As has already been briefly mentioned, families should not overlook their local Boy Scouts for help with restoring and maintaining family cemeteries. If you don't know of a Scout or troop that can help you, contact the BSA Council office nearest to where the cemetery is located and ask the District Executive covering the cemetery's area to help you find one. You can find the correct council at http://www.scouting.org/councils/index.html Boy Scouts are required to do a specified number of service hours as they move up through each of their ranks. To earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout, an individual Scout must plan and lead others in a major service leadership project, including recognition of the needs, raising resources, and leadership of the manpower. Cemetery restoration is ideal for an Eagle project. Routine cemetery maintenance is certainly ideal service work in general for a troop. Of course if you have something to donate to a troop in return for their services, they are also always in need of funds for equipment, camping, etc.

Hi all, I am very pleased with all the response regarding Arnold Hill Cemetery. Cindy, that is a wonderful idea about the sign at the cemetery. I was also wondering if we could put up a flag when we get the money, or would that be appropriate ? And we should really have a fence around it. Eleanor, thanks so much for your offer. Bill Rice will do his best to clean and mow and I think all hands on offers to do work there should be co-ordinated with him as he is in Elkins. I knew about Alan Haught and really appreciate what he has done at the cemetery. Terri Lucas, good to hear from you. You may check with Gail Tacy in Huttonsville or Virgil Tacy to find out who is caring for Bell Kelly cemetery. Will email you Virgil's email address privately. Thanks to all, Jeanne Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you.

I am looking for a marriage date (if one exists) for James Appleton Bent ,He was b: July 15, 1851 Roane Co, but d: November 26, 1938 ,Randolph County , West Virginia. He married Margaret C. Butcher. I am looking to prove the middle name, Appleton vs. Allen, so the middle name is important to me, if it is included in the information. I have looked for this marriage in Roane Co., but it is not there. I really appreciate your offer. Thanks so very much. Dee Dovey

In a message dated 03/25/2002 10:03:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, WVRANDOL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you. >> Might I suggest that you put your message on the list of neighboring coutnies; i.e., Pendleton, Tucker, etc. In Pendleton County the Vance family and the Morral family took on old cemeteries as a Reunion Project. You might check on reunions of the different surnames buried there. In one year, we reclaimed two cemeteries, putting new fences and a gate up and cutting down over 20+ trees that had grown up. We then planted grass and wildflowers. I am happy to report that the owners of both were more than agreeable and cooperative. Bonnie Vance Miller

As long as everyone is on the discussion of a trust fund for cemeteries. I was wondering if anyone has an idea on where or who has a trust fund set up for the Belle-Kelly Cemetery. My maternal grandparents, great grandparents, great-great grandparents are buried there along with other family. Brakes, a couple of Tacys, and others. I know that my grandparents used to put money into an account for the care of the cemetery. I would like to try to donate a little money to help with upkeep, since it is next to the Seventh Day Adventist Camp. thank you, Terri Hi, Jeanne, haven't talked to you in a while. How are you doing? -----Original Message----- From: Eleanor Skidmore [mailto:ejskidmore@meer.net] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:58 PM To: WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Hello, I'm a multiple descendant of Abraham Kittle and have been to the cemetery. It was bad the last time I was there but has now been cleaned up by Alan Haught and his brother. I have been passing the word around and might be able to help some this summer with additional clean-up. Eleanor Hi Cindy, I am thrilled to hear from you. Where do you live ? I live in Pa. almost 5 hours away from Elkins. I was at the cemetery about August and it was awful. So decided to try to do somethng about it. Bill Rice agreed to oversee the money and arrange for clean up and will do some work himself time permitting. We have an account in Davis Trust in Elkins and so far have only $930.00 which is pretty good to start. I have sent out about 200 letters to people in that area who are probably descendants of those buried there. Not much response yet from them. My goal is to get enough money to start a trust fund which will provide perpetual care after we are gone. I heard from a Cathy who offered to help me with typing and things like that on a computer. She also sent money. I need help posting this write-up on the lists as I do not know how to cut and paste and it does not look loo good. Do you belong to a lot of lists of Wv ? If you can do any physical clean up, contact Bill Rice and let him know what you want to do. And you can always send money. We will really appreciate any help. Bill does not have email. Thanks, hope to hear from you Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you. ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== No Flaming allowed on this list! ============================== 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 ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== Check out the Mid-Atlantic Roots Network at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ ============================== 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

Hello, I'm a multiple descendant of Abraham Kittle and have been to the cemetery. It was bad the last time I was there but has now been cleaned up by Alan Haught and his brother. I have been passing the word around and might be able to help some this summer with additional clean-up. Eleanor Hi Cindy, I am thrilled to hear from you. Where do you live ? I live in Pa. almost 5 hours away from Elkins. I was at the cemetery about August and it was awful. So decided to try to do somethng about it. Bill Rice agreed to oversee the money and arrange for clean up and will do some work himself time permitting. We have an account in Davis Trust in Elkins and so far have only $930.00 which is pretty good to start. I have sent out about 200 letters to people in that area who are probably descendants of those buried there. Not much response yet from them. My goal is to get enough money to start a trust fund which will provide perpetual care after we are gone. I heard from a Cathy who offered to help me with typing and things like that on a computer. She also sent money. I need help posting this write-up on the lists as I do not know how to cut and paste and it does not look loo good. Do you belong to a lot of lists of Wv ? If you can do any physical clean up, contact Bill Rice and let him know what you want to do. And you can always send money. We will really appreciate any help. Bill does not have email. Thanks, hope to hear from you Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you. ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== No Flaming allowed on this list! ============================== 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

I wonder if I could request a look-up for the marriage of William Lewis and Mary Hinkle about 1862? (She may be listed as Mary N. or Marian or Mary Ann or even Margaret!) she is the daughter of Abraham Hinkle and Mary Ann Anderson. I don't know (for sure) the parentage of William Lewis but I'm hoping to learn. ;-) Thanks, --Dick Ross -----Original Message----- From: Ethel Swiger [mailto:eswiger@dne.edu] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:11 PM To: WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] marriage look up please Cindy, I have the Wes Cochran Randolph County, WV Marriages 1787-1923. His email is: wescochran@juno.com and his mailing address is: 2515 10th Avenue Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829. If you request a list of all publications he will mail you one. Happy Hunting Ethel

Once you turn to head towards the cemetary, it appears you are going on a private drive. You will pass a house on the left. On the right is the cemetary. I think it would be hard for a regular car to get up there and there is not much room for any parking on the grassy area. I'd pull up near the yellow house and then walk up. You should see the airport off to the right. Maybe if enough money is raised, a proper sign can be posted to mark the cemetary. Sounds like a good Boy Scout Project to me! Cindy

I'd like a copy please. Cindy

Hello, Last summer I was in Elkins and tried to find the Arnold Hill Cemetery. I found the big cemetery by the airport, which has a lot of my relatives. I wanted to find Abraham Kittle and some earlier graves and hunted for the Arnold Hill Cemetery but couldn't find it. I remember driving up a hill, and then I ended up coming back down the hill, kind of a loop. Where is the cemetery located? Thanks, I may get back there this summer. I would like to send a donation to help this cemetery as I am related to Kittles, and Colletts. Becky Lucas Barberton, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Jeanne Russell" <jeanneruss@webtv.net> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. > I was born near Huttonsville. My grandmother was Lucy Kittle who married > Holt Swecker. Some friends , cousins and I have thought about doing a > web page for AHCA and this may happen in the near future...I hope. > Then we could post pictures and other things related to the cemetery. I > see some very good web sites of cemetery associations. Bill Rice gave me > an up dated list of burials at Arnold Hill which I hope to post soon. > About 151 people. If anyone wants a copy, I have Bill's permission to > send. > > Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to > William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, > 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you. > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Check out the Randolph County USGW site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvrandol/ > > > ============================== > 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 > >

I was born near Huttonsville. My grandmother was Lucy Kittle who married Holt Swecker. Some friends , cousins and I have thought about doing a web page for AHCA and this may happen in the near future...I hope. Then we could post pictures and other things related to the cemetery. I see some very good web sites of cemetery associations. Bill Rice gave me an up dated list of burials at Arnold Hill which I hope to post soon. About 151 people. If anyone wants a copy, I have Bill's permission to send. Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you.

I live in Loudoun County Virginia. I'm a good 5-6 hours from Elkins. My grandmother Bohon is in a nursing home there. Most of my roots are in Randolph, Barbour, Upshur, Tucker and Preston. I was raised in Bridgeport. My mother's family lived on Stone Coal Road between Mill Creek and Adolph. I took some lovely pics from that ride last year. Her mother's family is buried in Jeresulum Cemetary in Mill Creek (Cutrights, Raders, etc.). My maternal grandfather (Williams, Tenney) is at Zirkle Cemetary. Zirkle is very well kept and Jeresulum is not in bad shape. There is alot of missing history in my family. My grandfather preached in those mountain churches...not sure which ones though. My mother is buried in Bridgeport Cemetary. I had a strong urge last summer to travel through Randolph County with my dad to get some family history. I tried to get my maternal grandmother to tag along, but she is not in good health. I went to the Beverly center in hopes of doing some research, but my young son doesn't do well in unfamiliar places so I left quickly. I then gave my aunt my Family Tree software installation disks and then had to reinstall everything...so I am missing my program to run my files. I hope to get it back next week. I can type, copy and paste..I just need the data! Let me know how I can help with that. I'll send in a donation, too. It may not be much right now but as my children fly the next, I can send in more. I do have some pictures of tombstones from Arnold Hill Cemetary. Is there a place they can be posted? Cindy

Hi Cindy, I am thrilled to hear from you. Where do you live ? I live in Pa. almost 5 hours away from Elkins. I was at the cemetery about August and it was awful. So decided to try to do somethng about it. Bill Rice agreed to oversee the money and arrange for clean up and will do some work himself time permitting. We have an account in Davis Trust in Elkins and so far have only $930.00 which is pretty good to start. I have sent out about 200 letters to people in that area who are probably descendants of those buried there. Not much response yet from them. My goal is to get enough money to start a trust fund which will provide perpetual care after we are gone. I heard from a Cathy who offered to help me with typing and things like that on a computer. She also sent money. I need help posting this write-up on the lists as I do not know how to cut and paste and it does not look loo good. Do you belong to a lot of lists of Wv ? If you can do any physical clean up, contact Bill Rice and let him know what you want to do. And you can always send money. We will really appreciate any help. Bill does not have email. Thanks, hope to hear from you Support the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. Please send donations to William Rice, P.O. Box 303, Elkins, W.V., 26241. or to Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Thank you.

Count both me and my father in. The Bohen's buried there are actually Bohons. My greatgrandfather Jefferson Davis (JD) and his wife Grace Piercy Bohon. I have pictures of the cemetary. I was up there in August. Elkins is my birthplace. I could not find Abraham Kittle's graveside for all the brush (he's on my moms side and married into someone on my dads side when he got remarried). The Bohon markers are in decent shape and they are pretty visable..no weeds around them. My father was so angry at the condition of the cemetary that he wanted to find out who to contact to get it cleaned up. Now we know where to go to help. My father is not physically able to clean up and I have a disabled child that prevents me from doing work--he didn't do well there in August when we visited. Anyway, besides cash donations, what else can we do? It's possible I could go help clean up if I can get my husband to take a weekend off to watch my son. Cindy

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Thank you. --WebTV-Mail-19973-2110 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-101-14.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.199.180) by storefull-618.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:16:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by smtpin-101-14.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id 62D187FE6; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:16:24 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: jeanneruss@webtv.net Received: from tomts19-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts19.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.73]) by smtpin-101-14.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id A32397F3C for <jeanneruss@webtv.net>; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:16:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.230.36.245]) by tomts19-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020223061622.ENMM22905.tomts19-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for <jeanneruss@webtv.net>; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:16:22 -0500 Message-ID: <3C773280.43788E12@sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:11:12 -0500 From: Jim Roache <jfroache@sympatico.ca> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "D. Jeanne Russell" <jeanneruss@webtv.net> Subject: Re: Fwd: Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. References: <11343-3C772CCD-1351@storefull-611.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "D. Jeanne Russell" wrote: > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Arnold Hill Cemetery Association. > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:02:53 -0500 (EST) > From: jeanneruss@webtv.net (D. Jeanne Russell) > To: marciau@webtv.net, jeanneruss@webtv.net, friendofbillw97@earthlink.net > > What is the Arnold Hill Cemetery Association? > Its a group of descendants of the pioneer settlers of Randolph County, West Virginia buried in Arnold Hill > Cemetery. We have a common purpose -- to care for this cemetery by giving freely or our time and labor. Now > we need to expand our circle. > We must gather together related families and fellow citizens to ensure the permanent care of this cemetery > and those interred there. Our aim (and our responsibility) is too respect and preserve their final resting > place. > What is the mission of the Association? > Our mission is to commemorate the lives of our ancestors and to commit the time, effort and money required to > preserve their graves and to celebrate their lives. > Arnold Hill Cemetery is threatened by neglect, insufficient funds and > insensitive public policy. We must strive to increase awareness and > highlight the importence of this historic cemetery and its place in maintaining family, community and state > values -- a source of pride and preservation for future generations. > Perhaps our motto can be "It takes a village" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Can you tell me more ? > Yes. Arnold Hill Cemetery is in a sad state of neglect in spite of the > efforts of many to restore it. Those people are our heroes, they have worked tirelessly for many years but > they need help. > The cemetery needs immediate refurbishing and a plan to provide perpetual care by future generations. Its our > hope that Arnold Hill Cemetery Association will lay the groundwork for > this.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Where is it ? On some mountain top ? > No, as a matter of fact, its right in your backyard. Its very easy to find. Its located on Arnold Hill Road > just south of Elkins, W.V. directly behind the airport in Randolph County. We can make it a beautiful place. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Can you tell me some history of this cemetery? > Yes. The cemetery, four miles from Beverly, is called the Baptist, the > Collett and the Arnold Hill Cemetery. It was founded in 1806. There was a church there known as the Old > School Baptist Church. On August 2, 1806, at the home of Jacob Kittle, a meeting of ten members was called. > They were Jacob Kittle, Daniel Canfield, William Hixon, John Chenoweth, Mary Kittle, Mary Holder, Elizabeth > Moore, Mary > Sconover, Margaret Sconover and Deborah Hart -- all pioneers. Henry Petro deeded them an acre of land and a > log building was erected on th site. > You can research Maxwell's History of Randolph County and the Randolph County Historical Society Magazine > for additional > information.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Do I have ancestors buried in Arnold Hill Cemetery? > We don't know. All we can do is provide you with the names of people buried there and you will need to decide > if they are "family". The list of > people buried there my wonderful cousin, Christine Simmons, copied from the WPA records. There may be others. > Some surnames on the list include: Allan, Behon, Buckey, Bush, Callison, Chenoweth, Collett, Everett, Foggy, > Hyre, Isner, Kittle,Knote, Long, Lough, Lytle, Mclain, Mclane, Rider, Robinson, Schoonover, Shoemaker, Ward, > Weese, White and Wright > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am descended from some of these pioneer families. How can I help > preserve their memory and the wonderful heritage they have given me? > You can so by becoming aware of many neglected cemeteries in your > community. Arnold Hill is not the only one in Randolph County. There are many. But we all now know about > Arnold Hill and can no > longer ignore it. To restore it and preserve it for our children and > their children, we need money. Please send your fair share to William > Rice, P.O Box 303, Elkins, W.V, 26241 , or to me, Jeanne Russell, 1002 Smith Ave., Lebanon, Pa., 17042. Phone > 717-272 4023. We really appreciate your help. Thank you very much. > > Jeanne, proud Kittle descendant. --WebTV-Mail-19973-2110--

Hi Jean! Yes, I am working on Osborn's. Margaret Osborn who married Patrick Divine/Devaney was my ggg grandmother. It goes: (1) Richard Osborn +Ruth Ware (2) Margaret Osborn + Patrick Devaney (3) Nancy Devaney + William Charles Kendall (4) Nina Marie Kendall + Robert Lincoln Pyles (5) William Pearl Pyles + Velda V. Male/Mahle Then my father, and then to me. Just started on this line. Patrick is going to be the tough one as he was from County Sligo, Ireland. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Hope to hear from you soon! Cindy G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Loudin" <jloudin@rtol.net> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] marriage look up please > Dear Cindy, > > I use Randolph County WV Marriages 1787-1923, but I had looked up the Ruth > Ware one on my own. > > Order from Wes Cochran 2515 10th Ave. Parkersburg, WV 26101 > > Are you working on the Osborn family by any chance? I go back to Joseph > Osborn and Rhoda Romine who first settled in Harrison Co. > > Jean

Thank you Ethel, I really appreciate the info. Cindy G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethel Swiger" <eswiger@dne.edu> To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] marriage look up please > Cindy, I have the Wes Cochran Randolph County, WV Marriages 1787-1923. > His email is: wescochran@juno.com and his mailing address is: 2515 10th > Avenue Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829. If you request a list of all > publications he will mail you one. Happy Hunting Ethel >

Cindy, I have the Wes Cochran Randolph County, WV Marriages 1787-1923. His email is: wescochran@juno.com and his mailing address is: 2515 10th Avenue Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829. If you request a list of all publications he will mail you one. Happy Hunting Ethel cgreg58 wrote: > > Thank you so much. Would you mind telling me what book you use for this? I > would like to purchase it as I have a lot of marriages and such in Randolph. > Appreciate it! > Cindy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ethel Swiger" <eswiger@dne.edu> > To: <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:59 AM > Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] marriage look up please > > > Divine, Patrick > > Osburn, Margarett > > d/o Phillip 1? December 1845 > > > > > > > > cgreg58 wrote: > > > > > > Looking for the marriage date of Patrick Divine and Margaret Osborn in > Randolph Co. Also for Philip Osborn and Ruth Ware if available. Someone > was kind enough to send it to me before but my old computer crashed and took > the dates with it. > > > Thanks so much! > > > Cindy G. > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > > Check out the Randolph County USGW site at: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvrandol/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > Give someone some help and they may help you. > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== WVRANDOL Mailing List ==== > No Flaming allowed on this list! > > ============================== > 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

Dear Cindy, I use Randolph County WV Marriages 1787-1923, but I had looked up the Ruth Ware one on my own. Order from Wes Cochran 2515 10th Ave. Parkersburg, WV 26101 Are you working on the Osborn family by any chance? I go back to Joseph Osborn and Rhoda Romine who first settled in Harrison Co. Jean

3 June 1823 Marriage for Phillip Osborn and Ruth Ware in Randolph Co. Jean