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.