From: The Webster Echo; May 15, 1903. WAINVILLE. Ike Woods and Willis Weese have a large clearing on hand. F. K. Bryant had a valuable cow killed by the train one day last week. Rev. Matthew Perrine filled his regular appointment at Erbacon last Sunday. Mrs. McCoy has been quite ill here at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bryant. Luther Green has been vbery low with appendicitis, but seems now to be improving. G. R. Pierson, of Cowen, was here last week assisting in invoicing the Moffett stock of goods. Mrs. Clara Chipps visited her friends at Edwin Sunday and returned home on the Monday afternoon train. Wade Flint is still working at Cowen but he visits Wainville friends quite freguently, and always calls around at Charlie's. L. H. Moffett has sold his stock of goods to Tunis McElwain, and we understand that Mr. Moffett will go into business at Burnsville. One would suppose from the way Ad Weese is feeling frees and clearing up corn ground that corn will be twenty-five cents per bushel another year. B. F. Dodrill, high constable here, is kept right busy serving law processes these days. Frank says the people are lawing so much that he can't get time to plant corn.

From: The Webster Echo; Aug. 21, 1903. ERBACON. Corn is looking well....Nathan Barnett, of Braxton, is visiting here....John T. Fowler is able to sit up a little at a time....Mr. and Mrs. Haine Boggs, of Braxton, were visiting relatives here last week....A small show exhibited at the school house a couple of nights last week....Rev. C. L. Queen, President of the West Virginia Annual Conference M. P. Church, delivered a very able discourse here last week....W. H. DeLung is again hobbling around on crutches, caused by an attack of chronic rheumatism....Ira Scott had the misfortune to break the bones of one foot some days ago by a sled running over it....R. M. Gross talks of sending his team to Richwood to haul lumber from Cherry to Richwood for H. Boggs, provided he can employ a trusted driver....Our blow at gossipping some weeks ago was well received by many. We trust it may be as "bread cast upon the waters, that the fruits thereof may be seen many days hence." Too much trouble is caused by tale-bearers....The trustees of the Missouri Run school employed Arthur N. Hines, of Little Birch, Braxton county, to teach the coming term of school. Mr. Hines is a young man of excellent repute, having taught several terms of school, and being one of the two applicants who received first grade certificates in the Braxton examination., He is one of that county's best young instructors. The trustees were fortunate in securing him by sending him a call.

Dear Lists: I have posted a picture of Kelly Ben and Naomi Mollohan Hamrick with Susie and Grace, to my web page page. You may access it at: http://www.angelfire.com/wv/daveanderson/hamrick.html I am out of town for a few days so I hope every one can down load and print this with no trouble. I put my E-Mail address at the bottom of the page so you can send you comments to me rather than the list. Dave Anderson

Can someone look up Jacob J. Coger and Rachel Smiths marriage arounf 1846. He might be under Jacob Campbell. Betty Holdsworth

Hello all. I am new to you list. Looking for information on Cogers.my tree go from Catherine Coger Thomas Coger Jacob J. Coger John Clayton Campbell George Riley Campbell Mary Jane Campbell and me. Betty Holdsworth Any help will be welcomed

HOLCOMB CEMETERY (August 2000) Located on Lost Run about three miles out of Erbacon towards Cowen. This is one of seven cemeteries located in this hollow. Take the right fork of Lost Run about a half mile, cemetery sits on left, can be seen from the road. Cemetery is mowed, located on the property of George Stem. ROW 1 Right corner at bottom 1. Andrew McCourt 2. Margaret McCourt 3. Military Marker Flander G. Mullens WV PVT CO D. 11th INF WWI Apr 30 1895 Sept 28 1968 4. & 5. Double Stone MULLENS Christopher C. April 6 1900 Mar 19 1976 Velva L. Mar 3 1911 Nov 27 1991 Married Sept 3 1927 6. & 7. Double Stone CARPENTER Fielding T. 1888 1938 Sarah V. 1888 1962 8. Christina Grace Mullens Feb 3 1981 Mar 21 1981 ROW 2 9. Samuel T. son of Samuel and ?? Ruckman born july 20 1862 died June 15 1881 Three graves marked by fieldstone 10. Golden Mullens Legs 1956 1956** ROW 3 11. Hannah F. dau of ?? GREEN? died Feb 19 1891 aged 4 yrs 2 days 12. Elizabeth M. dau of A.T. and N A? Green died Sept 11 1879 aged 4 yrs 8 mnts 3 days (these two markers are the same style and design, sitting side by side it is a reasonable assumption that both are children of the same parents, both stones difficult to read) 13. Ercell A. T. Green died ?? aged 92 years Three graves marked by fieldstone 14. Lela Ann Nichols 1927 1947 15. & 16. Double Stone GREEN Allen K. 1892 1964 Mintie C. 1897 1974 17. Virgil Franklin Green 1-18-1918 1-5-1978 18. Allen Kessler 1892 19?6 19. Martha Carpenter 1844 20. Elizabeth S wife of H.S. Holcomb born Dec 24 1859 died Oct 30 1882 four graves marked by fieldstone ROW 4 21. Double Stone MALCOMB F.C. 1877 1944 F.H. 1873 1960 22. & 23. Double Stone BRAGG James W. Dec 23 1894 July 26 1963 Golda A. July 24 1902 Jan 18 1963 (Beside this stone is a stick with a round metal emblem reading US American Legion) Military Marker James William Bragg WV PVT Medical Dept WWI Dec 23 1894 July 26 1963 24. Dewey D. Malcomb 1900 1962 Unmarked grave Open area ROW 5 Base with top of stone missing 25. & 26. & 27. Triple Marker BARKER Goldie 1910 Blank Harvie 1903 1962 Garlen 1928 1931 Open area 28. Cremains of Roger Dean Palmer 1946 1983 29. Military Marker Clifford Stone PVT US ARMY 1950 1977 30. Bettie Jo Stone Sept 4 1928 July 4 1974 31. James Edward Barker 1872 1954 32. & 33. Double Stone home made marker Diana Barker Feb 24 1873 Jun 15 1940 J.E. Barker Oct 31 1872 Nov 12 1954 34. Sandra Ann Giles 1951 1951 35. Beulah V. Mick Sept 4 1929 Mar 7 1999 36. Ernest Holcomb 1944 GR. 19/32 1944 (the above is written exactly as it appears on the marker, if anyone knows what the GR. 19/32 means please email me.) 37. Barbara E. Holcomb 1951 1952 Unreadable Marker 38. & 39. Double Stone Robert M. Mick 1901 1975 Myrtle 1903 1942 Married Dec 25 1922 40. Ruby M. Cogar 1921 1948 41. Zane Holcomb 1874 1928 42. Mary V. Holcomb 1880 1951 43. Tom Giles 1875 1972 (This is a unique stone marker it looks like a large letter C with the bottom of the letter buried and the name and dates carved into the face of the letter, marker stands about two feet high. The following stones sit outside the cemetery fence and are fenced in by themselves. 44. Buster Montie Holcomb Feb 16 1953 Aug 28 1982 45. Elsie Marie Snider Holcomb Oct 17 1918 Feb 28 1985 46. Woodrow D. Holcomb 1914 1994 ** Golden Mullens was a neighbor of mine for many years. While working in the coal mines a car ran over him and cut off both his legs. Golden died a few months back and was buried in the Handschumaker cemetery but his legs are buried here. A death record exists for an Infant Holcomb 2-8-1923 2-9-1923 Child of G. Zain and Molly Giles Holcomb, since the parents are buried in this cemetery the infant may be buried here also. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Looking for Ron Hardway's book about Webster county cemeteries. Willing to pay a reasonable price. I want to compare the older transcriptions with the work i'm doing now to discover missing markers or help in reading those well worn stones. Also might help locate local cemeteries that i don't know about. If you own the book or have access to it but aren't willing to sell would you be willing to loan the book or make copies of selected pages to assist me in my work? I'm also interested in any transciptions that anyone has done (or partial transcriptions) of Webster county cemeteries, or if you have knowledge of anyone buried in a Webster county cemetery who doesn't have a marker please contact me. I plan on posting all the information i gather to the Webster mailing list and possibly other related lists which might be interested in the information. At some point i also would like to post the information on the Webster county web page (provided i can get the cooperation of the webmaster). I will also make the information available to any historical society which might be interested in publishing the material. Thank you for your assistance _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

This relates to information posted yesterday on John Hamrick and family. This is the John who was the son of Benjamin and Nancy McMillian Hamrick of VA (Now WV). Tressie Nealy and Les Hamrick each advise that there is no 1860 posting for John Hamrick in the 1860 census. Here is Tressie:s note: > > That should be an 1850 census reading for John and wife Nancy in Cabell > Co VA. > John Hamrick 65 VA > Nancy Hamrick 36 VA > William M C G Hamrick 7 VA > James M Hamrick 5 VA > Eliza A E Hamrick 3 VA > > Tressie This may have been John's second wife. -- dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone: 330-454-2376

Dear Leslie: Please relay this to your parents. This Jonathan is the brother of your father Lowell's ancestor, Mark Benjamin. From: "Hamrick" <hamrick@home.com> Reply-To: HAMRICK-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, Jul 11, 1999, 10:42 PM To: HAMRICK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Unidentified subject! Dan, INDIVIDUAL RECORD FOR JONATHAN G HAMRICK - HAMRICK.PAF 11 Jul 1999 Page 1 of 1 ======================================================= NAME: Jonathan G Hamrick SEX: M BIRTH: 1823 PLACE: ,Greenbriar,VA DEATH: 24 Aug 1862 PLACE: White Sulpher Springs,Fauquier,VA BURIAL: PLACE: ------------------------------------------------------ PARENTS: 1) John Hamrick-13135 - Nancy Perkins-14785 Biological - ----------------------------------------------------- SPOUSE(S): Martha G Caroll-16745 18 Sep 1846 ,Greenbriar,VA ------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: INDIVIDUAL: 1860 Census Greenbriar, VA, pa 313. Jno G Hamrick age 37 b VA; Martha (Carroll) age 35 b VA; Elizabeth age 13 b VA; Charles H age 11 b VA; Mary C age 9 VA; George S age 5 b VA; Martha J age 1 b VA; Elizabeth Carroll age 76 b VA. 7th Cav WV, John G Hambrick Co F, 8th Reg't Virginia Inf. Description: age 40, height 5 ft 41 1/2 inches complexion: dark eyes: Grey hair: dark born: Greenbriar occupation: farmer Enlistment: Mar 28 1862 where: Buffalo by whom: E B Blundon Term: 3 Yrs. Remarks: Killed in Action at the White Sulpher Springs, Fauquier, VA Aug 24, 1862. Company F became 7th Reg WV Calvery. Pension of minor children: George T Hamrick, Martha J Hamrick, and John R Hamrick children of John G Hamrick Frank Private Co F, Reg 8 Va Vols. Residence of guardian: Greenbriar Co and State: W Va Post office: Lewisburg, Greenbriar Co, West VA. Pension $8.00 per month, commencing Nov 4, 1870 the date of remarriage of widow, ane two dollar per month to each as follows: George T Hamrick b Apl 16 1859 sixteen: Apl 15 1872 Martha J Hamrick b Apl 23 1859 sixteen: April 22, 1875. John R Hamrick b Feb 28, 1861 sixteen Feb 27, 1877 payable to William H McCoy. J R Hamrick Hambrick Genealogy at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick or http://www.my-ged.com/mckinney -- dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone: 330-454-2376

Hello to the List,, Am looking for any info on the Archibald Cool who was on the Harrison Co. Land Tax List for the years 1799 to 1805 and also for Philip Cool on the same list 1797 to 1806.... Thanks for any help.. Larry

One of the 11 children listed for Benjamin Hamrick and Nancy McMillian was a son, John, about whom little is known. I have information from Tressie Nealy that he was listed in the 1860 census in Greenbrier County, VA (now WV), as the father of Jonathan Hamrick. There also is a little information on Jonathan, the son, from J.R. McKinney. He appears to have been married to a Nancy Perkins and perhaps his second wife's name also was Nancy, though no last name is known for her. I also have little on the last son, Cyrus, except for his marriage and the names of his children ‹ nothing past that generation. Much is known about many of the others such as William, David and Benjamin but these are lesser known children of this Hamrick couple. If you have any information on John or Cyrus or their descendants, I would appreciate knowing about it, as would other members of these lists. dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone: 330-454-2376

I believe I am back on line right now. Wait a minute though. The pretext is that the server was assigning the wrong number to the customers with the company's Motorola modems. I do not intend to investigate. dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone: 330-454-2376

Dan Hamrick ask me to post this message that his server has been down all week and he will answer all messages when its working again. Sorry for any in convience, Patsy

In Roger Stanley's recent Webster Echo page, dated Oct. 13, 1899, there was mention of a J.S.Herndon of Upper Glade. Does anyone know anything about this person? I'm wondering if he is the "Jim" Herndon who was a close friend of (and boarded with) my grandparents. I would appreciated any information. Thanks, Jean

Someone had asked me about the newspaper microfilm at the State Archives in Charleston. I'm embarrassed to say that I can't find their original message and I can't remember which list they were on. Hopefully, this will get to the person that asked and maybe help someone else along the way. Richwood News Leader: Feb. 11, 1948 - Dec. 1949 Nov. 1950 - 1990 (most of 1950 is missing; this appears to be the biggest gap) Nicholas Republican: July 1903 - Oct 1907 Sept 1911 - Dec 1963 Nicholas Chronicle: issues back to the late 1880's. some gaps but I didn't write down the exact dates. Braxton Democrat: issues back to the late 1880's. some gaps. Braxton Central: issues back to the 1890's. some gaps. If anyone needs to know about a ceratain date, time period or paper, let me know and I'll check to see if it is available. Cathy

From: The Webster Echo, March 28, 1902. ERBACON. Spring is coming slowly. Garden making is the order of the day. Buds and grass are showing signs of life. A little dog case is attracting the court, bar and a few others. W. N. Long has rented the E. L. Floyd property and will soon move into same. Mrs. Sarah Dillon is again indisposed with her old trouble, for which she was treated at a Baltimore hospital. Dr. E. E. Edgell is expected home from Clarksburg tomorrow, the 25th. We expect him to bring us coal facts. "Uncle" Jake Byers and daughter Jane took the train here last Saturday for Parkersburg, where they will reside in the future. Austin Carder and wife, of Doddridge county, are here, and expect to remain during the summer, as Mr. Carder claims to have better health here than in Doddridge. S. A. DeLung, that hustling school teacher, is filling his father-in-law's position as chief cook for John Davis' saw-mill crew whilst "Dad" McCombs is at home with his family. "To free his hands from clinging dough, he kneads a barrel of flour." The Erbacon school closed last Friday with appropriate exercises. The teacher, Mr. S. B. Cook, gave fairly good satisfaction. He is a man of firm principle and solid in methods of instruction. He looks well to his pupils' moral welfare. Trustees make a splendid choice when they select "Saul of Erbacon." Rev. S. B. Holcomb, our resident preacher, horse jockey, dealer in blooded fox hounds and all round jolly citizen, is hauling staves from Albin Hall's to Erbacon for A. F. Scott. Black uses the whip in his left hand, but he gets there with a load just the same, and is piling the staves up by the hundreds. We see the candidates are coming one by one. But we want to see more than one for each office. We would like also to see in each announcement one or the other of the following declarations: I am opposed to the granting of license, or I am in favor of License. It would then take no political card to explain their attitude and it would prevent any misconstruction. RATTLER.

From: The Webster Echo, Oct. 13, 1899 UPPER GLADE. Everything seems to be in a prosperous condition at present. Some of our hustling farmers have cominced husking corn. F. M. Weese, ex-member of the County Court, has opened up a saloon at his residence at Upper Glade. J.S. Herndon is taking orders for the American Woolen Mills Company, for made to order clothing. Jim has sold a good many suits about here. Some of our boys attended Federal Court at Clarksburg last week. Mrs. Laura Ruddle of Sand Fork, Gilmer county, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin this week. S. R. Jones, the Turkey Creek lumberman, is droving a team for Edwin Hollisster. Ira Cherrington has purchased a saw-box and some others repairs for his saw mill from Hart Bros., and will begin sawing again this week. Thomas Rigsby has contracted to put some timber into Gauley river, for the Gauley Company. Rev. John Cogar preached an eloguent sermon at the Upper Glade church Sunday. The kissing bug has not been seen in this vicinity as yet, but we have been bothered a great deal with some kind of a bug, but we hope that some good farmer who attends the Webster County Farmer's Institute at Cowen will apply some name, and then suggest some way to eradicate it. GUY.

From: The Webster Echo, March 28, 1902. WAINVILLE. T. W. McElwain spent Sunday at Camden. Ellis Weese is hauling staves for Smith & Co. Wain Hoover and Sam Goff, of Cowen, were here Sunday. Andy Green, Jr., has moved from Sims run to Keystone. Ham Morrison, of Hardwood, has moved into the Kessler property here. F. M. Weese is going to erect a grist mill at the falls below his dwelling house. Some preparations are being made by the farmers of this locality for putting out crops. Miss Alice Dodrill, of Birch River, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. M. Green, at this place. Duby Flint, of this place who was arrested at Cowen a few nights ago for exhibiting his skill as a dancer, at a literary, out-witted the police and excaped. The first bicycle accident of the season occurred last Sunday on Tin Can Alley. The victim of the wreck was Beri Woods, and the cause was an old poor cow. The machinery for drilling some test oil wells is here and work will begin in a few days. Considerable excitement prevails, as all believe the greasy fluid is here and will be developed. EB. NICKERSON.

From: The Webster Echo, Aug. 23, 2000. Page 9. Daughters Of American Revolution Patsy Hamrick Weikart The following article was published in the Orange County-Fountain Valley View Newspapers, June 15, 2000. Patsy Hamrick Weikart pf Fountain Valley has been elected as State Librarian at the 92nd annual conference of the California State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. She has held numerous DAR offices at the local, district, state and national levels. There are 137 DAR Chapters in Califorinia with 8,557 members. Weikart also serves as the Chapter Regent of the Clara Barton DAR Chapter in Huntington Beach. Patsy is the daughter of the late Paris M. Hamrick and Arthelia Harris Hamrick of Webster Springs. Her sister is Frances Legg of Safety Harbor, FL, and brother Joe L. Hamrick of Murfreewboro, Tn. Note: This article includes a photo of Patsy.

Occasionally i'll hear stories about a couple tombstones that were unloaded at one of the numerous train depots that once dotted the landscape from Cowen to Erbacon. These stones were never picked up and sat at the depot for years. A couple days ago i heard the same story again, from a man who says they were unloaded at the depot near the mouth of Lost Run (there are about seven cemeteries located in this hollow). He claims to have played on these stones as a child and that they are still there, covered over with dirt. Nobody can remember the names or dates on the stones, or why they were never picked up. Were the stones unloaded at the wrong place? Did the families of the deceased move or die before the stones could be erected? Were the stones 'lost' and the monument company replaced them? A new family has bought the place where the stones are buried, and the man telling me the story thinks they may have uncovered one of the stones. He is going to check and see if he can find out a name and date. Wouldn't it be great to find these long lost stones and be able to finally place them on the graves where they were supposed to go many years ago?! Yet another errant stone is located on a farm above Halo. It is a mystery how the stone came to be there, the person telling me the story says that because of the position and location of the stone it was obvious that it wasn't marking a grave. All that was known about the stone was that there was a note that the person had served in the Spanish American War (1898). It should be easy to find out the name on this stone and there may be a record at the court house as to where the person is buried. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.