Benson - Any Bensons that were in Preston Co. Uphold - Allen L. Uphold is my 2nd great grandfather, but any Upholds would be great Smith - Martha Jane d/o Joel s/o Aaron. Martha had the following siblings: Clarissa, Matthias, Calvin, and Elizabeth Royce - Ties into the Benson line. Light - Issac J. Light b. 1833 d. 1862 (in the Civil War) he married Martha Jane Smith and they had the following children: Julius Marion, Mary Anne Bell, John Anderson, & Missouri Alice. Thanks, Christina

I was thinking that with all the new computers Santa was giving out this year, perhaps new researchers became intersted in their family history - what better way could there be to start a new year? Have a safe and Happy New Year!! Christina

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/951.3 Message Board Post: Seems I'm late to the party; but better late than never This post was close to what I'm looking into I'm looking for Nellie Casteel who married Paul E Brown. Paul was the son of William LEWIS Brown and Fern E Messenger. Paul's obituary of 1984 lists his father as just LEWIS Brown Fern E Messenger was the daughter of James Messenger and first wife Sarah Bennett. Did William C Casteel, father of Nellie Casteel marry Sarah's sister Lydia Bell Bennett?? Found William Casteel and Lydia in the 1920 South Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA census. In the 1930 Census, he's in Monongailia Co, WVA census. In the 1920 Census, William has children Arthur b 1900; Alwood b 1903; Fred born in MD 1906; Grace b MD in 1908; Hudson b Nebraska in 1909; and my husband's Nellie, b 1913, late born in WVA. Fred Casteel seems to have stayed in Preston Co and married one Hester Haskell? Clarence Casteel married an Alice and had daughter Betty Jane b 1929 or 1930, according to that 1930 census. He's living with his father William I'm just starting on this line; what I've posted is pretty much what I've gathered, via internet only, over the past 48 hrs. Perhaps you can help fill in the gaps that will make this puzzle fit nice.

Still searching for the parents of William CUPP born in Preston Co., WV in 1853. He was living with the family of James M CARROLL in the 1860 census. He was reported missing by Mr Carroll in October 1868. The death record for my William Cupp states that he was born in Preston Co., WV and his parents were John Cupp and Lucinda. The information was given by a granddaughter. I recently looked at the Revolutionary Pension record for Leonard CUPP, Sr and his wife Susannah. A document that lists their children, was provided by John CUPP, age 60 in April of 1853. The children are: Leonard Cupp Christopher Cupp Susannah Johnson John Cupp William Cupp The above John CUPP who gave this information would have been born about 1793. Most researchers list a son,John Peter born between 1784 abd 1786. Is anyone else researching this family? Any suggestions appreciated. I have gotten a lot of good ideas (and information) from this list over the years. JoAnn Cupp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCGEE & HILL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/1007.1.2 Message Board Post: To whomever reads this I was tired when I typed this posting. It should have said Agnes McGee married William Nelson Hill. That is all. Sorry about that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RAGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/1126 Message Board Post: I am looking for an obit in september btw 13-20 2005. The Name is Judy L. Rager. I found her listed inthe SSDI when looking for info on my Grandfather's family. I think she may be his last wife (he died in 1994 and I barely knew him ). My mother nor the rest of the family has not heard from 'judy Rager since 1994/1995. Please Help. Thank you Danielle

Dianne, If I may, does the book mention any Guseman,Donaldson, Carroll,or McShane families? If so, how could I contact Ms. Wolfe? Thanks Mike Shannon [email protected]

List members, I received the book and it is a treasure trove. It even has a picture of my great great grandfather, Francis Marion Huffman. What a thrill to open the page and see his handsome face in print. I really have to contact Sherley Wolfe. I know she can answer many questions. I recommend it to anyone doing research in that specific area. It is a terrific addition to the other books from that area. I will spend hours reading it. Thanks again, Roy. Dianne --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

Lyle - Thanks to Phillip & Roy's generosity, Preston County Historical Society also has the Goff book. Look at your most recent NOW...And Long Ago for details or go to: www.hhs.net/sss/preston.pchs.htm Janice > Hi Lyle, > The book "Four Goff Brothers of Western Virginia" is available for sale from > HCPD. Go to the website www.hackerscreek.com and click on the trading post > button, then go to the Family History page and scroll about half-way down > for a complete description of the book. > Betty Ann Nicholson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Wm Ingram obit > > >> Thanks Phil: >> >> Is the book still for sale? Something tells me I have seen it somewhere. >> William Ingram's sister Elizabeth who married Richard Hudkins is my direct > line. >> Do you mind looking and seeing if anything is said about the Hudkins > family. >> I have alot on the Ingrams but the Hudkins have been a major problem. > Thanks >> again. >> >> Lyle Corder >> >> >> ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== >> List Mom for the WVPRESTO mailing list: >> Diana Boothe [email protected] >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > List Mom for the WVPRESTO mailing list: > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Hi Lyle, The book "Four Goff Brothers of Western Virginia" is available for sale from HCPD. Go to the website www.hackerscreek.com and click on the trading post button, then go to the Family History page and scroll about half-way down for a complete description of the book. Betty Ann Nicholson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Wm Ingram obit > Thanks Phil: > > Is the book still for sale? Something tells me I have seen it somewhere. > William Ingram's sister Elizabeth who married Richard Hudkins is my direct line. > Do you mind looking and seeing if anything is said about the Hudkins family. > I have alot on the Ingrams but the Hudkins have been a major problem. Thanks > again. > > Lyle Corder > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > List Mom for the WVPRESTO mailing list: > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Thanks Phil: I think that Abraham Ingram b1785 married Elizabeth Ingram, sister to William. I have the Ingrams back several generations in MD. Lyle Corder

Lyle, Yes, the book is still available and details, including a full name and place index, are at http://home.comcast.net/~philgoff/GoffBook.htm. No, there's nothing in the book about the Hudkins family. The Daniel Cameron family was very closely tied to Salathiel Goff and James Goff, two of the four Goff brothers. As such, the Cameron and William and Abraham Ingram families are featured prominently in the narrative, in which you will find many early families from that part of what is now WV. Thanks, Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Wm Ingram obit > Thanks Phil: > > Is the book still for sale? Something tells me I have seen it somewhere. > William Ingram's sister Elizabeth who married Richard Hudkins is my direct > line. > Do you mind looking and seeing if anything is said about the Hudkins > family. > I have alot on the Ingrams but the Hudkins have been a major problem. > Thanks > again. > > Lyle Corder

Thanks Phil: Is the book still for sale? Something tells me I have seen it somewhere. William Ingram's sister Elizabeth who married Richard Hudkins is my direct line. Do you mind looking and seeing if anything is said about the Hudkins family. I have alot on the Ingrams but the Hudkins have been a major problem. Thanks again. Lyle Corder

Dear Roy: Thanks for the obit post on William Ingram....he is an ancestor of mine. Just how did you happen to come up with it? This Ingram family was in Barbour Co, WV before moving to the Ohio River area. Lyle Corder

Lyle, You may be interested to know that William Ingram, his wife Catherine Cameron, and her father Daniel Cameron are featured prominently in The Four Goff Brothers of Western Virginia, which Roy Lockhart and I co-authored. The book contains anecdotes of their lives, including a lot of detail about when William and Catherine lived on James Goff's property and when Daniel Cameron was killed by Indians. You can do an Internet search for the book website, which includes an index of names, etc. Thanks, Phil Goff ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 12:49 PM Subject: [WV Preston County] Wm Ingram obit > Dear Roy: > > Thanks for the obit post on William Ingram....he is an ancestor of mine. > Just how did you happen to come up with it? This Ingram family was in > Barbour > Co, WV before moving to the Ohio River area. Lyle Corder

The Central Methodist. Catlettsburg, Ky. Tuesday, April 27, 1875. Vol. IX. No. 4. Whole Number 420. Page 3, Column 3 Memoirs. Mrs. Rebecca Lockhart was born in Preston county, Va., now W. Va., May 7, 1837: Died at her home in Scioto county, Ohio, Apl. 10, 1875, aged 37 years, 11 months, and 3 days. The subject of this notice was Column 4 three months old when her parents, Wm. S. and Sarah Trickett, moved to Wood, now Wirt county, and settled in Palestine where her father died when she was six years old, leaving her and four other children to the care of a widowed mother. On the 14 day of April 1859 she was married to Mr. Henry Lockhart. In April 1865 Mr. Lockhart, with his wife, and three children, moved to Scioto county, Ohio, where they pursued the journey of life together until she was called to her reward in heaven. She joined the M. E. Church, South, sometime during the year 1854, the sixteenth year of her age, it is believed under the ministry of Rev. R. Iancaster, of the Ky., but then of the W. Va. Conference, during a protracted meeting held at Pisga, and professed conversion at the same meeting. The evidences of the genuineness of her conversion were shown by a holy, consistent, Christian life. She lived the religion she professed. Those who knew her loved her, and the announcement of her death changed the whole community into a valley of weeping. The writer was present at her bedside during her last hours, and never before have I witnessed such a scene of glory. She said she had been preparing for this for many years, that there was nothing between her and her God. She talked freely and calmly to all present; the charges she gave her family, I trust, will never be forgotten. She breathed her last at fifteen minutes past three on the morning of the 10th. On the 12th, Sunday, at 3 P. M. funeral services were performed by the writer, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of the Ohio Conference. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn their loss. May he that doeth all things well comfort the bereaved family and friends, and may they so live that they may meet her in the better world. C. W. SHEARER.

Christian Observer. Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., Kentucky Saturday, April 29, 1871. Vol. 5. No. 5. Page 2, Column 6 DEATHS [For the Observer. OBITUARY. TRICKET.--ALLEN TRICKET, the subject of this memoir, was the son of William and Sarah Tricket, and was born in Preston county, Virginia, on the 25th day of March, 1832. His parents removed to Wood (now) Wirt county, West Virginia, when Allen was six years old, and settled at Palestine, where his father died about six years afterward, leaving his mother a widow with five children--Allen the oldest. He there grew up to manhood, faithfully and industriously assisting his mother in providing for the family. When the family were in condition to get on without him, he having arrived at manhood, entered into the contest of life for himself; and by honest industry and economy, accumulated considerable property. He married Miss Mary Fought, who now mourns her loss. He leaves three children, two sons and one daughter. Mr. Tricket left Virginia a few years since and settled in Scioto county, Ohio, where his health failed, until he breathed his last, March 28th, 1871. His disease, consumption, baffled all the efforts and skill of all his physicians; for, could the skill of physicians and the prayers and sympathies of Christian friends have availed, Allen had not died. He was industrious and vigorous, driving his business before him through sunshine and storm. His whole course through life was characterized by honesty, integrity and fidelity. He had the most profound and abiding hatred toward a low, mean, dishonest deed. In his manners, he was easy and pleasant, affable to his friends, and plain and frank with all. Although he always treated Christianity and Christian people respectfully, he never made any pretensions to personal piety until a short time before his death; when he turned to God with all his heart, prayed earnestly and constantly for several days, and finally obtained an evidence, a joyful evidence, of his acceptance with God, and in his own language, "on the bank of the stream he boarded the old vessel," and was made joyful in God through the Spirit, and retained his heavenly frame of mind until he exchanged the sufferings of earth for the bliss of heaven. In his affliction he had the advantages of the counsels and prayers of the Rev. J. C. Tinsley of the Western Virginia Conference. He died without a struggle or a groan. His mortal remains were brought by his friends, back to Palestine, and buried there April 1st, 1871, there to rest in hope with kindred dust until the clangoring trump of God shall bid him arise. After the death of his father, his mother married Mr. Elisha Baker; she is now aged and sorrow-stricken, for not only Allen, her first born, but all her sons, five in number, have preceded her to the grave. Of her first family she buried an infant daughter, and a son of some twelve years, in addition to her husband; and of her second family she had a sprightly little son drowned, in full view of her door; and last summer, "Eddie" Baker, her youngest, a youth in his teens, the hope of her declining years, with hope in his death; and requesting his friends to sing to him of heaven, passed away. Thus Edward Thornton Baker died. Oh! God! how hard the lot of Thy children sometimes seems! and hard, indeed, it would be had not Jesus died and rose again; but when we read in His blessed word--because I live ye shall live also--the gloom of the grave is gone; and while we bow beneath the rod, we submissively kiss the hand that inflicts the blow. Glory to God in the highest. Friends, meet them "up yonder." SAMUEL SHEPPARD. ZACKVILLE, W. Va., April 7th, 1871.

The Central Methodist. Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky May 25, 1872. Vol. 6. No. 8. Whole No. 268. Page 10, Column 2 DEATHS MR. EDITOR: Allow the bereaved daughter of a departed Christian father, though a stranger to you, a small space in your paper to pay a tribute to a departed loved one. My dear father, Wm. Ingraham, was born in Greenbrier county, Va., Sept. 13th, 1782, was married to Catharine Cameron, in Preston Co., Va., at 20 years of age. He was the father of eleven children, four of whom preceded him to the glory world. He united with the M. E. Church and was converted to God about forty-eight years ago, and in 1849 he identified himself with the M. E. Church, South, in which he remained till translated to the Church triumphant, on the 9th of February last, in Pleasants county, W. Va. Bro. C. F. Crooks visited him and administered the holy communion, and received his dying testimony. He had no fear of death, and told his children he could exhort them if he had strength. So died a good man.-- Farewell, father, for a time; we shall meet again His funeral sermon will be preached by Rev. Wm. Downtain, on the 4th Sunday in May, at Rawson's school-house, Jackson county, W. Va., at 4 o'clock, P. M. Yours in Christ, RACHAEL INGRAHAM. LITTLE POND CREEK, W. VA., April 29.

Buried at the Oakland Cemetery, Oakland (Garrett County) Maryland is Harriet Sinclair, July 11, 1844- Feb. 29, 1932 buried in the same plot as KIMMEL, Charles E. 1865 - 1964 and Margaret E. 1866- 1875 and Sarah E. 1872-1872. It is a guess that Harriet may have been Margaret's mother. I would like to know if anyone knows anything about the Garrett County KIMMEL line. Pat-T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Moore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: RE: [WV Preston County] Sinclair Thanks, I needed that information. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Art Grady [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WV Preston County] Sinclair As there has been quite a bit of discussion on this list of Sinclair as a family and small town, I just want to add that in the 1860 census of Allegany County Maryland in "Summitville" near Oakland there is a family of Silas Cinclear 25, a railroader, Mary M, 22, and Josephine, 1. They are enumerated in the household of Edward Barnard Another lister in the past said this was a relative of Sinclair in Preston County. Art

Thanks, I needed that information. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Art Grady [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WV Preston County] Sinclair As there has been quite a bit of discussion on this list of Sinclair as a family and small town, I just want to add that in the 1860 census of Allegany County Maryland in "Summitville" near Oakland there is a family of Silas Cinclear 25, a railroader, Mary M, 22, and Josephine, 1. They are enumerated in the household of Edward Barnard Another lister in the past said this was a relative of Sinclair in Preston County. Art __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== List Mom for the WVPRESTO mailing list: Diana Boothe [email protected] ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx