Ronda, Amos was born August 3, 1855 in Crab Orchard, Preston Co., WV to Christian Feather & Catharine Feather of Crab Orchard. The birth was reported by Catharine Feather. ("Preston County (then VA) Records 1853-1860" Birth section, page 24 line 1001, by Roy L Lockhart. Descendants of Amos C. Feather (from the research notes of Edna Davis Rogers (my mother), author of "The Genealogy of the Jacob & Mary (Connoly) Feather Family of Preston County, West Virginia" 1980. 400 pages, hardbound, indexed. This information was found too late to be "in the book". Amos' ancestors back through to Jacob and Amos' thousands of cousins are in the book. 1 Amos C. FEATHER b: 08/03/1855 in Crab Orchard, Preston Co., WV d: 09/19/1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV .. +Minerva (UNKNOWN) *2nd Wife of Amos C. FEATHER: .. +Nora (Elnora) GAIN b: 04/08/1863 m: in by Rev. J. M. Warden d: 08/08/1895 Burial: Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co., WV Father: Lemuel GAIN Mother: Jain (UNKNOWN) *3rd Wife of Amos C. FEATHER: .. +Grace Margaret NUTTER b: 01/18/1881 in Harrison Co., WV m: 10/27/1904 in by the Rev. R. B. McDanel d: 10/09/1934 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV Father: J. W. NUTTER Mother: Jennie ROACH ........... 2 Irene FEATHER b: Abt. 1904 ............... +Aphus Lowell OWENS b: in Wood Co., WV m: 03/16/1920 in Harrison Co., WV Father: (Unknown) OWENS Mother: Ida RODGERS ........... 2 Virginia "Jonnie" FEATHER b: Abt. 1905 ............... +Robert Glendon AREHART m: 05/18/1923 ........... 2 James Conaway FEATHER b: Abt. 1907 ............... +Lucinda Ellen ALTON b: in Wood Co., WV m: 06/26/1926 in Bride's Home, Station C, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV Father: Arthur B. ALTON Mother: Bessie (UNKNOWN) ......................... 3 James Harold FEATHER b: 04/30/1927 in Harrison Co., WV ......................... 3 Ruby Ellen FEATHER b: 08/10/1928 in Harrison Co., WV ......................... 3 Melvin Paul FEATHER b: 07/14/1930 in Harrison Co., WV ............................. +Juanita Lee WINKLER b: 07/17/1931 m: 06/12/1948 in Stonewood, Harrison Co., WV Father: Oswald Franklin WINKLER Mother: Dessie CLAYTON ......................... 3 Betty Jean FEATHER b: 09/12/1932 in Harrison Co., WV ......................... 3 Grace Victoria FEATHER b: 02/01/1935 in Harrison Co., WV d: 02/01/1935 in Harrison Co., WV ......................... 3 Thomas Vincent FEATHER b: 05/08/1936 in Harrison Co., WV d: 07/14/1948 in Harrison Co., WV Editions of the book are still available for sale. Please contact me privately. billie@billiecpa.com Billie Lovett In a message dated 6/15/02 12:02:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Date: 14 Jun 2002 20:42:48 -0600 > From: animal@pa.net > To: WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <MFMBM011tSgcOrBLSAQ00004034@mfmbm011.myfamilycorp.local> > Subject: [WV Preston County] Feather Tombstones, Lenox Memorial Cemetery, > Preston Co. WV > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Feather/Boyer/Davis > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/796 > > Message Board Post: > > Formerly known as Lutheran Cemetery located at Lenox, Preston Co. WV. Found > the following tombstones: > > Jacob Feather b. Sept. 10 1759 d. May 22 1832 > PVT PA REGT REVOLUTIONARY WAR Aged 72yrs 8mo 12d > > Mary Connoly Feather b. Mar 27 1769 d. Oct 22 1860 > Wife of Jacob Aged 91yrs 6mo 25d > > Christian Feather b. 1802 d. 1883 > Catherine Feather b. 1821 d. 1889 > Eve C. Feather b. 7/4/1842 d. 7/11/1927 Dau. of Christian > > Zaccheus B. Feather b. 1805 d. 1891 > Wife Elisabeth d. 1/26/1898 (82yrs) > > James Feather b. Jun 26 1810 d. May 29 1886 At Rest > > Adam H. Feather b. Oct 20 1841 d. Jul 30 1881 > Co. B WV Inf. > > Jacob Luther Feather b. 7/18/1844 d. 5/1/1935 > > James C. (Jr.) Feather b. 1848 d. 1937 > Wife Irene E. b. 1855 d. 1931 > > John Solomon Feather b. 12/20/1851 d. 2/13/1909 (82yrs) > > Martin Luther Feather b. 11/20/1865 d. 8/26/1939 (73yr) > > > Would appreciate any info on Amos C. Feather and Grace Nutter, he is a > son of Christian Feather. > > > > Ronda (Boyer) DeMeester >