This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: spindler, cupp, glover, duvall, devall, grover Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/786.2 Message Board Post: Any info on Frank Late 1800's

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MURPHY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/789 Message Board Post: As I find out more, I'll pass it along...It seems that this family moved from Midland Md in 1908 to Gorman WV and was associated with the Gorman Coal Co...Mailing address was in Austin, WV.I can not find a trace of Gorman..could it have been Gormania? >From there, they went to Newburg for a year or two before going to Morgantown. It was during the time in Newburg that Thomas and younger brother Bernard went to high school. Did Newburg have a high school around 1918-19? Or did they go to Rowlesburg or Tunnelton? How does one access school records which might give me an address? Does anyone have any info about the Gorman Coal Co? I trully appreciate any help at all. Frances Murphy Harrick

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/revwar/sorrollh-m.txt quite a few familiar surnames! also, this might be interesting, if you are curious. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/revwar/ =;o) Carolyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOLFE HIGHLAND POWELL RICHARDSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/788 Message Board Post: I am hoping someone can help for I have a Wolfe line mess and trying to straighten it out. Some of the Wolfe's moved to Iowa, at least I think they came from Preston County area (either VA, WV or PA). I know my great-grandfather was William W. Wolfe (1852-1922) born in Iowa. I have his father being William W. Wolfe, Sr. (c.1825-1853). He was born either in VA or WV but seen some of his children list his place of birth on the 1920 census as PA. He moved to Iowa. William Sr.'s father I have is David Wolfe (1796-1874) born in Shenandoah Co., VA and married to Elizabeth Highland (1796-1874). This is where the confusion comes in. There is a line listed that shows David and Elizabeth but with different dates and different children. This says David's father is Philip Augustine Wolfe (1756-1832) who died in Preston. I am not sure if what I see online is correct for David and Elizabeth, I have a bad link with my line going somewhere else, or I have the correct info? Possibly someone can shed some light with their resources? Thanks! Steven

To the List: These newspaper articles concerning Preston Co were noted in the Preston County Journal for the year 1976. JCS = Janice Cale Sisler, Preston Co Historian and current President of the Preston Co Historical Society. Roy Lockhart Preston County Journal Kingwood WV 1976 1-5 Brandonville: A Practical Place To Settle In "The Glades" 1-12 Little Town of Brandonville: Twenty Homes In 1835 2-12 Hazelton Union Church Adds Another Chapter To Its History 2-16 The History Of The Harneds (JCS) 3-11 Brandonville Methodists Have Long, Proud History 5-13 Preston County Names of Note: Dodges Have Interesting History (JCS) 5-17 A Bicentennial Look Back at County History 6-3 Important Practice Continues Here (K of P) 6-7 Shady Grove Church Members Have Service To Observe 'New' Building's 25th Anniversary Throughout the Years at Shady Grove Church, Hard Work Has Built Small Numbers into Thriving Congregation 6-17 Irondale Furnace: Early Preston Industry 6-28 Oak Grove Church Added To Americana Museum 7-1 How Preston Has Celebrated the Nation's Birthday in Yesteryears 7-12 More Kingwood Childhood Memories 7-19 Bruceton Firefighters Recall Early Years of Fire Department, Good Neighbor Days Stemple Ridge [Church] To Observe 100th Birthday 7-22 DeVall Family History Told (JCS) 8-2 Preston County Names of Note Spahr (JCS) 8-9 Preston County Names of Note Henline (JCS) 10-25 Who is This? (photo of a minister) 12-13 A Special Bicentennial Edition containing these articles: Arthur Home Was Stately Mansion Arthurdale Explored Arthurdale Bicentennial Projects Listed President's Wife Gave Diplomas at Arthurdale Bicentennial Events Listed (Masontown) Church History Given Gladesville Story The Past and the Future The Old Presbyterian Church Valley District School History Recalled Masontown Site of Indian Trails County Blacksmith Has Work in the Smithsonian; Sent Exhibits to Seattle World's Fair in 1962 Reedsville Marks Bicentennial Old Days at Oak Park Remembered as Happy Days Mines Were Important to Newburg Bicentennial Events Rowlesburg Evansville Independence Terra Alta Has Changed Name Many Times During Time It Has Been a Part of Preston County History, Industry, Commerce Newburg Observes Bicentennial Event Cranesville, Albright History Pleasant Valley Church Important Reckart Mill Still Survives in Pleasant Hudson Fades into History (JCS) Kingwood and the County Seat History Aurora's Founder Was Famous Minister A Short History of Union Schools Tells Who Best Taught the 3 R's Brookside Hotel Was Famous Resort for City Visitors Covered Wagons and Travelers' Ghosts Visited the Rising Sun Tavern Old Stone House Shows Charm, Struggles of Pioneer Days Churches Were Built Together "Ice Mountains" Mark Rowlesburg Area 1891 Prospectus Lists Important Business Historian Recalls Early Settlers Grant District Settlements Have First Permanent Prestonians Bruceton Mills Ferry Fare: 4 Cents per Man, 4 Cents per Horse Brandonville Area Known as 'The Glades'; First Post Office There May Be County's Oldest Tunnelton Was Forest Until Iron Horse Arrived Local Man Didn't Believe Train Could Make the Grade Town of West End Centered Around Life Of Kingwood Tunnel Prestonians Took to the Roads in Various Modes (photos) Exotic Melons Packed Them in at Independence Irondale Boom Town Workers Made $1.25 a Day Independence Named For Nation's Birthday 168 Coke Ovens Operated In Mining Town of Austen Hiorra Got Name From Names of Three Early Mine Owners Evansville Growth Set Back by Flash Flood in 1907 Fellowsville Was County's Seventh Town, Had Second Newspaper ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

To the List: These newspaper articles concerning Preston Co were noted in the Preston County Journal for the year 1975. RDH = R Doyne Halbritter who was President of the Preston Co Historical Society at this time. Roy Lockhart Preston County Journal Kingwood WV 1975 1-2 Preston County's Worst Disaster Occurred 89 Years Ago in Newburg 1-16 Granny's Cures for the Common Cold Were Nothing to Sneeze At (RDH) 2-6 Historian Turns Over a New Leaf and Reviews Past Events (1875) (RDH) 4-3 Independence Was Once Accused of Tempting Newburg People (RDH) 4-10 Price's Tavern 1810/Drawing Dedication Held at Bruceton Church Sunday 4-17 The Albright Iron Furnace 1859/Drawing 4-24 Cheat River Bridge 1835/Drawing 5-1 Tunnelton Train Station/Drawing 5-8 The Tunnelton Train Tunnels/Drawing 5-15 Col. Thomas Brown Home 1837/Drawing Progress Reported Back in 1875 (RDH) 5-29 Preston Academy 1841/Drawing 6-5 Hazelton Mill 1874/Drawing 6-26 Evangelical Lutheran Church 1842/Drawing 7-14 The Story Behind the Preston County Journal 7-17 Preston County 1821 (map) 7-21 The History of the Preston County Journal 7-24 Rowlesburg Route for Early Stage Coaches 7-28 North Preston Farmers Preparing For Annual August Picnic Dinner (1926 photo) Who is Guarding the Railroad Crossing? The History of the Preston County Journal Newburg Robbery Occurs 100 Years Ago (RDH) 8-4 The History of the Preston County Journal 8-11 The History of the Preston County Journal 8-18 The Manor House 1818/Drawing Railroad Important to Birth of Tunnelton The History of the Preston County Journal 8-21 Bicentennial Look at the Centennial (RDH) 8-25 Railroads, Coal Were Important To Development of Town of Newburg Wrights Hold Reunion And Tell Their History 9-4 Bull Run Bridge 1912/Drawing 9-8 Old Stone Tavern at Aurora 1825/Drawing 9-22 Contests Were Important At First Buckwheat Festival Kingwood Was Center Of Agricultural County Rowlesburg; Chartered by Virginia Assembly What Terra Alta Looked Like in 1912 The Town of Bruceton Mills: Compact and A Place "Laid Out with Fair Regularity" 9-29 Salem Church Has History of Caring 10-6 Aurora: Historic Buildings Tell History of Pretty Community 10-13 Masontown: Quiet Farming Village Grows into Industrial Center 10-20 'Moral and Healthy Town of Kingwood, Preston County, Virginia' Tales from Preston County: Hunting, Train Wrecks 10-27 Cheat River Aides in Growth of Town (Albright) 11-3 Railroad Aides in Growth of Community (Terra Alta) 11-10 Fellowsville: Historic Town Bruceton Mills Bank Robber Killed in Shout-Out -- 54 Years Ago 11-13 Wondrous Mountains of Ice Add to History of Rowlesburg 11-17 History of Cheat River Bridge 11-24 More Law Protection Needed in County in 1875 (RDH) 12-4 Arthurdale: From Fairfax Manor To Experimental Community 12-29 Newsworthy Events Happen In Preston County 100 Years Ago (1875) (RDH) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

To the List: These newspaper articles concerning Preston Co were noted in the Preston County Journal for the years 1973 & 1974. RDH = R Doyne Halbritter who was President of the Preston Co Historical Society at this time. Roy Lockhart Preston County Journal Kingwood WV 1973 1-4 Preston As It Was (RDH) Historian Looks at Past Year (1972) (RDH) 3-22 County Historian Looks at the Spring of 1873 (RDH) 4-5 Even in Old Days There Was No Business Like Snow Business in Preston County (RDH) 5-17 Old Newspaper Gives View of County Life in 1855 (RDH) 8-16 Reedsville History Being Preserved 9-13 Life and Times of the Eckerleys (RDH) 11-15 A Look at the Time When General Sherman Passed Through Portland (RDH) Preston County Journal Kingwood WV 1974 3-21 Literary Preston No Longer Brief Tale (RDH) 4-4 West Virginia's Dr. Loomis Tackled Energy Problem Over 100 Years Ago 6-27 Nex Stop, Evansville 8-15 Bethlehem Church Prepares for 100th Anniversary (RDH) 9-5 At Hopewell Church 2 Congregations Worship 9-12 Centennial Set For Church At Pleasantdale 9-19 3 Generations of Evans Have Ground Buckwheat for Preston 12-26 Inflation, Depression, and Unemployment were News in 1874 (RDH) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

To the List: These newspaper articles concerning Preston Co were noted in the Preston County Journal for the year 1972. RDH = R Doyne Halbritter who was President of the Preston Co Historical Society at this time. Roy Lockhart Preston County Journal Kingwood WV 1972 1-27 What's in a Name?...Maybe a Lot (RDH) 2-24 Preston Records Can Be Found in Monongalia (RDH) 2-3 Rowlesburg Sunday School Class to Observe Golden Anniversary Left, Right, Left is Right (RDH) 5-18 Kingwood Elementary Now 100 Years Old 5-25 Mrs. Bessie Wiles Gives Us a Look at the Past 6-1 Kingwood Class of '22 Plans Golden Reunion County Names Listed In Early Land Records (RDH) 6-8 Recall the Day the Modocs Met the Daisy Cutters 6-15 Arthurdale -- A Look at A Great Experiment 38 Years Later June Frost of 113 Years Ago Recalled in Fellowsville Newsletter 7-6 Local Merchants Show Signs of the Times (RDH) Journeys Through The Journal: untitled article (1922) 8-10 Deal-Deahls Recall Past 8-17 Old Glory Comes Home (RDH) Reflections of 50 Years Ago... 9-7 Tax Records Tell Tales (RDH) 9-21 Lost Journal Files Found (RDH) 9-28 A Look at the First Annual Buckwheat Festival (1938) 10-5 The Times They are a Changing (RDH) 10-12 The Search for David Trowbridge 11-2 The Story of Preston County and How it Grew and Grew and Grew (RDH) 11-16 Historian Examines Marketplace Inflation (RDH) 11-23 The Mighty Oak Has Rich County History (RDH) 11-30 A Visit to the Old Stone House Preston's State Representatives Have Served County Honorably (RDH) Tunnelton 1908...A Time of Hitching Posts and Murphy's Ball Team (RDH) 12-7 Lewis Wetzel Was Known as 'The Wind of Death' (RDH) 12-14 The Gladesville Telephone Rang Dr. Sutton's Chimes Long Ago (RDH) 12-28 Historian Previews The Year 1873 (RDH) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

To the List: These newspaper articles concerning Preston Co were noted in the Preston County Journal for the year 1971. RDH = R Doyne Halbritter who was President of the Preston Co Historical Society at this time. Roy Lockhart Preston County Journal Kingwood WV 1971 1-7 Journey Through The Journal: Two Men Wounded in Separate Ambushes Near Etam & Tunnelton (1934) 1-21 How They Made A Quick Buck Back in 1871 (RDH) Journey Through The Journal: Reno District "Sang Man" Is Captured Near His Old Haunts (1931) 1-28 Journey Through The Journal: Grant District "Dream Killer's" Sanity to Be Probed by Court (1931) 2-11 Journey Through The Journal: Cattle Buyer Convicted of Fraud After Five-Year Legal Battle (1931) 2-18 Journey Through The Journal: Daredevil Aviator Meets Death When Speeding Airplane Crashes (1931) 2-25 Journey Through The Journal: Petroleum in Preston County (1866) 3-4 What Ever Happened to the Collar Button and Butter Churns? (RDH) Journey Through The Journal: Railroad to Tunnelton Planned (1866) 3-11 Mrs. Harry Hollis Had First County Scout Troop (1928) Leaders Owe Much to 1834 Merchant (RDH) Journey Through The Journal: A Gentleman Assailed By Thugs In Front of the Court House (1866) 3-25 Journey Through The Journal: National Bank of Kingwood Moves to New Quarters (1867) 4-1 Journey Through The Journal: Club for Layabouts and Sluggards Recently Organized in Kingwood (1886) 4-8 Back In the 19th Century Delivering the Mail Required Horsing Around (RDH) Journey Through The Journal: New Fire Truck Has Arrived; Has Powerful 40 h.p. Engine (1927) 4-15 Journey Through The Journal: Big Haul Made at Laurel Point, Two Autos With Liquor Captured (1917) Review of County Given by Historian (1871) (RDH) 4-29 Journey Through The Journal: Terrorist Leader Bought Dynamite Fuse Here; G-Men Investigate (1940) 5-6 Journey Through The Journal: untitled article (1940) 5-13 Journey Through The Journal: untitled article (1940) Preston Historian Lists Available Family Histories (RDH) 5-20 Journal Through The Journal: Court Orders Bruceton Mills Transients to Appear Friday (1940) 5-27 When the Ship of State Was Really All at Sea (RDH) 6-3 An 1876 Physician's Rules 7-1 Sang Run, Heifer Creek Included in Name Study (RDH) 8-5 Journey Through The Journal: Another Raid (1921) 8-12 Early Cars Said Cash Separators (RDH) Journey Through The Journal: Dogtown News (1921) 8-19 Courthouse Canon from Fort Sumpter 8-26 Sawmilling Historically Important to Growth of Preston County St. Peters Church Plans 100th Anniversary Fete 9-2 Local Shooting Recalls 1895 Showdown Here (RDH) 9-9 Journey Through The Journal: A Narrow Escape (1921) 9-30 Journey Through The Journal: Who Said Kingwood Was Dead (1921) 10-7 Tunnel History is Not 'Boring' (RDH) Come Take an Excursion to Yesterday (RDH) 10-28 Journey Through The Journal: Professional Cards (1921) Best Wishes and a Cow Offered (RDH) 11-11 Journey Through The Journal: untitled article (1921) The Soldier on the Courthouse Monument is Not Your Grandfather (RDH) 11-25 Journey Through The Journal: untitled article (1931) Once Upon a Time in Preston (RDH) 12-2 50th Anniversary Set At Brandonville Church 12-9 A Brief History of Area Papers (RDH) How Albright Has Kept Posted 12-16 "Right On!" All Left Handers (RDH) 12-30 Modern Day Problems Are Discussed (RDH) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

To the List: Last July when I posted the families appearing in the Preston Names of Note series which ran in The Preston County Journal, I missed including the Knotts family which was published in the 1-9-1975 issue. These articles were mostly submitted by Doyne Halbritter, President of the Preston Co Historical Society. The Names of Note series apparently began on May 13, 1971 with the Albright family and seems to have concluded on Sep 5, 1974 with the Brite (Bryte) family. No articles were found in 1975 (except Knotts) or in 1976 up until the time of Doyne Halbritter's death which occurred on Jan 30. There were many historical articles published in the Journal during the time the Names of Note series ran. I made a list of the articles that I spotted. This may not be complete as I only skimmed the microfilm. Also, some issues were missing on the film and others had pages missing. Recently, I checked the rest of 1976 as this was the year of the Bicentennial. Now that I have a list of the articles of a historical nature that were published 1971-76, I can post these to this List. I didn't note the articles about 50th etc high school reunions, 90th or 100th etc birthdays, antique cars and the like. There were some additional Preston County Names of Note articles in 1976 that were submitted by Janice Cale Sisler. The last one I noted was the Henline family which was published in the 8-9-1976 issue of the Journal. As I didn't check past 1976, perhaps Janice would advise the List if this is the last Names of Note article and save me a trip back to the WV Archives to check further. The WV Archives has a file of miscellaneous newspaper clippings concerning Preston County which were clipped from various newspapers. These are listed alphabetically at: http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/preston.html To anyone contemplating a trip to the WV Archives, please be advised the clippings are in 10 folders and are not in any particular order. There were some clippings listed on the website that I couldn't find in the folders and there were other clippings in the folders that weren't listed on the website. Also, some of the newspaper dates are incorrect as listed on the website, making it difficult to locate the articles on microfilm. I hope the newspaper articles I have listed will be beneficial to the readers of this List. Roy Lockhart ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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/127.277.545.1 Message Board Post: Dear Alex, welcome to the wonderful world of genealogy! I wish I could be of more help to you, but unfortunately this Stone line is proving difficult to trace. Most of us only can get it back to Andrew C. Stone, the father of your ancestor, Brokenbough (or however it's spelled!) I have the following information for Andrew : born 1792, married to Martha Christian, occupation of farmer, children incl. Larkin (my husband's ancestor), Brokenbough, James Lemuel, Charlotte, and John C. He is supposedly descended from George Stone who was born in England in 1597 and came over to Jamestown in 1620. Andrew's siblings incl. Clairborne W. Stone, John R. Stone, and Mary Stone (Mrs. Joseph Brown). He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and came to Preston Co (now WV) after leaving the army - he settled near Reedsville with his wife. He died on the James A. Brown farm just west of Kingwood, WV. All we have on Brokenbough is a birthdate (April 26, 1823), a death date (April 22, 1881), and that he was married to Eleanor Fortney and they had one child, Elisha M. Stone, who was born in June of 1857 at Morgans Run in Preston Co. Obviously there were more children that we have no record of, so if you have information you would like to share, please do! Hope this is of some help! Terri Summers

http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasomers/census/1850_index.htm The above url is for Somerset Co., Pa. You can get to the main page by just deleting all printing after "census/" and hitting the enter key. =;o) Carolyn

I truly! appreciate your thank you note. Never know if I am really helping or being a nuisance <g>. I have a "Sim/Symm" from that general area, but it's close enough that I will try to remember your Simpson as I brouse the i-net. Warm regards and thanks, Carolyn Joaquina wrote: > Carolyn -- > Thank you very much for the wonderful 1790 Census site for Frederick County > MD! I suspected that my Simpsons came from there. > Joaquina > > ==== 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

Carolyn -- Thank you very much for the wonderful 1790 Census site for Frederick County MD! I suspected that my Simpsons came from there. Joaquina

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/676.1 Message Board Post: Gatha, I myself can't help,but I live seeing distance from Mt.Israel Cemetery you mentioned. I live in the house that belonged to Orpha and Raymond Shahan. I have a neighbor that was a Bolyard,and married a Shahan. She may be able to help you.My daughter married a Bell,but his mother was a Shahan,and lived on the hill top across from the cemetary.Her mother was Jane Shahan,and I think her dad was Pete but not sure. This is the e-mail for Joyce(Bolyard)Shahan. SHAHANShahanwva@cs.com

ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/md/frederick/1790/ =;o) Carolyn

Donna, Please keep us all posted about your Tombstone CD project! My own research of Berks County, PA tombstones has been very useful -- just seeing who is buried next to whom can solve genealogical ambiguities, and of course the inscriptions can reveal so much! I am interested in knowing the actual process of your project, as well, in case I ever have time to do something similar here. Thanks, Joaquina researching: SIMPSON, MCCLEAN, MASON, PROUDFOOT, HILL, WIEGEL.

Alex, Email me as I go back to Andrew STONE too...I have connected with 4 cousins on this line so far..Eagerly Awaiting..DONNA Researching......Wolf, Balliet, Bolyard, Riley, Goff, Stone, Pratt,, Ketterman, Ryllie, Thomas, Sidwell and many more in Preston Co, WV, York Co, Pa, Pittsburgh, Pa, Shenandoah Co, Va, Germany,& Lorainne, France..Working on a Book of all my SURNAMES in the above counties PLUS I am trying to do a digtal tombstone CD project of all Preston, Berkeley, & Jefferson Counties..D

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/hunterdon/vitals/birthbapt.txt Might be worth a look??? 1700's =;o) Carolyn

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/an/IEC.2ACE/127.277.545 Message Board Post: Dear Mr. Stone: I'm new to family finding. Through my father, Dustin Warren Stone, I have gone back to Andrew C. Stone. His son Brokenborong(spelling changes on various census), his son Marcellus 1 of 7, and my grandfather Austin Samuel. I do know that my Grandfather Stones' sister, Bernice Stone Grimes, was a member of the DAR and she had sent me a listing in the early 70's that I managed to lose in several moves. We do know that the family had some relationship with George Washington but I have no real facts to support it. I do know Bernice had a book with the connection, but that too is missing after various family passed away. This is what I have so far. I am hoping you may be able to add to it. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Alex