1. 1910 Census, Pittsylvania Co, VA; Callands District; taken 30 Apr 1910; Page 100A; Image 23 of 27;
Family #205/208.
Listed as Lucinda Adkins; age 39; born in VA; married once (before, this marriage was for 4 yrs); 9
children; black; in household of husband, William H. Adkins.
1. 1910 Census, Pittsylvania Co, VA; Callands District; taken 30 Apr 1910; Page 100B; Image 24 of 27;
Family #205/208.
Listed as Lula B. Witcher; age 20; born in VA; single; black; farm laborer; in householf of step-father,
William H. Adkins.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Hobart Dowell; age 32; born in NC; married at 19; motorman in coal mine; head of
household.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Rich K; 8 Apr 2011.
" William Hobert Dowell
Birth 11 May 1897
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death 26 Feb 1964 (aged 66)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Rachel Baptist Church Cemetery
Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 68062161"Additional Information Posted:
"Husband of Bertha B. Dowell; son of Millard and Sarah Jane (Caudill) Dowell."
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Bertha Dowell; age 28; born in NC; married at 15; in household of husband, Hobart Dowell.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Coy O. York; 23 Feb 2014; maintained by Merlin.
" Bertha Blackburn Dowell
Birth 29 Apr 1902
Death 5 Mar 1980 (aged 77)
Burial
Rachel Baptist Church Cemetery
Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 125535773"
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Earnest Dowell; age 8; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Raymond Dowell; age 5; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Daddiesxgurl; 23 May 2012.
" Raymond Millard Dowell
Birth 29 Sep 1924
Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 11 Sep 1968 (aged 43)
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Rachel Baptist Church Cemetery
Roaring River, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 90644526"
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Marie Dowell; age 2 yrs, 1 mon; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken 2 Apr 1930; Page 1B; Family 20/20.
Listed as Lacy Dowell; age 11; born in NC; in household of father, Hobart Dowell.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 198; WV Archives Web Site.
Roscoe Monroe Clyburn; age 19; born in Raleigh Co, WV; living at Itmann, WV; son of Tuck and
Clara Clyburn; married on 2 Nov 1935 in Itmann, WV; Mrs. Rosie Belcher; age 32; born in Monroe
Co, WV; living in Itmann, WV; daughter of Wilc and Mary Ballard.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Barbara Pryor; 2 Jan 2013.
" Roscoe Monroe Clyburn
Birth 31 Mar 1917
Affinity, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Death 11 Jan 2004 (aged 86)
Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Glenwood Cemetery
Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA "Additional Information Posted:
"CONNEAUT - Roscoe M Clyburn, age 86, of Conneaut, died Sunday afternoon, January 11, 2004 , at his residence."Roscoe was born on March 31, 1917 in Affinity, WV, the son of the late W. T. and Clara (Walker) Clyburn. He attended grade school and later went to work, for over 40 years, as a coal miner for the Consolidated Coal Company of West Virginia.
"He was a member of the United Miners Workers Union and of the First Baptist faith. He has lived in the Conneaut area for the past 20 years, coming from Mullins, WV. He enjoyed gardening and carpenter work and remodeling the house.
"Roscoe was preceded in death by his parents; Rose Ballard, his first wife; two sons, Ted and John; and three brothers, James, Thomas and Henry.
"He is survived by his wife, Lola Mae (Scruggs) Clyburn; three sons, J. William Clyburn of Dayton, OH, Joseph Clyburn of Columbus and Douglas Curry of FL; two step-sons, Wilbert E. and Margaret Robinson of Conneaut and Robert and Mary Belcher of Sophia, WV; one step-daughter, Mary and Oakley Blevins of Beckley, WV; a sister, Grace Howe of Burgeon, NY, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
"Funeral Services will be held at the RAISIAN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 581 Harbor Street, Conneaut, on Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 1pm with Reverend Tim Krause, of the Church of God, officiating.
"Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery, Conneaut.
"Calling hours will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2004, from 11am until the time of the service.
"pub: Star Banner on Jan. 12, 2004.
***********************************************************************************"Wed Mrs. Rose (Ballard) Belcher on Nov 2, 1935 in Mullens, Wyoming, WV."
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 21Apr 1930; Page 115B;
Family #532/556.
Listed as Rose Belcher; age 26; born in WV; married at 16; in household of husband, Robert L.
Belcher.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 198; WV Archives Web Site.
Roscoe Monroe Clyburn; age 19; born in Raleigh Co, WV; living at Itmann, WV; son of Tuck and
Clara Clyburn; married on 2 Nov 1935 in Itmann, WV; Mrs. Rosie Belcher; age 32; born in Monroe
Co, WV; living in Itmann, WV; daughter of Wilc and Mary Ballard.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by historianne; 20 Mar 2013.
" Rose Lilly “Rosie” Ballard Clyburn
Birth 9 Mar 1902
Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
Death May 1975 (aged 73)
Mullens, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Plot Westview 1-28, I Section"Additional Information Posted:
"Woman Dies in Hospital
"Mullens – Mrs. Rose Clyburn, 71, of 610 Guyandotte Ave. in Mullens, died at 9:30 P.M. Monday May 12th, in a Mullens hospital after a long illness."Born, March 9, 1904, at Red Sulphur Springs, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.Wilson Ballard.
"Survivors include her husband, Roscoe Clyburn; five sons, Bob Belcher of Sophia, Bill Clyburn of Dayton, Ohio, John Douglas and Joe Clyburn all of Columbus: two daughters, Mrs. Mary Helen Blevins of Mullens and Mrs. Thelma Cisco of Columbus, and a sister, Mrs. Ada Broyles of Stanford: 20 grandchildren and a great grand-child.
"The body is at Sam Foglesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens.
"Beckly Post – Herald; Beckley. W.V.; Wednesday 14 May 1975; Page 09."
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 474; WV Archives Website.
Roland Lee Goebel; age 74; born 8 Feb 1895 in Endicott, KY; widowed; one previous marriage;
living at Rt 1, Box 12, Iaeger, WV; son of Christopher and Eliza (Thompson) Goebel; married on 28
Sep 1969 at Iaeger, WV; Evelyn Russell Blevins; age 59; born 13 Sep 1909 in Freemont Township;
widow; 2 previous marriages; living at c/o Welch Emergancy Hospital, Welch, WV; daughter of
James and Alice (Frost) Russell.
1. 1900 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Dicks Creek Township; taken on 13 Jun 1900; Page 220B; Family #129.
Listed as Rollon Gobel; age 2; born in KY in Feb 1898; in household of father, Christopher Goebel.
2. 1910 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Johns Creek; taken on 25 apr 1910; Page 6A; Family #99/99.
Listed as Roland Gobel; age 13; born in KY; in household of step-father, Will Skeans.
3. McDowell Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #3786; Welch, WV Draft Board; 5 Jun 1917.
Roland Gobel; age 21; born on 8 Feb 1896 at German, Floyd Co, KY; living at Mohawk, WV;
coal miner for Mohawk Coal Co; dependent, wife; medium height with slender build; gray eyes and
brown hair.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 25 Apr 1930, Page 198B,
Family #439.
Listed as Roland Goebel, age 33, born in KY, married at 21, farmer, head of household.
5. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 474; WV Archives Website.
Roland Lee Goebel; age 74; born 8 Feb 1895 in Endicott, KY; widowed; one previous marriage;
living at Rt 1, Box 12, Iaeger, WV; son of Christopher and Eliza (Thompson) Goebel; married on 28
Sep 1969 at Iaeger, WV; Evelyn Russell Blevins; age 59; born 13 Sep 1909 in Freemont Township;
widow; 2 previous marriages; living at c/o Welch Emergancy Hospital, Welch, WV; daughter of
James and Alice (Frost) Russell.
6. Social Security Death Index, LDS Web Site.
Roland Goebel; born on 8 Feb 1896; died in May 1976; living at Iaeger, McDowell Co, WV at death.
7. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 31 May 2006.
8. Ibid, 3 Mar 2007.
"...Roland Lee changed the spelling to Goebel when he left KY for WV. He told me that his stepfather
used to beat him and when Roland got older he turned the tables on his stepfather and beat him up,
thought he'd killed his stepfather and fled across Tug River into WV where he married my
grandmother, and eventually became a preacher. I don't know when but at some point Roland
answered his front door one day to find the man he'd thought he'd killed standing on his front porch.
Maybe that was what led him to become a preacher. That and the fact that Grandma probably had
some influence on him..."
9. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 25 Feb 2014.
Roland L.Goebel; born in 1896; died in 1976; buried here; double headstone photo shown with wife,
Biddie Stanley Goebel; "MARRIED SEPT. 26, 1916".
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 474; WV Archives Website.
Roland Lee Goebel; age 74; born 8 Feb 1895 in Endicott, KY; widowed; one previous marriage;
living at Rt 1, Box 12, Iaeger, WV; son of Christopher and Eliza (Thompson) Goebel; married on 28
Sep 1969 at Iaeger, WV; Evelyn Russell Blevins; age 59; born 13 Sep 1909 in Freemont Township;
widow; 2 previous marriages; living at c/o Welch Emergancy Hospital, Welch, WV; daughter of
James and Alice (Frost) Russell.