HI I am looking for my g grandfather William H Smith. He came from England and was born abt 1835. when he came to the US, he settled in the Somerset Co area of Pa. He was married to Eliza Deahl, after her death, he married her first cousin and my g grandmother Elizabeth Deahl. William and Elizabeth moved to Corinth WV PRESTON co and William died there in 1909. Elizabeth then took the kids to Austen to operate a boarding house. Children to William and Elizabeth were. Simon b 1875, Julia b 1877, Mary b 1880, Lucy b 1882, Ethelinda, b 1884, Daniel b 1887, Maude Della b. 1889, Daisy, b 1891, George b 1894, charles b. 1896, William b. 1901 and my grandmother Bertha, b 1898. If any of you have any information on any of these names, Please let me know I am trying to find out the Names of William parents. Also looking for any info on the Austen coal camp. thanks bev
Austin Coal and Coke Co. had a big mine at Austin in the late 1880s and early 1900s. I think the mine and the town are probably long gone. My father, Clyde Shay, was born at or near Austen in 1888. I think his father, Thomas Francis Shay, worked for the mine. Austin is shown and listed in the 1895 Atlas at: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895wv. According to the atlas, Austin's population was 269 in 1895. Original message: ------------------------------------------------------------- Tiggerpunt@aol.com wrote: > HI > I am looking for my g grandfather William H Smith. He came from England and > was born abt 1835. when he came to the US, he settled in the Somerset Co area > of Pa. He was married to Eliza Deahl, after her death, he married her first > cousin and my g grandmother Elizabeth Deahl. William and Elizabeth moved to > Corinth WV PRESTON co and William died there in 1909. Elizabeth then took the > kids to Austen to operate a boarding house. > Children to William and Elizabeth were. Simon b 1875, Julia b 1877, Mary b > 1880, Lucy b 1882, Ethelinda, b 1884, Daniel b 1887, Maude Della b. 1889, > Daisy, b 1891, George b 1894, charles b. 1896, William b. 1901 and my > grandmother Bertha, b 1898. > If any of you have any information on any of these names, Please let me know > I am trying to find out the Names of William parents. > Also looking for any info on the Austen coal camp. > thanks > bev