This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbara55678 Surnames: Trembly Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/2754/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone out there tell me if there was a Trembly cemetery or gravesite in Preston?I know that Benjamin lived there from 1803 till he died in 1819 and he had 6 children also.Wiley says Sarah and Mary both died there in 1842 as well,but I'm not sure about Mary.HELP! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

> > > Can anyone out there tell me if there was a Trembly cemetery or gravesite in Preston?I know that Benjamin lived there from 1803 till he died in 1819 and he had 6 children also.Wiley says Sarah and Mary both died there in 1842 as well,but I'm not sure about Mary.HELP! > > Given that the Preston County courthouse burned in 1869, your logical question seems to have no proof positive answer. A draft of the Trembly section of Morton's Preston County History, published in Preston County Journal 1907-8 (articles published by Preston Co Historical Society - PRESTON NAMES OF NOTE) states that "Mary, oldest daughter of Benjamin (Trembly), lived single." The writers were closer to the original story than we are. There is no known Trembly cemetery in Preston. There are Tremblys buried in several cemeteries. No burial place has been established for Benjamin. Since the references say that he drowned in Cheat River near Ices Ferry, which is in Monongalia County, if his body was recovered, it may have been buried near the site where he was found, likely without a marker. I've heard a tradition that he was buried "along the Cheat" which doesn't narrow the search. I have found no tombstone or marker for Mary Trembly in the four volumes of IN REMEMBRANCE: TOMBSTONE READINGS OF PRESTON CO., WV. (Fourth volume not yet in print.) Janice > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >