This book can be ordered from the Preston County Historical Society. Here is a link to their website: http://www.hhs.net/sss/preston/pchs.htm This is a wonderful book, and those of us who have searched high and low for it are very very happy and appreciative that they have chosen to reprint it. At least this way it can be affordable. The first time I looked for the book about 3 - 4 years ago I only found one and it was over $100, and I said no. The next time I found one it was over $200, and I just knew I would never be able to have one. I say thank you so very much to all who worked so hard to make this happen, and a special thanks to Janice. I sent my check immediately, and am anxious to get my copy. I am sure this book will be wonderful for all who have Preston County roots, and I try to tell everyone I can about it. Thank you PCHS! (By the way, why not become a member? Best $5 membership there is, including a newsletter.) Happy Thanksgiving to all. Laura Freeland Gilmore Nampa, Idaho Always looking for FREELANDs, BUCKLEWs, HARDESTYs and SISLERs in Preston County. =========================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <TXRN@aol.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: [WV Preston County] Re: WVPRESTO-D Digest V01 #351 > I missed the information on the Preston County books being reprinted. Is it > too late to place an order? Please send information on the books. My Grimes > ancestors are from Preston County. The Old Stone Tavern Historical site now > owned by the Meyers family was built by my ancestors. > > Thanks, > > Gerry Grimes > TXRN@aol.com > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >

I missed the information on the Preston County books being reprinted. Is it too late to place an order? Please send information on the books. My Grimes ancestors are from Preston County. The Old Stone Tavern Historical site now owned by the Meyers family was built by my ancestors. Thanks, Gerry Grimes TXRN@aol.com

Please tell me how to order the Preston County books. Thanks, Judy

Carolyn - The 3rd printing of the 1979 Preston County book arrived yesterday, the Pioneers of Preston a few days before that - early!!! (In doing a book, that never happens) Those who ordered only the Pioneer book - I think those went out yesterday or the day before. Combined orders for the '79 book and the Pioneer book will go in the mail the first part of next week. Thanks for your enthusiasm and support. Those who wanted the '79 book reprinted are really needed right now. It was a very expensive undertaking. Janice SHUPE@citcom.net wrote: > Hi Janice, > > How is the Preston Co.book coming along??? Last I heard it would be out > early December. My check to the Hist. Soc. should have arrived by now > and I am sooooo anxious to have my own copy =;o). It's a Preston Co. > family "winner"!!!! > > Warm regards, > Carolyn > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Hi Janice, How is the Preston Co.book coming along??? Last I heard it would be out early December. My check to the Hist. Soc. should have arrived by now and I am sooooo anxious to have my own copy =;o). It's a Preston Co. family "winner"!!!! Warm regards, Carolyn

Debbie, There was a Casper Everly family in Monongalia Co. His will was presented Dec. 1800. This Casper Everly owned property out toward what is now the Ft. Martin area. One of his descendants, Sondra Lee Everly presented a paper some years back. Original Message ----- From: <debha@email.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:50 PM Subject: [WV Preston County] Re: Everly > 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/193.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I vaguely remember someone saying there was a Caspar Everly in my family. Could you send any info regarding the line of Everlys. I am the great granddaughter of Leonard Everly from Indiana or Kentucky. My tree starts in OR and ID back to Indiana and then? I'm just starting, so anything would be helpful. > :) Debbie Hashimoto > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Everly, Hoard, Stewart, Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/193.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Debbie, There were Everlys in Fayette Co., PA in addition to those in Preston and likely the same family. I checked a book on Preston County which lists some early Everlys and did not find Casper there. However, I do have him in my tree. This is what I have from a cousin who is an Everly and Hoard descendant, folks who were in Monongalia County: 1Casper EVERLY b: Abt. 1740 d: 1800 +Sarah UNKNOWN 2 Samuel EVERLY b: Abt. 1766 d: 1842 +Anna DAVIS b: May 10, 1800 d: July 10, 1876 3[1] Van Buren EVERLY b: 1837 d: 1917 +Mary Stewart HOARD b: July 20, 1834 d: August 23, 1882 *2nd Wife of [1] Van Buren EVERLY +Mary STEWART b: 1850 d: January 1944 Best regards, Jane

Delores: Vestus and Martha Murray Thomas had the Home Hotel in Bruceton Mills and that may have been a convenient place for your people to get married. Martha continued to operate the hotel and live there until she died as I remember. They were Church of the Brethren as far as I know. I have known members of the family, and later lived in an apartment in Morgantown which was owned by Vestus and his second ?wife. One of the descendants is working on extensive details of the family and I'll give you his address privately. Janice RHart61650@aol.com wrote: > Greetings from CA, > Does anyone know anything about Vestus Thomas? He lived in Grant District, > Preston Co., WV. The reason I'm asking is my grandparents Elias Oliver and > Lula Pearl (Bowman) Goodwin were married at his home in 1904. Vestus Thomas > is listed as a farmer in the 1900 Grant District census. Was he a Justice of > the Peace or a Minister besides being a farmer? What church would Vestus be > associated with? > In the census he is listed with his family: > 97-98 > Thomas, Vestus, Head, white, male, b. October 1874, 25 years old, married 7 > years, born PA, parents b. WV, Farmer. > Martha, wife, white, female, b. September 1870, 29 years old, married 7 > years, 3 children, 3 children living, b. PA, parents b. WV. > May, daughter, white, female, b. September 1893. 6 years old, single, b. WV. > Blanche, daughter, white, female, b. February, 1891, 4 years old, single, b. > WV. > Ray, son, white, male, b. February 1899, 1 year old, single, b. WV. > > Who was Martha, Vestus's wife? What was her maiden name? > Thanks for any help with this family. > Delores > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&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/193.1 Message Board Post: I vaguely remember someone saying there was a Caspar Everly in my family. Could you send any info regarding the line of Everlys. I am the great granddaughter of Leonard Everly from Indiana or Kentucky. My tree starts in OR and ID back to Indiana and then? I'm just starting, so anything would be helpful. :) Debbie Hashimoto

Greetings from CA, Does anyone know anything about Vestus Thomas? He lived in Grant District, Preston Co., WV. The reason I'm asking is my grandparents Elias Oliver and Lula Pearl (Bowman) Goodwin were married at his home in 1904. Vestus Thomas is listed as a farmer in the 1900 Grant District census. Was he a Justice of the Peace or a Minister besides being a farmer? What church would Vestus be associated with? In the census he is listed with his family: 97-98 Thomas, Vestus, Head, white, male, b. October 1874, 25 years old, married 7 years, born PA, parents b. WV, Farmer. Martha, wife, white, female, b. September 1870, 29 years old, married 7 years, 3 children, 3 children living, b. PA, parents b. WV. May, daughter, white, female, b. September 1893. 6 years old, single, b. WV. Blanche, daughter, white, female, b. February, 1891, 4 years old, single, b. WV. Ray, son, white, male, b. February 1899, 1 year old, single, b. WV. Who was Martha, Vestus's wife? What was her maiden name? Thanks for any help with this family. Delores

http://dar.library.net/ You might want to check to see if any of your people are in these books at the DAR Library. =;o) Carolyn

Below is the message which I had sent earlier (11/16/01) about my Daniel Myers, in response to Cathy Simmons's web site on which she listed, in Preston County, WV, Daniel Myers, born 1838, son of William and _________ Daniels Myers. I had concluded that this was my Daniel Myers, since he is listed in Oren F. Morton's "A History of Preston County, West Virginia" (originally published in 1914; reprinted by Clearfield Co., 1997), page 457, that mentioned that William Myers m. _____ Daniels, and among his children was a son Daniel Myers, who married Eva Wile. HOWEVER, there is confusion somewhere, as was called to my attention by another genealogist. My Daniel Myers was actually born ca 1818; he is listed as age 62 (wife Eve, age 63) in the Sedgwick County, KS 1880 census (they later returned to Preston Co, WV). The problem, apparently, is that neither Cathy or I are working with any primary records here. Any Myers' genealogists have any solutions to this confusion? Jim in Ohio jmfreed@midohio.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. M. Freed" <jmfreed@midohio.net> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: Myers (Preston Co, WV) website; Daniel Myers; Brethren? > Cathy, > Thanks for sharing your web site. We may be distant cousins. I > descend from the Daniel Mires (Myers, etc, that married Eva Wiles) > that you list as born in 1838, son of William Mires (Myers). This > Daniel Myers became a minister in the German Baptist Brethren Church, > and settled in southern Preston County, WV. Do you know if any of > your Myers ancestors were also affiliated with the "Brethren"? [That > would include German Baptist Brethren, Church of the Brethren, Grace > Brethren, Brethren (Progressive, Ashland)] If so, then perhaps we > should follow back the Brethren Myers families for more ancestors. > > Jim Freed, Delaware, OH > jmfreed@midohio.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathy Simmons" <cathysimmons58@hotmail.com> > To: <MYERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:26 AM > Subject: [MYERS-L] My Myers Website > > > > I just wanted to send this out real quick while I was thinking about > it. I > > just uploaded my MYERS site to the internet. > > > > http://twontune.tripod.com/myers.html > > > > I just finished updating my information and will continue to update > as I > > recieve new information. I will look forward to any feed back from > you. > > > > Thanks, > > Cathy Myers Simmons

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/704.1 Message Board Post: e-mail me and I will give you the information I have on Doc Sutton. pattyhelms@aol.com

I just wanted to send this out real quick while I was thinking about it. I just uploaded my MYERS site to the internet. http://twontune.tripod.com/myers.html I just finished updating my information and will continue to update as I recieve new information. I will look forward to any feed back from you. Thanks, Cathy Myers Simmons _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Cathy, Thanks for sharing your web site. We may be distant cousins. I descend from Daniel Mires (Myers, etc) that you list as born in 1838, son of William Mires (Myers). This Daniel Myers became a minister in the German Baptist Brethren Church, and settled in southern Preston County. Do you know if any of your the Myers from whom you descend were also affiliated with the "Brethren"? [That would include German Baptist Brethren, Church of the Brethren, Grace Brethren, Brethren (Progressive, Ashland)] If so, then perhaps we should follow the Brethren Myers families for more ancestors. Jim Freed, Delaware, OH jmfreed@midohio.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Simmons" <cathysimmons58@hotmail.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:26 AM Subject: [WV Preston County] My Myers Website > I just wanted to send this out real quick while I was thinking about it. I > just uploaded my MYERS site to the internet. > > http://twontune.tripod.com/myers.html > > I just finished updating my information and will continue to update as I > recieve new information. I will look forward to any feed back from you. > > Thanks, > Cathy Myers Simmons > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&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/78.1.2 Message Board Post: Did they not pick up the Von. I see some Nordeck and some with The Von. Please Help

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/78.1.1 Message Board Post: My last name is Von Nordeck , father Charles Fredrick. What the family did to get title Von.

For what it's worth, these two Shavers could be related. The Watkins family (my grandmother's family) also lived near Mt. View. Rick >George Washington Shaver was b. 1844 d. 1919, son of Henry Shaver and Melinda Funk, married Amanda Jane Watkins. They all lived on Laurel Mountain. Could this be your George Shaver? > Shirley - as I stated in my email to you, the picture I sent to Pam of George and Olive Taylor Shaver is confirmed by two of their grandchildren (my aunt and my dad) who lived within a mile of them for several years as children on their farm on Rt.1 near Mt View just outside of Tunnelton. George was in his midseventies in the picture and it was taken ca 1930. Please have your 'other family' members contact me - I'd certainly like to straighten this out. RE George Shaver's parents - they are John Shaver and Elizabeth Nestor per a certified copy of his death certificate dated Feb 24, 1936 Preston County. Thank you, Sandy > >

George Washington Shaver was b. 1844 d. 1919, son of Henry Shaver and Melinda Funk, married Amanda Jane Watkins. They all lived on Laurel Mountain. Could this be your George Shaver?

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/709.4.1 Message Board Post: Shirley - as I stated in my email to you, the picture I sent to Pam of George and Olive Taylor Shaver is confirmed by two of their grandchildren (my aunt and my dad) who lived within a mile of them for several years as children on their farm on Rt.1 near Mt View just outside of Tunnelton. George was in his midseventies in the picture and it was taken ca 1930. Please have your 'other family' members contact me - I'd certainly like to straighten this out. RE George Shaver's parents - they are John Shaver and Elizabeth Nestor per a certified copy of his death certificate dated Feb 24, 1936 Preston County. Thank you, Sandy