1. "US Public Records, Vol 2"; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Freda Newsome; born on 27 Apr 1955; living at P.O. Box 472, Oceana, WV.
2. Adam Toler Memorial Funeral Home Web Site; posted Obit.
"OCEANA — Freda Sherlene Shumate, departed this life, Monday, June 18, 2007, at the age of 52 years, one month and 22 days surrounded by her loving family at her mother’s home following a courageous battle with cancer. "Born April 27, 1955, in McDowell County, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Earl Toler and Truby Ann Belcher Toler. "Sherlene was a 1973 graduate of Oceana High School, and enjoyed being with her family and her friends at Fox’s Pizza in Oceana. "In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Boyd and Mary Belcher; paternal grandparents, Aldie and Vicie Toler; an aunt, Freda Roberts; three uncles, Willie Toler, Edwin Toler and Walter Toler. "Those left to cherish her memory are her mother, Truby Toler of Lynco; a son, Jesse E. Newsome and his wife, Diana, of Oceana; a daughter, Jeri Leann Shumate of Oceana; a brother, David E. Toler and his wife, Tabitha, of Lynco; a aunt, Juanita Morgan and her husband, James, of Simon; three uncles, Benny Toler and his wife, Karen, of Lynco, William Belcher and his wife, Mona, of Foxboro, Mass., Columbus Belcher and his wife, Sherry, of Minnesota; two grandchildren, Adrian Nicole Newsome and Ethan Hunter Newsome; her friends from Fox’s Pizza in Oceana; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. "A celebration of Sherlene’s life will be 1 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2007, at Adam Toler Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Billy Stewart and the Rev. Jay Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in Long Branch Mountain Cemetery, Simon..."
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, take on 20 Apr 1910, Page 264B, Family #90.
Listed as Thomas H. Bailey, age 1, born in WV, in household of father, John R. Bailey.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, take on 19/20 Jan 1920, Page 236A, Family #200.
Listed as Thomas H. Bailey, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, John R. Bailey.
3. Logan Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1929); Page 13; Line16; WV Archives Web Site.
Harison Bailey; age 20; born in WV; single; miner; living at Lorado, WV; son of J.R. and Emma (Toler)
Bailey; married on 26 Oct 1929 at Logan, WV; Emily Jane Toler; age 16; born in WV; single; living at
Lorado, WV; daughter of Edward and Rosa (Hendricks) Toler.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 17 Jan 1910, Page 234A, Family #166.
Listed as Emily Toler, age 6, born in WV, in household of father, Edward Toler.
2. Logan Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1929); Page 13; Line16; WV Archives Web Site.
Harison Bailey; age 20; born in WV; single; miner; living at Lorado, WV; son of J.R. and Emma (Toler)
Bailey; married on 26 Oct 1929 at Logan, WV; Emily Jane Toler; age 16; born in WV; single; living at
Lorado, WV; daughter of Edward and Rosa (Hendricks) Toler.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 18 Apr 1910, Page 215B, Family #33.
Listed as Lawrence Browning, age 5, born in WV, in household of father, Martin R. Browning.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 7 Jan 1920, Page 227A, Family #47.
Listed as Lawrence Browning, age 14, born in WV, in household of father, Martin R. Browning.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol __(1926); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Jesse, WV; son of Rice Browning;
married on 13 Nov 1926 at Baileysville, WV; Maudie Dameron; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Willie Dameron.
4. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; born on 21 Feb 1905; died on 19 Feb 1990; living at Jesse, Wyoming Co, WV
at death.
5. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Walter Lawrence Browning
Birth Date: 1905
Birth Place: Jesse, Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States of America
Death Date: 1990
Death Place: United States of America
Cemetery: Browning Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Jesse, Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Martin Rice Browning
Mother: Mary Alice Browning
Spouse: Maude Marie Browning
Children: Dennie Rice Browning
LuEtta Brown
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem..."
Bio Posted.
"Son of Martin "Rice" Browning (1883-1944) & Mary Alice Jewell-Browning (1884-1979).Brother of Vida Myrtle Browning-Cook (1908-1986), Dale Browning (B. 1912), Kermit Rice Browning (1914-1986), Brady D. Browning (1916-1996), Ward Browning (B. 1919), Maxie Browning (B. 1920), & Torkel Browning (1924-1990).
Married to Maude "Maudie" Marie Damron-Browning (1907-1993) on November 13, 1926 in Baileysville, Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1926, Page 478, Application Date: November 13, 1926).
Father of Murlie Browning (1929-1929), LuEtta Browning-Brown (1933-2008), Lettie Gene Browning-Mullins (Deceased), Irene Browning (Deceased), Maymie Browning (Deceased), Ruby Browning-Dean (Deceased), Mary Browning (Deceased), Orville Browning (Deceased), Rev. Dennie Rice Browning (1941-2009) & Hattie Browning-Blevins."
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 20 Apr 1910, Page 186A, Family #56.
Listed as Maudie Damron, age 2, born in WV, in household of father, William F. Damron.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 8/9 Jan 1920, Page 197A, Family #21.
Listed as Maudie Dameron, age 12, born in WV, in household of father, William F. Damron.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol __(1926); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Jesse, WV; son of Rice Browning;
married on 13 Nov 1926 at Baileysville, WV; Maudie Dameron; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Willie Dameron.
4. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Maude Browning; born on 28 Oct 1907; died on 3 Nov 1993; living at Jesse, Wyoming Co, WV at
death.
1. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #13532; WV Archives Web Site.
Murlie Browning; age 10 days; born on 17 Apr 1929 at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Lawrence and
Maude Damron Browning; died on 27 Apr 1929 at Baileysville, Wyoming Co, WV; informant, Mary
Cook, Baileysville, WV.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1959); Page 505; WV Archives Web Site.
John Franklin Mullens; age 25; born in Clay Co, WV; divorced; living at Otsego, WV; son of George
and Vernie Mullens; married on 14 Mar 1959 at Glen Fork, WV; Lettie Jean Browning; age 22; born
in Bartley, WV; single; living at Jesse, WV; daughter of Lawrence and Mandie Browning.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming Co", Bowman, page 436.
Children of Johnson and Eliza Jane Byrd were: Ballard P.(married Arminta
Belcher), Nora (married James
Lambert), Millie J. (married first Ken Lambert, second Johnson Brooks, died
in 1964), Stephen Curtis (married Rosa Walls of NC), Walton (married Rosa
Brinegar), Ben (married Emma Blevins), Etta (married R. Moses Adams), Linda
(married Booker Tolliver), Anthony ( married Etta Tolliver), and Houston
(married Emma Hawley).
2. Wyoming Co Marriages, 1854-1910, Turner, page 23. Married Ballard Preston
Bird, age 20, born in Wyoming Co, VA, son of Johnson and Jane (_______) Byrd,
on 23 Jan 1895.
3. "Marriage Records of Wyoming Co, WV...", Vol 5, No 24, Haga, page 14.
Ballard Byrd, age 20, son of Johnson and Jane Byrd, married on 23 Jan
1895 Arminta Belcher, age 26, born in McDowell Co, VA, daughter of Tobias
and (_______) Belcher.
4. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 699
Center Township, page 009
Listed as Ballard P. Byrd, age 6, in household of father, Johnson Byrd.
5. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #205.
Listed as Ballard P. Byrd, age 26, head of household.
6. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District, taken on 18 Apr 1910;
Page 216A, Family #43.
Listed as Ballard P. Byrd, age 36, born in WV, married 15 yrs, retail merchant, head of household.
7. Wyoming Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #406; Pineville, WV Draft Board; 12 Sep 1918.
Ballard Preston Byrd; age 44; born on 19 Mar 1874; living at Pineville, Wyoming Co, WV; merchant;
nearest relative, Arminta Byrd, Pineville, WV; medium height and build; blue eyes and brown hair.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; taken on 4 May 1910; Page 201A; Family #245.
Listed as Carrie E. Browning; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Richard C. Browning.
1. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #17484; WV Archives Web Site.
Dorothy J. Browning; age 3 yrs, 6 mons; born in May 1928 in WV; daughter of B.P. Byrd and Carrie
Browning; died on 24 Nov 1931 at Rockview, Wyoming Co, WV of dyptheria; buried at Rockview, WV;
informant, Harry Browning.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 7 Jan 1920, Page 227A, Family #47.
Listed as Brady Browning, age 3, born in WV, in household of father, Martin R. Browning.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, taken on 24 Apr 1930, Page 202B, Family #294.
Listed as Brady Browning, age 14, born in WV, in household of father, Martin R. Browning.
3. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Brady Browning; born on 13 May 1916; died on 8 Jun 1996; living at Abraham, Raleigh Co, WV at
death.
1. "Wyoming County WV Heritage", WGS 1995, "Edward Gordon Hutchinson" article, page 120.
2, "The Register Herald"; Beckley, WV; Friday 8 Mar 2008; Newspaper Obit.
"Mabel Edith Browning, 90, of Beaver, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, in a local hospital following a long illness. "Born Oct. 15, 1917, at Keyrock, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Oatie Lambert Hutchison. "Mrs. Browning was a mother and homemaker. She was of the Methodist faith. "She was preceded in death by her husband, Brady D. Browning, two daughters, three sisters and three brothers. "Survivors include her sons, Brady Paul Browning Sr. and wife, Linda, of Princewick and Rex Browning and wife, Donna, of Slab Fork; sister, Joyce Pendry of Virginia; grandchildren, Brady P. Browning Jr., Karen Meador, Wayne Browning, Scarlet Kes-ter, Melissa Browning and Rick Browning; and eight great-grandchildren. "Funeral service will be 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. Ron Browning officiating. Friends may call 7 p.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home..."
1. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #7318; WV Archives Web Site.
Ollie Jane Browning; age 1 yr, 10 mons, 5 days; born on 14 Jun 1937 at Key Rock, WV; daughter of
Brady and Mabel Hutchinson Browning; died on 19 Apr 1939 at Key Rock, Wyoming Co, WV of
"...probably pnuemonia"; buried on 21 Apr 1939; informant, Brady Browning, Wyoming Co, WV.
1. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #7235; WV Archives Web Site.
Shelva Jean Browning; age 4 mons, 7 days; born on 10 Jan 1942 at Bartley, WV; daughter of
Brady and Mabel Hutchinson Browning; died on 17 May 1942 at Marianna, Wyoming Co, WV of
"...croup"; buried on 17 May 1942 in Key Rock Cemetery; informant, Brady Browning, Marianna, WV.
1. 1910 Census, Logan Co, WV, Logan, taken on 11 May 1910, Page 145A, Family #39.
Listed as Emily Browning, age 30, born in WV, married 8 yrs, 6 children, all living, in household of
husband, Allen Browning.
2. 1920 Census, Logan Co, WV, Logan District, Omar, taken on 5 Jun 1920, Page 76A, Family #206.
Listed as Emely Browning, age 41, born in WV, in household of husband, Allen Browning.
1. 1920 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 150B;
Family #152/153.
Listed as Alexander Browning; age 53; born in VA; married; farmer; head of household.
2. 1930 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 127B; Family #49/50.
Listed as Elec Browning; age 63; born in VA; married at 22; farm laborer; head of household.
1. 1920 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 150B;
Family #152/153.
Listed as Eliza J. Browning; age 49; born in VA; married; in household of husband, Alexander
Browning.
Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Browning
1. 1920 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 150B;
Family #152/153.
Listed as Lizzie A. Browning; age 22; born in VA; single; in household of father, Alexander
Browning.
2. 1930 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 127B; Family #49/50.
Listed as Elizabeth Ann Browning; age 33; born in VA; single; in household of father, Alexander
Browning.
1. 1920 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 150B;
Family #152/153.
Listed as McKinley Browning; age 15; born in VA; in household of father, Alexander Browning.
1. 1920 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 150B;
Family #152/153.
Listed as Lois M. Browning; age 11; born in VA; in household of father, Alexander Browning.
1. 1920 Census, Russell Co, VA; Elk Garden District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 150B;
Family #152/153.
Listed as Annie R. Browning; age 9; born in VA; in household of father, Alexander Browning.