Yes, to both questions. Thanks! I forgot to mention that "Harm's" half-brother Lee Wriston married into the Aliff line. He married Rutha Ann Aliff (daughter of Henry and Mary Bradford Aliff). So, Lee is of interest to me as well. Thanks, Rita ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: [WVRALEIG] Verna Ethel Settle (was Obit of Susan Wriston) > Hi, Rita: > > Thank you for the Wriston information. The lines down on "The Creek" are > so intertwined, I like to fill in as many blanks as possible. > > As I'm sure you know, Verna Ethel Settle was the daughter of William Henry > Settle and Mary Frances Treadway. But what you may not know is that > William Henry Settle was a brother of my great-grandfather, Charles Asbury > Settle. If you are interested, I have a photo of Charles Asbury Settle in > his later years (with his wife Cora Lee Huddleston), and also one of Henry > and Charlie's father, James Wesley Settle. The photo of James Wesley is > not very good, but is better than nothing. > > If you like, I'd be happy to compare notes on Harm and Verna. > > Best wishes, > June > > > At 04:07 PM 1/27/2004 -0600, Rita O'Brien wrote: > >Hi June, > > > >I am not a Wriston researcher but one of Austin's children by his second > >marriage married into one of the lines I am researching. > > > >Marriage #1 > >Name: AUSTIN RISTON > >Spouse: SARAH F. BLAKE > >Marriage Date: 4 Mar 1869 > >County: Fayette > >State: WV > > > >Marriage#2 > >Name: AUSTIN WRISTON > >Spouse: LITHIANN GOODE > >Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1877 > >County: Fayette > >State: WV > > > >Company H of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry > >Wriston, Austin","Private" > > > >My understanding is that Austin was a brother of the Henry under discussion > >and, therefore, a son of Isaac and Elizabeth Scarbrough Wriston. > > > >I understand that Austin is mentioned in his father's will in Raleigh County > >dated 12 Jul 1885 but have not had an opportunity to review. > > > >Perhaps there will be more information in the following reference (I do not > >have the book) > > > >Source: 'Cabins of the Loop....' By L. Neil Darlington, Dec. 1987, Page 680 > > > >"....Austin Wriston married Frances, daughter of Charles Blake, found a > >suitable place for a homestead at the mouth of Lick Fork, and started a > >Wriston settlement on Mossy Creek that included Henry Wriston, Burl Wriston > >and John Wriston...." "....The children of Austin and Frances Wriston were > >Lee, Lizzie (wife of Kim O'Neall, and Rosa Bell Cotcomp...." > > > >The son of Austin and Letha Ann Goode Wriston that I am working on is Hiram > >Burl "Harm" Wriston who married Verna Ethel Settle. > > > >Fayette County Birth Records > >Given Name: HIRAM > >Surname: WRISTON > >Month: 7 > >Day: 6 > >Year: 1886 > >Father: AUSTIN > >Mother: LETHIA > >Page #: 320 > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Rita > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:59 PM > >Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG] Obit of Susan Wriston > > > > > >> Hi, Nyla and Gracie (and other Wriston researchers): > >> > >> Here are the listings from the Fayette Co., WV death records 1866-1899 as > >> transcribed by Larry Shuck. > >> > >> I don't know what to make of the first 2 listings. > >> > >> C. T. Wriston, February 8 1885, 4 months, born Mossy, parents H. and S. A. > >> Wriston, reported by H. Wriston, father > >> > >> Charles T. Wriston, February 8 1886, 8 months, born Paint Creek, parents > >H. > >> and S. Wriston, reported by Susan Wriston, mother > >> > >> Morris S. Wriston, March 8 1883, 4 years, born Raleigh County, parents > >> Henry and Susan S. Wriston, reported by Henry Wriston, father > >> > >> W. S. Wriston, April 9 1880, 12 years, born Raleigh County, parents H. & > >S. > >> Wriston, reported by H. Wriston, father > >> > >> Does anyone know what the relationship may have been between Henry Wriston > >> and the Austin Wriston who lived down on Loup Creek (Falls of Kanawha > >> district) of Fayette County? As many of you know, the Loup Creek area is > >> the birth place of many generations of my family, as well as myself. > >There > >> was a good deal of movement between Loup Creek and Kingston in the late > >> 19th/early 20th century, although the road between the 2 is little > >> travelled now. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> June > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> At 09:43 AM 1/27/2004 EST, you wrote: > >> >In a message dated 1/27/2004 4:09:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, > >> >[email protected] writes: > >> >Hi, Gracie: > >> >I noted Henry and Susan reported the deaths of 2 (maybe 3) children in > >> >Fayette County prior to 1889. If you don't have these, I can provide the > >> >info. > >> > > >> >Best wishes, > >> >June > >> >-------------------- > >> >June, > >> > I'd appreciate receiving the information on the Wriston > >children. > >> >Nyla > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >