Hey Diane , What FOX line are you researching? Judy Wright -----Original Message----- From: SnowBeri@aol.com <SnowBeri@aol.com> To: WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com <WVRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [WVRANDOL-L] Wolford >I don't have a Calvin Wolford in my database, but I am wondering if Calvin is >his middle name...and he was went by that. That is always confusing esp with >stubborn ancestors. > >What I have on Abraham's son John is: >1. John WOLFORD, b. 1823 in West Virginia, (son of Abraham WOLFORD and >Margaret SUMMERFIELD). He married Fatama SMITH, 14 Jan 1844 in Randolph >County, West Virginia, b. 1816 in West Virginia/Virginia, (daughter of >Charles SMITH and Hannah Susan CARR). > > Children: > 2. i Susan WOLFORD, b. 1845 in Randolph County, West Virginia. > 3. ii Elizabeth WOLFORD, b. 1847 in Randolph County, West Virginia. > 4. iii Abraham WOLFORD b. Mar 1848. > 5. iv Isaac T WOLFORD b. Oct 1850. > 6. v Aaron WOLFORD b. 25 Oct 1854. > 7. vi Eunice WOLFORD, b. 1855 in Randolph or Tucker County, West >Virginia. > 8. vii Polly WOLFORD, b. 1864 in Randolph or Tucker County, West >Virginia. > 9. viii Mary WOLFORD, b. 1867 in Randolph or Tucker County, West >Virginia. > >As you can see, Calvin's birth date would fit in nicely. Have I seen him? >Obviously not... Is he being stubborn on purpose? A lot of Wolfords do >that. I think it's genetic. <G> > >Word of warning: there are a LOT of John Wolford's in WV. Counting JUST the >Randolph/Tucker/Grant Wolfords from John Wolford b 1754, and going down 3 >generations: there are nine. (We're not counting all the Hampshire County >Wolfords because--fortunately--there's not a Dry Fork there that I know of.) > >Let me know if I can be of further help or if you want to trade copies of >documents. >Regards, >Diane Wolford > > >Also Researching: Appley, Asbury, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, >Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Hardendorf, >Harman, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, >Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Walker, >Whitlam, Wilks, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. >http://www.treelines.com >http://www.lineage.net > >Regards, >Diane Wolford >Experience) > > >> What I know, and how: >> >> My great-grandfather was Calvin WOLFORD. (My grandpa told me so!) >> >> He was born in Dry Fork, VA (now WV), Oct 24, 1858. His death cert >> (Lincoln, NE, 1940) said so. And it's "family history". >> >> His uncle was Thomas WOLFORD. The 1880 census shows Cal in Thomas' >> household in Iowa...relationship...nephew. Also "family history". >> >> His father's name was John WOLFORD. This was the name he gave on his >> marriage application, 1892, Saunders Co, NE. (The only record I have of >> his >> father's name...anywhere!) >> >> His mother and his aunt (Thomas' wife) were sisters...Caroline Hill (Mom) >> and Mary Jane Hill (aunt). Family history again. But seems to be >> supported by the 1850 census, where Caroline Hill and Mary Jane Hill are in >> the same household in Pendleton Co, VA. And the ages match other census >> records and death records found in Iowa. >> >> His grandfather's name was Abraham WOLFORD. Inferred from Thomas WOLFORD's >> death record in Iowa. Info was given by a "friend", so who knows! >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >--------------------------- >Useful sites: >http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) >http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience) > > >==== 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 > >