JARVIS: Of Upper Geary District.

Thomas Jarvis, of a Calhoun family of that name, married Nancy C. Keen, born 1857, daughter of James and Nancy (King) Keen, of Hollywood, on August 17, 1874. Thomas and Nancy C. Jarvis settled and conquered a farm out of the forest on Upper Middle Sandy, and there raised a family of children whose names we do not have by us.

Nathan Jarvis, of Upper Big Sandy country, came there, and on April 1, 1893, married Melissa Smith, his age 21, her age 20. She was a daughter of William Y. and Julia A. (Cox-Wilson), residents of the spot now (1926) known as Uler. Of the children of Nathan and Melissa we do not know.

He has long been known as an important citizen of those parts.


Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 564
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999