Thank you for looking for me. Our family tree says that the doctor you found is Dr. Felix Elliott, for many years a prominent doctor and Baptist preacher in Preston and he also conducted a store in Kingwood which he sometimes used as a site for quick marriages. His son Felix Elliott Jr. was a banker in Kingwood for many years. Dr. Elliott's wife was Mary Startzman of Aurora. They had 10 children but only 5 grew to adults. 1-Flora married D.C. Huges, 2-Lillie married Coffman, 3-Edward S. died after graduating law school, 4-Emma married a Werner of Ohio, and 5-Felix Jr. married Florence D. Vickery. I believe the Academy trustee is William Elliott(b.ca 1790's) ,the first son of Abraham and Jane (Daugherty) Elliott, who married Susan Jeffers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe & Erin Hartman" <wegotrocks@verizon.net> To: wvpresto@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:04:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [WVPRESTO] A book on Kingwood A couple of items are all ... - In January 1841, an academy for the instruction of Preston County youth was established. One of the first trustees was William Elliot. - In 1848, a man named Dr. Elliot (no first name noted) owned a store that burned. The store was in what is now downtown, but there was no fire equipment in those days. The book is sort of sparse on courthouse/genealogic facts, especially before about 1840. =========================== elliottfamily00@comcast.net wrote: >Hi Joe, Do you have any mention of Elliott's around 1810? In particular John Elliott. >Bill Elliott >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joe & Erin Hartman" <wegotrocks@verizon.net> >To: wvpresto@rootsweb.com >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:11:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >Subject: [WVPRESTO] A book on Kingwood > >All: > >I have a small book on the History of Kingwood ("Indians plus the first >150 Years") by Bill Williams. I've had it for some time, but just >recently got the urge to read it again. > >My original intention was to create a (sort of) index to the names >included, but his writing style isn't very organized (no offense, Bill) >to do that, so it early on became way more trouble that it would >probably have been worth. > >At any rate, I can look up some name/info if folks out there have any >kind of date references - that's how the book is organized. As a >caveat, please don't send a "give me all the information on ..." kind of >message - the way the book is written, I'd have to go through the entire >thing for each request. > >This is the kind of info included: > >Jacob Funk built a tannery in 1810, on the north side of Main >Street, near the intersection of Sigler Street. Funk sold his tannery >to William Sigler in 1813. > >BTW: I don't subscribe to any of the groups that are gatewayed from >RootsWeb, so if you make a request, it'll have to be to and from this >ListServ group [WVPRESTO]. > > >Joe H. > > >------------------------------- >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 > >------------------------------- >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 > > > ------------------------------- 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