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Perry Cline grave, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.

Perry Cline grave, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
30 Monday Apr 2018
Posted Big Sandy Valley, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Pikeville
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Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, genealogy, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, history, Kentucky, Perry Cline, photos, Pike County, Pikeville
Perry Cline grave, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Perry Cline grave, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
30 Monday Apr 2018
Posted Poetry
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Appalachia, civil war, Glencie, Granville D. Hall, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illinois, Logan Banner, poems, poetry, West Virginia, Wheeling Intelligencer
From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this poem titled “West Virginia” by Granville D. Hall, dated October 4, 1927:
WEST VIRGINIA
“Child of the Tempest”–O, puny Ship of State!
Christened with the Crimson vintage of the War,
Fate gives thee launch upon a dark unquiet tide;
But the future signals welcome from afar,
Anchored to the Union, thou shalt ride
In haven safe while smiling fortunes wait!
“We know what master laid thy keel;
What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel;
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope;
What anvils rang, what hammers beat–
In what a forge and what a heat
Thy anchors grew–our Hope.” (*)
We laid deep with all our love,
With all our hopes, and bid thee go–
Despite the frowning skies above;
Breasting the heaving tides below–
Forth to the future, strong in right.
Time evens all, and God is just.
In thine own strength and to His might,
Our best beloved–our all–we trust.
Fare forth, O, rich imperial State!
Virginia’s last reluctant gift,
Award of War, the fruit of Fate.
The Sea subsides, the storm-clouds lift.
Take courage, Heir to halcyon years!
Beware the reef; the treacherous lee;
Beware the perils yet to be.
The Prosperous Isles, their lures and guiles;
Their apples of gold, their sirens’ smiles–
Are waiting to win thee from the Sea.
Once more the skies shall bend serene,
And placid seas He broad between;
The tempest past, the radiant bow
Shall arch the heavens above thy prow;
And golden shores beyond the Sea
Shall lift their fronds to welcome thee.
(*) Longfellow
(Granville D. Hall was formerly the editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer. He is now living in retirement [in] Glencie, Ill.)
29 Sunday Apr 2018
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39th Kentucky Infantry, African-Americans, Ann Dils, Appalachia, Basil Hatfield, cemeteries, civil war, Dils Cemetery, genealogy, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, history, John Dils Jr., Kentucky, Martha Hatfield, Martha McCoy, National Register off Historic Places, photos, Pike County, Pikeville, Randolph McCoy, Roseanna McCoy, Sam McCoy, Sarah McCoy, slavery, Union Army
The Dils Cemetery Sign, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
McCoy Family wreath, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Randolph and Sarah McCoy graves, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Randolph McCoy grave, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Roseanna McCoy grave, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Col. John Dils grave, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
History Marker, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Basil Hatfield grave sign, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Basil Hatfield grave, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
Sam and Martha McCoy grave, Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, KY. 27 April 2018.
29 Sunday Apr 2018
Posted Battle of Blair Mountain, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Halcyon, Holden, Logan, Man, Pecks Mill, Shively, Stone Branch, Whirlwind, World War I, Yantus
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From the Logan Democrat of Logan, WV, comes this story titled “Sheriff Hurst and Registrars Ready to Enroll,” dated May 24, 1917:
SHERIFF HURST AND REGISTRARS READY TO ENROLL
Final Preparations are Made to Classify Men of Military Age In Logan County
Sheriff Hurst Wednesday gave final instructions to his sixty odd registrars who will enroll all men between the ages of 21 and 30, for military service as ordered by proclamations of President Wilson and Governor Cornwell for June 5, which will be a legal holiday in West Virginia as in other states.
On June 5, all male citizens are required to go to their regular voting places between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. and fill out a blank similar to the one printed in today’s Democrat. The governor has requested that all other public business be suspended on that day and that patriotic parades of school children be held. He also asks all owners of automobiles to help transport to the voting places men of military age and that every assistance possible be given the officers who will make the registration.
To Telegraph Result
As soon as the registration in Logan county is completed, the result will be telegraphed to Washington and then the machinery will be set in motion to select those who will be included in the first call for 500,000 men who will begin training in September. A board will sit in Logan who will select the available men to enter the first army. An absolute, fair and impartial administration of the law is insured as the local board will be directly responsible to the federal authorities and subject to stern penalties should any favoritism be shown. The state officers have nothing whatever to do with the army after the work of selection is completed. Those who will form the local conscription board are:
Sheriff Frank P. Hurst
Clerk, County Court, C.G. Miller
County Health Officer, Dr. S.B. Lawson
Robert Peck, (R.)
Elmer McDonald, (D)
The president in his proclamation ordered all men, 21 to 30 years old, excepting those already enlisted, shall voluntarily present themselves at the places to be designated for registration on June 5. Other main features of his orders follow:
Men away from home may register by mail.
Penalty for refusing to register; up to a year imprisonment.
All federal, state, county, city and village officers are liable for service for registration and draft.
Any person making a false statement to evade service or any official aiding in such an attempt, will be punished by a year’s imprisonment through civil authorities or by military court martial.
Persons ill or who will be absent from home should get registration blanks from the city clerk, if they are in towns of more than 30,000 inhabitants and from the county clerk, if they are in towns of less than 30,000 inhabitants.
Explains Necessity
The main parts of the president’s proclamation in which he explained the necessity for conscription follow:
“We are arrayed against a power that would impose its will upon the world by force.
“The man in the factories or who tills the soil is no less a part of any army than the man beneath the battle-flags.
“We must shape and train for war, not an army, but a nation.
“The sharpshooter must march and the machinist must remain at his levers.”
The whole nation must be a team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted.
“It is not conscription of the unwilling but a selection from a nation which has volunteered in mass.”
Sheriff Hurst has volunteered to do his part of the work in registration without cost to the federal government. The other registrars will do the same. No trouble is expected in enrolling the entire military population of the country.
Registrar’s List
The list of registrars and enrollment places for Logan county follow:
Everett Dingess and Thomas Hensley, Queens Ridge.
Melvin Conley and Charles Conley, Shively.
Cam Pridemore and French Dingess, Pitts Branch.
Vinson Ferrell and Ans McCloud, Chapmanville.
R.E. Lowe, Stone Branch.
G.F. Collins, Big Creek.
W.B. Phipps, Chapmanville.
Ed. Haner, Curry.
Marshal Gore and Frank Frye, Sharples.
Black Sanders and George Baldwin, Lake.
Henry Lawson and John Hill, Henlawson.
J.B. Wilkinson, Jr., and M.B. Taylor, Logan.
L.D. Chambers and Frank Perry, Rolfe.
Cecil Mounts and C.H. Baisden, Mt. Gay.
Willis Parsons and W.P. Vance, Holden.
R.W. Buskirk and William Lewis, Omar.
Melvin White and Robert Hill, Pecks Mill.
Elmer Gore, Ethel.
A.M. Hall, Ethel.
Arthur Townsend, Holden.
C.E. Lamp, Holden.
C.C. Chambers and Robert Straton, Logan.
A.P. Loyd and G.K. Mills, Holden.
Sam Scott and Bruce White, Monaville.
Dr. Smoot and Guy Pauley, Blair.
Lot Murphy, Mt. Gay.
Ed. Mapper, Wilkinson.
F.D. Stollings and John Claypool, Foley.
Millard Perry, Everett Buchannon, Emmett Scaggs and Dr. Thornberry, Man.
John Amburgey and W.E. Perry, Amherstdale.
Earl Summers and Frank Hutchinson, Manbar.
M.F. Waring, Laredo.
Ed. Riffe, Craneco.
Andrew Jordan and Bilton Browning, Barnabas.
Dow Chambers, Yolyn.
Jack Mason, Rum Creek.
Logan (WV) Democrat, 24 May 1917.
29 Sunday Apr 2018
Posted Coal
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Appalachia, coal, history, Logan County, photos, West Virginia
Logan County, WV. Unknown date.
29 Sunday Apr 2018
Posted Chapmanville, Huntington
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Agnes Whitman, Appalachia, Chapmanville, genealogy, history, Huntington, Lillian Johnson, Logan Banner, Logan County, Nora Whitman, Rev. Shrives, Rev. Watkins, Sid White, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wetzel Raines
An unknown correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 8, 1927:
Rev. Watkins of Tennessee is conducting a revival at the Holiness church at present.
Rev. Shrives’ wife is on the sick list at this writing.
Mr. Wetzel Raines and wife were calling on friends in Chapmanville Sunday.
Miss Lillian Johnson is sick at this writing. We hope for her a speedy recovery.
Miss Agnes Whitman was calling on friends in Huntington Sunday.
Miss Nora Whitman is visiting her sister Mrs. Sid White of this place.
27 Friday Apr 2018
Posted Logan, Women's History
inLogan (WV) Democrat, 11 January 1917.
27 Friday Apr 2018
Posted Banco, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Huntington, Logan, Rector
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Appalachia, Banco, Big Creek, C.E. Mitchell, Charles Mitchell, Emma Colegrove, Francis Lucas, genealogy, Grady Frye Lucas, history, Huntington, J.B. Lucas, J.B. Thomas, J.B. Toney, John Hunter, John Toney, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Marie Lucas, Rector, typhoid fever, West Virginia
An unknown correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 1, 1927:
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Lucas was burned about the body and also the right arm, when he turned a cup of hot coffee over Thursday night.
John Toney and John Hunter both of Rector moved to Big Creek last week.
Mrs. Emma Colegrove of Huntington was the guest of her grandmother here Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. C.E. Mitchell was calling on Mrs. J.B. Lucas Sunday evening.
Mrs. J.B. Toney and children of Huntington were weekend visitors here.
Mrs. Francis Lucas of Banco has moved to Big Creek.
Miss Marie Lucas who has been going to school at Logan was visiting homefolks Saturday and Sunday.
Master Grady Frye Lucas, who has been ill with typhoid for some time is able to be out again.
Mrs. J.B. Thomas and Mrs. Chas. Mitchell made a flying trip to Huntington.
Good luck and best wishes to all.
25 Wednesday Apr 2018
Posted Big Harts Creek, Guyandotte River
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Appalachia, Bertha Browning, Big Branch, Caleb Browning, Caney Branch, Charles Adkins, clerk, genealogy, George Browning, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, history, Jack Browning, Jacob Adkins, Joseph Browning Jr., justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Robert Hager, Warren Browning, West Virginia, Willy Browning
Deed Book __, page 396, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Justice of the Peace Charles Adkins, a resident of Caney Branch, is my great-great-great-grandfather.
Deed Book __, page 397, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
25 Wednesday Apr 2018
Posted African American History, Cemeteries, Logan, World War I
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16th Infantry, 4th Infantry, African-Americans, Albert Adams, Albert Jeffrey, Alfred Prichard, Allen Bryant, Allen Tabor, American Legion, Appalachia, Argonne Woods, Arle J. Price, Armistice Day, Bee Stewart, Ben H. Gosney, Ben Maynard, Bert Rayborn, Bill Manville, Bird Dingess, Burnie G. Sanson, Burton W. Gore, Calvin Coolidge, Carl Ellis, Charles Brewster, Charles Burton Litten, Charlie M. Munsey, Charlie Warcovies, Clarence Bartram, Clarence Smith, Clarence W. Parkins, Clifton Manns, Clyde Jeffrey, Coal Branch, Crooked Creek Cemetery, Dan Craft, David Hensley, Dennie Robertson, Denver Mullins, Doc Workman, Earl Hager, East End, Edward Gunther, Elbert Billups, Elbert Carter, Elisha Ball, Ella Craddock, Elmer Cook, Everett Blankenship, Finne Walter Pugh, Floyd Chambers, Floyd Johnson, Floyd W. Clay, France, Frank Bell, Frank C. Reynolds, Frank C. Wilcoxen, Frank Ferrell, Frank J. Bell, Frank Ward, Fred E. Hahne, genealogy, George E. Covey, George F. Breeden, George Luty, George Meadows, Greenway Christian, Guy T. Conley, Harold Thompson, Haskell Phillips, Henan Jarrell, Henry H. Runyon, Herbert L. McKinney, Hill Brewster, Hirse C. Brown, history, Hoboken, Homer Hobbs, Homer Vance, James Chapin, James E. Peters, James G. Cyrus, James Jackson, James L. Robinson, James Linford Brown, James M. Ellis, Jasper Wooten, Jennings Robinson, Jim F. Crawford, Joe Hardy, John A. Shepherd, John B. McNeely, John B. Wilkinson, John H. Crittenden, John H. Harris, John L. Blankenship, John L. Ward, John Martin, John Roberts, John Smith, Johnie Johnson, Joseph White, Keefer Jennings Whitman, Lawrence Marcuzzi, Lee Cox, Lee Shelton, Levi J. Vance, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lovel H. Aldredge, Luther Lacy, Mack Smith, Meddie Graley, Mike Tarka, Ned Johnson, Newton Cook, Nick Malozzo, Noble J. Lax, Orvil Grubb, Oscar Dial, Otto Sanders, Patsy Vance, Peter White, Rector H. Elkins, Robert L. Gore, Roy Lowe, Roy Simms, Sam McNeely, Shellie Moxley, Sidney Ferrell, Spencer Mullins, Stonewall Hensley, Thomas J. Cox, Thomas P. Justice, Thomas R. Newman, Thomas Weir, Thomas Y. Davis, Tom Boring, Tom Williams, Tony Curia, Tony Ladas, Ulysses B. Vance, Walter S. Blake, West Virginia, Will Wilson, Willard Ball, William D. Maynard, William E. Hanshaw, William F. Munsey, William H. Adkins, William Harris, William O. Bailey, William R. Nowlan, Willie Allen, Willie F. Smith, World War I, Zatto Adkins
From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story titled “Logan County Boys Killed or Wounded,” dated November 8, 1927:
Logan County Boys Killed or Wounded
Prayers in behalf of peace are suggested for Armistice Day by President Coolidge. It will likewise be proper to recall the names of those who sacrificed most in the cause of peace, who died or were wounded in the dreary days before the signing of the Armistice ended the most colossal conflict of all history. Twenty young men from Logan county were killed in action. Half that number died of wounds. Their names and the names of others who died in the service of their country a decade ago are reproduced from the official records:
Killed in Action
Willard Ball
Clarence Bartram
Floyd W. Clay
Newton Cook
Tony Curia
Oscar Dial
Edward Gunther
David Hensley
Roy Lowe
John B. McNeely
John Martin
William F. Munsey
James L. Robinson
Roy Simms
Willie F. Smith
Bee Stewart
Mike Tarka
Ulysses B. Vance
Peter White
Keefer Jennings Whitman
Died of Wounds
John L. Blankenship
Elmer Cook
Homer Hobbs
Noble J. Lax
Lawrence Marcuzzi
Denver Mullins
William R. Nowlan
Haskell Phillips
Henry H. Runyan
Harold Thompson
Died of Disease (A.E.F.)
Thomas J. Cox
Fred E. Hahne
Joe Hardy (colored)
Clyde Jeffrey
Johnie Johnson (colored)
Allen Tabor
Homer Vance
Levi J. Vance
Died of Disease in U.S.
William O. Bailey
Elbert Billups
James Linford Brown
Elbert Carter
Wounded in Action
Albert Adams
Zatto Adkins
William H. Adkins
Lovel H. Aldredge
Willie Allen
Frank Bell
Elisha Ball
Frank J. Bell
Walter S. Blake
Everett Blankenship
Tom Boring
George F. Breeden
Hill Brewster
Charles Brewster
Hirse C. Brown
Allen Bryant
Floyd Chambers
James Chapin
Greenway Christian
Guy T. Conley
George E. Covey
Ella Craddock
Dan Craft (colored)
Jim F. Crawford
John H. Crittenden
James G. Cyrus
Thomas Y. Davis
Bird Dingess
Rector H. Elkins
James M. Ellis
Carl Ellis
Frank Ferrell
Sidney Ferrell
Robert L. Gore
Burton W. Gore
Ben H. Gosney
Meddie Graley
Orvil Grubb
Earl Hager
William E. Hanshaw
John H. Harris
William Harris (colored)
Stonewall Hensley
James Jackson (colored)
Albert Jeffrey
Henan Jarrell
Ned Johnson
Floyd Johnson
Thomas P. Justice
Luther Lacy
Tony Ladas
Charles Burton Litten
George Luty
Herbert L. McKinney
Nick Malozzo
Clifton Manns
Bill Manville
Ben Maynard
William D. Maynard
George Meadows
Shellie Moxley
Charlie M. Munsey
Spencer Mullins
Thomas R. Newman
Clarence W. Parkins
James E. Peters
Arle J. Price
Alfred Prichard
Finne Walter Pugh
Bert Rayborn
Frank C. Reynolds
John Roberts
Dennie Robertson
Jennings Robinson
Otto Sanders
Burnie G. Sanson
Lee Shelton
John A. Shepherd
Clarence Smith
John Smith (colored)
Mack Smith
Patsy Vance
Frank Ward (colored)
John L. Ward
Charlie Warcovies
Thomas Weir
Joseph White
John B. Wilkinson
Frank C. Wilcoxen
Tom Williams
Will Wilson (colored)
Jasper Wooten
Wilson Workman
It seems likely there are errors of spelling in the foregoing list, and perhaps some names have been omitted from the roster from which this list was copied. Desiring a complete and perfect list The Banner will appreciate having its attention called to any omissions or misspellings.
Logan (WV) Banner, 9 September 1921.
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