Albert Madison ASHLEY was born 1844. He married Emily J. THORN on 1871.
Emily J. THORN [Parents] was born 1839 in Wirt Co. VA. She married Albert Madison ASHLEY on 1871.
John ELLIOT was born 1824 in England. He died 1904 in Braxton Co. WV. John married Margaret Sheppard THORN on 1858 in Wirt Co., VA.
Margaret Sheppard THORN [Parents] was born 1841 in Jackson Co., VA. She died in Braxton Co. WV. Margaret married John ELLIOT on 1858 in Wirt Co., VA.
Benjamin Franklin THORN [Parents] was born 1843 in Wirt Co., VA. He died 1930 in Wirt Co., WV. Benjamin married Elizabeth Ellen BUMGARDNER.
Muster Roll - 17th Virginia Cavalry, CSA; Company F Nighthawk Rangers
Thorn, Benjamin F.
Private
Enlisted 9/23/62 Sissonville
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 55died in infancy per one account; so father and mother link may be wrong, but hten need to find another...
Benjamin Franklin THORNE CSA.
"Frank" was at the battle of Atlanta & Sherman's March to the sea.
He was born on 12 Oct 1846 in Wirt County, West Virginia. He was buried in Dec 1930 in Pisgah Cemetery, Wirt County, West Virginia. He died on 14 Dec 1930 in Wood Co, West Virginia.source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0009page.html
Elizabeth Ellen BUMGARDNER was born 1853. She died 1933. Elizabeth married Benjamin Franklin THORN.
Notes for Elizabeth Ellen Bumgarner:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/a/m/Brent-T-Sams/GENE21-0007.htmlELIZABETH ELLEN4 BUMGARNER (NANCY ELIZABETH3 SOMERVILLE, SAMUEL2, SOLOMON1) was born Apr 15, 1855, and died 1933. She married B. F. THORN Dec 25, 1870.
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Henry Hamilton MILLER [Parents] was born 1832 in OH. He died 1895 in Wirt Co., WV. Henry married Elvira Ann THORN on 1864 in Thorn's Run, Wirt Co., WV.
Notes for Henry Hamilton Miller:
Known as H.H. Miller.
From History of Wirt Co (written by N.W. Thomas)
Buffalo Methodist Church in Wirt County was located on a ridge between the head of Thorn's Run and Falling Timber Run. It was first organized in 1878. Church had a class called "Falling Timber Methodist Class" They met in a log house which was also used for school. Among the first members were H.H. Miller and Elvira A his wife. The new church (Methodist Protestant) was built on 1/2 acre deeded to trustees HH Miller et. al. 2/25/1886.
HH Miller and wife are both buried at cemetery at rear of church and stone was in good condition as of 4/23/1992 when we visited church and cemetery.
1900 Henry Hamilton Miller bought 83 acres at the head of Falling Timber near Buffalo Church in Wirt Co at $5 per acre. In 1921 Daughter Mary Emma Miller and husband Wm Dountain Dotson sold those 83 acres to Oscar Hupp for $10 per acre. Surface only. ( No mineral rights).
Henry Hamilton Miller was one of the earliest certified teachers in Wirt Co, WV
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Elvira Ann THORN [Parents] was born 1846 in Jackson Co., VA. She died 1899 in Burning Springs, Wirt Co., WV. Elvira married Henry Hamilton MILLER on 1864 in Thorn's Run, Wirt Co., WV.
Willis WALKER [Parents] was born 1822 in Nicholas Co., VA. He died 1855 in Jackson Co., VA and was buried in Hodam Cemetery. Willis married Mary Jane BOGGS on 1845 in Nicholas Co., VA.
Notes for Willis Walker:
A Willis Walker is in Wirt Co Census page 063, Dist 70 (have not researched)-may be another Willis.
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Mary Jane BOGGS [Parents] was born 1828 in VA. She died 1884 in Roane Co., WV and was buried in Hodam Cemetery. Mary married Willis WALKER on 1845 in Nicholas Co., VA.
Notes for Mary Jane Boggs:
In marriage to Greathouse, she is shown as a widow
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They had the following children:
F i Martha Jane WALKER died 1929. M ii James Washington WALKER was born 1847 and died 1921. M iii John Marion WALKER was born 1851 and died 1920. M iv Fieldon WALKER was born 1853 and died 1922. F v Mary Ellen WALKER was born 1853 and died 1922.
Fieldon WALKER [Parents] was born 1853 in Roane Co., VA. He died 1922 in Roane Co., WV. Fieldon married Sarah Jane CONNOLLY on 1879 in Roane Co., WV.
Sarah Jane CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1853 in Roane Co., VA. She died 1930 in Roane Co., WV. Sarah married Fieldon WALKER on 1879 in Roane Co., WV.
Other marriages:STARCHER, Edward
Marriage Notes for Fieldon Walker and Sarah Connolly:
Sarah was previously married to a Starcher who died, then to WalkerMarriage records show Sarah Starcher age 26 dgtr of Elias and Matilda Connolly married 2/12/1879 to Fieldon Walker age 26, parents William & Mary Walker.
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Charles Elias CONNOLLY [Parents] was born 1827 in Kanawha Co., VA. He died 1904 in Richardson, Calhoun Co., WV. Charles married Matilda GREATHOUSE on 1849 in Wirt Co., VA.
Notes for Charles Elias Connolly:
In "History of Roane County" by Bishop page 595, record of marriage of daughter, Elizabeth Jane Connolly, is shown as the daughter of Charles & Matilda (Greathouse) Connolly of Henry's Fork. This is only known reference showing his first name as Charles -- everywhere else, he is referred to as just Elias Connolly.(From Joe Nutter)
Before 7/7/1860, the family made a trip by covered wagon to Green Co, MO where Elizabeth Jane was born in July. It is not known how long they were gone, but the next child, Emma, was born back in Roane County.In 1885 they were shown as "of Henry's Fork" in Roane Co. Richardson, however, was just over the line into Calhoun County and was located up the West Fork near the mouth of Henry's Fork.
Joe has a copy of the deed for the Connolly tract which Elias purchased from Ephriam Bee 3/18/1870.
RICHARDSON (also known as Richardsonville) was a bustling village and early post office in late 1800's and now a large grassy meadow. Located on the lower West Fork of the Little Kanawha River, it was the location of the Richardson Dam and Mill. A specially built paddle boat with steel spikes on the paddle (to pull over sand bars) was used to bring goods and oil and gas field supplies up the West Fork to the village and beyond. Population never exceeded 100, but area grew after oil and gas boom immediately after turn of century. Hotel, general stores , physicians offices (Dr. Ira Connolly), shoemaker, barber shop, drug store, blacksmith, flour and lumber mill, along with the Methodist Protestant Church and the nearby Pine Grove School in early 1900's. McConaughey, Bee, and Company, C. H. Richardson (founder of village), James Duskey (son of Civil War Daniel Duskey) and B. Sturnett, were early businessmen. Site of drilling boom which used steam boilers to drive engines. A large boiler house fed steam lines which extended great distances around the hills and valleys.The steam was also used to heat houses in the village. (From "The Hur Herald")
From Hardesty's History of Calhoun County:
Charles H. Richardsonn was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on March 27, 1841, a son of Thomas and Lydia (Teale) Richardson. In 1866 he came to Calhoun County, West Virginia from Pennsylvania, and settled at Wilson's Mill, commencing a general mercantile and milling business, with a capital of $7,000. He cleared 400 acres of land, and introduced the celebrated Holstein breed of cattle, for the improvement of the stock in this county, and is still keeping the stock full blooded.He established the village of Richardson, and was its first postmaster. In 1873, he removed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1879, engaged in oil producing. He then returned to Lee district, and has ever since been identified with the best interests of the district and county, making special efforts for the development of educational facilities.
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Matilda GREATHOUSE [Parents] was born 1831 in Jackson Co., VA. She died 1913 in Calhoun Co., WV. Matilda married Charles Elias CONNOLLY on 1849 in Wirt Co., VA.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Jane CONNOLLY was born 1853 and died 1930. F ii Margaret CONNOLLY was born 1851 and died 1932. F iii Charlotte CONNOLLY was born 1855 and died 1934. M iv Daniel Nathan CONNOLLY was born 1857 and died 1935. F v Elizabeth Jane CONNOLLY was born 1860. She died 1935. F vi Emma Jenkins CONNOLLY was born 1863. She died 1928. M vii James Hamilton CONNOLLY was born 1865. He died 1934. M viii Robert Edward Lee CONNOLLY was born 1867. He died 1947. M ix Francis Marion CONNOLLY was born 1870. He died 1941. F x Mary Catherine CONNOLLY was born 1872. She died 1879. F xi Malinda CONNOLLY was born 1873 and died 1965. F xii Estella Matilda CONNOLLY was born 1880. She died 1966.
John William HILBERT [Parents] was born 1856 in Wirt Co., VA. He died 1926 in Roane Co., WV and was buried in Mt. William Cemetery. John married Bertha Frances LOCKHART on 1883 in Wirt Co., WV.
His son was John William Hylbert who was born May 18, 1856. In November 1921, J.W. Hylbert submitted some articles to the "Reedy News” outlining his memories of the area and of people he knew. He also gave some biographical information about himself.
He said he was born in 1856 and that his parents lived on the headwaters of McCutcheon Run. He said his mother died when he was 9 years old and that his father remarried and that his second wife, Sarah J McClung was still living in 1921. He said there were 10 children -- four boys and one girl by his father's first wife and four boys and one girl by his second wife.
He said one of the first things he remembers hearing about was the breaking out of the Civil War, and the oil excitement at Burning Springs. He said at that time, living on McCutcheon Run in addition to his father and grandfather were Andrew Collison, James McCutcheon, William McCutcheon, George Seaman, Thomas Lee and Zadoc Thorn. He said at that time there was no road across to Spring Creek and the road ended at his father's.
Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0026page.htmlHenry Barnabas (Barney) Hylbert was born February 18, 1827 in Nicholas County, VA. In 1852, he moved to Wirt County from Nicholas County, VA. It is believed that Barney Hylbert came to Wirt County with the family of William McCutcheon. They lived on McCutcheon's run in the Spring Creek District, and Barney married the McCutcheon's daughter, Mary.
John William Hylbert was born May 18, 1856 in Wirt County, the son of Henry Barnabas Hylbert and Mary McCutcheon.
The following letter appeared in the Reedy (WV) News on November 11, 1921, written by John William Hylbert. Some of the area and people he writes about were in Wirt County at the time, but became part of Roane County after that county was formed.
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My father, H. B. Hylbert married Mary McCutcheon and lived on the headwaters of McCutcheon Run. I was born in 1856, the year that Roane County was organized. My mother died when I was nine years old. My father was married twice. His second wife, who is still living, was Sarah J. McClung. His family consisted of ten children - four boys and one girl by his first wife, and four boys and one girl by his last wife.
The history that I shall try to narrate took place between fifty and sixty years ago (1860-1870). Among the first things that I remember hearing talked of was the breaking out of the Civil War, and the oil excitement at Burning Springs.
At that time there lived on McCutcheon Run my father, Andrew Collison, James McCutcheon, William McCutcheon, my grandfather, and George Seaman, Thomas Lee and Zadoc Thorn near its mouth. At this time there was no road across to Spring Creek - the road ending at my father's.
I never attended school until after the war, when free schools were established, therefore I was twelve years old before I attended school - our school term being three of four months. Among the first and best teachers that I went to was T. J. Thorn, who is still living at Saxton, Ohio. You would never guess that I had taught nine terms of school from my spelling. Some say moral suasion is the way to govern a school. However, I think the rod a pretty good persuader. If the foregoing suits you I shall in the future tell you something of the Town of Reedy fifty or sixty years ago.
In the November 18, 1921 issue of the Reedy News, the following began to appear as a series:
We will now travel from the mouth of McCutcheon Run (where I first learned to like paw-paws, to swim, and to catch fish) to the Town of Reedy.
After crossing the creek, the road at that time ran with the creek up as far as the John L Boggs residence. Boggs was said to be one of the wealthiest farmers on Reedy and passing the mouth of Stutler's Run on which lived Criss and Joe Stutler and Thomas Goff. At that time John Smith had a water mill on the opposite side of the creek between J. L. Boggs and Disaway Dye, where Dennis Dye now lives.
Next was Dempsey Flesher's being the first house we pass in Roane County, also at that time said to be the first house in the neighborhood. It might be proper to state this farm had what was considered a very rich silver mine on it. About this time the mineral excitement broke out and every man thought he had a silver mine on his place. It was no uncommon thing to see four or five men with mattocks and shovels going to open up a silver mine. Boys were allowed to go along and help carry the ore. But alas, like the South Sea bubble, it blew up and as far as I know, it only amounted to wearing out their pockets carrying around the rocks.
But we are not far behind our fathers, as each of us is aware of the fact that oil and gas are plentiful on our places if only opened up. While we do not realize that, we are losing our resources in fertility and timber. It would be better for us as farmers to try to conserve our resources than depend on what is possibly two or three thousand feet beneath the surface.
Next we come to Cain's Run, near the mouth of which stood the Good Hope Baptist Church, a log house. A log house was nothing unusual then, as nearly all the buildings were built of logs. My father belonged to this church. The first Sunday School I ever attended was there. I remember hearing Pat Murray and George Burdette preach here. At that time Brother Burdette was a mere boy. He married Thomas Lee's daughter and was pastor of many churches in the then Mt. Pisgah Association.
Nathaniel Ledsome and Uncle Tommy Cain lived on this run. After crossing the run there was a building in which I believe Robert Flesher lived. Across the creek the widow Watts and family lived, her husband being killed in the war.
Then we pass the mouth of Folly Run on which two noted characters lived - M. A. McClung, who was a farmer and lawyer, and William Board, who was a preacher and horse trader.
Next is Flesher's Chapel, a really fine building for that day, and as there was no church in Reedy, it was counted as a Reedy church, although it sat on the bank of the creek nearly opposite where Clyde McClung now lives. The church was named for Uncle Dempsey Flesher, who did a great deal for it financially and spiritually, he being a class leader. He and Uncle Sandy Board did good work for their churches in the way of leadership. This church was finally moved into the Town of Reedy.
We then pass a turn in the creek where a steam sawmill was blown up. There were five men killed by this explosion - Robert Blosser, father of J. H. Blosser, William Cain, Hawk Boggs, Jacob Hardway and Samuel Wyatt. At this time most lumber was sawed by a water mill or whip sawed, which was by man power.
Next we come to a coal mine. We have the same vein of coal which is about a 20-inch vein, but on account of having a lack of transportation facilities, it is not worked at present.
Next we come to what was known as Three Forks of Reedy, or just Three Forks. I think the post office was named Reedy and the present town takes its name from the post office and the railroad station.
Three Forks, as a village, spread over more Timothy than the Town of Reedy. In fact, to see the Three Forks it is necessary to go three or four hundred yards beyond the Town of Reedy.
The resources of the Town of Reedy are about the same as those of the Three Forks of Reedy - the farming industry. Reedy's prosperity today is dependent almost entirely on the farming community, there being very little manufacturing in town.
I don't know of any town the size of Reedy that has half the number of stores. While this is the case, Reedy has the reputation of selling goods cheaper than adjoining towns. Goods can be bought cheaper at Reedy, by retail, than they can in Parkersburg. The merchants in Reedy cemented the street, which in wet weather was a mud hole, thereby making it easier to visit their stores.
The first house in Three Forks is Alfred Cain's, brother of Uncle Johnny and Thomas Cain. He was a prominent man in the place, being what was called a "one-horse lawyer" - the kind at that day pleaded before a squire. At that time there was a great deal more litigation in the community than today. I don't know whether it is because the squire or the people, or both, have got more sense or not. On Saturdays a great many of the farmers would go to the Three Forks to hear the trial. Alfred Cain, M. A. McClung and sometimes Joshua Lee from Spring Creek being the Attorney, all homemade lawyers. Well, it was as good as a debating society.
I never sued anyone in my life except once, when I gave one of the above five dollars to see after it. He got judgment for me but no money. So I was the attorney fee short. A. Cain acted as Sheriff a term or two. He also loaned money if one could dig up interest enough. Don't forget that there was no bank in Roane, Wirt or Jackson County at this time, the Parkersburg bank being the nearest one. The house Cain lived in was a large log house known as a double log house.
At this time I don't think there were more than half a dozen post offices in Roane County. I can only recall Reedyville, Spencer and Walton. Leroy and Sandyville were offices between Reedy and Ravenswood. Then Reedy did not receive near the mail that Grace does now. A good many letters came, but few papers. There was then no paper in Roane and only one in Jackson County.
I recall the prices of some things that were sold and bought at the store. Coffee, 50 cents; sugar, 15 cents; muslin, 25 cents; eggs, five to ten cents per dozen; butter in winter, 10 to 15 cents; butter in summer, nothing; feathers 50 cents. In this connection I will say there were a great many geese raised - probably twenty five times as many as now. When the women came to the store they often brought a "poke" of feathers, which I, as "jim hand", generally emptied.
In this store I became acquainted with a great many citizens. Among the elder were Andy, Rause and Calvary Chancey, Uncle Sandy Board, Billy Jeff Board, Lige and George Callow, John Candler, Dempsey, John and Robert Flesher and the Seamans, Stutlers and Conrads, all of whom are dead. While I was well acquainted with them, I am but slightly, if at all, acquainted with their posterity.
After passing Callison's toward Ravenswood, we came to a building about where Lattimer's store now stands, in which there had been a store, but was not occupied as such, until Harry (Tup) Flesher moved in. Across the creek, opposite, was a saw and gristmill, run by Zeke Vernon and Daniel Sayre. The latter married the Widow Blosser and lived about where the bridge crosses the creek on the bank of the creek above the mill. Here is where our John Blosser first became a millwright.
Almost directly back of this building lived Charles Cottle, where Harry Cottle now lives. I don't remember Harry when he was a boy, but I remember Major. He always wore ad cap on the back of his head, and was counted a "hard case" when a boy. Well, if he won't tell anything on me, I won't on him.
Well, instead of crossing on a board at the sawdust pile, or in Uncle Andy Stewart's john boat, we will cross the bridge to the other side of the creek. There were no buildings from the bridge along the creek to the Callison property. Almost opposite the bridge across the road stood a building put up by Charles Cottle, in which Allen Cottle lived. Back of this, across the bottom on a knoll lived Uncle Billy Stewart, owning most of the land in Reedy. He was one of the oldest, if not the very oldest, inhabitant of Reedy.
Dr. Carter built on this site. John McClung now lives here. He used to claim relationship to me before he got rich. He belongs to the same religious denomination that President Harding does, but they have no same political affiliations.
Passing up the road, I cannot think of any other building until we come to the schoolhouse, which was a little above Dave Law's produce store. The building was a little better than most schoolhouses of that day, it being a frame and having a stove. But I don't suppose there is as poor a schoolhouse in Roane County now. Here I attended school several winters, also summer schools, taught by Nash, Broaddus, and others.
We all have our opinions, and if I have the privilege of expressing mine, now is the time. I believe six months are a plenty for a winter term of school, especially under compulsory attendance. With improved equipment and teachers, if the child wants to learn, it is enough. And if he doesn't, it is too much. But I don't want to get into a "ruckus" with the Legislature of West Virginia, as they probably know as much as I do.
Across the road, where the B&O Railroad Station now stands, it being also near the Reedy News office, where the Editor of the News holds forth. The Editor, Fred E Craig, being a great local writer since the days of his boyhood when he published The Pointer, being quite a genius and owning an automobile, conceived the idea that his car would be useful for other purposes than joy riding. He hitched it to a plow in order to give a demonstration of its usefulness, but the demonstrator failed to demonstrate. As this demonstration was not advertised and financed by the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, he probably thought it was not worthy of local notice. However, I think it is worthy of the annals of history, and as he has published everything I have written, it would be a shame to leave it out.
Near these points stood Dr. Cooper's house and office. He finally sold out to Dr. Barr, who remained here several years. The next property below belonged to William P. Stewart, on which there were two residences - one in which he lived, standing about where Tom Dye's new store building now stands, the other about where Dick Matics lived. There was also a shoe shop on this lot, in which William and Alf Stewart worked.
Directly below this was Andrew Stewart's. On this lot was a water mill, about where the railroad crosses the creek. He was not only a miller, but also a wagon maker. In fact, he could make almost anything out of wood. His residence stood below, it being one of the oldest buildings in Reedy and most familiar looking until Aunt Barbara Stewart died a few years ago. She was the oldest resident of Reedy at the time of her death. Near, on the same lot, lives her daughter Mattie, who married Sam Roberts, who was depot agent for some time. He died and she then married Fred Amos. She and Peter Blosser are the only ones I can think of who were grown who now live in Reedy.
Mrs. Stewart had another daughter who married Andy Ott, who moved to Elizabeth, Wirt County, and a son David, who is a doctor at Creston. He built a small store building where Henry Straley and Walt and Lee McKinley hold forth, Lee keeping the post office.
They are all from the waters of Spring Creek. They are all right, however. Some Spring Creekers are addicted to the promiscuous fault of talking about people. If I was not writing about Reedy people, I would have to mention some who are thus addicted, among them being Filmore Simmons, John Hickman, George Davis and George Hylbert. Why. They will even talk about John McClung and your humble servant. Ah well, don't blame me if I happen to talk a little, but consider my environments.
They say when Henry Straley got his first automobile and was joy riding out the ridge that it "went dead" on him and he had to hire a team to haul it in. He remarked that he had heard it said, "No man should or would own an automobile unless he was a fool or a millionaire." No doubt this was malicious talk, as he still owns an automobile.
Walt McKinley at one time owned a farm. His most prolific crop was sassafras. Lee McKinley can tell as big, if not bigger tales than I. I got a letter from Illinois requesting that I write the current history of Reedy. Lee is the man for that.
At present I am not acquainted with half the people of Reedy. I would like to say something good of everybody, but can only say that Reedy is at least as good as the average town. As to the merchants, they are plenty able to advertise and the columns of the Reedy News are open to them. But I will say, as the cattle buyer used to say when I bragged on my cattle, "They are fair to medium".
This brings us back to the little bridge. I only think of one other building that stood where the Reedy Mill now stands, but there was no one living in it at that time.
I have covered the grounds to the best of my ability. There is a great deal more that may be said about the stave business, the floods in Reedy, the fires, and the building of the railroad, but I realize that others are better able to say it.
Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0023page.htmlNotes for John William Hylbert:
Known as "Bill" or JW.Information from granddaughter, Dorothy Pauline Walker Dotson:
John William Hylbert and father, Henry Barnabas Hylbert were teachers, farmers and good carpenters. John was born in Wirt County. J W Hylbert took teacher's examination, taught at Little Creek school in Roane Co, WV. He was a farmer and a community leader in what is now known as the Grace Community. Some community leaders in the Grace Community were J.W. and his brother George Hylbert, Billy Vandal, Jarrett and his brother Pierce Fox; Filmore Simmons, Robert Greathouse and brother Ambrose Greathouse; and Bill Hickman He met Bertha F Lockhart while teaching at Mayberry (?) school in Wirt Co. Bertha was a good student and a good scribe according to her daughter, Mattie F Hylbert Walker. Bertha married JW when she was 16 and he was 26. They went to Roane County to live. They had a log cabin on a hill near the present Gilboa Baptist Church. They then built a two-story home across Spring Creek. About the time the children were getting married and leaving home, they built a two-story home next to the Gilboa Baptist Church. He donated a portion of land for the church and the Grace School.
George Andrew Hylbert, brother of JW, also stayed in the same community on what was called Coal Run, rearing his family there. Other brothers moved to Parkersburg, WV and several half-brothers went to Illinois. Half brother, L.C. (Lewis) was a missionary in China for many years.
1900 Roane Co Census, Reedy District 422-428 J.W. Hilbert (wife Bertha)
February 9, 1917 traded 14000 square feet of land (where old church was located bank of Spring Creek near Vandale ford) for 8000 square feet
April 22, 1910 Reedy News "The Sunday School at Gilboa is progressing nicely with J. W. Hylbert, superintendent".
November 25, 1910 Reedy News "J. W. Hylbert returned Monday from a business trip to Ravenswood where he has been buying fertilizer. He spent Sunday with Thomas Thorn at Saxton, OH"
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Bertha Frances LOCKHART [Parents] was born 1866 in Wirt Co., WV. She died 1943 in Roane Co., WV. Bertha married John William HILBERT on 1883 in Wirt Co., WV.
Mansfield H. DOTSON [Parents] was born 1844 in Ritchie Co., VA. He died 1900 in MD. Mansfield married Matilda A. WIGNER on 1864 in Ritchie Co., WV.
Moved to Baltimore, MD before 1883, (Lowery) pension says MD invalid 5 Jan 1893 Records show Co. D, 6 Reg., VA (WV) Inf. Mustered in 20 Aug 1861 at Cairo reinlisted 26 Feb 1864 Clarksburg, Pd. $400.00 Mustered out 10 Jun 1865 at Wheeling, WV.
Military gives description as EYES Blue, HAIR Dark, COMPLEXION Fair, 6 ft. even
Great nephew, Orville Clyde Dotson, remembers Mansfield as being tall and large built. When Mansfield was asked if he had shot anyone in the Civil War, Mansfield replied, "No, but I pointed my gun at a rebel and made him give up his horse."
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Matilda A. WIGNER married Mansfield H. DOTSON on 1864 in Ritchie Co., WV.
John Spencer B. DOTSON [Parents] was born 1846 in Ritchie Co., VA. He died 1941. John married Emma Jane DIVERS on 1868.
Spencer served in Civil War Company B, 4th WV Volunteer Cavalry. Notes say his address was Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, and that John Spencer was same person as Spencer B. Dotson
Spencer Dotson lived in Greenwood, Doddridge County, until his death at ninety-six years in 1941. Family writeup says he served in the 6th WV Cavalry, Co D, in the battle of Gettysburg, Droop Mountain and many others. He also had a saber he had carried, " which he polished to perfection".
Remarkable facts about John Spencer are: He was the only living civil war veteran in that county for several years. At the age of 95, he did not wear spectacles to read fine print. Also, he never had a toothache or had a tooth pulled in his life except those of his babyhood. He was not bald and never was shaved by a barber. He was never in a hospital.Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0009page.html
Emma Jane DIVERS married John Spencer B. DOTSON on 1868.