I am looking for information on Alexander WILLIAMS who married Ann
Eliza STEPHENS in 1865 in Kanawha County .... His children were George (bn
1860), Robert (bn 1867), Lewis E (bn 1869) and Charlotte S (bn 1872).
My wife's ancestors were the RISER's .... Grandfather was Henry with
wife Mary BURCH .... They lived at Riser's Ridge, WV - I'm having an
awful time trying to find the EXACT county that Riser's Ridge is in, so
I can see if anyone's researching that line .... Please, can someone
point me in the right direction?
I am wondering if someone can help me locate 3 graves ? I have their
death certificates, showing they all died in Roane County .... According
to the census they lived in Curtis District :
1 - Jacob GRIFFITH - died 16 Sep 1894
2 - Nevel Jane GRIFFITH (twin) - died 12 Sep 1876
3 - Edward B GRIFFITH (twin) - died 26 Sep 1876
(1) William E METZ, son of Tapley G METZ, was born Mar 1867 in Marion
County, WV and died 06 Feb 1949 in Roane County, WV .... William married
Minnie Elizabeth PRICE 04 Nov 1886 in Calhoun County .... Would very
much like to hear from descendants of Tapley or William ....
(2) Ray Metz, son of William and Minnie, was born in 1901 in Leatherbark,
Calhoun County.... He married Opha PURSLEY on 22 Nov 1924 in Spencer
.... Would like to know their death dates and places of burial .... They
died 1998 or 1999 in Spencer .... Will greatly appreciate any help,
I am trying to locate Barbara Ruth BLOSSER who was born 09 May 1943 in
Spencer, WV .... Her parents are James and Alice BLOSSER .... Barbara
later married a SMITH and a HANCOCK in Indiana .... Barbara's mother
later married a MAYNE .... This is all the information I have .... I
have contacted several BLOSSERS in Spencer without success .... Any help
would be very appreciated.
I am at a brick wall and need help .... Would like to learn the
parents of Wesley McDONALD who married Mary Louise TANNER .... Would
like birth info on William AYERS SAMPSON, born 1859 .... Any info
welcome on GREATHOUSE - KERBY - SAMPSON - ROBERTS - COGAR - MACE - and
STARCHER.
I have a Norville WEAVER who married Clarisca SCOTT .... They had a
son Charles Calvin WEAVER, bn 28 Jan 1867, who married Sarah Jane WINES
(dau of John WINES and Elizabeth WHYTSCEL) .... Charles and Sarah WEAVER
had 5 children: Grover, bn Oct 188? - John, bn Jun 1891 - Rufus D, bn
Dec 1892 - Maggie, bn Jan 1894 - and Cecil, bn Jul 1897 .... I would
like to learn anything at all about this family and find other
researchers I could talk with
I am researching my great-great grandfather Joseph CHEUVRONT, born
1809 in Harrison County .... He was the son of Aaron CHEUVRONT and the
grandson of Joseph Louis CHEUVRONT .... In the 1850 Jackson County
census 225-229 Joseph and his wife Hannah lived next door to Aaron
Charles CHEUVRONT .... In the 1860 Jackson census Hannah is listed as a
widow .... It is said that he ran off with a POWERS woman, however, also
I have a lead that he followed his brothers to Nebraska intending to
send for his wife and he had amnesia in NE Kansas .... I am looking for
any record of a divorce or his death .... Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
I am trying to find information about my grandfather, Albert Lee
PHILLIPS, born 22 Oct 1887 in Roane County .... His parents were Ulysses
and Virginia PHILLIPS .... Albert died 15 Jun 1960 .... I know he had a
brother named Gay .... Did he have other siblings ? Would like to know
their names, dates of birth and death. Any info welcome.
How might I find out anything about my great-grandfather, William
Henry COON, who died in Spencer State Hospital, date unknown? He was in
a mine cave-in about 1889 and 3 men were trapped, one died and the other
two 'never recovered' .... In the 1900 Kanawha census he is listed as
'husband in asylum' .... In the 1900 Roane census he is listed as a
patient at the hospital, age 48 years, born Feb 1852 and married 30
years. His names was listed as Henry COON .... How can I find the
records?
I am descended from a MCCUMBER family from Gallia and Meigs counties
in Ohio and I think we have ties to West Virginia .... I would be
grateful for any information on "MCCUMBERS Run" .... where or
what is it? I am searching for my 4th great-grandfather, Rev Elijah
MCCUMBER, who reportedly came with Barnabus COOK as a missionary to the
then wilderness of the West Fork in Virginia/West Virginia
Looking for family and ancestors of Whirley Brooks ABBOTT, born 27 Mar
1900 .... He married Nellie GRIFFITH and had 5 sons: Earl, Clifford,
Rufus, Junior and Eugene .... He had sisters Bessie and Molly .... He
may have been born in Kanawha County as that is where he registered for
the draft .... He died March 1971.
I am searching for my great-grandfather, John Burl SHREWSBURY, called
"Fittified John" .... He was born in Wyoming County about 1849
.... He married Louisa A Elizabeth BASHAM on 01 Jan 1874 .... Later he
was placed in the Spencer State Hospital and died there on 22 Jul 1902
.... His family does not know where he was buried although they believe
it to be Roane County .... Did the hospital keep death and burial
records of this type? Who can I contact? There is talk among our family
that the hospital may have donated his body to "medical
science".
My husband is George Jackson KING, he lost his parents in NC when he
was 8 years old. He and his 2 younger sisters were placed in a Knights
of Pythias orphanage in Clayton, NC and they were not given any family
records or pictures .... While attending the orphanage reunion last
month in Raleigh, NC I researched in the NC State Archives and found the
following info on death certificates from microfilm:
Father - George Jackson KING, dob 06/02/1891 in W.Va., died 06/03/1943
in Greensboro, NC
Mother - Susan LOWDER KING, born Sumter, SC, died in Clarkton, NC in
1937.
Grandfather - L Frank KING, dob 12/19/1860 in Left Hand, W.Va., died
12/12/1936 in Greensboro, NC
Grandmother - Elizabeth JUSTICE KING, of Left Hand, W.Va. - No death
record found
Great-grandfather - J W KING - [John W KING - 1860 Roane census - pb]
Great-grandmother - Julia DEAL KING - [Cochran marriage record says
Julia DRAKE - pb]
I would love to find someone who has researched members of the KING
family. I am a newcomer to genealogy research online and am trying to do
a family tree for my husband for his 70th birthday in August.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
I am looking for more information on the ROE family that lived in
Roane County .... My grandfather was John Wesley Roe .... He had 4 sons
and 1 daughter and lived at Linden .... I would appreciate receiving any
info.
I am searching my family tree and need info on my father's side ....
His parents were Denzil Elroy LAMP and Eva Irene ABBOTT .... Denzil's
parents were San Fran Cisco LAMP and Rachael WILLIAMS .... Would
appreciate any help.
