Hi, Do you have any additional information about Susan Bennett, who you married Elemuel (see below)? Thanks. Bchico@aol.com wrote: > [snip] Michael Arbogast is my great, great, great, great, great father - born > in 1734. He came over on The Speedwell - 9/25/1749 and fought in the Rev. War. > > Descendents from him in direct line to me are as follows: > John ( married Hannah Davis) > Joseph (married Sarah Ketterman > Elemuel (married Susan Bennett > Alfred (married Sarah Wyant)

http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/deastin1/fowsndx.htm The above site has a list of surnames. Click on the surname you want and then start clicking. Cannot confirm the accuracy of the info but it is a good Index. Barbara

In a message dated 99-11-07 16:23:15 EST, jloudin@rtol.net writes: << Do you have any information on Hannah Davis? >> Go the site below and you can start "clicking" on Hannah Davis. http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/deastin1/d6056.htm#P15 Barbara

In a message dated 99-11-07 16:23:15 EST, jloudin@rtol.net writes: << Do you have any information on Hannah Davis? >> No, other than that she was married to John C. McDonald (son of Michael) and they m. 1788, she died 1830/1838. Obviously, would like more. Barbara

In a message dated 99-11-07 14:05:32 EST, shaunta@accessone.com writes: << i, Do you have any additional information about Susan Bennett, who you married Elemuel (see below)? Thanks. >> So far, no, as I have been at this for about one week only - but will look into that at any time now. will share whatever I find. Barbara

In a message dated 11/7/99 2:05:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, shaunta@accessone.com writes: << Do you have any additional information about Susan Bennett, who you married Elemuel (see below)? Thanks. >> I don't have Susan Bennett's parents. I have her married to Lemuel Arbogast (b. abt. 1820, d. abt. 1903) on March 2, 1841 in Pendleton Co. Date of birth: abt. 1824, died after 1880. They were both born and died in Pendleton Co. I also have some additinal notes on Lemuel Arbogast if this will help, but not much on Susan Bennett, sorry, I wish I could help more. Jennifer

Bchico@aol.com wrote: > > while the ancestors were in Europe in their various locations - how did THEY > KNOW to come to America. Were there postings around in villages, etc- as in > "Hey, guys, how about a cruise to this place called America" > And after they decided "Think I'm going to cruise on over to that America place" > how did they know WHERE TO ARRIVE and how to END UP in Pendleton, and so forth. Well, that's a pretty big question <g>. I dont' know that I'm faintly qualified to answer it but I do think this is one of the most interesting aspects of family history ... and maybe if I start others will chime in to correct me. First, I think, it largely depended on where they were, and what was happening at that time in that area. For instance, there was a big migration of Germans from the area known as the Palatinate in the early 18th century, as a result of religious wars etc. Many of them wound up in Pennsylvania and many of those subsequently moved "down the valley" into Virginia. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3955/palatine.htm is a pretty good summary of this particular migration. A lot of people who wound up in the Pendleton County area were Scots-Irish. I know even less about the circumstances of that wave of immigration -- which for some people inspires strong emotions even today -- but http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/clearncs.htm seems to be a fairly even-handed exposition ... I think it's probably also true that most of the people who lived in Pendleton County didn't come there directly upon landing in America, but were part of one or more of the great waves of internal migration, like the way that thousands poured from Pennsylvania down the Shenandoah Valley into Virginia and the Carolinas, and just slightly later westward into Ohio ... Well, that was a long post but just the tip of the iceberg ... I hope someone else who is more knowledgable will take up the thread ... Julia Christianson juliac@patriot.net

Hi everyone: Can anyone tell me how I can get back obits from the Pendleton Times - 1942, for example. Barbara

Hi everyone - I am looking for connections to Sarah Wyant - she is my great grandmother who marrried Alfred Arbogast. I only know that she had a brother who has a daughter named Opal. Appreciate any information on Wyant line. Barbara McDonald Levine

In a message dated 99-11-06 21:48:49 EST, juliac@patriot.net writes: << think it's probably also true that most of the people who lived in Pendleton County didn't come there directly upon landing in America, but were part of one or more of the great waves of internal migration, like the way that thousands poured from Pennsylvania down the Shenandoah Valley into Virginia and the Carolinas, and just slightly later westward into Ohio ... Well, that was a long post but just the tip of the iceberg ... I hope someone else who is more knowledgable will take up the thread ... Julia Christianson juliac@patriot.net >> Julia, thank you so much for such an enlightening letter. Very informative and appreciate every morsel. will also check out the website. Barbara McDonald

I have a Mary Dice in my family. She married John Gum and had two children Roger and Leonard Gum. Would this be the same? Sandy -----Original Message----- From: William Long <wlong@marpo.com> To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 06, 1999 8:35 AM Subject: RE: New subscriber >Stephanie: > >Your post mentions an interest in the Dice name. I have evidence of a >connection through Mary Ann Hagler, b. 9-JUN-1803 to Jacob Hagler and Mary >Dice. I believe Mary Dice (b. 1765 Pendleton Co) to be the daughter of >Matthias and Eve Harper, but I am having trouble proving this line. > >Any connection with your line? > >Bill Long > > > > >

At 11:18 AM 11/6/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Stephanie: > >I am also looking for Bland connections. My great-grandfather was Oliver >O. Bland and I'm trying to find his parents' names and his place of >origin. He married Sarah Ann Myers 3 Sept. 1871 in Wetzel Co., WV. She >is from Wetzel Co. but I don't think he was. He died in 1930 in Taylor >Co. (they don't have a death certificate for him). What are some of your >Blands? > >Susan/WV Generally, the Blands are as common in Virginia and the Smiths. There is even a Bland County. We have never found a connection between the Wetzel County and Pend. Co. Blands, even though there are Thomases with both. Did you try the State for his death certificate? He may have died in a hospital in another county, or even another state considering Wetzel's proximity to Ohio and PA. Good luck, Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.

Neil, I have the book. Index lists a about 41 given names under the surname Hedrick. Several entries for each given name. Probably 40+ mentioned in wills, rest are settlements, appraisals, witnesses etc. Book is worth the $$ tho. I got a lot for my 2 surnames and they also led to others. Betteann -----Original Message----- From: sprtpr <sprtpr@neo.rr.com> To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 06, 1999 8:32 AM Subject: Pend. Co. Probate Records.... >Hello, > >Could someone with the new "Pendleton Co. Probate Records, Wills....." >edited by Toothman kindly check for 1.--Charles Hedrick b. 1733 d. >(possibly) 1802, md. to Barbara Conrad. 2. Also could they check the index >for the Hedrick name. (I'm trying to determine if I should purchase it). > > >Thanks in advance.. > >Neil > >

sprtpr wrote: > > Hello, > > Could someone with the new "Pendleton Co. Probate Records, Wills....." > edited by Toothman kindly check for 1.--Charles Hedrick b. 1733 d. > (possibly) 1802, md. to Barbara Conrad. 2. Also could they check the index > for the Hedrick name. (I'm trying to determine if I should purchase it). > > Thanks in advance.. > > Neil There are at least 11 references to Charles Hedrick, and MANY references to other Hedrick, Hedrich, Heddrick, etc. including the will of Charles Hedrick proved July 1802 naming sons Jacob,John,Frederick,Charles,Adam,Henry, daughters Barbara,Magdalin. It would probably be worth your money to purchase it. Terrie Reichling jlreichling@home.com

Hello, Could someone with the new "Pendleton Co. Probate Records, Wills....." edited by Toothman kindly check for 1.--Charles Hedrick b. 1733 d. (possibly) 1802, md. to Barbara Conrad. 2. Also could they check the index for the Hedrick name. (I'm trying to determine if I should purchase it). Thanks in advance.. Neil

Stephanie: I am also looking for Bland connections. My great-grandfather was Oliver O. Bland and I'm trying to find his parents' names and his place of origin. He married Sarah Ann Myers 3 Sept. 1871 in Wetzel Co., WV. She is from Wetzel Co. but I don't think he was. He died in 1930 in Taylor Co. (they don't have a death certificate for him). What are some of your Blands? Susan/WV

Thank you for the source! Now if I can just find out if the McClung home is still standing! Nedra, can you post the title of the history book of the Hinkles please? AND do you know how to contact Mr. Franklin H. Cochran? I have a document that he wrote compiling genealogies of the Teter family and relations to the Hinkles. This document appears to have been written about 30 years ago, as an on going process of additions. I have struggled trying to locate my Pendleton Co., families from the time of arrival in PA to appearing in VA. Mr. Cochran sheds new light on the migration trails of the Germans. Several families appear to have located in NC and then to VA. You are more than likely aware of this. However, some of us arm chair family searchers seem to "happen" upon the histories. Any input you may add to this would be of great interest to many of us on here! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~firebird/Coil.htm pamrooney@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Nedra Dickman Brill <brillnd@pacifier.com> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: November 05, 1999 11:01 PM Subject: Re: Historic Houses > > >I have a picture copied from a book (sorry so vague-I don't have the > >source). The picture shows four houses in the Franklin and Upper Tract, as > >described: > > > >(1) Upper Tract Parsonage > >(2) John M. Kee home in Franklin > >(3) McClung Home near Upper Tract > >(4) G.W. Eagle home north of Upper Tract. > > > >What I want to know is: Are these homes still standing? In particular the > >McClung Home. The picture I have is of page 124. Maybe there is a local > >history book you > > The book is "Moments in Time, A Pictorial History of Pendleton County, West > Virginia, Published 2 June 1988 by Pendleton County Historical Society." > (Wadsworth Publishing, Salem, WV) > > BTW, remember that "upper" and "lower" refer to the flow of the rivers. > Thus, in Pendleton County, "upper" is south of "lower"!!!! If someone lived > below Franklin, they lived north of it. > > Nedra > > > Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com > Historian, Henckel Family National Association > Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com > > CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, > used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board. >

Stephanie: Your post mentions an interest in the Dice name. I have evidence of a connection through Mary Ann Hagler, b. 9-JUN-1803 to Jacob Hagler and Mary Dice. I believe Mary Dice (b. 1765 Pendleton Co) to be the daughter of Matthias and Eve Harper, but I am having trouble proving this line. Any connection with your line? Bill Long

>I have a picture copied from a book (sorry so vague-I don't have the >source). The picture shows four houses in the Franklin and Upper Tract, as >described: > >(1) Upper Tract Parsonage >(2) John M. Kee home in Franklin >(3) McClung Home near Upper Tract >(4) G.W. Eagle home north of Upper Tract. > >What I want to know is: Are these homes still standing? In particular the >McClung Home. The picture I have is of page 124. Maybe there is a local >history book you The book is "Moments in Time, A Pictorial History of Pendleton County, West Virginia, Published 2 June 1988 by Pendleton County Historical Society." (Wadsworth Publishing, Salem, WV) BTW, remember that "upper" and "lower" refer to the flow of the rivers. Thus, in Pendleton County, "upper" is south of "lower"!!!! If someone lived below Franklin, they lived north of it. Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.

I am glad to see that we are discussing the Grave Register Books, published by the Pendleton County Historical Society and still available from them. I also encourage known corrections be sent to this list. In the interests of the integrity of our data (for those of you who are new, this lists supports DOCUMENTED data, not unsupported statements based upon what someone else said, but they have no idea where it came from.) Gene, thank you for starting the discussion. Obviously, Gene knows his uncle and his response is based upon a personal visit to the tombstone. The first grave register was published in 1977. The Homemakers groups of Pendleton County assisted by visiting every cemetery they could identify and read the tombstones as best the could. Stones were weathered and hard to read. Hand writing with gloves in the cold was misread when someone tried to type the manuscript. All the normal possibilities for errors when facts and copied and re-copied. However, the stones were read surprisingly well so do not automatically assume data is wrong without further evidence against it. Today, the stones have weathered another 23 years and are even harder to read accurately. Unfortunately, as Gene described, the compilers used some "editorial license" between what is actually inscribed on stones and what is published in the books, and this is not always limited to the notes field. For instance, many stones record "Died Feb 1 1888, aged 77 yr, 7 mo, 7 dys, as an example. Prior to publication, this was computed and the book shows a birth date but not the age at death. While, yes today we have formulas to use to compute this birth date, neither the family nor the stone cutter of 100 years ago had this same formula! And, we have all seen the stones where the age was computed backwards around the calendar with 5 months instead of 7. Also, there is the problem of people being placed in a cemetery because someone "knew" they were buried there. The book makes it look like they have a tombstone full of information. Be particularly skeptical of names that has no dates, although there are indeed some stones that have only a name. Volume 2 of the Grave Register, published in 1980, contains an index to Volume 1 (it has none)!!! The next section contains abstracts of the Pendleton County Death Register 1853, found in the County Clerk's office. Remember, this was voluntary and not everyone who died had their death recorded. Death records were begun to compile statistics on diseases and causes of death, not to help us find ancestors. (I think the most frustrating are the infants whose parents are "unknown.") Section 3 is a full name index to these death records. Incidentally, the original Death Register has no index, not even to the decedents, so this is better than the clerk's office, but does have errors in mis-reading handwriting. Then Additions and Corrections to Grave Register 1, which is primarily graves that were missed in the first volume, Additional Cemeteries that were missed in GR 1, burials since GR 1 (hence 1977 until 1980 was compiled), and a final sections of everything to add at the last minute. With all of the "imperfections," these grave registers are wonderful resources. And, certainly a real bargain compared with the costs of most genealogical reference books. Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.