Harts Creek Area Preachers (1893-1900)

21 Thursday Jan 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Shively, Spottswood, Warren, Whirlwind

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A.E. Thompson, Albert G. Vance, America Mullins, Ann Conley, Anthony Bryant, Arzella E. Thompson, Ben Adams, Bettie Adams, Brazilla Collins, Burl Adams, Caroline Browning, Caroline Farley, Caroline Nelson, Charley Lilly, Charley Workman, Clarissa G. Riddle, Cynthia A. Workman, Delphia Workman, Dorthula Dingess, Dyke Garrett, E.B. Lilly Jr., Elias Thompson, Elizabeth Dempsey, Emily Jane Johnson, Emily Workman, Floyd Bryant, Floyd Stollings, genealogy, George Spaulding, George Thompson, Gordon Farley, Green McNeely, Hariff Fleming, Harriet Carter, Harriet Dingess, Harts Creek, Harvey Smith, Henry Spry, Hester C. Collins, history, Hugh Conley, Isaac Fry, Isaac Tomblin, J. McNeeley, James B. Mullins, James E. Farley, James Thompson, James Tomblin, Jane Conley, Jeff McCloud, Jesse Robinson, John A. Vance, John B. Thompson, John Brumfield, John F. Farley, John H. Adkins, John H. Mullins, John Manns, John Murphy, John Q. Adams, John W. Workman, John Workman, Joseph Workman, Julia Hensley, Julia Lucas, Julia White, Linnie Hainer, Logan, Logan County, Louis Thompson, Louisa Thompson, Lucinda Bryant, Lucinda Collins, Lucinda Lucas, Lucinda Pool, Lucy Conley, M.A. Robinson, M.J. Tomblin, Maggie Perdue, Mahala Pridemore, Margaret Baisden, Martha Jane Burns, Martha Jane Tomblin, Mary A. Browning, Mary E. Baisden, Mary J. Smith, Mary Lambert, Mary Mullins, Mary Shadrack, Matilda Collins, Matilda Dalton, Matthew A. Robinson, Mattie Vance, Melvin Baisden, Minerva McCloud, Moses Tomblin, Nasby Smith, Ollie Barley, Paris Hensley, Paris S. Spry, Peter H. Dingess, Polly Adams, Ralph Nelson, Rebecca Hall, Rhoda Browning, Rhoda Simpkins, Robert Amburgey, Robert Owens, Robert Workman, S.P. Spry, Sarah E. Workman, Spencer Mullins, Wallace Toney, Wash Dempsey, Wash Farley, Wayne Adams, West Virginia, William H. Watts, William Mullins, Yantus Dingess

The following list of Logan County marriages for the period of 1893 to 1900 reveals the names of preachers operating in the Harts Creek area. The source for this material is “Marriage Record 2 (1892-1913),” pages 2-146, which is located at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years. NOTE: Marriage records for the Lincoln County section of the community are unavailable.

1893

Isaac Fry March 1893 John H. Adkins and Caroline Nelson

W.D. Garrett March 1893 Floyd Bryant and Mary E. Baisden

Washington Dempsey April 1893 Spencer Mullins and Syntha A. Workman

Washington Dempsey June 1893 Harvey Smith and Hester C. Collins

Washington Dempsey 07 July 1893 William Mullins and Mary Mullins

Washington Dempsey 14 September 1893 Henry Spry and M.J. Tomblin

Isaac Fry 14 October 1893 John Brumfield and Harriet Dingess

Washington Dempsey 09 December 1893 Robert Amburgey and Rebecca Hall

1894

None Given February 1894 Robert Workman and Mattie Vance

W.D. Garrett 09 March 1894 John Q. Adams and Maggie Perdue

J.G. McNeely 11 April 1894 John Murphy and Matilda Dalton

Washington Dempsey 24 April 1894 Ben Adams and Polly Adams

Washington Dempsey 04 June 1894 Wayne Adams and Minerva McCloud

None Given June 1894 Joseph Workman and A.E. Thompson

Washington Dempsey July 1894 or 1895 James E. Farley and Darthula Dingess

None Given 05 July 1894 John B. Thompson and Julia White

P.H. Dingess 10 July 1894 James Thompson and Margret Baisden

W.D. Garrett 09 December 1894 Nasby Smith and Caroline Farley

W.D. Garrett 22 December 1894 Wash Farley and Mahala Pridemore

1895

Pyrrhus Hensley 19 January 1895 J. McNeeley and Ollie Barley

None Given May 1895 William H. Watts and Yantie Dingess

Peter H. Dingess July 1895 Burwell Adams and Bettie Adams

Gordon Farley July 1895 Hugh Conley and Mary Shadrack

Peter H. Dingess July 1895 Wash Priest and Margaret Lynch

John F. Farley September 1895 Charley Lilly and Jane Conley

W.D. Garrett 21 September 1895 Robert Owens and Rebecca Hall

Washington Dempsey 01 November 1895 Floyd Bryant and Mary J. Smith

Washington Dempsey December 1895 Melvin Baisden and Matilda Collins

1896

None Given February 1896 John Workman and Mary Lambert

None Given 19 May 1896 Robert Mullins and Delphy Workman

1897

P.H. Dingess 24 January 1897 John H. Mullins and Martha Jane Burns

M.A. Robinson 22 March 1897 A.D. Robinson and Polly Aldridge

P.H. Dingess, Sr. 27 April 1897 Wedington Mullins and Margarett Jonas

1898

W.D. Garrett 03 April 1898 Charley Workman and Linnie Haner

K.H. Bevins 10 April 1898 Floyd Stollings and Ann Conley

Wash Dempsey 03 May 1898 Ralph Nelson and Caroline Browning

Jesse R. Browning 07 September 1898 Jesse Robinson and Mary A. Browning

1899

W.D. Garrett 12 April 1899 Wallace Toney and Julia Lucas

M.A. Robinson 03 August 1899 Albert G. Vance and Sarah E. Workman

M.A. Robinson 03 September 1899 John W. Workman and Lucinda Pool

Wash Dempsey 22 September 1899 William Mullins and America Mullins

Washington Dempsey 22 September 1899 S.P. Spry and Lucinda Bryant

Wash Dempsey 22 September 1899 Moses Tomblin and Rhoda Simpkins

Wash Dempsey 14 October 1899 Louis Thompson and Brazilla Collins

M.A. Robinson 27 November 1899 James B. Mullins and Emily Jane Johnson

Wash Dempsey 07 December 1899 George Spaulding and Harriet Carter

1900

H. Fry 23 February 1900 John Mans and Emily Workman

M.A. Robinson 27 February 1900 Elias Thompson and Elizabeth Dempsey

Isaac Fry 09 March 1900 Jeff McCloud and Louisa Thompson

W.D. Garrett 04 April 1900 George Thompson and Lucy Conley

Wash Dempsey 10 April 1900 Isaac Tomblin and Lucinda Collins

Wash Dempsey 17 April 1900 John A. Vance and Rhoda Browning

None Given July 1900 Antony Bryant and Lucinda Lucas

M.A. Robinson 01 November 1900 E.B. Lilly, Jr. and Clarissa G. Riddle

P. Hensley 23 November 1900 James Tomblin and Julia Hensley

John Fry Family Cemetery (2015)

22 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Green Shoal

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Albert Abbott, Angeline Fry, Appalachia, Baptist Fry, Belva Brumfield, Billy Ray Lambert, Bird Brumfield, Bobby Ray Abbott, Brian Scott Abbott, Cecil Lambert, cemeteries, Charles Lucas, Christopher Adkins, Cleo Lambert, Cleve Fry, David Ray Adkins, Delphia Bryant, Denny Hobert Abbott, Donna Lou Adkins, Druzilla Abbott, Edith Adkins, Edna Lambert, Eliza Fry, Elsie L. Mullins, Everett Lonnie Dean, Evona Abbott, genealogy, George E. Taylor, Georgia Brumfield, Goldie Adkins, Green Shoal, Harvey Fry, history, Ida Taylor, Jack Brumfield, Jackie G. Brumfield, Jackie Lee Easterling, John "Duke" Abbott, John D. Adkins, John E. Abbott, John Fry, Julia Ann Dean, Kathleen Ann Lambert, Kenneth Hatfield, Letilla Brumfield, Lincoln County, Lonnie Lambert, Lottie Brumfield, Lucinda Lucas, Luther W. Abbott, Maggie Brumfield, Michael E. Taylor, Michael George Brumfield, Michael Roy Fry, Ottie Fry, Randal S. Adkins, Rinda Fry, Samuel Adkins, Samuel D. Adkins, Sarabeth Shelton, Sarah A. Brumfield, Sarah Lee Easterling, Thelma Carter, U.S. South, Wallace Abbott, Wayne C. Brumfield, Wealthy Hatfield, West Virginia, Wetzel Brumfield, William Mullins, Wilson Abbott, Woodrow E. Abbott, Zola Fry

The John Fry Family Cemetery, which I revisited on 12 June 2015, is located at the mouth of Green Shoal Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

ADKINS SECTION

Row 1

Randal S. Adkins (11 July 1953-04 July 2014); s/o Samuel and Edith (Gore) Adkins

David Ray Adkins (20 August 1937-05 May 1973); s/o Samuel and Edith (Gore) Adkins

Edith Gore Adkins (31 October 1912-10 April 1975); d/o M. French and Weltha (Kirk) Gore; m. Samuel Adkins

Samuel Adkins (18 March 1914-20 March 1976); s/o Pleasant B. “Fed” and Marinda S. (Davis) Adkins

Samuel D. Adkins (24 October 1960-30 June 1984); s/o David R. and Donna L. (Adkins) Adkins

Donna Lou Adkins (17 December 1941-23 December 2005); d/o Ernest C. and Bessie (McNeely) Adkins; m. Samuel D. Adkins

Rodney David Adkins (15 November 1965-still alive); s/o David R. and Donna L. (Adkins) Adkins

Row 2

John D. Adkins (18 June 1916-01 May 1980); s/o Pleasant B. “Fed” and Marinda S. (Davis) Adkins; nicknamed “Red John;” S2 US NAVY WWII

Goldie Adkins (21 September 1918-04 February 1992); d/o Joseph and Georgia (Gartin) Brumfield; m. John D. Adkins

Row 3

Georgia Brumfield (1900-1984); d/o James A. and Chloe A. (Fry) Gartin; m. Joseph “Joe” Brumfield

BRUMFIELD SECTION

Row 1

Wayne C. Brumfield (1901-1976); s/o James S. and Letilla (Dial) Brumfield

Maggie A. Brumfield (1917-1996); d/o Richard A. and Sarah A. (Wiley) Adkins; m. Wayne C. Brumfield

(gap)

Jack Brumfield (23 June 1918-23 March 1990); s/o James S. and Letilla (Dial) Brumfield

Belva Brumfield (11 June 1922-16 March 1984); m. Jack Brumfield

A bench placed on Jack and Belva’s graves reads: Jackie G. Brumfield (17 August 1950-25 December 2011); d/o Jack and Belva (Simpkins) Brumfield

Row 2

Christopher Lee Adkins (23 March 1983-24 August 2000)

Row 3

George E. Taylor (19 May 1919-03 May 1975)

Ida P. Taylor (14 December 1914-2007); d/o James S. and Letilla (Dial) Brumfield; m. George E. Taylor

Sarabeth Shelton (19 April 1989-17 November 1993); d/o Robert and Jackie (Easterling) Shelton

Jackie Lee Easterling (16 April 1941-still alive)

Sarah Lee Easterling (11 May 1942-29 March 2005); d/o George E. and Ida P. (Brumfield) Taylor; m. Jackie Lee Easterling

Row 4

Michael E. Taylor (25 February 1949-16 January 2008); s/o George and Ida (Brumfield) Taylor; nicknamed “Mickey”

LAMBERT SECTION

Row 1

Lonnie Lambert (14 March 1901-22 July 1995); s/o Samuel and Georgia E. (Lucas) Lambert

Edna Mae Lambert (30 September 1905-19 November 1980); d/o James S. and Letilla (Dial) Brumfield; m. Lonnie Lambert

Row 2

Cecil Lambert, Jr. (27 September 1925-2014); s/o Lonnie and Edna (Brumfield) Lambert

Kathleen Ann Lambert (01 October 1926-19 February 2010)

Billy Ray Lambert (06 February 1950-16 August 1950)

Row 3

Everett Lonnie Dean (08 May 1950-29 January 1951)

FRY SECTION

Row 1

Zola Frye (07 May 1919-09 September 1964); d/o Clarence and Angaline (Mullins) Fry

Thelma P. Carter (1918-1967); d/o Clarence and Angaline (Mullins) Fry; m. Hassell Carter

Row 2

unmarked grave with rock headstone and little square footstone

C.L. Fry (Clarence Fry); born November 1886; s/o Daniel C. “Tucker” and Rachel (Lucas) Fry; died 2 March 1948

Angie Fry (Angaline Fry); born 16 December 1896; d/o Emery and Stella (Abbott) Mullins; m. Clarence Fry; died 14 September 1947

Elsie L. Mullins (16 December 1911-08 November 1959); d/o Clarence and Angaline (Mullins) Fry; m. William Mullins

William Mullins, Sr. (12 August 1894-04 February 1975)

ABBOTT SECTION

Row 1

Ottie Fry (1909-1987); s/o G. Cleveland and Betty (Fry) Fry

Row 2

Bobby Ray Abbott (02 April 1969-16 June 2001)

Brian Scott Abbott (04 October 1971-21 March 2011)

Row 3

Woodrow E. Abbott (1914-1977); PVT US ARMY WWII

Wallace Abbott (22 January 1930-30 March 1987); s/o John E. “Cricket” and S. Evona (Fry) Abbott; SP 4 US ARMY KOREA VIETNAM

Denny Hobert Abbott (15 February 1928-22 June 1996); s/o John E. “Cricket” and S. Evona (Fry) Abbott; PFC US ARMY

Row 4

Luther W. Abbott (09 February 1917-02 March 1963); s/o John E. “Cricket” and S. Evona (Fry) Abbott; WV PFC CO E 16 INF WWII P4

John E. Abbott (1892-1966); s/o John H. and Caroline (Fry) Abbott

Evona Abbott (1892-1983); d/o Daniel C. “Tucker” and Rachel (Lucas) Fry; m. John E. Abbott

Row 5

John “Duke” Abbott, Jr. (08 August 1924-03 July 1992); s/o John E. and S. Evona (Fry) Abbott

(gap)

Michael Roy Fry (19 February 1944-20 February 1944); s/o Curtis and Birdie (Bryant) Fry

Row 6

tall rectangular rock headstone and rock footstone

Delphia Adams Bryant (the date of August 22 and an illegible year appears on a small cinderblock); m. Marshall “Bud” Bryant/Mullins

(gap)

perhaps another grave marked by a flat rock that has fallen over

MIDSECTION

Row 1

Wealthy Hatfield (01 May 1904-27 December 1928); d/o Samuel and Georgia E. (Lucas) Lambert; m. Bruce Hatfield

Kenneth Hatfield (05 October 1924-10 October 1925); s/o Bruce and Wealthy (Lambert) Hatfield

unmarked grave with rock headstone and footstone

broken baby headstone with rock footstone

Row 2

Katie A. Hunter (died 11 August 1895, aged 13 years, 11 months, 27 days); d/o John E. and Parlee (Ferrell) Hunter

unmarked grave with rock footstone

unmarked grave with rock headstone

UPPER SECTION

Row 1

Rinda Fry (26 January 1826-29 July 1887); d/o Reuben and Clarissa (Perry) Steele; m1. James Davis; m2. ___ Walker; m3. Baptist “Nab” Fry

Baptist Fry (26 November 1824-15 June 1881); s/o John and Catherine (Snodgrass) Fry

(large gap)

Michael George Brumfield (29 January 1948-01 February 1948); s/o Wayne C. and Maggie (Adkins) Brumfield

unmarked grave with rock headstone and footstone (baby)

Cleo Lambert (born and died 18 August 1924); Lonnie C. and Edna (Brumfield) Lambert

Lottie Brumfield (1904-1907); d/o James S. and Letilla (Dial) Brumfield

Bird Brumfield (1850-1905); s/o William R. and Mary A. (Elkins) Brumfield

Sarah A. Brumfield (1853-1932); d/o Charles and Lucinda (Fry) Lucas; m1. William Bird Brumfield; m2. Josephus Irvin Workman

unmarked grave with rock headstone (fallen over) and footstone

Letilla Brumfield (1881-1947); d/o Elisha and Catherine (Fry) Dial; m. James S. Brumfield

Row 2

unmarked grave with small footstone

Julia Ann Dean (born and died 13 June 1948)

Row 3

unmarked grave with rock footstone above Albert Abbott grave

unmarked grave above Lucinda Lucas grave — small rock headstone and footstone

“K.L.” — square rock headstone and footstone above Charles Lucas grave

unmarked grave with sharp rock headstone and footstone above Eliza Fry grave

(large gap)

W.W.A. (29? May 1917-10? June 1917)

Wetzel Brumfield (1910-1932); s/o James S. and Letilla (Dial) Brumfield

unmarked grave with rock headstone and footstone

H.C. Fry painted on a rock (possibly Harvey Fry, son of Baptist Fry)

Row 4

John Fry (10 March 1794-20 October 1883); s/o George and Keziah (Adkins) Fry; PVT CAPT SHIELD CO 7 VA MILITIA WAR OF 1812

“Wilson Abbott, died M.11.92” carved on rock

Albert Abbott (no dates); born 11 July 1824; s/o John A. and Elizabeth (Scott) Abbott; CAPTAIN CARTER’S CO. 129 VA MIL CSA; died before 1900

Druzilla Fry Abbott (11 January 1826-27 September 1889); d/o John and Catherine (Snodgrass) Fry; m. Albert Abbott

L.L. (Lucinda Lucas); born 27 September 1819; d/o John and Catherine (Snodgrass) Fry; m. Charles Lucas; died before 1900

Charles Lucas (2 September 1818-24 November 1904); s/o John and Mary (Fry) Lucas

E.F. (Eliza Virginia Fry); born November 1865; d/o Charles and Lucinda (Fry) Lucas; m. George F. Fry; died c.1902

NOTE 1: Some John Fry descendants are POSITIVE that John Fry died and was buried on Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County. His tombstone was placed at Green Shoal in the 1990s based on a WPA cemetery map.

NOTE 2: I know of other persons buried in this cemetery but cannot identify their exact location. There are also some family members who I suppose to be buried here but have no proof.

Dingess Doings 09.03.1891

31 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Dingess, Timber

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A.S. Wellman, Appalachia, Brit Wellman, Ceredo, Dingess, Elisha Wellman, genealogy, history, John Workman, Logan County Banner, logging, Mingo County, Pittsburg, preachers, saw mill, sawyer, Tillie McCloud, timbering, U.S. South, Vane Dingess, W.R. Ellis, Wayne County, Wellman mill, West Virginia, William Mullins

“Quongo Tandem,” a local correspondent at Dingess in present-day Mingo County, West Virginia, offered the following items, written on August 26, 1891, which the Logan County Banner printed on September 3, 1891:

Wm. Mullins is able to walk about with the aid of crutches.

John Workman, sawyer at Wellman mill, has returned after a brief visit in Wayne county.

Vane Dingess, our wide-awake merchant, has enclosed the lot adjoining his new store with a neat board fence.

Contractor Tresher has returned from Pittsburg with his family and is domiciled in one of the “camp cottages.” His present contract demands his presence at this point.

On Tuesday last Brit Wellman, proprietor of the saw-mill at this place, procured a warrant and searched the premises of W.R. Ellis in request of chains, a yoke, a pair of lines, etc., said to have been stolen by the latter. Part of the property was recovered and the end is not yet.

Monday evening two of our “callud breddun,” preachers of the word, held forth at Camp Locker to a large congregation. As our native Hottentots are much given to “shooting craps” “chuck-a-luck” and similar delectable games, this will doubtless prove a good field for mission work.

On Monday, the 17th inst., at the residence of A.S. Wellman, Mr. Elisha Wellman and Miss Tillie McCloud were united in the bonds of wedlock. Elder Dingess, in his usual impressive manner, spoke the words that made them one. Mr. Wellman is one of Dingess’ best known young men with a host of friends, and his bride, a beautiful young lady from Twelve Pole, no less noted for her many endearing qualities than for her many graces of person. Mr. Wellman is to be congratulated upon his fortunate conquest, and if well wishes count for anything, the happy couple’s future will be one continued summer day. They will reside at Ceredo.

Dingess News 08.13.1891

22 Sunday Mar 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Dingess

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Appalachia, Commodore Andrew Perry, Dingess, Dingess tunnel, Elias Perry, genealogy, history, immigrants, Jack Mounts, Jim Spaulding, Logan, Logan County Banner, mandolin, miller, Mingo County, music, Perry mill, Peter Dingess, timbering, U.S. South, violin, Wayne County, West Virginia, William Mullins

“Quousquo Tandem,” a local correspondent at Dingess in present-day Mingo County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan County Banner printed on August 13, 1891:

Presuming upon the absence of any regular correspondent from this place I will give your readers the happenings at Dingess.

For the last few days there has been dearth of rain.

Health in general is good, except among some of those engaged in hard work and addicted to the too free use of water. An indisposition is prevalent at present, something akin to dysentery.

William Mullins, who was lately injured at the sawmill, is rapidly recovering.

Dingess now boasts of a string band, composed of a number of our Italian citizens, who are at present engaged in working in the tunnel, and “oft through the still night” may be heard the dulcet strains of the mandolin and violin cello ringing in harmony as they are gently wafted above.

Commodore Andrew Perry’s mill is running full time and things are speeding along nicely. Although not a large man, Commodore has a heart as big as the whole county, and he deserves all the success he is having.

Peter Dingess is hauling for the Perry mill and keeps an abundant supply of logs in the yard.

Jack Dingess has developed into a full-fledged “Boniface.” He has at present stopping with him some twelve or more men engaged in arching the tunnel. He sets a good table and has pleasant accommodations. At night, after the inner man has been refreshed all adjourn to the front porch, where an open air concert is rendered by the “string band,” in the delectation of all within hearing distance.

“Uncle” Jim Spaulding, son and daughter, and Jack Mounts left for a brief visit to their homes in Wayne county, last week.

Lias Perry is again with us looking well and hearty after his visit home.

Brandon Ray Kirk

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