West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 134 Today's Topics: #1 Revised List of Deseased Soldiers [Vivian Brinker <VIVIANB@RAVEN.CCC.] #2 Revised List of Deceased Soldiers [Vivian Brinker <VIVIANB@RAVEN.CCC.] #3 Harry G. Williams, Mingo County We ["Chris & Kerry" <cmac4330@chesapea] #4 John R. Little, McDowell County We ["Chris & Kerry" <cmac4330@chesapea] #5 Samuel W. Patterson, McDowell Coun ["Chris & Kerry" <cmac4330@chesapea] #7 Index to Deaths- Preston County, W [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:24:33 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker <VIVIANB@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <991201112433.4f6c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: Revised List of Deseased Soldiers of the World War P. 37 Revised List of Deceased Soldiers of the World War Domestic Deaths-Continued Died of Diseases and Other Causes Page 37 Loudin, James F Pvt Sept 22-22 Broncho pneumonia Dink 19 Co 5 Tng Bn 155 Dep Brig Lowe, Ralph E Pvt May 28-18 Pneumonia French Creek Sup Co 61 CAC Lucas, Luther A Sgt Oct 3-19 Motorcycle accident Charleston Gen Serv Inf Lyons, Floyd Pvt Oct 16-18 Influenza pneumonia Charleston Tng Det Univ of Texas McCauley, Shirley Pvt Oct 25-18 Spanish influenza Elizabeth Base Hosp No. 125 McCoy, John Pvt Jul 4-17 Murdered Glen Elm Co F 2 Inf WVNG McCulley, Neil H Pvt Oct 5-18 Bronchial pneumonia Davis Co C 2 Dev Bn 155 Dep Brig McFarland, John D Pvt Jun 11-19 Influenza Petroleum Ord Dept McGee, Otho H Cook Dec 29-17 Septicaemia Huttonsville Co B 137 MG Bn McKenzie, James W Pvt Oct 8-18 Influenza Beryl Co C 71 Inf McKiney, Wilse Pvt Jan 9-19 Lobar pneumonia Gilboa Engrs Unasgd McNeely, Guy Pvt Oct 7-18 Brocho pneumonia Dawes Med Dept McQuain, John L Pvt Dec 4-18 Acute intestinal obstruction Caress 48 Co 4 Gr Mann, Everette M Corp Feb 7-18 Peritonitis Greenville Btry D 313 FA Marsh, Fredmond M Pvt Sep 29-18 Broncho pneumonia Weston 155 Dep Brig Martin, James E Pvt Aug 5-19 Tuberculosis Short Creek Co G 46 Inf Mayer, Eugene N Pvt Oct 21-18 Influenza Charleston 12 Co Camp Joseph E Johnson Maynard, William Pvt Jan 15-18 Empyema Roy Co A 50 Inf Mays, Sam E Pvt Oct 14-18 Brocho Pneumonia Comfort Co H 40 Inf Maxwell, Carl Corp Sep 27-18 Lobar pneumonia Adamston Det Tank C Meadows, Charles C Pvt Oct 23-18 Broncho pneumonia Kline Co L 67 Inf Meadows, Charley Pvt Feb 2-18 Bronchitis Winding Gulf Co C 7 Inf Meadows, Charlie Q Pvt Sep 30-18 Broncho pneumonia Barn 155 Dep Brig Meadows, William A Pvt Oct 5-18 Broncho pneumonia Madison 154 Dep Brig Messer, Elbert Wagoner Jul 22-19 Meningitis Buckeye Sup Co 313 FA Meyers, Charles N Pvt Sep 25-18 Broncho pneumonia Wheeling 155 Dep Brig Michael, Roy E Pvt Sep 29-18 Lobar pneumonia Martin Co C 71 Inf Mikels, William L Pvt Oct 5-18 Influenza Wheeling Hq Tr 11 Div Miller, Grover C M Pvt Oct 15-17 Typhoid fever Webster Springs Co F 313 FA Miller, Icel Pvt Feb 5-18 Broncho pneumonia Manayka Btry D 1 Trench Mortar Miller, Howard B Pvt Oct 4-18 Broncho pneumonia Morgantown Co C 71 Inf Miller, Orlando Pvt Oct 14-18 Broncho pneumonia Guthrie Gen Hosp 16 Miller, Oscar Pvt Apr 28-18 Broncho pneumonia Needmore Med Dept Miller, Wilmer B Pvt Oct 6-18 Pneumonia Shepherdstown Med Dept Miller, Earl H Pvt Apr 21-18 Gunshot wound self inflicted Fairmont Co A 10 Inf Milum, Patrick Pvt Oct 17-18 Broncho pneumonia Genoa 155 Dep Brig Molito, Peter Pvt Mar 17-18 General septicemia, secondary to mastoiditis Weirton Co A 137 MG Bn Monteleone, Rocco Pvt Nov 11-18 Spinal meningitis Davis 155 Dep Brig Montgomery, John A Pvt Feb 15-18 Addison disease Premier Field Remount Sq 302 Mooney, John C Pvt Oct 15-18 Broncho pneumonia Grafton 155 Dep Brig Moore, Alpha Pvt Aug 28-18 Spinal meningitis Burton Co C 71 Inf Moore, Charles L Pvt Oct 23-18 Broncho pneumonia Mannington 155 Dep Brig Moran, Willie E Pvt Oct 21-18 Spinal meningitis Uffington Co E 8 Bn Rep Camp Lee Moscattini, Angelo Pvt Jun 18-19 Tumor Switchback 310 Inf Mottesheard, Cody C Pvt Oct 8-18 Broncho pneumonia Waiteville Base Hosp 149 Mounts, Druie Pvt Oct 3-18 Broncho pneumonia Pitt Branch 155 Dep Brig ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:51:30 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker <VIVIANB@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <991201135130.4f6c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: Revised List of Deceased Soldiers of the World War P.38 Revised List of Deceased Soldiers of the World War Domestic Deaths-Continued Died of Diseases and Other Causes Page 38 Muncy, Thomas Pvt Jan 28-18 Accident Crum QMC Murphy, Prentice Pv Jue 24-10 (June of 1910?) Pneumonia fever Morgantown Co L 1 Ief VNG Murray, Edward Pv Oct 1-18 Lobar pneumonia Coalburg SATC College Sta Texas Myers, Phililp C (spelled Phililp on list) Pv Jan 3-18 Empyema Hedgesville B ry D 313 FA Nathan, Sol Pvt Mar 12-18 Epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis Northfork Btry F 315 F A Nelson, Arthur S Pvt Oct 10-18 Lobar pneumonia Highview Co D 306 Mech Repair Shop Unit Nicholas, Anderson Pvt Sep 30-18 Broncho pneumonia Clay 155 Dep Brig Nestor, Alva Pvt Jul 5-18 Tuberculosis meningitis St. George Btry D 70 Art CAC Newman, Nelson Pvt Oct 11-18 Broncho pneumonia Philippi Co K 77 Inf Newcomer, Daniel B Pvt Jan 31-18 Peritonitis Harpers Ferry 224 Aero Sq Nice, William H Pvt Jun 1-17 Accident, struck by train Moundsville Co D 2 WVNG Nesbet, Floyd K Pvt Oct 1-18 Lobar pneumonia Flemington 155 Dep Brig Nixon, Farris P 2nd Lt Aug 1-17 Disease Huntington (blank) Nolan, James A Pvt Jan 8-19 Broncho pneumonia Piney 6 Co 2 Tng Bn 158 Depot Brig Noland, Frank H Pvt Oct 14-18 Lobar pneumonia New Martinsville Btry E 70 F A Notter, Halsey G Pvt Oct 21-18 Peritonitis Huntington Student Army Tng Cp Western Reserve Univ Nutter, John L Pvt Oct 30-18 Lobar pneumonia Nutterville 16 Co 164 Depot Brig Nuzum, Charles S Pvt Jul 29-18 Typhoid fever Bridgeport Tng School Murfreesboro Tenn Obenaus, William C Pvt Oct 4-18 Broncho pneumonia William town 155 Dep Brig O'Brien, Ora Pvt Oct 6-18 Broncho pneumonia Parkersburg 26 Co 154 Depot Brig O'Connor, Raymond E Corp Oct 10-18 Meningitis Richwood Co L 57 Inf O'Connor, Francis Patrick Pvt Oct 6-18 Broncho pneumonia Clarksburg 10 Co 3 Tng Bn 158 Depot Brig Olive, Wilbert Pvt Oct 12-18 Broncho pneumonia Blundon Co E 17 Inf Oliver, Dwight Pvt Sep 26-18 Pneumonia Ambrosia 27 Co 7 Tng Bn 155 Dep Brig Orren, Clint Pvt Apr 9-18 Pneumonia Maitland Co E 51 Inf Parker, Harry R 1st Lt Dec 23-18 Disease Williamson (blank) Palmer, John B Pvt Oct 10-18 Pneumonia Parkersburg Co H 40 Inf Parrish, James Pvt Oct 5-18 Pneumonia Hawks Nest Base Hosp 112 MD Pauley, Liss Pvt Nov 27-18 Spinal meningitis Webb Sup Co 40 Inf Pauley, Zachariah Pvt Jan 9-18 Broncho pneumonia Garrett's Bend Co A 150 Inf Payton, Mark M (blank) Oct 19-19 Pneumonia Barboursville 19 Co 5 Bn 155 Dep Brig Peoples, Guy 2nd Lt Oct 5-18 Disease Cameron (blank) Pethel, James A Pvt Dec 5-18 Result of accident St Marys 304 Auxilliary Rmt Dep Pethtel, Friend R Pvt Oct 21-18 Lobar pneumonia Earnshaw Rct Co 11 Rct Cp 4 Petty, Lawrence Pvt Oct 6-18 Broncho pneumonia Fairmont Co C 7 Inf Phenix, Garrett Pvt Oct 6-18 Broncho pneumonia Hedgesville 26 Co 7 Bn 152 Dep Brig Philipezuk, Conrad Pvt Oct 8-18 Pneumonia Anawalt 10 Co 3 Tng Bn 155 Dep Brig ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:02:39 -0500 From: "Chris & Kerry" <cmac4330@chesapeake.net> To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <003401bf3c60$eedc3880$6a421104@ChrisKerry> Subject: Harry G. Williams, Mingo County West Virginia Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York, Volume II pg.61 HARRY G. WILLIAMS has been successfully engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in the City of Williamson, Mingo County, since 1911, and his insurance agency, of general order, is one of the most substantial in Mingo County. Of English and Irish Ancestry, Mr. Williams is a scion of families founded in Virginia many generations ago, his maternal grandfather having been a prominent civil engineer in that historic old commonwealth. He is a son of Cyrus and Octavia (Davis) Williams and was born at Tazewell, Virginia, August 20, 1880. His father was long a representative farmer and citizen of Tazewell County, and served as a member of a Virginia cavalry regiment under Gen. Jubal A. Early, throughout the Civil war, he having made a splendid record as a gallant young soldier of the Confederacy and having never been wounded or captured. In 1899 Harry G. Williams graduated from the high school at Richland, Tazewell County, Virginia, and for three years thereafter he was a student in the private academy conducted by Professor McIlvain at Bowen Cove, Virginia. He then took a position in the First National Bank of Montgomery Indiana, where he remained eighteen months. He then came to Williamson, West Virginia, to assume the position of assistant cashier of the First National Bank, a position which he retained until December, 1911, when he resigned and forthwith established his present real estate and insurance business, in which he has achieved unequivocal success. He has been decisively progressive and public-spirited as a citizen, and while he has had no desire for public office he gave four years of effective service as a member of the Board of Education at Williamson. In the World war period he was chairman of the local Draft Board, was a vigorous worker in the drives in support of patriotic objects, including the Government war loans, and was treasurer of the local chapter of the Red Cross, a position which he still retains. Mr. Williams is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, is a valued member of the local Kiwanis Club, is an active member of the Williamson Lodge of Elks, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church in their home city. At Montgomery, West Virginia, a town named in honor of the family of which his wife is a representative in the maternal line, Mr. Williams was united in marriage, in 1906, with Miss Myrtle Smith, a daughter of Green and Willie (Montgomery) Smith, Mr. Smith being a leading contractor and builder at Montgomery. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have a winsome little daughter, Octavia. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:13:03 -0500 From: "Chris & Kerry" <cmac4330@chesapeake.net> To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <004301bf3c62$62b42d20$6a421104@ChrisKerry> Subject: John R. Little, McDowell County West Virginia Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York, Volume II pg.61 JOHN R. LITTLE, the superintendent of Fall River Mines, Fall River Pocahontas Collieries Company at Roderfield, McDowell County, is one of the efficient and popular executives in the coal mining industry in this section of his native state, his birth having occurred near Wyoming, Mercer County, West Virginia, September 24, 1880. He is a son of Hiram and Martha Ann (Hearn) Little, the former of whom was born near Charleston, this state, and the latter near Oakvale, Mercer County. The father died in 1906, at the age of fifty-two years, and the mother now resides at Coaldale, Mercer County, she being sixty-seven years of age at the time of this writing, in the winter of 1921-2. As a young man Hiram Little was a successful teacher in the schools of Mercer and Wyoming counties, and thereafter he was a merchant at Basin and Crumple, which latter place was then known as Burks Garden. In his progressive business career he became agent for the Flat Top Land Company, in which connection he obtained options and purchased many tracts of timber and coal land in Wyoming, McDowell and Raleigh counties, beside doing a large amount of surveying of lands now owned by representative coal companies. As a boy of twelve years Hiram Little became a member of the Methodist Church, in which he became a local preacher and in the work of which he continued active and zealous until the time of his death, his widow likewise being a devoted member of this church. He was also a vital and enthusiastic advocate of the principles of the republican party, and was an effective campaign speaker. Of the seven children of the family two died in infancy; Thomas Levi is superintendent of a coal company at Herndon, Wyoming County; John R., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Robert S. is a mine foreman at Coaldale; Edgar B. is a farmer and dairyman at Roanoke, Virginia; and Margaret is the wife of John Clendennin, of Roanoke, McDowell County, West Virginia. John R. Little attended school at Crumpler, McDowell County, and the Billups School in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the family home was maintained two years. When still a boy he began working in the Shamokin mines at Maybeury, where he remained two years. He was next employed in the Elkhorn mine, at the same place, and later for two years he had charge of a general store at Maybeury. He then became a foreman at the Elkhorn Mine, of which he was later made superintendent, and in 1918 he assumed his present executive post, that of superintendent of the Fall River Mine. Like his father, Mr. Little has taken deep interest in educational work, and he served as a member of the School Board of Brown Creek District: He has had no desire for political activity, but is a loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party. In March, 1906, Mr. Little wedded Miss Cora Tabor, daughter of A. J. Tabor, of Coaldale, and the children of this union are five sons and five daughters. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:21:51 -0500 From: "Chris & Kerry" <cmac4330@chesapeake.net> To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <005001bf3c63$9d2f12c0$6a421104@ChrisKerry> Subject: Samuel W. Patterson, McDowell County West Virginia Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York, Volume II pg.62 SAMUEL W. PATTERSON was one of the first officials on the ground in the development of the coal property of the Bottom Creek Coal & Coke Company at Vivian in McDowell County. He has lived there since December, 1891, and has become a successful and widely known coal operator in that section of the state. Mr. Patterson was born in Elk County, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1863, son of Thomas N. and Rachel (Spencer) Patterson. The Pattersons were a family of Irish, Scotch and English origin, while the Spencers were English. Mr. Patterson comes of several branches of substantial New England stock, including the Howland and Denison families. He is a member of the John Howland Society. His parents were both born in Pennsylvania, his father at Mauch-Chunk. Thomas N. Patterson took up the profession of medicine, but soon abandoned it to engage in coal mining, and later became manager for J. C. Haydon at Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, then one of the largest operators in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Samuel W. Patterson graduated from high school in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and at the age of sixteen entered his father's office. There he acquired a thorough knowledge of the coal industry, being afforded every opportunity to familiarize himself with the business and technical branches of the business. His uncle, William Spencer, had acquired an interest in coal lands in West Virginia. With this interest as the basis there was organized in 1891 at Pottsville Pennsylvania, the Bottom Creek Coal & Coke Company. The company selected and sent as its practical representatives to the field William Spencer and Samuel W. Patterson, the latter as secretary and treasurer of the company. Later he became president and general manager. The Norfolk & Western Railroad was then constructing its main line west into this section, but at the time Mr. Patterson had to walk from what is now Kyle to Vivian, the location of the Bottom Creek Company's property. He has been here ever since and has had active supervision of all phases of the development of the property. He is still at his post of duty as mine manager. With his brother, George S., he organized the Sycamore Coal Company of Cinderella, Mingo County, West Virginia, and is president of that company, and is also vice president of the Majestic Collieries Company, Majestic, Kentucky. In 1903 at Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Patterson married Miss Mary Cleveland, daughter of Charles W. and M. Isabel (Torrey) Cleveland, both representing old families of Pennsylvania and New York State. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have one son, Thomas Cleveland. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 06:32:43 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net> To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991202063243.007c5820@trellis.net> Subject: Index to Deaths- Preston County, WV (1868-1920) G surnames Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Deborahrah@aol.com Index to Deaths- Preston County, WV (1868-1920) G surnames SURNAME GIVEN NAME DEATH DATE AGE at DEATH Book 1868-1920 Giles Catharine 3/5/1869 18 yr 11m12 d Pg 1 Gensler Wm. F. 12/1/1871 10 yr Pg 3 Gilmore Winney 8/19/1872 4 days Pg 3 Gibson 11/1874 1 mo 18d Pg 4 Gibson Howard J. 12/21/1874 11 mo 20d Pg 4 Gillis Laura Belle 4/20/1876 Pg 4 Gibson Minnie 6/1/1876 44 yr Pg 5 Gidley Charles 10/2/1876 Pg 5 Gibson Mattie L. 2/7/1880 6 yr 5m 18 d Pg 6 Gibson Francenia 12/4/1880 16 yr Pg 7 Gilbert Vasa R. 2/27/1881 4 yr Pg 7 Gibson Levi 4/6/1884 75 yr Pg 8 Gilmore Timothy 7/28/1884 2 yr 5d Pg 8 Gibson Alex Ernest 6/11/1886 10 yr Pg 10 Gilmore Winnie 9/28/1886 41 yr Pg 10 Gibson Mary 64 yr Pg 10 Gidley 10/3/1889 1 dy Pg 11 Gibson Pearl 1/20/1890 1 yr 9mo 4 d Pg 11 Gibson R. C. 3/26/1890 77 yr 5 mo Pg 11 Gillis Maggie 5/27/1892 17 yr Pg 12 Gibson Minnie 10/14/1892 19 yr 3mo 2 d Pg 13 Gibson Geo. E. 11/6/1896 4 yr 3mo Pg 14 Gibson Anna R. 11/7/1896 6 yr Pg 14 Gibson Mary J. 5/1897 74 yr Pg 14 Gill Shadrack 4/24/1898 91 yr Pg 15 Gibson Jacob 7/31/1898 78yr 3 mo 25 d Pg 15 Gillis H. L. (Mrs.) 6/28/1905 56 yr 2mo 18 d Pg 18 George James 11/9/1905 74 yr 5mo 5 d Pg 18 Geldbaugh Jas. R. 4/28/1906 5yr 4mo 1 d Pg 19 Gibson J. W. 2/16/1907 60 yr Pg 19 Gibson James 2/17/1907 63 yr Pg 19 Gibson Jas. W. 2/18/1907 62 yr 6 mo 13 d Pg 19 Gerlich J. W. 11/3/1907 30 yr Pg 20 Giles Lucy 11/25/1907 64 yr 10 mo 4 d Pg 20 Gibson Joe V. (Mrs.) 6/19/1909 24 yr Pg 22 Gibson Elner C. 8/9/1909 2 yr 9 d Pg 22 Gidley Henry 3/9/1910 31 yr Pg 23 Gibson E. C. 9/11/1910 76 yr Pg 23 Gibson Nelson H. 1/20/1912 74 yr 4 mo 5d Pg 24 Gift Cora 10/12/1912 40 yr 2mo 1d Pg 25 Gibson Milford 11/22/1912 67 yr 9mo 4d Pg 25 Gibson M. C. 11/22/1912 68 yr Pg 25 Gearhart R.E. (Babe) 2/21/1913 Pg 26 Ginlinia Iolande 7/24/1913 6 mo Pg 26 Gibbon Bernard Edwin 10/31/1913 1 yr 7mo 2 d Pg 26 Gibson David J. 10/17/1915 17 yr 6 mo Pg 28 Gill Sarah E. 10/26/1916 66 yr 5 mo Pg 28 Gibson Horace 10/12/1918 24 yr Pg 29 George Annie 12/22/1918 38 yr Pg 30 Gibson Waitman C. 2/2/1919 81 yr 3 mo Pg 30