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/804 Message Board Post: can anyone give me information on where I can find the cemetery listing that were taken in the 1930's by the WPA workers. The listing was taken of all the known cemeteries in the area.

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/802.1 Message Board Post: I am researching the Larkin Stone line. Can you tell me the location of the museum where your family picture is at. I also have some old Stone family pictures . Would like to exchange information .

In a message dated 7/13/2002 11:44:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sborror@westco.net writes: > am looking for information on the families of Mahala Pell Fortney (the Pell > side) and Emily Squires Fortney (the Squires side). sborror@westco.net > Thanks, Stacy Borror > Stacy, I'm a Pell researcher...my maiden name was Pell...and the Fortneys tie into that line. I have the Fortney book and I looked up Mahala Pell Fortney. I found only one: Mahala Martha Pell, married Rev. Daniel R. Fortney. (No marriage date.) He was born Mrch 18,1816, Reedsville, Preston Co.,WV, died June 24, 1902. Mahala was born July 19, 1817, died March 16, 1888 and is buried at Old Fortney Cemetery, Reedsville, Preston County, WV. Is this the Mahala you are looking for?? The book has a picture of her husband, Daniel Fortney. If you wish, I can try to scan it and send it to you. He was a Methodist preacher in Reedsville for over 45 years. Their children were: Francis (Frank) Asberry Fortney, born Jan. 23, 1837, Preston Co.,WV Amisiah Pell Fortney, born Setp. 1839, Preston Co.,WV Emma Fortney, born 2841 Isaiah Kirk Fortney, born March 1845, Preston Co.,WV William Fairfax Fortney, born March 1845, Preston Co.,WV John W. Fortney, born ca. 1860 I have an extensive Pell database but I have no information on this Mahala Pell. Have no idea who her parents were and the book doesn't state who they were either. On Emily Squires Fortney, I found this in the same book: Barton W. Fortney, Sr., born Nov. 13,1813, Reedsville, Preston Co.,WV, died April 22, 1896, WV. On July 2, 1842, he married Emily Squires, born April 11, 1817, died June 5, 1887. Their children were: Leah Ann Fortney, born July 10,1843 David Harrison Fortney, born Feb. 24,1846 Barton W.Fortney Jr, born Sept 1847 Josiah Fortney, born March 1, 1848 Andrew Jackson Fortney, born Feb. 18, 1850 Mary Samantha Fortney, born Aug. 11, 1852 Daniel R.Fortney, born May 16, 1854 Virginia A. Fortney, born March 17,1856 Emily J. Fortney, born 1861 Thomas Squires Fortney, born Oct. 28,1863 All children were born at Reedsville, WV. I hope this helps you. I'm interested in whether you are researching any more Pells. Let me know if I can be of further help and please feel free to email me privately. Good Hunting! Claudia Pell-Salvatore in Northern Kentucky

I am looking for information on the families of Mahala Pell Fortney (the Pell side) and Emily Squires Fortney (the Squires side). sborror@westco.net Thanks, Stacy Borror

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wotring Kight Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/803 Message Board Post: Saw a message from 1999 from Mary White Capenter who has info on Wotrings. I would like more info if available.

I'm sure you know that there was a prominent Stone family in Wheeling, WV. I am doing research on that family. If you want information, please contact me at bez4@aol.com. I was just thinking about Wheeling's proximity to Ohio. Good luck! Beverly Railey Walter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stone Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/802 Message Board Post: A relative enlarged a panarama picture for me, in fact it is now framed and about 5 feet long. It is a picture of John W. Stone, my great grandfather, taken on his 89th birthday in 1927. The picture was taken in Reedsville and the buildings in the picture are still standing (well almost). There are approx. 120 men, women and children in the picture. The only ones I can identify are John W. and his second wife Mollie who was also married two other times. A duplicate in smaller form is in the historical museum there. While attending the Stone Reunion on June 30th, someone believed that they had seen the picture in a church or community house and believed that the names of the people in the picture were identified. Does anyone know anything about this? Or if you are reasearching the Stones in Preston Co. would like to compare notes if we have not already met. Have information on John's children from his first wife. Those children were placed and raised in an orphanage ! in Ohio and were never in Preston County. Please contact me with any information.

Yep, there is a very nice cemetery there. I visit it every year when we have our family picnic, as it is right next to the Community Building there. It is very well kept. The cemetery was started by Jacob M. Thomas, my g-g-grandfather. Nancy :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Smith" <rcnls69@msn.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Thomas cemetery > Steve, > > From Janice Cale Sisler's "In Remembrance Vol. II" book on Preston County Cemetery listings, there is a Thomas Cemetery at Salem Community, Brandonville, WV. It is located off of County Route 26/7 near the North Preston Farmer's Club Community Building. One of the latest burials there was in 1977 that I saw as I quickly went through the book. > > Rob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: stevee@zoominternet.net > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:54 PM > To: WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WV Preston County] Thomas cemetery > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/801 > > Message Board Post: > > Has anyone heard of a Thomas cemetery, near the town of Brandonville in Preston Co.? If so, is it still in use? Where is it located? Thanks for any information. > Steve > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Steve, From Janice Cale Sisler's "In Remembrance Vol. II" book on Preston County Cemetery listings, there is a Thomas Cemetery at Salem Community, Brandonville, WV. It is located off of County Route 26/7 near the North Preston Farmer's Club Community Building. One of the latest burials there was in 1977 that I saw as I quickly went through the book. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: stevee@zoominternet.net Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:54 PM To: WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WV Preston County] Thomas cemetery This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/801 Message Board Post: Has anyone heard of a Thomas cemetery, near the town of Brandonville in Preston Co.? If so, is it still in use? Where is it located? Thanks for any information. Steve ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== Social Security Death Index Interactive Search http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/801 Message Board Post: Has anyone heard of a Thomas cemetery, near the town of Brandonville in Preston Co.? If so, is it still in use? Where is it located? Thanks for any information. Steve

Hi Bill, Yes, I found the census report also, so we know Mahala knew the Friend family at a very young age. However, since Mahala married in 1864, age 21, and had her last child at age 43, died two years later, it doesn't seem that she could have married twice. My thinking is that her mother was married to a Browning when Mahala was born but maybe later SHE married a Ringer. Thus Mahala may have used the surname of Ringer later in life and the children knew her by both names. OR, is it possible that Andrew married twice and to two women named Mahala? This doesn't really fit either or the family would have know of two graves. Nothing indicates this latter possibility. I don't know. Right now it is all pure conjecture, but one of those "quiz-lers" I can't seem to forget about. Oh, thank you too for the Twigg information. Pat-T

Pat Thompson, On the 1850 Allegany Co. Census that is on online has the following. Friend, Andrew Age 53 Sarah 52 Andrew C. 18 Browning, Mahela 6 This might help. Originally from Connie (Sines) Sisler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Thompson" <pat125@erols.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Re: Ringer/Rodeheaver > Janice , > > By chance, would you or George have any listing for a Mahala Ringer b. 1843 d. 1888. > > She married, in Garrett County, Maryland to Andrew Friend. However, I can't find her family. On her marriage record > she is listed as Mahala Browning, but in the family bible and several obits for her children, she is listed as Mahala > Ringer. > > It is just a mystery that I would like to solve, so even though this is a very long shot, I thought I would ask. > > Many thanks, Pat-T > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Preston County West Virginia Genealogy Junction > http://rootsweb.com/~wvpresto/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Janice , By chance, would you or George have any listing for a Mahala Ringer b. 1843 d. 1888. She married, in Garrett County, Maryland to Andrew Friend. However, I can't find her family. On her marriage record she is listed as Mahala Browning, but in the family bible and several obits for her children, she is listed as Mahala Ringer. It is just a mystery that I would like to solve, so even though this is a very long shot, I thought I would ask. Many thanks, Pat-T

George - In order to save a great deal of duplication - what items are you searching for on each of the three? It's possible I'm stuck at the same places. Janice George Ringer wrote: > Janice trying to find info on Grandparents. GG. Preston. GGG. Conrad. > GGGG. Joseph Ringers. Any help would be nice. > > George > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janice Sisler" <bjsisler@access.mountain.net> > To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 4:30 PM > Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] info > > > George - You're asking about large families and there are huge files as > well as lots of > > searchers. It would be helpful to know specifically what you are looking > for. > > > > > > George Ringer wrote: > > > > > Looking for more info on the Ringer family from Preston and early. This > is my G Grandfather. > > > > > > Also working on the Rodeheaver family. > > > > > > Does anyone have info on these. > > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > > Preston County West Virginia Genealogy Junction > > http://rootsweb.com/~wvpresto/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

George - The child of Anthony and Cindavilla was Ami - a son. Janice George Ringer wrote: > Now getting back to answering you. I have Anthong Rodeheaver married to > (C) Sinderella Jane Ringer, daughter Ani. Does this help. > > Thanks George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy & Rosalie Miller" <roymiller@wyoming.com> > To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:10 PM > Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Re: Ringer/Rodeheaver > > > George, I checked the Preston County marriage books I have. > > I do not find where a Ringer married a Rodeheaver. However, because there > > are over three dozen Rodeheavers in the marriage > > records, and also numerous Ringers, I need a first name as I am > > not too fond of typing each one when I do not know if they belong > > to you. I am distantly related to some Rodeheavers, through the > > Fike's, Wolfe's, and others, mostly those associate with the > > Brethren religion. The gospel song writer, Homer Rodeheaver is > > a distant cousin. Rosalie Miller > > > > > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

>>Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men >who signed the >>Declaration of Independence? >> >>Five signers were captured by the British as >traitors, and tortured before >>they died. >> >>Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. >> >>Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary >Army; another had two >>sons captured. >> >>Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or >hardships of the >>Revolutionary War. >> >>They signed and they pledged their lives, their >fortunes, and their sacred >>honor. What kind of men were they? >> >>Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were >merchants, nine were >>farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, >well educated. But they >>signed the Declaration of Independence knowing >full well that the penalty >>would be death if they were captured. >> >>Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and >trader, saw his ships >>swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold >his home and properties >>to pay his debts, and died in rags. >> >>Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that >he was forced to move His >>family almost constantly. He served in the >Congress without pay, and his >>family was kept in hiding. His possessions were >taken from him, and >>poverty was his reward. >> >>Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of >Dillery, Hall, Clymer, >>Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and >Middleton. >> >>At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted >that the British >>General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home >for his headquarters. He >>quietly urged General George Washington to open >fire. The home was >>destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. >> >>Francis Lewis had his home and properties >destroyed. The enemy jailed his >>wife, and she died within a few months. >> >>John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as >she was dying. Their 13 >>children fled for their lives. His fields and his >gristmill were laid to >>waste. For more than a year he lived in forests >and caves, returning home >>to find his wife dead and his children vanished. >A few weeks later he >>died from exhaustion and a broken heart. >> >>Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. >> >>Such were the stories and sacrifices of the >American Revolution. >> >>These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. >They were soft-spoken >>men of means and education. They had security, but >they valued liberty >>more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, >they pledged: "For the >>support of this declaration, with firm reliance on >the protection of the >>divine providence, we mutually pledge to each >other, our lives, our >>fortunes, and our sacred honor." >> >>They gave you and me a free and independent >America. The history books >>never told you a lot about what happened in the >Revolutionary War. We >>didn't fight just the British. We were British >subjects at that time, and >>we fought our own government! >> >>Some of us take these liberties so much for >granted, but we shouldn't. >>So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of >July holiday and >>silently thank these patriots. It's not much to >ask for the price they >>paid.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/39.72.124.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a death date of April 20,1870. I am looking for the father of Mathias Bohon who married Sarah Gower. I am also looking for Peter Bohon married to Emily Goff. Any help would be great. thanks.

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/162.176.181.506.1.1 Message Board Post: Linda, In a book I have: Estella Sease, B: 12 May, 1982, dau: of Rebecca Fike and Andrew Jackson Seese. Mar: to James H. Thomas, son ofl Willaim F. Thomas and Rachel Jane Crawford . Found page 129, "Christian Fike and His Descendants" by Merilyn Fike Morrow. If you are doing much research in Preston Co. WV, Fayette or Somerset Co., Pa. or Garrett Co. MD., this book is a great resource on Thomas and related families. I am not related except as those who married Fike people.

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/355.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Shannon, Sorry but I have no one from Il from that time period. I have many John Wolfes but they we all born in Ky.

Does anyone know if Shirley Harmon is still on WVPRESTO. Her mail is being returned no address. Thanks George ----- Original Message ----- From: <SHUPE@citcom.net> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: [WV Preston County] URL surname books > The Family History Library Card Catalog in Salt Lake City: > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp > > If you want to see what printed material is available for > your surname families, go to this page. It could turn into > a rather long project <g>. > > =;o) > Carolyn > >