early families of Logan County, West Virginia. I thought the Census project was a great idea. I think this is an even better idea. Any thoughts? Jim Burgess ============================== 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