Cathy, you need to post this to the Harrison Co., WV mailing list and post a query on the Harrison Co., WV. GenWeb site for other researching in Harrison Co. to know you are researching this family. You might want to jin the Harrison Co. Historical Society mailing list if you are a member. Patricia At 06:08 AM 2/4/99 +0000, you wrote: >I am looking for information on LEWIS MARSHALL WALKER. According to his >brother's obituary, Lewis was living in Sand Run, Harrison County in >February 1939. Lewis would have been around 79 years old at this time. >His wife was LUVERNA KRANTZ. I don't know if she was still living at that >time. > >VIRGIL WALKER was the son of LEWIS and LUVERNA KRANTZ WALKER. According to >his Social Security application, he was living at MARKS FARM at Sand Run, >WV and working for CROWN COAL & TIMBER CO of Sand Run. > >Any help is greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, >Cathy

I am looking for information on LEWIS MARSHALL WALKER. According to his brother's obituary, Lewis was living in Sand Run, Harrison County in February 1939. Lewis would have been around 79 years old at this time. His wife was LUVERNA KRANTZ. I don't know if she was still living at that time. VIRGIL WALKER was the son of LEWIS and LUVERNA KRANTZ WALKER. According to his Social Security application, he was living at MARKS FARM at Sand Run, WV and working for CROWN COAL & TIMBER CO of Sand Run. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Cathy

Anyone know of the parents and children of Lloyd Talbott(b. 1/1856) and his wife Hester M. Jones(b.1/1845)? Trying to get a start on my Talbott ancestors. Thanks, Christopher Smith

Hello All, I am looking for the birth certificate of Lena Loreta Forinash. She was supposedly born on 8/28/1897 Her parents were Benjamin Forinash and Virginia Hartman Any Help would be appreicaited. Thank You Chris Wine

Please use whatever you need. I am simply in this for the satisfaction of making forward progress. By the way, I signed up for the Rohrbaugh list. -----Original Message----- From: Karen Stewart <kstewart22@earthlink.net> To: WVUPSHUR-L@rootsweb.com <WVUPSHUR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [WVUPSHUR-L] French Creek Coleriders and Talbotts >Hi, > >Your message about the Coleriders, Talbotts and Rohrbough caught my eye. I >have a web site called the Rohrbough Surname Resource Center and a new >Rohrbough-L mailing list on Rootsweb. There are also Genconnect boards for >the Rohrbough surname. > >The web site has a link to my Rohrbough database. Your Dorcas Rohrbough was >the sister of my ancestor Jacob Rohrbough. The Mary Alice Rohrbough >mentioned in your message was the sister of my great-grandmother, Ella E. >Rorhbough. Ella married Ralph G. Cutright, gave birth to my grandmother and >then died when grandma was only about 3. Ralph Cutright then went on to >marry his wife's sister, Byrd R. Cutright. This is the same Byrd Cutright >you mentioned in your message. > >I have two reasons for writing you this message. One is to ask your >permission to copy the message that you sent to the Upshur Co. list and >forward it on to the Rohrbough mailing list. There are only about 10 people >subbed to the list and no one is sending any messages. I'm hoping to >generate a little interest. There might be someone on the list who has more >information about the family of Minnie Colerider. The other reason is to >try to interest you in signing up for the list :) > >Here are the links to the Rohrbough web page and the Rohrbough query board: > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2916/src/rohrindex.html >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Rohrbough > >I hope you find something there that is of interest. > >If you've made it through this lengthy message--thanks for hanging in >there!! > >Karen Stewart >Huntington Beach, CA > > > >

Dear Karen, Thank you for your interest in the information that I provided. You are welcome to post my message to the Rohrbough list as I too hope that it will generate interest in this family and its related lines. I am interested in signing up for the list and will be checking out the sites that you sent me which will hopefully explain how I go about doing that. Thank you for the information that you sent to me! Vicki Smith kbruce@accesstoledo.com -----Original Message----- From: Karen Stewart [mailto:kstewart22@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 1:15 AM To: WVUPSHUR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVUPSHUR-L] French Creek Coleriders and Talbotts Hi, Your message about the Coleriders, Talbotts and Rohrbough caught my eye. I have a web site called the Rohrbough Surname Resource Center and a new Rohrbough-L mailing list on Rootsweb. There are also Genconnect boards for the Rohrbough surname. The web site has a link to my Rohrbough database. Your Dorcas Rohrbough was the sister of my ancestor Jacob Rohrbough. The Mary Alice Rohrbough mentioned in your message was the sister of my great-grandmother, Ella E. Rorhbough. Ella married Ralph G. Cutright, gave birth to my grandmother and then died when grandma was only about 3. Ralph Cutright then went on to marry his wife's sister, Byrd R. Cutright. This is the same Byrd Cutright you mentioned in your message. I have two reasons for writing you this message. One is to ask your permission to copy the message that you sent to the Upshur Co. list and forward it on to the Rohrbough mailing list. There are only about 10 people subbed to the list and no one is sending any messages. I'm hoping to generate a little interest. There might be someone on the list who has more information about the family of Minnie Colerider. The other reason is to try to interest you in signing up for the list :) Here are the links to the Rohrbough web page and the Rohrbough query board: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2916/src/rohrindex.html http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Rohrbough I hope you find something there that is of interest. If you've made it through this lengthy message--thanks for hanging in there!! Karen Stewart Huntington Beach, CA

Sorry for my last post about Coleriders and Rohrboughs--it was supposed to go to only one person. It's getting late and I forgot to check my recipient line and delete the Upshur-L address. Of course, if anyone else wants to join the Rohrbough-L list or visit the web site--I'd be thrilled :) Karen Stewart

Hi, Your message about the Coleriders, Talbotts and Rohrbough caught my eye. I have a web site called the Rohrbough Surname Resource Center and a new Rohrbough-L mailing list on Rootsweb. There are also Genconnect boards for the Rohrbough surname. The web site has a link to my Rohrbough database. Your Dorcas Rohrbough was the sister of my ancestor Jacob Rohrbough. The Mary Alice Rohrbough mentioned in your message was the sister of my great-grandmother, Ella E. Rorhbough. Ella married Ralph G. Cutright, gave birth to my grandmother and then died when grandma was only about 3. Ralph Cutright then went on to marry his wife's sister, Byrd R. Cutright. This is the same Byrd Cutright you mentioned in your message. I have two reasons for writing you this message. One is to ask your permission to copy the message that you sent to the Upshur Co. list and forward it on to the Rohrbough mailing list. There are only about 10 people subbed to the list and no one is sending any messages. I'm hoping to generate a little interest. There might be someone on the list who has more information about the family of Minnie Colerider. The other reason is to try to interest you in signing up for the list :) Here are the links to the Rohrbough web page and the Rohrbough query board: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2916/src/rohrindex.html http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Rohrbough I hope you find something there that is of interest. If you've made it through this lengthy message--thanks for hanging in there!! Karen Stewart Huntington Beach, CA

Anyone have a missing Henry Zickefoose? I found this family group in the 1900 census of Upshur County, WV -- anyone know who this Zickefoose is? Alfred Gillum head White Male Sep. 1845 54 Widowed VA VA VA farmer ? (no. of children living) O F F 100 Zickefoose, Henry adopted White Male Mar 1888 12 Single WV VA VA at school 3 (at school in months) Bowers, Jos. T border White Male Dec. 1855 44 Widowed VA VA VA <illegible> saw mill 3 (no. of children living) (All three can read and write.) A quick note on Alfred above, the no. of children living is very faint -- it looks like a "?" although it could be a "5." So far, I only have four children for him, unless you count the adoption of Henry Zickefoose. Joseph Bowers is Alfred's nephew. -Nicole nicolecastle@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~nicolecastle/

DJS Ferguson wrote: > > I am trying to find where Susan Freel is buried..she died in > Upshur County, WV, on 1 May 1914. I have a copy of a death > certificate, but it does not show where she is buried nor does > it show who her parents or spouse were. She was the daughter > of Peter and Christine Peck Shinaberry and the widow of James > Friel/Freel. She was married first to John Sharp, who died, and > she then married James Friel/Freel. > Any information will be appreciated.

I have the following information on Minnie Merle Colerider and her immediate family entered in my genealogy program. I have tried to document my sources carefully, so I have included my sources along with this information; the source is listed first with all information from that source listed under it: John R. Rohrbach (Rohrabaugh) 1728-1821 Descendants and Marriage Connections by James D. Rorabaugh, published by McClain Printing Company, Parsons, WV,1966, p. 90; a note in the text states that the following information was supplied by Mrs. Byrd Cutright, P.O. Box 1026, Titusville, Florida: Minnie Merle Colrider was born 15 Jan 1886 to Marie Alice Rohrbough and her husband Will A. Colrider Minnie Merle Colrider married Elliot Talbott on 20 Jun 1906, their children are Arthur Lowell Talbott and Stanley Talbott Minnie Merle Colrider Talbott married Arthur Newton Smith on 15 Jul 1918, their children are Alice Anne Smith, Virginia Smith and Evylyn Smith Upshur County West Virginia Births 1853-1897 by Billie Faye Drost and Karon Janel King, published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1993, p. 156: Minnie Merle Colerider was born 15 Jan 1886 in Upshur Co., WV to Wm. Andrew & Mary Alice Rohrbough, this entry can be found in the Upshur Co. Birth Book at Delayed Birth Book 31 1900 Census of Upshur County West Virginia, compiled by Lemoyne Wolfe & Karon King, published by Wedgewood Publishing Co., Fork Union, VA, 1996, p. 112, entry 144-146: Merle Colerider, daughter of William Colerider was born Jan 1886 and was living in William's household with him and Allie M., Ray and Annie Colerider at time of 1900 Census Meade District Cemetery Readings, Revised Edition 1994, compiled by the Upshur County Genealogical Society, now distributed by the Upshur County Historical Society, P.O. Box 2082, Buckhannon, WV 26201: Merle Colerider Smith, Jan 15, 1886-Jan 12 1981, buried in French Creek Cemetery, Meade District, Upshur Co., WV I hope that this information helps any of you who are researching the Rohrbough, Colerider, Talbott and Tenney lines. I would appreciate any additional information that any of you have on this family, especially dates of birth, death, places of residence, etc. for Minnie's children and husbands. There is an Arthur Smith 1865-1947 listed next to Minnie Merle Colerider Smith in the Meade District Cemetery Readings; I suspect that this might be Minnie's second husband, but don't have enough information to verify this. Does anyone else? I have spent quite a bit of time in the Upshur Co. courthouse doing research on anyone descended from James and Thankful Tenney of Upshur Co., which includes the Rohrbough and Westfall families among others. I will be more than happy to share this information with anyone who can use it. I also have death certificate copies for several Tenney descendants and am willing to provide information from them. My great-great grandparents are Samuel and Dorcas (nee Rohrbough) Tenney of Upshur Co. -----Original Message----- From: jaxpcs [mailto:jaxpcs@alltel.net] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 8:22 PM To: WVUPSHUR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVUPSHUR-L] French Creek Coleriders and Talbotts Looking for information on: Ggrandfather Elliot Lowell Talbott, Ggrandmother Minnie Merle Colerider Talbott. Elliot's son Arthur "Lowell" Talbott (b. 9/26/1907) is my grandfather. I know Elliot's brother was Henry Otis Talbott. Any information on this part of my family would be greatly appreciated. I am also looking for any information on my deceased grandfather's family. His name was Arnett Smith of Tennerton. His wife is Freda Merle Tenney of Buckhannon. Their son, my father, is James Thomas Smith of Rock Cave. I know Arnett was a coal miner in the Upshur County area, born September 16 1902 and died with Black Lung in May 1981. Feel free to visit my site at http://www.alltel.net/~jaxpcs >From Upshur County, I have Kesling, Colerider, Rohrbaugh, Talbott (very little), Smith, and Tenney.

Jack M. Van Kirk <jack.vankirk@cwix.com> > Anna Bozarth(daughter of George Isaac Bozarth and Mary Reger). Do you 110 YEARS AGO The settlements in the vicinity of the present town in Buckhannon in the year 1770 were about as follows: Samuel Pringle, John Pringle, William Pringle, John Cutright and Samuel Oliver lived on Cutrights run, a branch of Buckhannon river, three or four miles above where the town of Buckhannon is now situated. Thomas Carney, Zacharias Westfall and George Casto resided on Stony run, about two miles above town, Joel Westfall on the West side of the river, below Radcliffs run; Abraham Carper still lower down in the bend of the river, on the farm now owned by Levi Leonard, Jacob Brake lived below the mouth of Finks run, where Daniel Carper now resides Henry Jackson where the old fort had been in 1780, about one and a half miles below town, Edward Jackson where the town is now situated; Jacob Hyre, on Finks run, and had a little mill where William D. Farnsworth now resides; -- Allman, Jacob Lorentz, ***George Bozarth lived higher up on Finks run; John Hyre, Philip Reger, John Tingle, Jacob Schoolcraft, Leonard Simon and Solomon Collins on the Brushy fork of Finks run Jacob Post on the east side of the run above the mouth of Little Sand run, where Isaac Strader now lives; John Strader, John and Abram Crites, Abraham Post John Jackson, Anthony Rohrbough and George Bush still lower down, farms adjoining each other, Joseph Davis on the west side of the river near the mouth of Turkey run, where Adam Carper now resides; David Casto lived over the ridge, where one of his sons has since resided. The persons here mentioned composed almost the entire community at that day, and all have long since passed away, and their lands, as a natural consequence, have passed into other hands. One generation passes away, and another takes its place. Upshur County, West Virginia Hardesty's Guide of 1883, pp. 117-122 I've put astrisks by George Bozarth. There is a lot of info on early families. The entire 117-122 is transcribed on my web pages. There are a number of Clark marriages amongst those listed there. Rowan Rowan Fairgrove RowanF@conjure.com www.conjure.com/GENE/index.shtml ********************************************************************** Amick/Emig, Apperson, Boswell, Boyle, Comer, Eubank, Farnsworth, Ferguson, French, Hunt, Inyard/Enyart, Jones, Lacy, Lampton, Lee, Lemaster(s), Moore, Wilcox - mostly KY, MO, NC, WV plus some PA/NJ

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Looking for information on: Ggrandfather Elliot Lowell Talbott, Ggrandmother Minnie Merle Colerider Talbott. Elliot's son Arthur "Lowell" Talbott (b. 9/26/1907) is my grandfather. I know Elliot's brother was Henry Otis Talbott. Any information on this part of my family would be greatly appreciated. I am also looking for any information on my deceased grandfather's family. His name was Arnett Smith of Tennerton. His wife is Freda Merle Tenney of Buckhannon. Their son, my father, is James Thomas Smith of Rock Cave. I know Arnett was a coal miner in the Upshur County area, born September 16 1902 and died with Black Lung in May 1981. Feel free to visit my site at http://www.alltel.net/~jaxpcs >From Upshur County, I have Kesling, Colerider, Rohrbaugh, Talbott (very little), Smith, and Tenney.

At 10:46 PM 1/12/99 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Van Kirk family, > >Hi! Since Upshur Co. and Lewis Co. were the same place at one time, I >wasn't sure if the Clark families in my family were any that you would be >interested in since some of the locations that I have for them are in Lewis >Co. If you are interested in any of the following people, let me know and I >will send you information about them. I'd also be interested in any >information that you or anyone else has on these families: > >Guy Clark, married Willa Rohrbough and their descendants >William P. Clark, married Elizabeth Rohrbough and their descendants >Temperance Clark, sister of William P. Clark, married William Rohrbough and >their descendants > >Hope this helps! > >Vicki Smith >kbruce@accesstoledo.com Vicki, According to the Lewis Co., VA/WV marriage bond for Temperence Clark wife of William Rohrbough, Robert Clark was her father, not Guy Clark. Temperence also had sisters Mary, who married Anthony Rohrbough & Anna , married Samuel Armstrong, who have marriage bonds listed. Robert Clarks wife was listed as Elizabeth. Patricia Viellenave

This message was addressed wrong and bounced back to me. It's from Jack M. VanKirk whose address appears below. PLEASE direct your replies to their addresses below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki, Those names sound familiar, as my Clarks were in Upshur a little bit, but more in Lewis County. I may descend from Robert Manly Clark and Anna Bozarth(daughter of George Isaac Bozarth and Mary Reger). Do you know of this family? My GGG grandfather, Lennox Clark m. Caroline Johnson in Lewis County in 1853. He is thought to be the same person as Robert and Anna Clark's son Alpheus, as the two were born in the same year, and my Lennox Clark had a grandson named Alpheus/Alpious. Can you help confirm this? I would love to definitely connect to this family. One of my grandmother Clark's last wishes was for me to trace her family, and she's been dead over a year. I would really like to find out for sure where mine came from. Thanks so much, Jack M. Van Kirk <jack.vankirk@cwix.com> From: Vicki and Kerry [SMTP:kbruce@accesstoledo.com]

============================================================ ============================================================ THIS IS A UPSHUR COUNTY LIST QUERY FROM: jaxpcs <jaxpcs@alltel.net> This query is from someone who's not on our UPSHUR List. Email Him ============================================================ ============================================================ I'm currently working on my maternal family in the FrenchCreek area (Talbott, Colerider, Rohrbaugh). I also have Kesling data. As I am a Smith from the Tennerton area, I hope to have Smith data very soon. This is difficult as I am in Jacksonville, Florida. Please feel free to visit my page at: http://www.alltel.net/~jaxpcs

Heelo again Jack. You also need to tell you Upshur Co. Clark cousins how you relate to the Upshur Co. Clark family. I look forward to reading for descent chart. Do you know if your Clarks were in Pocahontas Co., VA/WV. or any of them end up in KY.?? Patricia At 07:57 PM 1/12/99 -0600, you wrote: >Hi, > I am researching the Clark family of Upshur County, WV. I would love to >hear from anyone else who is. >Can't wait to hear from some of you! > >Thanks, >The VAN KIRKS > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jack M. Van Kirk >jack.vankirk@cwix.com >

Dear Van Kirk family, Hi! Since Upshur Co. and Lewis Co. were the same place at one time, I wasn't sure if the Clark families in my family were any that you would be interested in since some of the locations that I have for them are in Lewis Co. If you are interested in any of the following people, let me know and I will send you information about them. I'd also be interested in any information that you or anyone else has on these families: Guy Clark, married Willa Rohrbough and their descendants William P. Clark, married Elizabeth Rohrbough and their descendants Temperance Clark, sister of William P. Clark, married William Rohrbough and their descendants Hope this helps! Vicki Smith kbruce@accesstoledo.com -----Original Message----- From: Nathaniel B. VanKirk [mailto:jack.vankirk@cwix.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 8:57 PM To: WVUPSHUR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVUPSHUR-L] Clark family Hi, I am researching the Clark family of Upshur County, WV. I would love to hear from anyone else who is. Can't wait to hear from some of you! Thanks, The VAN KIRKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack M. Van Kirk jack.vankirk@cwix.com

Hi, I am researching the Clark family of Upshur County, WV. I would love to hear from anyone else who is. Can't wait to hear from some of you! Thanks, The VAN KIRKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack M. Van Kirk jack.vankirk@cwix.com