My West Virginia Roots

Shirley Mason - 70th birthday

2009-12-12T18:22:00.003-05:00

Shirley Meadows Mason

12/12/1939 - 7/29/2005

Shirley Ann Meadows Mason

2009-07-29T10:32:00.003-04:00

Today is the 4th anniversary of mother's passing and this is one of my favorite pictures of her.

5th Anniversary of Carl's death

2009-02-27T09:36:00.002-05:00

Carl Denver Mason, Jr.

1/7/1941 - 2/26/2004

Virginia Beard Workman - obituary

2008-10-09T17:21:00.000-04:00

Carl Mason with sister Bertie Marie Null - 1968

2008-09-26T18:52:00.000-04:00

Obituary: Bertie Marie Null

2008-09-10T07:02:00.000-04:00

Obituary:
Bertie Marie Null

Bertie Marie Null, 93, of Malta, Ohio, formerly of Putnam County, passed away Monday, September 8, 2008, at Morrison Hospice House, Zanesville, Ohio.

She was a Methodist by faith.

She married her late husband, Lewis E. Null, on May 15, 1930, and they raised 10 children together. Born May 14, 1915, at Sattes, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Helen I. Bailey Mason. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Mary Lou at birth and Ruby M. Null Pate; two sons, Kenneth D. and Lewis J. Null; two brothers, Carl and Woodroe Mason; infant brother, Charles Mason; and great-grandson Bryan L. Williams of Malta, Ohio.

Survivors include daughters and their husbands, Leota and Robert Casto of Malta, Ohio, Mae and Herb Cossin of Red House, Ann Pickerell of Columbus, Ohio, and Louise Lamaster and Vada and Don Sayre, all of Marion, Ohio; son and his wife, James and Beverly Null of Rockbridge, Ohio; daughter in Law: Bernice Null of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Robert Mason of Marietta, Ohio; sister, Betty Gillispie of Teays Valley; 23 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 40 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 11, at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, with Pastor Woody Willard officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Zion Cemetery, Given.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to the family and the guestbook signed by visiting www.raynesfuneralhome.com.

Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, is in charge of arrangements.

Aunt Marie

2008-09-09T20:13:00.001-04:00

Bertie Marie Mason Null

2008-09-09T10:41:00.000-04:00

My grandfather Carl's sister, Bertie Marie Null, sent this document to my Mother some years ago. The Mason and Bailey family branches are detailed to the best of her knowledge. This chart helped began my many years of research to populate the family tree.

Aunt Marie passed away yesterday in Zanesville, OH at the age of 93 years. She will be buried beside her husband Louis E. Null in the Mt. Zion Cemetery on Thursday.

14 May 1915

8 Sep 2008

dad

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mom

2008-08-05T07:48:00.000-04:00

More of the same

2008-08-04T07:47:00.000-04:00

Madeline Meadows

2008-08-02T07:41:00.001-04:00

When was this taken?

2008-08-02T07:39:00.001-04:00

Fauber Cemetery in Bloomingrose

2008-08-01T14:51:00.000-04:00

I can totally see Jack waving now

2008-07-31T14:46:00.001-04:00

Wow...cool...a better image on Google Earth

2008-07-31T14:41:00.004-04:00

That is me waving from my party boat

2008-07-31T14:34:00.005-04:00

Just bought an old 20-foot pontoon boat.....can you see me waving from my dock... can you... can you? OK. Maybe not. I'll be sure to be out in the middle of the lake with a margarita in my hand the next time the satellite grabs an image.

Hi Jack!

2008-07-31T14:08:00.004-04:00

[click on the photograph to see a bigger view]

Back from vacation

2008-07-30T15:00:00.000-04:00

We visited Cloudland Canyon State Park last week. Which is why there have been no posts recently. What a beautiful place. Stunning views. Excellent hiking trails. We got lost, of course. The waterfalls weren't flowing because Georgia is having a drought. Global warming don't cha know (don't get me going.....I'm a global warming "denier").

Herbert Skeens injured

2008-07-22T11:26:00.000-04:00

Charleston Gazette

12/25/1970

Herbie boxes?

2008-07-21T11:30:00.000-04:00

Charleston Daily Mail

2/1/1967

Janet Meadows marries

2008-07-20T11:22:00.000-04:00

Charleston Gazette

1/1/1964

Martha Meadows Hill marries

2008-07-19T11:18:00.000-04:00

Charleston Gazette

11/26/1964

Brownie Asbury - assault

2008-07-18T04:15:00.003-04:00

Found this clipping on NewspaperArchive.com:

Charleston Gazette 7/17/1936.

Littlepage Places Five on Probation

Five persons were placed on probation yesterday in intermediate court on their pleas of Guilty to
charges against them. Woodrow Asbury and Ronald A. Beane of Charleston, jointly Indicted for attempted larceny of the automobile of Noble T. Fisher, received five year probation terms and a $23 fine each.

A five year probation term was also received by Leonard Lawrence charged with the attempted larceny of the automobile of L. W. Grishaber. Creed and Ival McClanahan of Route 4. jointly indicted for assault upon Brownie Asbury, were placed on probation for three years and fined $5 and costs each.

James F. Asbury

2008-07-17T11:04:00.001-04:00

Charleston Gazette
12/26/1943

Mrs. Brownie Asbury

2008-07-16T11:06:00.001-04:00

Charleston Daily Mail

6/17/1923

Asbury's visit Madeline Holsapple

2008-07-15T11:10:00.001-04:00

Charleston Daily Mail
9/16/1923

Beane's and Asbury's visit Madeline Holsapple

2008-07-14T11:13:00.000-04:00

Charleston Daily Mail

9/26/1923

Brownie picked for a jury

2008-07-13T11:15:00.000-04:00

Charleston Gazette

5/2/1961

Franklin Mansfield Meadows - Obituary

2008-07-11T02:24:00.001-04:00

Scott Meadows

2008-06-30T07:01:00.000-04:00

Mike Meadows

2008-06-29T07:01:00.000-04:00

Cindy Mason

2008-06-28T07:01:00.001-04:00

Angie Mason

2008-06-27T07:01:00.001-04:00

Jennifer Brown

2008-06-26T07:58:00.003-04:00

Terri Jo Hill

2008-06-25T07:51:00.003-04:00

Marsha Lynn Hill

2008-06-24T07:51:00.001-04:00

Sandy Meadows

2008-06-23T06:52:00.001-04:00

Billy Meadows

2008-06-22T07:53:00.000-04:00

Tommy Skeens

2008-06-21T09:27:00.000-04:00

I always love to find pictures of my male cousins when they still had hair :)

Tim Brown

2008-06-20T09:24:00.000-04:00

Micky Skeens

2008-06-19T09:22:00.002-04:00

Micky Skeens

June 18th Wedding - Carl and Shirley Mason

2008-06-18T21:18:00.000-04:00

Unlabeled photograph

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Martha and John Hill

2008-06-16T10:41:00.000-04:00

Franklin Meadows

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School photo of Clyde Meadows

2008-06-15T10:44:00.001-04:00

Where were these taken? Sharlow Hollow?

2008-06-14T05:00:00.001-04:00

Carl and Shirley Mason

Martha Hill and Carl Mason

Carl Mason
Martha and John Hill

The whole motley crew

2008-06-13T07:30:00.005-04:00

Tim Brown

Cindy Mason, Jennifer & Tim Brown,
Angie Mason, Tommy Skeens

Janet Brown, Shirley Mason, Charlotte Skeens

Herbie Skeens, Dave Brown, Carl Mason

Taken in 1992.

Herbie, Janet, Carl, Shirley, Charlotte

2008-06-12T07:24:00.002-04:00

Herbie Skeens

Janet Brown

Carl Mason

Janet Brown, Shirley Mason, Charlotte Skeens

Cindy, Jennifer, Tim, Angie and Tommy

2008-06-11T07:19:00.001-04:00

Cindy Mason, Jennifer & Tim Brown, Tommy Skeens, Angie Mason

Cindy Mason, Jennifer Brown

Cindy, Jennifer, Tim, Angie, Tommy

Tommy Skeens and ???

Angie Mason turns 47 today

2008-06-10T08:16:00.000-04:00

This is the first studio portrait of my sister, Angela. Today is her birthday!

Yet another non-labeled photo

2008-06-09T20:08:00.001-04:00

William Harper

2008-06-08T20:05:00.003-04:00

The back of this photo says "William Harper".

Does anyone know who he is?

My backyard at sunrise

2008-06-07T19:58:00.001-04:00

Does anyone know who this is?

2008-06-06T20:03:00.002-04:00

My uncle - John Hill

2008-06-05T19:53:00.000-04:00

Clyde Meadows

2008-06-04T20:06:00.002-04:00

Clyde Wilson Meadows

Son of James J. Meadows (1911-1985) and Phyllis L. Harless (1922-?)

Grandson of William F. Meadows (1833-1956) and Lucindy Anne Burgess (1884-1969)

Silas John Burgess - hit & run

2008-05-19T09:42:00.000-04:00

Young Driver Waits Inquiry Into Fatality
MADISON - The Boone County sheriff's office said today that 22-year-old Herbert Taylor will be arraigned sometime this week in connection with a Christmas day hit-run death near hear. Taylor was taken into custody by Chief Deputy Princie Jarrell about an hour after Silas Burgess, 74, was knocked from State Rt. 3 by a car near is home at Bloomingrose. Burgess, a retired coal miner, was dead when his body was discovered lying near the highway. Taylor was sitting in his car parked beside the highway near Whitesville when he was placed under arrest. Jarrell was acting on a phone tip that gave a description and license number of the death car that struck Burgess about 6 p.m. Saturday. Burgess was a member of UMW Local 6426 at Prenter and the Healing Stream Baptist Church.

Surviving are five sons, Emil and Charles of Bloomingrose, Clarence of Hernshaw, Delber of Mt. Airy, N.C., and Ira with the Army at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex," five daughters, Mrs. Olive Smith, Mrs. Virginia Cantley, Mrs. Lydia Protan, Mrs. Nettie stone and Miss Flossie Burgess of Bloomingrose; a brother, John of Comfort; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Green and Mrs. Anna Meadows of Bloomingrose; 30 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

The body is at Hunter and Hunter mortuary at Madison.

Born 18 Jul 1880 in Raleigh County, WV, Silas Johnson Burgess was the 2nd son of Braxton Bedford Burgess and Lavica Taylor Stevenson.

Silas married Elizabeth M. Sutpin on 20 Apr 1901 in Boone County, WV. They bore twelve children: Clarence Albert, Olive May, Charles D., Ira Bedford, Bethel I., Emil Steward, Nettie Pearl, Beuleh, Flossie, Virginia Dare, Lydia Lowisa and Delbert E. Burgess.

On 29 Dec 1954, Silas was struck by an automobile near his home in Bloomingrose.

Virginia Alberta "Allie" Burgess Cadle - obituary

2008-05-18T09:27:00.003-04:00

Virginia Alberta Burgess was the oldest child of Braxton Bedford Burgess and Lavica Taylor Stephenson. She was born 29 Oct 1876 in Raleigh County, WV and passed away from cancer on 2 Jul 1954 in Oak Hill Hospital. Allie is buried with her parents, her husband Howard, and her son Braxton in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Pax, Fayette County, WV.

On 8 Jul 1900, Allie married Howard Mitchell "Ollie" Cadle. Together, they had eight children: Braxton B., Ernest, Daisy A., Alfred A, Chester Miles, Fern, John H. and Beulah Cadle. Allie was also step-mother to Hubert (Howard's son by his first wife).

Allie was a sibling to my "grandma Annie".

John Anderson Burgess - obituary

2008-05-18T09:07:00.005-04:00

John Anderson Burgess was born 18 Apr 1878 in Raleigh County, West Virginia to Braxton Bedford Burgess and Lavica Taylor Stevenson. He was named after his paternal grandfather of the same name and he was the sister to my great-grandmother Lucindy Anne Burgess Meadows (grandma Annie).

John married Mary Margaret Toney 1 Dec 1907 in Boone County, WV. Together they had six children: Josie, John Fulton, Percy E., Margaret, Helen and Alice "Allie" Burgess.

He passed away 7 Oct 1966 in Boone County, WV. His wife preceded him in death.

Census records indicate that he was at various time a horse teamster and a coal miner.

Archie Workman - marriage

2008-05-17T17:33:00.003-04:00

Archie is my first-cousin once removed. His parents are Convert Leonard "Babe" Workman and Vertie Marie Meadows. My grandfather and Vertie Marie are siblings.

Find a Grave

2008-05-16T08:56:00.010-04:00

My niece has spent the week uploading cemetery photographs to Find a Grave.com. These cemeteries contain our ancestors and other family members. Most are in WV, but she has also uploaded those for my husband's family in Alabama and Georgia. Below are the direct links and names of my ancestors buried there.

Good Cemetery in Guthrie, West Virginia

My paternal great-grandparents - Delbert Harrison Goff (1891-1978) and Amelia Catherine Tate (1889-1964)

Amelia's parents - George Riley Tate (1857-1914) and Sarah Martha Good (1858-1900)

Amelia's grandparents - Joseph Good (1831-1917) and Catherine Winger (1835-1912)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GScid=2184550&CRid=2184550&pt=Good%20Cemetery&

Asbury Cemetery on Kelly's Creek in Pocatalico, West Virginia

My maternal grandmother - Bertha Mae Beane (1889-1983)

Bertha's mother - Rebecca Emma Patterson Beane (1868-1949)

Bertha's grandparents - Andrew Jackson Asbury (1857 to unknown) and Madora Edmona Bobbitt (1857-1891)

Bertha's great-grandparents - Solomon Asbury (1821-1865) and Sagy Ann Bailey (1830-1906)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2260376&CScn=asbury&CScntry=4&CSst=52&

Fauber Cemetery in Bloomingrose, West Virginia

My parents - Carl Denver Mason, Jr (1941-2004) and Shirley Ann Meadows (1939-2005)

Shirley's parents - Offord Lee Meadows (1913-1980) and Madeline Rebecca Asbury (1920-1999)

Shirley's grandparents - William Frye Meadows (1883-1956) and Lucinda Anne Burgess (1884-1969)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=78342&CScn=fauber&CScntry=4&CSst=52&

Saint Michael Catholic Cemetery in Coden, Alabama

My husband's paternal 3rd great-grandparents Pierre Rabby (1800-1869) and Sarah M. Miller (1809-1892)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2260694&CScn=saint+michael&CScntry=4&CSst=3&

Church Street Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama

My husband's paternal 2nd great-grandparents - Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. (1832-1904) and Elizabeth Rabby (1833-1926)

My husband's paternal 3rd great-grandparents - Joseph Stillwell Cain, Sr. (abt. 1793-1856) and Julia Ann Turner (abt. 1795-1877)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=22123&CScn=church+street&CScntry=4&CSst=3&

Carmel Cemetery in Mansfield, Georgia
My husband's maternal grandparents - Branham Irwin Epps (1898-1928) and Mattie Sam Estes Epps Lay (1899-1994)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2187104&CScn=carmel&CScntry=4&CSst=12&

Floral Hills Cemetery in Pocatalico, West Virginia

My paternal grandparents - Carl Denver Mason, Sr. and Ecil Delores Goff

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2189080&CScn=floral+hills&CScntry=4&CSst=52&

Goff-McClanahan Cemetery on Kelly's Creek in Pocatalico, West Virginia

My paternal 3rd great-grandparents - Elliott Roberts "Att" Thomas (1836-1878) and Sarah Ann Goff (1841-1913)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1499072&CScn=Goff-McClanahan&CScntry=4&

Sewell Church Cemetery in Morgan County, Georgia

My husband's maternal 2nd great grandparents - James P. Knight (1836-1900) and Frances Brewer (1840-1911)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2199631&CScn=Sewell+Church&CScntry=4&CSst=12&

White Plains Cemetery - White Plains, Georgia

My husband's maternal 4th great-grandparents - John Johnson (1750-1815) and Elizabeth Ashfield (abt 1760-1843)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=37717&CScn=white+plains&CScntry=4&CSst=12&

Cute hair Mom

2008-05-15T10:18:00.001-04:00

My mother with one of her "curly perms".

John and Martha Hill - June 1962

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Marsha Marsha Marsha

2008-04-22T22:52:00.002-04:00

Guess which decade this pic is from!

Marsha Hill

Asbury's? Meadows?

2008-04-21T17:00:00.004-04:00

Any ideas on who this might be? Asbury's? Meadows?

Update from Martha:

Left to right are Kay Nelson, Barbara Kay Milam, and Nina Nelson. The boy and girl to the right of him are unknown.

Kay and Nina are daughters of Orville Nelson and Verna Meadows. Verna is the daughter of Corbin and Ethel Meadows.

Mom and Angie

2008-04-19T04:54:00.003-04:00

Until I was six, we lived on Route 21, Sissonville Road, in a house rented from our next door neighbor Hillard Young. This photo of my mother and sister was taken in that house sometime in late 1961 or early 1962. I can remember the curtains and the TV. In fact, we may have used that same black & white television set until my grandfather Carl bought us our very first color TV in the mid-70s.

Aunt Martha

2008-04-18T16:52:00.002-04:00

Martha Meadows

Senior photo - Seth High School

Shirley Meadows and Jerry Dever

2008-04-17T16:40:00.004-04:00

Shirley Meadows and Jerry Dever

Jackie Meadows

2008-04-16T16:38:00.003-04:00

Another unlabeled photograph. Is this Jack?

Update: Yup. Its Jack.

Carl and Janet

2008-04-15T16:43:00.001-04:00

My dad with Janet.

Note the picture of Franklin on the wall.

Jo Ann Asbury

2008-04-14T16:26:00.000-04:00

The back of this photograph is labeled "Jo Ann Asbury".

Who is she and how does she fit into the family?

Who are her parents?

My niece has a job!

2008-04-13T16:34:00.004-04:00

I just hired my niece.

Call me crazy but there are so many projects that are not getting done that it was time resort to hiring an employee.

She has already started by scanning photographs and labeling them. You'll see the results from that in the coming weeks as the ones that are unlabeled are posted.

The next project is to file all the genealogy papers. Then, since I have a somewhat creepy hobby of photographing family cemeteries, she will upload cemetery information on FindAGrave.com.

Brownie Francis Asbury - obituary

2008-04-02T03:51:00.000-04:00

I was age 2 when my great-grandfather Brownie Asbury passed away in 1965. I have no memories of him and know very little about him. I vaguely remember that my mother said that Brownie and grandma Bertha were divorced. His obituary, however, lists Bertha as his widow. Interesting. Perhaps someone in the family knows if they were just separated for a time or actually divorced. If the latter, then I'll visit the Kanawha County courthouse and locate their divorce record.

ASBURY, Brownie Francis - 83, of 5290 Dalewood Dr., Saturday at home. Surviving: widow, Bertie Mae; sons, Woodroe and Edsel of Big Tyler, James F. of Lanham, Elton J. of Columbus, Ohio; daughters, Mrs. Evlin Taylor of Campbells Creek, Mrs. Virginia Harper of Elkview, Mrs. Minerva Sneed of Big Tyler, Mrs. Madeline Meadows of Bloomingrose; sisters Mrs. Myrtie Childress, Mrs. Minnie Casto, both of Charleston; brother, Jesse Asbury of Charleston. Cunningham Funeral Home.

"Obituary of Brownie Francis Asbury". The Charleston Daily Mail, 19 Sep 1965. Online archives. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/

Sharlow scrip

2008-03-24T12:30:00.002-04:00

One of the items that was found among my mother's things was a piece of scrip from the Sharlow Gas Coal Company. Notice that the piece says "Sharlow, WV". That area is actually called "Bloomingrose" so it is interesting to see that place name.

I've since found out that there was very little of the scrip produced, making it one of rarer ones from Boone County. My goal is to obtain at least one piece of scrip from each of the mines where my grandfather and great-father worked. Red Parrot is on the list, but I don't really know where else they may of worked.

Elizie Jane and James Jefferson Meadows

2008-03-21T20:42:00.002-04:00

This photo is a real find. It is of my grandfather Offord's grandparents - Elizie Jane and James Jefferson Meadows. I've included a scan of the back to show how sometimes photographs are mislabled.

"Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson (great-great grandparents)" is in my mother's handwriting whereas "Elizie Jane and James Jefferson" is in my grandmother's. Eliza and James are my great-great grandparents so Mom got that right, but they are my Meadows grandparents not my Stevenson grandparents. I was able to confirm this by comparing the facial features of Eliza to a charcoal sketch of her (see previous "REWARD" post).

If you look closely at the face of James Jefferson Meadows (double-click on the photo) you will find quite a resemblance to my uncle and grandfather. This is definitely one of the Meadows.

Some history - James Jefferson Meadows was born 10 Mar 1857 in Kanawha County, WV and passed away 13 Mar 1934 in Packsville, Raleigh County, WV. On 28 Dec 1878, he married Elizabeth Jane Goodwin in Boone County. Elizabeth Jane Goodwin was born 16 Jun 1857 possibly in Roanoke, Virginia. It is also possible that she was from Kanawha County, WV.

James and Eliza has 8 children: Adah S. Meadows, William Frye Meadows (my great-grandfather), Ida Meadows, Ivory G. "Ive" Meadows, Grover C. Meadows, Lottie G. Meadows, Bertha J. Meadows and one unnamed child.

The Meadows clan

2008-03-19T06:02:00.001-04:00

The girl in the middle doesn't look like my Aunt. Who is it?

Silas Lemon

2008-03-18T20:26:00.005-04:00

This photograph of Silas Lemon was recently sent to me by Aunt Janet.

Silas F. Lemon was born 1 Sep 1819 in Bath County, Virginia. According to volume XV of Kith and Kin of Boone County, he is the son of Peter and Ellen Lemon.

Silas was first married to Sarah S. (Thomas or Wilson) on 15 Jun 1842 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Together they had seven children: Eliza A., Virginia Frances, John M., Caroline, Margaretta, Martha and Nancy Jane Lemon. Sarah died from consumption 4 Jul 1867 in Raleigh County.

With numerous small children to care for, Silas quickly married my great-great grandmother Virginia C. Trump only 2 months after Sarah's death on 10 Sep 1867 in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Their ages were 48 and 33 respectively. Silas and Virginia had one child, Silas Lemon (junior).

Previously, Virginia Trump was married to my ancestor, John Anderson Burgess. It appears that John passed away during the Civil War but I have not located further information yet on his death.

Silas passed away 23 Jun 1887 in Raleigh County, West Virginia. His burial site is unknown but presumed to be in Raleigh County.

Andrew J. Asbury gravestone mystery

2008-03-01T15:39:00.009-05:00

The other day, while scanning through some photographs of the Asbury Cemetery on Kelly's Creek, I ran across the photos for Andrew J. Asbury and Dora B. Asbury gravestones. I had forgotten that I'd taken them and immediately filled in his death date into my Legacy database. Then I looked up his death record and obituary (all on-line). To my amazement the information shown on both documents did not match my Andrew!

I've always had some trouble with research on him because several people in the Kanawha county have the same name. With numerous other records to back up my resource, I do know that my Andrew was married to Madora "Dora" Edmona Bobbitt and that his parents are Sollie Asbury (1821-1865) and Sagy Ann Bailey (1830-1906).

Both the death record and the obituary for the Andrew J. Asbury state that his parents are Monroe Asbury and Martha Bailey. He was born 20 Nov 1878, died 18 June 1936 and was 57 years old. So according to these documents this definitely not the same Andrew J. Asbury as my ancestor. My Andrew was born 17 Mar 1957. He would have been 79 years old in 1936.

So why does my Andrew have the other Andrew's death date on his gravestone? His stone is identical to Dora's so they must have been installed around the same time. Who installed them? Why did they get the death date wrong? When did my Andrew J. Asbury actually die? My next step is to locate monument makers in Kanawha and Putnam counties to see if they installed the stone.

"The other Andrew's death record:

Does he take minutes too?

2008-02-29T18:13:00.002-05:00

Billy Meadows

2008-02-28T07:32:00.003-05:00

Dolores Faye Meadows

2008-02-27T18:18:00.001-05:00

Dolores Faye Meadows
Jeffery, WV
Age 14.5
8th grade
1955

In Memory of Dad

2008-02-26T07:09:00.003-05:00

Carl Denver Mason, Jr.

January 7, 1941

February 26, 2004

Pvt. J. L. Meadows

2008-02-25T18:01:00.001-05:00

Offord and Mickie

2008-02-25T07:26:00.001-05:00

What is the dogs name?

2008-02-24T07:28:00.002-05:00

Happy 70th Birthday!

2008-02-20T10:24:00.003-05:00

Jackie Lee Meadows

born

February 20, 1938

This may help with the other one

2008-02-19T10:27:00.001-05:00

The second photo was taken the same day as one above it (previously posted). So far, no one has been able to figure out who was in the pictures with Charlotte.. Maybe this one will trigger a memory since this one has a unknown boy.

Tim and Jennifer

2008-02-18T10:26:00.001-05:00

At camp

2008-02-16T15:39:00.003-05:00

Dave, Janet and Tim

Dave, Janet, Tim, Shirley and Carl

David Waybright, my cousin Tim, aunt Janet.

Many thanks to Tim, Jennifer and Janet who let me know more about these photographs. I have updated this post to include two additional ones taken at the same time. They were all taken at Janet's camp in West Virginia.

Carol Meadows and kids

2008-02-16T07:30:00.000-05:00

This photo is terribly out of focus but it shows Billie, Carol and Sandy Meadows with Mickey and Tommy Skeens.

Brady Meadows - son of Mulford Meadows

2008-02-15T07:35:00.001-05:00

I have not idea who this is. It was found among my Mother's photographs. Please contact me if you know and I'll update the post. It was taken around May, 1956.

Update: My aunts to the rescue!

This is Brady Meadows, son of Harry Mulford and Dorothy Meadows.

Who is the child?

2008-02-14T07:47:00.004-05:00

Shirley Meadows (my mother), Bertha Mae Beane Asbury (my great-grandmother), Madeline Rebecca Asbury Meadows (my grandmother) and unknown child.

Update: Did I mention that I must be going blind? My grandmother isn't even in this picture....sigh.

Right to left is Shirley Meadows, Grandma Berthie, Minerva Asbury Sneed and Minerva's daughter Barbara Ann Sneed.

Charlotte, Martha and Gladys Carr

2008-02-13T07:35:00.003-05:00

Charlotte, Martha and Gladys Carr.

Offord Lee Meadows

2008-02-11T07:26:00.001-05:00

She knows who she is

2008-02-10T07:34:00.002-05:00

My aunt (I won't say who)

Offord Lee Meadows

2008-02-09T07:29:00.003-05:00

My grandfather, Offord Meadows, at the house in Sharlow Hollow.

Update: I stand corrected. Janet said that this was taken in Cross Lanes at Offord's mother-in-law's house (Bertha Asbury).

Mickey

2008-02-08T07:27:00.002-05:00

Mickey Skeens with Offord's plow.

Let's Gooooo Mountaineeeeers!

2008-01-03T07:49:00.000-05:00

"Hail West Virginia"

Let's give a rah for West Virginia

And let us pledge to her anew,

Others may be black or crimson,

but for us it's Gold and Blue.

Let all our troubles be forgotten,

Let college spirit rule,

We'll join and give our loyal efforts

For the good of our old school.
It's West Virginia, It's West Virginia

The Pride of every Mountaineer.

Come on you old grads, join with us young lads,

It's West Virginia now we cheer!

Now is the time, boys, to make a big noise

No matter what the people say,

For there is naught to fear; the gang's all here,

So hail to West Virginia, Hail