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/

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/1094.1 Message Board Post: Jacqueline Beach Virginia Plum Robinson is my husbands great grandmother, I have a picture of her. Write me at [email protected] Pat

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colebank/Ridgway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Once again, I thank you for your help. Are you by any chance connected to the Colebank family?

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colebank/Ridgway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much for the additional information. I am finally getting somewhere with this family.

Hi fellow researchers, I thought this was something to share with those who may be unaware of this. How many times those of us researching our ancestors, our countless days in cemeteries, and our endless quest for information have we wished those stones could tell us a story. Fran http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/080060.htm http://www.rockofages.com/memorials/medallion/index.php http://www.cornerstonegenealogy.com/Memory_Medallion.htm Rock of Ages Launches Memory Medallion: New High-Tech Product Tells the Human Story Behind the Names Engraved on Memorials 6 October 2005 Christopher Santora, 23, was passionate about sports and American history, and his dream was to become a firefighter, following in his father's footsteps. He graduated from Queens College and was known for his tremendous energy and enthusiasm. Christopher was one of the youngest firefighters to perish during the tragedies of 9/11. Christopher's parents buried him at St. Michael's Cemetery in Queens, NY, and, recognizing that there were no memorials in Queens for the fallen firefighters of 9/11, worked with the cemetery director to erect one. But it wasn't an easy process. Funds were limited and the Santora family couldn't afford to build the firefighter statue they were envisioning. They wanted to honor their son by telling his story, and were concerned that they wouldn't be able to memorialize him the way they had hoped. Then the cemetery director heard about Memory Medallion, a new product that enables loved ones to tell the human story behind the names and dates engraved at a person's final resting place or any place of honor utilizing today's technology. This would allow Christopher's parents to ensure that he was remembered as more than just a name on a grave marker. But, his parents decided not to just honor their son. They created a beautiful memorial that uses Memory Medallions to tell the story of all the fallen Queens firefighters. Al Santora, Christopher's father, said the Memory Medallion was a "phenomenal and personal way for their stories to be told." He added that the Memory Medallion "takes up very little space and is better than anything else we've seen. It requires no maintenance." Responding to a growing trend toward personalized memorialization, Rock of Ages, America's leading quarrier, manufacturer and distributor of high- quality, exquisitely designed memorials, introduced Memory Medallion today during the National Funeral Directors Association annual meeting in Chicago. Memory Medallion is a small stainless steel disc, about the size of a half-dollar that is embedded in a monument, memorial or grave marker. It uses Micro-Can technology -- the same technology in watch batteries -- and is impervious to weather, even sub-zero or desert temperatures. A recent survey commissioned by the National Funeral Directors Association found that 62 percent of those wanting a funeral service preferred some form of personalization. Industry experts attribute the growing trend in personalized memorialization to the demands of aging Baby Boomers, who are used to having things done on their own terms. "Today's trend in remembrance is to make it very personal, reflecting the unique aspects of the person being memorialized," said Rick Wrabel, president of Rock of Ages' Memorials Division. "Families want to honor their departed loved ones for the individuals they were. "Technology enables families to share the stories behind their loved ones. Visitors to a cemetery or monument can now actually read, see and even hear details about a family member or friend," Wrabel added. Memory Medallion was invented by Glenn Toothman, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania. The inspiration came from his father, who wanted to be remembered as more than just his birth and death years, which typically is what is listed on a memorial. The Memory Medallion works with a "touch wand" and most hand-held Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) or lap-top computers. It operates by simply opening the Medallion cover and touching the wand to the stainless steel disc. The wand acts as a connector between the software in the Medallion and within the PDA or lap-top computer in order to download an image and life story of the person being memorialized. Many medallions contain serial numbers, which can be used to download other information about the departed -- such as wedding photos and other memories -- from pre-arranged Web sites. "Rock of Ages is distributing the product to respond to the desires of those we serve," Wrabel explained. "Memory Medallion provides an opportunity to literally touch a life, which our families truly appreciate. 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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/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: "A History of Preston County West Virginia" by Oren F. Morton, 1914 Page 461 RIDGWAY Lot - b 1793, d. 1864 - m. Rebecca Weaver. "Ridgways in the U. S. A." by Gertrude N. Brick & Thurman Ridgway, 1980 Page 311 LOTT RIDGWAY b (1793?) d 1870 son of Lott and Catharine (Frazer) Ridgway 2nd m June 17, 1819 REBECCA WEAVER dt of Joseph and Rebecca (Foster) Weaver By 2nd m: Amos b Jan. 6, 1824 d 1887 m Malinda Colebank Page 312 AMOS RIDGWAY b Jan. 6, 1824 d 1887 son of Lott and Rebecca (Weaver) Ridgway m Malinda Colebank Ch: Minerva b d m April 24, 1870 George Washington ST. CLAIR. ch: Moses b 5-7-1871 Irus Allen Ades Rose b 1-9-1887 George Elkins b 8-12-1893 Page 313 Mary Catherine b d m Elijah BROWN 2 ch: Kate & Ades Allen (Buck) b 1858 d m Levada Stewart Luretta 1860 d m Nov. 1, 1884 Edgar H. Keiser William Jefferson b 1863 d Dec. 9, 1943 m Laura V. Emerson George Wilson b d age 16

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ridgway, Hershman, Nestor, Bolyard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jo, Roy Lockhart's list is my source for Ridgway Cemetery also. The only other source I have is Connie Cox's "Our Place in History,Southwestern Preston County, WV," published this year. She devotes a chapter to Sinclair in which she says that "...Amos & Melinda Ridgeway, owned the land surrounding the Sinclair School and Church. Amos was the son of Lott Ridgeway..." Her source is Roy Lockhart's "Preston County WV (then VA) Records 1853-1860, Births 1853-1859, Marriages 1853-1860, Deaths 1853-1859;" Extracted from microfilm;1998. Happy Hunting, Rita

Dianne, You can find information on "Our Place In History: Southwestern Preston County, WV" by Connie Cox at www.headlinebooks.com Click on Books, then click on Americana. Roy Lockhart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Hoffman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Re: Rosier Where does one obtain the book you are referencing. I have a great many of the names in this thread and would like to make contact with you folks. I have Bolyard and Rosier and would like to verify my info about Stephen and Barbara Rosier Bolyard. I think Barbara had a sister named Catherine who married into the Shahan family. Dianne Hoffman --- [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Hershman, Bolyard, Nestor, Ridgway > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517. 2.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Karla, > > The Ridgway cemetery listing that I have (only a > partial list) does not list any SINCLAIR or FUNK. > However, if you haven't already, you should take a > look at a book published this year by Connie Cox, > "Our Place in History: Southwestern Preston County, > WV." It mentions a Robert SINCLAIR who came to > Sinclair in 1850 and for whom the village was named. > > A chapter of this book is devoted to the Sinclair > community, some 20 pages. Cox says that although the > Ridgway cemetery is located in Sinclair, no SINCLAIR > graves have been located there. She says that > several SINCLAIRs are buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery > near Marquess. FUNKs are also included in the book. > Hope this helps. Rita > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ====

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/1124.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Pat: John Green King was married 2 times his first marriage to Sarah Friend. Children: Jessie, Joseph, and Isaac Johnson King. 2nd marriage to Jane Barnette: Children: Elizabeth C.,Ellen, Hattie, James Bernard, Mary B., William E., Hester Ann, Archibal C,and Sarah C, King dont know her middle name . Mary Barnard or Barnett dont know who she is , but it,s possible it could be Jane Barnette,s sister or some other relation to the family. The Joseph King is the son of John Green King and Sarah Friend. Joseph,s wifes name is Ingiba White. Children: William, Johnson, Mary , Charolette, Alfred, Adeline, Ann Amelia, and Ann dont know who Thorton Gelpin is. Isaac King also shows up on that census with wife Elizabeth Bernard and Children:George, Emanuel, Hester J, Hiram V, and Elizabeth. Brenda

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/1124.2.1 Message Board Post: Roy : Thank you very much for the information on the Green Family. And Happy Holidays to you. Brenda

Where does one obtain the book you are referencing. I have a great many of the names in this thread and would like to make contact with you folks. I have Bolyard and Rosier and would like to verify my info about Stephen and Barbara Rosier Bolyard. I think Barbara had a sister named Catherine who married into the Shahan family. Dianne Hoffman --- [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Hershman, Bolyard, Nestor, Ridgway > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Karla, > > The Ridgway cemetery listing that I have (only a > partial list) does not list any SINCLAIR or FUNK. > However, if you haven't already, you should take a > look at a book published this year by Connie Cox, > "Our Place in History: Southwestern Preston County, > WV." It mentions a Robert SINCLAIR who came to > Sinclair in 1850 and for whom the village was named. > > A chapter of this book is devoted to the Sinclair > community, some 20 pages. Cox says that although the > Ridgway cemetery is located in Sinclair, no SINCLAIR > graves have been located there. She says that > several SINCLAIRs are buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery > near Marquess. FUNKs are also included in the book. > Hope this helps. Rita > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > USGS Mapping Information query form > http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > ============================== > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ridgway/Colebank Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I was searching for Amos Ridgway and his wife Minerva and any of their descendants. Roy Lockhart sent me a list but only Amos was shown in that cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hershman, Bolyard, Nestor, Ridgway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Karla, The Ridgway cemetery listing that I have (only a partial list) does not list any SINCLAIR or FUNK. However, if you haven't already, you should take a look at a book published this year by Connie Cox, "Our Place in History: Southwestern Preston County, WV." It mentions a Robert SINCLAIR who came to Sinclair in 1850 and for whom the village was named. A chapter of this book is devoted to the Sinclair community, some 20 pages. Cox says that although the Ridgway cemetery is located in Sinclair, no SINCLAIR graves have been located there. She says that several SINCLAIRs are buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery near Marquess. FUNKs are also included in the book. Hope this helps. Rita

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/1124.2 Message Board Post: The Preston County Journal. Kingwood, West Virginia Thursday, May 12, 1892. Vol. XXV--No. 35. Whole No. 1344. Page 1, Column 7 MURDER OF THE GREENS. AN ACCOUNT OF THE KILLING OF JOHN GREEN. His Hired Man and Little Child by Indians--The Capture of Mrs. Green and Her Daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth--A Letter from the Hon. J. C. McGrew to Jesse Johnson, Esq. Sometime about the year 1784 a man by the name of Green, with a wife and several children, located on what afterwards became known as "Green's Run," about one and a half miles from where Kingwood now stands, on land afterwards owned by Samuel R. Trowbridge, where he lived many years and where he died. The land at this date, 1892, is owned by John H. Brown. Two or three years after Green made his settlement there, a number of Miami Indians from west of the Ohio river made an incursion into the neighborhood where Green and a few other white men had made a small settlement, the object of the Indians being, as tradition informs us, to kill one William Morgan, who had located south of Morgan's Run, near the present site of Kingwood, in revenge for their defeat sometime before by one James Morgan when they had attacked a young settlement at the mouth of Decker's Creek, where Morgantown now stands. The tradition is that Morgan, in this fight, killed a number of Indians, and that he skinned one of them, tanned the skin, and made a "shot pouch" out of the leather. This coming to the knowledge of the Indians through white traders, and supposing that William Morgan was a kinsman of their enemy James Morgan, whom they feared again to attack, they determined to kill William Morgan. The expedition sent for this purpose consisted of six Indian warriors of the Miami tribe. They crossed the Ohio river at the mouth of Fishing creek and passing up that stream and down Indian creek, crossed the Monongahela at or near the mouth of White Day, then traveled eastward evidently intending to strike the headwaters of Morgan's Run and follow that stream down to where William Morgan had located; but by mistake they fell upon the waters of Green's Run, and followed down that stream until they came to Green's cabin high up on the south bank, and closely resembling the location of William Morgan's cabin on the hill side south of Morgan's Run. The morning the Indians came upon Green's place Green and his wife and children were in the cabin, but a hired man by the name of Lewis was splitting rails in the woods some distance from the house and had Green's rifle with him. The Indians approached him stealthily through the woods, shot and killed him, and then rushed upon the cabin where Green and his wife and children were. Having no defensive weapons, Green, after defending his family and himself as best he could, was soon overpowered and killed. One of the children, a little girl, tried to escape by running, but was fired upon by one of the Indians and shot through one of her hands. The Indians supposing that she was dead, as she had fallen to the ground when shot, did her no further injury. She had sufficient presence of mind to lie still where she had fallen, and tradition is that as she fell she placed her wounded hand over her face, and that just as the Indians were leaving one of them walked up and looked at her, and seeing her face and head covered with blood left without scalping her. As soon as the Indians had taken their hasty departure she made her way to Cheat river opposite Butler's fort and was taken across the river and cared for by Thomas Butler. When she grew up to womanhood she married a man by the name of Friend. The Indians took Mrs. Green and her two girls, Sarah and Elizabeth, prisoners and killed a younger child that they could not carry away conveniently in their hasty retreat beyond the Ohio river, which they crossed at the mouth of Fishing creek, now in Wetzel county, W. Va. I do not know how long Mrs. Green and her two daughters were prisoners with the Indians, but it must have been a number of years, and I presume up to 1794. After her liberation Mrs. Green married a man by the name of Moore and had by him a son and two daughters. Col. Moore, of Preston county was her grandson. Moore died leaving her a widow a second time, and she afterwards married a man by the name of Spurgin and had a daughter by him. She and her three husbands are buried on the Green farm not far from where Green and Lewis were killed. Her daughter Elizabeth Green was sold by the Indians to a man by the name of King, and her daughter Sarah Green was sold by the Indians to a man by the name of! Sauerhaver. King and Sauerhaver were Indian traders and lived with the Indians. After the defeat of the Miami Indians by General Wayne in 1794, King traded his wife to one of Wayne's soldiers by the name of Andrew Johnson, who brought her home and married her, and by her had several children who grew to be men and women, viz: Jessie, Isaac[,] William Green, Sarah and Rebecca. Therefore, Andrew Johnson was your grandfather and Elizabeth Green was your grandmother. I have seen them both; they were quite aged at the time, and were then living in the house in which Chas. C. Craig now lives. Sauerhaver brought his wife Sarah back to this neighborhood at one time, sold her interest in her father's (the Green) farm, and returned to the Indians taking his wife with him. Miss Spurgin and one of the Miss Moores married brothers by the name of Ruble, and the other Miss Moore married a man by the name of Trowbridge. J. C. McGREW. TO MR. JESSE JOHNSON. Kingwood, April 23, 1892.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bolyard, Ridgway, Hershman, Nestor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/6.103.102.106.391.516.517.2.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jo, Which surnames are you searching for? The list is rather long and probably incomplete. Rita Witkowski

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/1124.1.1.1 Message Board Post: 1860 census, Oakland, (Allegany Co. -now Garrett) Maryland. January 8, 1860 Oakland, Maryland Jan 8, 1860 Dist. No. 10 Joseph King, 42, (1818) laborer MD Ingiby, 44, MD looks like Thornton Gelpin 22, William, 21, Johnson, 18, Mary, 14, Charlotte 12, Alfred 10, Adeline 8, Ann Amelia 5, Ann 2, in same KING HH (all born MD) All but Thornton Gelpin are children of Joseph KING? John G. King, 64, (1796) farmer, VA Jane,61, MD Hester Ann, 25 James B., 23 Archibald C., 16 Mary B., 14 Sarah Colon King, 29 Mary Barnard, 56, (1804) MD (Who is Sarah (looked like) Colon King and Mary Barnard?