Arthur its so odd when I read your listing. After posting a query on this same website I received an email from a gentleman who lived at McComas from 1942 - 1954. Just this past weekend I learned from him that McComas WV used to be called Mannering. He plans to email an article that appeared in the Bramwell Aristocrat in 1992 concerning McComas. Both he and I are now on a quest to learn more of the history of McComas. I myself was born and raised in McComas lived there from 1946 - 1965. I went to school with WEBB, BEGGS and PARSELL children and they all lived on Windmill Gap a community that was on a mountaintop above the Crane Creek section of McComas. I suspect if you got your hands on the school registrations for McComas High School alot of the names you have listed would be there. The last I heard some of these same families still live in the area. I have an aunt by marriage whose maiden name was WALKER (from Windmill Gap also) and her mother's maiden name was BEGGS. I'll try and contact her to see if she has any additional information I can pass along to you. I graduated from Bramwell High School in 1963 (McComas High School was closed in 1960 due to a low enrollment count) and attended school there with several DAVIDSON children also. Also members of the PIGG and MABE families lived on Windmill Gap. Pat Smith Pasadena, MD [email protected] ---------- > From: Arthur Davidson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WVMERCER] [MERCER]for WEBB>HILL>EVANS in 1900, Montcalm area > Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:36 AM > > Good morning list members: MERCER CO., MONTCALM area. > > New (to the list) guy on the block having trouble. Need a break-through. > Any info on the following: BACKWARD and FORWARD. > > George WEBB m. Charity HILL, b.5 Oct 1867. > Children: James Frank > William > Henry John > Ora Lee, b. 6 Jun 1885, d. 3 Oct 1918, in Mannering, WV, > m. 1st to???(possibly to Catron, Ketron), dau. Vicie, m. Evans(?). > m. 2nd James J. DAVIDSON in 1907. Children: Effie, Eunice, > Oakley, Dennie, Lester, Ada. > > Information about ANY of these relatives would be stoutly appreciated. > Do not have anything on the Webbs. > > Also searching: BEGGS, CECIL, DAVIDSON, HAWKS, HILL, MABE, > PARSELL, PIGG. > > Arthur Davidson > 1931----4th generation Mercer Count(y)ian. > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > BE SURE YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR MAILBOX > Addresses are automatically deleted > with the third Mercer List bounce. >