28 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Logan
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Albert J. Kirk, Appalachia, genealogy, history, Joe Hatfield, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, photos, Republican Party, sheriff, Tennis Hatfield, West Virginia
Tennis Hatfield, Republican, is Sheriff of Logan County, WV. Source: Logan Banner, 20 April 1926. My Kirk family was aligned with Tennis and Joe Hatfield. Uncle Albert Kirk served as a deputy under Sheriff Joe Hatfield.
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted in Chapmanville, Yantus
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Allen Sanders, Andrew Chambers, Appalachia, Berbard Forbes, Bud Campbell, Chapmanville, Charley Adams, Clel Adams, Cris Jackson, Emmazetta Stollings, genealogy, Grace Stollings, Hazel Stollings, history, Hurst Butcher, Ida Sanders, Logan Banner, Logan County, Martha Farley, Mason Sanders, Mitch Stollings, Oma Butcher, Sammy Stollings, Samp Dingess, Tom Stollings, West Virginia, Yantus
An unknown local correspondent from Yantus in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 16, 1926:
Here we come with a bit of news from Yantus.
We have plenty of mud down here and who ever wants a sack full is welcome.
We had an interesting ball game at Sammy Stollings’ Sunday.
Tom Stollings was the all day guest of Mitch Stollings Sunday.
Mrs. Mason Sanders and Ida Sanders made a flying trip to Chapmanville Saturday.
Mrs. Martha Farley was visiting Mrs. Emmazetta Stollings Saturday and Sunday.
Maybe winter is over. Andrew Chambers was seen sitting out in the sun Monday.
Bee Bud Campbell is going to send a wagon load of plow stacks to the shop when his horse gets out of the hospital.
Hurst Butcher was the all day guest of Kahler Butcher at Chapmanville, Friday.
Miss Gracy Stollings was visiting her parents Saturday and Sunday.
French Butcher made a fine horse trade Saturday: he traded a good horse for a bridle, but the horse’s head was in it.
Ernest Sanders and Grace Stollings were out walking Sunday evening.
Floyd Stollings was calling on Miss Cris Jackson, Sunday. Look out, Lee.
Charley Adams was horse back riding Saturday evening.
Bernard Forbes and Miss Oma Butcher were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sanders Saturday.
Bee Bud Campbell is repairing plow stocks.
Samp Dingess got a hair cut Saturday at Chapmanville.
Clel Adams and Opal White broke a date. Hope they make up again.
Hurst Butcher was calling on Miss Hazel Stollings Sunday.
Combinations: Jake and his sled; Jonah and his curls; Hassell and his Essex; Floyd looking for Cris; Jim and his horse; Hurst and his gold tooth; Ernest and his tie; Dell and his guitar; Floyd and his No. 12; Charley and his smiles; Hazel and her blues; Opal and her hair cut; Clel and his freckles; Mont and his overcoat; Sherman and his grip; Martha and her dust cap; Tom and his eye brows; Cecil and his red socks; French and his formal horse; Bernard and his toboggan.
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted in Atenville, Civil War, Fourteen, Little Harts Creek
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Appalachia, civil war, Confederate Army, Elijah Gartin, Eliza Ann Gartin, Elizabeth Agnes Gartin, Elizabeth Margaret Gartin, farming, Fourteen, genealogy, Greenbrier County, Harry Patterson Gartin, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, history, Isaac Gartin, James A. Gartin, James Toney, Josephus Workman, justice of the peace, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan, Martha Frances Gartin, Mary Gartin, Meadow Bluffs, Monroe County, Nancy Caroline Gartin, Nancy Toney, Susan Jane Gartin, Virginia, West Virginia
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Isaac Griffith Gartin, who resided at Little Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Was born in Monroe county, (now) West Virginia, February 3, 1832, and settled in Lincoln county in 1864. His parents are Elijah Alexander and Mary (Carper) Gartin, who settled here in 1850. August 28, 1856, in Logan county, (now) West Virginia, the Rev. J. Workman joined in wedlock Isaac G. Gartin and Elizabeth Margaret Toney. She was born in Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia, October 15, 1835, and she is a daughter of James and Nancy (Gillispie) Toney, who came to this county in 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Gartin have been blessed with six children: Eliza Ann, born October 3, 1857, married and residing in Lincoln county; James Alexander, September 12, 1860, married and lives in this county; Susan Jane, June 22, 1864; Nancy Caroline, September 12, 1867; Elizabeth Agnes, February 18, 1872; Martha Frances, March 11,1 876. Isaac Gartin was justice of the peace for four years in Hart Creek district, and secretary of the board of education six years, also a member of that board for a number of years. Mr. Gartin volunteered in the State line troops of Virginia, and served eight months, when it was thought best to abandon the brigade to which he belonged, and he came home. They were afterward ordered to meet an officer in Logan C.H., who would muster them into the regular service, but this failed, and Mr. Gartin again returned to his home. Harry P., a brother of Isaac G., a volunteer in the Confederate army, was taken sick and died at Meadow Bluffs, Greenbrier county, after one year’s service. Isaac Griffith Gartin owns a fine farm at the head of Little Hart creek, and the land produces well in grain as well as fruit, and it contains iron ore and fine building stone. Address, Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134-135.
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Guyandotte River
Mouth of Walker Branch, Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV. 12 November 2016.
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in African American History, Barboursville
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Appalachia, Barboursville, Cabell County, Clarence Dean, genealogy, Gertrude Dean, Harvey Dean, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Patsy Dean, slavery, West Virginia
Patsy Dean Obituary, Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 29 March 1899. According to the 1870 Cabell County Census, Patsy was born about 1837. The census enumerator identified her as a mulatto. Based on the 1880 Cabell County Census, Patsy was born about 1840 and was the mother of three children: Harvey Dean (born about 1873), Gertrude Dean (born about 1875), and Clarence Dean (born about 1878). The census enumerator identified her as black.
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in African American History, Civil War, Harts
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Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, Elizabeth Adkins, genealogy, Harts, history, Isaac Adkins, Lincoln County, slavery, West Virginia
Isaac and Elizabeth Adkins section of the Adkins Family Cemetery in Harts, WV, 21 May 2016. The slave cemetery is located just beyond the trees.
Here I am standing in the old Adkins slave cemetery. Isaac Adkins is my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. 21 May 2016.
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in Civil War, Giles County, Green Shoal
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Abbotts Branch, Anthony Fry, Appalachia, Boone County, Cabell County, Caroline Fry, Catherine Fry, Christian Fry, Cora A. Fry, Druzilla Abbott, Elizabeth Fry, Elizabeth Hunter, Emily Lucas, farming, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Giles County, Green Shoal, Hardin Fry, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, history, John Fry, John Henan Fry, Julia A. Fry, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Lurana Fry, Mary A. Fry, Robert Hunter, Sulphur Spring Fork, timber, Virginia, West Virginia
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Christian T. Fry, who resided at Hart in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
One of the farming population of Hart Creek district, was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, in 1824, and he is a son of John and Catherine (Snodgrass) Fry, natives of Giles county, Virginia. Mr. Fry chose for a help-meet Elizabeth Hunter, and in Boone county, West Virginia, in 1849, they were married. Their children number eight, born as follows: Julia A., April 26, 1850; Anthony, November 1853; Caroline, December 1856; Mary A., August 1859; John H., September 1861; Cora A., September 1864; Hardin, June 15, 1867; Lurana, July 1871. Mrs. Fry was born in Kanawha county in 1835, and her parents are Robert and Elizabeth (Tayler) Hunter, who reside in Boone county. Christian T. Fry is a prosperous farmer in Hart Creek district, owning 300 acres of good farming land, situated on Browns branch. The land has good improvements, a fine orchard, and a part is heavily timbered with pine, poplar and oak. There is mineral, coal and iron ore in abundance. Mr. Fry’s post office address is Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.
NOTE: Christian Thomas “Jack” Fry is my great-great-great-grandfather. I descend through his son, John Henan Fry, who settled on Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek. I also descend from two of Christian Fry’s sisters, Emily (Fry) Lucas and Druzilla (Fry) Abbott.
NOTE: The Browns Branch referenced in this history is now called Abbotts Branch.
18 Saturday Feb 2017
Posted in Cemeteries, Huntington, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Cabell County, Hamlin, history, Huntington, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Milt Haley, Spring Hill Cemetery, Thomas H. Harvey, West Virginia
Judge Thomas H. Harvey grave at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, WV. 16 January 2017.
Judge Harvey, who oversaw legal matters for the 8th Judicial Circuit from 1889 until 1897, presided over the Haley-McCoy murder trial in August of 1890. 16 January 2017.
18 Saturday Feb 2017
Posted in Chapmanville, Civil War, Harts
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Appalachia, Battle of Kanawha Gap, Benjamin F. Fowler, Bettie Fowler, Bill Fowler, Burning Spring Hollow, Cabell County, Chapmanville, civil war, Confederate Army, Effie Fowler, Elizabeth Adkins, Elizabeth Fowler, genealogy, George W. Fowler, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, history, John B. Adkins, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Martha A. Fowler, Mary Ann Fowler, Mud River, Thomas Fowler, West Virginia, Zattoo Fowler
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for William T. Fowler, who resided at Hart in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Is a merchant, miller and farmer in Harts Creek district, with business headquarters on Guyan river at the mouth of that creek. He was born in Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia, at the mouth of Burning Spring Hollow, June 29, 1825, and his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Gillispie) Fowler, are both now deceased. William T. Fowler has been twice married, his first wife Polly Emerine, left him three children, born as follows: Zattoo D., March 28, 1851; Polly A., December 25, 1853; William E., September 15, 1856. In Cabell county, West Virginia, June 10, 1871, W.T. Fowler and Martha A. Adkins were united wedlock, and the children born of this union are: Bettie, May 6, 1875; Effie, June 10, 1876; Benjamin F., December 15, 1878; George W., June 30, 1880. Mrs. Fowler is a native of Cabell county, born December 15, 1839, and her parents are John B. and Elizabeth (Childers) Adkins. Her mother still resides in that county; her father died April 1876. Mr. Fowler enlisted in the Civil War in 1862, serving on the Confederate side, and was a participant in the Chapmansville battle. William T. Fowler settled in Lincoln county in 1847, and now owns 200 acres of land at the mouth of Big Hart creek, and 254 acres on Mud river. That situated on Hart creek produces well, and has a good orchard and a part is heavily timbered with oak, poplar and pine; coal and iron ore are quite abundant. The land on Mud river is heavily timbered. Address, Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Warren
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Appalachia, Billy Hall, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, nature, photos, Rockhouse Fork, West Virginia
Billy Hall Farm, Mouth of Rockhouse Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. 3 December 2016.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Chapmanville, Logan
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Alvis Godby, Appalachia, Chapmanville, Connie Bentley, Dan Cox, Ebb Thompson, Elva Cox, Elva Godby, Eunice Scaggs, genealogy, Hartford Mounts, Henlawson, history, J.D. Price, Jim Pauley, John Addis, Lizzie Sansom, Logan, Logan County, Nelson Bentley, Phico, R.C. Phillips, Ruth Jordan, Shirl Bias, Vanzel Bentley, Vivian Johnson, Walter McNeely, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 12, 1926:
Roses on our shoulders, Slippers on our feet,
We are Phico girls, don’t you think we’re sweet?
We are having some cold weather at this writing.
Shirl Bias was calling on Miss Ruth Jordan Sunday.
Vanzel Bentley was calling on Miss Elva Cox Sunday.
Dan Cox looks very down hearted nowadays. Wonder why?
Walter McNeely of Logan was calling on Miss Connie Bentley Sunday.
M. McNeely of Henlawson was calling on Miss Elva Godby Sunday.
Nelson Bentley had quite a lot of visitors Sunday.
J.D. Price is very ill at this writing.
Ebb Thompson was calling on Miss Vivian Johnson Sunday.
Mr. Jim Pauley was calling on Miss Katie Chapman Sunday.
Wonder why Miss Elva Cox was disappointed Saturday night.
Mrs. Annie Bias was visiting Mrs. Martha Jordan Sunday.
Wonder what has become of Miss Leta Thomas? She has not been seen for some time.
A. Wright was visiting home folks Sunday.
Bobby Hale was calling on Miss Bertha Jordan Sunday.
Wonder what has become of Miss Mary Craddock? She is never seen in our town anymore.
Alvis Godby was calling on Miss Lizzie Sansons Sunday evening.
John Addis was calling on Miss Eunice Scaggs Sunday.
We were sorry to hear of R.C. Phillips losing his white mule. Cheer up, Rube. There are plenty more.
Hartford Mounts seems to enjoy wearing his hip boots.
Daily Happenings:
Ruth had her red hat. Shirl and his new shirt. Vanzel and his overcoat. Elva and her jump jacket. Dan and his new rain coat. Walter and his smiles. Connie going to Cox’s. Markyle anad his blues. Elva and her blue dress. Nelson and his new suit. J.D. and his store. Russell looking down hearted. Sallie keeping house. Wayne and his new cook. Andy and his pictures. Grace and her sweetie. Edgar and his blues. Ebb and his sweetie. Vivian and her beau. Jim and his music. Katie and her wrist watch. Elva Cocks and her curly locks. Annie and her store. Martha and her checked dress. Brook and her chickens. Leta and her hair cut. Almond and his traveling case. Bobby and his smiles. Bertha going to the office. Mary going to school. Alvis and his watch. Lizzie and her hair clasp. John Addis and his girl. Eunice and her sweetie. R.C. Phillips and his white mule.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud
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Appalachia, crafts, Hardy, Hearty Artisan, Herbie Dotson, Jim Hall, Kentucky, photos, Pike County, Pike County Tourism, West Virginia, Williamson, Williamson Daily News
Before Christmas, I visited The Hearty Artisan in Hardy, Kentucky. The Hearty Artisan features locally-crafted items of superior quality. Conveniently located on Highway 319 just outside of Williamson, WV, and situated in Hatfield-McCoy Feud country, the shop is a perfect destination for tourists seeking unique gift items.
Photo submitted. Williamson Daily News, 10 November 2016.
The Hearty Artisan, located at Hardy, KY (just outside of Williamson, WV), offers locally made one-of-a-kind items for sale. For more about the store, follow this link: http://williamsondailynews.com/news/7489/the-hearty-artisan
Carvings by the renowned Jim Hall. Be sure to follow the shop’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theheartyartisan/
Tater Buddies by Jim Hall.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Fourteen, Harts
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Alexander Dalton, Appalachia, Bithenia Estep, Corbin Estep, Elizabeth Dennison Elkins, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, H.H. Hardesty, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, history, John Stephens, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Matilda Dalton, Nancy Elkins, Overton Elkins, Richard Elkins, Sylvanus Elkins, West Virginia, William Floyd Elkins, William Overton Elkins
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for William Floyd Elkins, who resided at Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Is a son of Overton and Nancy Ferguson (Estep) Elkins, who lived here at the formation of Lincoln county, and he was born in Cabell county, May 2, 1856. December 26, 1872, the Rev. John Stephens joined in wedlock, W.F. Elkins and Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Matilda Farley Dalton. Mrs. Elkins died October 15, 1875, leaving one child, Sylvanus, born October 9, 1873. In Lincoln county, July 13, 1876, Elizabeth Dennison Estep, daughter of Corbin and Bithenia Crocket (Elkins) Estep, became the wife of William Floyd Elkins, and to them one son has been given: William Overton, July 25, 1880. Elizabeth D. Elkins was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, January 25, 1861, and came to Lincoln county with her parents in 1867. Richard Elkins, great-grandfather of William, came to the mouth of Big Hart creek, in the year 1816, and settled there, raising a large family of children, who are scattered throughout Hart Creek district. William Floyd Elkins is a farmer in this district, owning 45 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek, 20 acres of which is cultivated. The land is well timbered and coal and iron ore abound quite largely, and there is upon the farm a lead mine, which makes the land more valuable. His post office address is Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Civil War, Huntington
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actress, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, Alberta Gallatin Jenkins, Appalachia, Cabell County, Columbia, Davis Theatre, Green Bottom, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, J.B. Bowlin, Joseph Jefferson, Mrs. Fiske, Nell Gwynne, Paraguay, Richard Mansfield, St. Louis, T.W. Keene, theater, Uruguay, Virginia Jenkins, West Virginia
Alberta Gallatin Jenkins (1861-1948) was a famous stage actress born at Green Bottom in present-day Cabell County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Confederate general Albert Gallatin Jenkins. For more on her biography, follow this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Gallatin
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 17 December 1900.
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 20 December 1900. Additional information here: https://warnerssafeblog.wordpress.com/category/alberta-gallatin-1861-1948/
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, December 20, 1900.
Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 21 December 1900.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Green Shoal, Huntington, Toney
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Appalachia, Arnold Barker, Bill Thompson, Chapmanville, French Butcher, G.S. Ferrell, genealogy, H.T. Butcher, Harts Creek, history, Huntington, John Sanders, Logan Banner, Logan County, Morgan Garrett, Singer Sewing Machine Company, Toney, Tucker Fry, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 5, 1926:
Arnold Barker spent time last Monday and Tuesday in Huntington on business.
We noticed quite a lot of the Harts Creek boys going down to Huntington the first of the week to see the Hon. G.W. McClintie. Some of them said they did not know just when they would get back.
If we ever incorporate this town our first police is going to be a woman. We know she can make one man be good.
G.S. Ferrell has taken over the contract for grading the lower end of the hard road.
Singing school is getting a good start. It is hard to tell who makes the ugliest faces. At present, it is about a tie between Squire Barker and Morgan Garrett.
Mrs. Mart Bryant who has been quite ill for several days is some better now.
Chin Beard Lucas was dealing in real estate here Monday.
H.T. Butcher, the prohibition man, is attending federal court in Huntington this week.
John Sanders, the truant officer, was in town Tuesday.
Tucker Fry, of Toney, W.Va., was looking after the interest of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., on Tuesday here.
French Butcher says he has decided to make some stump speeches during this campaign.
Bill Thompson has purchased himself a motorcycle.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Huntington
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Appalachia, George W. Atkinson, governors, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, New York Sun, political cartoons, politics, Republican Party, trusts, West Virginia
“Gov. Atkinson and the Trust Octopus,” Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 19 September 1899. For more on Gov. Atkinson, follow this link: http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/308
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
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25th Virginia Regiment, Appalachia, Bethany C. Elkins, civil war, Clarinda Elkins, Confederate Army, Corbin Estep, Darby Kelly Elkins, David J. Estep, Elizabeth D. Elkins, Elizabeth Estep, Emily Elkins, Erlery C. Elkins, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Harvey Elkins, history, Jim Comstock, Lincoln County, Logan County, Luanna Elkins, Mary Jane Elkins, Miles Elkins, Nancy E. Elkins, Nancy Elkins, Overton Elkins, Pheobe Elkins, Richard Elkins, Shadrack Estep, Susan R. Elkins, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Union Army, Wayne County, West Virginia, William F. Elkins, William O. Estep
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Overton Elkins, who resided at Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Is a son of Harvey and Elizabeth D. (May) Elkins, who were living here before the organization of Lincoln county. Overton Elkins was born in what was then Logan county, Virginia, December 20, 1831, and in Wayne county, March 31, 1853, by the Rev. D.K. Elkins, he was joined in marriage with Nancy Estep. She was born in Wayne county, December 25, 1838, and her parents were Corbin and Elizabeth (Davis) Estep. To Mr. and Mrs. Elkins ten children have been given: William F., born May 2, 1856; Pheribe E., May 1, 1858; Clarinda, March 18, 1860; Mary Jane, June 29, 1862; Luanna, May 30, 1864; Nancy E., March 18, 1866; Bethany C., March 9, 1868, died February 26, 1879; Emily, September 23, 1870; Erlery C., June 25, 1872; Susan R., August 10, 1877. Miles Elkins, brother of Overton, was in the late war, and served from the commencement until the close, and came home without a scar. Shadrack Estep, brother of Mrs. Elkins, served in the Confederate ranks in the war of 1861, and David J. and William O., also her brothers, were in the Federal army, 25th Virginia Regiment. William O. died soon after the close of the war from illness brought on during the service. Richard Elkins, grandfather of Overton, built the first cabin in Hart Creek district, (now) Lincoln county, about the year 1816, when Harvey, Overton’s father, was but fifteen years of age. Darby H., brother of Harvey, at the age of nine years killed a panther with a pocket knife and the assistance of his dogs. The animal measured nearly nine feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. Mr. Elkins’ mother was born January 10, 1800, and at the date of this writing (July 25, 1883) she can walk twenty miles a day. Overton Elkins is a farmer in Hart Creek district, owning 100 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek of Guyandotte river, 30 acres under cultivation. His farm is rich and very productive, contains coal, some lead and fine building stone.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 133.
13 Friday Jan 2017
Posted in Huntington
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Appalachia, Buckskin Bill, Cabell County, Crigler's Famous Cowboy Band, Harry Crigler, history, Huntington, West Virginia, Wild West Show
Buckskin Bill’s Wild West arrives in Huntington, WV!
Buckskin Bill
Source: Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 6 July 1900.
13 Friday Jan 2017
Posted in Chapmanville
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Albert Estep, Appalachia, C&O Railroad, Cabin Creek, Chapmanville, Charleston, Frank Ballard, Gordon Lilly, history, Holiness Church, J.H. Tanner, Kaylor Butcher, Ku Klux Klan, Logan Banner, Logan County, S.T. Perry, singing schools, Sons of Rest, Squire Sol Adams, Stollings, United Fuel Gas Company, Walka Talka Gas Company, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on February 26, 1926:
Squire Lowe and Squire Adams were both in town Saturday dealing out justice to all litigants that wanted to be heard.
On last Sunday evening both churches here were visited by a large delegation of Klansmen in full regalia who left a nice donation at each church for the ministers. The ministers said at each place if the Klansmen did not save the country it was gone.
Our genial C. & O. operator here sure does love the fair sex.
S.T. Perry has moved his family from this place to Charleston, his work being on Cabin Creek.
Singing school next Sunday starts at the Holiness Church. Albert Estep will be the teacher. Everybody come.
J.H. Tanner who has been field manager here for the United Fuel Gas Co., for some time has accepted a position as superintendent for the Walka Talka Gas Co., which will necessitate his moving his family to Stollings.
Frank Ballard is still working at his same job.
Kaylor Butcher has been made past Grand Chief of the Sons of Rest.
Uncle Gordon Lilly has returned to town after an absence of several days.
12 Monday Dec 2016
Posted in Chapmanville, Stone Branch
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Appalachia, Cecil Ward, coal, Crocket Hatfield, Godby Branch School House, history, Huntington, J.H. Vickers, Logan Banner, Omar, Squire Lowe, Stone Branch School, Tennis Hatfield, Tompkins By-Product Coal Company, W.T. Quay, West Virginia
An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on February 19, 1926:
Prof. McClure, the postmaster at Omar, officiated as auctioneer at the pie social here last Saturday evening. The professor can sell pies.
J.H. Vickers is, we are glad to say, able to be out again.
Some local capitalists are organizing to take over the Tompkins By-Product Coal Company.
Revival services are being held at both churches this week.
Cecil Ward of Huntington was calling on his sweetie here, Sunday.
Mase Butcher says he hears he is going to be the first man fired when Tennis Hatfield becomes sheriff of this county.
We have a bachelor here who has abandoned all hope of ever getting married. He is now growing himself a fine mustache.
W.T. Quay of Huntington was in town Wednesday.
The road crew are moving the Godby Branch school house this week, so the children are getting a vacation.
Crocket Hatfield, deputy U.S. Marshal, was in town Wednesday. Some of the boys took with a sudden leaving immediately after his arrival.
The church house at Stone Branch that was being used for a school for the primary grades burned down on Monday morning.
Squire Lowe has some very important cases on his docket which will come up for trial in the near future.
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