Ken, On Thursday, July 18, 1889, more than 19" of rain fell on the heads of the Tucker Creek (Right Fork and Ballard Run). [The storm also fell on the Sandy side.] This was the great Morristown Flood. At that time Morristown was a growing and thriving community with a blacksmith shop, grist mill and two or three stores. Nearly all of the town and several houses were wiped out that night. The town never recovered. Loss of life was at least six with the Kiger family of five and Orville West's wife. The victims, I think, were all buried at Morristown Cemetery (Bethel Church). Some of this information came from the Wirt County History Book, and was written by Cora Quick, and some was from a paper written some years ago that should be transcribed and placed on the Wirt County Page. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Oates <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 11 January, 2000 10:16 AM Subject: [WVWIRT] Sibble Cline & Austin J. Kiger m: 13 Sep 1885 Looking for some history, does anyone know what might have happen on this date? >From compiled information on 19 Jul 1889 Austin J. Kiger & Sibble Cline b: 26 Dec 1866 they were married 13 Sep 1885 and there 3 kids drowned. They're all burred at Morristown Cemetery, Morristown, Wirt County, West Virginia. For a complete list of all my names from the Ohio River Valley go to http://www.voicenet.com/~koates/ Ken -- ***************************************************************** * Ken Oates * * Mailto:[email protected] * * ICQ 410953 * * AOL Instant Messenger: kenoates25 * * Visit my Home Page, check out my surnames * * <http://www.voicenet.com/~koates/> * * Researching Family History for: * * Cline/Kline>PA>WV/VA>OH, Fettel>OH Oates>England>OH * * Riley,Johnson,Riker>NJ Wharton>PA * ***************************************************************** ______________________________