1. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 479.
"...George Houck, emigrated to the Unted States from Germany about 1828; lived in Pennsylvania
then went to Ashe County, North Carolina about 1835, and there reared his family. Name of wife not
known.His children were Henry, George, William, Jesse, Jacob, Catherine, Barbara, Elizabeth, Nellie
and Mary. All the sons remained in North Carolina except Jesse, who went to Kentucky. Barbara
married Marion Wilcox and went to Kentucky. Several of the children lived in Carter and Lawrence
counties, North Carolina (sic, Kentucky)..."
1. "New River Notes' Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina, 1801-1872"
compiled by Minnie Patrick Osborne and Jeffery C. Weaver; 1989; Ashe County Historical Society,
West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Samuel Wilcocks; married on 16 Sep 1839 in Ashe Co, NC; Barbary Houck.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 451.
"...Barbara married Marion Wilcox and went to Kentucky. Several of the children lived in Carter and
Lawrence counties, North Carolina (sic, Kentucky)..."
2. "New River Notes' Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina, 1801-1872"
compiled by Minnie Patrick Osborne and Jeffery C. Weaver; 1989; Ashe County Historical Society,
West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Samuel Wilcocks; married on 16 Sep 1839 in Ashe Co, NC; Barbary Houck.
1. "New River Notes' Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina, 1801-1872"
compiled by Minnie Patrick Osborne and Jeffery C. Weaver; 1989; Ashe County Historical Society,
West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Henry Houck; married on 11 Nov 1829 in Ashe Co, NC; Susanna Graybeal; John Ray and Faras
Calloway, bondsmen; Thomas Calloway, witness.
2.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Henry Hawk; age 50; born in NC; mechanic; head of household.
1. "New River Notes' Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina, 1801-1872"
compiled by Minnie Patrick Osborne and Jeffery C. Weaver; 1989; Ashe County Historical Society,
West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Henry Houck; married on 11 Nov 1829 in Ashe Co, NC; Susanna Graybeal; John Ray and Faras
Calloway, bondsmen; Thomas Calloway, witness.
2.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Susan Hawk; age 37; born in NC; in household of husband, Henry Houck.
1.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Caroline Hawk; age 20; born in NC; in household of father, Henry Houck.
1.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Eli Hawk; age 18; born in NC; in household of father, Henry Houck.
1.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Jacob Hawk; age 13; born in NC; in household of father, Henry Houck.
1.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Jesse Hawk; age 11; born in NC; in household of father, Henry Houck.
1.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Mary Hawk; age 8; born in NC; in household of father, Henry Houck.
1.1850 Census, Ashe Co, NC; taken on 28 Nov 1850; Page 327B; Image 182 of 198;
Family #1297/1297.
Listed as Martha Hawk; age 4; born in NC; in household of father, Henry Houck.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Page 479.
"...All the sons remained in North Carolina except Jesse, who went to Kentucky...."
2. "New River Notes' Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina, 1801-1872"
compiled by Minnie Patrick Osborne and Jeffery C. Weaver; 1989; Ashe County Historical Society,
West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Jesse Houck; married on 14 Sep 1839 in Ashe Co, NC; Cindy Wilcoxson; William Houck, bondsman.
1. "New River Notes' Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina, 1801-1872"
compiled by Minnie Patrick Osborne and Jeffery C. Weaver; 1989; Ashe County Historical Society,
West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Jesse Houck; married on 14 Sep 1839 in Ashe Co, NC; Cindy Wilcoxson; William Houck, bondsman.
1. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 95; WV Archives Web Site.
Jeff David Bower; age 43; born 27 Jan 1895 at Saulsberry, WV; living at Edwight, WV; son of
Frank and Cynthia Bower, both deceased; married on 4 Mar 1938 at Naoma, Raleigh Co, WV;
Eva Workman; age 22; born 22 May 1916 at Bald Knob, WV; living at Edwight, WV; daughter
of Frank and Maud Workman.
2. Boone Co, WV; Death Certificate #'59 005882; WV Archives Web Site.
Jefferson David Bowers; age 68; born 2 Jun 1890 in WV; married; living at Bim, WV; retired coal
miner; served in WW I; son of Frank and unknown mother Bowers; died 29 Apr 1959 at Bim, WV;
from "crushed to death, wind picked a small house up under which this man was and dropped it on
him"; severe wind storm; buried 30 Apr 1959 in Workman Cemetery, Bald Knob, WV; informant,
David F. Bowers, Bim, WV.
1. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 95; WV Archives Web Site.
Jeff David Bower; age 43; born 27 Jan 1895 at Saulsberry, WV; living at Edwight, WV; son of
Frank and Cynthia Bower, both deceased; married on 4 Mar 1938 at Naoma, Raleigh Co, WV;
Eva Workman; age 22; born 22 May 1916 at Bald Knob, WV; living at Edwight, WV; daughter
of Frank and Maud Workman.
1. 1900 Census, Ashe Co, NC; Old Fields Township; taken on 19 Jun 1900; Page 164A; Image 25 of 28;
Family #215/216.
Listed as Fitzugh Houck; age 3; born in NC in Mar 1897; in household of father, Henry M. Houck.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 14/16 May 1910; Page 296A;
Family #303/312.
Listed as Fitzhugh L. Houck; age 13; born in NC; in household of father, Henry M. Houck.
3. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Pages 480.
"...3. Fitz Houck, farmer, stone mason; married Florence Fenton..."
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 14/16 May 1910; Page 296A;
Family #303/312.
Listed as Wentford Houck; age 9; born in NC; in household of father, Henry M. Houck.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 2/3 Feb 1920; Page 268A;
Family #39/40.
Listed as Wintford Houck; age 19; born in NC; in household of father, Henry M. Houck.
3. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Pages 480.
"...12. Winton Houck; Methodist minister; married Anna Mae Hardman; member staff of Morris Harvey
Colledge ten years..."
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 14/16 May 1910; Page 296A;
Family #303/312.
Listed as Unnamed male Houck; age 1; born in WV; in household of father, Henry M. Houck.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 2/3 Feb 1920; Page 268A;
Family #39/40.
Listed as Stewart Houck; age 11; born in WV; in household of father, Henry M. Houck.
3. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Pages 480.
"...13. Stuart Houck; section boss, mine foreman, employee of West Virginia Department of Labor;
married Alice Young..."
4. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Sturat G. Houck; born 7 Sep 1908; living at 1002 Johnson Ave, Mullens, WV 25882 in 1987.
1. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Alice Mae Houck; born 17 May 1919; living at 1002 Johnson Ave, Mullens, WV 25882 in 1992.
1. 1860 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Listed in household of father, Hiram Toliver.
2. "Marriage Records of Wyoming...", Vol 1, Haga, page 83.
Enoch Toliver married Amy (sic Ann) Short, daughter of William and Sarah Short.
3. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork Township, Family 47.
4. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Pages 480 and 481.
"...4. Enoch Tolliver (b. 1855, Ashe County, North Carolina) married (1)Anna Short; (2) Rhoda Bailey;
lived near head of Black Fork. He was a merchant, postmaster and Primitive Baptist preacher. He
and his second wife were brutally murdered at their home on Dec. 25, 1928 (sic?, 1927) when he
was 87 years old, by a wayward son (Believe this was Wise Bailey.). Children of the first marriage
were Hiram; William; Charles; Crawford; Booker; Lee who died at Camp Mead, Ind., in Oct 1918;
Sarah; Rebecca; Minerva; Etta; and Nancy Tolliver..."
5. "Hertiage of Wyoming Co, WV", WGS, "Cemeteries", page 44.
Enoch was 87 yrs old when he and his second wife, Rhoda Bailey, were
murdered in their home on 26 Dec 1927.
6. Ibid, page 179, Rebecca Toliver Article.
Enoch's parents were Hiram and Nancy Jones Toliver. Enoch was born in Ashe Co, NC.
7. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 751.
Slab Fork Township, page 004.
Listed as Enoch Tolliver, age 34, head of household, a farmer.
8. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Slab Fork District, Family #138.
Listed as Enoch Toliver, age 59, born in NC, head of household.
9. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 20/21 Apr 1910, Page 282B,
Family #60.
Listed as Enoch Toliver; age 68; born in NC; married once for 45 yrs; farmer; head of household.
10. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1922); Page 198; WV Archives WebSite.
A license was issued on 19 Apr 1922 to Enoch Tolliver; age 82; born in NC; living at Maben, WV to
marry Rhoda Bailey; age 63; born in WV; living at Maben, WV; information given by Booker Toliver;
no return by minister.
11. Wyoming Co, WV; Death Certificate #16899; WV Archives Web Site.
Enoch Toliver; age 87 yrs, 2 mons, 19 days; born on 7 Oct 1840 in NC; merchant; married; son of
Hiram and Nancy (Hill) Toliver; died on 26 Dec 1927 from a fractured skull; homicide; buried on 28
Dec 1927 at Maben, WV; informant, Ery E. Cook, Maben WV.
12. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Enoch Toliver; born on 6 Oct 1840; died on 26 Dec 1927; buried in Cox
Cemetery, Twin Falls State Park, Wyoming Co, WV.
1. 1860 Census, Logan Co, WV, taken on 24 Jul 1860, Page 284, Family #547.
Listed as Rhoda Cline, age 2, born in VA, in household of father, James Cline.
2. 1870 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, page 6, Family #39.
Listed as Rhoda Cline, age 13, in household of father, James Cline.
3. Internet e-mail, 22 Dec 1999, Rodney Veitschegger, Bowling Green, KY.
Rhoda Cline born 1857.
4. "Marriage Records of McDowell Co, WV", page 29; Marriage Record, Book 1, 1865-1896,
page 118.
Harry (sic?, Harvey?) Bailey, age 27, born in McDowell Co, WV, son of Harvey and Nancy, married
on 18 May 1888 Rody Cline, age 27, born in McDowell Co, WV, daughter of James and Pricy.
5. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 4? Jul 1900, Page 265A,
Family #465.
Listed as Rhody Bailey, age 42, born in Jun1857, married 18 yrs, 10 children, 8 living, in household
of husband, Harvey Bailey, Jr.
6. "Reference Book of Wyoming County History"; 1965; by Mary Keller Bowman; Pages 480 and 481.
"...4. Enoch Tolliver (b. 1855, Ashe County, North Carolina) married (1)Anna Short; (2) Rhoda Bailey;
lived near head of Black Fork. He was a merchant, postmaster and Primitive Baptist preacher. He
and his second wife were brutally murdered at their home on Dec. 25, 1928 (sic?, 1927) when he
was 87 years old, by a wayward son (Believe this was Wise Bailey.). Children of the first marriage
were Hiram; William; Charles; Crawford; Booker; Lee who died at Camp Mead, Ind., in Oct 1918;
Sarah; Rebecca; Minerva; Etta; and Nancy Tolliver..."
7. "Hertiage of Wyoming Co, WV", WGS, "Cemeteries", page 44.
Enoch was 87 yrs old when he and his second wife, Rhoda Bailey, were
murdered in their home on 26 Dec 1927.
8. Wyoming Co, WV; Death Certificate #16898; WV Archives Web Site.
Rhoda Toliver; age 66 yrs, 6 mons, 16 days; born on 10 Jun 1861 in WV; married; daughter of
James and Pricie (Roberts) Cline; died on 26 Dec 1927 at Maben, Wyoming Co, WV from a
fractured skull; homicide; buried on 28 Dec 1927 at Maben, WV; informant, Ery E. Cook, Maben,
WV.
1. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1882.
Booker S. Tolliver was born on 29 Jan 1882 to Enoch and Anna Tolliver.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Slab Fork District, Family #138.
Listed as Booker S. Toliver, age 18, in household of father, Enoch Toliver.
3. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1904); Page 300; WV Archives Web Site.
Booker Toliver; age 22; born and living in Raleigh Co, WV; married on 24 Jul 1904 at Hatcher, WV;
Malinda Byrd; age 21; born and living in Raleigh Co, WV.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #1277; Pineville, WV Draft Board; 12 Sep 1918;
Ancestry.com Web Site.
Booker Toliver; age 36; born on 29 Jan 1982; living at Maben, WV; coal loader for Savine Colliery
Co, Otsego, WV; nearest relative "Wife" , not named, Maben, WV; medium height and build; blue
eyes and light hair; "lost finger".
5. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of
19; Family #35/36.
Listed as Booker Toliver; age 38; born in WV; married; team driver; head of household.
6. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 32; WV Archives Web Site.
Booker Toliver; age 45; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pierpoint; married on 4 Mar 1927 at
Mullens, WV; Daisy Stamper; age 30; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pierpoint, WV.
7. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 260B; Image 28 of
44; Family # 278/283.
Listed as Booker Tolliver; age 48; born in WV; married at 23; farm laborer; head ofr household.
8. Wyoming Co, WV; WW II Draft Registration Card #U-467; Apr 1942; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Booker Tolliver; age 60; born on 29 Jan 1882 in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Key Rok, WV; farmer;
person who will always know address, Hiram Tolliver, Key Rock, WV.
9. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries; http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Booker Tolliver; born on 29 Jan 1882; died on 24 Oct 1956; buried in Cox Cemetery, Twin Falls State
Park, Wyoming Co, WV.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming Co", Bowman, page 436.
Children 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. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #91.
Listed as Malinda J. Byrd, age 11, in household of father, Johnson Byrd.
3. FamilySearch.com, LDS Web Site, William Byrd search, 5 Sep 2001; submitted by
Paul R. Herndon, P.O. Box 116, Elk Creek, VA 24326-0116.
Linda Byrd; born on 11 Jun 1887 in Wyoming Co, WV; died on 11 Mar 1922.
4. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1904); Page 300; WV Archives Web Site.
Booker Toliver; age 22; born and living in Raleigh Co, WV; married on 24 Jul 1904 at Hatcher, WV;
Malinda Byrd; age 21; born and living in Raleigh Co, WV.
5. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Malinda J. Toliver; age 32; born in VA; married; in household of husband, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Linville Toliver; age 14; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Tracy Toliver; age 13; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Shelmer Toliver; age 10; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Fammie Toliver; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Mamie Toliver; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Annie Jane Toliver; age 3 yrs, 5 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 260B; Image 28 of
44; Family # 278/283.
Listed as Anna Toliver; age 12; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 268A; Image 5 of 19;
Family #35/36.
Listed as Joe Toliver; age 4 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 260B; Image 28 of
44; Family # 278/283.
Listed as Joe Toliver; age 10; born in WV; in household of father, Booker S. Tolliver.