McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Benjamin David Mills

1. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barker's Ridge, Family 68.
Listed as Benjamin Mills, age 8, born in VA, in household of father, Robert Mills.
2. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Family #113.
Listed as Benjamin B. Mills; age 16; born in WV; in household of mother, Lydia Gore Mills.
3. Mercer Co, WV Web Site; www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/westvirg/mercer.htm.
Keaton Mills Cemetery, Egeria, Mercer Co, WV.
Benjamin David Mills; born in 1860; died in 1898; buried here.


Narcissus Emily Walker

1. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 18/19 Jun 1880, Page 163B, Family #122.
Listed as Narcissus E.C. Walker, age 8, born in WV, in household of father, Numa Walker.
2. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV; North Fork District; taken on 1 Jun 1900; Page 208A; Family #6/6.
Listed as N.E. Mills; age 28; born in WV in Feb 1872; widow; boarder; 5 children, all living; in
household of John Lusk.


John Ballard Mills

1. 1860 Census, Wyoming Co, VA, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Listed as John B. Mills, age 10, in household of father, Robert Mills.
2. "Wyoming Co Wills 1850-1900", Haga, 1870, Will of Robert Mills.
Listed as John B. Mills, first child of second wife, Lydia.
3. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barker's Ridge, Family 68.
Listed as John B. Mills, age 19, in household of father, Robert Mills.
4. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Image
14 of 17; Family #112/113.
Listed as John B. Mills; age 27; born in WV; farmer; head of household.


Minerva Foley

1. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Family #112.
Listed as Minerva Mills; age 25; born in WV; in household of husband, John B. Mills.


Esther Mills

1. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Image
14 of 17; Family #112/113.
Listed as Esther Mills; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, John B. Mills.


Walter Mills

1. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Image
14 of 17; Family #112/113.
Listed as Walter Mills; age 4; born in WV; in household of father, John B. Mills.


Amanda Mills

1. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Image
14 of 17; Family #112/113.
Listed as Amanda Mills; age 3; born in WV; in household of father, John B. Mills.


Alice Mills

1. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 17/18 Jun 1880; Page 162B; Image
14 of 17; Family #112/113.
Listed as Alice Mills; age 3 mon; born in Feb 1880 in WV; in household of father, John B. Mills.


Roxie B. Mills

1. McDowell Co, WV Marriage Records; Book #___(1906); Page 409; WV Archives Web Site.
G.C. Smith; age 22; born in VA; single; living in Burks Garden (VA); brakeman (for railroad); married
on 27 May 1906 at Crumpler, McDowell Co, WV; Roxie B. Mills; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
single; daughter of _____and N.E. Mills.
2. Wyoming Co, WV Marriage Records; Book #___(1910); Page 263; WV Archives Web Site.
Zeb Morgan; age 25; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV; son of James and Chloe; married on
6 Apr 1910 at residence of Jackson ______(can't read last name: Roxie Smith; age 23; born and
living in Wyoming Co, WV; daughter of Aden___(sic, Grover).
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #47.
Listed as Roxie Morgan; age 22; born in WV; married twice last time for less than a year; 2 children;
both living; in household of husband, Zed Morgan.


Hiram Sizemore

1. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1873.
Hiram Sizemore was born on 15 Apr 1873 to Gideon and Elizabeth Sizemore.
2. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 745.
Center Township, page 018.
Listed as Hiram Sizemore, age 7, in household of father, Gideon Sizemore.
3. "Wyoming County Heritage" WGS, "Hiram Lambert" article, Page 127.
4. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 22 Jun 1900; Page 235B;
Family #165/ 168.
Listed as Hiram Sizemore; age 27; born in WV in Apr 1873; in household of father, Gideon Sizemore.
5. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #49.
Listed as Hiram Sizemore; age 37; born in WV; married once for 4 yrs; general store merchant;
head of household.
6. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #1456; WV Archives Web Site.
Hiram Sizemore; age about 54; born in Wyoming Co, WV; automobile dealer; married; son of
Gideon and Elizabeth Lambert Sizemore; died on 26 Jan 1925 at Mullens, Wyoming Co, WV of
myocarditis; buried on 27 Jan 1925 at Pineville, WV; informant, J.R. Sizemore, Pineville, WV.


Rispey Brown

1. "Marriage Records of Wyoming Co, WV...", Vol 5, No 263, Haga, page 22.
Jesse Freeman Cooke, age 25, son of B.P. and Ellen Cooke, married on
12 Mar 1898 Rispah Brown, age 17, daughter of C.L. and Mary Brown.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, Oceana, taken on 2 Jun 1900, Page 265A,
Family #27.
Listed as Rispie Brown, age 19, born in WV in Feb 1880, single, servant, in household of Robert J.
Ferrell.
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #49.
Listed as Rispah Sizemore; age 28; born in WV; married 3 times, last time for 4 yrs; no children,
in household of husband, Hiram Sizemore.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 141; WV Archives Web Site.
Alva Lusk; age 38; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Mullens, WV; married on 26 Sep 1927 at
Mullens, WV; Rispath Brown; age 45; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Mullens, WV.
7. Wyoming Co, WV; Death Certificate # '59 017317; WV Archives Web Site.
Rispah Lusk; age 78; born on 13 Feb 1881 in WV; married; living at Mullens, WV; daughter of
Charles and Mary Brown; died on 4 Dec 1959 in the Wyoming General Hospital, Mullens, WV from
bronchial pneumonia; buried on 7 Dec 1959 in Cook Cemetery, Cyclone, WV; informant, Oze Brown,
Mullens, WV.


Eliza Foley

1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 14 Jun 1900; Page 289B; Family #143.
Listed as Eliza Foley, age 30, born in WV in Jan 1870; 2 children living; in household of sister,
Mary Foley Whitt.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #51.
Listed as Eliza Foly; age 43; born in WV; single; 3 children, all living; wash woman; head of household.


James Foley

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #51.
Listed as James Foly; age 23; born in WV; single; in household of mother, Eliza Foley.


Eliza E. Foley

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #51.
Listed as Elizza E. Foly; age 18; born in WV; married once for less than a yr; in household of mother,
Eliza Foley.


Florence L. Foley

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 18 Jan 1910; Page 282A;
Family #51.
Listed as Florence L. Foly; age 9; born in WV; in household of mother, Eliza Foley.


Henry M. Blankenship

1. 1870 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Page 14, Family #83.
Listed as Henry M. Blankenship, age 19, born in KY, as head of household, a farm laborer.
2. 1880 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District;; taken on 25 Jun 1880; Page 342D; Family #92.
Listed as Henry Blankenship, age 29, born in VA; farmer; head of household.
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 20/21 Apr 1910, Page 282B,
Family #57.
Listed as Henry M. Blankenship, age 60, born in WV, married three times, last time for 11 yrs, farmer,
head of household.
4. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 4 Feb 1920; Page 142A;
Family #520/609.
Listed as Henry Blankenship; age 70; born in WV (sic, KY); married; farmer; head of household.


Nancy Bailey

1. 1880 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District;; taken on 25 Jun 1880; Page 342D; Family #92.
Listed as Nancy Blankenship, age 40, born in VA; in household of husband, Henry Blankenship.


Selena Blankenship

1. 1880 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District;; taken on 25 Jun 1880; Page 342D; Family #92.
Listed as Cylinian Blankenship, age 3, born in WV; in household of father, Henry Blankenship.


Henry Harrison Blankenship

1. Raleigh Co, WV Death Certificate #6788; WV Archives Web Site.
Henry Blankenship; age 35; born in WV; miner; married; husband of (______) Fletcher; son of John A.
and Malissa Cadle Blankenship; died on 12 May 1927 in Kings Daughters Hospital, Beckley, Raleigh
Co, WV of infection following a compound fracture of skull caused by a violant blow to the head at
Rhodell, WV; buried on 12 May 1927 at Rhodell, WV; informant, A.M. McKinney, Beckley, WV.


Ivory E. Fletcher

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 10 May 1910,
Page 206B, Family #192.
Listed as Ivory E. Fletcher, age 7, born in WV, in household of father,
Andrew J. Fletcher.


David Goode Jr.

1. "Reference Book of Wyoming Co History", Bowman, page 437.
David Goode Jr., son of David Sr, was married four times. David Goode, III,
was son of David and Marinda Meyers Goode, Jr. Marinda was David Jr's
second wife.
2. Marriage Bonds of Franklin Co, VA; Ancestry.com Web Site.
David Goode, Jr and Charity Ramsey; 15 May 1822; surity, Woodson Ramsey.
3. Marriage Bonds of Franklin Co, VA; Ancestry.com Web Site.
David Goode and Malinda W. Miles; 27 Mar 1825; surity, Joseph Miles.


Howard Shumate

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 30 Apr 1910, Page 289B,
Family #184.
Listed as Howard Shumate; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Robert L. Shumate.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 6/7 Feb 1920; Page 270A; Family #68.
Listed as Howard Shumate, age 17, born in WV; in household of father, Robert L. Shumate.
3. Raleigh Co, WV Death Certificate #16769; WV Archives Web Site.
Howard Shumate; age 39; born in 1901 in WV; living at McGraws, Wyoming Co, WVmarried, husband
of Wilda McGraw; school teacher; son of R.L. and Nancy Toliver Shumate; died on 25 Nov 1940 in
Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV of rhumatic heart disease; buried on 27 Nov 1940
at Tipple, WV; informant, Lon Shumate, Saulsville, WV.


James W. Evans

1. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV", Haga, 1877.
J.W. Evans was born on 15 Jan 1877 to Counsel and Juda Evans.
2. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 713
Barkers Ridge Township, page 006.
Listed as James W. Evans, age 2, in household of father, Council Evans.
3. McDowell Co, WV Web Site at www.scioto.org/McDowell/index.html
"McDowell Co Internet Sites", Green Family Book, Judy Green
Married Mary C. (______) who was born in 1883.
4. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 6 Jun 1900, Page 285A, Family #66.
Listed as James W. Evans, age 22, born in Jan 1878 in WV, in household of father, Council Evans.
5. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 21 Apr 1910, Page 284B, Family #76.
Listed as James W. Evans; age 35; born in WV; married once for 9 yrs; farmer; head of household.


Mary C.

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 21 Apr 1910, Page 284B, Family #76.
Listed as Mary C. Evans; age 27; born in WV; married once for 9 yrs; 4 children, 2 living;
in household of husband, James W. Evans.


Harvey C. Evans

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 21 Apr 1910, Page 284B, Family #76.
Listed as Harvey C. Evans; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, James W. Evans.


Ethel B. Evans

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 21 Apr 1910, Page 284B, Family #76.
Listed as Ethel B. Evans; age 6 mons; born in WV; in household of father, James W. Evans.