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Many West Virginia Birth, Death, and Marriage records are available online at West Virginia Vital Records. For those searching for newspaper obituaries, etc., the Harless Library at Mount Gay has microfilm copies of the Logan Banner. Additionally, the WV State Archives in Charleston has microfilm copies of Logan County Newspapers.
Other sources you may find helpful:
- Logan County Genealogical Society Facebook Group
- FamilySearch.org
- FindaGrave.com – Logan County Cemeteries
- West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Associations, Inc. (Logan County)
I seek information on my father, Carl Lilly, born in 1900-1902 who married Lenore (Tootsie) Curry in 1938. I believe he was born in Hinton, WV but lived years in Logan Co. and worked for Island Creek Coal Co. and others.
You may reply to ivadurham@hotmail.com
Thanks.
Iva Lilly Durham — March 15, 2010
Canterbury family information is needed.
Bobbie Canterbury Pemberton — March 12, 2010
Does anyone know of living relatives of Cloyd Bowling Sr? He was my grandfather – married to Pearl Kershner Bowling from Greenbriar County. My Dad was Edward Bowling – actually born in Omar. I know I have relatives living there – would love to chat.
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I am looking for a grave site (if there is one) of my Grandfather. His Death certificate says he died of a crushed skull in a coal mine in Barnabus W. Va. His funeral arrangements were at Harris funeral home in Logan W. Va. then his burial in McConnel W. Va. His name on certificate is Willie Huminskey. Day of death 1/14/1937. Any info I can get would be greatly appreciated.
Jack, on the right hand side of this page you
see Brandon Ray Kirk’s Blog contact him
about the McConnel Cemetery.
He has a write up about the cemetery.
Looking for a baptist preacher with the last name being gibson smith or johnson in the year 1924 he sent my great great grandmother to New hampshire to a girls home for unwed mother’s he got her pregnant I am a product of that line in any info please cont me. Thank u.
Destine, go to familysearch.org, there
are a few Gibson Smith names in the
Census Records.
Hi my great great was Lillie Mae Simpkins who married Willie Seth Simpkins and they had 13 children they lived in henlawson WV. I would like to hear any information anyone has on these two or their parents or grandparents.
Emma, please try familysearch.org
for your family research work.
You need to know the birth years
for Census records.
I just finally about to find my way back to this site but I have done plenty of research and I was running dry then and still am. Please be kind and stop just telling everyone to go look on their own. This site is meant to be helpful. So if you have any info on my 2nd great grandparents that would be great if not have a good one.
Emma, thanks for your comment. Hope you can find someone to help you. You have a Wonderful Day.
Hello Emma Lynn,
My dad is the nephew of Willie and Lillie Mae. He has dementia now, but can remember some about the family when he was a kid. He grew up in Chapmanville.
He is June and Francis’ son. If you have any questions I can ask him.
Hello Emma Lynn,
Here is my email address if you would like to contact me.
Laura.Klasa@gmail.com
I am looking for information on Rhoda Jane Robinson from yuma WV. She was married to a Burns and Varney then had a child with John S Baisden not sure if she married him. Last know that she was killed looking to see if you have any information.
Thank you,
email is pbaisden115@gmail.com
Pamela, please try familysearch.org
to do your family research project.
You need to know the birth years
for the Census records.
John Baisden of Mingo/Logan area is my great great grandfather from my grandmother Nellie Baisden. He was her father.
I think they possibly from the delbarton area .
Sorry, I just found your post regarding Nellie Baisden. I need to check in more often.
Looking for information about Garnet Perry. Her life came to a tragic end April 23, 1950. Her mother was Celia Handy.
If you look in the WV Culture Death . Ms. Perry death is listed.
Norma, in case you haven’t found Lee Johnson, there is a search link on the findagrave site, USA where you can search all recorded records. There are many listings of the name,.Is it possible that he moved outside of the U.S.A?
Bob, I did look in findagrave site with out any luck. I am not sure if he lived outside of the U.S.A.. I know Lee was in the Army in World World II. I have been able to find him up to 1963 and after that he has disappeared.
I have given up hope yet,.
Thank you for all your help.
Andrea, she is buried in Mills Creek Cemetery in Pecks Mill, WV. A few of your family members are buried there. You need to go to the findagrave.com website.
My dad told me before he died that I may have a half sister born to Ruby Gore, probably of Logan County WV. I believe she would’ve been born in the early to mid 1950s. Evidently, Ruby was a girlfriend of my dad’s father, Ted Ellis, but she also had relations with my teenage father, Harold Ellis, so the child could either be my Aunt or my half sister. Strange, I know, but I’m not making this up and I’d like to find out more, if possible. This is all of the information that I have on her. Thank you for any help you can be with this.
Pam, go to familysearch.org to
do your research project.
The site shows four Ruby names.
You need to read all of the Census
records.
Looking for anyone that remembers my dad, Robert (Bobby?) Stansbury or his brother Archie Stansbury: Bob had red hair and Archie died at age 17 painting a billboard in Logan. Birth dates 1925 and 1927. The 1940 census shows that they resided with Edward R Chapman and my grandmother Myrtice Chapman. (Stringer) Edward R Chapman was on census twice with wife named Fanny with 9 other children. This takes place in Chapmanville. And is this the “Doc Chapman a descendent of one of the founders of West Virginia?
Karen, please post photos of them.
Do you know when they died?
On this website on the right hand side
you will see a Brandon Kirk Blog,
he might be able to help you with the
Doc Chapman question.
Correction: meant founder of Chapmanville
Karen, click on site index, then
on the list you will find the history
of Chapmanville.
There a lot of things we really never knew about grandpa he always lied to us my mom has been trying to get any information myself I kinda had a feeling something was up he never wanted us to ask him about family he would get mad everything that he ever told my mom was a lie when it came to her mom he told us that she left my mom in the crib and mom and I started talking about everything and I told her maybe he took you crazy
Looking for information on the Rossa family mostly just history my grandfather Robert leonard Roosa grow up in Elmria ny and said when he was 12 he went with his dad to sign papers for the land across from the empire state building I was wondering how to look it up so that I could see who left it to him or what the deal was it would have been about 1946
Lisa, you need to contact someone in
Elmria, NY. Maybe read the history of the
city in 1946.
Look up the phone # online of the
Public Records Department and ask
them your question.
You can research the Rossa family by
going to familysearch.org.
Hi. I have been using ancestry.com to trace my family roots. My dad was born in Charleston, WV, but it appears that my grandfather has a World War II draft card stating that he lived in Logan, WV. It has my great-grandfather listed on the draft card as Mr. Alf Davis
Grandfather was Nathaniel Hamlin Davis
Grandmother Ollie Mae Preston-Davis
My dad is Nathaniel Hamlin Davis, Jr.
These are all African Americans. Was there a certain section of Logan that the colored folk lived in during the 1940s and 1950s??
Hello Natasha, in those days everyone
lived where ever they could afford to live.
Any chance you could post your family
photos on this website if they lived
in Logan County?
I am looking for information on my father, Okie Mills. He lived in Mallory Holler. My mothers name was Gertrude McCoy. Any information would greatly Appreciate it
On familysearch.org, there are a number of Okie Mills living in West Virginia, one living with a Gertrude. On findagrave.com, there is an Okie Mills who is buried in a Baptist Cemetery in West Virginia. His last residence is stated as Mallory, WV. If you go onto the mentioned websites and plug in the details about your father, you will be able to find further information.
Looking for family members of Opal Ruby McCoy. She graduated from high school in 1926.
Living relatives Tillman Messer dingus wv
Hello. Learning about my paternal side.. Collins, Copley, Webb, Cole, Hall …. Grandparents Harold B Collins married Ethel D Copley…..
looking for steve Wilson,he used to come into the old omar shaheen store ,bought cakes chips snacks this was in late 1989 thru march 1990
Try Facebook.
Do an online search for him.
Researching families of Lillie (Henderson) and Richard Jeffries (Jefferies or Jeffreys) and Katie (Henderson) and Ross Benton and Katie’s 2nd husband John Vassar. They lived in Logan Co., WVA but were originally from Georgia. Prior to her 2nd marriage , Katie’s children were shown in a county black orphans’ home while Katie herself boarded with her sister Lillie. Lillie lost several of her children to tuberculosis. Lillie died October 1931 by suicide. Her husband later remarried. Katie lost her 1st husband to tuberculosis and she later died of it also in 1934. Katie’s 2nd husband was murdered just weeks after their marriage in October 1931. From Lillie and John’s death certificates it appears that it may have been a murder-suicide. Looking for records or newspaper accounts to shed light on the events leading to their deaths. PJ Achramowicz- daughter.of.the.golden.horde@gmail.com
Try searching for records at familysearch.org.
Do online search for newspaper stories.
looking for Family of Elmer (America Margaret) Pennington
Looking for family of Joe (Polly) Freeman
Try Anywho.com or Facebook.
Looking for family of Virginia Wilson and Authur Wilson either of Boone Co
Both family names listed at Anywho.com,
Anyone here ever heard of “Huston Holler” supposedly near Sand Lick? If so, do you know what Huston it was named for? My Grandfather was Edward Huston sometimes called “Kyle”. Had two half brother Corbett Starling and another half brother but don’t know what first name was but he too was a Starling. Granpa died in 1965 in Crab Orchard and is buried there. I can find him back to 1910 located in Tazewell County VA with his young Wife Nora Steele. I believe we have records somewhere that he was born in Sand Lick.
Sand Lick is in Mercer County WV.
Maybe try an online search for Huston Holler
or get a local area map & look forr it.
Thanks, Bob. Tried thst, my guess is a “not varifiae”. I need to get back in to my tree, been a few years.
Paul, Sand Lick and Mercer County have
Facebook sites. You should send your
questions to them.
Looking for any information on my grand father Jesse James Perry brother was Frank Perry. They were from Logan West va. Jesse shot and killed a man over a milk cow and had to leave Logan or go to prison. He moved to Lawrence county ohio. Thanks
Hey Pamela! There is a Jesse James Perry that can be found on Familysearch.org. If you type in his name, and then put “Logan, West Virginia” in the place of residence box, a couple of searches will come up, one of them I believe is your grandfather. You can also find them in the census. If you are interested in extending this further, Family Search is a great place to start…. Carlo C.
We may be related somehow. I remember family reunions when I was very young in Athalia, OH and hearing stories about the brothers Jesse James and Frank and something being robbed and them hiding in my great aunts barn and one of them ,Frank I think, impregnating her daughter. And there’s a lot of Perry’s in the cemetery where my grandmother Spicie (Everett) Adkins Martin is buried
HI, RELATED TO THE WV BRUMFIELD FAMILY. LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON MARGARET BIASDEN (BRUMFIELD) BORN ABOUT 1866, HUSBAND WAS ALBERT “Jack” G. JENKINS BRUMFIELD BORN 1863. WHEN AND HOW DID SHE AND HER HUSBAND PASS. HER FATHER-IN-LAW WAS JOHN S. BRUMFIELD BORN 1834. FATHER WAS JAMES RILEY BAISDEN BORN ABOUT 1833 DIED 1900. MOTHER WAS ELVIRA JOHNSON BORN 1835 DIED 1899. THANK YOU. ML
Hi… On Family Search, there are a couple of Biasden Family Members. If you create a free account, you can start your research yourself.
I am related to Bernie O’Dell Brumfield via Marriage, who lived in Clothier most of his life. Is this a relative of yours? Thank you
Upon a second search, James Riley Biasden was found, as well as his family tree. He was born in 1843, not 1833, in Logan and he died in 1900 in Boone Co. You can find his family tree on Family Search.org, take a look if you are interested.
I am Jonathan Blake Wilson 30 years old .son of Larry lee Wilson of Logan county West Virginia , His father was hestel reineer Wilson and mother was Irma collins( Wilson ) I play the five string banjo In the old way and I feel a true connection with these mountains and the music of the past that used to be so openly heard and now is only found in archives or library websites . I am curious if anyone knows any information about The Logan county legendary banjo player aunt Jenny Wilson . I am trying to figure out why I was drawn so closely and wholeheartedly to this old old music and as far as I know I have no real musical aunts uncles grandpa or grandmas. Usually in the tradition the music is passed on orally and by folk of the mountains . I now live in Chattanooga Tennessee and no one has taught me this music , I learned by ear and by watching others play it
Hi Jonathan… Very impressive about your musical talents! Aunt Jenny Wilson was born c. 1901 – and lived in Peach Creek for a good portion of her life. She was known as a “gravely-throated [singer]” and an amazing person.
If you look at the link below, you can find some information on her. If you go to familysearch.org, you can find information on her parents, and her family history.
http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer16/auntjenny.html#:~:text=Virginia%20%E2%80%9CAunt%20Jennie%E2%80%9D%20Wilson%20(,storytellers%20in%20West%20Virginia%20history
Thank you much ! I’ve heard many stories about her and she attended a lot of old dances where she played the banjo . Somewhere I read that her husband was named James Wilson and I just can’t stop wondering if maybe James Wilson was perhaps one of my kin . I have family living on peach creek still to this day ! My father has told me many stories about walking miles into Logan to buy dresses and stuffed animals for my mother when they were dating and he would even hitchhike all the way to eastern Kentucky Just to see her . He plays guitar and has a gospel group in Ohio where they play and record and travel to different churches to perform , god bless and thank you for reaching out ! Any more good stories you have about Jenny id love to hear Um !
You are very welcome. It was fun learning about her on my end! Interesting that you have family still in Peach Creek – If you have any interest in genealogy – perhaps you try tracing your family tree, and tracing James Wilson or Jenny’s family trees and see if there is a common relative. Wouldn’t that be cool?! Blessings to you, too! Carlo
I’m also looking for a family of Wilson’s not sure if they are relatives or friends of my grandmother Dollie Atkins of Williams MTN. Wva Boone Co their names areVirgina Mary and Authur Wilson
I am looking for any information regarding my Great Grandparents Jonah(Jonas) Epling and Lettie (Sizemore) Epling. Their son William Raymond Epling is my Grandfather.
Go to familysearch.org shows
your family in the 1930 census.
Shows Jonas D,R.
Burial in Curry Cemetery.
my mom, mom was edith beatrice epling. lived on epling hollor in ashford wva. do you thi k this could be same family?
I’m looking for any information on my father James (Roe) Monroe Blair lived Holden WV . He is from Paintsville KY . He worked for Island Creek Coal Co. till 1970 . He broke his back in the mines especially looking for any information or where to look ! He was a secretary for the union there in Holden for many years . Also a boy Scott leader to a lot of the Holden boys !!!
You can contact me free2bee@ hotmail.com my names is Brenda Blair Davis
Thank you
Brenda, a couple of records
for a James Blair can be found
at familysearch.org.
Both in 1940 census, one born in
1897 in KY.The other born in 1875
in KY. He lived in Cora,WV.
Hi. I am looking for any information on the Staten’s and the Shepard’s my grandmother was Maxine Shepard and my grandfather was Hi Staten. Looking to trace my family tree. Please email rsrebeccas6@gmail.com. I cannot seem to find anything about my grandmother. I know they lived in Logan. That’s all I know.
Rebecca, try familysearch.org stie.
Shows a few names for Maxine &
many names for Hi Staten.
I grew up on Crooked Creek. I knew the Statens that ran the little grocery store at the foot of Peach Creek. I was young so I did not know their first names, but I know that had a son named Marvin Staten, who went by Gig. I believe he is around there still. I wish I could help more, but if this helps in any way I am happy. My name is Marsha Dunn Hennis, daughter of Oval and Virginia Dunn, email is grae48@gmail.com
Marsha, my name is Henry “Knocker Chafin”. My fathers name was Gene Chafin and we lived beside Oval and Ginny across the railroad tracks about half way up Peach Creek holler. We are currently very close friends with Dee Dunn from Chapmanville Wva. She was Ovals sister or niece. My dad and Oval worked at the coal mines.
Hello Henry, was the name of the
coal mine in Peach creek, Hitchman
Coal Company?
Did you know Walter Ray Johnson
and his wife Matilda in the mid
1950s.They had six children.
Bob, I’m not familiar with the “Hitchman” name but the Hutchinson Coal Company had operations at Peach Creek. (Hutchinson also had operations on Rum Creek.)
Doug, thanks for your input
but I was asking the question
to Henry since he lived in Peach Creek.
Online research shows a WV Court case
on Dec.10th 1917 that ruled in favor of
the Hitchman Coal & Coke Company
against John L.Lewis.
You can find the case at this site
http://www.Law.Cornell.edu.text or
put in the above info.
This confirms for me that Walter Johnson
worked at the coal mine & he had
the right info on his 1918 Draft Card.
He states it was in Logan County WV.
Also at WVgenweb.org you can find
a list of Logan County coal mines.
For Peach Creek.it shows
the E.R. Johnson Coal Co.
& Chafin-Jones Heatherman Coal Co.
Maybe someone made an error in not
listing the Hutchington Coal mine
in Peach Creek.
There is a photo of the Hutchington
Family Coal Mine in Fairmont,WV.
at WVhistoryview.org.
Bob,
I read the court case you referred to and it appears that the Hitchman Coal & Coke Company’s operations were in the northern part of the state near Benwood in Marshall County. The suit involved the UMWA and pertained to “yellow dog” contracts. The suit did not involve John L. Lewis but did involve T. L. Lewis, an official of the union. Inasmuch as the case was in the U.S. Supreme Court, any ruling would have covered mines in Logan County also.
In a 1921 book listing all the coal mines in WV by county, there are these listings for Logan County as:
E.R. JOHNSON COAL MINING CO.—Johnson Mines Nos. 1,2 and 3——Location-Hughey
PEACH CREEK COAL CO.—–Peach Creek Mine——Location-Hughey
The Johnson Mines Nos. 1 and 2 are mentioned several times in the 1916 WV Geological Survey, once about their production tonnage for 1912.
I have looked at some old maps of the Peach Creek area and saw a map titled:
PROPERTY AND MINE MAP
CHAFIN JONES HEATHERMAN COAL CO.
PEACH CREEK LOGAN CO W VA.
SCALE 1”= 200’ 400’
C-3 JULY 1925
I also saw a mine map showing the left side of Crooked Creek with a note on it titled:
BETHLEHEM MINES CORP
FORMERLY
JEWELL RIDGE COAL CORPORATION
MINE No. 2 ALMA SEAM
SCALE 1”= 200’ JUNE 1944
Another map of a mine located in the ridge between Peach Creek and Crooked Creek was titled:
JEWELL RIDGE COAL CORPORATION
PEACH CREEK CHILTON MINE
SCALE 1” 400’ AUGUST 1948
With so much consolidation and buyouts of coal companies and successive mining in other seams over a several year period by different parties, it is difficult to determine what companies were operating at Peach Creek (or any other area of Logan County) at any particular time.
I am trying to find the story if my grandmother’s, Laura Imogene Guffey Whitt, death on May 27, 1969.
Hobert, Laura’s D.R. is at
familysearch.org.
Lots of info on it so you can
start researching your family.
Hi Hobert,
I found your grandmother on FindAGrave in Glouster Cemetery, OH. The death certificate found on familysearch.org gives her date of birth (2-7-34) and her parents names (Robert Guffey and Peral Justice). The cause of death was listed as homicide. There is an article on her death connected to this link: https://www.newspapers.com/image/15819215/?terms=Whitt you should be able to view it.
My children are the great grandchildren of Laura immogene Whitt. We are also looking for info.
I am searching for any information you can find/provide for my great grand parents Ottis S. Houston, Sr and wife Ethel Houston. They gave birth to my grandmother Mildred Lee Houston in February 7, 1928. Any information would be great.
familysearch.org. shows the
family in the 1940 census.
Lots of their records there.
Trying to find a Jewell Fry, who would have graduated in 1970. I have her yr. book. Can contact me at glancyjane1970@aol.com
You might try Facebook or
Anywho.com. Might be
relatives in the Logan area.
Does anyone remember the Mcginnis’s that lived around Slagle, WV in the 40’s probably more the late 40s. Ike and Alifair, they had several children one being my Mamaw. She got pregnant at a early age and the father wasn’t in the picture. I’m looking for information hoping I can track him or his family down but the only thing I know about him was his nickname was “Red”. I know that’s a long shot but I would like to find out about them mostly for their medical history for myself and kids. Thank you in advance.
April, familysearch.org shows Ike as
James Ike Mcginnis born June 21,1907
in KY. & he died Feb.27, 1983 in Ky.
He is buried in Wellman Cemetery in
Louisa, Lawrence Co. KY.
Might not be your Ike.
Good site to search for records.
I’m looking for my grandmother her name is Elise rowe I need her parents name born in blair wv her husband name is denver rowe
Does anyone know anything about AA Marcum who was Preacher in Greenville and pastored around1945 – 1949 ?
Drema, familysearch.org
shows him as Rev.A.W.
born in 1930 & died in 2014.
You need to set up an account
to do research & view records.
My dad was Okey Dale Smith from Crawley Rd Chapmanville WV. He was born on 9-14-38 and passed away on 1-5-2012. His old home place was where the IGA is today but I am looking for a picture of his home place from the 50’s or 60’s. My great grandpa Huey Ellis lived in the house before my dads family did.
Cheryl,you’re welcome.
When was the house built?
That would be the year you
should be looking for in that
time era.
Looking for picture of my dads home place in or @1959 in Chapmanville on Crawley rd where the IGA store is now.
Cheryl, you should put his name &
date of birth & death. Maybe someone
knew him.
Was there an address?
Check with the IGA store see if a
photo was taken before it was
torn down.
Was the house sold?
Check with the realtor, they
might have a file copy.
Put in your google search 1959
photos of houses on Crawley Rd.
Chapmanville WV.
If nothing turns up you can have
someone draw his house for you.
If you recall what it looked like.
Well I will try this and see if get any responses. Thx so much for the ideas.
Relatives of Robert Lee thomas he has a sister Betty jo.brothers harry and Henry thomas johnny thomas died as an infant
Looking for any fellow Likens
Anywho.com shows about
six Likens in Logan County.
There are some Likens around Mingo County. They use to live at Rita in logan county.
I am also looking for a Kenneth Buchanan that use to live at Buchanan town. He went to high school in Man West Virgina.
According to online phonebooks, there is a Kenneth Buchanan in West Virginia. Perhaps take a look on the whitepages?
Looking for the Cemetary where Elizabeth Hale Reynolds is buried. Married Thomas John Reynolds in Hamlin WV on March 15th 1926. Died less than 2 yrs later. 1927 or 1928. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Renee, try looking for her D.R. at
familysearch.org.
Shows her in the 1900 census
born in Ohio in 1854.
You will have to set up an account
to do your searching.
Hi.. I am looking for a family in Peach Creek WV… They were long family friends of ours when they lived in Columbus Ohio in the 70’s. I only have first names. Pearl (mom) Tom, her son and Sue was his wife. They were such a nice family and I wish I could find them. 🙂
were they Wilsons .
What’s crazy is that I have seen his birth certificate my mom has it even more crazy she had a dnd done but not with grandpa
Looking for anyone who may know or be related to a Wayne M “Bud” Walls who died in 1983 and in buried at White Chapel in Barboursville WV. He was married to a lady named Goldie who passed away in 1993. Am relations to his side and just trying to see what family may be out there.
You might try looking for them
at Anywho.com.
Thank you. I was able to find some information on him.
Looking for information on David Robinson
All I found in cemetery was he died March 29, 1863
Cemetery is in Hart’s WVA
Possibly my ancestor
Misty, go to familysearch.org.
& put in his name & death date.
Looking for information on a nurse at Man Hospital. Her name was Donna Berryman. I believe she was a nurse in the 50’s after she got out of the Army
Nancy, you should contact
Paula Solar on Facebook,
she has a Man,WV. website.
Hello not sure if I am doing this right. I am searching for information on my great grandfather george robert Adam’s. He lived in omar , logan county, he was a barber there from 1900 to 1935 originally from northern ky. Questions did a barber work for the coal company or the miners. Where is omar was it a coal town
Dan, the story of Omar is on this website.
Use the search.
You can do an online search for your
barber question.
Looking for nunleys my dad was done nunley
Donald, there are many listings
at Anywho.com of those living
in Logan with their phone numbers.
Donald rebuen nunley
I am looking for any information on my Great Grandparents: Rosie (Rosa) Belle Messer (I believe she was born in WV in or around Logan, Monaville area) 1902-1974 & Andy Evans, Martin Co. KY 1893-1958. I’m also looking for their daughter Pearly Evans my Grandmother. I do not have a birth or death date. I was told she passed away in her 30’s maybe around 1970. All 3 lived in the Logan area until their passing. I have hit brick walls with all 3. Andy I was able to find his service records, death cert and tombstone request. Rosie very limited information but i did find her grave on Find a Grave. Pearly I am not able to find anything on her. No birth record, census, marriage or death cert. I do know she was married to Jessie James Elliott. They had 3 children Rosemary, twin Boys, James & Jessie Carl Elliott. Any information you are willing to share is greatly appreciated.
Have a Wonderful day
Earl, many listings for Evans name
at familysearch.org.
Thanks Bob, I have exhausted, My Heritage, Family Search, Family Tree DNA & Ancestry. I just keep hitting a brick wall.
Earl, if you are truly hitting that brick wall, then I would highly recommend that you download your raw DNA file from FTDNA and upload to the other websites that have DNA. Uploading to Gedmatch, in particular, is one way to break through. But I just had huge luck helping an adoptee find his birth family by uploading to MyHeritage. Some people (maybe like you) only do the DNA test on one website but miss comparing your DNA to people on the other websites. Let me know if you need help with this.
Thank you Sandy, I appreciate the Gedmatch information. I have taken 2 DNA test with 2 different companies. I had the standard autosomal test with Ancestry and the Y35 on FTDNA. Since the Y35 is geared towards my paternal side of the family & I am looking for my maternal side would you recommend that I download my raw data from Ancestry? I am completely green when it comes to DNA.
Earl, contact me at my direct email at sandy10m@yahoo.com, and I will help you from there.
Earl, I’m glad that Sandy is able to help you.
familysearch.org shows a 1930 census record
for Andy & Rose. Andy was a Pumpman in
the coal mines.
Shows that Andy was 40 & Rose was 26 in 1930.
A record for Rose shows birth July 15, 1902
& death January 1974 in Mt.Gay,WV.
What cemetery is she buried in?
Bob,
Rosie is buried at Chauncey Cemetery in Chauncey West Virginia. I was able to locate the 1930’s census record a while ago (on the next page of the census their children are listed, their is a Son Allen listed as being 10. He was born before they were married so I have tried unsuccessfully tried to find who his mother is, more family mysteries) I could not locate them during the 1940’s census. I was also able to locate 3 infant birth/death records in the early to mid 40’s. No record of my Grandmothers Pearly’s birth in the 1930’s or 40’s. No birth or death record for her at all, She is just a mystery to me.
From the information I have been able to gather, Andy followed his older brother Noah from KY to WV to work in the coal mines. He then left for WWI came home married Rosie, started a family and passed away.
Earl, some other info for you to consider.
Try Anywho.com for the Evans name
in Logan as there are a few living there.
On the familysearch site, I found a
Jessie James Elliott, b.Feb.21,1934.
Possible death April 1, 2000 in Lenore,WV.
Anywho does list a few family members.
Aunt Perley is buried at Highland Memory Garden in Chapmanville, WV.
Hello, I am researching my Workman and related families. My 2nd great grandfather was Obediah Workman who marred Mary (Polly) Dalton. I know that the family came from Logan County, Harts Creek area. I would like to visit Logan just because that’s where the family came from, (and Tazewell) Is Harts Creek still a place? Is there a local genealogy center that I could visit? Thank You, Robyn C Brewer-Ritz
ritzrc@hotmail.com
Robyn, on this site on the right of
page see Internal links, see the
Genealogical Society, ask for help
from them.
Put in Harts Creek at the search on
this site.
Thank You Bob.
Robyn,you’re welcome.
You can also do your research
at familysearch.org.
The site shows two Obediah in the
1870 census, one born in 1809 &
one born in 1837 in Virginia.
Both living in Big Harts Creek,
Lincoln County WV.
Hi I am an Elkins my family came in early Richard Elkins absolom Elkins into big creek. Somewhere I have a workman in my tree father grew up there in mingo his name was Luther Elkins born to Winnie lily elkins and Luther Elkins sr 5/25/24. I am looking for ancestors I have isom and marha Elkins my gyrations great gf but cannot find anything on his father I know that Darby Kelley Elkins is a direct along with one of Richard Elkins and his wife I’m so close but just have difficulties making connections back to Ralph Elkins who came from England 1700s
Any suggestions would be helpful.
susanlou.irgens@gmail.com
Susan, go to familysearch.org.
Shows your family in the 1940 census.
Shows Luther 1924 to 1999.
Other info there.
Please also check Find-A-Grave. I, as well as other researchers have put our Elkins family up there. There is also an Elkins site that use to be run by Barbara Thompson, where Elkins families could exchange information… As I did. It use to be called “Elkins Exchange” http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~darburns/elkins/reports/chrono1.html
I have put biographies on my findagrave.com. I can be reached. I’m M. Bell
I am searching for information on george robert Adam’s he came to logan county around 1900 from northern ky he lived in omar and is listed as barber but not on any census. Why would someone come to a coal town in 1900 he was not a miner. Maybe he changed his name but why did people in coal towns not want to be counted on the census.
Dan, many of my relatives were WV coal miners.
They arrived in the USA in the 1900s from Hungary.
They moved around a lot seeking better paying jobs,
thus missing the census.
According to a record found at familysearch.org
your George Adams was born in 1874 in KY.
He is in the 1920 census as a barber & he lived
in a boarding house. He cut hair to make a
better living & probably didn’t want to work
in the coal mines.
Many coal miners died from Typhoid Fever &
Black Lung disease.
Hi Bob, do you know if there are any records of miners who died from Black Lung disease? I am trying to find a death record for my grandfather Franklin McGuire b. about 1904, place of death unknown. My grandmother Pansy Neace received compensation for his death, which she distributed to family members, including me. Looking for any McGuire info. Thank you
Hello Rosa, you would have to do
an online search for the Black Lung
question.
Familysearch.org shows him as
Frank in the 1940 census, in Wayne Co.
Shows all family members, his mother
was Casbie or Cosby Williamson.
You will have to set up an account on
the site to search for his D.R.
Rosa, ok I just found your GG Pansy Browning
on the findagrave site. She is buried in
Webb Cemetery in Wayne Co.
On the right hand side of the page you
will see USA, click on that & put in your
GG Frank’s name & B.D.
You will see four names born in 1904 &
different D.D.
You can also search the other sites on
the page.
Thank you Bob. I did sign up for Family Search. Also I do have a few family pictures, which I will post.
Ok Rosa, did you find your GM
grave on the findagrave site?
Just wondering why your GF isn’t
buried in Webb cemetery with her?
Hello, I am searching for more information about my family Sylvin Killen and his wife Tennessee (Watts) Killen. They lived in Henlawson, Logan county, west Virginia. They were my great grandparents. I know they owned the little store, but was wondering if anyone had any other information on them and possibly even some pictures?
Amber, lots of records at familysearch.org.
Maybe you already have them.
Interesting also that my Dad Joe Sr.
owned a store in Henlawson in 1942 for 1 year
before moving to Cherry Tree. The store was
a Post Office in 1988 when I visited the area.
I’m searching for history of the Strattons. My father was William Stratton, son of John Milton Stratton and Lillie Adkins. There is a Stratton Street. Which Stratton was that street named for? Which other Strattons are still in the area?
Gregory, search online for article written
by Dwight Williamson about Stratton family
as the street was named for a William.
Check Anywho.com for any in area.
I have a small bit of info on the Staton family that i found in among my husbands family records. They tie into the Nelson family along with the Chaffins and Farley’s. Would be glad to email what ever i have to you.
Please feel free to contact me at weeirishlass7206@gmail.com
My grandfather (my mother’s father) was Everett Stratton. His parents were William Jesse Stratton (Williams parents were Jasper and Laura (Sperry) Stratton) and Virginia (Buskirk) Stratton. There are tons of Strattons still in the area, but unfortunately when my grandfather and my mom’s cousin (Dreama Adkins) passed away I lost connection with them.
I know the family that lives right beside them right now
Hello, I’m looking for relatives of my Great Aunt Elizabeth (lizzie) Burnell born in Winchendon MA who died in Logan WV in 1988 at 95 years old. She might have relatives by the name of Drury.
Barbara, try Anywho.com as it shows
many Drury names in WV.
Looking for Information on Winfred Browning who married Dora Asbury on 27 December 1894. I am researching the Asbury family and can find no information on him after she passed in 1899′ Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
judy_branham20002yahoo.com
I am helping a disabled friend with her very difficult tree. Her ancestor was Jan/John Sowinski/Sawinski (born in Poland), and he lived in Logan WV as a miner. He was 40 years old and married a 14 year old woman Helen who was pregnant. They were living together in the 1930 census with their child Helena, born in 1928. Also living with John was his brother Frank and Frank’s son Frank Jr. Then we cannot find any information about any of these people (other than Frank Jr) after 1930. We have tried all the usual sources, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Mormons, newspapers, many others, but we really need the church records of the marriage in 1928 and baptism in 1928. We have the vital records side already. We are also hoping that there were some kind of newsletters (perhaps not on the newspaper sites yet), maybe something at the local public libraries that we don’t have access to because we live out of state. We have failed at hearing from the public libraries via the internet. ANY advice is greatly appreciated. sandy10m@yahoo.com
Sandy,John married Hellen Johnson in
1928 in Logan,WV. She was born in Ohio
& was 16 at the time. Since he was a
coal miner they might have moved to
another state.
The record is at familysearch.org.
Thanks! We have all this information and are looking for what happened to any of these 3 people after the 1930 census. We cannot find anything on any of them. Thanks for your help!
Sandy, you’re welcome.
Its also possible that they
went back to Poland.
Sandy, if you know the name of
the town where John was from
& want to check to see if the family
went back there to live as they
might have bought some land
there. You can contact the Poland
Church Directiories online.
In 1987 I made contact with my
Hungarian relatives by writing to
a group in Budapest Hungary,
who gave me the name of a
Priest in Rede Hungary.
My relatives hadn’t heard from
anyone since 1947.
Sandy, if you’re still looking for
family members,put in Michigan
in your search.
Shows lots of your family names.
Thanks for the info! Unfortunately, the Polish surname Sowinski is about the equivalent of Johnson in the US, so there are lots of people with that name. I was hoping someone on here directly knew about 40 year old Jan/John Sowinski and his 14 year old bride Helen and their daughter Helen. We are using DNA in the hopes that someone shows up related to Helen, but nothing yet.
You are welcome. Hope that someone
on this site will make a connection for you.
Lots of coal miners lefft WV in the
1940s and went to Michigan for
better paying jobs.
I am looking for info on Mae or May Harris who was the wife of B Harris, the owner of the mercantile.
Hello, I am trying to trace the Nunley side of my family. My great Grandpa was Worth Nunley. He lived in the holler above Cora. He was born in Tennessee in or around 1888.
He moved herewith his parents and is seen in the 1910 census in Chapmanvill living with his parents Joe and Addie. I can’t find a death Cert for Joe. He also went as Joseph and WJ. He died between 1930 and 1938. He was from Grundy Tennessee. As my help would be super appreciated.
Thanks
Hello Worth. I see lots of information on the https://www.familysearch.org site regarding the Nunley family including Worth Nunley. I also found information that I saved that you can review and/or download at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/XPixp7QyLSn7cfQr7
Ted, thanks for doing such a wonderful
job for Worth. Hoping that Worth will post
his family on the Nunley tree on the
family search site.
Thanks Bob. I am glad I can help once in a while. Hopefully it will help Worth to answer some of his family research questions.
Worth,you might have the wrong info.
Go to familysearch.org & set up an account.
Shows your Worth Nunley born in 1887 in Tennessee.
Then in WV shows a Joe Nunley D.R. in 1964.
He was a coal miner, wife Ada.
He is buried in Highland Memory Gardens.
I am trying to determine whether Mary Ruth Chambers, who graduated in 1939 from Logan High School and attended Marshall College in Huntington with my late mother, Jean Ashby Johnson (Sims), is the “Mary Ruth” whom my mother mentions in her WW II memoir about service in the WAVES in Washington, D.C.
According to my mother’s memoir, a “Mary Ruth” who was also a Marshall alumna traveled with my mother and another Marshall graduate named Wanda from Huntington to Northampton, Mass., in March 1943 to begin Officers’ Training at Smith College.
I have checked a number of sources including Ancestry, but the name Mary Ruth Chambers yields so many matches that I am afraid I am not steering myself to the right Mary Ruth!
If anyone might know who “Wanda” was, that would also be very helpful. I am still searching for her in the available yearbooks (they were not actually published every year).
My mother and Mary Ruth both appear in the Marshall yearbook sophomore class section in 1941.
This is interesting, because my mother received her B.A. in 1942.
This is my mother’s obituary, for reference.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/herald-dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=jean-ashby-johnson-sims&pid=187019647
Thanks to all for any help you can provide!
Sally, familysearch.org shows a Mary in
the 1940 census. Also marriage in 1947
to a Danny Taylor.
Trying to find more information on Guy Ellis. He was born around 1827. Have heard that he is the son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Hinchman) Ellis but have also heard that he may actually be the son of Christina Ellis and Isaac Browning but given the Ellis name. Any insight on this would be most appreciated. Also trying to figure out his wife’s true last name. Logan county marriage record says Roberts but on their son Nathaniel’s death certificate it lists his mother as Frances Robertson. Thanks Rosanna Armbrust zany71@gmail.com
Rosanna, please look at the post on Jan.24
by Ted. The website he has used is:
https://newspaperarchive.com.
I used the site & found an obit for
Joseph Scaramuzzino in a research project
that I’m doing. Still searching for a photo of
the S.Joe store in Mt. Gay WV. Hoping that
someone will post it to this website.
Bob, I have a photo of my sisters and I standing in front of the store around 1952, I believe. It’s packed away, but ilI’ try to find it and oost it.
Helen, that would be so Wonderful
for you to post it.
I’m looking for any information or family related to my grandfather, Delmar Gibson. I know that he has passed. Children are my mom, Patricia Holley and she has 2 brothers Ernie and Larry Gibson. He had a brother named Herb who passed away i believe from cancer in the 80’s. Herb had a wife named Wanda. They lived in the Logan/Mingo County areas. I don’t know much about my family, but would love to connect.
Vicki, familysearch.org shows a
Delmar Gibson in the 1940 census.
Born in 1937 in WV.
Father was Carl who was a
coal miner. Wife Reginia.
You will have to set up an account
to do your research.
You might check at Anywho.com
for relatives.
Am looking for any information you might have on my grandfather, John Stacey. who married Julie Sizemore in 1900. Really would like to find out what his Mothers name was and where she was from. Contact me at lindakayg@yahoo.com. My name was Linda Kay Lester, and my Moms name was Lula Stacey. Thanks Linda
Howdy.
I’m in search of anything related to or who knew Sandy Knight or Bo Chambers from Buffalo Creek, WV. Possibly even her mother Catherine Knight (Jackson) or his father Woodrow Floyd Chambers, Sr.
Thank you and God Bless.
notjim1980@gmail.com