Hello Vernon & List - First, thanks Vernon for the information on the burial information for Mary R., Henry & John R. Hobbs in Hilltop Cem. Knowing that Henry died in 1917 means that maybe, just maybe, he'll have a WV State death certificate, and maybe, [Oh, let there be a miracle!!!] it will have his mother's maiden name on it..... John R. was one of Henry's sons. I'm out in California, so I'm limited to what the FHL has microfilmed so far for Summers County. That's been the actual courthouse records for the death, birth & marriage records for the period of time and Pauline Haga's book on the Hinton Daily News. I'm in California, so a quick trip to the Hinton Library or Hilltop Cemetery isn't really an option right now. (Maybe, with some financial luck, it will be next summer, but I'm not counting on it.) Is the cemetery book still for sale? If not, could someone do some look-ups for me? Same with the newspaper. Anyone know of any link between "my" Henry/John Hobbs families and the family of a James H. Hobbs (m. Eliza Foster); he was a contemporary of Henry's (1880 or so on) and worked in Hinton as a carpenter and constable, later appeared to have been a rather affluent farmer. Several of his children appeared to have stayed in the area, involved with the police and teaching. Thank you all! Alison