By Joanna Newman
“The Family is the Seed From Which All Growth Begins”
Beth Mende Conny
My Maternal Grandparents
Dow & Malinda May Thompson
Logan County, West Virginia
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The surnames listed here in CAPS are the lines I am most interested in.
ALLEN | DILLON | FARLEY | Griffith | GUNNOE| Lewis | MARCUM | MAY
| MASSEY/MASSIE |Osborn | PATTON | SOWARDS | THOMPSON |WARD
Joanna Newman
jobeth44@embargmail.com
Belle Allen Thompson was born about 1865 and died ? in Logan County, West Virginia. She was the second wife of Peter “Pete” Thompson, the son of John “Jack” & Juda White Thompson. She was the daughter of Christina Gunnoe Allen.
J. Brett Allen was listed in the 1900 Logan County annotated Census as being the father of Mary Elizabeth and Scott Allen, her older siblings. No paternal entry was found by her name. But as far as we know she shared the same father as Mary and Scott.
Belle was the younger sister of Mary Elizabeth Allen Thompson, who was the wife of her husband, Pete’s brother, James “Jimmy” Thompson. Thus, the two Allen sisters married the two Thompson brothers.
SOURCE: Photo and identification came from Wavolene Bloss, daughter of Nettie Thompson who was the daughter of James and Mary Elizabeth Allen Thompson.
Family of John & Rulana Massie May ca. 1900
Roach, West Virginia
Near Salt Rock, West Virginia
Off RT 10 in Cabell County
Left to right: Martha May Lewis (dau) & baby, Malinda May (later Thompson, age 8), Bernie May (grandson – son of Beckie May), Eustace May (son), Willard May (son), John Wesley May (husband), Rulana Massie May, (her mother was a Dillon) Oscar May (son)& baby, Otis May (son), Ben Lewis (husband of dau. Martha)
Rulana was a midwife and delivered many babies in her time.
*note* Martha May Lewis was standing so far to the rear and to the side because she was pregnant. Oh, how times have changed!
Oscar May & sister Malinda Elizabeth May ~ Photo ca. 1898-99
Ages abt. 22/23 & 8/9 years
(Note Malinda’s (Lindy) left hand in behind her…
She had deformed index and middle fingers that she always took pains to hide. Eventually they were removed as an adult to leave the pinky and ring fingers and thumb…As children all of her grandchildren were fascinated to touch and stroke the soft skin where her fingers should have been…
and she always let us…)
Malinda Elizabeth May Thompson
ca. mid 1970s
August 5, 1890 – September 8, 1978
This is how I remember grandmom. She was soft and gentle and a true lady.
Malinda May (Thompson) was an inspiration to many, and a much loved lady who became the mother/grandmother of a large family as well as helping to finish raising the younger siblings of her husband, beginning when she was but 17 years of age immediately after their marriage.
She has had a granddaughter and several great-granddaughters named after her.
Elizabeth Johanna Thompson Murray
b.July 29,1922 ~ d. December 13, 1995
Holden, West Virginia
~ Jacksonville, Florida with great-granddaughter Malinda “Lindy” Daley
This is my favorite photo of Mom.
She died of a massive stroke less than one week later.
This was her last photo and the one that shows her just as she was.
She truly enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
More Family Photos
Click on any of the thumbnails to see the full-size images and descriptions.
Joanna: What a wealth of information! I’ll be back many times. My Cherry Tree site was originally done with MS Frontpage which is pretty much a defunct program now. I’m in the process of redoing it with Word Press. I trust you can help me. (Retired educator here in California, graduate of Logan High School) I understand that The Logan Banners are archived at the Southern WV College at Mt. Gay. In the 1940′s and 1950′s each year sometime during August The Logan Banner published teacher assignments and students assignments. I’d like to research those to recreate school lists that now no longer exist due to the fire at the Logan Board of Education. That would be specifically for the 2 room school at Cherry tree, Mt. Gay Grade School and Logan Junior High School. Would you be interested or know someone who I could hire to research this for me? Preferably someone who is on the internet to make communication easy.
BTW, I remember when Judge Chambers wife was gravely ill and an announcement was made over the PA system at Logan Junior High School for the students to please be quiet as they passed the Chamber residence.
Thank you,
Robert McCormack
760 320 6272 lhswildcat1968@gmail.com
http://cherrytreewv.com/ –my web site
Nice Picture. I was born in Logan WW and raised. My Family was from Lyburn WV. I have been searching for picture of my Grand parents WP and Hulda May Chambers. CC Judge Chambers was a cousin of mine. Thank you for a wonderful site love it.