HISTORICAL MARKER on Hwy 28, north of Ft Ashby/Mineral Co,WV=FORT SELLERS = On land Washington surveyed for ELIAS SELLERS
-FORT SELLERS-
A small stockade on the east side of Patterson's Creek at the mouth
thereof, in Franklin District, Mineral County. "Here George
Washington surveyed lands for Elias Sellers. April 1, 1748."
This
fort was erected by Colonel Washington.
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Ashby's Fort, built in 1755, on Patterson's Creek (near Frankfort,
Mineral county) about 25 miles from Fort Cumberland;
Enjoy!!
:) Patti McDonald
Burlington, WV
Co-Coordinator Mineral County USGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvminera/mineral.htm
From:
Patti McDonald <mcd@access.mountain.net>
GC-Mineral~ County Obituaries
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Mineral~Obits?read=41
Subject: IRENE M GANOE, Courtesy of Mineral Daily News Tribune
IRENE M GANOE
KEYSER WV
Courtesy of Mineral Daily News Tribune, Keyser WV
Irene M Ganoe, 66, of 67 Heskett Street, Keyser WV died Sat Nov 20
1999,
at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland MD.
Born March 9, 1933, in Kitzmiller MD, she was a daughter of
the late Robert
and Lucille (Sullivan) Sellers.
She was also preceded in death by her husband Walter Ganoe on April
6,
1898; by two half-brothers, John and Fred Barcase and by an infant
half-sister Angelina.
Surviving are one daughter, Kathy Hoopengarner and husband Bryce, Keyser;
one brother Robert Sellers, Westernport MD; two half-brothers, Gregory
Barcase, Westernport MD and Joseph Barcase, Swanton MD; one sister,
Virginia
Roope, St Cloud Fla; one half-sister, Gena Staubitz, Baltimore MD;
one
granddaughter, Angela Wilson; and one great-grandson, Zachary McGraw.
Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home, Keyser on Tues form 2-4
and
7-9.
Funeral Services will be conducted in the funeral home chapel on Wed
at
11 AM with Father Ivan M Lebar, TOR officiating.
Interment will be in the Kalbaugh Cemetery, Elk Garden, WV.
Subject: Re: [WVMINERA] 1900 CENSUS - BLACKBURN, KITZMILLER
In a message dated 3/4/2000 7:28:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mcd@access.mountain.net writes:
<< I'm trying to transcribe the 1900 Census. The pages are
in bad
condition, and the census taker has awful penmanship.
Hoping someone might help me.
BLACKBURN
? (?C?) HEAD B. 3-1858
SARAH WIFE B. 10-1863
WILBER T. F. B. 4-1884
JOSEPH (?K) SON B. NOV 1885
WALTER V SON B. 4-1889
MORRIS, JAMES SERVANT FARM LABORER
B. 7-1876
KITZMILLER, ? HARRIETT HOUSEKEEPER B.
10-1842 >>
Patti,
Harriet S. Kitzmiller b. October 23, 1842, daughter of Joseph Kitzmiller
b.
November 29, 1808, Hardy Co, VA & Mary Sollars b. 1818, Hardy
Co, VA
Hope this helps a little, keep up the good job,
Lynn Alan McGriff
Patti McDonald [mincowv@frontiernet.net]
8-7-1914 Tribune.
MISS MAUD SOLLARS AND MRS HELEN ASHMEAD AND HER LITTLE DAUGHTER, ANITA, VISITED FRIENDS AT SCHELL, ELK GARDEN AND LAUREL DALE THIS WEEK.
D N MURPHY, OF NEW MARKET VA, IS SPENDING A FEW DAYS HERE WITH B R SOLLARS.
MR MURPHY WANTS TO COME BACK OT OLD MINERAL AND IS LOOKING FOR A SMALL FARM
TO BUY.
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From:
"Robert C. Sollars" <sollars@concentric.net>
Does anyone have who Harriet S. Kitzmiller, b. 1842, Grafton, WV, married?
Considering her age in 1900 (below), she apparently never married.
R. C. Sollars <sollars@concentric.net>
Benjamin R. Sollers 26 and Mary E. Oates 32 Feb25,1879 Burlington
William E. Rockley 23
Mary Sollars 27
2/22/1894 Hartmansville
James M. Sollars 27
Bettie Murphy 20 9/18/1889
Mineral
James G. Shillingburg 23 Mille
Francis Sollars 25 Mary 1889
Mineral
Sollars 26
Maggie F. McDonald 18 10/6/1875
Mineral Co.
Albert Sollars 24
Mary Ellen Cubbage 17 12/8/1895
Thomas
Eliza Jane Junkins, 21, S, of GCMD, married M. J. Sollars, 24, S,
of Mineral
Co. WV, on May 12, 1875
Sollars, Robert L. b. 2 Nov 1914 d. 31 Aug 1892 (Companion with Eleanor,
Markwood
Funeral Home marker also) [L]