On the 1910 census I find a James W. Moten in Jumping Branch, Summers, WV. He is listed as age 34 on Ancestry.com Index, married and living with his son John W. Moten, age 42. John W. Moten wife is India Moten. On the actual census, age for James W. Moten age is 84. He has an M2 in marriage field - not sure what the 2 means. There is no wife listed. 1910 Census was taken on 20 April 1910 - so Lucy must have died before that date. On the 1900 census John W. Moten is indexed as John Morton age 33, wife is India Morton - they are living in Jumping Branch District (North Side), Summers, West Virginia. John was born Jan 1867 in Virginia. This may not be your man - On 1900 census I found James W. Melton (sic) age 78, Oct 1822 born Virginia, Widowed living in Charleston City, Kanawha, West Virginia. He is living with a son James E. Melton. Is Lucy the first, second, third wife? I have had three female ancestors marry a second time. When they died they were buried under first husbands name. Suggestion: 1. Look for any Lucy who may have died in 1909 - 1910 in Summers County, WV. 2. Check Summer County, WV for marriage between James W. Moten & Lucy 3. Check for burial of Lucy under prior married name. On the 1900 census I found the following Lucy's, living in Jumping Branch, one may have married James W. Moten. 1. Lucy Jane Adkins age 44 born Aug 1855 - seems to be widow with young children (says married - no husband listed) 2. Lucy An Bowline age 29 born Apr 1871 - married 3, Lucy Gilpin (Gelfin) age 30 born Dec 1869 - married 4. Lucy Ratliff age 23 born 1877 - married - still alive in 1910 5. Lucy A Wills - age 29 born 1870 There are other Lucy's - they seem to young. Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella In a message dated 7/7/2009 6:59:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I have a Lucy M. Moten. She was married to mine great grandfather, I think or great grandfather. She was suppose to have died around 1910 in Jumping Branch so I hoping she is there so I will be able to know when she was born and the death date. James W. Moten came back from Virginia or North Carolina to visit and I think he when back. **************Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000003)

I have only one wife - Lucy that was married to him. I have not had any other one. They had a bunch of children. After she died I think around 1910 he when back to North Carolina or Virginia. Than I have another records that shows him coming back to visit the kids they had that was grown and had his grandchildren. I do not know when he died - that is the last record that I have of him. The motens came from him and her. He is mine ancestor and that is as far back as I have gone so far. That is the only one that I know of. Another of the moten clan did some research and Lucy was the only one that he found as well. I will be up sometime this fall and will be doing some research, but most of mine is from the Census records and Ancestry.com. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WVSUMMER] James W. Moten & Lucy On the 1910 census I find a James W. Moten in Jumping Branch, Summers, WV. He is listed as age 34 on Ancestry.com Index, married and living with his son John W. Moten, age 42. John W. Moten wife is India Moten. On the actual census, age for James W. Moten age is 84. He has an M2 in marriage field - not sure what the 2 means. There is no wife listed. 1910 Census was taken on 20 April 1910 - so Lucy must have died before that date. On the 1900 census John W. Moten is indexed as John Morton age 33, wife is India Morton - they are living in Jumping Branch District (North Side), Summers, West Virginia. John was born Jan 1867 in Virginia. This may not be your man - On 1900 census I found James W. Melton (sic) age 78, Oct 1822 born Virginia, Widowed living in Charleston City, Kanawha, West Virginia. He is living with a son James E. Melton. Is Lucy the first, second, third wife? I have had three female ancestors marry a second time. When they died they were buried under first husbands name. Suggestion: 1. Look for any Lucy who may have died in 1909 - 1910 in Summers County, WV. 2. Check Summer County, WV for marriage between James W. Moten & Lucy 3. Check for burial of Lucy under prior married name. On the 1900 census I found the following Lucy's, living in Jumping Branch, one may have married James W. Moten. 1. Lucy Jane Adkins age 44 born Aug 1855 - seems to be widow with young children (says married - no husband listed) 2. Lucy An Bowline age 29 born Apr 1871 - married 3, Lucy Gilpin (Gelfin) age 30 born Dec 1869 - married 4. Lucy Ratliff age 23 born 1877 - married - still alive in 1910 5. Lucy A Wills - age 29 born 1870 There are other Lucy's - they seem to young. Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella In a message dated 7/7/2009 6:59:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I have a Lucy M. Moten. She was married to mine great grandfather, I think or great grandfather. She was suppose to have died around 1910 in Jumping Branch so I hoping she is there so I will be able to know when she was born and the death date. James W. Moten came back from Virginia or North Carolina to visit and I think he when back. **************Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000003) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message