Hi all, Since Martin Co. is a neighboring county I wanted to pass this invitation along to this list. Below I have copied and pasted my originial letter that I sent to Martin Co. If anyone is interested please let me know, by writing me at: [email protected] Hi all, Some of you may know who I am and some of you may not. I have in the past year been involved with the Mingo Co.,Va (WV) List in getting the census for that county scanned and put on CD. I have now completed that Project with Mingo Co. We have no more years to do. My next goal is to attempt to do the same with Martin Co. KY. Especially since Martin Co information is so hard to obtain it seems, this will help out greatly in our research. For those of you who may have never heard of this I will go into as much detail as I can. There is a company called S&K Publications located here on the internet. For a price they will send for the microfilm of a county. Once they receive this microfilm they scan each page and put all the pages of the original hand written census on a CD. They also contribute a copy to be placed online at Roots Web for anyone to be able to access. Because of limited space at Roots Web the images from the roots web server are poor in comparison to the quality of the ones on the actual CD. So there is a great advantage in having the actual CD. I am interested in getting all years of Martin Co. scanned. That would be the following years, 1920,1910,1900,and 1880. There is no 1890 Census as that was burnt in a fire. 1880 would have been the first one. Below I have copied and pasted the cost of each year that S&K is charging. 1880 - 80 pages (4 persons at $20 each) 1900 - 120 pages (6 persons at $20 each) 1910 - 160 pages (8 persons at $20 each) 1920 - 160 pages (8 persons at $20 each) Martin Co. is a small county therefore it will not take that many of us to obtain this goal (in Mingo Co. I had to have a min. of 20 contributors). Once these CD's are created they are available for sale for the same price of $20 as each of us would be paying for them now. The only advantage in doing this now instead of later is that we need a min. amount of people in order to get it processed. http://www.skpub.com/genie/ This is the web site for S&K. Feel free to check it out or to write to the owner with any questions you might have. I will be contributing to each of these years, therefore we only need 3 people for 1880, 5 people for 1900, and 7 people for 1910 and 1920. Anyone who is interested please let me know. If enough are I will start getting it organized. The way the money works is: Everyone sends me their $20. I pay for the entire census on my visa card. I do not accept personal checks. Money Orders or cash only, however I do not recommend sending cash through the mail! I look forward to hearing from everyone, Sherry [email protected]

The following site may give you the information you need. http://members.aol.com/HatwellE/genealogy.html Hope it helps, Bobby [email protected] wrote: > WAS SID HATFIELD RELATED TO DEVIL ANSE HATFIELD? > > > ==== WVMINGO Mailing List ====

WAS SID HATFIELD RELATED TO DEVIL ANSE HATFIELD?

Kim, Would You Email Me Privately. Mary [email protected]

Would Someone Have The Web Address For Milton Crums Web Site ? Looking For information On Lois Romans From Crum Wv. Mary

Kim; Do you know Silvia BAISDEN Romans who lives in Wayne Co WV. My GM was Florence FRANCIS Hensley Copley. She was md to Elijah HENSLEY of Martin Co KY and md 2cd Chris COPLEY of CRUM WV. I remember the Tug River being behind her house, and my Uncle Morgan HENSLEY had a gas/food station at Crum in the 1940/50. Dallas JOHNSON Lutz FL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [WVMINGO] Surnames >Hi > >I am a ROMANS descendant with Chafin/Chaffin and Sammons (Salmons?) on my >tree. > >My gggrandmother was Phoebe Chafin who married Tom Romans. > >Another relative (can't remember the connection right now) was Nancy Sammons >who married a Romans. > >I don't remember right now if any of our ROMANS married into the CRUM family, >but my relatives have lived in CRUM, WV (and across the Tug River at Hode, >KY) for many generations. > >I'd be happy to share any info that I have. Let me know if any of these sound >familiar. > >Thanks, > >Kim in Ohio >[email protected] > > > >In a message dated 1/8/00 10:21:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >> Would love to share info on: >> Chafin >> Salmons >> Crum >> Horn >> Jarrell >> Simpkins >> Hensley >> Cartmell >> Mills >> Lewis >> Mullens >> ...all from Mingo area. >> >> >> >> David & Jayne Chafin > > >==== WVMINGO Mailing List ==== > > >

Gorden; In case I havent ansered you, you want to check out Clyde RUNYON a noted genealogist from Pike Co KY. He died about 10 years ago but has many article and books which reflects his life. I knew a Clyde RUNYON was related to him in Columbus OH and should be about 70 yrs old, played a guitar in a number of churches. Dallas Johnson -----Original Message----- From: grunyon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 12:34 PM Subject: [WVMINGO] Runyon >Hi, >I'm new at this and just getting started. I was wondering if anyone had any information concerning the last name Runyon. My father was from Williamson area, Gordon Runyon. He had two sisters, Mazie and Sarah. Also two brothers, Clell, Jr. and Eddie Dean. His father was a Clell Runyon and mother was Susie Runyon (Trout). Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. >Gordon Runyon, Jr. > > >==== WVMINGO Mailing List ==== > > >

Jerry; These lines relate to my brother-in-law now deceased, hsi name was John VARNEY Jr. b ca 1925? md Ruby E. JOHNSON b 1930 Pike Co KY. Jr. was from Silver Creek in Mingo/Wayne Co WV. He is buried in Columbus OH and died about 1987? My sister is in the hospital with surgery but I have forwarded this message. Dallas JOHNSON -----Original Message----- From: jgidley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [WVMINGO] names >John Varney b. bet. 1811-1822 SP: Anna Roman >Parents of John: Alexander and Susanna "Runyon" Varney >Children: >William Anderson Varney b. 10-1835 Pike CO. KY. d. 1904 SP: Arishba >Hatfield, 4-06-1856 #2 Jennie Blackburn >Alexander Varney b. ? d. ? SP: Louisa A. Pinson >Mary Polly Varney b. 10-1836 >Henry C. Varney b. 1-1843 VA. SP: Lydia Blackburn on 4-3-1865 Pike CO. KY. >Celia A. Varney b. abt. 1844 d. ? SP: Moses Chapman >Flemming Varney b. 1845 d. ? SP:Sarah "Sally" Blackburn >James Varney b. 1848 d. ? SP: Ruth Canada on 2-3-1869 >Levi Varney b. 4-1849 d. ? SP:Sarah Ann Collins on 12-31-1871 >Melvin Varney b. abt. 1850 >Adron Varney b. 4-1852 d. ? SP: Louisa E. Collins on 2-23-1873 >Lewis Varney b. 2-1854 d. 4-13-1944 >SP: Lucinda May on 9-10-1974 >Hanna Varney b. 1855 d. ? >Sarah :Sally" Varney b. 1856 d. ? SP: Nathan Cochran on 12-7-1873 >Louisa "Vicey" Varney b. 2-1859 d. ? SP: Martin Collins >Floyd Varney b. 9-1859 d. ? SP: Mary E. Collins > > The only two children I have for Flemming and Sarah are Paris b. 11-1887 d. >? >Jessy Varney b. 4-1884 > >Hope this helps you. If you know more on Flemming children would like to >know. Jerry >-----Original Message----- >From: mary j cleghon <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Thursday, January 13, 2000 7:31 PM >Subject: Re: [WVMINGO] names > > >>Thanks Jerry Could You Also Send Me A Copy As Fleming Varney Was My Great >>Grandfather My Grandmother Was Catherine Only Daughter Of Fleming I Have >>Her Birth Date If You Would Like To have It. >>[email protected] >> >> >>==== WVMINGO Mailing List ==== >> >> > > >==== WVMINGO Mailing List ==== > > >

Emma, Sorry, no FERRELLs that I know of. Kim In a message dated 1/20/00 5:18:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Hi Kim, > Looking at your names, I was wondering if you also had the FERRELL too? > Emma in TX>

Hi Kim, Looking at your names, I was wondering if you also had the FERRELL too? Emma in TX>

Mary, Lois ROMANS is my great aunt!!!! She was just here for a visit in October. She's a sweet woman. What do you want to know? I'd also like the web address for Milton Crum's website--thanks! Kim Lint [email protected] In a message dated 1/20/00 2:52:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Would Someone Have The Web Address For Milton Crums Web Site ? > > Looking For information On Lois Romans From Crum Wv. > > Mary

Dallas, Glad to hear from you. I still have several (ROMANS) relatives who live in Crum, WV on the Tug River. I haven't done a lot of family history research for a while because I have three kids that I homeschool, plus music lessons, sports, new dog, etc. Here in NE Ohio we've got 6 inches of snow, and it's still coming down! I guess I should throw another log on the fire and dig out my family tree! I've been on genealogy e-mail lists for a couple of years, and I seem to remember making a note of your name a long time ago as a possible connection to my WV folks. About how old would your Silvia BAISDEN Romans be? I've got a big list of ROMANS. I'll check for her. I have an aunt Myrtle ROMANS COPLEY who is from Crum, WV. She married Elmer COPLEY, and I would guess he's probably from Crum or nearby, since everyone in that family seemed to marry someone from down the road. Myrtle and Elmer COPLEY are probably in their 70s now and live in Virginia, I believe. Their daughter, Beaulah COPLEY BIAS (maybe another last name, as she was widowed and remarried and widowed again) lives in Cleveland, OH and I see her several times a year. If you have any COPLEY questions, let me know. Beaulah could probably answer them. I think one of her brothers is also into family research, and I'm sure I could get his address if you'd like to contact him. Also, you mentioned Martin Co, KY and Crum, WV. I know my grandmother and her family started out living on the family farmstead in Hode, Martin Co., KY, and later moved across the Tug River to Crum, WV. My mom has told me stories of being at "grandma's" (Wm and Ida ROMANS) in Crum, and Uncle Isom ROMANS (I think that's the right uncle) would row across the river and bring them milk. My uncle Ray Williamson (m to Lorena ROMANS) had a restaurant in Crum where he served hot dogs and chili dogs. Seems like the pictures I've seen had a picture of a bulldog and the sign said, "Eat Ray's famous hot dogs". This was probably about the same time your HENSLEY had a gas/food station in Crum--40s, 50s, maybe 60s. Does that ring a bell? Do you live near any of these places now? I am in NE Ohio, but go back to Crum and Huntington to visit sometimes. Sorry I've rambled, but got to do it when inspiration strikes... Kim Lint [email protected] In a message dated 1/20/00 1:25:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Do you know Silvia BAISDEN Romans who lives in Wayne Co WV. My GM was > Florence FRANCIS Hensley Copley. She was md to Elijah HENSLEY of Martin Co > KY and md 2cd Chris COPLEY of CRUM WV. I remember the Tug River being behind > her house, and my Uncle Morgan HENSLEY had a gas/food station at Crum in the > 1940/50.

EUGENIA: DRIVE WEST TO HANOVER ON RT 97. TO US 52. THEN RT 52 . THEN NW THRU JUSTICE TO RED JACKET ON TO WILLIAMSON ON US52. TAKE THE UNDERPASS IN WILLIAMSON TO 2ND AVE TURN LEFT I BLOCK TO COURT HOUSE .. ABOUT 90 MINUTES DEPENDING HOW FAST ON THE DRIVER. BILLY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 8:58 PM Subject: [WVMINGO] Fw: hi > Could someone give Eugenia directions? > > ---------- > From: Eugenia Dishmon <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: hi > Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 11:43 PM > > I would like to ask you a question. Can you tell me how to get to Mingo > County Court House, from Pineville, WV. (Wyoming County) and how long it > may take me? > > > ==== WVMINGO Mailing List ==== > >

-----Original Message----- From: Joan Wyatt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 3:20 AM Subject: Bio- William H. Price M.D.- Mingo Co. >The History of West Virginia, Old and New >Published 1923, The American Historical Society Inc. >Chicago and New York, Volume 11 >Page 242 >Bio- William H. Price, M.D.- Mingo Co. > > > With headquarters in the vital industrial village of Chattaroy, Mingo >Co., Dr. Price finds ample demand upon his time and attention in >connection with his official professional service as mine physician and >surgeon for The Buffalo Thacker Coal Co., Fall Branch Coal Co. and >Wygart Coal Co., all of which are operating in this immediate vicinity. > Dr. Price was born at Montvale, Bedford Co., Virginia, October 7, >1879 and is a son of Dr. Samuel H. Price and Francis (Harris) Price, the >latter of whom died in the year 1898. Dr. Samuel H. Price was born in >Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, is now (1922) sixty-nine years of age, and >has long been a representative physician and surgeon in Bedford Co., >that state, where he still maintains his home at Montvale. He was >graduated in the medical department of the University of Virginia in >1875, and he is one of the honored and influential citizens of Bedford >Co., of which he has served twenty-one years as treasure, and prior to >his election to that office he had been for five years a member of the >County Board of Supervisors. He is a staunch democrat, is affiliated >with the Masonic fraternity, has been for forty years an elder in the >Presbyterian Church and is interested in many business enterprises. Of >the children two sons and one daughter are living. Dr. Samuel O. was >engaged in the practice of his profession at Maybeury, McDowell Co., >West Virginia, at the time of his death, when twenty-six years of age, >he previously having been connected with hospitals at New-port News, >Virginia, and Huntington and Welch, West Virginia. Dr. Howard E., >another of the sons, is a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, >and is now engaged in the practice of dentistry at Altavista, Virginia. >Mary Ross Price, the one surviving daughter, is the widow of Dr. Walter >S. Slicer, who received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the >University of Medicine and who was engaged in the practice of his >profession at Cripple Creek, Virginia, when he entered the medical corps >of the United States Army for services in the World War, he having held >the rank of captain and having died while in service. His widow is now a >resident of Roanoke, Virginia. > Dr. William H. Price graduated from a college academic course when he >was seventeen years of age, and for the ensuing year he was employed in >the store conducted by his father at Montvale, Virginia. In 1898 he >entered the medical department of the University of Virginia, and in the >same he graduated as a member of the class of 1901. Since thus receiving >his degree of Doctor of Medicine he has taken effective post-graduate >courses in the celebrated New York Polyclinic. The doctor initiated >practice by establishing his residence at Caperton, Fayette Co., West >Virginia, where he became physician and surgeon in connection with the >mines of George L. Wise & Company. He next removed to Eckman, McDowell >Co., one year later he engaged practice at Big Creek, Logan Co., and >since June 1909, he has maintained his residence and professional >headquarters at Chattaroy. Dr. Price is a member of the Mingo Co. >Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society and the >American Medical Association. Though he was reared in the faith of the >democratic party, he is aligned in the ranks of the republican party, as >is also his wife, and both are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is >affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery organizations of >the Masonic fraternity, as well as the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, and >he is a member also of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and >the Modern Woodmen of America. > November 29, 1916, recorded the marriage of Dr. Price and Miss Lucy >Fowble Millendor, daughter of Cornelius F. Millendor, of Huntington. The >two children of this union are Francis and Margaret. > > >==== WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************** >WV-FOOTSTEPS/USGENWEB NOTICE: >These messages may NOT be reproduced in >any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or >persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, >must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal >representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb >archivist with proof of this consent. >********************************************************************** > >

-----Original Message----- From: Joan Wyatt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:12 AM Subject: Bio-Willard A. Wilson, Williamson, WV >The History of West Virginia, Old and New >Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. >Chicago and New York, Volume 11 >Page 242 >Bio- Willard Alexander Wilson >Williamson, WV > > > Willard Alexander Wilson, with residence and business headquarters in >the City of Williamson, is superintendent of the Pond Creek By-products >Colliery Co. and the Vulcan Colliery Co., the former corporation having >its base of operations at the mouth of Pond Creek in Pike Co., Kentucky, >and the Vulcan Colliery Co., with office in Mingo Co. and mines in Pike >Co., Kentucky, on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Mr. Wilson >has been actively identified with operations in the coal fields of this >district, including the adjoining Kentucky county of Pike, since 1903, >when he engaged in engineering work for the United States Coal Co. at >Gary, McDowell Co. He remained at Gary during the period of mine opening >and construction work, and in 1912 went to Pond Creek District, where >likewise he took part of development work. In 1914 he came to Red >Jacket, Mingo Co., and in 1918 became associated with operations at the >Vulcan mines. In 1920 he became associated also with the Pond Creek >By-products Colliery Co., and is now superintendent of both >corporations, as noted earlier in this paragraph. > Mr. Wilson was born at Cynthia, Ohio, February 22 1880, a son of >Lewis C. and Emma A. (Steele) Wilson, the former of whom was born in >1848 and the latter in 1850. Lewis C. Wilson became a member of the >historic rifle brigade known as the " Squirrel Hunters" which was >organized in Ohio to repel the forces of the celebrated Confederate >raider Gen. John Morgan at the time of the Civil war. In his earlier >life Lewis C. Wilson was a farmer, and later was identified with various >lines of business, including the insurance business. He is a stalwart >republican and at one time served as county commissioner in Pike Co., >Ohio, he and his wife being now residence of Columbus, that state, and >both being members of the Presbyterian Church. They became parents of >six sons and two daughters. > Willard A. Wilson, who is familiarly known to his host of friends as >" Tug" Wilson, continued his studies in the public schools of his >native town until he had completed a course in the high school, and in >1899-1900 he was a student in the Ohio State University at Columbus. A >youth so fine athletic powers, he was leading and popular member of the >football team of the university, and it was in this connection that he >gained his nickname of "Tug" He played also on the baseball team of the >university, and later he became infielder with the Utica team of the New >York State League. It was a ball player that Mr. Wilson came to West >Virginia and became a member of the team at Gary, where he was also >given employment with an engineering corps in the coal fields. He "made >good" in both connections, and though he had previously had no >engineering experience, he so proved his value that when the United >States Coal Co. reduced the membership of its engineering corps from >hundred and forty to twenty he was one of the twenty retained in >service. He has served continuously as mine superintendent since 1906, >and has made a most excellent record as an executive. Mr. Wilson is a >republican, he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at >Williamson, in which he is an elder, and while a resident of Vulcan he >served as a member of the Board of Education. > In 1906 Mr. Wilson married Miss Grace Myers, daughter of Mrs. Malissa >P. Myers, of Columbus, Ohio, and the three children of this union are: >Elizabeth, Frances Ann and Mary Lou. > > >==== WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************** >WV-FOOTSTEPS/USGENWEB NOTICE: >These messages may NOT be reproduced in >any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or >persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, >must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal >representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb >archivist with proof of this consent. >********************************************************************** > >

-----Original Message----- From: Joan Wyatt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 8:14 PM Subject: Bio- Harry Scherr,Esquire, Williamson, WV >The History of West Virginia, Old and New >Published 1923, The American Historical Society Inc. >Chicago and New York Volume 11 >Page 243 >Bio-Harry Scherr, Esquire, Williamson, WV > > > Mr. Scheer was born June 6, 1881, at Maysville, Grant Co., West >Virginia, the son of Arnold C. and Katherine (Nickel) Scheer. Arnold C. >Scheer was born in Switzerland, August 19, 1847, and accompanied his >parents to this country at the age of eight years. His father was a >colonel in the Swiss Army, who with other Swiss officers at the outbreak >of the Crimean war went to England and tendered his services to the >British Queen, becoming an officer in the British Army. Coming to the >United States, he was offered a colonelcy in the United States Army at >the outbreak of the Civil War, but could not accept on account of ill >health. > Arnold C. Scheer was a merchant and manufacturer, and for many years >was prominent in the public life of West Virginia. He served eight years >(1901-1909) as state auditor, and was the republican candidate for >governor in 1908, being defeated. He died in 1917. > The subject of this sketch attended the public schools at Maysville >and Keyser, a military academy in Allegheny Co., Maryland, and the West >Virginia University. He was admitted to the bar in the summer of 1905 >and located at Williamson, having accepted a position in the law office >of Sheppard and Goodykoontz. On July 1, 1907, he became the junior >partner in the firm of Sheppard, Goodykoontz and Scheer. In 1912 Mr. >Sheppard retired from the firm, and the present firm of Goodykoontz, >Scheer and Slaven became the successor of the firm of Goodykoontz and >Scherr in 1919, Mr. Lant R. Slaven having been admitted as a member. Mr. >Scherr is an officer and director in several financial and industrial >enterprises, among others the National Bank of Commerce of Williamson: >and is city attorney and member of the Board of Education of Williamson >Independent School District. He was the first president of the Coal City >Club, which later became the Chamber of Commerce, of which, he was the >first president and in which capacity he is now serving. He served two >years as assistant prosecuting attorney of Mingo Co., having been >appointed in 1906. During the entire period of the World war, he was a >member of the Local Draft Board of Mingo, Co. In 1920 he was a delegate >to the Republican Convention, which nominated President Harding. > Mr. Scherr is married and has two children, Harry, Jr., and Barbara. >He is an Episcopalian, a Kiwanian, and his college fraternities are >Kappa Alpha and Delta Chi. He is a member of the Mingo Co., West >Virginia State and American Bar associations. > > >==== WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************** >WV-FOOTSTEPS/USGENWEB NOTICE: >These messages may NOT be reproduced in >any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or >persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, >must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal >representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb >archivist with proof of this consent. >********************************************************************** > >

Sorry my responce to this is late. Guess it's old hat by now but I have been out of town. I was up on Newsome Ridge this summer and we had no problem getting there in our cars. The coal mines fix the roads every spring. I took a lot of pictures while I was there and may have what you are looking for. Just let me know. Barbara

Sorry Alice I haven't heard of that name. I just found out recently about moms side having Maynards. If I come upon the name I'll let you know. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Alice M. <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2000 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [WVMINGO] Newsome Cemetary >Jerry, > I have Maynards in my family on the Ky side. My >grandmother was Dencie Maynard Jude. > Is she any family of your mother. >Alice >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > > >==== WVMINGO Mailing List ==== > >

Thanks Jerry Could You Also Send Me A Copy As Fleming Varney Was My Great Grandfather My Grandmother Was Catherine Only Daughter Of Fleming I Have Her Birth Date If You Would Like To have It. [email protected]

Jerry, I have Maynards in my family on the Ky side. My grandmother was Dencie Maynard Jude. Is she any family of your mother. Alice __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com