Peggy, I noticed that Anderson J. Ellis and his second wife Judith Bonnifield Totten Ellis are in the cemetery listing that Jim Burgess shared that said "Logan Cemetery on hill behind Central City Way up on the hill Probably grown up soon": A J ELLIS, Mar 23 1820 - Jan 31 1906 Judith Totten ELLIS, Aug 27 1826 - May 9 1905. Is that the same as the Old City Cemetery you were referring to? A.J.'s birth year seems a little early. I was wondering if his stone may be hard to read and the last digit of his birth year was something other than a zero. I think his mother would have been too young in 1820, and his census records don't indicate that he was born quite that early. You may have already checked on that, but if not, it would be something to think about. Anderson's first wife Jeanetta died before 1870, and I don't know where she may be buried. I noticed that in the 1870 census, Anderson was married to his second wife Judith, and they had his children and her children in the household. None of the children were listed on the census with a different last name, but his children were listed first, down to the twins Joseph Green and John E., who were age 5, then the rest of the children in the household were Judith's and her first husband's. Judith had been the widow of John A. Totten, so their last name was Totten, starting with Ezekiel: 1870 Logan County, WV, p. 531B-532A, #224: Ellis, Anderson 44 Farmer VA Juditha 41 VA Mary J. 21 William 19 Margaret L. 14 French M. 11 Mary F. 8 Joseph G. 5 John E. 5 Ezekiel 11 [Totten] Harriet P. 9 Susan 6 Malinda 4 Luisa A. 2 The twin boys were born on April 19, 1865, so Jeanetta must have died between that time and 1870. I got that date from Green's death certificate, and John E.'s 1900 Mingo County census record also said he was born in April 1865. Do you have any of the death certificates for Anderson and Jeanetta's children? I only found two of them online. French Ellis, born December 1857 and died April 13, 1924 from an accidental pistol shot, parents listed as Major Ellis and Geneta Debord, buried at Stirrat, W.Va.; and Joseph Green Ellis, born April 19, 1865 and died January 22, 1932. There were two death certificates for Green. The dates were the same on both, but some of the information was different. One of them said that he died as a result of his body being crushed in a mine accident. The informant was his son-in-law. The other was signed by a doctor, and it said that he died from kidney trouble, which he had had since Nov 1928. I wonder if he was injured some time before he died, then he wasn't well after that, until he died?? One of the death certificates says that his nickname was Babe, and both say that he was a carpenter by trade. When I was visiting West Virginia and looking for graves, the local folks were so nice, and they gave directions to help us find the cemeteries (or even went with us, to show us the way). Most of the cemeteries were up steep hillsides, so we got some good exercise to boot. One day we ended up in a neighboring county and didn't know where to start, so we went to the county offices. A guy in the assessor's office was familiar with the various cemeteries and even which ones were likely to have certain families buried in them. He even made photocopies of the county map for us and marked the location of the cemeteries for us. The local libraries might be able to point you to where you can find books of compiled records. And they might also have cemetery listings that aren't available elsewhere. The only other suggestion I can think of you might want to do before you leave is to figure out who has the newspaper microfilm in the area where you'll be. Then find out which dates/years of the newspaper are available. Then make a list of who you'll be looking for, and the dates for each one. Have a good time! Vanessa ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. Gentry" <mspeg@cox.net> Subject: [WVLOGAN] Vances, Ellis,Belcher, DeBord, etc. During the middle of May I am coming to Logan County to look for graves, newspaper articles, photos, etc. I have been to the Hatfield Cemetery at Sarah Ann ,the Old City Cemetery in Logan and the Vance Cemetery that was submitted by Betty Dulcie. I am especially interested in Overton "Tony" and Amanda Belcher Vance and Anderson J. and Jeanetta DeBord Ellis. Can you all help point me in the right direction to start my search? My Aunt and I have a week and I want to make the absolute most of it. - Peggy Gentry

The Allen's Your e-mail regarding Anderson Ellis and Juditha Bonnifield Totten Ellis caught my attention. Juditha Bonnifield is my great grandmother twice removed and is the mother of Susan Belmont Thompson Totten, my great grandmother once removed. I have a list of marriages for Logan Co. which includes the marriage license info. of Susan Totten and George Washington Steele, my great grandfather once removed. The information for the wedding date, March 22, 1882, includes Susan Totten's mother as J. Bonnifield and her father as A. Thompson. I have a death certificate also for Susan which identifies her father as Andrew Thompson. I know John A. Totten died before Susan was born. On FamilySearch, they name Juditha Bonnifield as having married Andrew Thompson as well as John A. Totten.. The time factor seems to coincide with her birth. In her obituary, in the Logan Banner, Susan Totten is named as Susan's mother and Andy Thompson as her father. I think Susan's death certificate has an error. It names her mother's maiden name as Susan Totten. I think the person giving the info possibly thought the maiden name was referring to the daughter, Susan. If possible, I would love to have the list Jim put in one of his e-mails you referred to in your e-mail.