Submitted by: Frank Adams Source: 1952 Centennial Program Booklet, Published by the City of Logan, WV. FARMING AND HOMESTEADS By Mrs. Florence Peck Adams Beginning back in 1880, I remember Logan county as a very barren place to live. We lived some distance apart and did not visit very often. Most of the homes were […]
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Source: LOGAN COUNTY SURVEY BOOKS, (Books A & B, holding the oldest survey records LOGAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA Some text did not photocopy well due to the size of the books (HUGE!!!) and the size of the copier (normal) and the fact that the book was VERY thick and some of the
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“Family gives us a boost as we reach for the stars” Beth Mende Conny THE DILLON FAMILY Descendants of Samuel Dillon 1758/60-1836 with Massie connections My Dillon ancestory begins with Rebecca Dillon 1825-. Most of my Dillon information has been generously given to me by newly found cousins during my Massie research. Many thanks go
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McConnell, West Virginia Route 10 From Logan Courthouse, take Route 10 south, several miles to McConnell. Directions: This Cemetery is Located at McConnell, West Virginia. A few miles south of Logan Court House. There are four cemeteries (known by me) at McConnell. Facing east on Rt 10 to the far right is the larger public
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“A Family is not Greater Than its Parts, but Greater Because of Them” Beth Mende Conny My most heartfelt thanks to my newly found cousins, Bev Gunther and the late Bill Massie Sr and his son Bill Massie Jr., who with kindness and patience, introduced me to my ancestors. This, being the first line that
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“Families, like true friends, hold us to higher standards” Beth Meade Conny NOTE: As with ALL material on these pages, the information found here is only to be used as a starting point. If you need documentation, I can not provide that for you. Unfortunately, much of the information I have was provided to me
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“When the going gets rough, family smoothes the edges” Beth Meade Conny As I’ve researched my deep West Virginia roots to a time before West Virginia even existed, I found that, to be a frontiersman, a person would have to have the intestinal fortitude to be able to defend “his own”. So deep was this
That’s me sitting on the beach in Panama City Beach with my cd player on my knee listening to bluegrass music photo by: Jean McPeak BLUEGRASS RULES by: Dolores Riggs Davis Bluegrass music is often considered “hillbilly music.” However, it is a music close to my heart. I consider it a part of my roots.
At age five, I remember huddling around a Philco floor model radio with my parents listening to President Roosevelt’s chilling words, “This is a date that will live in infamy.” I knew by the grip of Mother’s hand something terrible had happened. While Japanese diplomats talked peace in Washington their planes bombed Pearl Harbor. Four
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When death came knocking at the door of Hanna Coal Company’s No. 10 Mine at Willow Grove, its icy fingers entombed more than seventy men in a matter of seconds at eleven o’clock on Saturday morning, March 16, 1940.
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