Dear Members of the Webster County, West Virginia Mailing List, I have just joined the List today, with this message as my first posting. My mother, Sylvia Madaline MILLER, was born "up Grassy Creek", [Orndoff Post Office], about four miles north of Webster Springs, 29 Oct 1929, and graduated from Webster Springs High School in 1946. She is a daughter of Edward Curry MILLER [1875-1951] and Sarah Florence ARTHUR [1890-1985]. Sylvia Madaline MILLER moved to Fairmont after high school and worked for Westinghouse. She met Marvin Clifford COOPER in Fairmont, and they were married 15 Jul 1950. I was born 10 Nov 1951 in Fairmont, five days after the death of my grandfather Edward Curry MILLER. The MILLERs in my line have been traced back to the pioneer John MILLER, who arrived in what is now Webster County about 1800. My great grandfather Nathaniel Barnet ARTHUR [1844-1937] came to Webster County from Gilmer County, WV. I treasure the memories of family vacations to "visit Grandma" in Webster County when I was growing up: drawing water up from the well, exploring the hills out in back of the house, going squirrel hunting with my father, watching Grandma fry "'taters" on the wood-heated cooking stove, asking for a bowl of blackberries with "sweet milk" and sugar. I will post messages from time to time, adding details as I go. Please respond if you have information on the people or subjects mentioned in this message. My grandfather Ed MILLER was a real blacksmith, I'm told. I am very pleased to take this step of joining the Webster County Mailing List, and I look forward to new friends and maybe even cousins! Randal "Randy" Wayne Cooper <[email protected]> Lorain, Ohio