1. Wyoming Co, WV Marriage Regerter; Book #____(1926); Page 416; WV Archives Web Site.
Harry Estes; age 25; born in VA; living at Bud, WV; son of George Estes; married on 28 Jul 1926 at
Bud, WV; Effie Lester; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV; daughter of W.F. and
Rebecca Lester.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 5 Apr 1930; Page 114A;
Family #62/67.
Listed as Harry Estes; age 29; born in VA; married at 24; coal miner; head of household.
3. Social Security death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Harry Estes; born on 24 Mar 1901; died in Sep 1974; living at Bud, Wyoming Co, WV at death.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 May 1910;
Page 213A, Family #297/297.
Listed as Effie Lester, age 3, born in WV, in household of father, William F. Lester.
2. Wyoming Co, WV Marriage Regerter; Book #____(1926); Page 416; WV Archives Web Site.
Harry Estes; age 25; born in VA; living at Bud, WV; son of George Estes; married on 28 Jul 1926 at
Bud, WV; Effie Lester; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV; daughter of W.F. and
Rebecca Lester.
3. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 5 Apr 1930; Page 114A;
Family #62/67.
Listed as Effie Estes; age 23; born in WV; married at 18; in household of husband, Harry Estes.
4. Wyoming Co, WV Death Registry; Book ___; Page 6; WV Archives Web Site.
Effie Estes; born on 8 Apr 1907 in WV; married; wife of Harry Estes; living at Bud, WV; daughter of
Floyd and Rebecca J. (Bishop) Lester; died on 1 Mar 1969 in Mullens Hospital from cerebra vascular
accident (stroke); buried on 4 Mar 1969 in Bud Cemetery.; informant, Harry Estes, Bud, WV.
5. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Effie E. Lester; born on 8 Apr 1908; died on 1 Mar 1969; buried in Bud Mountain
Cemetery, Bud, Wyoming Co, WV.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 May 1910;
Page 213A, Family #297/297.
Listed as Unnamed male Lester, age ? mon, born in WV, in household of father,
William F. Lester.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 13 May 1910,
Page 208A, Family #212.
Listed as Lilly M. Bishop; age 5, born in WV, in household of father,
William P. Bishop.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 Jan 1920, Page 152A, Family #127.
Listed as Lilly M. Bishop, age 14, born in WV,in household of father, William P. Bishop.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Barker's Ridge District, Family #35.
Listed as Hobart G. Stanley, age 2 months, in household of father, John W.
Stanley.
2. Ancestry.com, Web Site, Alexander Adkns search, 1 Apr 2001, submitted by
danbetts@home.com
Hobart G. Stanley, son of John Wesley and Margaret Jane Bishop Stanley,
was born on 15 Mar 1900 in Wyoming Co, WV; died on 29 Aug 1979 at Bud,
Wyoming Co, WV; married (_______) Bishop, daughter of William Patton and
Charlotte Lavina O'Neal.
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 13 May 1910,
Page 208B, Family #222.
Listed as Hobart G. Stanley, age 10, born in WV, in household of father,
John W. Stanley.
4. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 3 Jan 1920, Page 162B,
Family #358.
Listed as Hobert G. Stanley, age 19, born in WV, in household of father, John W. Stanley.
1. Obituary, Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, 8 Mar 2000.
Rosa Bishop Stanley; born on 12 Jan 1910 at Bud, WV; died on 8 Apr 2000 in
hospital in Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV; buried in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in
Beckley, WV; married Hobert Stanley: daughter of William Patton and
Charlotte O'Neal Bishop.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 13 May 1910,
Page 208A, Family #212.
Listed as Rosabell Bishop; age 5 months, born in WV, in household of father,
William P. Bishop.
3. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 Jan 1920, Page 152A, Family #127.
Listed as Rosy Bishop, age 8, born in WV,in household of father, William P. Bishop.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 Jan 1920, Page 152A,
Family #127.
Listed as Henry D. Bishop, age 5, born in WV,in household of father, William P. Bishop.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 14 Apr 1930; Page 102A;
Family #736/736.
Listed as Henry Bishop, age 18, born in WV,in household of father, William P. Bishop.
3. Wyoming Co, WV Marriage Registry Book#_____(1935); Page 232; WV Archives Web Site.
Henry David Bishop; age 23; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV; son of W.P. and C.L.Bishop;
married on 22 Dec 1935; Adrema Agatha Asbury; age 16; born in Fayette Co, WV; living at Bud,
WV; daughter of W.H. and Thelma Asbury.
1. Wyoming Co, WV Marriage Registry Book#_____(1935); Page 232; WV Archives Web Site.
Henry David Bishop; age 23; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV; son of W.P. and C.L.Bishop;
married on 22 Dec 1935; Adrema Agatha Asbury; age 16; born in Fayette Co, WV; living at Bud,
WV; daughter of W.H. and Thelma Asbury.
Christopher Columbus "Lum" Bishop
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 Jan 1920, Page 152A,
Family #127.
Listed as Columbus Bishop, age 2 yrs, 1 month, born in WV,in household of father, William P. Bishop.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 14 Apr 1930; Page 102A;
Family #736/736.
Listed as Columbus Bishop, age 12, born in WV,in household of father, William P. Bishop.
1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 16 Apr 1930, Page 103B, Family
#267.
Listed as Verlie Green, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, John P. Green
1. 1920 Census, Mercer Co, WV; East River District; Oakvale; taken on 10/12 Jan 1920; Page 5B;
Family #91/91.
Listed as James L. Colbird; age 19; born in VA; in household of father, John T. Colbird.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 4 Apr 1930; Page 93B;
Family #80/80.
Listed as James Colbird; age 29; born in VA; married at 20; coal miner; head of household.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James Colbird; born on 4 Mar 1901; died in Nov 1979; living at Bud, Wyoming Co, WV at death.
4. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
James L. Colbird; born in 1901; died in 1979; buried in Bell Cemetery, Bud, Wyoming Co, WV.
(Both James and Matilda Colbird were killed in their house fire on Bud Mtn, Thankgiving night, 1979)
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 13 May 1910,
Page 208A, Family #213.
Listed as Tilda M. O'Neal; age 5, born in WV, in household of father, William F. O'Neal.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 10 Feb 1920: Page 163B;
Family #373/375.
Listed as Tildy O'Neal; age 14; born in WV; in household of father, William F. O'Neal.
3. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 4 Apr 1930; Page 93B;
Family #80/80.
Listed as Mertilda Colbird; age 24; born in WV; married at 15; in household of husband, James L.
Colbird.
4. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Matilda Colbird; born in 1905; died in 1979; buried in Bell Cemetery, Bud, Wyoming Co, WV.
(Both James and Matilda Colbird were killed in their house fire on Bud Mtn, Thankgiving night, 1979)
1. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Harold W.Colbird; born on 28 Jan 1932; died on (no date); gravestone in Bell Cemetery, Bud,
Wyoming Co, WV. (May not be deceased)
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 13 May 1910,
Page 208A, Family #213.
Listed as Robert R. O'Neal; age 2, born in WV, in household of father, William F. O'Neal.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 10 Feb 1920: Page 163B;
Family #373/375.
Listed as Robert R. O'Neal; age 12; born in WV; in household of father, William F. O'Neal.
3. "West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970"; LDS Web Site; Mercer Co, WV Death Records, Vol. 11; Page 7.
Robert Roosevelt O'Neal; age 58; born on 8 Aug 1908 in WV; married; coal miner; living in Bluefield,
Tazewell Co, VA; son of William F. and Mary Ann (bishop) O'Neal; died on 16 Jun 1966 in Bluefield,
Mercer Co, WV; buried on 19 Jun 1966 in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Bluefield, Tazewell Co, VA
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Keystone; taken on 26 Jan 1920;
Page 194A, Family #451.
Listed as Harold Belcher, age 13, born in WV, in household of father, Paris E. Belcher.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Brown's Creek District, taken on 30 Apr 1930; Page 154A,
Family #595.
Listed as Harold Belcher, age 22, born in WV, in household of father, Paris Belcher.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#__(1930); Page 150; WV Archives Web Site.
J.H. Belcher; age 24; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Keystone, WV; son of Paris
and Ida; married on 20 Dec 1930 at Big Four, WV; Lovelia Stanley; age 16; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Riley and Arvilla.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#__(1930); Page 150; WV Archives Web Site.
J.H. Belcher; age 24; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Keystone, WV; son of Paris
and Ida; married on 20 Dec 1930 at Big Four, WV; Lovelia Stanley; age 16; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Riley and Arvilla.
Edward Ray "Buster" Belcher Sr
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Keystone; taken on 26 Jan 1920;
Page 194A, Family #451.
Listed as Edward Belcher, age 2 yr, 8 months, born in WV, in household of father, Paris E. Belcher.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Brown's Creek District, taken on 30 Apr 1930; Page 154B,
Family #595.
Listed as Buster Belcher, age 11, born in WV, in household of father, Paris Belcher.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#__(1934); Page 37; WV Archives Web Site.
Edward R. Belcher; age 17; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Keystone, WV; son of
Paris and Ida; married on 22 Sep 1934 at Keystone, WV Mae Sizemore; age 16; born in McDowell
Co, WV; single; daughter of Lawrence and Masida?.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Huston Coal Co; Page 161B;
Family #341/384.
Listed as May Sizemore; age 1 yr, 2 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Lawrence
Sizemore.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 30 Apr 1930; Page 154A;
Family #587/729.
Listed as May Sizemore; age 11; born in WV; in household of father, Lawrence T. Sizemore.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#__(1934); Page 37; WV Archives Web Site.
Edward R. Belcher; age 17; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Keystone, WV; son of
Paris and Ida; married on 22 Sep 1934 at Keystone, WV Mae Sizemore; age 16; born in McDowell
Co, WV; single; daughter of Lawrence and Masida?.