Lee, Thanks for the reply. Going backwardhere is what I have: Sylvanus Bailey Godfrey b. 6-17-1880 McDowell Co. WV d. 12-5-1949 Nicholas Co. WV Nickname "Dock" was an engineer on the logging train that ran through the mountains. married Clara Pfalzgraff 7-13-1907Parkersburg, WV (german war bride) son of Armour Lawson Godfrey Jr. Armour Lawson Godfrey Jr. b. 1850 Virginia Territory d. 1940 Mosseyrock, Wa.Lewis Co. married Louisa "Eliza" Jane COLLINS d/o Wm CollinsJr. and Nancy Lambert. I always thought that Amour Jr. was s/o of Armour L. Godfrey Sr. and Rebecca Lester but I contacted one of their children and this son said that Armour's mother 's first name was Margaret. Since this info differs from what I have I have had this line on hold. I joined this list to see if anybody can straighten these Armours out. I noticed in the census there are several. Brenda LeeHash@aol.com wrote: > Rev.Green Pendleton Goode, Wyoming County Historian, writes about the early > settlers of that County, among which are found the following: This is not > complete as only about ¼ of his notes have been transcribed. > Hope this will help some. > Lee Hash > > The next settlers on Little Huffs Creek were Eli Lusk and Absalom Godfrey. > They were half brothers. Lusk settled on Little Huff about a mile above > Joseph Lester. Godfrey settled on the head of Little Huff, near the mouth of > Buffalo Creek. The maiden name of the mother of Lusk and Godfrey was Susan > Stephenson. She had first married old Samuel Lusk, the old Indian scout and > fighter on the Tazwell frontier, and to them were born five sons. Samuel > Lusk Sr. and the three older sons were captured and killed by the Indians > leaving Susan with two younger sons, Eli and Samuel Jr. Samuel Lusk Jr. was > no doubt the young Samuel Lusk who was wounded and captured by the Indians > when Joseph Gilbert was killed on Gilbert Creek in 1792. Susan, the widow of > Samuel Lusk, afterwards married Thomas Godfrey who probably was a son of old > Absalom Godfrey, the Indian scout and fighter. To this union, two children > were born; Absalom Godfrey and Bird Godfrey. Absaolom Jr. was the third > settler on Little Huff Creek. He had several children all of whom became > prominent citizens in that section: (1) James; (2) John; and (3) > Thomas..All left Little Huff when young men and went to Mercer County. James > and Thomas settled near Matoka where they raised large families. Thomas > afterward came back to the upper end of Wyoming Cpounty and married Clarissa > Lusk, daughter of Eli Lusk. They settled on McCajahs Ridge. Thomas Godfrey > was a captain of West Virginia Union Home Guards during the Civil War. (4) > Armor Lawson Godfrey married Rebecca Lester. A.L. Godfrey taught school and > served two terms as Assessor of Wyoming County. (5 Lewis Jerome Godfrey > married Susan Cornett and settled at the mouth of Pads Fork. (6) Osker > Parris Godfrey married Elizabeth Lester and lived on the old Joe Lester home > place. (7) Julina Godfrey married Hugh Reinhart and moved to Toledo, Ohio. > (8) Juliana Godfrey married Rufus Bailey and settled on Tug River. (9) > Margaret married Jesse Davis and settled on Little Huff Creek. (10) Cashie > Godfrey married Gordon C. Lusk and lived on McCajahs Ridge > Armor Lawson Godfrey, a pioneer, had a fine cold spring at the foot of a hill > near Northspring branch from which gave the name to the first post office > established in that section