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Andy Cyfers, Big Ugly Creek, Billy Sunday, C.M. Adkins, cancer, coal, Earn Cooper, Elmer Fry, farming, Ferguson Evans, Gill, Hager, Hal Cyfers, Hubball, J.E. Gore, Janie Thompson, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Logan, Madison, measles, moonshining, Nancy Cyfers, Sand Creek, W.M. Sperry, Ward Spears, Wayne County, West Virginia, Will Cyfers
“Reporter,” a local correspondent from Gill in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, June 14, 1923:
Miss Janie Thompson was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sperry, and also assisted them while ill with the measles.
Earn Cooper, of Hager, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. W.M. Sperry, and also Mr. and Mrs. Ward Spears, the latter part of last week.
Elmer Fry has been hauling bank posts and ties the past week.
Hal Cyphers has been working at Omar the past week.
Quite a number of people from this section have been going to Logan to hear Billy Sunday preach.
W.M. Sperry and Andy Cyphers attended meeting at Sand Creek last Sunday.
J.E. Gore, Cancer Specialist of Madison, was here recently.
Ferguson Evans has moved to Hubball, where he will have employment in the mines.
The loafers, rats and moonshiners are not so thick around Gill at present as they have been.
Our Ticket Agent, C.M. Adkins, remains on the job at this place and knows business when he sees it.
Will Cyphers, of Wayne county, was the over Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cyphers. He reports the crops in Wayne good.
Brandon Ray Kirk 
Cyphers is not the correct spelling for the Cyfers family that lived in Gill. Fun to read about my Grandfather and uncles….
Hi, Teressa. You are correct regarding the spelling of the surname. Years ago, I dated a Cyfers girl who was raised there at Gill (the last one, actually) and I did a lot of research on the Cyfers family, interviewing many of her relatives (now dead). My favorites were Wayne Cyfers of Utah and Dorothy Smith of Hamlin, WV. Dorothy gave me several photographs taken of herself when she was young. She was very beautiful. I also have photos of Andy and Nancy (Fry) Cyfers, as well as of his father, Calvin, wearing his CSA uniform. In my post, I simply spelled the surname as the newspaper did. If you notice, I tagged the name correctly. Thank you and I’m glad you enjoy the blog.
Mr. Kirk. Would there be any way I could get copies of my family’s photos? Some distant cousins have been trying to gather photos since may of the photos were lost during various floods of the Guyandotte River. We have been sharing what photos we have and been trying to ID the individuals in them. Since Dorothy and Lois didn’t have any children, we do not have photos of them. Thanks, Teressa
I’d be happy to share what i have. I was particularly fond of Dorothy. She was very nice to me and gave me several things.