He had the following children:
M i Mordecai Edward HALSTEAD was born 12 Mar 1812 and died 26 Aug 1863.
Mordecai Edward HALSTEAD [Parents] was born 12 Mar 1812 in Fayette County, VA. He died 26 Aug 1863. Mordecai married Margaret MCCLUNG on 20 Feb 1834 in Nicholas County, VA.
Margaret MCCLUNG married Mordecai Edward HALSTEAD on 20 Feb 1834 in Nicholas County, VA.
They had the following children:
M i John James HALSTEAD was born 27 Oct 1837 and died 1931. M ii George Newman HALSTEAD.
died in infancyM iii William Amos HALSTEAD. M iv Joseph HALSTEAD. M v George Alderson HALSTEAD. M vi Lewis Osborne HALSTEAD. M vii Simpson HALSTEAD. M viii Benjamin Dickinson HALSTEAD. F ix Minerva HALSTEAD. F x Mary HALSTEAD.
John James HALSTEAD [Parents] was born 27 Oct 1837. He died 1931. John married Virginia DOTSON on 1866.
Amick's Independent Scouts
Hounshell's Batt'n Virginia Cav. (Partisan Rangers.)
Halstead, John James:
Halstead, John J. Captain Captain
Company not specified
Enlisted 1861 Kanawha, paroled 4/26/65 Lewisburg, age 24
5'10", light hair, and complexion, blue eyes
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 24
He also served in Co. B, 22nd Virginia Infantry.
Age 22, farm laborer, 1860 Fayette County, West Virginia census.
Born 10/27/37 died 4/12 or 23/1931.
Source: Weaver
Born 1841
Amick Rangers and later Sheriff
Virginia DOTSON [Parents] married John James HALSTEAD on 1866.
They had the following children:
M i Edgar HALSTEAD. M ii Floyd HALSTEAD. M iii Squire HALSTEAD. M iv Quinten HALSTEAD. F v Annie HALSTEAD. F vi Ada HALSTEAD. F vii Maggie HALSTEAD.
William Amos HALSTEAD [Parents].
He had the following children:
M i W. A. HALSTEAD.
lives in Wilderness district, farmer at Pool
Lewis Osborne HALSTEAD [Parents].
He had the following children:
M i W. D. HALSTEAD.
lives in Wilderness district
Levi NUTTER [Parents] was born 13 Nov 1833 in Kessler's Cross Lanes, Nicholas County, VA. He died 1882 in Nutterville, Greenbrier County, WV. Levi married Polly BACKUS.
He lived one mile south of what is now Nuttersville, he and his mother moved into a log house in the woods before his marriage to Margaret. Levi was reported to be a very robust man.
Polly BACKUS [Parents] was born 1835. She married Levi NUTTER.
They had the following children:
M i Pascal NUTTER. M ii Van NUTTER. M iii John NUTTER.
Jeremiah O'DELL Jr. [Parents] was born 1817. He died 1887. Jeremiah married Albina.
Revolutionary War soldier
Albina married Jeremiah O'DELL Jr..
They had the following children:
M i Jacob E. O'DELL was born 1856 in Wilderness. M ii Newman M. O'DELL was born 1864.
Jeremiah O'DELL [Parents].
He had the following children:
M i Sylvanus O'DELL. M ii Jacob O'DELL was born 1787 and died 1874. F iii Christina O'DELL.
Joseph Backus had a reputation of being a very careful workman and he was also noted for his promptness at church. He had a certain place to sit at church and if he was not on hand in time to get his place it was pretty strong evidence that there was something seriously wrong.
Joseph Backus left four sons, Benjamin F., Henry, .Alexander, and Isaack, and two daughters, Mrs. Dempsey Baker and Mrs. Levi Nutter. Benjamin F., known as Frank Backus, married Caroline Grose, a daughter of William Grose, and settled on the home place. His father and mother moved to a house on the hill but in sight of the old house. There was born to this union five children, Clark, Alexander A. ,Bloomfield, and Rufus G. The only daughter, Lucy,died of flux when she was only eight years old. The mother died also of this dread disease.
Benjamin F. afterward married a Miss Dorsey and moved out of the community.
Rufus G. Backus, youngest son of the family, grew up, entered the ministry, joined the V/est Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, rose rapidly until he became District Superintendent which position he held for a number of years. He is still an active minister in the West Virginia Conference.
Henry Backus, second son of Joseph Sr., married Mary Ann Grose, a daughter of William Grose. They settled on Backus Branch raised a family of four sons, Weldon W., George W., William P., and Henry E.
Henry Backus had the reputation of being a very careful farmer and orchardist. He subscribed for and read the American Agriculturist, the only agricultural paper that came into the community at this early date. He was skilled in grafting and introduced many new varieties of apples among his neighbors by grafting them upon native stalks. He knew most standard varieties of apples by name and could identify them at sight. He died in the prime of life of a throat disease. His wife lived to be eighty-four years old.
Source: A HISTORY OF PANTHER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY
Prepared by A. J. Legg, 1930
http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/panther.html
He had the following children:
F i Polly BACKUS was born 1835. M ii Benjamin F. BACKUS. M iii Henry BACKUS. M iv Alexander BACKUS. M v Isaack BACKUS.
James William NICHOLLS [Parents] was born 1780. He married Anna BAILS.
Other marriages:PIERSON, Ruth
Scotch-Irish
James Nicholls, first of the name on the records settled near Cross Lanes before the County was organized (1818). In 1821 he sold his farm to Bedford Foster and moved to Bell Creek. In 1824 he was overseer of the road from the mouth of the Gauley to Little Elk Creek. His sons, Frank Nicholls and Marshall Nicholls succeeded to their father's estate.Willis Nicholls, whose relation to pioneer James Nicholls is unknown, was a farmer. His wife was Hannah Kootz.
Alexander Nicholls lived on White Water, was a farmer and gunsnith. He was active as a member of Bethel Methodist Church. Isacc R. Nicholls, a son, was a soldier in the Union Army. Anderson Nicholls, a relative of Alexander Nicholls, was a Methodist preacher.
Robert Nicholls is a farmer on Line Creek.
Cecil Nicholls is a businessman in Summersville.
Source: History of Nicholas County, West Virginia, Pioneer Families, Copyright 1954, W. C. Brown; Available from Higginson Book Company; page 363Speculative attachment, son Marshall not mentioned in Norman, but Frank and Willis are...
James William Nichols, a son of Levan and Lucretia Nichols, was
born about 1780 in MD. He married Anna Bailes about 1802. Anna, a
daughter of Thomas Bails, was born in 1785 and died about 1812. He
married Ruth Pierson September 11, 1813. Ruth, a daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (McKee) Pierson, was born in 1793 in Nicholas County VA. The family moved to Bell Creek, Monroe County, OH in 1820.
Source: Norman
http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/NICHOLS/ZEPENIAHJames Nichols settled where Rev. A. N. Rippetoe now resides. He married Anna Bails and lived here for many years, sold to Bedford Foster andtookup residence on Bell creek and there ended his days.
Source: West Virginia History, A Quarterly Magazine, Cecile R. Goodall, Editor; Volume XVI; January, 1955; Number 2; excerpt from Nicholas County's first Settlers, written by Edward Campbell in 1883; page 134
Anna BAILS [Parents] was born 1785. She died 1812. Anna married James William NICHOLLS.
They had the following children: