I tried the obits from 2000-2998 for the name Pettyjohn for Mercer Co. W. Va. and came up with nothing. Sorry. Clifford Sands ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:27 PM Subject: [WVMERCER] Maude V. BURTON PETTYJOHN > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: HoppLisa > Surnames: Burton, Pettyjohn > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/880/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have the following on the marriage of Maude V. BURTON: > > Mercer County West Virginia Marriage Book, 1854-1901 > 6 Sep 1899 L.M. PETTYJOHN 31 yrs single b. Amherst Co Va s/o John W. & > Mariah E. to MAUD V. BURTON 21 yrs single b. Bedford Co Va d/o Geo H. & ? > , O: RR; by A.B. Hunter; REMARKS: Pettyjohn sworn. > > I know that Maude died in Bluefield as a young woman. Per the tombstone > transcription, "Maude Burton Pettyjohn" was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, > Bland Street, Bluefield. Her date of death is listed only as 1907. > > According to the Mercer Co. courthouse, there is no death record for > Maude, which is a bit surprising. I very much would like her obituary to > help me with the search for her siblings. Any idea how I might find her > date of death so I can request an obituary look-up in the "Bluefield Daily > Telegraph" at the Craft Memorial Library? Is there an obituary index to > the newspaper? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > 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! > > If this is a message board post that was > gatewayed to our list, please only reply > to the BOARD by clicking on the link for > their messages. This poster may not be a > current member of our MERCER COUNTY list > > *-*-*-*-* > MERCER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR > Glenn Belcher > WVMercer-Admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > 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 will not help much but it is a small start. http://www.angelfire.com/wv/akers/mapleP.html Good Luck---Barb, Athens, WV --- On Sun, 2/8/09, clifford sands <csands001@triad.rr.com> wrote: From: clifford sands <csands001@triad.rr.com> Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Maude V. BURTON PETTYJOHN To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, wvmercer@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 8:32 PM I tried the obits from 2000-2998 for the name Pettyjohn for Mercer Co. W. Va. and came up with nothing. Sorry. Clifford Sands ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:27 PM Subject: [WVMERCER] Maude V. BURTON PETTYJOHN > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: HoppLisa > Surnames: Burton, Pettyjohn > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.mercer/880/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have the following on the marriage of Maude V. BURTON: > > Mercer County West Virginia Marriage Book, 1854-1901 > 6 Sep 1899 L.M. PETTYJOHN 31 yrs single b. Amherst Co Va s/o John W. & > Mariah E. to MAUD V. BURTON 21 yrs single b. Bedford Co Va d/o Geo H. & ? > , O: RR; by A.B. Hunter; REMARKS: Pettyjohn sworn. > > I know that Maude died in Bluefield as a young woman. Per the tombstone > transcription, "Maude Burton Pettyjohn" was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, > Bland Street, Bluefield. Her date of death is listed only as 1907. > > According to the Mercer Co. courthouse, there is no death record for > Maude, which is a bit surprising. I very much would like her obituary to > help me with the search for her siblings. Any idea how I might find her > date of death so I can request an obituary look-up in the "Bluefield Daily > Telegraph" at the Craft Memorial Library? Is there an obituary index to > the newspaper? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > 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! > > If this is a message board post that was > gatewayed to our list, please only reply > to the BOARD by clicking on the link for > their messages. This poster may not be a > current member of our MERCER COUNTY list > > *-*-*-*-* > MERCER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR > Glenn Belcher > WVMercer-Admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > 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! If this is a message board post that was gatewayed to our list, please only reply to the BOARD by clicking on the link for their messages. This poster may not be a current member of our MERCER COUNTY list *-*-*-*-* MERCER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Glenn Belcher WVMercer-Admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- 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