This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyWeinberg Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have the Akers family line from Nathaniel Brown Akers thru his son James Fleming Akers. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: huckaberry19 Surnames: akers/lily Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does that line include my Archibald? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyWeinberg Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This Akers family line is well known and is researched all the way back to WILLIAM AKERS c1645 in England. I also have this line in my database. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyWeinberg Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In those situations the family bible was the only true record. Family bible are recognized as source material. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Whittaker, Dalyai, Dillion Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/857/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on Ernest Whittaker b. 1919 in WV. parents were Basil Cornelius Whittaker and Fannie Dillion. Ernest married Annie Dalyai. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: huckaberry19 Surnames: akers/lily Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: All i know is that they were in Dunn, WV. Is Dunn in Mercer Co.? I have everyone from Archie down to my husband but I didn't have his father's name, now I do thanks to you. Now I just have to see if I can find anyone beyond that. Maybe on Grace Lily's side too. I was told that living in the mountains the ppl back then didn't always go down to the town officials for anything like weddings or births. So a lot of the time information just wasn't around to be had. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyWeinberg Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: So it was the correct edith i assume. Glad to help. thats the real fun of doing this. Are you part of the AKERS family of Mercer Co. ? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: huckaberry19 Surnames: akers/lily Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you! That is a few more names than I had! My father-in-law will be thrilled! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyNJ58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/844.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: try this http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kama20&id=P3010157532 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Debbie, I haven't had any luck finding out where James Augustus is buried. I'm going to keep looking and if I find out, I'll let you know. Willa Mark Davidson <willa3@verizon.net> wrote: Hi Debbie, Sorry, but I don't have any idea right now where James Augustus was buried. I am looking into it, tho. Hopefully sometime next week I can find out. Have a Happy and safe Independence Day! Willa "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/810.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Willa, Would you know where James Augustus Mitchem is buried? Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMERCER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMERCER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hgp05 Surnames: shrewsbury, belcher Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/262.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: www.wvculture.org/History/communities/districtplacenames checked this site and it must be camp creek...although that covers alot of territory as well... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sisharmon Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/262.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: could this be Camp Creek in Mercer County? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070718132600495735501963/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

Mark and others, Not wanting to butt into your research but I found this... http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.unknown/7735.2/mb.ashx   Happy hunting, Barb-Friends in research --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Mark Davidson <willa3@verizon.net> wrote: From: Mark Davidson <willa3@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Pictures of Mitchems To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, wvmercer@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 4:03 PM Hi Debbie, Sorry, but I don't have any idea right now where James Augustus was buried. I am looking into it, tho. Hopefully sometime next week I can find out. Have a Happy and safe Independence Day! Willa "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/810.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Willa, Would you know where James Augustus Mitchem is buried? Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMERCER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMERCER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Debbie, Sorry, but I don't have any idea right now where James Augustus was buried. I am looking into it, tho. Hopefully sometime next week I can find out. Have a Happy and safe Independence Day! Willa "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/810.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Willa, Would you know where James Augustus Mitchem is buried? Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMERCER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kanisu Surnames: Lucinda Short Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/856/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on a Lucinda Short who apparently died at the Altamont Hotel in Mercer,WV between 1880--1900.She did have a daughter names Sterra Short or Sierra Short born around 1883.I would appreciate any help that you could give me. Thanks, Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RickyNJ58 Surnames: Baker White Mullins Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/855/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Baker, David Ira PRINCETON - David Ira Baker, 46, of 1017 Princeton Avenue in Princeton, formerly of Matoaka, died Monday, June 23, 2008 at his residence. Born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was the son of the late Earl Lewis and Lucille White Baker. He was a retired carpenter and was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Bluefield.In addition to his parents, one brother, Daniel E. Baker preceded him in death.Survivors include three daughters, Lori Mullis Akers and husband Robert of Princeton, Anita Mullis and fiancé James Linkous of Bluefield, and Tameka Mullis Harper and husband Thomas of Princeton; eight grandchildren, Eric Harper, Alexis Smith, Makayla Smith, Dylon Harper, Ethan Akers, Evan Akers, Gavin Mullis and Kyleigh Mullis; one sister, Darlene Baker Thomas of Princeton; maternal grandfather, Bill Helsel of Princeton; the love of his life and longtime companion, Martha Mullis of Princeton; nieces and nephews, Tabitha Thomas, Tony Thomas, Troy Thomas and Mya Tho! mas.Funeral services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (today) at the George W. Seaver Chapel of Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton with Pastor Harold Massey officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. until the service hour today. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Danieley and Baker Cemetery on the Brickyard Road in Princeton with Pastor Harold Massey and the Rev. Gary Lyons officiating. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Those attending the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral by 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton is serving the Baker family.To leave personal condolences online, visit www.legacy.com Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph from 6/25/2008 - 6/26/2008. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbduncan1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/849.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My father in-law left my husband a book called Young American Patriots WWII West Virginia Vol 2. I looked at all fo the pages and did not find your WORLEY which I new I would not. He was registered in Penn. You may get onto there site if you have not already and see if someone can check there for you. www.accessgenealogy.com/pennsylvania/ Hope you find what you are looking for. P.S. Did find listed in WV. Andrew Paul Worley-CCM US Navy, son of O. Lee Worley Covington, Va. Barb-Friends in research Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/810.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Willa, Would you know where James Augustus Mitchem is buried? Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DebbieTerry44 Surnames: Mills, Mitchem, Reed, White Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/854/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for cousins related to Mitchem,Mills Reed, White. Minerva Lucinda "Cindy Mitchem Mills James Allen Mills Velma Mills Wiley Johson JR. WHite Versie Mae Mills Eugene Victor Reed Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Kevin and Lorraine, I have looked for the pic of Julia and her siblings but can't find it. I found one of Julia by herself and thought I had the one you asked me about. Would you send it to me? How are the two of you doing? We are good. Finally getting to enjoy some nice weather. Take care, Willa Mark Davidson <willa3@verizon.net> wrote: Hi Kevin and Lorraine, Yes it has been a while. Hope you are doing well. I can't remember if I have that group photo or not. It seems like either you or Sam sent it to me. I'll give a look see and get back to you. We are doing well. Really glad winter is over and spring is here. Thanks for the additional info on Emma Dera. We're getting a little at a time, huh? Sorry I haven't been able to add anything. Everywhere I go, it leads to a dead end. Sinerely, Willa Lorraine & Kevin McCann wrote: Hi Willa, It's been a long time between emails :) I have a group photo of Julia Ann Basham and some of her siblings. Not sure if you sent it to me? It could have been Sam! Hope all is well with you and Mark? Also discovered Emma Dera Cunningham's, parents were from Bedford/Franklin Co., Va. regards, Lorraine and Kevin McCann Adelaide, South Australia On 15/12/2007, at 11:35 PM, Mark Davidson wrote: Hi Carolyn, My 4th great grandfather was John William Shrewsbury, married to Elizabeth Betsey Bailey. John and Elizabeth had 6 children. One of their children, James William married Julia Ann Basham and another of their children, Isaiah Winton Shrewsbury married Arminta Little. James William is your gggrand grandfather (right?) and Isaiah is my ggggreat grandfather. I have a copy of a picture that a lady I was talking to on the rootsweb message board sent me of a John William Shrewsbury. I don't know which John William he is supposed to be. Would you like to see it? Maybe you could tell me who he is exactly. Also could you fill me in on Eva Catherine's info? I have nothing for her except who her parents are. If there's anything I can help you with, let me know and I'll be glad to share what info I have. Willa nuttytree@aol.com wrote: Hey, Sorry I was so long getting back, had a very busy time of it. My grandmother was Eva Catherine Shrewsbury. Her Mom and Dad were John William Shrewsbury and Virginia Elmira McComas. I will wait to hear more from you. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Mark Davidson To: wvmercer@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 6:56 pm Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] ??Matoaka Cemetery name?? Carolyn, I also have Bailey and Shrewsbury ties. Who was your grandmother? Willa nuttytree@aol.com wrote: My family line is Bailey, Shrewsbury, a few Bashams, and a couple of Whites. I was a Billings, my grandmother was a Shrewsbury. Write back and I will see if we cross lines. Thanks Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: commander@sunlitsurf.com To: wvmercer@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:04 pm Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] ??Matoaka Cemetery name?? Lee I descend from this Godfrey family you are speaking of. My ancestor was Thomas Godfrey the French aand Indian War Scout. His grandson Augustus is buried in this cemetery and his son Thomas is my G.Grandfather. His wife was a Tiller and I have our lineage from them forward. My Grandmother was a Loraine Mae Godfrey who died in 1943. They are my Godfrey Pioneer genea- logy. Lee I descend from Thomas Godfrey, Richard Bailey, Shrewsbury, Bashams, Harmon, Patton G. White, and numerous other families from Mercer County. Lee I am a past president of the Mercer County Historical Society, and I too organized and was first commander of the Flat Top Copperheads, SCV Camp 1694. So I am very familiar with these families from our area. My name is Glendle H. Belcher, Jr. 304-425-4990 if you need me. I use on Yahoo messenger too. On 11/16/07, LeeHash@aol.com wrote: > > > Thanks, I understand.. The Godfrey's were early Pioneers of that > area and > was intrested in them > TNX again Lee Hash > > In a message dated 11/16/2007 10:49:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, > commander@sunlitsurf.com writes: > > In the Godfrey Cemetery I do. Augustus and his descendents. > But Lee this is not the Matoaka Cemetery at the bottom of the > hill which was discussed earlier on this list. Glenn Belcher > PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVMERCER- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. 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