Charles B. Adkins Charles B. Adkins, 75, of Alliance, died at 8:43 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at the home of his daughter in Atwater, Ohio following a long illness. Mr. Adkins was born Oct. 31, 1931, in Nat, W.Va., to Marvin and Freda (Riffle) Adkins. He was a heavy equipment operator with the operating engineers. He was a member and trustee of the Truth Baptist Church in Deerfield, Ohio. He was a veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Adkins enjoyed and played southern gospel music for local nursing homes. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Eva Adkins; two daughters, Sue and Verton Raber of Atwater and Karen M. Sarchione of Walhonding, Ohio; two grandchildren, Colleen R. Raber and Cherie C. Raber; and two great-grandchildren, Bowen K. Brown and Leal C. Fiorantinoe. He was preceded in death by a son, Charles "Skip" Adkins Jr.; his mother; father; and a sister. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Dean's Funeral Home with Pastor Roy Teague officiating. Burial will be at Atwater Cemetery, Atwater, Ohio. Calling hours will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, and one hour before the services. Arrangements are by the Dean's Funeral Home, Sebring, Ohio; (330) 938-2744. (9-15-07) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

For those of you who were planning on attending Gene Fest 2007 this coming Saturday, at the Gallia County Historical & Genealogial Society, we have some bad news. Maintenance problems with the building have forced us to postpone the Gene Fest till Spring. Thanks to everyone who called for reservations, we will let you know as soon as a date is chosen. Mary Lee Davis Marchi ((*_*))

The West Virginia Marriage Records has a Joseph R. Hughes marriage to Mary E. Lee on 8 November 1876 in Mason County, West Virginia. In the 1880 Census they were living in Waggoner, Mason County. Joseph is 26 (but his age was in parenthesis, why, I don't know). Born in Virginia Mary E. is 22. They have children: Andrew S.E. age 2 Joseph W. 9/12. We are looking for a connection to this family to an Annie Hughes. Her Social Security Administration documents indicate her parents were Joseph Hughes and Mary E. Lee. Annie was born circa June (possible August), 1883, (possibly in Camden, WV). The 1900 census for Mason County has Anna Hughes, born August 1883, living with a Nancy Lee. There is a Phelix Hughes also in the household, born Oct 1881. They are listed as Grand Daughter and Grand Son of Nancy. They are living with Phelix Lee, probably the son of Nancy. The 1880 census shows Nancy and her son "Felix" in Robinson, Mason County, So the Felix born in Oct 1881 could be a brother or family member to Anna. Anna Hughes married David Hudson on November 26, 1903 in Mason County. What happened to Joseph Hughes and Mary E. Lee. IF Annie was born to them in Camden, Lewis County, she returned to Mason County to the Lee Family. I can not find Joseph, Mary, or their children as identified in the 1880 census. Any help would be appreciated.

Richard, My ancestor is James Walker who was married to Julia Ann Harrison. James was the brother of your Sarah Francis Walker. I would love to see your information on the Walker family. I have little on my Walkers but would be happy to share. I don't know if this is anything, but years ago there was a Jones family living across the street from my Mother (at Gallipolis) and I remember my Mom telling us that they were related to her Walkers at Mason County but I thought it was through the Robbins (Robins) side. Could this be your Jones'. Mary Lee -----Original Message----- >From: Rjones <rjones42@sc.rr.com> >Sent: Sep 2, 2007 10:51 AM >To: wvmason@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker > >Your search criteria is pretty wide and unspecific however, my gggrandfather >William Jones (occupation unknown) was in Mason County between 1820-1830; >His son Jesse L. Jones was a "boat caulker" in Mason county 1927-1870's. >Jesse by the way was married (1854) to Sarah Francis Walker who was the >daughter of Walker Walker and Melinda Morrow Walker. They lived in the >Clendenin district next door to her brother David Walker. I have some other >info on the Walkers if you are interested. Hope this helps> > >Richard Jones >

Hi Richard, Would love to hear the info you have on the Walkers.I have some info on the Jones.I know that Sarah was the only female in the Walker Walker.My ggrandfather was her brother Phillip Walker I have pictures of that part of the family.Love to share,I am from Point Pleasant now live in NC,My sister Donzella is in FL.Not sure who you are ans to.I'm not on here often unless something hits my eye or I can help someone.My email add is sam_2@charter.net if you would like to send it to my add. Arlona Carr Tait ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rjones" <rjones42@sc.rr.com> To: <wvmason@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker > Your search criteria is pretty wide and unspecific however, my > gggrandfather > William Jones (occupation unknown) was in Mason County between 1820-1830; > His son Jesse L. Jones was a "boat caulker" in Mason county 1927-1870's. > Jesse by the way was married (1854) to Sarah Francis Walker who was the > daughter of Walker Walker and Melinda Morrow Walker. They lived in the > Clendenin district next door to her brother David Walker. I have some > other > info on the Walkers if you are interested. Hope this helps> > > Richard Jones > > -----Original Message----- > From: wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Nancy Chase > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:23 PM > To: wvmason@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker > > Am looking for William, Jesse, or David Ferguson (all carpenters), Thomas, > Georgia Womack/Wamack, and Grant, Georgia, Mertie May Fishers in Mason > County 1811 - 1920 or so. Could you do a lookup in your History of Mason > Co. for these names for me? Thanks. Nancy > > -----Original Message----- > From: wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Donzella Mullen > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:04 PM > To: wvmason@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker > > That would be great Mary Lee. I just wish I lived close enough to do > that. > > > To Karin in Texas, I have a picture of Gideon Morrow, if you send me your > email address, I will send it to you. > I have some info on Morrows but since I cannot connect to Malinda (b. abt. > 1803 Kentucky) I haven't sorted it all out. I also have the book "History > of Mason County" 1987 with an article on the Morrow family. My email > address is fmullen1@tampabay.rr.com > > Donzella > > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Your search criteria is pretty wide and unspecific however, my gggrandfather William Jones (occupation unknown) was in Mason County between 1820-1830; His son Jesse L. Jones was a "boat caulker" in Mason county 1927-1870's. Jesse by the way was married (1854) to Sarah Francis Walker who was the daughter of Walker Walker and Melinda Morrow Walker. They lived in the Clendenin district next door to her brother David Walker. I have some other info on the Walkers if you are interested. Hope this helps> Richard Jones -----Original Message----- From: wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Chase Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:23 PM To: wvmason@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker Am looking for William, Jesse, or David Ferguson (all carpenters), Thomas, Georgia Womack/Wamack, and Grant, Georgia, Mertie May Fishers in Mason County 1811 - 1920 or so. Could you do a lookup in your History of Mason Co. for these names for me? Thanks. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donzella Mullen Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:04 PM To: wvmason@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker That would be great Mary Lee. I just wish I lived close enough to do that. To Karin in Texas, I have a picture of Gideon Morrow, if you send me your email address, I will send it to you. I have some info on Morrows but since I cannot connect to Malinda (b. abt. 1803 Kentucky) I haven't sorted it all out. I also have the book "History of Mason County" 1987 with an article on the Morrow family. My email address is fmullen1@tampabay.rr.com Donzella

Just to let all know what fire people were talking about.There were three fires that I know of in March1869 the Preston Co Courthouse burns:all records are destroyed.Charleston was appointed the permanent State capital in1885,In 1921 the State Capitol at Charleston is Destroyed by fire.In 1927--Fire destroys the temporary "pasteboard capitol" built after the old capitol burned in 1921.This is from the WV Timeline. Arlona Tait ----- Original Message ----- From: <nancylc4@netzero.net> To: <wvmason@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Mason County Courthouse > Thanks for all the info. and my husband said he remembered talk of the > Court House burning down and false land deeds after that. Nancy > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nancy, Let me say that the History of Mason County WV is a publication of family histories that were submitted by the families. Not all of the families submitted stories, for instance my family of Walker who were in Mason County since the early 1800's are not anywhere to be found in the book. I do have what may be some good news. I have found a William A. Ferguson (carpenter) b. April 23, 1848 m. Harriet Greenlee Dec. 5 1867. Also a John H. Ferguson (carpenter) b. 1845. Both of these, William and John are the sons of Andrew and Rebecca Jividen Ferguson. If these sound like yours, I will email a copy of the page. I did not find anything on Grant, Mertie May and Georgia Fisher or the Womack/Wamack families. There were a couple of Fisher family stories, but none of them mentioned the above names. Donzella

I have been transcribing & organizing some copies my sister & I got a few weeks ago from the WVU Library Archives for our KNAPP & DEWEES/e Family Reunion (Sunday, Sept 2 at Krodell Park in Point Pleasant). This is the only place that I know that has Mason County marriage bonds. We have found a few marriage consents - for underage feamales. We only looked for our family names, so I don't know how many of these survived. We found a signed receipt for a wolf bounty & several court cases. Most everything was from the 1820s. ~Sandi PS - I posted the url to the Lib archives pertaining to Mason County a few days ago on this list. ================= In a message dated 8/31/2007 11:55:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, BCordle413@aol.com writes: In a message dated 8/29/2007 10:26:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mlmquilt@zoomnet.net writes: wvmason-l@rootsweb.com I was at the Mason County Courthouse in the late nineties. Their records appeared to be intact to me. They were very helpful with copying files for me. I requested the earliest recorded files. Most of them began in 1855. Bobbi Ann _http://wvaanne.com/_ (http://wvaanne.com/) WV Route 87 - Jackson & Mason Counties Art's List of Family Connections ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

In a message dated 8/29/2007 10:26:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mlmquilt@zoomnet.net writes: wvmason-l@rootsweb.com I was at the Mason County Courthouse in the late nineties. Their records appeared to be intact to me. They were very helpful with copying files for me. I requested the earliest recorded files. Most of them began in 1855. Bobbi Ann _http://wvaanne.com/_ (http://wvaanne.com/) WV Route 87 - Jackson & Mason Counties Art's List of Family Connections ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Someone told me a couple of years ago about there being Mason County records in Morgantown at the University but I can't recall the complete story. Mary Lee -----Original Message----- >From: Lisa Shaffer <officmgr@sssnet.com> >Sent: Aug 29, 2007 2:52 PM >To: wvmason-l@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WVMASON] Mason County Courthouse > >Dear List, > >The courthouse in Mason County has never burnt down. The new courthouse replaced the old one in 1957. There was a bomb that went off in the police section of the courthouse, but it never touched the records for the county. I am confused as to what records are in Morgantown? Does anyone know specifically? > >Thanks, >Lisa >PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for all the info. and my husband said he remembered talk of the Court House burning down and false land deeds after that. Nancy

Am looking for William, Jesse, or David Ferguson (all carpenters), Thomas, Georgia Womack/Wamack, and Grant, Georgia, Mertie May Fishers in Mason County 1811 - 1920 or so. Could you do a lookup in your History of Mason Co. for these names for me? Thanks. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvmason-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donzella Mullen Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:04 PM To: wvmason@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVMASON] Walker Walker & Malinda Morrow Walker That would be great Mary Lee. I just wish I lived close enough to do that. To Karin in Texas, I have a picture of Gideon Morrow, if you send me your email address, I will send it to you. I have some info on Morrows but since I cannot connect to Malinda (b. abt. 1803 Kentucky) I haven't sorted it all out. I also have the book "History of Mason County" 1987 with an article on the Morrow family. My email address is fmullen1@tampabay.rr.com Donzella PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That would be great Mary Lee. I just wish I lived close enough to do that. To Karin in Texas, I have a picture of Gideon Morrow, if you send me your email address, I will send it to you. I have some info on Morrows but since I cannot connect to Malinda (b. abt. 1803 Kentucky) I haven't sorted it all out. I also have the book "History of Mason County" 1987 with an article on the Morrow family. My email address is fmullen1@tampabay.rr.com Donzella

In a message dated 8/29/2007 2:51:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, officmgr@sssnet.com writes: Dear List, The courthouse in Mason County has never burnt down. The new courthouse replaced the old one in 1957. There was a bomb that went off in the police section of the courthouse, but it never touched the records for the county. I am confused as to what records are in Morgantown? Does anyone know specifically? Thanks, Lisa =============== We went down and copied a few marriage bonds (1820s),a few court records and estate records. The following url might be helpful: _http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/countycourt/mason.htm_ (http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/countycourt/mason.htm) ~Sandi ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I heard it burned down in the early 1900s that was why my dad could not get his birth certificate. In a message dated 8/29/2007 2:51:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, officmgr@sssnet.com writes: Dear List, The courthouse in Mason County has never burnt down. The new courthouse replaced the old one in 1957. There was a bomb that went off in the police section of the courthouse, but it never touched the records for the county. I am confused as to what records are in Morgantown? Does anyone know specifically? Thanks, Lisa PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Dear List, The courthouse in Mason County has never burnt down. The new courthouse replaced the old one in 1957. There was a bomb that went off in the police section of the courthouse, but it never touched the records for the county. I am confused as to what records are in Morgantown? Does anyone know specifically? Thanks, Lisa

I have heard that there are some old records from Mason County there but dont know what years they have Gobobcats22@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/29/2007 2:51:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, officmgr@sssnet.com writes: Dear List, The courthouse in Mason County has never burnt down. The new courthouse replaced the old one in 1957. There was a bomb that went off in the police section of the courthouse, but it never touched the records for the county. I am confused as to what records are in Morgantown? Does anyone know specifically? Thanks, Lisa =============== We went down and copied a few marriage bonds (1820s),a few court records and estate records. The following url might be helpful: _http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/countycourt/mason.htm_ (http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/countycourt/mason.htm) ~Sandi ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

Donzella, Ohio did not start death records until around 1867 so that rules that out. I will try take a few hours off next week and go over to Pt. Pleasant to look for land records on Elmore. I will let you know what I find. Mary Lee