This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nedrabrill Surnames: Pennington, Whitt, Sites Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The death certificate for Benjamin Harrison Pennington states that he never married and he resided in Randolph County his entire life. (Celia Sites who married Aaron Isaac Moyers resided in Pendleton County.) This Benjamin's World War I draft card names his sister Clara Wratchford. Her death certificate in Tucker County shows that Clara Wratchford died 8 March 1920, aged 42. Neither an exact date of birth nor parents are given. Nor can an appropriate Clara, aged 2 in 1880, be located in a census before her marriage to verify her maiden name. Her eldest child Theodore Wratchford was born 6 August 1904, Hendricks, Tucker County, West Virginia, son of W. F. and Clara Wratchford, per his birth certificate. The sister Mrs. Florna Whitt who is mentioned in Benjamin's obituary offers more promising insights. Flornie Pennington, age 22 of Tucker County, West Virginia, married Chester Whitt, age 23 of Virginia, on 23 February 1912 at Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia. [Tucker County, WV, Marriages, p206.] Chester Princeton Whitt died on 14 September 1945 in Marlinton, Pocahontas County, WV, leaving widow Florna Whitt age 54. They are buried together in Mt. View Cemetery, Marlinton, where her tombstone indicates "Flora [sic] P. Whitt, born 1890, died 1957." Her death is not recorded in WV so perhaps she died in a hospital just over the state line in Virginia. Florna would appear to be the granddaughter in this 1900 census enumeration: 1900 Randolph County, WV (Dry Fork District), p27: Phebe Pennington, head, May 1837, 63, widowed, farm manager; Alice Keagle, daughter, September 1877, daughter, 23, married 6 years, 2/2 children, housekeeper; Floyd Pennington, son, September 1871, 18 [sic], day laborer; Jdson [sic] B. Roy, grandson, January 1887, 13; Flarny Pennington, granddaughter, May 1891, 9; William I. Pennington, grandson, January 1895, 5; all WV/WV/WV. Phebe was the widow of Vintson B. Pennington and their household was enumerated in 1880 Randolph County, WV (Dry Fork), p214: Vincent B. Pennington, 67, farmer, carbuncle; Phoebe, 42, wife; Arbella, 18, daughter; Emma Jane, 15, daughter; Sampson, 12, son; Melvina, 10, daughter; Vincent B., 6, son; Alice, 4, daughter; Millie, 1, daughter; Adelia Pharis, 19, daughter; Joseph Martin Pharis, 10/12, born August, grandson; all WV/WV/WV. In 1870, same location page 436, one daughter is Marcelia, aged 12, and apparently married by the 1880 census. And next door in 1880 we find Cornelius Pennington, age 21, with his wife Marcella, age 22. This family was not found later and one wonders if they were the parents of Clara, born ca. 1880, Benjamin, born 1884, and Florna born 1890-91. In 1860 Cornelius Pennington, age 1, resides with his presumed parents Mathew and Elizabeth Pennington, PO Black Fork, Tucker County, WV, p937. And in 1870 he is aged 10 in the household of his presumed grandfather Solomon Penington, aged 63, farmer, and [wife] Jane, aged 52, plus several children in Dryfork Township, Randolph County, p437. The 1850 census of Dryfork shows Mathew aged 14 as the presumed son of Solomon. Morton's History of Pendleton County, page 273, indicates that the grandfathers Vincent B. and Solomon Pennington were brothers. A definite Sites connection was not found, and further research in the Randolph County records may reveal guardianship and lineage information for these three children. Nedra 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: nedrabrill Surnames: Sites, Lewis, Moyers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: With much assistance in this team effort, we can conclude that there were 2 mothers named Celia. This Celia Sites of Pendleton County was the daughter of Mary "Polly" Ann Harper and Jacob Lewis, per her death certificate, and apparently residing with her father in the 1880 census where she appears as Frances C., as posted in other messages of this thread. The 1900 and 1910 censuses, where she appears as Arcelia F., include all the living children of Celia and her husband Aaron Isaac Moyers, including the eldest Benjamin H. Moyers, who according to his World War I draft registration was born 12 February 1893 and resided at Mouth of Seneca on 5 June 1917, married with 2 children. This Celia resided in Pendleton County until after the 1920 census--she was enumerated in the 1930 Grant County, WV, census and died 7 September 1944 at rural Streby, Grant 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Willow__Nelson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1776.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please email me. Willow alwaysblessedbe@yahoo.com 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: nedrabrill Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking a bit further: Pendleton County, WV, DB 31:78-79, 27 November 1896(recorded 14 April 1897: James W. Helmick and wife Clora of Tucker County, WV, granted to Martin H. Harper their interest in the home lands of Jesse W. Harper, deceased. Phebe J. Lewis married William R. Payne on 2 January 1890, both single and residents of Pendleton County. (PC Marriage Book 1853:52) As noted, she was the daughter of Jesse's first wife so not included in my notes. Undoubtedly the appointment of her guardian (if she was inheriting from her maternal grandfather) would be recorded in the minute books. Nedra 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: nedrabrill Surnames: Sites, Lewis, Helmick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: An item when discussing the Lewis girls: James P. Sites in two separate entries was appointed on 1 August 1884 as the guardian of Celia Sites, aged 12, infant daughter of Mary A. Sites, deceased; and Cora Lewis, age 8, infant daughter of Hannah C. Lewis, deceased,& Jacob Lewis. Clora Lewis, age 18, married James W. Helmick, age 24 and widowed, on 7 March 1894 in Pendleton County. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx? Id=307751&Type=Marriage On 7 December 1895 Pendleton County Record book 1890-1897, page 306: settlement of the account of James P. Sites, guardian of Clora Helmick. I am still working on the original problem. Nedra 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: nedrabrill Surnames: Sites, Lewis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not have probate records, per se. The court minute book records the appointment on 2 April 1870 of Martin H. Harper as administer of the estate of Job A. Sites, the unnamed widow declining. Joshua Day was appointed on 28 August 1872 to administer the estate of Mary Ann Sites, deceased widow of Job A. Sites. On 12 October 1872 Johnson Sites was appointed guardian of Hannah C., Phebe J. and Isaiah Sites, over 14, and Susan, John A., Perry, Catharine and Eve E. Sites, infant children under 14, of Job A. Sites. [Pendleton Co. WV, Court Record B 1866-1872, page 147.No mention of Celia. Johnson Sites is again named as guardian of these same named "infant children of Job A. Sites, dec'd" when he sells land on the north end of Spruce Mountain on 24 Nov 1874. Again, Celia is NOT included in the children of Job. The deed references a petition dated May 1873. The deed references a tract "partitioned and conveyed to Job A. Sites of the lands of his Father Adam Sites." [Pend Co, WV, DB 21:11-12] On 1 August 1884 in Pendleton County, James P. Sites was appointed guardian of Celia Sites, aged 12, infant daughter of Mary A. Sites, deceased. And, as noted in a previous posting, her death record shows she was born 8 September 1871 her father as Jacob Lewis. Job A. Sites died prior to the appointment of his administrator on 2 April 1870. Note that the published transcription of his tombstone shows a death date of 24 July 1870. On this same date, 1 August 1884, James P. Sites was appointed guardian of Cora Lewis, aged 8, infant daughter of Hannah C. Lewis, deceased, and Jacob Lewis. [Pend County Court Record 1881-1886, page 238. The Pendleton County Court Record Books can be borrowed through the LDS Family History Centers and contain a wealth of information for Pendleton County families. The Chauncery Court Minutes are also available and I presume that is where these petitions would be found. They are not well indexed but worth the effort to read. Nedra 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: Dorristx Surnames: Hedrick- Tingler Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/36.38.39.42.2.2.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have not researched the Tingler family, you may want to check Maryland Early Marriages for Mary Hedrick and John Tingler.(There are some there( In a previous post, 1860 census, Sarah and Samuel are listed with John and Phoebe with no birth dates, you may want to check the census for further information. 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: Dorristx Surnames: Tingler- Hedrick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1776/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have a record of the Tingler- Hedrick families buried in the Tingler-Hedrick Cemetery, Cherry Grove W. Va.? 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: slkmallow Surnames: Kisamore, Lewis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Phoebe was actually born 19 Aug 1868 per her birth recording: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=409288&Type=Birth She was, therefore, born before Catherine Kisamore Lewis died and probably should be listed as age 11 yrs on the census rather than 10. Note that she was age 1 on the 1870 census. (Frances C. in Jacob Lewis' household, IF actually Celia, should probably have been listed as age 8 if the birth date on her death record is correct). Mary A. is 14 yrs old (not 4) on the 1880 census (she was 4 yrs old on the 1870 also in her Kisemore grandparents household). She would have been a child of the marriage of Jacob and Catharine Kisemore Lewis. 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: JeffCarr58 Surnames: Kisamore, Kysamore, Lewis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is also a connection to Catherine Kisamore. In the 1880 Census Union, Pendleton, WV P26 198/203 is Kysamore, Jesse 75 Mary 67 (parents of Catherine) Lewis, Phoebe J 10 (same age as Frances C) Lewis, Mary A 4 (same age as Cora) The Lewis girls are listed as granddaughters and Catherine is the only child to marry a Lewis. How do they fit into this puzzle? 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.

There was some speculation that Thomas Collett came from New Jersey, as did Peter Veneman his neighbor. Notice that Samuel McCollick (McCulloch) lived there before coming to Hardy Co. Va. Also, the name Inskeep is a name from Hardy Co. Va.,too. The same spelling of McCollick appears in Thomas Collet/McCollick/Collick's name. B.L. Gloucester County NJ Archives History .....The Gloucester County Board Of Freeholders COUNTY COLLECTORS, JUSTICES AND FREEHOLDERS AND CLERKS. As before stated, the public business of the County was jointly conducted by the Justices of the Peace of the County and the Board of Chosen Freeholders. During the period from 1723 to 1740 inclusive, these persons are recorded as being the members of the two bodies during that time: Justices-John Kay, John Hugg, John Mickle, Samuel Coles, Samuel Ward, Abraham Porter, Abraham Ledden, John Inskeep, John Rambo, Isaac Jennings, David Vanneman, Alexander Randall, James Hinchman, John Jones, Robert Zane, Constantine Wood, Abraham Chattin, Alexander Morgan, John Hinchman, John Ladd, Jr., John Kaighn, Thomas Wilkins, Joseph Coles. Freeholders-John Hillman, Benjamin Thackara, William Harrison, Francis Jones, John Ashbrook, Richard Chew, Constantine Wood, Richard Brickman, Gustavus Fish, Thomas Spicer, John Inskeep, William Sharp, Edward Eglington, Samuel A. Burroughs, Samuel Downs, Joseph Cooper, Jr., John Shay, John Cooper, Jr., Robert Gerrard, Matthew Mattson, John Jones, James Steelman, Richard Somers, John Hinchman, John Mickle, John Brown, of Manto; John Cook, Samuel Harrison, John Smallwood, Joseph Ledden, Thomas Sharp, Harmames Holmes, Oake Holmes, Israel Ward, James Somers, John Mickle, Joseph Bate, John Kay, John Kaighn, John Young, Jacobus Van Culin, Peter Steel-man, Richard Somers, Caleb Culin, Alexander Morgan, James Hinchman, William Cooper, Joseph Tomlinson, Jonathan Ladd, Stephen Jones, Robert Smith, Jeremiah Adams, Richard Cheesman, Timothy Matlack, Joseph R. Cooper, George Ward, Samuel Driver, Nathan Lake, William Cordery, John Matlack, Hans Steelman, Jacob Couzens, Edward Doughty, Edward Somers, Thomas Ellis, Samuel Coles, Tobias Holloway, Joseph Kaighn, Samuel McCollick, Amos Ireland, Samuel Shivers, Thomas Bickham, Isaac Jennings, Josiah Kay, John Shivers, Simeon Ellis, Abraham Chattin, Peter Long, William Read, John Tomlinson, John Thorn, John Wood, Elias Steelman, Edward Higbee, James Hinchman, Joseph Young, Thomas Coles, William Ellis, William Wilkins, Amariah Ballinger, Hance Steelman, Abel Scull, Nehemiah Leeds.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: slkmallow Surnames: Sites, Moyers, Lewis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A little more help regarding not be able to find Celia on the census: Celia (Sites) Moyers and her family can be found on a free 1900 census: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1200248798746#c=1325221;p=2;t=searchable Enter Arcelia Moyers in the search and choose 1900 census. You'll find her family in Pendleton. You can choose to see the original census image. She used the middle initial "F" which seems to support (note that it does not prove) her having been "Frances C." age 10 in Jacob Lewis' household in 1880. Celia (under various spellings including Arcelia which is misread by a transcriptionist as Aurelia) with her hubby (listed alternately as Isaac Moyers and Aaron Moyers) can be found on pay-for-use site www.ancestry.com in 1900, 1910, and 1920 in Pendleton County, WV and then in Grant County in 1930. [I haven't checked the censuses on Heritage Quest which can be accessed for free through many public libraries (including at home view with a public library card]. Therefore, Celia is certainly found on all four available censuses from 1900 through 1930 and may - emphasis on the may - be Frances C. in Jacob Lewis' household in 1880 in Pendleton 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.

Just noticed this thread. I can't really participate, but the idea that some of the Hardy residents came from NJ...not new and not crazy. Some of them did for certain. Go figure. Some went via PA...check along the Delaware River. Pat Saletore -----Original Message----- From: wvpendle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvpendle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Becky Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:47 PM To: wvpendle@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVPENDLE] more on the crazy theory of Thomas Collett There was some speculation that Thomas Collett came from New Jersey, as did Peter Veneman his neighbor. Notice that Samuel McCollick (McCulloch) lived there before coming to Hardy Co. Va. Also, the name Inskeep is a name from Hardy Co. Va.,too. The same spelling of McCollick appears in Thomas Collet/McCollick/Collick's name. B.L. Gloucester County NJ Archives History .....The Gloucester County Board Of Freeholders COUNTY COLLECTORS, JUSTICES AND FREEHOLDERS AND CLERKS. As before stated, the public business of the County was jointly conducted by the Justices of the Peace of the County and the Board of Chosen Freeholders. During the period from 1723 to 1740 inclusive, these persons are recorded as being the members of the two bodies during that time: Justices-John Kay, John Hugg, John Mickle, Samuel Coles, Samuel Ward, Abraham Porter, Abraham Ledden, John Inskeep, John Rambo, Isaac Jennings, David Vanneman, Alexander Randall, James Hinchman, John Jones, Robert Zane, Constantine Wood, Abraham Chattin, Alexander Morgan, John Hinchman, John Ladd, Jr., John Kaighn, Thomas Wilkins, Joseph Coles. Freeholders-John Hillman, Benjamin Thackara, William Harrison, Francis Jones, John Ashbrook, Richard Chew, Constantine Wood, Richard Brickman, Gustavus Fish, Thomas Spicer, John Inskeep, William Sharp, Edward Eglington, Samuel A. Burroughs, Samuel Downs, Joseph Cooper, Jr., John Shay, John Cooper, Jr., Robert Gerrard, Matthew Mattson, John Jones, James Steelman, Richard Somers, John Hinchman, John Mickle, John Brown, of Manto; John Cook, Samuel Harrison, John Smallwood, Joseph Ledden, Thomas Sharp, Harmames Holmes, Oake Holmes, Israel Ward, James Somers, John Mickle, Joseph Bate, John Kay, John Kaighn, John Young, Jacobus Van Culin, Peter Steel-man, Richard Somers, Caleb Culin, Alexander Morgan, James Hinchman, William Cooper, Joseph Tomlinson, Jonathan Ladd, Stephen Jones, Robert Smith, Jeremiah Adams, Richard Cheesman, Timothy Matlack, Joseph R. Cooper, George Ward, Samuel Driver, Nathan Lake, William Cordery, John Matlack, Hans Steelman, Jacob Couzens, Edward Doughty, Edward Somers, Thomas Ellis, Samuel Coles, Tobias Holloway, Joseph Kaighn, Samuel McCollick, Amos Ireland, Samuel Shivers, Thomas Bickham, Isaac Jennings, Josiah Kay, John Shivers, Simeon Ellis, Abraham Chattin, Peter Long, William Read, John Tomlinson, John Thorn, John Wood, Elias Steelman, Edward Higbee, James Hinchman, Joseph Young, Thomas Coles, William Ellis, William Wilkins, Amariah Ballinger, Hance Steelman, Abel Scull, Nehemiah Leeds. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPENDLE-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: jjhott Surnames: tingler, Porter, Hedrick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/36.38.39.42.2.2.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sarah Tingler and George Porter were married in 1829, Pendleton County, so Sarah would have had to be Mary's daughter, not Dolly's if she fit into the family at all. Have you seen a marriage record for John Tingler and Mary Hedrick? 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: slkmallow Surnames: Sites, Lewis, Moyers, Harper Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does your probate research - mentioned in an earlier post on this thread - indicate that Celia Sites (aka Lewis) Moyers received a share - exactly - equal to the other children of Mary/Polly Harper Sites with regard to distribution of their grandfather's (Jesse W. Harper) estate? 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: slkmallow Surnames: Sites, Pennington Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If Celia Sites was born, in late 1871, it's not quite impossible - but certainly highly unlikely - that she, at a few months shy of age 13, was the mother of a son born in May 1884. However, if it's postulated that Celia, at age 10 or less, was the mother of a child, Clara, born in 1880 (1910 less 30 yrs), we can't even grant that to be possible. If Clara's birth year is accurate or even close, this Celia Sites was not her mother. All in all, it seems very unlikely that Celia was the mother of either child unless the ages of the children are off considerably. For what it's worth, there was an Eli P. Pennington, in Union Disrict, Pendleton County of an age not much older than Celia. IF somehow Celia, was the mother of Benjamin, perhaps, it would be worth checking to see if Eli's middle name was Peter. 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: nedrabrill Surnames: Ratsford, Wratchford Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the death certificate. Re-reading the original post I realized the Clara Ratsford/Wratchford is Celia's daughter. 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: nedrabrill Surnames: Sites, Lewis, Keysimor, Kisamore, Harper, Hedrick, Thompson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for solving the mysteries of Celia Sites. Although only distant cousins of mine, this family gets more interesting all the time. The following is based upon marriage and death records, etc., but the footnotes do not copy easily. Please let me know if you wish specific citations for any of these items. Celia's oldest sister, Hannah Christena Sites, was born 28 May 1855, Pendleton County, Virginia, the daughter of Job and Mary A. Sites. She married Jacob Lewis, a widower, on 27 November 1872 in Randolph County, West Virginia. Hannah C. Lewis died 26 July 1878 from consumption in Pendleton County where she was born. She was 28, the wife of Jacob Lewis and daughter of Job A. and Mary Sites. A son of Hannah and Jacob Lewis, aged 3 days, died 18 July 1878, eight days before his mother. Catharine Lewis, the [first] wife of Jacob Lewis, died 1869 in Grant County, West Virginia, aged 25, from "scare and miscarriage," the daughter of Jesse and M. Keysimor. Their unnamed son died from "abortion." Catharine (Keysimor) Lewis was a sister to Jonas Kisamore, the second husband of Hannah's aunt Hannah Harper. Jacob Lewis, a widower aged 30, married the third time to Phebe J. Hedrick, aged 23, on 12 February 1880 in Pendleton County. As his fourth wife, Jacob Lewis, a widower aged 46, ma! rried Jane Thompson, aged 33, on 6 December 1891 in Pendleton County. Jacob Lewis and Mrs. Jacob (Jane) Lewis are buried in the John Thompson Cemetery, south of Riverton, Pendleton County, but no dates are given on their markers. [Transcription in the PC Grave Register--I have not viewed the stones.] On 26 March 1888 Jacob Lewis conveyed to James P. Sites his interest in the land conveyed to his wife Hannah Christena by Johnson Sites, guardian for the heirs of Job A. Sites, deceased. Thus two months after her mother's death, the oldest child of Mary "Polly" (Harper) Sites, now orphaned with a household of younger siblings, married her youngest sister's father. The women in Jacob's life certainly did not fair well. There must be a story behind the "scare" with the mis-carriage of Catharine. One can only wonder if it would now be diagnosed as post-partum depression. Nedra 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: slkmallow Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Additional information - Jacob Lewis was listed as a 26 yr old farm worker in the household of widow Mary (aka Polly) Ann (Harper) Sites in 1870. Keep in mind that Mary aka Polly died in 1872 - two years later at the relatively young age of 40 yrs. A Jacob Lewis of a likely age married Phoebe J Hedrick in 1880 (seven or so years after Mary/Polly Harper Sites died) and two daughters are listed in Jacob's household in 1880 including a Francis C b ca 1870. Could Francis C be aka Celia b ca 1871? Since her mother was deceased and her stepmother was new to the household, it could be a working theory. Remember that a child born out of wedlock to a widow carried the widow's deceased husband's surname which is why Celia was nee Sites per the guardian papers. If Frances was aka Celia, Jacob Lewis may have raised her with his surname or it may have just been a mis-understanding by the census taker. 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: slkmallow Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1725.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Celia and Aaron aka Isaac Moyers are on the 1910 census and 1920 census in Pendleton County. Celia is misindexed as Aurelia on ancestry.com for 1910. In 1910, they have a household full of children started with a son Benjamin born 1893 (sic) and twin sons less than a year old. Married 19 yrs (so circa 1891). It's less than unlikely that Celia could be aka Clara Ratsford also in 1910 on the Tucker Co. census. Celia Moyers death record: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4593115&Type=Death Her father is listed as Jacob Lewis and her mother as Polly Ann Harper. 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.