Barb, Oren F Morton's 1914 History of Preston County West Virginia, Volume I: page 455: MINEAR John - m. Mary Martin - c-2: 1. Mary - b. 1801 - m. Solomon P. Menear. 2. Benjamin -O.* 3. Arthela - m. ------ Mayfield. 4. Charles - murdered, 1852 c. My note: Mary was born ca 1817 instead of 1801 according to her age at remarriage to Jacob Ervin in Preston Co on Apr 12, 1858. Mayfield should be Holyfield. (Holyfield is the spelling Morton uses for this surname.) page 449: MARTIN Thomas C. - m. (2) Olive Vanmeter - c.2: 1. Priscilla - m. Henry H. Fortney. 2. Mary - m. John Minear. 3. Lydia - m. John Cozad. 4. Margaret - m. William Zinn. 5. Jane - m. David L. Trowbridge. 6. Samuel - m. Celia Jefferys - Ill. 7. Henry - m. Keziah Minor. 8. John V. -b. 1793 - m. Sarah A. Cassedy. Roy Lockhart On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:39:07 -0500 Barbara M Kelley <wvmountain2@juno.com> writes: >looking for families of Preston Co., WV with these surnames. I am >also >trying to find the parents of Arthelia >HOLLIFIELD/HOLLOWFIELD/HOLYFIELD, >etc. >Arthelia HOLLIFIELD [b.c.1828 ] married [10, Sept 1857 Preston Co., >VA] >Alexander HOLLIFIELD. >This is the info I have from marriage info on microfilm & Roy >Lockart's >book. >10 Sept 1857 - Alexander HOLLYFIELD, single, age 36, born Frederick >Co., >MD, parents- Joseph & Ruth HOLLYFIELD & Arthelia A. MENEAR, single, >age >28, born Preston Co., parents- John & Mary MENEAR. > >This is a brick wall for me. Who were the siblings of Arthelia & who >were her parents, John & Mary? What was the maiden name of Mary? Any >help will be appreciated. >Barb Kelley in FL >________________________________________________________________ >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/. > > >==== 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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/.