31 Monday Mar 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, Women's History
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Appalachia, Calhoun County, culture, history, life, Minnie Hicks, photos, Russell Shaver, West Virginia
Minnie Hicks (right) with her son, Russell Shaver, Calhoun County, WV, c.1912
30 Sunday Mar 2014
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Al Brumfield Cemetery, Appalachia, crime, feud, genealogy, Harts, Hollene Brumfield, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Hollena (Dingess) Brumfield, a major character in the Lincoln County Feud, is buried at Harts, Lincoln County, WV
26 Wednesday Mar 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Angeline Lucas, Appalachia, Boney Lucas, feud, history, Stiltner, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Virginia
Angeline (Adkins) Lucas, shown at center, with two of her daughters, Wayne County, WV
26 Wednesday Mar 2014
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Ann Brumfield, Appalachia, cemeteries, Charles Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Paris Brumfield Family Cemetery, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Charles Brumfield places a modern tombstone at the grave of his great-great-grandmother, Ann (Toney) Brumfield, 2002
14 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Music, Women's History
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Appalachia, Carolyn Johnnie Farley, culture, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, West Virginia
Carolyn “Johnnie” Farley of Brown’s Run of Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV.
12 Wednesday Mar 2014
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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Appalachia, Caroline Brumfield, Charley Brumfield, culture, Ethel Brumfield, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Ethel Brumfield, daughter of Charles and Caroilne (Dingess) Brumfield
02 Sunday Mar 2014
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Ed Haley, Music, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, fiddle, fiddler, history, Josie Cline, Kentucky, Kermit, life, music, photos, Tug River, Warfield, West Virginia
The fiddle of Josie (Spaulding) Cline, “Lady Champion Fiddler of Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio & West Virginia”
23 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, Ferrellsburg, Native American History, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, Ferrellsburg, history, life, Lincoln County, Native American History, photos, Stella Mullins, West Virginia
Stella (Abbott) Mullins of Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, West Virginia
22 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in Harts, Pearl Adkins Diary, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, Pearl Adkins, photos, West Virginia, writers, writing
Pearl Adkins (left), Harts, Lincoln County, WV
18 Tuesday Feb 2014
Posted in Ed Haley, Harts, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, Garnet Adkins, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Garnet Dingess Adkins of Harts, Lincoln County, WV, c. 1995.
13 Thursday Feb 2014
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Ed Haley, Women's History
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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, culture, Eunice Ferrell, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Eunice Peyton Ferrell of Big Ugly Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 1995
11 Tuesday Feb 2014
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Ed Haley, Women's History
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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, culture, Doska Adkins, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Doska Duty Adkins and her stuffed squirrel, Big Ugly Creek, Lincoln County, WV, August 1995
09 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in Civil War, Logan, Music, Women's History
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Appalachia, banjo, Cathy Grant, Chief Logan State Park, civil war, fiddler, fiddling, life, Logan, Logan County, music, photos, Union Army, West Virginia
A Civil War re-enactor plays the banjo while Cathy Grant plays the fiddle at Chief Logan State Park in Logan County, WV, September 2002.21 Saturday Dec 2013
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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Appalachia, Bessie Adkins, culture, Great Depression, Harts, Hazel Adkins, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Bessie (Brumfield) Adkins stands behind Hazel Adkins, Harts, Lincoln County, WV, 1940s.
01 Friday Nov 2013
Posted in Fourteen, Wewanta, Women's History
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Appalachia, Caleb Headley, Elizabeth Jane Farley, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, midwife, photos, Sarah Headley, Sulphur Spring Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia, William Floyd Farley
Sarah Ann (Farley) Headley, daughter of William F. and Jane (Clark) Farley and wife of Caleb Headley. Sarah (1849-1945) is my great-great-great-grandmother. She lived at Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV.
25 Friday Oct 2013
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, Ferrellsburg, Guyandotte River, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Ferrellsburg Ferry, Lincoln County, West Virginia, 1905-1915
25 Friday Oct 2013
Posted in Harts, Women's History
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Appalachia, Caroline Brumfield, chickens, culture, farming, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Caroline Dingess Brumfield feeding chickens, Harts, West Virginia, 1920s
19 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Ed Haley, Music, Women's History
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Appalachia, Clay County, culture, genealogy, guitar, history, life, Logan County, Nora Martin, photos, Ugee Postalwait, West Virginia
Nora (Douglas) Martin, daughter of Rosie Hicks Day, Clay County, WV, 1913-1925
29 Sunday Sep 2013
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Pikeville, Women's History
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, culture, history, Kentucky, life, photos, Pikeville, steamboat, U.S. South
“Waiting on a boat,” Pikeville, Kentucky, 1901
29 Sunday Sep 2013
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Women's History
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Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, history, life, Liza McKenzie, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, circa 1940s
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