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Toney News 1.26.1911

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

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“Ding Dong,” a local correspondent from Toney in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, January 26, 1911:

Winter still remains and there is lots of sickness in this vicinity. The Doctors are kept quite busy.

Miss Lottie Lucas closed her school on Hart Saturday. She gave general satisfaction in her school work in the report.

Fisher B. Adkins, of Ferrellsburg was a caller here Sunday.

Miss Leona Pauley visited Miss Maggie and Lottie Lucas Sunday.

The Lucas Bros. are hauling some fine timber for Ward Baisden.

Born: To Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert, Friday, a big girl.

K.E. Toney and Anthony Fry killed a fine fox Saturday.

Peter M. Toney made a business trip to Leet Monday.

John Toney, of Rector, was a business visitor here Monday.

Ed Reynolds, the “war horse” Republican of Leet, bought a fine yoke of oxen from Keenan Toney Saturday. Paid $1200.

J.B. Toney, of Big Creek, was visiting here Sunday.

Irvin Workman made a business trip to the West Fork of Hart, Saturday.

B.B. Lucas passed here Saturday with a fine gang of cattle.

Miss Ettie Baisden visited here Friday.

K.E. Toney’s new residence is nearing completion.

If this escapes the waste basket, will come again next week.

Sisters and brothers all come together and make the REPUBLICAN more interesting.

Charley Curry Family Cemetery

11 Friday Apr 2014

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The Charley Curry Family Cemetery, which I visited on November 23, 2005, is located in the head of the Curry Branch of Big Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

Row 1

Dora Smith (01 June 1940-19 Mar 1981); d/o Victor and Virginia (Workman) Adkins; m. Okey Smith

Okey Smith (14 Sept 1938-still alive as of 2005)

Claude Adkins (1932-1993); s/o Benjamin and Hollena (Alford) Adkins

Betty J. Adkins (1938-2002); d/o Alvie and Vada Maynard; m. Claude Adkins

Row 2

Will Browning (14 Jan 1900-27 July 1972); s/o Lewis Kaleb and Cosby (Dalton) Browning; m. Nora Curry

Victor Adkins (1915-1982); s/o Charles Workman and Hollena Alford

Virginia Adkins (1920-1988); d/o Tilman and Flora (Curry) Workman; m. Victor Adkins

Row 3

Tammy Cox (26 June 1962-15 July 1993)

Unmarked rock

Unmarked rock

Row 4

Sadie Curry’s old headstone is used here to mark the grave of George Curry.

Homemade stone with no dates reading “Boy Baby.”

Sadie Curry (6 Jan 1867-26 July 1927); named Francis Parsadie Butcher; d/o Melvin Butcher and Lydia Eveline “Shug” Adkins; m. Charley Curry

Charley Curry (26 Nov 1866-10 April 1942); s/o Jesse and Nickiti (Thompson) Curry

Row 5

Georgia Bryant (26 Jan 1911-17 July 1978); d/o Charley and Sadie (Butcher) Curry; m. Hassell Bryant

George Curry (30 Dec 1893-28 Dec 1895?); s/o Charley and Francis (Adkins) Curry

Headstone reading “Son of Kenneth Tiller and Shirley Curtis June 21, 1963.”

Ellen Dalton (2 July 1940, only date); d/o John and Nessel (Curry) Dalton

Row 6

Owen Dalton (27 March 1927-9 Nov 1976); s/o John and Nessel (Curry) Dalton

John Dalton (20 March 1906-31 Aug 1993); s/o James and Viola (Tomblin) Dalton

Nessel C. Dalton (18 Sept 1909-08 Oct 1971); d/o Sallie Curry; m. John Dalton 11/26/1928

In Search of Ed Haley 284

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Inspired by Brandon’s visit to Daisy Ross, I called her to ask if she knew that Green and Milt were fiddlers.

“Brother Sherman and brother Green’s father was a fiddle player,” she said. “Mom said he was the best she ever heard. I didn’t know what Milt played — they played together — but Green played the fiddle. Brother Sherman played a banjo. Brother Sherman could play any kind of music. I guess Green McCoy could, too.”

I asked about Sherman’s tunes and Daisy said, “I remember when I was little and I wanted him to play that ‘Indian Girl’ and he’d have to tune that banjo different. He’s been gone fifty-some years but he was a good banjo player. He was a singing teacher. Three of my brothers was singing school teachers. Sherman and Green, and then my full brother Harkins Fry, he made music. He wrote songs all the time. He musta wrote a thousand or more and had them in Gospel songbooks. ‘Heaven On My Mind’, ‘Eternity Is So Long’ and ‘Jesus Walked All the Way’. The first ones he wrote, he was just a teenager; he was about sixteen, I think. ‘Time Is Passing By’ — he sent that off and got a thousand copies made of it and after that they liked his music so they went to putting them in songbooks and they put two in every Stamps Baxter songbook that come out.”

I was really curious to hear more about the Adkins family’s exodus from Harts Creek but Daisy only added a few new details.

“I don’t know exactly where they got on the boat at, but they got off at Ranger and had to store their stuff there at somebody’s house,” she said. “Grandpa got a man down here, Bill Frazier, to go up with a wagon and haul their stuff down. People had a hard time then.”

Halcyon 4.10.1919

04 Friday Apr 2014

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“Rastus and His Mule,” a local correspondent at Halcyon on the West Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, April 10, 1919:

We are all sorry to see the snow falling today.

Leander Cary and family attended singing school at Stokes Sunday.

Lee Dingess returned home from Logan Sunday.

Tommy Bryant was plowing Saturday.

T.B. Hensley was a guest of L. Cary’s Sunday.

Sol Riddle was shopping in Halcyon Saturday.

Harvey Thompson is on the sick list this week.

Elick Carver was a visitor of Joe Gore Sunday.

James Gore was visiting friends and relatives at Halcyon Sunday.

The moonshine was stirring rapidly Sunday.

Mason Saunders was visiting Harvie Thompson Sunday.

Misses Laura and Eliza Cary took dinner at the home of French Dingess Sunday.

Miss Von Dingess gave a Chinaman a thrashing on the last day of school.

Whirlwind 4.3.1919

03 Thursday Apr 2014

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“Blue Eyed Beauty,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, April 3, 1919:

Rev. David Frye and Pat Atkins failed to fill their appointments for church at Bulwark Sunday, disappointing a large number.

Lindsey Blair had a chopping Tuesday.

Vinson Collins and Henry Hensley bought a load of potatoes of C.B. Riddle Monday.

Grover Adams bought a colt of Lindsey Blair Sunday.

Anderson Dempsey bought a cow of Sid Bryant Friday.

Millard Baisden bought a wagon load of potatoes of Mrs. E.B. Riddle Friday.

Mrs. Hallie Tomblin visited with homefolks Sunday.

Charles Curry failed to fill his appointment to preach at Browns Run Sunday.

The United States marshals made a raid on Twelvepole last week, capturing some moonshine and one deserter, Lewis Vance. Vance ran away from Camp Lee in December, 1917, and had been dodging the officers ever since.

The farmers of this section were visited by a small forest fire the middle of the week. It started Tuesday evening when David Frye was burning some litter off a field, and the blaze burned a few panels of fence for him. The fire spread rapidly around the head of Twelvepole, Island Creek and Harts Creek, and was finally stopped by rain on Thursday night.

Alexander Tomblin, of Holden, was visiting on Harts Creek Saturday and Sunday.

Whirlwind 3.27.1919

02 Wednesday Apr 2014

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“Blue Eyed Beauty,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, March 27, 1919:

The farmers of this section are busy plowing and fencing.

Misses Eliza and Gladys Bryant were shopping at Whirlwind Saturday.

Revs. Purris and George Hensley preached excellent sermons to a large congregation on Buck Fork Sunday.

James Workman had two choppings this week — Tuesday and Thursday.

Willie Curry of Mud Fork attended church on Buck Fork Sunday.

John Taylor Bryant died at the home of his grandfather, George Bryant, Wednesday at nine o’clock at night. Death was due to tuberculosis, super-induced by influenza. The remains were laid to rest Friday in the cemetery near the home of his grandfather.

K.K. Thomas of Twelvepole attended the funeral of John T. Bryant on Buck Fork Friday.

Sol Adams of Cherry Bottom passed through here enroute for home Friday.

Reece Dalton had a log rolling Saturday.

William Tomblin and his son, Willie, have been repairing a wagon for Wade Bryant this week.

Halcyon 3.27.1919

01 Tuesday Apr 2014

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“Rastus and His Mule,” a local correspondent at Halcyon on the West Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, March 27, 1919:

The teacher of the school at this place had an interesting entertainment on the last day of school, and a large number were present to enjoy it.

Leander Cary and family attended church on Brown’s Run Sunday.

The farmers are getting busy now.

Sol Riddle was shopping in Halcyon Thursday.

Atty. Lee A. Dingess has returned from a visit at Logan.

Tommy Bryant has moved into the Widow Jackson house.

T.B. Hensley has got up another singing school on Crawley.

We are glad to see our dear, old springtime again.

Miss Chris Jackson was the guest of Lottie Casy Friday.

Whirlwind 3.13.1919

31 Monday Mar 2014

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“Blue Eyed Beauty,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, March 13, 1919:

Peter Hensley purchased a mule of Dave Bryant this week.

Moses Tomblin has purchased the grist mill of James Mullins.

John Dalton had a house raising on Thursday.

Peter Dalton, who spent a week home on furlough from Camp Lee, returned to that place Friday.

Will Tomblin has moved from his farm on Twelvepole to Omar. His mother-in-law will occupy the farm.

Peter Tomblin has purchased the Eli Workman farm and will remove to it in the near future. We understand that Bill Davis will occupy the property vacated by Mr. Tomblin.

W.J. Bachtel began teaching the Dalton school on Monday, but was able to continue but two days on account of sickness.

Tom Mullins and brother, Crit, have moved from Twelvepole to Buckfork.

It is reported that Isaac Collins will set up in the mercantile business.

Miss Kern Carter is visiting with her brother at Williamson.

Alex Tomblin is visiting on Hart’s Creek.

We hear that Mrs. Olive Stollard, an English woman, of Baltimore, Md., who was a former resident of Holden, was at Stonewall Conley’s the first of the week for the purpose of taking Miss Mollie Conley home with her. A grandson of Mrs. Stollard’s married a sister of Miss Mollie.

Whirlwind 3.6.1919

30 Sunday Mar 2014

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“Blue Eyed Beauty,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, March 6, 1919:

The Rev. Sam Adkins preached at the Hall school house on Twelvepole Sunday.

Mon Bryant of Queensridge visited with relatives in this community the first of the week.

Wm. Carter quit work on Island Creek Friday on account of ill health.

The Revs. Chas. Curry and George Hensley held religious services Sunday at Brown’s Run.

Samuel Tomblin drove a fine hog to Island Creek and sold it Wednesday.

Crockett Farley hauled a load of merchandise for James Mullins Wednesday.

Mrs. Dicie Bryant and _____ were both on the sick list for a few days this week.

John T. Workman, mention of whose illness was made in our last week’s issue, was removed from his home on Buckfork to the home of his father-in-law, Luke Curry.

Halcyon 2.27.1919

29 Saturday Mar 2014

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“Daddy’s Girl,” a local correspondent at Halcyon on the West Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, February 27, 1919:

We are pleased that spring will soon be here with its flowers and sunny weather.

Our singing school is progressing fine but will soon be out. The singing master says he will begin a school at Striker, on Crawley, when our school closes.

The girls and boys of Halcyon are preparing to have a good time at school Friday. They all have arranged to wear fancy dress costumes.

Will Harris is preparing to move into the house on the A. Dingess farm, where he will work this season.

A. Dingess is still very poorly.

Whirlwind 2.27.1919

28 Friday Mar 2014

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“Blue Eyed Beauty,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, February 27, 1919:

We have been having some rainy weather the past week.

Several of our farmers are fencing and clearing ground for this year’s crops.

The Bryant school, taught by W.J. Bachtel, closed on Friday, and the Hall school, taught by R.H. Thomas, closed on Saturday.

Dave and Wade Bryant have gone into the mercantile business at the head of Whiteoak, and Will Farley recently put up a store two miles below Whirlwind post office.

John Dalton is preparing to build himself a new house.

“Doke” Tomblin purchased a cow of Miss Burlie Riddle Thursday.

We hear that Isaac Workman accidentally cut his foot with an axe while working for Geo. Hutchinson Lumber Company.

Rev. George Hensley and John Bryant conducted religious services on Buckfork Sunday.

Jesse Blair was a business visitor at Holden Saturday.

John Taylor Bryant is on the sick list this week. He has not been in good health since having an attack of influenza in the fall.