Coal River has two forks Marsh & Clear. They were high school rivalries. Coal River runs from Spruce Mountain down until Whitesville, Boone County. At that time, both forks join to gether. gaylard lee williams >From: "fmds8119" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG] James Wriston >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:18:56 -0600 > > >Where is the Coal River Area? I lived in East Gulf and Mead and we had a >creek >that ran from above lillybrook and followed Stonecoal Valley (Stonecoal >Mountain) >down to Amegle area where it joined another creek and went won to the >Guyandotte >River. Is this the same area? >Clarence Sanderson > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "G.L. Williams" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:39 PM >Subject: [WVRALEIG] James Wriston > > > > I have 16 James Wristons in my data base. But there are only 2 from Coal > > River area. > > > > James Wriston, born March 1840, born in Fayette County, Virginia, >buried >at > > White Oak Cemetery at Artie, WV. He is the son of Robert "Robin" Wriston > > (Riston) 1806-1867 and Keziah Scarbrough 1819-?. He married Rebecca >Moles, > > the daughter of Issac Moles (1806-1873) and Mary "Polly" Wriston >(1808-?). > > They were married on July 3, 1861, Raleigh County. They had only one >child > > (Almira A Wriston). > > > > James Wriston, born 1840. He was the son of Zachariah "Bill" Wriston > > (1815-1880) and Amanda Naomi "Oma" Stover (1815-1877). I believe that >Oma > > was a sister to my great great grandfather, Moses Stover. I don't know >who > > James was married too. > > > > Gaylard Lee Williams > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips >here. > > http://special.msn.com/bcentral/prep04.armx > > > _________________________________________________________________ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1