"Kinfolk" by Elizabeth Thrash Brady 1994 / Digitally ... - Freepages

Kinfolk
Elizabeth Thrash Brady
Brady Thrash
Row Crislip
Knaggs Henderson
Lemon Oomsteott
Matthews Lobban
Squires Copeland
Wingfield
Buster
June 1994
Digitally Recreated by
Robert Martin Brady
February 2003
In Loving memory of my Grandparents
© 2003

PREFACE
The following materials were gathered and compiled by me, Elizabeth Thrash Brady,
over a period of several years for the use of my immediate family and the family of my
husband, Rev. Troy Robert Brady.
Genealogy became a hobby of mine in the early 1940's, after I discovered some history
on the Crislip family in America. It was in a book belonging to an old lady in Lewis
County, West Virginia. I copied the facts as given, but failed to record the name of the
author or the publishing turn. I believe it was, A History of the Crislip Family.
From the early 1940's until the middle of the 1950's I gathered information from family
Bibles, county and state histories, genealogical and historical sources, and from many
of the older members of all branches of both of our families. Most of these older people
have since died.
During my college and teaching years I was too busy to give time to this hobby, and too
far away from the locality of our "roots" to pursue this interest. Not much was added to
my records during these years, except to keep the records up to date on the
descendants of Marion James and Lillie Henderson Thrash, and of Walter Parley and
Bergia Knaggs Brady.
During the summer of 1977 my husband became as interested in genealogy as I had
been for years. We had a three month drought here in the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia, and since there was much less lawn and garden work to do we decided to
pursue the search for our roots in a more scientific way. Between August 9th and
October the 29th of that year we searched the court houses, family charts and libraries
in two Pennsylvania, nine West Virginia and eight Virginia counties.
We feel our search has been quite rewarding and very fascinating. We now know so
much more about our forebears than previously. Each court house seemed to lead to
another so we have continued our search over the years. As opportunity presents we
will persist in our efforts to learn as much as possible about our "beginnings."
Requests for part of my research materials have come from many sources. I am always
glad to be of help, for it is a real delight to visit by mail with relatives who have been
complete strangers to me. I have always done this with no remuneration, except the
expense of xeroxing and mailing the information, but since I have spent hundreds of
hours in research and work, and at no small expense, I do ask that I be given credit for
gathering and compiling any information received from me.
Now, at the advanced age of almost eighty seven years, I plan to publish my work in
book form as a gift to my two sons and eight grandchildren and other descendants of
Marion and Lillie Thrash and Walter and Bergia Brady. I realize that all errors have not
been eliminated and that the same information is given more than once, in a little
different form in the manuscript. I must acknowledge the many, many hours of tedious
editing my good friend and neighbor, Hilda Calley, has devoted to checking this work I
deeply appreciate her eagle eyes and the time she has spent on this task She found
several typographical errors that would have been missed had I not had her assistance.
In spite of our careful editing, some mistakes will slip through Errors in dates may be
due to my sources of information, as well as inaccurate recording on my pan I apologize
for any of the latter.
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I wish to give credit to my son, Howard Landis Brady, for the many hour of work he
has devoted to preparing the pictures to be added to this record. I have purposely given
rather long legends to these. A genealogy is not intended for entertainment, but as a
source of information. The printed captions supply a little of this information. They will
be the primary source of this knowledge for most of those who receive this book. It was
Howard who insisted that it be put in book form. He will use his knowledge, skill and
technology to accomplish the end result. Now, the last week of June, 1994, I expect to
complete my work on this endeavor, before turning it over to Howard for publication.
Beginning with Roman numeral, "I" is the earliest progenitor I have been able to
confirm in each branch of the family. Succeeding generations continue with II, III, IV,
V., with the children listed in Arabic numbers.
Elizabeth Thrash Brady
These two pictures tell a story! The first one was taken in 1942, just after I began
recording some of the records for this book. The other in 1991, a span of forty-nine
years, when I was eighty-four years old and just about to compile it.
Elizabeth Thrash Brady
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ANCESTORS
The limbs that move, the eyes that see,
These are not entirely me;
Dead men and women helped to shape
The mold which I do not escape;
The words I speak, my written line,
These are not uniquely mine,
For in my heart and in my will
Old ancestors are warring still,
Celts, Romans, Saxon, and all the dead
From whose rich blood my veins are fed,
In aspect, gesture, voices, tone,
Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone;
In fields they tilled, I plow the sod,
I walk the mountain paths they trod;
And round my daily steps arise
The good and bad of the centuries.
Richard Rolle
(14th century Irish poet)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE BRADYs
THE BRADY FAMILY IN AMERICA....................................................................................................7
John Brady.....................................................................................................................................9
William Sherman Brady, 1816 to 1889.......................................................................................10
Granville Bland Brady (I), and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Row) Brady .......................................13
WALTER PARLEY BRADY AND SARAH BERGIA (KNAGGS) BRADY ............................................18
Troy Robert and Elizabeth (Thrash) Brady ................................................................................19
Zylpha Mary (Brady) Hinkle/Perdue ..........................................................................................21
Granville Bland (II) and Helen (Crislip) Brady ...........................................................................21
Lula Blossom (Brady) and Theodore Thrash (Ted) .....................................................................22
Elizabeth Rosalyn (Brady) and Arthur Sturdivant .....................................................................22
(Walter Brady's second wife was Virginia (Laxton) Simmons)
Lois Nelda Brady .........................................................................................................................23
BRADY GENEALOGICAL LINE ........................................................................................................28
Deed to the Brady Rich Mountain Land .....................................................................................29
Troy Brady’s Poem “My Rich Mountain Home” ..........................................................................30
Troy Brady’s Oil Painting of Rich Mountain Home .....................................................................31
Letter From Ireland..........................................................................................................................32
THE ROW FAMILY IN AMERICA......................................................................................................35
Andrew Jackson Row ..................................................................................................................36
LEMON FAMILY ...............................................................................................................................39
KNAGGS FAMILY HISTORY.............................................................................................................41
KNAGGS--BRADY--GENEALOGY ................................................................................................42
John Robert and Mary (Matthews) Knaggs ................................................................................42
Sarah Bergia Knaggs ..................................................................................................................42
Sarah Bergia Knaggs and Walter Parley Brady ..........................................................................46
SQUIRES – MATHEWS / MATTHEWS – KNAGGS - BRADY ..........................................................47
TRANSCRIBED FROM RESEARCH NOTES (Cemetery Searches)..............................................51
Laurel Fork Cemetery - In case someone reading this is interested in finding this old
graveyard .................................................................................................................................52
PHOTOGRAPHS: BRADY FAMILY ...................................................................................................56
Afterword by Robert M Brady (At the end of this Book)
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Table of Contents (continued)
THE THRASHs
THE THRASH FAMILY IN AMERICA................................................................................................74
THE THRUSH-THRASH LINE OF DESCENT...................................................................................78
The Family Of John Thrash (III) By His Two Wives: ...................................................................79
JOHN THRASH (III) AND RACHEL OMSTEOTT (OOMSTOTT) ...................................................80
LAST WILL of JOHN THRASH (III)...............................................................................................83
MICHAEL THRASH AND RACHEL ELMA CRISLIP (THRASH)....................................................85
MICHIAL THRASH'S WILL ...........................................................................................................97
Michael Thrash letter and comments..........................................................................................98
MARION JAMES AND LILLIE JOSEPHINE HENDERSON THRASH.............................................104
Gotthart Tenney and Edna (Merrill) Thrash ............................................................................105
Ruby Lillian (Thrash) and Belt/Pomroy/Nicolais ....................................................................106
James Wilbur Thrash ...............................................................................................................107
Theodore (Ted) and Blossom (Brady) Thrash ...........................................................................107
Percy Audley Thrash .................................................................................................................108
(Virginia) Elizabeth Thrash and Troy Robert Brady .................................................................108
(Mary) Elma (Thrash) and Mills/Bornstein ..............................................................................109
(Araminta) Opal (Thrash) and Elmer/Romine ..........................................................................110
Beulah Josephine (Thrash) and Clinton/Cook ........................................................................110
Frieda Ruth (Thrash) and Burchard/Beebe .............................................................................112
Obituary of Lillie Henderson Thrash ........................................................................................113
Obituary of Marion James Thrash ...........................................................................................113
(Addendum - The obituaries for Pop Troy and Mother Brady. RMB) ......................................115
CHRISTLIEB---CHRISLIB---CHRISLIP—CRISLIP .........................................................................118
Jacob Christlieb, (I), was born in Germany in 1747.................................................................121
Christlieb “Roadside Marker” printed in newspaper ................................................................122
Jacob Crislip’s Will (I) ...............................................................................................................128
The Will of William Crislip, 1847 ..............................................................................................129
WINGFIELD....................................................................................................................................131
Wingfield-Buster-Hudson ..........................................................................................................134
Tenmile Baptist Church ...........................................................................................................136
Wingfield Line ...........................................................................................................................136
Will of John Wingfield ...............................................................................................................137
Ann (Buster) Wingfield Will........................................................................................................138
LOBBAN--COPELAND—HENDERSON ........................................................................................141
John G. Lobban, (1), born in Scotland June 7, 1734 ..............................................................141
Lillie (Henderson) Thrash’s Teacher’s Certificate .....................................................................148
Elizabeth Lobban Deed .............................................................................................................150
William Warder Henderson........................................................................................................151
Indenture....................................................................................................................................151
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................153
THRASH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS ................................................................................................154
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THE BRADY FAMILY IN AMERICA
The following information on the pioneer members of the Brady (and Row) families was
drawn from several sources, including books, court house records, census reports and
cemeteries. Much also was received by writing and talking to members of the "clan,"
since 1940, when I became interested in the study of our genealogy. All the older
generation, from whom I secured facts, are now gone.
The various writers whom I consulted do not always agree as to details or the order of
births in the different branches of the families. The most complete account was written
by Captain A. B. Sharpe, and appeared in "The Herald," of Carlisle, Pa., on September
27, 1888. The entire article was reprinted in A History of Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania. I'm very sorry that I forgot to record the author's name. He states: "No
family of pioneers in the West Branch Valley was more conspicuous in our early history
than the Bradys." Another good source for information on this family is, A History of
Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
It is thought by many researchers that the Protestant branches of the Brady family in
America all stem from Hugh Brady, who came from Ennis Killen in North Ireland to this
country in 1730. Our son, Marion Brady and his wife, Joy, traveled in Ireland in 1987.
They made it an objective to visit Ennis Killen and the following street scene was among
the pictures they took there.
One historian writes that Hugh Brady and his wife, Hannah, first settled in Delaware
where John, the first child, was born in 1733. Another writes that it was on the
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Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River that the family lived, before moving to
Cumberland County, Pa., and not the state of Delaware. This writer claims that
Samuel was the first child born and that he was born in Shippensburg, Pa., in 1733.
Hugh and Hannah Brady were the parents of nine children, seven sons and two
daughters. A monument erected by one of the historical societies to honor this family
gives the children in this order: John, Joseph, Samuel, Hugh, Ebenezer, William,
James, Mary and Margaret. On the other side of the monument is inscribed: Hugh
Brady--Hannah Brady--Pioneers. This memorial is in a cemetery near the Middle Spring
Presbyterian Church, a short distance from Shippensburg, Pa.
THE TWO SIDES OF THE MEMORIAL TO THE HUGH AND HANNAH BRADY FAMILY.
An article concerning the Brady family in, A History of Upshur County, West Virginia
claims that the Upshot County Bradys are all descendants of Samuel Brady, the noted
Indian scout of Revolutionary War fame. Comparisons of dates and locations of the
different branches of the family has convinced me that this is an error.
From A History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, "The West Branch Valley," p. 21:
"The children of Samuel, eldest son of Hugh and Hannah Brady, and the
descendants of his sons Ebenezer and James and of his daughters Mary and
Margaret, married to Samuel and Archibald Hanna, early emigrated to
Western Pennsylvania and are now scattered through the Western States, and
many of them have attained prominence in Church and State.
"What a pity it is that no records have been kept so that the members of a
family so large and so useful, and with so fine a record as this one, could
show their relationship to each other.
"Little now is known in Pennsylvania about the families of Samuel, the eldest,
and Hugh, the youngest sons of John Brady and scarcely anything East of the
mountains relative to that of William P. Brady, his third son, who left
Northumberland for Indiana County in 1806, who in his day was among the
most prominent men in the State, and whose descendants have shown
themselves worthy of him.
"The notion that most people have of Captain Samuel Brady is that of one
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who passed his days as a wandering modern Knight Errant, killing Indians at
will. This is entirely erroneous.
"His father and brother both perished at the hands of the savages. His father
was the most prominent defender of the Northwestern frontier until he fell-and
his eldest son was then called to take his place."
"He had been cradled among dangers from their inroads, and knew better
than any one else how to repel them, and whilst the accounts of his many
conflicts and hairbreadth escapes are all well authenticated, there is no
evidence that he was ever a cruel foe. A cousin of his, a daughter of Hugh
Brady the second, spoke of him as a gentle and taciturn man, of handsome,
lithe, graceful figure, warmly attached to his friends, never boastful nor given
to harsh expressions in regards to persons or subjects. He was but nineteen
years of age when he volunteered to go to Boston at the outbreak of the war of
the Revolution, and behaved so well there that he had a commission as First
Lieutenant under Washington before he left the East. In 1779 he was
brevetted Captain and ordered to join General Broadhead, who had command
at Fort Pitt. He remained in the service until the army disbanded at the close
of the Revolutionary war, and was distinguished for gallantry."
Almost certainly, the Bradys of West Virginia are the descendants of Hugh and Hannah
Brady, through a John Brady who emigrated to what is now West Virginia, sometime in
the last decade of the 1700's. All the Bradys in central West Virginia, as well as Upshot
County, seem able to trace their roots to this man. It is hard to separate fact from
fiction and tradition. Tradition says that this John Brady was born in Pennsylvania and
brought his first wife (name unknown) to Brady Hollow near Fort Seybert, in Pendelton
County, Virginia (now West Virginia). It is thought that after the death of his wife he left
his farm there in the hands of his children (tradition says there were four) and
emigrated to Randolph County. Here he married Suzannah Ware, his second wife, on
March 12th in 1808. The ceremony was performed by Robert Maxwell, and is recorded
in Record Book #1 in the court house in Elkins, West Virginia.
John Brady
In 1828, John Brady bought 100 acres of land on Elkwater Run in Randolph County
(Deed Book 10, page 3) and the next year he purchased 50 acres on Tygart River (Book
10, page 27).
While there is little doubt that John Brady, the progenitor of the West Virginia Bradys,
is a descendent of Hugh and Hannah Brady, our research in Lycoming and
Northumberland Counties in Pennsylvania in 1977 almost convinced us that it would
be next to impossible to trace him to this source. Their descendants are so numerous
and have scattered to so many areas in the United States, and it seems almost every
family had a "John." We do know from the 1850 census that he was born about 1773.
We have searched the courthouses in every county in West Virginia that might yield
information concerning John Brady, as well as Augusta, Rockingham and Highland in
Virginia, and the two above named counties in Pennsylvania. The oldest records from
some counties have been destroyed by fire, so we have been unable to confirm the farm
in Brady Hollow or the one at Brady Gate (supposed to have been near a church by that
name in the last location) by court house records. We have located the site of the log
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house in Pendelton County and have some pictures of that location. Also we have
searched all cemeteries in these sections without finding his gave. The only clue we
found was the grave of a Samuel Brady and his wife, Phoebe, in the Mingo Cemetery
near Valley Head, W.Va. This could have been a son of John Brady by his first wife. His
marker gives the information that he was born Jan. 27, 1803, and died Jan. 14, 1879.
Phoebe was born June 14, 1803, and died April 24, 1877. Her stone also bore the
inscription, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." There were several other field
stone markers without any identification in this section of the cemetery, including the
graves, seemingly in the Samuel Brady plot, next to Samuel's. His parents may have
been buried there, or in some such graves in another cemetery.
John Brady and his wife, Suzannah Ware Brady, are listed in the 1850 census as living
with his son, William Sherman Brady, in Upshur County, W.Va. We have not been able
to find them in the 1860 census, so it is very likely that both died during the period
between the two censuses. They both may be buried in the old Laurel Fork Cemetery,
with just field stones to mark their graves. We think this is probable since the son and
his wife, with whom they lived, are buried there.
We have no confirmed record of John Brady's children by his first wife, but he and
Suzannah were the parents of the following children:
(II) Allen; Christian (Alkire); Ellen (Coburn); Nancy, married Elias Simons in 1831;
Sarah, married Elias Butcher; Ruth, married John W. Abbott, 1842, William Sherman,
Married Frances Jane Lemons, 1842. (Ruth and William had a double ceremony.)
William Sherman Brady, 1816 to 1889
II. William Sherman Brady--Probably born in 1816, since his death certificate gives
the information that he died 7-22-1889, of diarrhea, at age 73. Registered in
Upshur County, W.Va. He was born in Virginia (now W.Va). Frances Jane
Lemons -- Died October 26, 1882. Age 52 years, 10 months, 25 days. This
information from her old tombstone, which also has this inscription, "Our
mother lies here underground, The dearest friend we ever found. But through
the Lord's unbounded love, We'll meet again in heaven above." (Great-greatgrandparents
of Marion and Howard Brady.)
William Sherman Brady was married in 1842 in Barbour County, (West) Virginia, in a
double ceremony with his sister, Ruth (Abbott). He and his wife, Frances, are buried in
the Old Laurel Fork Cemetery, now abandoned. It is located on Laurel Fork Road a few
miles south of Adrian, W.Va., in Upshot County. From Buckhannon travel south on
W.Va. 20 to Adrian. From there take the Adrian-Evergreen Road to Laurel Fork Road,
turn left, travel about two-tenths of one mile. The old cemetery is on the side of the hill
and cannot be seen from the highway. In 1978 access was gained to it from the lot of a
mobile home on the left of the road. There is no vehicle road. Bear a little to the left as
the hill is climbed, in back of the trailer home.
Through Troy R. Brady's leadership a marker was placed between the graves of War.
Sherman Brady and his wife, with both names inscribed on it. Her old tombstone was
repaired and left standing, as was the field stone which marked his grave. His death
recorded in the Death Book of 1853, page 59, at Buckhannon, W.Va. Court House.
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In a History of Upshur County, W.Va. is found the information that this couple settled
on a farm on the waters of French Creek. They were the parents of 15 children, but the
history names only 12. Two probably died in childhood, and for some reason Perry was
overlooked. Most of the information on the families of numbers 10 and 12 was supplied
by Flora Lucille Brady Tillett, a daughter of Wm. T. S. Brady. This information was
secured September 19, 1977, at her home in Buckhannon, W.Va. She was then past 81
years of age but possessed an alert and clear mind.
William Sherman Brady (By Troy R. Brady)
My Father, Walter P. Brady, had told me many times that when his grandfather,
William S. Brady, stood and gave his Christian witness in the old log church at Laurel
Fork that, "There wouldn't be a dry eye in the house."
This is what prompted me to start the movement to place a marker at his grave after I
found that it was only marked by a field stone. When we stood at the grave site, after
the placing of the stone, my second cousin, Flora Brady Tillett (age 81) told how happy
she was because we had cleaned the old cemetery, repaired the old markers and placed
the new one for her grandfather and my great-grandfather, and that he should be
remembered because he was such a good man. She remarked that he had been the
class leader for the church for a long period of time, and had been noted for his
devoutness and clean Christian living.
It needs to be said to their shame that many of the descendants of Wm. S. Brady did
not follow in his footsteps, but neglected and turned away from Christ and his church.
We have no record of the lives of his parents, John Brady and Susannah Ware Brady,
but many of the Wares were devout Christians, and we are led to believe that William
had the example of true faith in his boyhood. Three generations of Wares, from the
family of Susannah had members who became ministers in West Virginia Conference of
the Methodist Church. They were: Dr. H. W. Ware, his father and his son. I was a
fellow-pastor with H. W. Ware for several years, while serving the Otterbein Church, in
Elkins W.Va. He is now deceased (1978).
William Sherman Brady, 1816 to 1889. This
is a reproduction of a large framed
photograph in the possession of two of
Sherman's descendants in Buckhannon,
West Virginia.
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II. Children of William Sherman Brady and Frances Jane Lemons:
1. Selina B., married Lemuel R. Cutright
2. Delilah J., married John W. Loudin (Brother of Samuel, below)
3. Caswell E., a Union soldier in the Civil War. Married Martha Phillips.
4. Allen W., 10-6-1849 to 5-23-1928. Married three times. Ellen E. Perry, Celia
Burr and
Mary Nixon. All deceased before his death.
5. Granville Bland, 11-22-1852 to 8-22-1898. Married Mary Row. (They are the
great-grandparents of Marion and Howard Brady, and of Adriel Brady Thrash
and his sister, Sharon Bea (Thrash) Schaible.)
6. Lucretia E., married Samuel W. Loudin James D., married Bertha Gould
7. James D., married Bertha Gould
8. Loyal N., married Sarah Crites Martha S., married Sidney Perry William
Tecumseh Sherman, married Hattie Thorpe. He was born in 1865 and died in
1938. Hattie, born 1864 and died 1944.
11. Idella Alice, Married Ward Phillips, divorced, married Henry Alestock.
12. John Calvin, 1-13-1851, married Melissa E. Phillips, born 420-1852.
13. Perry (Ped), married Ollie Phillips.
The children of William Sherman Brady and Frances Jane Lemons are not in
chronological order in this list, but are listed as given in the Upshur County History.
We have learned a few dates in the last year or two, and now know that John Calvin,
instead of being number 12, was one of the older children. We only have descendants
for three of the children. Data on John Calvin was supplied in 1978 by Flora Brady
Tillett, as was that of her father's family, Wm. T. S. Brady.
III. ? John Calvin, 1-13-1851
Melissa E. Phillips, 4-20-1852
IV. 1. Loy D., 11-17-1873
2. Royal Preston, 2-27-1877 to 1896
3. George T., 10-26-1880
4. Don G., 1882
5. Eula M., 1885, m. James McGlothlin
6. Minnie D., Married Glen Hamner
III. 10. William Tecumseh Sherman Brady, 1865 to 1938, m. Hattie
Thorpe, 1864 to 1944 (Harriett Ellen)
IV. 1. Infant, died at birth in 1889
2. Arthur Doyle, 1890. Died in World War I, in France, 1918
3. Ralph Samuel, 1893 to 1968
4. Flora Lucille, 11-6-1895 (Tillett) D. 10-7-1991
5. Merritt Messenger, 1898 to 1913
6. Roy Basil, 8-41902 to 12-121970
7. Lillie Grace (Gould) 11-241904 to 5-3-1989
Arthur B. Gould, 11-7-1901 to 3-26-1991
8. Lena Nona,8-21-1907 to 8-16-1928
Several members of the William Sherman Brady- Frances Jane Lemons Brady family
are buried in the Old Laurel Fork Cemetery (now abandoned), and many others are in
the Laurel Fork United Methodist Church Burial Grounds. Both cemeteries are in
Upshur County near Adrian, W.Va.
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GRANVILLE BLAND BRADY (I), AND HIS WIFE, MARY ELIZABETH (ROW) BRADY
Mary Elizabeth (Row) Brady, taken on her
wedding day, age 16 (12-25-1874). Mary was
born in Barbour County, W.Va., 5-9-1858, and
lived all her life near Junior, W. Va., in that
county. Passed away with a stroke in 1927.
Granville Bland Brady
Born 11-22-1852.
He was killed in a rock
quarry accident,
8-22-1898
(Page revised in 1980, based on information from Verl Cox Dean)
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Mary Elizabeth (Row) Brady
Reproduced from the group picture.

III. 7.(5?) Granville Bland Brady (I), 11-22-1852 to 8-22-1898 (Killed in a rock
quarry accident near Junior, W.Va.) Married Mary Elizabeth Row on December 25,
1874. She lived from 5-9-1858 to 3-22-1927. Both buried in the old
cemetery of the Church of the Brethren, one mile north of Junior, W.Va.,
on the west side of the river.
IV. 1. Celia Rosella (Brady) Cox/Alford. Married twice, (a) to William Cox, 3-12-
1898, and Chas. Morgan Alford on March 12, 1909. (Cox, 4-28-1857 to 4-
1-1930; Alford, 43-1879 to 1025-1963)
V. 1. Anna Elsie Coy, 12-241858 to 1898 m. Anthony Williams, and
Wilbert Hosted (1 dau.)
VI. 1. Margaret Hosted, b. 1-1-1927, m. (a) Charles Lockhart
(divorced); (b) Stanley Hargraves
VII. Charles Arthur Lockhart, adopted by his grandparents,
became Charles Husted.
VI. 2. Charles, died in childhood.
V. 2. Idella Verl Cox (Dean) 11-17-1900 to 5-18-1988; m. 7-28-1917 to
Newton Dean, 10-6 1895 to _______
VI. 1. Mary Lucille (Dean) Conley, 7-15-1919; m. 1-22-1941 to
Robert E. Conley, 9-14-1920
VII. 1. Robert Dean Conley, 1-19-1944; m.
Sheila Marie League, 3-27-1948
VIII. 1. John Albert, 7-27-1966
2. Deseriee Dawn, 8-16-1969
3. Denean Ann, 3-25-1976
4. Bobby Jo, 11-29-1979
VII. 2. James Lee Conley, 9-2-1945; m.
Cheryl Christine Zuvich, 6-27-1948
VIII. 1. Kimberly Christine, 9-41969
2. Jamie Leigh, 9-6-1971
3. James Lee, 12-2-1977
VII. 3. Timothy Howard Conley, 2-16-1947 to
10-20-??; m. Joyce Diane Frantum, 8-31-1948
VIII. 1. Bryon Dean, 10-3-1970
2. Heather Lynn, 12-31-1973
VII. 4. John Albert Conley, 6-26-1951 to 1-3-1959
(Family Record of Hazel Ruth Dean, second child of Idella Verl and Newton Dean):
VI. 2. Hazel Ruth Dean, 7-30-1926, Married 3-9-1946 to:
Howard Richard Trimble, Born 7-30-1926
VII. 1. David Richard Trimble, 6-27-1947, M. 5-19-1967
Karen Louise Gardner, 10-25-1948
VIII. 1. Angela Louise Trimble, 9-19-1967
2. David Richard Trimble, Jr., 5-11-1970
3. Melanie Alexa Trimble, 4-241978
1949, M.
VII. 2. Deborah Ruth Trimble (Hewitt), 7-9-
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Gary Paul Hewitt, 1-23-1945
VIII. 1. Susan Renee Hewitt, 8-13-1971
VII. 3. Stephen Howard Trimble, 8-21-1953
Ronada Gail (Webb) Trimble, 10-11-1954
VIII. 1. Casey Marie Trimble, 8-41979
VII. 4. Jeffrey Dean, 8-26-1956
5. Robert Lee, 9-7/11-1967. Died at birth or
shortly after.
VI. 3. Albert Gail (Dick), 9-19-1929, M. 4-17-1949
Joyce Rudd, 5-22-1928
VII. 1. Deanna Rae Dean (Hobson), 10-4-1951,
M. 4-27-1974
Larry Owen Hobson, 5-28-_____
VIII. 1. Jennifer Renee Hobson, 11-20-1974
VII. 2. Diana Sue Dean (McCoy), 11-26-1952,
M. 11-12-1971
Joseph McCoy, 10-3-1959
VIII. 1. Rebecca McCoy, July 10,______ (Died 11th)
VII. 3. Dana Lynn Dean (Bourne), 9-8-1954, M. 11-5-1973
Robert Joseph Bourne, 7-1-1954
4. Dani Jo Dean (Miller) 5-27-1957, M. 6-10-1978
Philip Dana Miller, 3-8-1949
5. Don Richard Dean, 5-21-1958
6. Dianne Joyce Dean, 7-18-1959
7. Dina Lee Dean, 7-25-1961
V. 3. Cletus Earl Coy, 7-21-1902 to 12-__-1966,
Lillie Mae Harvey, 7-26-1904 to 4-22-1971
VI. 1. Virginia Ruth Cox (Turner), 5-241924
2. Glen Keith Cox, 4-1-1926
3. Norman Frank Coy, 3-26-1928
V. 4. Granville Cox, 9-22-1904; m. 6-1-1927 to
Lucille Thomas, Aug, 1904
VI. 1. Roberta Jean, 4-1-1928
V. 5. Thomas Merl Alford, 3-7-1908; m. 9-26-1927 to
Edna White, 5-3-1909
V. 6. James Francis Alford, 1-18-1910; m. 6-29-1931 to
Mildred Swiger, 11-28-1913
VI. 1. Iowana Lou, 3-3-1933
2. Juanita Rose, 9-21-1939
3. Mildred Frances, 9-14-1948
V. 7. Everett Charles Alford, 6-7-1912 to 10-2-1979; m. 7-27-1935 to
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Esther Newton, 1-8-1915.
VI. 1. Benjamin Lynn Alford, 5-21-1936
2. Jerry Lee Alford, 9-15-1937
3. Eleanor Louise Alford (Cooper), 1-5-1939, M. Bertram
Perry Cooper, 2-14-1934
VII. 1. James Bertram Cooper, 1-9-1955, M.
Carol Ann (May), 12-23-1956
VIII. 1. Jason Allen Cooper
2. Amanda Yvonne Cooper
VII. 2. Jeffrey Brian Cooper, 10-14-1957
3. Jennette Bernice Cooper, 10-14-1963
4. Janice Bernadine Cooper, '.- -
5. Jennifer Bernadet Cooper, 7-10-1969 to 8-61972.
(Killed in an auto accident on an icy road.)
VI. 4. Ernest Leon Alford, 9-11-1941 to 7-19-1946
5. Ronald Lane Alford, 7-21-1945
6. Darrell Lowell Alford, 7-18-1947
7. Ella Leona Alford, 4-11-1949
8. Della Lillie Alford (Died in infancy)
9. Erma Lena Alford, 5-26-1950, m. Jerry Hutchinson
10. Phyllis Lois, 10-16-1951, Married Rich Perdue
V. 8. Lonnie Albert Alford, 2-16-1914. Divorced, no children.
V. 9. Allen Aldine Alford, 9-9-1921, m. Pauline ___
VI. 1. Colin Glenn Alford, 8-15-1946
2. David Alvin Alford, 4-__1948
IV. 2. Charles Benjamin ("King") Brady, 7-29-1878 to 11-19-1953
(Baptised by T.R.Brady);
m. Rachel Ellen Moore, 1-8- to 3-9-1956
V. 1. Granville Ray, died 8-7- ; m.
Cleate Costilow, (Children may not be in order)
VI. 1. Ruth (Torch)
2. Mary Lou (Bright)
3. James F.
4. Robert T.
5. Paul R.
6. Richard Dale
7. Stephen K
8. George R.
V. 2. Mabel (Steerman) d. 1983; m.
Burton Steerman
VI. 1. Doris Steerman Christian
2. June Steerman Swick
3. Ilona Steerman Naper
4. Caron Ann Steerman Perk
5. Edward, married a Corley
6. Wilda Steerman Martin
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7. James
8. Charles, married an Allen
V. 3. Nellie Bly, 9-26-1904; m. 6-19-1924 D. Nov. 1991
James Hershel Queen, 5-26-1897 to 4-11-1958
VI. 1. Owen James, 6-27-1950; m. Dorothy Green
VII. 1 and 2. (Twin sons) James Alan and Owen Alden,
7-21-1957
VI. 2. Rebecca Susan, 6-18-1956, d. 12-11-1972
V. 4. Ruhl Augustus, 8-11-1906 to 6-16-1956. m. three times:
Ruth Thorn (divorced, one son, Roy)
Marie Wilson, died - remaining children by -
Ocie Byrd
VI. 1. Roy (above)
VI. 2. Richard Gail
VI. 3. Charles Robert
VI. 4. Joseph Edward
VI. 5 Ruth (Ware)
VI. 6. Jessie (Wickhne)
V. 5. Mary, 6-21-1908 to 1-21-1962; m.
James Rider
VI. 1. Roy Rider
2. Donald Rider
3. John Rider
4. Lucille (Mrs. James) Wiseman
5. Eva (Mrs. Raymond) Hill
6. Ina Ruth (Mrs. Vern) Skidmore
V. 6. Wilma Pansy, 4-12-1910, m. 5-30-1929 d. 12-41993
Mason Rucker, 2-22-1910 d. 5-6-1993
VI. 1. Wilda Jean Rucker Plum, 4-3-1930
2. Randall William Rucker, 1-41932
3. Mason Samuel Rucker, Jr. 11-19-1935
4. Richard Neal, 9-16-1945
5. Derenda Sue Rucker (Williams) (The husband and
baby son, William Williams, were killed in auto accident.)
VI. 6. Lawrence, 2-29-1948
V. 7. Wilda May, died in infancy
8. Iowana (Hillyard)
9. Charles Ralph Brady, 1-1-1920 to 3-30-1974; m.
Dorothy Harris
VI. 1. Raymond P. Brady
2. Charles R. Brady
3. Earnest Brady
4. Brenda Brady (Ingram)
5. Dorothy Brady (Adkinson).
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Walter Parley Brady and Sarah Bergia (Knaggs) Brady
Walter Parley Brady and Sarah Bergia
(Knaggs) Brady. She was born 4-2-
1883, at Irondale Furnace, near
Independence, in Taylor County,
W.Va. Died March 29, 1921, in the
house back of the Junior School.
Buried between her parents in the
Junior Mt. View Cemetery, east of the
town.
WALTER PARLEY BRADY
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Walter Parley Brady. He was born Feb.
1, 1880 in Buckhannon, W.Va. Died 9-
1-1959, at the home of his daughter,
Blossom Brady Thrash. Buried in
Mountain View Cemetery, near Junior.
IV. 3. Walter Parley Brady, born February 1, 1880, in Buckhannon, W.Va.
Died 9-1-1959, at the home of his daughter, Blossom Brady Thrash, in
Akron, Ohio. Married three times:
Sarah Bergia Knaggs, born April 2, 1883 at Irondale Furnace, near
Independence, W.Va., in Taylor County. She died March 29, 1921, and is
buried with her husband in Mountain View Cemetery, Junior, W.Va. They
were married October 30, 1904, and Bergia is the mother of Walter's first
five children.
After her death he married Virginia Laxton Simmons, and they had one
daughter, Lois, reared by her father. Walter and Virginia's marriage ended
in divorce.

Several years later he married a widow, Lina Hogan Sweeker Hannah (b.
4-9-1888, d. 6-20-1988), and he helped her finish rearing three teen-aged
children, who were still at home. We found their marriage record in the
Pocahontas County, W.Va. Court House on September 19, 1978. They
were married May 14, 1943. His age is given as 63 and hers 55, as of that
date. Book 7, page 361.
THE TROY R. AND ELIZABETH T. BRADY FAMILY, THANKSGIVING DAY 1963.
Front Row: Brian Drew, Londa Beth, and Robert Martin.
Second Row: Howard Landis, Grace Mark, Troy Robert, Elizabeth Thrash, Dorothy
Williams, Jonathon Brooks, Granville Marion.
Back: Sunny Heather, Howard Landis, Sylvia Lee. (All Bradys)
V. 1. Troy Robert Brady, Born 9-30-1906, at Junior, W.Va. (In David Dean
House, north end of town.); m. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash, born 9-7-
1907, at Sutton, W.Va. Married at Elizabeth's parent's home, at 544 7th
Street, Parkersburg, W.Va., July 4,1926.
VI. 1. Granville Marion Brady, b. 5-241927, at parent's apartment
in the home of Mrs. Amelia Wilson, Vienna, W.Va., Tuesday, 7:40
A. M. Married 7-27-1946 Dorothy Nell Williams, 4-16-1926, first
wife and mother of his children. She died 10-18-1988.
Married - Eleanor Joy Shelton (Halcomb), 2-5-1973.
(Joy b. 8-7-1937, mother of David Alan Halcomb 5-31-1956 and
Daniel Edward Halcomb. 7-11-1957) Sean-Kelly
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VII. 1. Marion Landis Brady, b. 10-17-1947 at Elkins,
W.Va.; m. 8-31-1969 to Sally Miller, 12-9-1946, by
Lanny's grandfather, Troy R. Brady.
Mary Therese Joliet, b. 6-28-1963, rel. from Oct. 1983.
2. Silvia Lee Brady ("Skippy'), 5-6-1950, Akron, Ohio; m. 12-
10-1967 to Kenneth Charles Manuel (father of her boys). M.
Dana Brian Mullen 4-23-1951. Dana adopted the boys, 12-
21-1988 and is the father of Anna Rose Mullen.
VIII. 1. Derik Anson, 2-17-1969 at Tallahassee, Florida. m.
7-24-1993 to Michelle (Shelley) Denette deBraga, 11-
14-1957. Shelley has two children from her previous
marriage:
Dennis Lee Williams, b. 3-22-1985 and
Sage Elizabeth Williams, 10-9-1988.
IX. Sieria Elise, born 2-12-1995
2. Kendal Bryson, 2-6-1970 at Tallahassee, Florida; m.
12-30-1992 Gloria Renee Hudson,
12-9-1973 Jaime Ann Krischik
VIII. 3. Anna Rose Mullen, I1-5-1980, at Sharpes, (near
Cocoa) Florida
VII. 3. Sunny Heather, b. 5-13-1953; m. 4-3-1976
Robert Jeffrey Crum, b. 11-21-1954, (Heather's second
husband - Michael Robert White, b. 10-5-1953. m.
VIII. 1. Jeremiah Bobby Crum, 2-24-1978
2. Joshua Marion Crum, 4-5-1980
3. Savannah Lee White, 3-20-1984
4. Joseph Michael White, 5-18-1986
(Heather's children baptized 12-26-1986 by
Great-Grandfather Troy R. Brady.).
VII. 4. Brian Drew, 9-13-1960, Bradenton, FL., m.
Elizabeth Dawn Thorton 3-9-1961, m. 2-11-1980
Heidi Theresa May (Boes) b. 8-16-1960,
m. 4-4-1987 (Heidi's children: Shannon Brock Boes,
1-26-1977; Shaune Marie Boes, 11-11-1980
VIII. 1. Brian Christopher, 11-14-1990
VII. 5. Jonathon Brooks, 11-22-1962, Tallahasee, FL
VIII. Caitlin Donielle McLeod, 5-4-1992 (Tunstall.)
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VI. 2. Howard Landis Brady, born 10-24-1935, at Cairo, W.Va.; m.
4-6-1957 to Carolyn Ann Curry, 10-23-1938, mother of first
children; m. Grace Chonglin Mark, 4-13-1932 (Isle of Pines,
Cuba), mother of Mark Travis, 11-1-1967 (Helena Mark died 4-4-
1998)
VII. 1. Robert Martin Brady, born 4-12-1958, Akron, Ohio;
m. Julie Ann Fratt, born 7-14-1958 Los Angeles, CA
VIII. 1. Patrick Ryan, b. 11-29-1984, Anaheim, California.
Baptized by great-grandfather,
2. Troy Robert Brady (II), born 5-5-1986, Anaheim, CA
Baptized same day as his brother by Rev. Troy R.
Brady. 12-26-1986
VII. 2. Londa Beth, born 11-7-1959, Melbourne, FL
VII. 3. Mark Travis, born 11-1-1967 at 12:17 PM, Melbourne, FL
V. 2. Zylpha Mary, 7-6-1908, at Junior, W.Va., (In "Grandma" Brady's home);
m. Adriel Creede Hinkle, 11-3-1901 to 10-17-1963; m. Dan Perdue in
1972, 6.10-14-1892 d. 3-11-1983.
VI. 1. Adriel Yvonne Hinkle 12-27-1932 to 1228-1932
V. 3. Granville Bland, b. 9-16-1910, at Junior, W.Va. (In "Lamb" house in west
Junior), d. 7-31-1985, Akron, Ohio, at 5:17 PM, while visiting his brotherin-law,
Ted Thrash, who died in the early morning of the same day.)
Married, 12-2-1933, to Helen Louise Crislip, b. 9-9-1910.
VI. 1. Rita Jean, 9-24-1934; m. James Burl Nestor, 2-20-1933. Jim died
8-6-1988.
VII. 1. James Michael Nestor, 2-1-1953, married 10-23-1982
to Brenda Lee Belbot,
VIII. 1. Katie Amy Nestor, 9-28-1984
2. Jamie Michael Nestor, 9-22-1987
VII. 2. Stephen Bland Nestor, 1-16-1954, married 10-9-1977
Susan Nemec,
VIII. 1. Kerry Lynn Nestor, b. 1-13-1980
2. Brooks Allison Nestor, b. 7-6-1986
VII. 3. Kristie Louise Nestor, 5-8-1955, m. 4-20-1973 to
Dennis James Elliott
VIII. 1. Dennis James Elliott, Jr., 11-7-1973
2. Timothy Matthey Elliott, 2-3-1979
3. Adam Christopher Elliott, 6-9-1982
VII. 4. Lara Jean Nestor, 6-16-1958, m. 11-24-1984 Michael
Mullin
VIII. 1. Evan James Nestor, 7-16-1991
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VII. 5. Larry Kent, 6-7-1959 m. 3-21-1981
Janet Tabeling,
VIII. 1. Derek Matthew, 11-28-1984
2. Erin Elizabeth, 11-26-1987
VI. 2. Nita Kay, 4-10-1940; m.
Elden Roe Jackson, b. 10-21-1934
VII. 1. Mark Elden, b. 6-10-1963 m. 8-17-91
Vicki Lynne Wright, b. 8-21-1953
2. Robert Hamilton, b. 12-6-1965, m. 5-30-1990
Leisa Renae Samples, b. 2-21-1964
3. Kevin Bland, b. 12-6-1967 m. 5-30-1989
Robin Lynn Murphy, b. 7-10-1967
VIII. 1. Joshua 1995
V. 4. Lula Blossom ("Bea"), 10-13-1912; m. 3-15-1936 to Theodore Frank
('Ted") Thrash, 12-3-1904, d. 7-31-1985 in Barberton, Ohio. (There is a
double relationship in the Brady-Thrash family. Troy and Blossom
married a brother and sister, Virginia Elizabeth Thrash and Theodore
Frank Thrash. There is also a second relationship in the family. Troy and
Bland's wives, Elizabeth and Helen, are first cousins once removed.
VI. 1. Adriel Brady Thrash, b. 9-19-1938. M.
Avis Evon Bochmann, b. 2-17-1942 m. 6-28-1963
VII. 1. Wendy Christine, b. 1-31-1969
2. Todd Matthew, b. 3-13-1973
VI. 2. Sharon Bea Thrash, b. 6-10-1941; m. 7-26-1963
Gerald Dean Schaible, b. 11-7-1942
VII. 1. Julie Amt, 12-22-1964; m. 9-24-1988
Jeffrey Allen Murray
2. Marc Scott, 11-23-1966; m. 6-221990
Arlene Carol DeFillipo
3. Stephen Gregory, 10-30-1967
4. Leigh Ann, 6-8-1973
VI. 3. Kay Ann Thrash, b. 8-8-1961 (Adopted)
Eddie Laslo (First husband and father of Stephanie and
Christopher.)
Donald L. McClintock, 2nd husband, 10-25-1922, m. 11-11-1992
VII. 1. Stephanie Amn Laslo, b. 12-11-1982
2. Christopher Allen Laslo, b. 9-7-1985
V. 5. Elizabeth Rosalyn, b. 1-21-1916 on Rich Mountain, 5 miles S.E. of
Mabie, W.Va. d. 12-19-1981 in Elldns, W.Va.; m. 1-11-1930 to
William Arthur Sturdivant, 8-31-1901 to 9-3-1975.
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VI. 1. Granville Robert, b.7-25-1931, died 1-__-1997, m. 8-30-1954 to
Janice Lynn Strawder, 4-17-1940.
VII. 1. William Cecil, 2-8-1955
2. Granville Robert, Jr.
3. Rebecca Sue, 2-13-1958; m. Donald Ray
VIII. 1. Eric Brady b.2-8-1976, d. 1993
2. Donald Ray, Jr.
VI. 2. Sidney Allen, 10-25-1933, m. 7-4-1957 to
Julie Kerens, 6-1-1930.
VII. 1. Elizabeth Ann, 5-25-1958, m. Scott
VIII. 1. William Todd (Scott), 9-30-1976
VII. 2. Sidney Allen, Jr., 5-22-1959 (lived 12 hours)
3. Shela Kay, 7-21-1961
4. Rosanna, 5-19-1963
VI. 3. Adriel Bland (Jerry), 8-31-1936 to 8-5-1959 (Cancer); m.
Evelyn Bennett, 2-27-1940. No children.
VI. 4. David Roger, 2-10-1947, m.
Nancy Currence 9-15-1967.
VII. 1. David Craig, 1-25-1969
2. Jennifer Ann, 9-26-1971
VIII. 1. Chandra Day, 10- -1991
3. Crystal Dawn, 8-28-1972 m. 7-22-1995
Bradley Glenn Schumaker
VI. 5. William Walter, b. 9-10-1951 d. 2--1990
6. Donald Ray, 4-10-1954
Eliabeth Lewis, first wife - mother of Kellie Dawn
Caroilyn Taylor, m. 1-23-1974 - mother of other children.
VII. 1. Kellie Dawn, 1-23-1974
2. Carrie Lynn, 6-2-1976
3. Donald Brandon 6-2-1980
V. 6. Lois Nelda Brady, 8-14-1923 to 5-7-1986, m.
Dewey Lee Jackson, b. 5-6-1920; m. 2-3-1940
(first husband, first nine children by him).
Joseph Louis Braghieri, b. 7-31-1923; m. 5-25-1966 (Second husband)
VI. 1. Carolyn Jo Jackson, 8-25-1940 (Lived only a few hours.)
2. Marilyn Yvonne Jackson, 7-4-1941 to 8-25-1984
Asil Hayes Waugh, (first husband) b. 1-31-1936 m. 7-4-1959
Dale Norman Wingard,b. 7-16-1933; (second husband)
m. 8-25-1979
VII. 1. Demetria Yvonne Waugh, 12-29-1960
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Michael John Rossetti, 7-3-1940 m. 6-17-1986
2. Timothy Hayes Waugh, 6-13-1963
VI. 3. Dewey Lee Jackson, Jr. (Dave); 4-16-1943 m. 6-5-1971
Karen Miku (Litun) m. 6-5-1971
VII. 1. Gregory Lee Jackson, 3-5-1972
VI. 4. Karen Sue Jackson, 5-27-1944,
James John Dittmore, 7-3-1938, m. 7-27-1963
VII. 1. John Anthony Dittmore, 9-5-1964;
Joan Burkhardt, 8-29-1964; (First wife, mother of son)
Denise Rachele Prusacik, 8-20-1965 m. 9-19-1992
(Second wife)
VIII. 1. Aaron Michael Dittmore, 7-21-1985
VII. 2. Jaquehne Sue Dittmore, 10-19-1965, m.
Gilles Hardy, 8-8-1968; m. 9-14-1990 in Courbevoie,
France. Repeated vows 12-16-1990 in Canton, Ohio.
VII. 3. Christine Marie Dittmore, 12-30-1968
Joel Eric Reynolds, 11-22-1971 m. 11-16-1991
(Dissolution pending in 1993)
VII. 4. James Matthew Dittmore, 9-19-1974
VI. 5. Darlena Elizabeth Jackson, 7-9-1946
Deane Steven Martinez, 5-1-1947 m. 11-10-1965
VII. 1. Dena Beth Martinez, 11-11-1966
Lawrence Wayne James, Jr. 9-26-1972 m. 6-11-1991
VIII. Corey Lawrence James, 7-8-1991
VII. 2. Daniel Joseph Martinez, 1-28-1971
Heidi Lymt Allen, 2-28-1968 m. 1-9-1993
VI. 6. Sandra Lou Jackson, 8-31-1947,
John Steven Sikora,5-18-1949, m. 1-24-1976
VII. 1. Samuel Michael Sikora, 1-1-1986
2. Matthew Jon Sikora, 9-21-1987
VI. 7. Francia Mae Jackson, 9-16-1949,
Edward Steward Overdorf, 6-7-1949 m. 12-9-1968
VII. 1. Shawn Michael Overdorf, 3-26-1971
2. Angela Ranae Overdorf, 9-4-1976
VI. 8. William Rodney Jackson, 3-10-1953
Brenda Lee Morgan, 12-30-1957 m. 12-9-1982
VII. 1. Kevin Wayne Morgan, 5-25-1977
2. Richard LeRoy Morgan, 7-2-1978
3. Kelly Ann Jackson, 9-18-1982
4. Chance Rodney Jackson, 6-28-1987
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VI. 9. Beverly Lynn Jackson, 8-1-1955,
Michael Robert Henderhan, 11-3-1953 m. 2-24-1973
VII. 1. Michelle Renee Henderhan, 8-18-1973
2. Lynette Marie Henderhan, 5-10-1976
3. Deanna Lynn Henderhan, 12-7-1977
VI. 10. Michael Alan Braghieri, 12-18-1961
Mary Ann Murray, 10-7-1963 m. 3-12-1983
VII. 1. Justin Michael Braghieri, 9-6-1983
2. Shannon Nichole Braghieri, 421-1986
VI. 11. David Joseph Braghieri, 9-25-1965
Theresa Lynn Roberts, 8-16-1964 m. 3-8-1983 (1st wife)
Laura Sue Miller, 10-22-1966 (2nd wife)
VII. 1. Andrea Nicole Miller, 2-27-1986
2. Kristin Jacqueline Braghieri, 8-22-1989
VI. 12. Anthony Ernesto Braghieri, 6-18-1968
Tamara Sue Wynhoff, 5-19-1970 m. 8-25-1990
IV. 4. Maud Virginia, 10-27-1882 to 2-28-1940; m. Homer Harvey
V. 1. Carl Beltram Brady (Reared by his grandmother Brady); m.
Ruth ?
VI. 1. Edwin Dale Brady
2. (A daughter)
2. Madge Virginia Harvey, m. Forrest Brawn
VI. 1. Robert Brawn (adopted)
V. 3. Paul Harvey, m. Helen Kirsch (first wife, died); (second wife,
name unknown); m. ?? Brady (third wife. If related to Paul
the relationship is unknown.)
V. 4. Chester Harvey, m. Wilhelmi Nagles (first wife, mother of
Wallace); m. Madge Prunty (mother of others).
VI. 1. Wallace
2. Naomi
3. Lynn
4. Glenn
5. Thelma
6. Ronald (Died at birth)
V. 5. Stillborn daughter
V. 6. Kenneth, m. Juanita Luce. No children.
IV. 5. Glen Harrison, 4-17-1884 to 6-3-1968; m. Grace Campbell, 5-10-1882
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to 11-17-1955 (First wife and mother of all his children.); m. on 5-27-
1957 to Rotha Brooks Snowden, d. 11-17-1973
V. 1. Lillian Elizabeth, 6-18-1907, m. Vernon Wilmoth (dead)
VI. 1. Vivian Lou, 7-6-1930. m. ? Breth
2. Donna Jeanne, 3-9-1932, m. ? Pelton
V. 2. Lela Cora, 10-26-1908 to 6-25-1978; m. ? Sapp (first
husband); m. Franklin Eckert.
VI. 1. Robert Sapp, 5-3-1933
V. 3. Coral (Peggy), 9-9-1911 d. 12-13-1986; m. Welfred Pugh
VI. 1. Delores Jean (Married twice; four sons by first
husband.)
V. 4. Roy, 11-13-1913; m. on 7-27-1935 to
Dorothy May Pauley, 2-13-1913. d, 7- -1915
VI. 1. Constance Joyce, 7-13-1936, m. Donald Pottersnyk
2. Glen Harrison, 2-2-1939; m. Sharon Harper (first
wife) m. Darlene DeFranco (second wife)
VII. 1. Kimberly Dawn, 6-10-1961
2. Glen Harrison, 6-13-1966
3. Charles (adopted)
4. Molita (adopted)
VI. 3. Salty Rae, 2-13-1941
4. Laurel Jean, 5-7-1945
V. 5. Donald V.; m. Dorothy Genevieve White
VI. 1. Donald V. Jr.
IV. 6. Lulu Ethel, 10-20-1887 to 1-18-1968 (80 yrs. 1 mo. 18 days); m.
Thomas Ford Valentine, d. 8- -1973
V. 1. Ethel Leo
2. Ina Ruth, m. ? Harris
3. Thomas Ford Valentine, Jr.
4. Keith
IV. 7. Pearl May Brady, 7-6-1891 to 9-4-1969 (78 yrs. 1 mo. 10 days); m.
Frank A. Matthews (first husband, father of her children); m. ??
Bales (second husband, they divorced); m. Jack DeSau (third
husband) d. 1978.
V. 1. Agnes (Died 1984?); m. John Long (Agnes adopted his son,
Eugene Long). m. John R. Slack (second husband)
2. Elizabeth, m. Gilter Gilbert. (Elizabeth's husband was
paralyzed from the waist down in a mine accident, but lived
several years after her death. She died of a sudden heart
attack one Sunday morning as she was leaving church.)
VI. 1. Earl Franklin ("Jitterbug") Gilbert
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V. 3. Ralph Matthews, m. Kathleen Lilly
VI. (A son) (Kathleen had three children from a previous
marriage.)
IV. 8. Oscar Dayton ("Bignose") Brady, 5-17-1895 to 2-5-1980 (84 yrs. 8
mos. 28 days); m. 5-27-1916 to Belva Poling, 10-5-1894 to 7-13-1982
V. 1. Lila Margaret, 5-15-1917; m. 4-20-1935 to
Robert Fitzwater, 1-19-1917 to I1-20-1967
VI. 1. Marlin Jack Fitzwater, 3-25-1938; m. 6-4-1959 to
Norma Jean Howell, 6-12-1939
VII. 1. Robert Joseph Fitzwater, 3-2-1960
2. Marta Jean Fitzwater, 6-4-1961
3. Mefony (Melanie?) Jane Fitzwater, 7-19-1962
IV. 9. Francis Granville ("Shake"), 413-1896 to 12-8-1973 (77 yrs. 8 mos. 28
days); m. Anna Bena Crivelli (First wife, mother of the boys,
divorced. Amra was in an auto accident with Frank Matthews when
he was killed. Some question about the parentage of her two sons,
Louis Albert, born 4-26-1917 and Virgil.) M. Nevada Phillips, 11-22-
1899 to 10-29-1978 (second wife).
Ages at death of children of Granville Bland Brady (I):
Celia (unknown but young)
Charles: 75 yrs. 3 mos. 10 days Pearl 78 yrs. 1 mo. 10 days
Walter: 79 yrs. 7 mos. Dayton: 84 yrs. 8 mos. 28 days
Glen: 84 yrs. 1 me. 16 days Francis: 77 yrs. 8 mos. 28 days
Loula: 80 yrs. 1 me. 18 days Maud: 57 yrs. 4 mos. 1 day
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Family of Mary E. Brady (Nee' Row). Summer, 1913
Back row (L to R): Chas. M. Alford, Walter P. Brady (Troy's Dad), Glen H. Brady, O. Dayton ("Big Nose") Brady, Lulu
Brady, Francis G. ("Shake") Brady, Frank A. Matthews, Homer Harvey, Chas. B. ("King") Brady. Third Row (Women):
Anna Cox, Verl Cox, Celia Alford, Bergia Brady, Grace Brady, Mary E. (Row) Brady, Pearl Matthews, Maud Harvey,
Rachel Brady. Children on Laps (Second Row): Lonnie Alford, G. Bland Brady, Blossom Brady, Coral Brady, Agnes
Matthews, Elizabeth Mathews, Paul Harvey, Medge Harvey, Wilda May Brady. Front Row (On Ground): Earl Cox, Murl
Alford, Francis Alford, Granville Cox, Zylpha Brady, Troy Brady, Lillian Brady, LeLah Brady, Carl Brady, Ray Brady,
Mary Brady, Ruhl Brady, Mabel Brady, Wilma Brady, Nellie Brady. (Grandfather Granville Bland Brady, killed 1898. All
these persons were living in Junior, W.Va.; no children or grandchildren had died.)
BRADY GENEALOGICAL LINE
Pioneer Bradys - Hugh and Hannah and one of their sons.
(Marvel (Brady) Brown, of Buckhannon, W. Va. was able to become a member of "The
Daughters of the American Revolution" by claiming descent from Hugh and Hannah,
through Samuel. The only record of a Samuel we could find was a grave in the Mingo
Cemetery, near Valley head, W. Va. This "Samuel's" tombstone states that he was born
Jan. 27, 1803 and died Jan. 14, 1879. These dates seem too late for him to have been a
son of Hugh and Hannah who, came over from Germany in 1730. When questioned
Marvel was very vague about the records she submitted.)
FOLLOWING IS THE ESTABLISHED LINE:
I. John Brady (III)
Suzannah (Ware) Brady
II. William Sherman Brady, 1816--1889
Frances Jane (Lemons) Brady, 1830 (?) --1882
III Granville Bland Brady, 1852--1898
Mary Elizabeth (Row) Brady, 1858--1927
IV. Walter Parley Brady, 1880--1959
Bergia (Knaggs) Brady, 1883--1921
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V. Troy Robert Brady, 1906 - 1999
Elizabeth (Thrash) Brady, 1907-2002
VI. Marion Brady, 1927
Dorothy Nell Williams, 1926
VII. Lanny, Sylvia, Heather, Drew, Jonathon
VI. Howard Brady, 1935
Carolyn Curry, 1938
Grace Mark, 1932
VII. Robert, Londa Beth,
Mark
All the other children of Walter Brady would be the fifth generation (V) and offspring
would be the sixth, (VI), etc.
Deed to the Brady Rich Mountain Land; Recorded in Deed Book "Q" Page 497
(Randolph County, W.Va.)
This deed made this 6th day of February, 1890 between Chas. M. Frasure and G. A Frasure, his
wife, parties of the first part the County of Randolph and the State of W. Va and G. B. Brady of
the County of Barbour and State above, and H. W. Corley of the County of Randolph and state
above, of the second part Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the sum of $350.00, Sixtyfive
in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, $285.00 to be paid on or about
Nov. 1st 1890, for which the parties of the second part has assigned a note, to the parties of the
first part executed by W. A Simon to Grant Williams for $175.00 with interest amounting to ten
dollars on same, due about Nov. 1st 1890. The parties of the first part do grant, bargain, sell and
convey with covenants of General Warranty unto the parties of the second part the following user
of 171 acres of land more or less, Situated in the County of Randolph on the waters of Cassidays
Fork and bounded as follows. "Beginning at a Birch and Chestnut on top of Briggs Sugar Camp
ridge, the beginning corner of a survey of 125 Acres of land made for Jonathan Arnold now
owned by Patrick Crickard, thence with two lines thereof N 85-1/2° W-148 poles to two small
hicories (sic) and two maples, a comer thereof, S. 81° W 155 poles to White Oaks in a line of land
run and sold by David Goff, Commissioner for forfeited and delinquent lands in the year 1840
thence with said line 1 variation S 50° E 95 poles to birch and White Oak on the back of said
Cassidays fork, corner of survey, of 108 Acres of land made for William Armstrong, thence with a
line thereof S 87-1/4° E 208 Poles to a leaning Hickory, corner thereof, also a corner of survey of
84 Acres of land made for said Armstrong, thence with a line of the last mentioned survey S 87-
3/4° E 120 Poles to a White Oak with pointers in line of a survey of 150 Acres of land made for
Allen J. Currence and W. B. Currence, thence with said line due North to two small Spanish
Oaks on top of said Sugar Camp Ridge, a corner of said 150 Acres, thence with another line
thereof N 60° W 104 Poles to 2 beginning corners thereof also a corner of the 125 Acre survey,
thence with a line of the last named survey S 20° W 7 Poles to the beginning, with its
appurtenances and a vendor's leans is hereby retained on the above described property to secure
the deferred payment. Witness the following signatures and seal.
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C. M. Frasure
G. A. Frasure
We included the deed to the property on Rich Mountain because the place holds so
many happy memories for Troy.
The log house on the mountain was built by Granville Bland Brady (1) in the late
1880's. Walter was eight years old when they moved to Rich Mountain, and he talked of

that home as long as he lived. The house had a large living room, with two bedrooms
downstairs and a "lean to" kitchen. The family lived there for about ten years and
some of the younger children were born there. There was a full attic, and it was there
that the boys of the family always slept.
The family lived here for a period of years, then moved back to Junior. Around ten
families lived in the mountain at that time, and all had large families. About a mile from
the Brady family home were two one-room schools. One was for white children and the
other for blacks. They were just across the road from each other, and the children
played together at recess and noon breaks. Not a single house is left standing in 1978.
Troy was a baby of less than a year when his parents moved up to the old home in Rich
Mountain. They moved back to Junior just before the birth of Bland, and remained
there until after the birth of Blossom. While Blossom was still a baby they moved again
to the mountain, and Rosalyn was born there. They moved back to Junior before the
end of World War 1.
When it's autumn time in old Rich Mountain
And the summer leaves begin to fall,
With every gentle breeze
Softly falling from the trees,
With their voices low and sweet I hear them
call.
Sweet and low their gentle voices calling,
Pleading that I never more shall roam,
And before the autumn leaves
All are fallen from the trees,
I'll be going back to my old cabin home.
I'm sure there must be mountains up in heaven,
In that land where we will all be free from care.
With a cabin for my home
I would never care to roam.
T'would be heaven for me with my mother there.
Sweet and low I hear the mountains calling,
Pleading that I never more shall roam,
When I see those rugged hills
Then my heart with rapture thrills,
For I know I soon shall see my dear old
home.
When its twilight time in old Rich Mountain
And the shades of night fall 'round the cabin
door,
I can see my mother's face,
Standing by the window place,
Sweet and low her gentle voice is calling,
Calling to us as she did in days of yore.
MY RICH MOUNTAIN HOME
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Pleading that I never more shall roam.
Mother I can hear your call,
And I'm homesick for you all
So I'm coming back to my old cabin home.
But there came a parting time in old Rich
Mountain
And the shades of death upon my mother fell.
But I still can see her there,
Just within the portals fair,
Calling to the dear ones here she loved so well.
Sweet and low her gentle voice is calling,
Pleading that we never more shall roam.
O'er and o'er the words repeat,
"Won't you kneel at Jesus' feet?
He'll forgive your sins and bring you safely
home."
There'll be other parting times in old Rich
Mountain,
For the shades of death on all of us must fall.
I can hear another voice
Saying, "Will you make the choice?"
'Tis the Saviour, Will you heed his gentle call?
Sweet and low his gentle voice is calling,
Pleading that I never more shall roam.
I can hear his voice of love
Calling to me from above
And a broken-hearted boy is coming home.
Troy R. Brady, 1932

Troy Brady’s Oil Painting of Rich Mountain Home
Reproduction of an oil painting by Troy Robert Brady. of his dearly loved childhood home on
Rich Mountain. It was painted from memory, for the log house was torn down in the '20s, but
readily identified by his siblings w hen they viewed his painting. Rich Mountain is located in
Randolph County, West Virginia, not tar from Elkins, West Virginia.
While my son, Marion, and his wife, Joy, were in Ireland they took a picture of a
tombstone at the grave of a Hugh Brady. "Hugh" seems to be a very common name in
Ireland for they found another "Hugh" listed in the phone book and brought me back
his address. I wrote to him and received back, after a number of weeks, the following
letter and a pamphlet which his wife, the writer, thought might be of help to us.
This seems a fitting way to end this Brady part of the book.
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Letter From Ireland
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THE ROW FAMILY IN AMERICA
We had few leads to aid us in our research on the Row family in America. All we had
was just word of mouth tradition. We were sure that when the first settler came to the
new world the name had the German spelling of "Rau," and we had heard stories of
the thick German accent of Benjamin Row and to a lesser degree of his son, Andrew
Jackson Row. Since Andrew was bow in this country it seems probable that the family
may have been in a settlement of German speaking folk in the early years after their
Settlement.
The Row family in Barbour County, West Virginia, and their families are all
descendants of Benjamin (Bennie) Row and his wife Sarah Rinehart. On October 29,
1977, we were searching the records in the court house in Woodstock, Virginia, and
was surprised to find their wedding license. It was recorded in the Marriage Register
for the years of 1772 to 1853 on page 343.
Benjamin Row married Sarah Rinehart, March 4, 1830. They are one set of the greatgreat-great-grandparents
of Marion and Howard Brady, and of Adriel and Shawn
Thrash (Schaible). Troy had always been under the impression that this couple were
married in Germany before coming to this country. It now seems more probable that it
was the parents of Benjamin Row who came over from Germany and settled in Page
Co., Va. This may be the place of Benjamin’s birth. At any ram we know that he had a
grist mill in that county before moving to Barbour County, W. Va.
OLD MILL SITE IN
NEWPORT, VIRGINIA
Howard Brady took this picture Of the
present mill building, in Newport,
Virginia. It stands on the site of the
mill built and operated by Troy's
great-father, Benjamin Row, Soon
after his arrival from Germany. A flood
destroyed the mill and he sold its
location and moved to Junior, W. Va.,
where he built another mill. In 1970s,
while doing research visited
Spotswood (Spot) Williams and he
showed us the round hand-cut
millstone which was used in the old
mill in Junior. It was buried in his
lawn, with one side surface exposed
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On Sept. 15 of 1977 we made a trip to Page County to see what we could learn
concerning this branch of our family. In the Court House at Luray we found the deed
to 200+ acres owned by Benjamin and Sarah Row. This land was sold to Reuben Foltz
for $2000.00. Recorded in Deed Book "E" page 291, and dated Feb. 18, 1843. It is
described as a Mill Lot on the west side of the South Fork River. There was another
deed for 3-1/2 acres bought from Benjamin Strickler.
On the east side of the river one acre had been condemned for the use of a mill dam
that had been built by the former owner, Strickler. There were two other deeds to land
that this couple bought One for 201-1/2 acres. Deed dated July 20, 1836. This was
evidently the same land which was sold to Fultz in 1843.
We inquired around and learned that a great-grandson of Fultz lived in Newport so we
visited him. He told us that the property had been in the hands of his family except for
a short period, since buying it of Benjamin Row. Row sold the dam site after the dam
and mill had been destroyed by a flood. The Fultz family rebuilt it, and twice more it
was destroyed by floods, and once by fire before it was abandoned. We went to see the
place where it had been located. There were still mites of the dam and an abandoned
mill house was still standing in Newport, Va.
Benjamin and Sarah moved with their family to Barbour County, (W. Va.) where he
again established a grist mill. Alva Row of Junior is another great-great grandson of
Benjamin Row, and in 1952 he published a four page history of the Row family. Much
of what follows concerning this family is from his little booklet He evidently had not
done research in Page County for he wrote that it was not known if the mill bad ever
been rebuilt in Newport after Row sold the property to Fultz. It was rebuilt three times
before the site was abandoned
The new grist mill was built on the Tygart Valley River near Gage, W. Va, He also built
a store and a blacksmith shop, and purchased land extending down the river about
one and one half miles including all of the land east of the river where the town of
Junior now stands. The settlement which grew up a mile north of the null was first
called Rowtown. The builders of the railroad, which ran through the settlement,
changed the name to Junior.
Some of the information below was supplied by Alva Row and his daughter, Yvonne
Row Gillespie, of Junior and Glenville, W. Va. (The following is a quote from Alva Row's
little book)
"After a number of years at that location (meaning Gage) the
family moved to the present site of Junior, at a time when the
village consisted of only two houses. Assisted by his son, Andrew
Jackson Row (b. Aug. 8, 1834, d. Jan. 19, 1905) Benjamin
installed a steam sawmill and sawed the lumber used in building
many of the first houses in the town After the death of the latter
on Aug. 26, 1879, A. J. Row (Andrew Jackson) continued to
operate the mill until he sold it in 1889. Shortly afterward he sold
much of the coal rights and some surface land to the Junior Coal
Company and through succeeding furs the property was developed
and operated for more than 40 years." (End of Quote)
A. J. Row died intestate, but he left a map of his property in and around Junior. On
this map he indicated the areas which were to go to each of his children, and the
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courts divided his property on the basis of this map. Walter Brady's mother, Mary
Elizabeth Row Brady, received a large lot in Junior and 20 acres on the hill east of
Junior.
Her home was built by her two sons, with some supervision by two uncles, on the lot,
after the death of her husband Granville Bland Brady (the first). The lumber was cut
and sawed on the old Rich Mountain farm.
Andrew Jackson Row, born 8-8-1834, died
1-19-1905, in Junior, W.Va. He was the
father of Mary Elizabeth (Row) Brady, wife of
Granville Bland Brady.
Junior, W. Va., has the dubious distinction of being the only past office in the United
States or its possessions of this name. (I checked the code book this morning, October
26, 1978.)
We secured the tombstone information listed on Sept 15, 1977. We found the graves
of both Benjamin and his son, Andrew Jackson Row, in the Church of the Brethren
Cemetery, located across the river and a short distance north of the town of Junior.
Neither of Benjamin's wives and only the second wife of Andrew are buried there.
Since we could not find the grave of Delilah 1. Williams Row in either of the cemeteries
near Junior we began a search for private burial plots. Troy's brother, Bland, and his
only living uncle, Dayton Brady said they thought she was buried on the hill
overlooking the town of Junior. After walking all over the hill we finally found a grave
in a crab orchard thicket, on the Shoran property. Here we found only one broken
tombstone, and some indications that there had been one or two more there. Imagine
our surprise when we found, after piecing the fragments together, that it marked the
grave of our sons' great-great-great-grandmother, Sarah Rinehart Row, and not
Delilah J. Williams Row. The marker read simply:
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SARAH--wife of B. Row--Born 1810--Died 1866
We were told that Delilah died in childbirth and was buried in this abandoned private
graveyard with her new born baby.
The Row Family in America, from the records of Elizabeth Thrash Brady:
I. Benjamin Row (Bennie) b. 1-11-1808 d. 8-26-1879. First wife-Sarah F.
Rinehart, 1810 to 1866. Second wife: Sarah Frances Slufss-Married in 1867.
Benjamin is buried in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery across the river
from Junior, in Barbour County, W. Va. Sarah is buried in a private plot
containing only three or four graves, located on the east hill above Junior. Birth
and death dates above are from the grave markers. All children were from the
first marriage. Benjamin died of Palsy. (Parkinson’s Disease)
Benjamin and Sarah Rinehart--m. 3-0-1830 in Shenandoah Co., Va.
II. 1. Mary Ann Row Viquesney, b, 4-11-1832
2. Andrew Jackson B. Row, 8-8-1834 to 1-19-1905 m.12-25-1855
3. Julia Ann Row Williams, 9-11-1836, m. 12-25-1855
4. Polly Ann Row Latham, 4-17-1839 to 6-5-1870
Andrew and his sister Julia Ann married a brother and sister, Andrew and Delilah J.
William in a double ceremony. The Row family of West Virginia are descendents of
Andrew. The first 7 children were by his fast wife Delilah J. William and the last three
by his second wife, Mary K. Fitzgerald. The second wife is buried with the husband
and the dates on her tombstone are 1838--1915. The tombstone dates were all
secured by my husband and me, but the others were supplied by Yvonne Row
Gillespie, daughter of Alva Row the second, of Junior at the Row reunion Aug. 31,
1980.
III. Children of Andrew Jackson Row and Delilah J. William Row
1. Alva Row (I), 11-27-1856 to 3-30-1928
[grandfather of Alva (II)]
2. Mary Elizabeth Brady, 5-9-1858 to 3-22-1927
(Grandmother of Rev. Troy R. Brady)
3. James Benjamin Row, 1-20-1860 to 5-15-1923
(tombstone dates)
4. Sarah Virginia Thorn, (Jenny) 12-20-1851 to ?
5. Celia R. Wilson, 6-14-1865 m 3-20-1892 (tombstone dates)
6. Roxanna R Row Arbogast (Rosie) 8-3-1868 to 1931
(Years on tombstone)
7. Margaret R. Row Thornhill, (Meg) 9-27-1870
Children of Andrew Jackson Row and Mary K. Fitzgerald
(Tombstone has just the dates of the years but Mary was born
3-22-1838 and died 10-15-1915.)
8. Frances W. Perry Born in 1876
9 Sarah Belle Bolton, 1-20-1875 to 10-26-1898
10. Icie Shomo, born in 1880
(Yvonne Row Gillespie's records lists Sarah Belle Bolton as Lillie Belle.)
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LEMON
The Lemon family in America is of German stock The following record was obtained in
1981 from research done by Mary Harter, F.A.S.C. It was sent to us by Lillian O. Null,
of Warren, Ohio. We had met her earlier in the court house in Harrisonburg.
Record of naturalization of John Lemon and his children, contained in Commissioner's
Book, no. 82. p. 58. Thus states that John (H) born ca. 1701, that he was a planter of
Baltimore Co., Md., he had been a native of High Germany, naturalized June 4, 1738;
born in Germany; died after June 20, 1764; married Maria Anna -- d. probably 1753
to 1759 in Frederick County, Md.
I. John Lemon (I) from Germany, naturalized in 1738
II. 1. John Lemon (H) also born in Germany around 1701
m. Maria Anna--- in Frederick Co., Md.
Seven children, one of which was George.
III. George Lemon (baptised 6-12-1752, sponsors were parents)
m. Mary Elizabeth Young; family moved to Botetourt Co., Va.,
around 1799. Land listed to George Lemon 155A.
IV. Andrew Lemon, listed as the 6th son of George and
Mary Elizabeth Lemon, Andrews wife was listed as
Patsy ---. Andrew appears in the tax lists of Bath
County, Va. in 1824.
V. James Lemon, born around 1804; married
Elizabeth Jackson (See Brady family, Betsey
Jackson)
VI. Frances Jane Lemon, 1830 to 1882
(Probably a daughter of lames Lemon
and Elizabeth Jackson); married William
Sherman Brady, 1816 to 1889
VII. Granville Bland Brady I, 1852 to 1898
Mary Elizabeth Row, 1858 to 1927
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VIII. Walter Parley Brady, 1880 to
1959
Sarah Bergia Knaggs, 1883 to
1921
IX. Troy Robert Brady, 1906-1999
Virginia Elizabeth Thrash,
1907-2002

Mary Jane (Matthews) Knaggs and her mother, Sarah Celestia (Squires) Matthews
John Robert Knaggs, born 9-29-1850,
in Winchester, Va., Died 9-30-1927,
in Junior, W.Va. Buried in Mt. View
Cemetery on the hill above that town.
His wife was Mary Jane Matthews.
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Mary Jane (Matthews) Knaggs, born
7-9-1857, died 4-10-1939. Born in
Phillipi and died in Douglas, W.Va.
Buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Junior
W.Va.

KNAGGS
On Oct 29, 1977, we took our last trip for research on our "Roots" for that year. We
were planning on leaving for Florida in about a week Our first stop was at Woodstock,
Va., the county seat of Shenandoah Co. Here me found one little item of interest, it
was that:
Benjamin Row married Sarah Rinehart, March 4, 1830. Page 343 in the
marriage Register for the years of 1772 to 1853. (These are great-great-greatgrandparents
of Marion and Howard Brady, and of Adriel Brady Thrash and
Sharon Thrash Schaible.)
We finished our work in Woodstock and went on to Winchester, the county seat of
Frederick County, Va. Here we found the following bit of information:
John Knaggs married Susan Odell, Sept. 22, 1842. The minister was Joseph
Barker and the bondsman Henry Hosey. In the body of the bond "Knaggs" was
spelled twice with a double "g" but was signed "John Knags."
We stayed that night with friends in Martinsburg, W. Va., which is the county seat of
Berkeley County. The next morning we went to the court house there where we worked
until noon. Here we found two deeds of trust which concerned Troy's ancestors. One
was from John Knaggs (I), another John Knaggs and a George Knaggs. We assumed
that the last two named were the sons of John, (1) (At any rate the first John was the
rear-great-great-grandfather of our sons, Marion and Howard.) The fast deed of trust
was dated OCT 18, 1842, and given to a man by the name of Chambers (Deed Book
46, page 446) It listed personal property used to settle a debt of $352.00 to Chambers.
the personal property was on Dry Run Farm. In Book 47, Page 194, is recorded a Deed
of Trust from the two John Knaggses to a Mr. Waite. This one was dated May 26,
1843, and gave their interest in grain crops to Waite to settle a debt of $127.00. It
appears that this early Knaggs family was hard pressed financially.
In the Berkeley County Census report of 1860 Troy found the family of his greatgrandfather
Knaggs' family listed. In the report the name was spelled "Nags," but Troy
knew enough about the older members of the family to be convinced that this family
was his ancestors. They were listed thus:
John Nags, 35 years, laborer, Personal Estate Worth $30.00
Susan Nags, 36 years
William, 16 years
Joseph, 13 years
John, 10 years
Sarah, 7 years
Rachel, 5 years
Mary, 2 years
Joseph and John were the only two who were listed as having attended school in the
last two years.
The following information on the Knaggs family was received in a letter from Mary E.
Knaggs, of Martinsburg, W. Va. The letter was dated July 24, 1953. Mary was an old
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lady at that time, and the information was hard to decipher because of the lack of
divisions between generations. She listed the children by sex, rather than by age.
John Knaggs (I) and his wife immigrated to America from England, and settled in Page
County, Virginia. They had two sons, George and John II. Troy's line are descendants
of the son, John. Both sons were born in England
Tradition has it that George owned a plantation in, or near, Winchester, which he sold
before the Civil War, after liberating his slaves. He moved to Illinois where he bought a
farm. He wrote back to his brother giving him his address. The letter was placed in the
sewing machine drawer, and mice obliterated the address. He never wrote again so the
two families were lost to each other.
We had a long conversation with a lady who worked in the court house in
Martinsburg. Her mother was a granddaughter of John Knaggs, (II) through Joseph
Odell Knaggs. Mary Knaggs who gave us the above information was her aunt She said
she had never heard of any of the Knaggs family ever owning land in that section of W.
Va. or Virginia. We have been unable to find any indication that they owned land
around Winchester, so probably that story concerning George owning land and slaves
is not true.
KNAGGS--BRADY--GENEALOGY
I. John Knaggs (I) was born in England. The name of his wife is not known, but
tradition holds that the two of them emigrated with their two sons, John (II) and
George, and settled in Virginia, in a section of what later became West Virginia. George
later moved to the west and became lost to the family.
II. John (II) was born in 1822 in England and died in 1897 in West Virginia. He
married Susan Odell, who was born in 1819 and died in West Virginia. They were
married on September 22, 1842. This is recorded in the first Marriage Register Book of
Frederick County, Va., on page 97; John was a soldier during the Civil War, on the
side of the Confederacy, as was one son. Another son was a Union soldier and Troy’s
grandfather, John (III) was used at least once by the Union forces as a messenger boy.
John (II) and Susan Odell Knaggs' children were: Alma (Maxwell), who settled in Ohio;
Sarah Turner, who had at least two children, Will and Daisy; Kathryn and Ella, who
married brothers by the name of Martin; and three sons, William M. (died 9-15-1918),
Joseph Odell, and John Robert who became the ancestor of the Walter and Bergia
Knaggs clan. His wife was Mary Jane Matthews.
III. John Robert Knaggs, b. 9-29-1850 d. 9-30-1927
Mary Jane Matthews, b. 7-9-1856 d. 4-10-1939
IV. Sarah Bergia Knaggs, b. 4-2-1883 d. 3-29-1921
Walter Parley Brady, b. 2-1-1880 d 9-1-1959
V. Troy Robert Brady, b. 9-30-1906 d. 6-25-1999 m.
Virginia Elizabeth Thrash b. 9-7-1907 d 12-16-2002
VI. Granville Marion Brady b. 5-24-1927
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VII. (Children) Marion Landis, Sylvia Lee, Sunny
Heather, Brian Drew, Jonathon Brooks.
VI. Howard Landis Brady b. 10-24-1935
VII. (Children) Robert Martin, Londa Beth, Mark Travis.
V. Lula Blossom Brady, b. 10-13-1912
Theodore Frank Thrash, b. 12-3-1904 d. 7-31-1985
VI. Adriel Brady Thrash, b. 9-19-1938
VII. (Children) Wendy Christine, Todd Matthew
VI. Sharon Bea Schaible, b. 10-13-1912
VII. (Children) Julie, Marc, Stephen, Leigh Amt
III. 5. William (Settled in Springfield, Ohio; had at least 4 sons
6. Joseph Odell-Married Sarah Rebecah Rankin.
IV. 1. William E. (Children- Homer and Lucille)
2. John Nelson (A son-Nelson)
3. Joseph Odell (11)(Children-Lester, Odell, Ruth)
4. Howard, b. 2-1-1889 (Died 3-23-1962 in Berkeley, CA
5. Samuel, 1892 to 1958
6. Philip, (a son Phillip Howard, who had a son, Douglas)
7. Mary E., 2-1-1879 to 9-29-1963. (Mary was a nurse, never
married (It was from her that we secured most of the information
on this family.)
8. Anna Belle (Mercer) (Children-Albert and Mary Eileen (Myers).
III. 7. John Robert Knaggs, 9-29-1850 to 9-30-1927 b. Winchester, Va.
Mary Jane Matthews, 7-9-1856 to 4-10-1939 b. Philippi, W.Va.
(John and Mary Matthews Knaggs are the great-grandparents of Marion
and Howard Brady and also of Adriel Brady Thrash and Sharon Bea
Thrash Schaible.)
IV. 1. George M. (Recorded as John Hanson; later changed, b. 1-23-1878
d. 7-6-1944.) m. Hester Ann Moore, 3-9-1873 to 9-15-1940
(Hester was a sister of Charles Benjamin Brady's wife, Rachel.)
V. 1. Harry (Died in childhood of diphtheria)
2. Ernest, (Died in 1980)
3. Vincent, (Deceased in the'80s)
4. Hugh R. b. 5-13-1906 d. 11-29-1981
5. Joseph, d. 9-9-1971
6. Dorsey, b. 8-13-1910 d. 10-2-1966
7. Flossie, (A twin to Dorsey; died in infancy)
8. Mary (Buried Oct. 29, 1973)
IV. 2. Benjamin Franklin, b. 3-24-1879 in Ironton, W. Va.
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d. 4-10-1955 in Elkins, W. Va. m.
Bessie Newton, b. 12-13-1884 d. 11-26-1962 (m. 6-27-1906)
V. 1. Hazel, b. 5-1-1906 d. 3-17-1953
Alva Willis
VI. 1. Patricia
2. Jean
V. 2. Owlan d. 9-20-1973 m. Winnie Adams
3. Mildred m. Joe Berzito (Several children)
4. Howard Robert, b. 9.11-1922, d. 1-6-1993 m. (1944)
Betty Jane Adamson, First wife. Divorced 1947.
They had one son, Robert Michael, b. 9-14-1945
Lois Ann Hadfield, (2nd wife) m. 7-9-1949
VI. 1. Robert Michael Knaggs, son of Howard, married
Cynthia Jill
Dougal, 6-4-1973. They had a son, Galen Robert, b.
5-21-1980. They were divorced in 1983. Howard
Robert Knaggs had two daughters by his second wife,
Lois.
2. Melissa Rae, b. 5-I8-1952 m.
Richard Donald Becker 12-29-79
3. Melanie Sue, b. 8-19-1954, m.
10-8-1983 to R. E. Rankin
The following three pictures of Sarah Bergia Knaggs were in the home she established
with Walter Parley Brady, after their marriage, November 30, 1904, in Junior, W. Va.
She was twelve years old when the childhood one was taken and probably in her late
teens at the time of the second. The third one was shortly before her marriage. This
reproduction was given to Troy by his brother, Bland, who had two copies made from
the large, oval framed one, which had hung in the home while the children were
growing up. Sarah was the mother of Troy Robert, Zylpha Mary, Granville Bland, Lulu
Blossom, and Elizabeth Rosalyn Brady. She was born April 2, 1883 and passed away
on March 29, 1921.
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Sarah Bergia Knaggs
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IV. 3. Sarah Bergia Knaggs who married Walter Parley Brady.
Their descendents are listed under the BRADY genealogy
in this history. They are the grandparents of Granville
Marion Brady, Howard Landis Brady, Adriel Brady Thrash
and Sharon Bea Thrash Schaible as well as other
descendents of their children.
IV. 4. William Andrew, b. 7-11-1888 to 2-2-1966
(Died in Barstow, California) m.
Camilla Kathryn Wilfong, b. 9-26-1891 d 11-1-1983
V. 1. Reginald, b. 8-10-1913
Kathryn Lewis, b. 1-13-1913
VI. 1. Mary Kathryn, b. 8-7-1938
Raymond Jacobs
VII. I. Jonathan Randell, b. 4-19-1960
V. 2. Eric Harlan, b. 10-10-1944
Sheri Unrau
VI. 1. Jenifer Ann
(Aunt Katie visited us in Virginia in 1974. At that time another great-grandchild was
on the way.)
IV. 5. Elizabeth Loula, 4-28-1892 b. Rehobeth, Ohio.
d. in Fayetteville,
W. Va. Buried in Arizona m. Eli Howard Phillips,
b. 12-9-1889 d 8-12-1973 in Youngtown, AZ.
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SQUIRES – MATHEWS / MATTHEWS – KNAGGS - BRADY
I. Mary Jane Matthews, who married John Robert Knaggs, was the daughter of
Benjamin Mathews and Sarah Celestia Squires (Mathews).
I have not been able to learn very much about the Matthews branch of the family. It
seems that the progenitor came from Wales and settled in Barbour County, West
Virginia. Troy R. Brady remembers his great-grandmother, Sarah Celestia Squires
Mathews, who was an old lady when he was a small boy. He remembers her as a very
old lady who sat by the fireplace in Ins grandmother's home and smoked her corn cob
pipe. He never forgot that she held the bowl of the pipe in the palm of her hand, with
her elbow against her body and the stem in her mouth as she smoked. She never
spoke except to answer questions Evidently this habit of smoking caused her very
painful death at the age of 78 years. She thought someone had hid her tobacco and
she was searching for it in the cupboard above the fireplace, when she lost her footing
and fell into the fire. She died three days later. As far as we have been able to learn
she and Benjamin Mathews were the parents of six children, three sons and three
daughters. They were:
II. 1. Nettie, who married John Wm. Poling and moved to Indiana. They had
three children-Ralph, Alma and Esther (Hinkle)
2. Asa Lorenzo, who married Ode Williams and after her death he married
her sister, Lou. All his children were by his first wife. They were:
1. Frank A., who married Pearl Brady, who was Troy's father's sister.
(Their descendents listed under the Brady genealogy.)
2. Mary (unmarried)
3. Vent, who married Earl Zinn,
4. Ruth, who married Gail Lambert, (Am Matthew and his son,
Frank, ran a general store in Junior for many years in the early
1900's. Asa sold the store to Frank later and moved to Clarksburg,
W. Va. The store was sold after Frank was killed in an auto
accident)
3. Andrew Jackson, married a Beavers. Daughter Dom (perhaps other
children)
4. James Allen, m. Alice Dillingham and moved to Indiana
5. Mary Jane, who married John Robert Knaggs
6. Elizabeth, m. John Wesley Stretchberry. They had six children: Joseph,
Edna (Hawkins), Bergia (Tatterson), Ethel, Mary (Derrah), and Harold.
This new page added August 27, 1980.
We visited with Richard R. Tatterson and his wife at their home in Point Pleasant, W.
Va., Aug. 2, 1980. We were paying Mrs. Harry Miller a short visit, and had taken her
to Pt. Pleasant for lunch. He is the son of Bergie Stretchberry Tatterson, who passed
away in 1979. His mother was named for Troy Brady's mother, but they ended her
name with an "e" instead of an "a."
Richard gave us the names of his uncles and aunts, and the correct order of their
births. Since they were not in our direct line of ancestors we did not try to get any
other information on them. He was going to a Stretchberry reunion the next day, in
Fairmont, and said he would try to find out where Sarah Celestia Squires Mathews
and her husband, Benjamin Mathews are buried. A few days later we had a letter from
him. I will transcribe it below.
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2010 Maxwell Rd.
Pt Pleasant, W. Va. 15550
17 Aug. 1980
Dear Troy,
**********************************************
We were happy to meet you and Mrs. Brady. I remember my mother
telling about her cousin, who was a minister, and she was quite proud.
I visited with Aunt Mary Darrah and she remembered when her
grandmother, Sarah Matthew [sic] lived with them & died when Aunt Mary
was quite young. She evidently died of burn injuries resulting from her
falling backward into an open fireplace. She died three days later and was
buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in East Fairmont.
I visited the cemetery while in Fairmont. The cemetery lots contain
the grave of Allen Matthew, (Oct 10, 1868 - Dec. 15, 1900) A son of Sarah
Matthew and the graves of Sarah Matthew (1836 - 1913) and of
Grandmother & Grandfather J. W. Stretchberry.
Aunt Mary wasn't sure where Benj. Matthew was buried, but she
thinks it was either in Grafton or Junior.
I hope you are back in our area again and will call on us. I hope the
information is useful & that you are successful in obtaining the other data
that you need.
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Sincerely Yours,
Richard Tatterson
Almost all the information on the Squires branch of our family which follows was
contained in a letter to us from Joy L. Gilchrist, of West Lafayette, Ohio, in June of
1984. She was anxious to secure information on the Knaggs branch of the family, so
it was a good exchange for both of us, I hope.
I have tried to arrange her research for my records in my usual form, beginning with
Roman numeral, I, for the progenitor of the family in America and designating each
succeeding generation with the Roman numerals which follow.
I. Thomas Squires-died late in 1779 or early 1780 (A tobacco plantation owner,
Loudoun County, Va., near Goose Creek) He married Anne Toelle and
Nehemiah Squires was a son, with perhaps siblings.
II. Nehemiah Squires, married Sarah Poland. Her death record give her
parents as John and Nancy Poland. (Poling/Polen) They had, at least
four sons and two daughters, namely: John, who is the ancestor of Troy
Robert Brady; Thomas, who is the ancestor of Joy T. Gilchrist; Wesley,
the ancestor of Marion Challender, (mother amateur genealogist who
lives in Montana); and Samuel Dudley, (John and Samuel married
sisters, Mary and Elizabeth Fortney.)

III. John Squires, b. 4-3-1793 d. 7-12-1869 m. Mary Fortney (The
Squires and Fortney families moved to Preston County, W. Va.,
(then Virginia) together around 1795, and lived adjacent to each
other. Mary's parents were Daniel and Barbara (Pickenpaugh)
Fortney. John and Mary were the parents of 13 children (Troy R.
Brady's great-grandmother was the 9th child.)
Information below is from research of Elizabeth Thrash Brady:
IV. Sarah Celestia Squires, b. 1836 d. 1913 (This information
is on her grave marker in Maple Grove Cemetery,
Fairmont, W. Va. This information was sent to us by
Richard Tatterson, of Pt. Pleasant, W. Va., in 1980. Her
husband is probably buried in Junior or Grafton, it is
thought by his relatives. Her husband was Benjamin
Matthews. Their children were: Nettie, Am Lorenzo,
Andrew Jackson, James Allen, Mary Jane, and Elizabeth.
'Old" Laurel Fork Cemetery, Located in Upshur County, W. Va.
We were able to reconstruct the following tombstones at the "old" Laurel Fork
Cemetery, situated on a hillside on Laurel Fork Road, two-tenths of a mile from the
Adrian-Evergreen Road, not far from Buckhannon, W. Va.
Eleven people worked on cleaning and renovating the old graveyard where Troy
Brady's great-grandparents, William Sherman Brady and Frances Jane Lemons are
buried The Brady "clan" bought a new marker for their groves, since Wm. S. marker
was just a large fieldstone. It, as well as the marker placed for her, were left standing
as they were. (After hers was repaired)
All the tombstones in the cemetery were broken, in from two to five pieces, and one
was so demolished that we could not reconstruct it, or even make out the mime. We
were not able to find parts of two or three others, but Troy repaired all that could be
repaired by cementing patio blocks to the backs of them. I (Elizabeth T. Brady) spent
most of my time deciphering the inscriptions on the tombstones. The epitaphs were
especially hard to read. By sanding them with a stone I was able to make out most of
the inscriptions. Several of the graves had only field stones as markets (perfectly
blank), but the others are:
1. Frances J., -Wife of Wm S. Brady,--Died-OCT 26,1882--Aged-52 Ys 10 Ms. 25
Ds.
Our mother here lies under ground, The dearest friend we ever found;
But through the Lord's unbounded love, We’ll meet again in realms above.
2. Gilbert,-- Son of J.J. & E. Lemons--Died Sept 14, 1872-Aged-1 m. 14 D.
Earth counts a mortal less , Heaven an angel more.
3. Viola,--daughter of J. & L. C. Perry--Died Jan. 10, 1877-Aged-2 Y. 11 too. 9D.
Lone is the house, And sad the home
Since thy sweet smile is gone.
Another better home than ours
In heavens now thy own.
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4. Ellen E. -Wife of A. W. Brady.- Died Mar. 31, 1882-Aged 20 Ys. im. 24 Ds
Husband and children I must leave you.
Leave--yes, leave you all alone,
But my blessed Saviour calls me—
Calls me to a heavenly home.
5. Llewellyn E.-Son of A. W. Brady-Died May 18, 1882-Aged 2 Ms. & 9 Ds. (I could
not decipher the epitaph on this stone.)
6. Mary B. Daughter of-A. W. & E. E. Brady--Died Sept 12, 1884 -Aged 6 Y. 5 M.
21D.
Lone is the house and sad the home
Since thy sweet smile is gone,
But, Oh! a brighter home than ours
In heavens now thine own
7. Nola M.--Daughter of A. W. & E. E. Brady-Died Sept 26, 1884-Aged 4Ys. 9Ms.
8d.
Sweetly sleep my precious daughter
Holy angels guard thy bed
Gently rest in Jesus, darling,
Till he calls thee from thy rest
8. George T., Son of-J. C. & M. E. Bmdydy--Died--Jmte 30, 1884-Aged-2Ys. 8 ms.
4 Ds.
One little angel more Singing with voice so sweet flinging its crown of
gold Down at the Saviour’s feet
9. Marion H.-Daughter of J. J. & E. Lemons--Died--Aug. 13, 1884-Aged 9 yts. 23
das.
Dearest child thou hast left us
And thy loss we deeply feel
Tis the Lord that hath bereft us
Of the one we loved so well.
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TRANSCRIBED FROM RESEARCH NOTES (Cemetery Searches)
Ever since I became interested in my family history I have wanted to go to Albemarle
and Nelson Counties in Virginia, because I learned early that my mother's people, the
Wingfields and Hendersons, settled in that section after coming from their native
lands. Later they came across the mountains into what is now West Virginia just
before, or during, the Civil War. In August of 1977 we decided that we would do wine
real research on our "Roots" each week, before going to Florida for the winter.
We spent the entire day of August 31st equipping the car for camping and the next
day started for Nelson County. Almost the entire day of September 1st was spent in
the small Court House in Lovingston, with very gratifying results. My forbearers really
began to come to life when I saw legal documents concerning them. Some of these
records we found in Nelson County and wine the next day in Albemarle County. We
noted a lot of records and jotted them down, to be compared with what we already
have. Of course we know that many of them will not concern my direct line of descent,
but I was able to verify so much that my records took on the look of a much corrected
thesis. I plan to make each of our sons a copy after we have completed our research.
We returned again to Nelson and Albemarle Counties on October 4th to double check
our records and to get photo static copies of the legal documents which concerned our
ancestors. These copies cost us $9.50.
Between the two trips to these two counties we made a trip to Page County, on Sept
15th, to search the records there, for information on the Row side of Troy’s family.
Tradition told us that Benjamin and Sally had come from Germany and settled in Page
County, Virginia, but we were not sure this was correct, until we found there the deed
to 200+ acres that they had purchased. The results of this trip are fully recorded in
the Row history section of this volume.
During Senior Citizens' Camp at Ev-Un-Breth Acres in 1977 plans were made to meet
there the third week in September, to remodel one of the dormitories to better
accommodate married couples. Dr. and Mrs. Miles, Guy and Oma Clevenger, Jim and
Opal Reed, Clellie and Ruby Rexroad, Troy and I reported for work on Monday. Troy
got up at daybreak on the 20th and painted several hours before breakfast, so that we
would feel free to leave camp early in the afternoon. We wanted to search for the burial
place of his great-grandparents, William Sherman Brady and his wife, Frances Jane
(Lemons) Brady.
We had already visited with his father's first cousin, Flora Brady Tiller, who knew the
location of the old cemetery. Flora will be 82 years old on the 6th of November of this
year. She and her sister, Lillie Gould, are the only living children of William Tecumseh
Sherman Brady, a brother of Troy's grandfather. Flora could pass for 70 in both looks
and agility and she wanted to accompany us to the cemetery. She had lived in the
vicinity of Buckhannon, W. Va. all her life, and passed within a quarter of a mile of the
graveyard, yet had never visited the graves of her grandparents! When we got to the
area of the graves and learned that it would be a rather hard climb up a brushy
hillside, we asked if she would like to wait in the car for us. She was anxious to go and
seemed to make her way up the hill almost as easily as we did.
The burial ground was in deplorable condition. The fence had been down for years,
but a few old leaning posts and some completely flat, told us fairly well the area of the
burial grounds. Many of the groves were marked with field stones only, and not a
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single commercial marker was intact Some were so crushed that they could not be
put back together. All those buried there seemed to be of Brady or Lemons descent.
There were several graves of people that Troy and Flora knew by tradition. We had just
about decided that Troy's grandparents' graves were just marked with field stones and
we would not be able to identify them when I noticed a white gleam near the top of the
hill, beyond the other graves. This proved to be the marker for the grave of Troy's
great-grandmother, and although broken in two we could read all but the poetry
inscription at its base. It read:
Frances J.
Wife of Wm. S. Brady
Died
Oct. 26, 1882
Aged
57 ys. 10 mo. 25ds.
She must have been born in December of 1824. She died before the death of her
husband His children had not placed a marker at his grave, but there was a grave by
her’s marked with two large field stones, so we were sure that one was his.
Allen Wane Brady was one of the sons of the above couple. He was married three
times, and the grave of his fast young wife and two of her children were in this old
cemetery. Troy knew this great-uncle as Uncle Bo. His wife's inscription read:
Ellen E., wife of A. W. Brady,
Died March 31, 1882
Aged 20 ys. 1 mo. 24 ds.
Our mother lies here underground
The dearest friend we ever found,
But through the Lord's unbounded love
We'll meet again in heaven above.
The broken markers of the children's graves gave the following information:
Llewelyn E., Died
May 19, 1882
Age 2 mo. 9 da.
The dates show that the mother died when this baby was born.
Mary B., Died
Sept 17, 1884
Age 5 yrs. 5 mo. 21 da.
In case someone reading this is interested in finding this old graveyard, it is on the left
of the road leading to the Laurel Fork United Methodist Church, from the Adrian-
Evergreen Road. In 1977, there was a mobile home near the road and the cemetery lay
up the hill and a little to the left of its location. We inquired about it and the lady there
gave us directions. She said she would go with us but had company at that time.
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She came while we were still there and helped Flora back down the hill. Troy was
thrilled to find a perfect piece of petrified wood just down the hill from where the
fence had been. It will be a little memento to pass on to a descendent. If the person
who gets it does not care for it, give it to someone who will enjoy it. There may be a
rock collector in the family.
We stayed one more night at Ev-Un-Breth Acres after the other workers had gone
home. The work was finished by noon on the 21 st. Troy and I spent a little time that
afternoon in the courthouse in Buckhannon, then went on to Tenmile. Here we went
through the cemetery near the Tenmile Baptist Church. I was thrilled to find the grave
of my great-uncle, Robert E. Wingfield, whose obituary I have had in my possession for
over fifty years. It was always kept in the family Bible and since I was such a great
hand to keep scrapbooks mother gave it to me. We were searching for the graves of my
great-grandparents, the Wingfields. Not finding them here we decided to inquire at a
farmhouse, to learn if there were private cemeteries in the area. We stopped at the
Paul Shaw home and to our surprise learned that we were on the very farm where the
Wingfields had settled when they came from Albemarle County, Virginia, before the
Civil
War.
Mr. Shaw was a very friendly man and we enjoyed talking to him. He invited me into
the house and showed me, through the dining room window, the burial place of my
great-grandparents. It was a little fenced in plot in the middle of his pasture field. Mr.
Shaw was alone and waiting for a call to train duty but he told us to feel free to drive
or walk out to the burial ground.
I opened the cattle gate and we drove out to inspect the graveyard. There was a nice
marker for the graves of Robert C. and his wife, Eliza, and smaller ones for their
daughter-in-law, Sarah Jane Wingfield, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Selina E. I
learned later that the young girl was the "Fanny," mentioned in the obituary of Robert
E. Wingfield. This was according to Artie Norvell. When I compare the dates of the
deaths, I am not sure of this. (I am copying the notes again while in Florida and do not
have the obituary with me.) Sarah Jane died in 1887 and her daughter a little over a
year later. Her father-in-law did not die until 1905. Those are the dates on the
tombstones. Robert E. never remarried and the section of the farm where the four
graves are located had probably passed into the hands of the Shaws, since he was
buried in the church cemetery instead of by his wife. Mr. Shaw said the farm had been
in their family for three
generations.
I have in my possession a little booklet published by the Farm Women's Club of
Upshur County. A short history is given of the Tenmile Baptist Church, along with
other Centennial Churches in this county. Four of the seven charter members of the
church were Wingfields; both my great-grandparents, and two of my great-uncles.
From this booklet I quote:
"The Tenmile Baptist Church was organized by seven people who had
immigrated from Virginia: H. H. Leigh; the R. C. Wingfields; R. E. Wingfield; the
George T. Herndons, and John R. Wingfield; Being members of Baptist
Churches in Nelson and Taylor Counties, Virginia, their first move was to
establish a new church in this wilderness beyond the mountains.
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"R. C. Wingfield bought 531 acres of land for $2.00 an acre sight unseen, through a
land agent in Virginia. His home church, Adial Baptist Church still stands at
Nellyford, Virginia. He and his wife, Eliza, are buried in a private cemetery on the Paul
Shaw property--Eliza in her good black burying dress, which she kept for many years
in waiting. Preacher Bard preached Mother Wingfield's service at the same time as that
of his grandson, although they had been buried weeks before."
A deed is recorded in the Buckhannon Courthouse; Deed Book "B" gives the acreage of
great-grandfather's farm as 518, and the cost as $1150.
RESEARCH SEPTEMBER 22 nd AND 23 rd - 1977
At the Thrash reunion at Ted's and Blossom's this year some of us made plans to visit
our brother's, Wilbur and Percy’s graves. Beulah, Buddy, Troy and I had been there
recently and noticed that the lettering on the monument was hard to decipher. We
decided that some of us would go back, pick it up and take it to the Kelly Monument
Works in Elkins, West Virginia, for recutting. Gotthart did not know that a monument
had been bought for their graves by Mother and Dad, after they moved to Akron. He
may have just forgotten it.
The arrangements made was for Elms to pick Gotthart up and drive to Ruby's in
Elizabeth, W. Va. There they would get with Ruby and John and the four would meet
us in Burnsville. We would already be at the church camp for the work week, so that
would shorten the trip so much for us. We were to meet in Burnsville, at 10:00 am. on
the 22 nd. This plan worked out fairly well except that Gotthart was not able to make
the trip.
Since we were there about 9:00 o’clock, we decided to visit the town cemetery. We
inquired at a house adjacent to the graveyard and was told by the lady that her
parents and a grandchild were interred there; that she had been over it hundreds of
times and that no Hendersons or Thrashes were buried there. So we just killed time by
going from one service station to another, so we would not miss the others. They did
not come until almost noon, so we had time to interview some of the older citizens. We
talked to some who remembered my mother's sister, May Carder, and her family. They
had retired in Burnsville, but of course none were old enough to remember my mother
or her parents.
We visited the cemetery where the boys are buried and picked up the marker there,
after eating our lunches together in Sutton. Ruby pointed out the school she attended
in the first grade and we took some pictures of her them. The school is now a
community building.
We were hoping all of us could stay in Sutton or Burnsville at a motel that night but
John and Ruby seemed anxious to get back home. I know Elma was very disappointed
that she could not stay with us. We had quite a time finding the first cemetery we
visited. It was a comparatively new one, up the river from Sutton, just below the
Sutton Dam. We were almost sure it was not the one where our people were buried.
Ruby had told us that it was on a steep hill. They had buried one of the Carder boys
there before the death of Don Pomroy (Ruby's husband, and funeral director in
Elizabeth, W. Va.).
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After much searching and asking questions we located the right one. The road to it
was absolutely impassable with a car; very steep and eroded. Here we found the
graves of Aunt Mollie and her husband, Joseph Ritter. Mollie’s real name was Mary
Frances. Aunt Mildred May Carder and her husband, Rev. Jacob Carder and their son,
Henderson, are also buried in this cemetery. Henderson was the cousin Ruby and Don
buried. I doubt very much that the others would have been able to walk up there if
they had stayed.
This abandoned cemetery is about a quarter of a mile up the Little Kanawha River
from Burnsville. We were not able to locate the graves of my grandparents, William
Warder Henderson and Elizabeth Ann Wingfield Henderson. Later Ruby said they were
there in the row with the other relatives; probably in graves marked with field stone.
Not having this information we continued to inquire and search. When we got to
Napier a lady told us she was sure they were buried in a little, abandoned cemetery on
a hill in back of the Baptist Church in Burnsville. In our inquiries we learned that
many bodies had been moved from old sites, to allow the Sutton Dam to be built.
These had been placed in a nice location on Saltlick Road, near Gem, W. Va. Either
their own markers had been moved and reset at the new location, or the government
had placed small, substantial ones for them, with just their names and dates. If the
person was unknown the word "Unknown" was on the marker. There was also a
bronze plaque for each family group. We searched this cemetery thoroughly, hoping to
locate my grandparents.
We went on to Napier, but there was no cemetery at the church. We asked who we
could contact that might be able to give us information about old inhabitants. We were
directed to an old gentleman by the name of Singleton. He lived on Old Route 19,
northeast of Heaters, W. Va. He said "Yes, I knew Mike Thrash well and his son Claud.
He used to run a store here." He also told us that he remembered my grandfather's
funeral although he was a small boy at that time, and that he was buried in the Big
Run Cemetery. He gave us directions on how to find it. We went up to the top of the
hill at Napier. At the church we turned right on a stone-based road, went down a steep
hill, passing two houses; then through a gate and up the hill to the right. In this little
cemetery we found the graves of my Thrash grandparents, Rachel Elma Crislip Thrash
and Michael Thrash. There was a tombstone at Grandfather's grave, but none at
Grandmothers. He died in 1903 and she in 1909.
In the Buxton County Courthouse in Sutton we found the will of Grandfather. It was
dated just exactly a week before his death. He was too weak to sign his name and just
signed an "x". It was witnessed by two Napier neighbors. He was a merchant so I knew
he could write. (Years later this was confirmed when I was given a letter he had
written to a half-brother. A copy of this letter was reproduced in my book, "Reclaimed
Memories," in 1991.)
Uncle Claude and Aunt Dora were still single and living at home. Yet Claude got
everything, including the personal property as well as the real estate. The other ten
children were to get $10.00 each, to be paid to them by Claude within two years. No
security was required, so I wonder if they ever received that. Claude was to take care
of Grandmother. Some of the older cousins disagree as to where she died. Sister Ruby
and first cousin, Amy Wilson, thinks she did live with Claude until her death. Rachel
Swisher (Day) thinks she was with Aunt Dora for a period of time and died in her
home.
Aunt Dora Rader and her husband, Burton, are buried on the Thrash lot in the
cemetery. Evidently, Aunt Dora had the markers placed soon after her husband's
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death. His stone is cut with the dates of his birth and death, 1880-1931, but hers is
cut with only her birth, 1880. She died just seven months after the death of Burton.
We visited her in the summer of '32 and she died September 11, 1932. She was not
bedfast when we were there, but was in bad condition, with much swelling in her legs
and body.
Taken at the abandoned
gravesite on the hill above
Junior. We found only one
broken marker here. It was for
the grandmother of Mary
Brady. It stated simply: Sarahwife
of B. Row--Bore 1810-
Died 1866. We were told by
Dayton Brady that there were
other bodies buried there. In
addition to Sarah Rinehart
Row there was her daughterin-law,
Delilah Williams Row,
the first wife of Andrew
Jackson Row, and her infant
child. It was thought that she
died in childbirth. Delilah and
Andrew Row were the parents
of Mary Row Brady,
PHOTOGRAPHS: BRADY FAMILY
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Troy is standing at the gravesite of his great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Row. The
tall shaft is his monument. His father, Benjamin Row, is also buried in Valley River
Cemetery, one mile north of Junior, W. Va., on the west side of the river. It is
commonly called "The Dunkard Graveyard" by local people. This picture was taken
Sept 15, 1977.
Granville and Mary Row
Brady are buried in the
Valley River Cemetery, one
mile northwest of Junior, W.
Va.
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This picture was taken of Troy, Zylpha and Bland
Brady, outside their home in Junior, W. Va. The
children were two, four and six years old. The
comfort, which their mother hung as a background,
was made of suit samples. The date was 1912.
This was the first reunion of the Walter Brady family. It was taken in the United Brethren Parsonage, at Pricetown, W.
Va., Nov. 26, 1939. All members of his family were present. Troy was pastoring the Freemansburg Circuit of the United
Brethren Church, at the time. First Row: Rita Jean and Howard Brady, Allen and Bobby Sturdivant, Marion Brady and
Adriel Thrash. Middle Row: Rosalyn and Jerry Sturdivant, Helen, Lois and Elizabeth Brady, Zylpha Hinkle, and
Blossom Thrash. Back Row: Walter (Dad), Bland and Troy Brady, Arthur Sturdivant, Ted Thrash and Creede Hinkle.
Zylpha Hinkle, Troy, Blossom Thrash, Walter, Rosalyn Sturdivant, Bland, and Lois Brady,
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WALTER BRADY AND HIS
CHILDREN
Zylpha Hinkle, Troy, Blossom
Thrash, Walter, Rosalyn
Sturdivant, Bland, and Lois Brady.
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The only living children of
Granville and Mary Brady in
the summer of 1949. Taken at
a Brady reunion, in the City
Park, in Belington, West
Virginia. Front: Dayton and
Francis. Back: Charles, Walter,
Glen, Lulu Valentine and Pearl
DeSau.

Walter and Lina Brady
Marion and Dorothy Brady’s family, Thanksgiving Day, 1963. Front: Jonathon, Heather and Drew. Back: Lanny,
Dorothy, Marion and Skip, E.U.B. Parsonage, Bradenton, Florida.
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Grace, Howard, Robert and Beth
Brady, Thanksgiving Day, 1963,
Bradenton, Florida.
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Brady family reunion, Oct
1971.
Front: Troy, Rosalyn and
Blossom
Back: Bland, Lois, and Zylpha

Troy and Marion at the grave of
Troy’s father and mother in
Junior.
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CHILDREN OF DEWEY AND LOIS JACKSON
(Insert: Lois) Sandra Lou, age 10; Frances Mae, age 8; Beverly Lynn, age 2; William
Rodney, age 4; Back Row: Karen Sue, age 14; Marilyn Yvonne, age 16 (Died 1984);
Darlena Elizabeth, age 11.
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A little “get-together” at the home of Troy and Elizabeth Brady, in Sharpes, Florida
Front: Troy and Jonathon Brady, Jeremiah and Joshua Crum, Savannah White, Lanny Brady
and Shauna Boes. Back: Edward Coleman (Jackie’s brother), Elizabeth Brady, Jackie, and
Drew Brady, Heather and Mike White, Joy Brady.
Mark, Grace and Londa Beth Brady, at the dinner celebration of the 65 th Wedding
Anniversary of Troy and Elizabeth Brady, held at the Holiday House Restaurant, in
Titusville, Florida.
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Some of the Brady family members present at the wedding of Anson Mullen and Tracey Paille, June 29,
1991. Front Row: Savannah White, Brian Brady (on his mother’s lap), and Anna Mullen. Seated: Sylvia
(Skip) Mullen, Heidi Brady, and Heather White. Standing, third row: Joy Brady, Elizabeth and Troy
Brady, Shannon Boes, Drew and Marion Brady. Back: Dana Mullen, Jonathon Brady, Lanny Brady, and
Mary Joliet.
Troy and Elizabeth Brady Helen and Bland Brady
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Zylpha and Creede Hinkle
Rosalyn Sturdivant
Blossom and Ted Thrash
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Zylpha and Dan Perdue Lois and Louie Braghieri
Marion Brady and Dorothy William’s Wedding picture, July 27, 1946
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Lanny and Mary at the 65 th wedding anniversary of Lanny’s grandparents,
Troy & Elizabeth Brady June 30, 1991
Dorothy Brady, 1948 or ‘49
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Marion Brady, with two of his sons, Jonathon and Drew.
Heather and Mike White and daughter, Savannah
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Lanny Brady
Jonathon Brady
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Marion and Joy Brady, 1991
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August 14, 1989. The night before we picked up the check for the Singer’s Glen
Property, which we owned for thirty-three years. The larger U-haul truck was packed
in the driveway and we were wrestling with two emotions; sorrow at turning over a
home we loved to new owners, and gratitude that all we had done had gone so well in
closing the deal, and disposing of the things we did not want to move to our new
Florida home. (Troy and Elizabeth Brady, sons – Howard and Marion and daughterin-law,
Grace.)
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David and Nancy Sturdivant and granddaughter, Chandra Day.
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THE THRASH FAMILY IN AMERICA
I have no way of knowing which, or if any, of the traditions concerning the beginnings
of the Thrash family in America are true. One legend states that five brothers came
over together from Europe; another that there were two, another only one. These
claims all say the person or persons came to the new world from England. But another
version definitely gives Switzerland as the land of origin and that the name had been
changed from "Thrush" to "Thrash," by the branch of the family who emigrated to West
Virginia from Pennsylvania. (See new information on later pages.)
Up until 1983 I assumed that the family was definitely of English origin. This
assumption was strengthened on Jan. 4, 1945, when I read a letter in the home of a
Thrash family in Lancaster, Ohio. This letter was written by Louis Dale Thrash, Jr., of
Ashville, North Carolina. It was as follows:
The name `Thrash' is almost dead in England, its original country. By an
odd coincidence I noticed the name Thrash in Time Magazine. I wrote to
Native High Court, Judge Walter Thrash, in South Africa. His family
came to South Africa from England in 1903. Back in England there was
a Miss Anna Thrash, a 56 year old unmarried midwife. She had a brother
with two daughters. Since these are the only Thrashes that Anna knows
about, the name is probably headed for extinction there.
When we talked with Mary Thrash, of Clarksburg, W. Va., her records seemed to me to
have a ring of authenticity. She believes that the Thrash family came from Switzerland
to America. It was she who said that the name had been changed.
I do remember my father saying once that "Thrash" and "Thrush" were from the same
family. When we researched the Hampshire County, W. Va., Court House records we
came across both spellings, but only followed through on the "Thrash" spelling.
This county was the birthplace of our progenitor, Michael Thrash, who married Rachel
Lima Crislip. If I had known for sure that the name had been changed I might have
been able to learn more of the early history of the family. Since research is tiring, time
consuming and expensive I may have to leave further research to someone younger.
In the early 1940s I was told by an elderly aunt that my great-grandfather's first name
was "John" and that his wife's name was "Rachel" but she could not remember her
family name. Later I learned that it was Oomsteott and that her father was Samuel
Oomsteott. By the time of her death the name had undergone several changes in
spellings as was common with foreign names. (Omstott, Umstott) They were of German
origin.
In my research I found many legal documents concerning a "John Thrash" and his
wife, Prudence, sometimes written simply as "Prudie." Since I was never able to
connect this "John" with Rachael I thought that my great-grandfather must be John
Thrash, II. It was not until 1983 that I obtained, through Patricia (Patty) Jones, a third
cousin, the early records of the late Guy Tetrick, of Fairmont. They are now in the
possession of his son in Clarksburg, W. Va. His records and the records of Virginia
Thrash Chapman, of Johnstown, W. Va. show that our ancestor was married twice.
The last death that Mr- Tetrick recorded for the Thrash' family was in 1915, so they
are very old. When I found the will of John Thrash, on Oct. 19, 1977, 1 knew that I
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had found a valuable genealogical resource. The year before my son had sent me two
xeroxed pages from the Roane Co., history which I found interesting, also.
"John Thrash and Prudie, his wife, were the first settlers on Hughes
River, in what is now Ritchie County, West Virginia. There they made out
of the forest their farm and home and brought up the following children:
[1] Richard, [6] Mike, [7] John, [8] David, [3] William and a son and
daughter whose names we do not have."
All the children named in the history are by the first wife, Rachel. Another quote from
the book which concerned the family:
"Cicero Columbus Thrash, the first of this family name to make a home
in Roane County, was born near Petroleum, Ritchie County, Western
Virginia, May 29, 1854, son of William and Lizzie (Marple) Thrash."
All the children named in the Roane County History were named in the will, as well as
eight additional children. Michael was given the full name in the will. In the will the
three sons by the second wife, Worthington, Joseph Warren, and Nathaniel Green
were willed 80 acres, 79 acres, and 53 acres in that order. In return each was to pay
$666.66, plus a later payment of $400.00 each. These three were to be responsible for
the maintenance of the mother. A later codicil gave the farm tools to Joseph and
Nathaniel.
The next children mentioned in the will were sons, Richard, Jacob, and William, who
were to receive $200.00 each. The 7th child named was Katherine, who had married a
Watson but was deceased. Her children were to receive $200.00 also. My grandfather,
Michael, was to receive $300.00 and Eliza (Armstrong) $250.00. Laverna was the 13th
and last child mentioned. She was to receive $250.00. This will was made in 1878 and
probated in Harrison County 10 years later.
Singers Glen, Va., Sept. 6, 1984:
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Around Christmas time in 1983 I received a letter from Patty Jones, who is a
granddaughter of my first cousin, Amy Wilson. In the letter she stated that she had
received some very interesting information from Vaughnita Yost Thrash, while doing
research in the Fairmont, West Virginia public library.
On our way home from Sharpes, Florida, to our home in Singers Glen, Va. we went
quite a distance off the direct route home, in order to visit Troy's sister in Fayetteville,
W. Va., and his brother in Clarksburg, W. Va. This route took us rather close to two
amateur genealogists who had written us for information on the Thrash and Knaggs
families. We stopped for short visits with each of them, Virginia Thrash Chapman of
Johnstown, and Charlene Knaggs Gibson of Dailey, West Virginia. Virginia lives on the
ancestral farm of John and Prudence Thrash. John is my great-grandfather, but
Prudence Hickman Thrash was his second wife and I am a descendent of his first wife,
Rachel Oomsteott Thrash. From the evidence I have gathered I believe that John
moved to this location after the death of Rachel. She is not buried in the cemetery in
Johnstown, but John and Prudence are. Rachel is buried in Overfield Cemetery, near
Philippi, Barbour Co.
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Virginia is of my generation, but much younger than I. Her grandfather was younger
than mine and her father was not married until late in fife. Virginia was born when
he was 60 years of age and she is the only child. His wife taught school for 40 years
and lived with her daughter at the time of our visit.
While visiting with Virginia we learned much about the two families of John Thrash
and visited the impressive brick church constructed during the lifetime of our mutual
great-grandfather. We found that the church would celebrate its 100 anniversary later
that year. This special service we were privileged to attend.
Virginia gave me two pages of xeroxed materials which she had received from Mary
Thrash of Clarksburg. When I studied it in connection with that received from Patty
Jones, I concluded that they were from the same source. The xeroxed manuscript,
which I received from Virginia Chapman states that the original spelling of the name
was "Thrush," which was later changed to "Thrash." Another confirmation that my
father had been right.
"John Thrush (I) was born in Switzerland and came to America from
Switzerland several years before the revolution (1775-83). He brought with him his
wife and three sons. More sons and daughters were born in America. They settled
in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
"John Thrush (I) had sons named Martin, Barney, Richard and John and
daughters who married men by the name of Frye, Andrew Foor and Greenwalt.
"To this place of adventure and hardship they brought the stories and customs
of their native land and the mother told her children the story of the mouse tower
and how it looked when she saw it as they came down the River Rhine on their
way to America. They were six weeks on the water. Then there was another story
of the pot of gold handed down from one to the other. They were all musically
inclined and the violin was their main instrument. Many of the violins were made
with their own hands and the pieces they played were often of their own
composition.
"The Thrush family moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania To
Rockingham County, Virginia in 1804 and thence to Mineral County, (West)
Virginia, in 1807.
"John Thrush It, the youngest son of John I, was born in America. He married
Margaret Miller, a lady doctor from Philadelphia. This family moved to what is now
Mineral County, West Virginia. This couple had a son named John III. This son
married Rachael Umstott, near Burlington, West Virginia.
"John Thrush III and his wife Rachel moved to Petroleum, Ritchie County, West
Virginia, and later to Harrison County and their last name spelling was changed
to"'Thrash," probably due to the flat pronunciation given the name by a family of
Gary Staggs, that moved from Mineral County with them. The mother was a
"Thrush."
"To this marriage was born ten children: William, Richard, John, David, Michael,
Jacob, Jackson, Laverna, Eliza and Catherine. In 1850 near Johnstown, Michael
Thrash died."
The above information was in the Mary Thrash manuscript. (Note that the information
on the death of Michael Thrash is incorrect. His father died in 1850; this may account
for the error. Michael died in 1903.) 1 learned from Virginia Thrash Chapman that
Rachel is buried in Overfield Cemetery near Phillipi in Barbour Co. John III and his
second wife, Prudence Hickman, are both buried in Johnstown, Harrison Co.
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All of the above ten children are mentioned in the will of their father, In the will
Catherine is spelled with a 'K' but she was deceased at the time the will was written
in 1878 and her children were to inherit $200.00. Mary Thrash's manuscript gives the
names of four children--Green, Worthington, Joe and Frances, as being the children of
John III by his second wife. In the will Frances is not named but the other three sons
received the bulk of the estate, with some strings attached as to some payment for the
lands received and the care of the mother. They were listed as Worthington, Joseph
Warren and Nathaniel Green. Sometime later I learned that Frances had died in 1866,
before the will was written.
If Mary Thrash and Vaughnita Yost Thrash are correct in their research our branch of
the Thrash family originated in Switzerland instead of England. The following pages
assumes that to be correct.
The Johnstown Church built in 1884. We
attended the Centennial Celebration in
September of 1984. (The two pictures were
taken earlier that year on our way to Singers
Glen, after the winter in Florida. The tiny
figures in front of the building are Kyle and
Virginia Chapman and Elizabeth Brady.)
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Virginia Thrash Chapman with
Troy and Elizabeth Thrash Brady
THE THRUSH-THRASH LINE OF DESCENT
I. John Thrush (I) came to Lancaster Co, Pa. from Switzerland before the
Revolutionary War. Wife's name unknown. They were the parents of at least
seven children: Martin R., Barnabas, Richard, Susan (Greenwalt), John, a
daughter who married a "Frye", and one who married Andrew Foor.
II. John (II), only son born in America, married Margaret Miller. They moved
from Lancaster Co., Pa., to Hampshire Co., Va., now W. Va.
III. John (III) The spelling of the name was changed to 'Thrash'. First
wife, Rachel Oomsteott (Omstott-Umstott), mother of first ten
children. After her death he married Prudence Hickman. They had
four children. Our ancestor was the first wife, Rachael, mother of
Michael.
IV. Michael Thrash, married Rachel Elma Crislip. They were
the parents of 14 children. Michael was born in Hampshire
Co., W. Va.
V. Marion James Thrash, born in Clarksburg, W. Va.
Boyhood home on Copen Run, in Braxton Co, W. Va.
married Lillie Josephine Henderson. They had 10
children.
VI. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash,
m. Troy Robert Brady.
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VII. Marion and Howard
VI. Theodore Frank Thrash (Ted)
m. Blossom Brady
VII. Adriel and Sharon
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VIII. Eighth Generation Offspring:
Marion had five children: Lanny, Sylvia, Heather, Drew and Jonathon. Howard had
three: Robert, Londa Beth and Mark. At the present time (1993) Marion has 9
grandchildren: Anson, Kendal and Anna Mullen, Jeremiah and Joshua Crum,
Savannah and Joseph White, Brian Brady, and Caitlin McLeod. Howard has two
grandchildren, Patrick and Troy Robert Brady, (II).
Blossom and Ted had two children, Adriel Brady Thrash (Sonny) and Sharon Bea
(Schaible). Sonny had two children, Wendy and Todd. Sharon had four, Julie, Marc,
Stephen and Leigh Ann.
The Family Of John Thrash (III) By His Two Wives:
First wife was Rachel Oomsteott, the daughter of Samuel Oomsteott. After her death,
which occurred in 1850, he married Prudence Hickman, daughter of Elias Hickman.
The first ten children were Rachel's and the last four belonged to Prudence (Prudie).
Much of the information on this page came from the records of a Mr. Tetrick, and are
held by his son, Guy, and were secured by Patty Jones of Fairmont, W. Va. His last
entry date was 1915. The later dates were given me by Virginia Chapman, who lives on
the ancestral farm in Johnstown, W. Va. Her father was John Jackson Thrash, son of
Worthington. He did not marry until after the deaths of his parents, so was an elderly
man when Virginia, his only child, was born. It seems that the father of this John
Thrash was also John Thrash (II).
III. John Thrash (III), b. 11-26-1802 d. 2-20-1888. Baptized at age 47.
Rachel Oomsteott, b. 8-10-1808 d. 12-11-1850. Baptized at age 42. Rachel's
father was Samuel Oomsteott.
IV. 1. Richard Thrash, b. 8-16-1824 d. 1903
m. Jane Bean b. 1836 d. 1920
2. Jacob, b. 12-5-1825 d. 9-4-1903 (Both buried in Elk City)
m. Consadine, b. 6-24-1826 d. 3-23-1912. Both buried in
Elk City.
3. Willis, b. 2-22-1828 d. 1-6-1915
4. Catherine, b. 11-14-1830 d. 7-27-1873. m. ---- Watson
5. Eliza Jane, b. 9-2-1832. m. ---- Armstrong
6. Michael, b. 1-2-1834 d. 10-5-1903
m. Rachel Elma Crislip b. 8-26-1838 d. 3-30-1909. Ancestors
of Elizabeth Thrash Brady.
7. John Marshall, b. 5-9-1836 d. 7-17-1910
8. David H., b. 4-25-1839 d. 6-30-1884
9. Henry Jackson, b. 10-25-1842 d. 6-30-1884 m. (Patron)
10. Laverna, b. 4-11-1848 d. 8-11-1938 m. John Nelson Davis

The last four children were by his second wife, Prudence Hickman. She was
born 8-11-1822 and died 6-29-1891.
IV. 11. Worthington, b. 6-4-1852 d. I1-6-1913
m. Roanna Lewis, b. 2-27-1853 d. 5-18-1936. (This couple's son,
John Jackson Thrash, lived in the log house built by his parents
on the section of the John Thrash farm near Johnstown, W. Va.
The logs have been covered and additions made to the house. It is
here that Virginia Thrash Chapman lives.)
12. Mary Frances, b. 1-4-1854 d. 8-16-1866. She is buried in the old
Methodist Church cemetery in Johnstown, near her parents.
13. Joseph Warren, b. 5-13-1856 d. 3-13-1905
m. Lucy Blair
14. Nathanial Green, b. 3-20-1858 d. 6-30-1933
m. Florence Davis, b. 2-14-1867 d. 8-12-1943
(In the body of his father's will Nathaniel is written as his Son, Nathaniel G., and in
the Codicil to the will he is named as Nathan Green. The will was probated March 13,
1888. It is recorded in Will Book #7, on pages 173 and 174, in the Harrison County
(W. Va.) Court House, Located in Clarksburg.)
A notation in the court records of Rockingham County, Va. states that land was
transferred from a "Thrush" to B. Huffman in 1803, but that the deed was lost or
burned during the court house fire.
JOHN THRASH (III) AND RACHEL OMSTEOTT (OOMSTOTT)
Samuel Oomsteott was the father of Rachel and this family resided in Hampshire
County, West Virginia, for a number of years. Some of the children, if not all, were
born in that county. John Thrash, the third, was born there. Rachel Oomsteott, his
first wife, was also born there. As far as we have been able to learn the older couple
(Samuel Oomsteott and his wife) died and were buried in that county. Some of the
children moved to Elk City, in Barbour County, W. Va. The son, Jacob, and his wife
are buried in the Elk City Cemetery. Rachel is buried on route 57 between Elk City
and state route 20. The cemetery is on the north side of the highway, not far from and
across from a country church. We think that they must have been living in the large
log house not far from the cemetery at the time of her death.
John Thrash (III) and his first wife, Rachel Omstott were the parents of our
ancestor, Michael Thrash, who married Rachel Elma Crislip. This couple are buried in
the Big Run Cemetery, near Napier, W. Va. where "Mike" owned a store.
Marion James Thrash a son of Michael and Rachel, was born on Glen Elk Creek,
which is now a large subdivision of Clarksburg, W. Va. While he was still a boy the
family moved, by wagon, to Copen Run, in Braxton County, a short distance from the
Gilmer County line. Perrygreen Crislip, a brother of Rachel, moved with his family to
Braxton County at the same time. My father, Marion, spoke of Copen Run as "home"
in later years, as did his siblings. In the early '40s we took Aunt Lettie Hughes on a
trip there to see if she could locate the site of the homestead, but all buildings were
gone and she was not able to pinpoint the location.
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Cousin Orma Musgrave said that our grandparents always boarded the school
teacher for the Copen Run School, so it was probably here that my parents met, since
Mother taught somewhere on Copen Run. This was probably her last year (fourth) of
teaching, since married women were not given jobs.
According to my older cousins, Amy Thrash Wilson and Orma Wilson Musgrave, my
parents, Marion and Lillie Thrash, built a two room board and batten cabin on
grandfather's farm on Copen Run. It was here that my oldest brother was born in
1897. At that time Orma was visiting our grandparents and happened to be at my
parents when mother became ill and the doctor and mid-wife were called. Orma was
nine years old at that time.
Marion and Lillie lived in several locations in Braxton County. They evidently lived
near a two room school on a ridge near Centralia in 1906, for it was here that my
sister, Ruby, attended school for the first time. She was quite thrilled to find the
building in good repair in 1977, when we visited the area with her and her husband
and two of my other sisters, Elma Bornstein and Beulah and Buddy Clinton. On this
trip we visited the Poplar Ridge Cemetery where two of our little brothers were buried.
The stone was hardly legible so Troy and I put it in the car and on July 24th of the
next year went back to reset it, after having it recut.
John Thrash III, born 11-261802, died 2-20-1888,
on his farm near Johnstown, W. Va. This picture
was taken of a large, framed likeness, in the home
of Kyle and Virginia Thrash Chapman who now own
the family farm. Her grandfather and mine were
half-brothers.
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The grave of the first wife of John III was
Rachel Umstott (originally Oomsteott). The
marker says simply RACHEL UMSTOTT --
WIFE OF JOHN THRASH III—1808-1850.
(She was the ancestor of Marion James
Thrash.)
This picture of the large log home where the family lived may not show up in the reproduction for the
book, but I was impressed by its size and in the state of preservation of the logs. It is not far from Oldfield
Cemetery, where Rachel is buried. (Route 57 between Route 20 and U.S. 119, southeast of Phillipi, W. Va.
John Thrash III and wife, Prudence, had several land transactions in different
counties... Ritchie, Barbour, and Lewis. John's will is recorded in Harrison County.
The records in the court house at Harrisville, W. Va., for Ritchie County seem to
indicate that this Thrash family was living on a farm in that county for a considerable
period of time before receiving the deed to the property.
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John Thrash received a deed to 125 acres of land on Goose Creek, in Ritchie County,
on January 18, 1859. The cost was $625.00, and the deed is recorded in Deed Book 5,
Page 466. It seems evident from the deeds that a house had already been constructed
on the property.
Three days after the above deed was recorded John and Prudence Thrash probated a
deed for 125 acres of land on Goose Creek, with the exception of 3/4 of one acre, to W.
F. Johnson. Recorded in Deed Book 6, Page 1. On the same day this 3/4 of an acre
was deeded to Chi Burchard, in payment for labor and materials used in building the
farm house. Thrash received $600.00 down on the farm, with an additional $1200.00
to be paid within the next three years.
In the Barbour County Court House, in Philippi, W. Va., in Deed Book 5, page 329, is
recorded a sale of 100 acres more or less, from John and Prudence Thrash, to Richard
Thrash, who was probably their son. The land is on the waters of Elk Creek. The price
was $1200.00. The deed was attested by two justices in Ritchie Co. This would seem
to indicate that John Thrash was living in Ritchie Co. at that time. The date was
March 1, 1856.
Two deeds are recorded in Lewis County Court House, at Weston, W. Va. Both are
dated Sept. 28, 1874, and are recorded in Deed Book 7, pages 312 and 313. One
deeds 53 acres in Harrison and Upshur Counties, on the waters of Rooting Creek, Elk
District, to David Thrash by John and Prudence Thrash. The other deeds 43 acres at
the same location to Worthington. The price of each tract was $1200.00.
Copy of the will of John Thrash, Marion and Howard Brady's great-great-grandfather,
on their mothers side, recorded in Will Book #7, pages 173 and 174 in the Harrison
County, West Virginia, Court House at Clarksburg. The will itself is dated March 18,
1878, the codicil on Jan. 20, 1883 and they were probated March 13, 1888.
LAST WILL of JOHN THRASH (III)
In the name of God, Amen
I, John Thrash, of the county of Harrison and State of West Virginia do make and publish this
my last will and testament, hereby revoking end making all former wills by me at any time
heretofore made. And First I direct that my body be decently interred, and also such worldly
estate as it has pleased God to intrust me with. I dispose of the same as follows: I direct that all
my debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as possible after my decease out of the first
moneys that shall come into the hands of my Executors.
1. I give and bequeath to my wife Prudence, the house and land on which it stands, together
with the household and kitchen furniture. Also, one cow and one gray mare and her maintenance
during her natural fife.
2. I give and bequeath to my son Worthington. Eighty acres, more or less, of land being the
same land on which I now reside, on condition that he pay to my Executor, six hundred & sixty six
and two-third dollars, within five years after my decease or sooner if he wishes to do so. And also
that he pay one-third of Twelve Hundred dollars with its interest payable in the years Eighteen
Hundred seventy eight and Eighteen hundred and seventy nine and Eighteen hundred eighty.
3. I give to my son Joseph S. Thrash, seventy nine acres of land (which I Purchased of Elza
Cummins, lying on the head of the run on which I now live) on condition that he pay my Executor
six hundred and sixty six and two thirds dollars within five years after my decease, or sooner if
he wishes to do so. And also that he pay one third of twelve hundred dollars, with its interest,
payable in October, Eighteen hundred & seventy eight, & October, Eighteen hundred seventy nine
and Eighteen hundred and eighty.
4. 1 give and bequeath to my son Nathaniel G. Thrash, fifty three acres of land (also lying on
the run on which I live and purchased from Elza Cummins) on condition that he pay to my
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Executor, six hundred and sixty six and two third dollars, within five years after my decease or
sooner if he wishes to do so.
Also that he pay one third of Twelve hundred dollars with its interest payable in October,
Eighteen hundred and seventy eight and October Eighteen hundred and seventy nine and
Eighteen hundred eighty and I also direct that my three sons, Worthington, Joseph B. and
Nathaniel G. Thrash, to whom I have bequeathed land are bound for the maintenance of myself
and wife.
5. I give to my son Richard, two hundred dollars in cash.
6. I give to my son Jacob, two hundred dollars in cash,
7. 1 give to my son William, two hundred dollars cash.
8. I give to my daughter Katherine Watson's heirs two hundred dollars.
9. I give to my daughter Eliza Armstrong two hundred & fifty dollars.
10. I give to my son Michael, Three hundred dollars. [Marion and Howard
Brady and Adriel Thrash and Sharon Thrash Schaible's great
grandfather.]
11. I give to my son John, One hundred dollars.
12. I give to my son David, One hundred dollars.
13. I give to my son Jackson, two hundred dollars.
14. I give to my daughter Laverna, two hundred and fifty dollars.
I also direct that my son David Thrash, be sole Executor of this my last will & testament.
In Witness whereof, 1, John Thrash, the testator, have to this my will written on one sheet of
paper, set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, eighteen
hundred and seventy eight.
John Thrash (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us who have subscribed in presence of each
other.
Allen Lewis
Peter Queen
James L. Jenkins
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This is a codicil to my last will and testament, bearing date March 18, Eighteen hundred and
seventy eight, and which I direct to be taken as part thereof.
1. I give, bequeath and devise to my two sons Joseph Warren and Nathan Green, one wagon,
one harrow, and one cider mill, together with the balance of my farming utensils.
As witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred eighty three.
John Thrash (seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us
who have subscribed in the presence of each other.
Allen Lewis
James L. Jenkins
Probated March 13, 1888
(In the body of his fathers will Nathaniel is written as his Son, Nathaniel G., and in the
Codicil to the will he is named as Nathan Green. The will was probated March
13,1888. It is recorded in Will Book #7, on pages 173 and 174, in the Harrison County
(W. Va.) Court house, Located in Clarksburg.) A notation in the court records of
Rockingham County, Va., states that land was transferred from a "Thrush" to B.
Huffman in 1803, but that the deed was lost or burned during the court house fire.
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Elizabeth Thrash Brady at the grave of
her great-grandfather, John Thrash III, in
Johnstown, West Virginia.
MICHAEL THRASH AND RACHEL ELMA CRISLIP (THRASH)
Michael Thrash was born in 1834 and died in 1903. He was married to Rachel Elma
Crislip, born in 1838 and died in 1909. Rachel Elma was the daughter of William
Crislip and Hannah Ward (Crislip). The John Thrash family moved from Hampshire
County to the Glen Elk Creek section of Harrison County sometime prior to the birth
of my father, Marion James Thrash. He was born in this district, which is now a large
subdivision of Clarksburg. While he was still a boy the family moved, by wagon, from
Glen Elk to Copen Run in Braxton County, a short distance from the Gilmer County
line. Perrygreen Crislip, a brother of Rachel Elma, moved his family, also by wagon, at
the same time. Perrygreen was the grandfather of Helen Crislip Brady; her father,
Grant, and my father were boyhood friends. My father and his siblings always seemed
to think of the farm on Copen Run as being "home."
We visited my first cousin, Orma Wilson Musgrave in 1983. Although she was 95 years
old at that time she was still living alone at her home in Rivesville, West Virginia. She
said that after my parents were married they built a small cabin with a lean-to kitchen
on grandfather's farm, and that she was visiting there and at her grandparents in
1897. She remembered the visit so well because my mother became ill and the doctor
and mid-wife came for my brother, Gotthart's, delivery.
My parents lived in several locations in Braxton County. They evidently lived near a
two room school on a ridge near Centralia in 1906, for it was here Ruby attended
school for the first time. She was quite thrilled to find the building still standing and in
good condition in 1977. We made a trip through that area in the summer of that year.
Beulah and Buddy Clinton, Elam Bornstein, Ruby and her husband, John Nicolai,
Troy and I visited the graves of my two brothers, who died in childhood. They were
buried in the Poplar Ridge Cemetery, close to the two room school and not far from the
town of Sutton. We found the shaft monument at their graves almost illegible. We put
it in our car and took it to be recut. On July 24th of the next year (1978) we took it
back and reset the stone. On this trip we found the graves of my grandparents,

Michael and Rachel Elma Thrash, at the Big Run Cemetery near Napier, where they
ran a store.
Michael Thrash
Rachel Elma Crislip
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Children of Michael Thrash and Rachel Elma Crislip Thrash. Taken October 4,1903
at Napier, W. Va. See detailed description on next page.
Front Row, left to Right:
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Age at death:
Minerva Ellen Wilson, 1857-1937 80 yrs 8 mos.
John William Thrash, 1864-1957 93
Helen Jane Fox, 1866-1937 71
Mary Catherine Allman (Molly), 1858-1916 58 (Killed)
Marion James, 1875-1931 56
Addie Leonie Swisher, 1877-1936 69
Dora Alice Thrash (later Rader) 1880-1932 52
Back Row:
Anthony Ward, 1861-1937 76
Lydia Virginia Birch, 1870-1921 51
Lettie Hannah Hughes, 1872-1947 75
Claudiua Hamilton. 1878-1950 72

Michael and Rachel Elma (Crislip) Thrash Family, photograph taken Oct. 4, 1903.
We are fortunate to have the two good pictures of this family. One is of the then living
children of Michael Thrash and Rachael Elma Crislip Thrash, their spouses and six of
the grandchildren. The other is of the children alone. The family had been called home
because of the serious illness of Grandfather. He died Oct, 5, 1903. I was told this
picture, and one of just the brothers and sisters, was taken the day before his death.
Grandfather and Grandmother lived at Napier, W. Va. in Braxton County, where he
owned a store. Uncle Claude and Aunt Dora were still single at that time.
While these children were growing up the family lived on a farm on Copen Run, in
Braxton Co. In the summer of 1930 my father visited us in Vienna, W. Va. Troy had
hitchhiked to Randolph County to visit his family, and Dad and I decided to take a trip
to visit some of Dad's relatives, whom he had not seen for years. We went first to Aunt
Helens and then to Aunt Lettie's. They both lived not far from Jane Lew, in Lewis Co.,
W. Va. As is common Dad and Aunt Lettie got to reminiscing about their childhood
and we decided to go the next day to Copen Run and visit the old farm. They located
the property, but all buildings had been torn or burned down. Troy's Dad was living at
that time in Rich Mountain in a three room lumber shanty. Grandfather Walter Brady
always carried with him the dream of rebuilding the old Rich Mountain home, and had
moved there that spring to try to bring his dream to fruition. Of course this failed and
he moved to Heaters, W. Va., before winter set in, but we picked Troy up in Rich
mountain and went to visit Uncle John (Johnnie) and Aunt Minerva in Rivesville, W.
Va.
Those in the picture are: Ruby Lillian Thrash, 1900-1981, on her father's lap, Marion
James Thrash; Gotthart Tenney Thrash, 1897-1980; Dorsey Fox and his mother,
Helen Jane Thrash Fox, 1866-1937; Lorraine Hughes (Bee), 1900 to sometime in the
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'60's; Addie Thrash (Swisher) 1877-1936: (Rachel Elma Swisher (Day), Addie's
daughter was born four months after this picture was taken.) Howard Swisher, 1872-
1942.
Second Row: Anthony Ward Thrash, 1861-1937; John William Thrash, 1864-1958;
(The wad of tobacco was always a source of embarrassment to the family! Such a filthy
habit, you know.) Mary Kathryn Thrash Allman, 1858-1916; (Ruby and I visited her
and Aunt Lettie when I was between five and six years old, and I loved her dearly. She
gave me a lot of affection, and bought me the doll with the "real" hair, which I still
have.) My mother, Lillie Henderson Thrash, with Wilbur James in her arms, 1873-
1931; Wilbur, 1902-1912.
(Mother and Dad do not look natural to me; they both look so thin. I do not remember
Mother as ever being thin, except after a gall bladder operation, and a long illness with
typhoid fever, both while I was a small child.) Lettie Hannah Thrash Hughes, 1872-
1947; (I knew her well in the late `30's and early `40's. She was a devout christian,
belonging to the local Methodist church.) Alvadore Hughes, 1872-1950; Minerva Ellen
Thrash Wilson, 1857-1937.
Cousin Chloe Birch, 1896- (She gave me all the old family pictures in the wood
backed album. I consider these pictures as being valuable family heirlooms.) Lydia
Virginia Thrash Birch, 1870-1921; (The Virginia part of my name was for her, I never
used it after my marriage, because I wanted to use "Thrash" as my middle name.)
William David Birch, 1861-1913; Dora Alice Thrash (Rader), 1880-1932; Claudius
Hamilton Thrash, 1878-1950. (Uncle Claud never seemed close to the rest of the
family. They felt he used undue pressure to get the property in his name before
Grandfather's death. The property included a store and home in Napier, W. Va.
Napier settlement had almost disappeared by the time we were looking for their graves
in the middle 1970s. We did talk to an old gentleman who said, "I remember Mike
Thrash and his store. I was small when he died, but I remember his funeral."
FAMILY OF MICHAEL THRASH AND RACHEL ELMA CRISLIP THRASH
III. Michael Thrash was born January 2, 1834, in Hampshire County, W. Va. He
died October 5, 1903, in Braxton County, W. Va. He and Rachel Elms Crislip
were married Sept. 11, 1856. Rachel was born Aug. 26, 1838, in what is now
Barbour Co., W. Va., but at the time of her birth the area was a part of Harrison
Co. She died March 30, 1909, in Braxton Co., and both are buried in Big Run
Cemetery, near Napier, W. Va., where they owned a store. There is a monument
at Michael's grave but none at Rachel's. There is a space between Grandfather's
grave and that of their youngest child, Dora Alice Thrash Rader, so I assume
that Grandmother is buried there. They were the parents of 14 children,
namely:
IV. 1. Minerva Ellen Thrash, born I-26-1857. Died 10-21-1937.
Married John J. Wilson. They had the following four children:
V. 1. Daisy, born 1883, m.
William Clayton. No children.
2. Emma, born 1885, m.
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Roy Coogle. Children:
VI. James, John, Robert and Ellen.
3. Layafette, born 1887, m.
Minnie Davis. Children:
VI. Hector, Norma (Others?)
4. Orma, m.
Russell Clyde Musgrave.
VI. Clyde Wilson Musgrave, m.
Genevieve Hankins, first wife. They had three children:
VII. Richard Lee, Eleanor Jane, Barbara Ann.
Second wife, Chloe Shimer. They had no children. Clyde
Wilson Musgrave drowned at Rivesville, W, Va. in 1950 or
1951.
VI. John Edgar, m.
Patricia Ann Merrill, 7-2-1949.
They had at least one child,
Ronald Edgar, Born 4-10-1952.
IV. 2. Mary Catherine Thrash (Molly) Born I-27-1858. Died 8-I1-
1916 in a car accident between Jane Lew and Weston, W.
Va. M.
Theodore Allman. They had nine children:
V. 1. Guy Allman, born 9-28-1879. Married
Mary Blanche Musser, born 8-31-1880. Died in the
early 1940's. They had three children:
VI. Clay Julius, Mildred Christine and John Kimmel.
Clay married
Helen Rice, Their children are:
VII. Nancy Jean, born 9-15-1935;
Carol Ann, 1-17-1937;
Peter, 11-11-1938
VI. Mildred Christine, born 4-10-1912. Unmarried in
1941.
VI. John Kimmel, born 5-12-1919. Married and had one
son, John Kimmel, Jr. in the early 1940's.
Descendents of Mary Catherine Thrash Allman and Theodore Allman, continued:
V. 2. Zelma Allman, m.
Howard Hammer. They had one daughter,
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Geraldine Hammer. Zelma died in 1949.
3. Lora Allman, m.
Byron Bailey. They had a son and a daughter,
Catherine.
4. Clyde, died unmarried.
5. Floy Allman, m.
Hue Ramsburg
6. Arzie
7. Russell
8. Raymond
9. Hazel
Aunt "Molly" Allman lived near Valley Chapel, a village not far from Weston. When we
moved to Pricetown and served the Valley Chapel Church she was still remembered by
many people as a wonderful Christian woman. Ruby and I visited her and Aunt
Lettie's family in the summer of 1913. I was just short of six years old, and it was she
who bought me the doll which was the pride and joy of my childhood I still have that
doll, as well as the one bought for me by my parents two or three years later. That one
visit gave me an abiding love for Aunt Mollie. Her children were all grown and she gave
me a lot of attention and affection. I wanted to spend our entire visit with her,
although Aunt Lettie had a boy just my age, one just older and another a little
younger. Her daughters were about Ruby's age, so Ruby wanted to stay at Aunt
Lettie's all the time.
IV. 3. Barbara Upresha, b. 5-1-1859 d.7-20-1861
4. Anthony Ward Thrash, 9-20-1861 to 12-12-1937, m. 10-4-1887
Harriett Mendens Ash, 10-4-1887 Died in the 1940's.
Four children:
V. 1. Byrl, born 9-13-1889, died at birth.
2. Oris Loyal Thrash, born 1-11-1891 (Recorded in Book #3, page 93,
in Harrison County, W. Va. Married
Pearl Law. They had at least one child, Wilma Pearl Thrash. Her
first husband was a Trisbie," by name. She had a son by him. Oris
and Pearl were married 12-9-1912.
3. Eileen Westfall Thrash, born 7-16-1897. (She probably would be
surprised to learn that her birth is recorded as "Iolene" in the
court house in Clarksburg, W. Va. Book 4, page 32.) She married
Alison Raleigh Wolf, on June 16, 1917. He was born 11-8-1889.
They had three children--Alison Raleigh, Jr., born 6-21-1918. (He
married Edna Almond in 1941.) Robert Nelson, born 2-28-1920.
Richard Lee, born 1-4-1931.
4. Leo Moore Thrash, born 5-28-1904. Married Zelma Diamond, April
20, 1935. They had two children,
James Anthony, born 9-4-1940 and
Sue Amy born 8-2-1942.
Leo ran the Thrash Insurance Agency in Buckhannon, W. Va., but
died in middle age.
IV. 5. Andrew Johnson. The Bible record shows his birth as Feb. or March 20,
1863, and that he died 11-6-1866, but the court house records in
Philippi show his birth as 9-17-1862. Evidently the Bible record was
made later and is inaccurate.
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6. John William Thrash, born 9-20-1864. Died 1957. He married Margaret
Caroline Post Crislip, who was the widow of one of his cousins, and the
mother of four children. She was born 8-16-1855 and died 3-1-1929. Her
children by her first husband were:
Theodore Ernest, b. 1-14-1875, d. 1935.
Albert George, b. 7-25-1876, d. ---.
Icy Maud, born 8-25-1878.
(Troy R. Brady preached her funeral Feb. 22, 1940.)
Miram David, b. 11-5-1880, d. ---.
V. 1-2. First two children were twins, Voyle and Vella, born 2-24-1885.
Voyle lived only five days; Vella died in 1969. Vella was married
two times, and she had two sons. One son, Lester Thrash, whom
Uncle Johnny reared. Lester married Mary Catherine Ellis. They
had at least two children, Sheila Catherine, b. 7-11-1944 and Ny
Lynn, born 9-11-1946. Vella's other son was a minister, Ralph
Hawkins. He married Mabel Benjamin on Feb. 18, 1947. Vella's
only daughter was by her second husband, El Howell, Her name
was Marguerite Howell. She had one daughter in the 1940's,
whose given name was Mary Margaret. Lester Thrash died 4-30-
1988.
3. Floy, born 4-8-1888. He married Carrie Marrill, and they had only
one son. His given name, Marion, for my father, Marion James
Thrash.
4. Amy, b. 2-24-1891 d. 7-7-1991. Born on Copen Run. m. 1-1-1908
Esta Calvin Wilson, b. 3-23-1889
VI. 1. Gertrude, b. 9-23-1908 d. 1993
John Henry Davis, b. 9-30-1905
VII. I. John Henry, Jr. b. 9-12-1928
2. Amy Margaret, b. 1-7-1930
Jesse Stewart
3. Patricia Ann, b. 7- -1931
4. Nancy Lee, b. 4--1934
5. Paul Wayne, b. 2-11-1945
VI. 2. Esta Calvin, Jr. b. 9-14.1911
Virginia Oavis, b. 9- -1915
VII. 1. Gerry Sue, b. 7-29-1942
V. 4. Children of Amy Thrash Wilson and Esta Calvin Wilson (Continued):
VI. 3. Margaret Geraldine, b. 9-8-1912 m. 9—1934
d. 1993
4. Jasper William, b. 4-19-1914 d. 1932
5. Lorraine Virginia, b. 4-1-1915
Fred Straight -
VII. Roger Keith Straight, b. 1-2-1967
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VI. 6. Ernest Lloyd, b. 5-10-1919
Maxine See
VII. 1. Ernest Lloyd, Jr.
2. William Terry, b. 11-28-1946 d.1949
VI. 7. Marine, b. 1923(?) d. 1928
V. 5. Orval, b., 1-26-1894
Ina Wright
VI. 1. Maud
Edward Holt
2. Lorrene
VII. 1. Clyde Edward Holt
V. 6. William Brown Thrash, b. 1-221898 d. 1934
m. Reeva Matheney, b. 8-20-1902 d. 1986
VI. 1. John William Died 2-9-1994
June (We met them at the Crislip reunion in 1983.)
VII. Patricia
VI. 2. Jackson Calvin
3. Margaret, m.
Dave Schauffner
4. Elizabeth (Betty)
MICHAEL THRASH FAMILY (Continued)
IV. 7. Helen Eleanor Jane Thrash, b. 3-15-1866 d. 12-7-1937 m. 10-14-
1890
John Fox, 2-12-1854 d. 2-16-1931
V. 1. Mary Alta, b. 6-24-1891, d. 9-7-1900 in Copen, W. Va,
2. John Odbert, b. 1-2-1893 d. 12-10-1980 m. 5-27-1916
Martha Guyer, b. 9-1-1892 d. 8-16-1970. No Children.
3. Ortho Caleman, b. 6-27-1894 d. 1- -1961 m. 1921
Emma Jane Mayo
VI. 1. Walter Clyde Fox, b. 3-20-1922
V. 4. Orville Fox, b. 7-9-1895 d. 7-12-1895
5. Arlie Lee Fox, b. 5-27-1898 d. 5-241972
Ida May Stipe, b. 12-3-1900 d. 3-7-1970 m. 11-7-1924
VI. 1. Carol Virginia Fox, b. 12-17-1926
V. 6. James Vodre, b. 2-15-1899 d. 2-27-1901
7. Dorsey Dane Fox, b. 11-18-1901 d. 12-23-1980
Icie Gainer, b. 9-23-1939 d. 8-12-1980
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8. Dallas Kyle, b. 6-13-1905 d. 6-13-1980
Buvella Marguerite Miller, 3-29-1905 d. 5-13-1978
VI. 1. Bradley K. Fox, 12-5-1939 (adopted)
I received all the early dates on this page from Aunt Helen Thrash Fox. The later ones
were supplied by her son, John O. Fox, in Pittsburgh, when we stopped there in
August of 1978. He lived within a block of the house his parents had owned before
retiring, They had returned to Lewis County W. Va., where both died. We had
exchanged letters concerning genealogy so I almost felt I knew him. His wife's sister
and brother were living with him and Esther (Lightner) had a lovely lunch for us. We
had stayed the night before with friends in Morgantown, so got there early enough for
a good visit before going on to Akron. John and Esther both kept thanking us for
coming. John said it was the most enjoyable day he had had in years.
I received a letter from Esther, written Jan. 9, 1981 telling me of the deaths of John
and his last two brothers. All died in 1980. John was working on his reminiscences,
which he called "Fox Tales", at the time of our visit. After he finished he sent me a
copy. This was the first time I had ever seen this first cousin and I enjoyed so much
getting acquainted with him.
THRASH, CONTINUED (Henry Jackson, Lydia Virginia, Lettie Hannah)
IV. 8. Henry Jackson, 5-23-1868 to 2-1-1875
IV. 9. Lydia Virginia Thrash, 5-21-1870 to 8-21-1921
William David Birch, 12-3-1861 to 5-25-1913
V. Chloe, 5-3-1894 Married 8-3-1915
Ira Medlin Smith, 1-13-1894
VI. 1. Harry William Smith, 3-23-1917. Married 10-25-1941
Edna Ruth Wise, b. 9-12-1923
VII. 1. Harry William, Jr. 2-4-1943
2. Robert Paul, 9-23-1944
3. Floyd Birch Smith, 12-5-1949
(The above information on Aunt Lydia's family was given to me by her daughter, Chloe,
at the time that she gave me all her mother's family pictures. I think Aunt Lydia was
Mother's favorite sister-in-law. The "Virginia" part of my name was for her. Mother
suggested that I be named Lydia Elizabeth, but Aunt Lydia said, "Name her Virginia
Elizabeth. Lydia is an ugly name.")
IV. 10. Lettie Hannah Thrash, 12-31-1872 to 11-28-1947. Married 10-27-1897
Alvadore Hughes, 1-26-1872
V. 1. Rosemary, 10-19-1898. Died the day she was born.
2. Lorraine Regina, 6-9-1900 Died ----, married 12-22-1922 to
Harry Ceager Bee, 8-18-1898
VI. 1. Harry Hughes Bee, 6-241923
Ethlyn Geraldine Mmbrell, 6-27-1924
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(They had had two children by the time of the death of Aunt
Lettie.) One was named Harry Hughes, Jr, born 5-25-1943
and died 10-24-1943.
2. Ruth Annabelle, 9-26-1924
3. James Robert, 8-21-1926
4. Patricia Lee, 7-29-1934
5. Donald Kyle, 7-3-1936
6. Carol Eileen, 4-9-1941 (Stillborn)
V. 3. Letha Garnet, 11-26-1901 Died 1218-1933. Twice married.
James Raymond Hyde, married in May of 1926; d. 12-18-1931
Elbert F. Garton (Letha married Garton after the death of Hyde.)
VI. 1. Harold Ronald Hyde, 414-1927
2. Billy Raymond Hyde, 1-27-1930
3. Carol Lee Garton, 9-19-1933
(Carol Lee Garton was only three months old when her
mother died, of what was then called "hasty consumption."
Aunt Lettie reared Billy. Letha's brother, Lester, reared
Ronald and Garton kept his daughter, along with six or
eight children by his first wife, who also died.)
V. 4. Lester David, 3-10-1904 m. 6-23-1929
Sarah Olive McIntire: No children of their own. Divorced after
several years of marriage.
5. Harold Elwin, 9-12-1907, m. 4-26-1930
Mildred Zinn, 3-25-1912
VI. 1. Charles Harold, 11-4-1932
2. Roger Lee, 12-6-1940
V. 6. Rupert Earl, 5-28-1911, m. 9-5-1933
Marjorie Lee Fisher, 1-31-1915
VI. 1. Nancy Lee, 4-24-1935
2. David Rupert, 7-15-1937
3. Robert Franklin, 9-22-1940
IV. 11. Marion James Thrash and Lillie Josephine Henderson Thrash's family
belong here in the Thrash family records, but since my records are so
extensive on this, my own family, they are fisted separately. Pg.34-76
IV. 12. Addie Leonie, b. 7-6-1877 d. 2-10-1936. Died at Atwater, Ohio.
Married 10-9-1902
Howard Swisher, 6-13-1872 to 7-26-1942
V. 1. Rachel Elma Swisher, 1-29-1904 d. 5-26-1994
Paul Day 3-18-1902 d. 1981
VI. 1. Richard James Day, 3-4-1930. Married 8-18-1961
Judith Ann Baltz
VII. 1. Richard James, Jr., 9-28-1962
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2. Marsia Elaine, 5-6-1965
VI. 2. Marilyn Ann, 6-28-1932 (Retarded)
V. 2. Thomas Nelson Swisher, 1-6-1907
Jane Stultz
VI. 1. Thomas, 3-20-1939
2. Beverly Ka, 3-3-1941
IV. 13. Claudius Hamilton, 12-23-1878 to 12-28-1950 (No children),
Emma Norman
IV. 14. Dora Alice Thrash, 5-23-1880 to 9-11-1932 (Her death is recorded in
Death Records Book, page 193, as Dora Ellen, but that is wrong. A sister
was Minerva Ellen. Her teen age children probably supplied the
information, or it was recorded incorrectly.) She is buried in the Big Run
Cemetery, where her parents are buried, near Napier, W. Va. She
evidently placed the stone after the death of her husband, for the date of
his birth and death are on the stone, but only her birth is on it. She lived
only eighteen months after his death. He died in the state hospital in
Weston, W. Va., where he had been a patient for several years. His
daughter, Mary, inherited his mental illness and spent short periods in
mental institutions. While doing research in the court house at Sutton
we were told that Mary had terminal cancer.
IV. 14. Dora Alice Thrash, 5-23-1880 to 9-11-1932
Burton Clay Rader, 3-5-1880 to 6-5-1931 (Death recorded in Records
Book 5, page 165, at Weston, W. Va.)
V. 1. Mary Elma Rader, b. 4-13-1909 d. 12-9-1977 (Letter from Paul
gave date of death)
William Beard Cook, 7-13-1908. Died in the 1970's.
2. Pauline Rader, 1-25-1911 to 2-10-1932.
Cecil Dewey James
(Her death recorded in book 5, page 89. Certificate gives acute
appendicitis. She was pregnant at the time of her death. No other
children.)
3. Paul Thrash Rader
4. James Homer Rader, b. 12-10-1916 d. 8-22-1980 (Letter from
Paul)
5. Camden Ralph Rader, 5-12-1918
Arlene Nelson 1917
VI. 1. Carolyn Sue Rader, 10-26-1939
2. Mina Louise, b. 9--1941 d. 12—1941
A copy of the will of Michael Thrash, great-grandfather of Marion and Howard Brady,
on their mother's side. It is recorded in Will Book #5, Page 4 in the Braxton County
Court House, in Sutton, West Virginia.
(The first name is spelled at least three different ways in legal and family records. At
the top of this will it is "Michial," in the body of the will "Micheal," and in his father,
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John Thrash's will and in the family Bible held by John William Thrash of Rivesville,
West Virginia, until his death in 1958, it is spelled, "Michael." I have tried to copy the
will exactly, although there are errors in spelling, punctuation, etc. in the original.)
MICHIAL THRASH'S WILL
I Micheal Thrash of Napier in the county of Braxton and state of West virginia
Merchant being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make publish and
declare this to be my last will and testament, herby revokeing all former wills by
me at any time hertofore made, As to my worldly estate and all the property
both real and personal or mixed of which i shall die seized and possessed or to
which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise bequeathe and
dispose thereof in the manner following to wit: My will is that all my just debts
and funeral expenses shall by my executor herinafter named be paid out of my
estate as soon after my decease as shall by them be found convenient, I give
devise and bequeath to my daughter Minerva Layman, ten dollors, to my
daughter Mollie C. Allman I give ten dollors to my daughter Hannah L Hughs I
give ten dollors, to my daughter Hellen E. Fox I give ten dollors, to my son
Anthony W. Thrash I give ten dollors, to my son John W. Thrash I give ten
dollors, to my daughter Addie Swisshr I give ten dollors, to my daughter Lydia
Birch I give ten dollors, to my son Marion J. Thrash I give ten dollors, to my
daughter Dora Thrash I give ten dollors, to my son Claud H. Thrash I give the
residue of my property both real and personal Who is to comfortable support my
wife Rachel Thrash dureing her natural life, in case the said Claud H. Thrash
shall fail to comfortable support the said Rachel Thrash, she is herby authorized
to take possession of sufficient property to secure the maintaince herin named,
the amount of ten dollars to each of my ten children hertofore named shall be
paid by my executor within two years after my death, and tastily I do nominate
and appoint my son Claud H. Thrash, to the executor of this my last will and
testament, without security, In witness wherof I the said Micheal Thrash, have
to this my last will and testament subscribed my names and affixed my seal
this 28 day of September 1903,
(seal)
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his
Micheal x Thrash
Mark
Signed sealed and published and declared by the said Michael Thrash as and
for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at his request and in
his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
witnesses therto.
(tics)
Mathew Walton, resideing at Napier Braxton county
West Virginia.
J. B, Norman, resideing at napier Braxton County
West Virginia.
Recorded October 7th, 1903.

Sept. 23, 1993.
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Michael Thrash letter and comments
I was very indignant when I discovered the will of my grandfather, Michael Thrash,
and saw that it had been signed with an "X", which was usual for people who could
not write their names. I felt sure that he was not illiterate, since he owned a country
store at the time of his death. After checking the dates I was sure I understood the
estrangement that always seemed to exist between my Uncle Claud and the rest of the
siblings.
The will was crudely typed, probably by Claud, and signed by witnesses on the 28th
day of September, 1903. All the offspring of Michael and Rachel Elma Crislip Thrash
were called home because of the expected death of their father. The two family
pictures reproduced for this book were taken on October the 4th, 1903. He died the
next day, exactly one week after the signing of the will. Two days later the will was
recorded at the court house.
Claud and the youngest child, Dora, were still at home with both parents. A reading of
the will would lead anyone to the conclusion that undue pressure had been exerted on
a man too sick and weak to sigh his own name. Uncle Claud and Aunt Dora were still
single and at home, yet Claud got everything, including all personal property as well
as the real estate. The other ten children were left $10.00 each, to be paid to them by
Claud within two years. No security was required, so I wonder if they even received
that. Claud was to look after Grandmother but he never seemed close to any other
member of the family after Grandfather's death, and he placed no marker for her
grave. I guess the rest of the children felt that that was his responsibility. Ruby said
she thought Grandmother did live with him until her death. However, Rachel Swisher
(Day), an older cousin, said Grandmother lived with Aunt Dora (Rader) and died there.
I was convinced that my understanding of this situation was accurate when I became
acquainted with Virginia Thrash Chapman, of Johnstown, West Virginia, in 1984. She
showed me the following letter, which she had found among other papers, belonging to
her grandfather, a younger half-brother of Michael. Virginia and her husband own the
old farm where John Thrash III and his second wife, Prudence Hickman Thrash, had
lived at the time of their deaths.
Aunt Dora Rader and her husband, Burton, are buried on the Thrash lot. Evidently
Aunt Dora had their markers placed soon after Uncle Burt's death. His stone is cut
with the dates of his birth and death (1880-1931) but hers has only her birth (1880).
She died the next year, just seven months after the death of her daughter, Pauline
Rader James. We visited Aunt Dora in the summer of 1932 and she died a month or
so later. She was still able to be up, but was in bad condition with much swelling in
her legs and body.
We are not to think of Michael as being uneducated for that period of our history. The
small. "i" and the deep indentation for the salutation were perfectly acceptable for that
day. The tablet paper, on which the letter is written, must be acid free for after almost
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100 years it is remarkably white and in good condition. I appreciate so much
Virginia's generosity in giving it to me.
I thought the letter would add a little human interest for the descendants of Michael
Thrash to enjoy. A genealogy is rather dull reading in spite of all an amateur
researcher can do!
(For prosperity’s sake, I will decipher the above letter below. RMB)
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Brady - 100
Copen Braxton Co Wv
Sept the 7th
Dear brother
i seat myself to drop you a few lines i landed home
from your place a short time ago and acording to
promise i have Been looking around enquiring
about stock. i can not find any place that you can
trade your horse to any advantage. Yearling cattle
The kind you want is not very plentiful in this
neighborhood however There is some if you was
here you might gather a Bunch by taking one or
two at a place i think they can be bought for about
3, cts
I have been laid up with Rheumatism ever since i
was at your home not able to do any work at all. i
have been somewhat uneasy about you since i was
there. i would love to hear from you. i hope you are
well and be able to be up tending to business. There
is a good deal of sickness in this part of the
country. one of the neighbors died since i came
home, a stout young man. we cant tell when death
will come so it would be better for us if we could
be ready any and all the time.
write to me and let me know how you are and if
you are coming out or not. i will close i am so
nervous. M. Thrash

1. Rachel Elma (Crislip) Thrash and her
infant son, Marion James.
2. Marion Thrash, probably taken before
his marriage
3. Marion and his wife, Lillie Henderson
Thrash, taken in the summer of 1929, two
years before their deaths.
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Elma, Opal and Elizabeth Thrash. On the
back of the original card is this message,
written by Lillie Thrash. The "Opal" she
addresses was her niece, for whom Opal
Thrash was named. "Hello Opal, This one is
for you. Write me and let me know how you
like Steer Creek. I am in the store today. Have
got Baby with me. Marion had to go to
Sutton. This makes two days I have had to be
here this week. -- Lillie." The Baby she
mentioned was Beulah, who was three weeks
old when the picture was taken and
considered too young to be in a picture. (July
1912)
The card was never sent. The next year when
the photographer returned, Mother had this
picture of Ruby, Beulah and Ted taken. It was
sent to Aunt Minerva Wilson and her
daughter gave it to me in the early 80s.
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The five youngest children of Marion and Lillie Thrash, taken
August 20,1925. They are, left to right, standing:
Araminta Opal (Romine)
Beulah Josephine (Clinton)(Cook)
Mary Elma (Mills)(Bornstein)
Frieda Ruth (Burchard) (Beebe) seated left
Virginia Elizabeth (Brady) seated right
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IV. 11. Marion James Thrash:
THE FAMILY OF MARION JAMES THRASH AND
LILLIE JOSEPHINE HENDERSON THRASH:
Marion's birth is recorded in Harrison County Court House, Clarksburg, W. Va., as
James Marion Thrash, Birth Record Book 12, page 137. He was born Feb. 15, 1975
and died April 1, 1931 in Akron, Ohio. His birth occurred on Glen Elk Creek, in Union
District. Glen Elk is a very short creek, and is now almost in the heart of Clarksburg.
The subdivision is now a part of Glen Elk District.
Marion James Thrash married Lillie Josephine Henderson. She was born Feb. 22,
1873. 1 was never able to locate her birth record, which is not surprising at that
period of time. So many births were supervised by a midwife and were not recorded.
Even as late as the births of some of their children no county record was made, but I
am almost certain she was born in Braxton County, West Virginia. Their marriage
license is recorded in the Marriage Record Book, #3, page 131, in the Braxton County
Court House, at Sutton, W. Va. They were married by Rev. E. S. McClung, on the 20th
day of May in 1896, at Mrs. E. A. Henderson's. (E. A. Henderson was her mother,
Elizabeth Ann Henderson. Her father died in 1887, when she was fourteen years old.)
Marion James Thrash's father was Michael Thrash and his mother was Rachel Elma
Crislip Thrash. At the same time that this family was living on Glen Elk, Rachel Elma's
brother, Perrygreen Crislip, was living with his young family just across a ridge on
Brushy Fork Creek. The children of the two families often played together. Perrygreen
is the grandfather of Helen Crislip Brady. Ulysses Grant Crislip, Helen's father, and
Marion Thrash, Elizabeth Brady's father, were especially close friends. Both families
sold their properties near Clarksburg at about the same time and both families moved
to Braxton County, W. Va., by wagons with their families and belongings.
Children of Marion James Thrash and Lillie Henderson Thrash:
V. 1. Gotthart Tenney Thrash, 12-271897 to 3-10-1980 (82 yrs. 2 mos. 13
days)
2. Ruby Lillian Thrash, 10-11-1900 to 5-25-1981 (80 yrs. 7 mos. 14 days)
3. James Wilbur Thrash, 10-17-1902 to 2-6-1912 (9 yrs. 7 mos. 15 days)
4. Theodore Frank Thrash (Ted), 12-3-1904 to 7-31-1985 (80 yrs. 7 mos.
28 days) (Recorded as Tody, later changed to Tedy)
5. Percy Audley, 7-8-1906 to 1-14-1908 (1 yr. 6 mos. 6 days)
6. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash, 9-7-1907 d. 12-16-2002 1:30 pm
7. Mary Elma Thrash, 1-9-1909 d. 3-3-99 10:55 am
8. Araminta Opal Thrash, 6-23-1910 to 6-12-1954 (43 yrs. 11 mos. 19
days)
9. Beulah Josephine Thrash, 7-3-1911
10. Frieda Ruth Thrash, 5-28-1913
(Marion James Thrash and Lillie Henderson Thrash died just thirteen days apart, in
1931. Their home at that time was 395 Conmore Court, Akron, Ohio.)
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FAMILY OF MARION JAMES AND LILLIE HENDERSON THRASH
Front Row: Dee Thrash, Don and Ruby Pomroy, Edna Thrash holding grandson, Terry O'Dell, Elizabeth
Brady, holding grandson, Lanny Brady, Beulah Clinton, holding grandson, Ricky Barstow, Opal Routine,
holding grandniece, Vicky Barstow, Elma Bornstein, and Elmer (Peck) Romine.
Second Row: Gotthart Thrash, Ronald Thrash (arm on his dad's shoulder). Bod Romine, Dorothy Brady,
Adriel (Sonny) Thrash, Josephine (Jo) Barstow, Naomi Mills, Annis Collins, Sharon Thrash, Juanita
O'Dell,
Back Row: Marion Brady, David Clinton, Edward (Ed) Bornstein, John (Jack) Mills, Harry Beebe, Ruth
Beebe, Blossom Thrash, Ted Thrash, Gerald Barstow, Wm. O'Dell.
(Picture taken in a park in Akron, Ohio, during a family reunion June 4, 1950.)
Family of Marion James and Lillie Henderson Thrash, continued. The children were all
born in Braxton County, West Virginia. This is the 5th generation of Crislips I have
been able to trace (Christlieb to Crislip, through three or four spellings).
V. 1. Gotthart Tenney Thrash, b. 12-27-1897 d. 3-10-1980 m. 11-23-1922
Edna Marrill, b. 8-4-1906 d. 7-12-1971
VI. 1. Juanita Belle Thrash, b. 48-1925 m. 8-21-1944.
William R. O'Dell, b. 3-2-4-1921
VII. 1. Terry Lynn, 9-29-1948
VII. 2. Larry William, 8-30-1957
VI. 2. Ronald Theodore Thrash, 9-11-1933 m. 2-5-1953
Shirley Mae Schneider, 5-17-1935 (First wife)
VII. 1. Wayne Edward, 5-19-1953 (Son of first wife)
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2. Darlene Kay, 7-4-1963 (Daughter by second wife)
VI. 3. Janet Eloise Thrash, 9-4-1934, m. 11-23-1952 d. 8-9-1993 m.
Frederick Sanford Peters, 10-2-1928
VII. 1. Timothy Scott Peters, 9-10-1953
2. Martin Sanford Peters, 5-19-1955. Killed in a car
accident 12-13-1977.
3. Jeffrey Dean Peters, 3-20-1957
4. Debra Kay Peters, 5-27-1960
VIII. 1. Donny Michael Peters, 6.10-28-1976 (Debra's
son)
VII. 5. Randall Allen Peters, 6-29-1962
V. 2. Ruby Lillian Thrash, b. 10-11-1900 d., 4-25-1981 (Heart Attack)
Roscoe Earl Belt, b. 1893 d. 1962 m. 41-1920 (First husband, father
of children)
Donald Pomroy, (Second husband) b. 6-30-1898, d. 3-12-1969
John Darwin Nicolais, 6-20-1897 m. 7-1-1976 (Third husband)
VI. 1. Lonald Virginia Belt, 4-17-1921
Wilbur Edward Tomlinson, b. 1914 (First husband). m. 8-8-1943
Kenneth Congleton (Third husband)
Ted J. Conforti, 11-10-1907 (Fourth husband) m. 11-29-1958
VII. 1. William Donald Tomlinson, 3-15-1945
Edith V. Kiddy
VIII. 1. William Paul, 9-3-1976
VIII. 2. Stephanie Jane, 11-21-1979
VII. 2. Theodore John Conforti, b. 11-29-1963 d. 12-8-1963
VI. 2. Roscoe Earl Belt, Jr. 9-14-1923 m. 12-30-1945.
Evelyn Marie Williams, 12-3-1926 (?) First wife. first child by
her.
Alice Lou Burress, 10-141934 (Second wife.) m. 3-18-1960.
VII. 1. Terry Sue Belt, 10-30-1947
Albert Francis Smith 8-10-1947 (First husband)
Wendell Ernest Felkins, b. 1-7-1939 m. 1-9-1981.
Bellvue, Nebraska.
VIII. 1. Robert Dale Smith, 11-19-1968
2. Ricky (Handicapped child, institutionalized)
VII. 2. Danny Joseph, 5-19-958 (Alice's son, but reared as
Roscoe's, also.)
VII. 3. Ruby Lillian Belt, b. 12-21-1960 m. 7--1979.
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David Spencer (Ruby bore two daughters by David.)
Jerry Oehler, second husband, b. 5-6-1957 m. 3-18-89
VIII. 1. Amanda Lynn, b. 6-25-80
2. Michael Danny Oehler, b. 5-22-85
VII. 4. Robin Lou, 7-14-1962
5. David Michael, 10-19-1964 Drowned 7-19-1969
6. Alice Rebecca, 10-21-1966
7. Beatrice Ruth, 6-13-1968
V. 3. James Wilbur Thrash, 10-17-1902 to 2-6-1912. Buried in Poplar Ridge
Community Cemetery, less than ten miles from Sutton, W. Va.
(Southeast)
4. Theodore Frank Thrash (Ted):
In Birth Record Book of 1804-1917, his birth is registered as Tody Thrash and later
changed to Tedy. He took the name "Theodore Frank Thrash," but was always called
Teddy as a child, later shortened to ‘Ted." He was born at Cutlips, W. Va. Information
for record given by the assessor, Samuel Perrine, of Braxton Co.
V. 4. Ted Thrash, b. 12-3-1904 d. 7-31-1985 1:15 am
Lula Blossom Brady 10-13-1912 married 3-15-1936
VI. 1. Adriel Brady Thrash, 9-19-1938
Avis Evon Bochmann, 2-17-1942 (Married in Grace
Evangelical United Brethren Church, Aredale, Iowa, 6-28-1963.)
VII. 1. Wendy Christine, 1-31-1969
2. Todd Matthew Thrash, 3-13-1973
VI. 2. Sharon Bea Thrash, 6-10-1941
Gerald Dean Schaible,11-7-1942 (Married 7-26-1963 in Park
Evangelical United Brethren Church, Akron, Ohio)
VII. 1. Julie Ann, b. 12-22-1964, m. 9-24-1988
Jeffrey Allen Murray
2. Marc Scott b. 12-23-1966, m. 6-22-1991
Arlene Carol DeFilippo
3. Stephen Gregory, 10-30-1967
4. Leigh Ann, 6-8-1973
VI. 3. Kay Ann Thrash, b. 8-8-1961 (Adopted)
Edward Laslo
Donald L. McClintich (second husband) 10-25-1922,
m.11-11-1992
VII. 1. Stephanie Am Laslo, b. 12-11-1982
2. Christopher Allen Laslo, b. 9-7-1985
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V. 5. Percy Audley Thrash, b. 7-8-1906 d. 1-14-1908
V. 6. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash, born 9-7-1907 in Braxton Co., W.Va.; m.
7-4-1926 d. 12-16-2002
Troy Robert Brady, born 9-30-1906 d. 6-25-1999
VI. 1. Granville Marion Brady, b. 5-241927, Vienna, W.Va.
Dorothy Neff Williams, b. 416-1926 m. 7-27-1946 d.
10-18-1988 (First wife and mother of his children)
Eleanor Joy Shelton Halcomb, b. 8-7-1937, m. 2-5-1973
(Joy the mother of two sons, David and Daniel Halcomb.)
VII. 1. Marion Landis Brady, b. 10-17-1947, Elkins W.Va
m. 9-31-1969
Sally Miller, b. 12-9-1946 m. 8-31-1969
Mary Therese Joliet b. 6-28-1963, (rel. from Oct.
1983.)
2. Sylvia Lee ("Skip") Brady, b. 5-6-1950
Kenneth Charles Manuel (first husband and father of
her two sons) m. 12-10-1967.
Dana Brian Mullen, (second husband and father of her
daughter) b. 4-23-1951 in Fort Hood, Texas (Adopted the
two boys 12-21-1988.)
VIII. 1. Derik Anson (Manuel) Mullen, b. 2-17-1969, Leon
County, Fla. m. 7-241993
Michelle Denette deBraga (Shelly) b. 11-14-1957.
Shelly has two children from a previous marriage:
Dennis Lee Williams, 3-22-1985 and Sage Elizabeth
Williams, 10-9-1988
IX. 1. Sieria Elise b. 2-12-1995
VIII. 2. Kendal Bryson (Manuel) Mullen b. 2-6-1970 in Leon
Co., Fla.
Gloria Renee Hudson, b. 12-9-1973 m. 12-30-1992
VIII. 3. Anna Rose Mullen, b. 11-5-1980 in Brevard Co., Fla.
VII. 3. Sunny Heather Brady, b. 5-13-1953
Robert Jeffrey Crum, b. 2-24-1954 m. 4-3-1976 (First
husband, father of her first two children)
Michael Robert White, 6.10-5-1953 (Second husband,
father of Savannah and Joe) m. 3-25-1983
VIII. 1. Jeremiah Bobby Crum, 2-24-1978
2. Joshua Marion Crum, 4-5-1980
3. Savannah Lee White, b. 3-30-1984
4. Joseph Michael White, 5-18-1986
(Heather's four children were baptized by great-grandfather
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Troy R. Brady, 12-26-1986.)
VII. 4. Brian Drew Brady, b. 9-13-1960, Manatee Co., Fla.
Heidi (May) Boes, b. 8-16-1960 m. 4-4-1987 (Heidi-mother
of Shannon Brock Boes. b. 1-26-1977 and Shauna Marie
Boes, b. 11-11-1980)
VIII. 1. Brian Christopher Brady, b. 11-14-1990, Brevard
County, Fla.
VII. 5. Jonathon Brooks Brady, b. 11-22-1962, Tallahassee, Fla.
Jackie Coleman, m. 12-16-1989
VIII. 1. Caitlin Danielle, b. 5-4-92 in Denver, Colorado
(Mother: Lisa Ann McLeod, b. 10-22-1963)
VI. 2. Howard Landis Brady, b. 10-24-1935, Cairo, Ritchie Co. W.Va.
Carolyn Ann Curry, b. 10-23-1938 m. 4-6-1957 (First wife, mother
of first two children) P, 8-1996?
Grace Chonghlin Mark (Etheridge) b. 4-13-1932. Isle of Pines,
Cuba. m. 7-15-1962. (Mother of Mark)
VII. 1. Robert Martin Brady, b. 4-12-1958, Akron, Ohio
Julie Ann Pratt, b. 3-14-1958 Palmdale, Ca. m. 3-29-1980
VIII. 1. Patrick Ryan, b. 11-29-1984 in Anaheim, Cal.
2. Troy Robert, b. 7-5-1986 in Anaheim, Cal.
(The two boys were baptized by their great-grandfather,
Troy Robert Brady. 12-26-1986, in the church where their
grandfather, Howard Brady, was the organist. (Melbourne,
Florida)
VII. 2. Londa Beth Brady, b. 11-7-1959, Melbourne, Fla.
3. Mark Travis Brady, b. 11-1-1967, Melbourne, Fla.
V. 7. Mary Elma Thrash, b. 1-9-1909 in Braxton Co., W.Va.
John Wesley Mills b. 12-241904; (Mills was her first husband and
father of her two sons.)
Edward Dewey Bornstein, b. 4-24-1899 m. 6-4-1949
VI. 1. Robert Bruce Mills, 1-31-1928, Akron, Ohio (No children)
Marcella Barrett, b. 7-41930 (No children by Mills)
2. John Wesley Mills, II (Jack), b. 7-27-1929 d. 10-14-1995
Naomi Ruth Wright
Loraine Carter, b. 9-8-1942 m. 8-21-1965
(Jack was married twice; fathered no children, but reared a foster son,
Donald Clyde Fallis, b, 7-23-1953. Donald was killed by a passenger in
the cab he was driving, April 4, 1977. Jack and his first wife, Naomi
Ruth Wright, adopted, at birth, a boy whom they named John Wesley
Mills, b. 9-1-1960.)
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FAMILY OF MARION AND LILLIE THRASH, CONTINUED. (OPAL)
V. 8. Araminta Opal Thrash, 6-23-1910 to 6-12-1954; b. in Braxton Co.
W.Va.. d. in Akron, Ohio
Elmer Carl Romine, (Peck) b. 7-10-1907 d. 1-26-1991.
(Opal died of heart trouble and both she and her husband are buried in Crown
Hill Cemetery, between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents are buried in
the same section. Her husband was buried by her side thirty-four years after
her death.)
VI. 1. Bodford Romine (Bod), 6-10-1935 in Akron, Ohio
Marilyn Anne Gustavson, 11-2-1938 m. 9-3-1960
VII. 1. Traci Rene Romine, 6. 7-26-1962
2. Jodi Marion Romine, 3-2-1964
3. Beth Anne Romine, born 9-6-1970 in Thailand
(I believe Beth's father was supervising the building of a Quaker
Oats plant in Thailand at the time of her birth. At this time (May
1993) Beth is engaged to marry John Joseph Ferro, Jr. He was
born 11-25-1970.)
VIII. 1. Emily Nicole b. 3-6-1996
VI. 2. Annis Ruth Romine, 4-3-1938 m. 4-24-1958, b. in Maryland
Nelson Collins, b. 6-17-1937
VII. 1. Cynthia Lynn Collins, b. 10-16-1959 m. 12-22-1978
Gregory Mark Daniel, b. 10-11-1958
VIII. 1. Khristopher Mark, 12-22-1981
VIII. 2. Laurie Beth, 5-25-1984
VII. 2. Keith Nelson Collins, b. 12-13-1963 m. 2-23-1991
Alicia Denise Crim, b. 9-4--1969
VIII. 1. Kaleb Nathan, 11-2-1992
VII. 3. Timothy Carl Collins, b. 5-21-1969
VII. 4. Ruth Ann, b. 4--13-1970 m. 10-13-1990
Kevin Todd Minter, b. 7-26-1967
V. 9. Beulah Josephine Thrash, b. 7-3-1911 in Braxton Co., W.Va m.
8-9-1931
Everett William (Buddy) Clinton, b. 5-12-1910 d. 12-5-1989
Frank Edwin Cook, b. 12-12-1911 m. 11-15-1991
(Buddy is the father of Beulah's children. Beulah was married both times in the
home of her sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth and Troy Brady; the first time
by Rev. Harry Miller. She and Frank were married by Troy.)
VI. 1. Araminta Josephine (Jo) Clinton, b. 4-30-1929 m. 11-22-1945
Gerald Edwin Barstow, b. 7-25-1926
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VII. 1. Ricky Alan Barstow, b. 3-21-1949
Marta Brietenstine, b. 9-11-1950
Nora Elizabeth Day. b. 2-4-1952
VIII. 1. Jamie Ann Barstow, 3-26-1976
2. Ricky Alan Barstow, b. 11-21-1978
3. Carrie Marie Barstow, b. 7-31-1981
(Marta is the mother of the children.)
VII. 2. Vicki Jo Barstow b. 2-28-1950 m. 11-?-1968
Kurt L McDowell, b. 4-16-1948
Edward Minnick, b. 3-10-1972 m. 6-20-1986
VIII. 1. Eric Kurt McDowell, b. 3-11-1972
VII. 3. Lori Lee Barstow, b, 9-24-1955 m. 9- ? -1982
Carlos Humberto Botera
Kenneth Roberts, b. 9-21-1955 m. 7-25-1992
(Ann Roberts, daughter of Kenneth.)
VII. 4. Cristi Jean Barstow, b. 12-26-1956 m. 5-22-1976
Anthony Bastas, b. 9-141955
Darryl Vincent Peterson, b. 4-7-1952 m. 11-17-1990
(Ann Peterson, daughter of Darryl)
VIII. 1. Jonah Gerald Bastas, b. 1-5-1978
2. Toni Marie Bastas, b. 11-15-1979
VII. 5. Joi Lynn Barstow, b. 1-14-1958 m. May 1980
Bruce Batista (First husband)
John Gabriel, b. 2-14-1958 (Second husband)
VIII. 1. Amanda Ann Gabriel, b. 12-16-198
2. Kelly Marie Gabriel, b. 5-241984
VI. 2. David Everett Clinton, b. 5-27-1932 m. 5-10-1959
Collete Hofacker, b. 1-12-1925. No children.
V1. 3. Theodore Frank (Ted) Clinton, b. 1-1-1934 m. 7-18-1953
Shirley Marie Bixler, b. 5-30-35
VII. 1. Shellie Marie Clinton, b. 5-20-1954- m. 10-9-1976
Michael Belaj, b. 6-29-1953
Mark Pattison, 2nd husband, m. 11-25-1989
VIII. 1. Michelle Marie Belaj, b. 3-2-1977
2. Sarah Elizabeth Belaj, b. 8-21-1982
3. Timothy Michael Belaj, b. 11-18-1984
4. (Heath Pattison, b. 3-6-1980 (Son of Mark)
VII. 2. Ted Michael Clinton, b. 10-9-1955
Susan Locander, (Mother of Anthony) m. 11-1973
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Jacalyn Anne Bennett, b. 4-5-1964 m. 2-12-1984
(Mother of Jemma)
Judy Wetherington, m. 10-12-1991
VIII. 1. Anthony Todd Clinton, b. 9-1-1974
2. Jemma Josephine Clinton, b. 8-6-1984
3. (Scott Roberts, son of Judy)
VII. 3. Todd Daniel, b. 2-7-1958
4. Timothy David, 8-29-1960
Denise Dana, b. 10-1958 m. 6-15-1990
VI. 4. Gerald Wayne, b. 9-27-1944 m. 5-29-1965
Julia Jean McCarthy, b. 12-20-1945
VII. 1. Christopher Wayne, b. 12-27-1967 (Wedding date set
for 6-18-1993 to Diane Marie Zrelak, b. 2-5-1966
2. Sheila Marie, 7-6-1970, m. 9-25-1993 to
Steven Anthony Rega, b. 2-12-1966.
Sheila Marie and
Anthony Riga
V. 10. The youngest child of Marion and Lillie Thrash was Frieda Ruth.
She was born May 28, 1913. Her first husband was Ralph Burchard and
her second Harry Beebe. She has no children. Ruth died 9-27-95
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Obituary of Lillie Henderson Thrash, Born 2-22-1873, died 3-19-1931:
Lillie Henderson Thrash, daughter of William Warder and Elizabeth Ann
Henderson, was born in Burnsville, W. Va., Feb. 22, 1873, departed this life at her
late home in Akron, Ohio, March 19, 1931, Age 58 years, 27 days.
She was united in marriage to Marion James Thrash, May 20, 1896. To this
union were born four sons and six daughters. Two sons, Percy and Wilbur,
preceded her in death.
She accepted Christ as her Saviour in her girlhood and at the time of her
death was a member of the Grace Evangelical Church in Akron, Ohio. She leaves to
mourn: her husband; two sons, Gotthart and Theodore of Akron; six daughters;
Ruby Belt, Parkersburg W. Va., Elizabeth Brady, Vienna, W. Va., Elma Mills,
Akron, 0., and Opal, Beulah and Ruth, at home. Seven grandchildren and three
sisters; Mrs. Emma Ocheltree of California, Mrs. May Carder of Burnsville, W. Va.
and Mrs. Amanda Tenney of Sedalia, 0. One brother, Edward of Florida, and many
other relatives and friends.
"In a home far away
In the bright realms above,
Where the Saviour
In his glory ever dwells,
Obituary of Marion James Thrash:
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There is watching
There is waiting
A mother whose love
Was greater than tongue e're can tell."
Marion James Thrash, son of Michael and Rachel Elms Thrash, was born in
Harrison County, West Virginia, February 15, 1775. Died April 1, 1931. Age 56
years, 1 month, and 16 days.
He was united in marriage to Lillie Henderson, May 20, 1896. She preceded
him in death by 13 days.
To this union were born four sons and six daughters. Two sons, Percy and
Wilbur, died in childhood.
Mr. Thrash accepted Christ as his Saviour in early manhood and at the time
of his death was a member of the Grace Evangelical Church in Akron, Ohio.
He leaves to mourn his loss two sons, Gotthart and Theodore, of Akron, 0.
Six daughters, Mrs. R. E. Belt, of Parkersburg, W. Va., Mrs. Troy R. Brady of
Vienna, W. Va., Mrs. John W. Mills of Akron, Ohio, and Misses Opal, Beulah and
Ruth at home; seven grandchildren and five sisters: Mrs. Minerva Wilson,
Rivesville, W. Va., Mrs. Addie Swisher of Atwater, Ohio; Mrs. Helen Fox, Weston, W.
Va., Mrs. Lettie Hughes, Jane Lew, W. Va., (Route) and Mrs. Dora Rader of Sutton,
W. Va. Three brothers, Anthony of Good Hope, W. Va., John of Rivesville, W. Va.,
and Claude of Clarksburg, W. Va., and many other relatives and friends.
"Dangers stand thick
Through all the ground
To push us to the tomb.
And fierce diseases wait around
To hurry mortals home,
Great God,
On what a slender thread
Hang everlasting things;
The eternal state of all the dead
Upon life's feeble strings."
(These obituaries for Mother and Dad are exact copies of those prepared and read by
Rev. G. A. Clymer at their funerals. Both Mother's and Dad's funerals were preached
by Rev. G. A. Clymer, pastor of the church to which they belonged. Rev. Clymer's son,
Rev. Wayne G. Clymer, later became a bishop in the United Methodist Church, at the
union of the Methodists and the Evangelical United Brethren. Mrs. Pearl Forrest and a
Mrs. Courtney sang for both services.)

Front row, left to right:
Derek Anson Manual
Kendal Bryson Manual
Mark Scott Schaible
Stephen Gregory Schaible
Julie Ann Schaible, with
Leigh Ann Schaible on lap
Ruth Ann Collins
Timothy Ann Collins
Keith Nelson Collins
(behind Timothy)
Second row, left to right:
Gerald Wayne Clinton (Jerry)
Tim David Clinton (back of Jerry)
Julia McCarthy Clinton
Edith V. Tomlinson
William Donald Tomlinson (Don)
Tina Moore
Marion Landis Brady (Lanny)
Londa Beth Brady
Sylvia Brady Manuel
Robert Jeffrey Crum
Heather Brady Crum
Ted Conforti
Lonald Belt Conforti
Loraine Carter Mills
John Wesley Mills (Jack)
Grace Mark Brady
Howard Landis Brady
Joy Shelton Brady
Granville Marion Brady
Kay Ann Thrash
Sharon Thrash Schaible
Gerald Dean Schaible (Jerry)
Cynthia Lynn Collins (in front
of Jerry Schaible)
Annis Romine Collins
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Back row, left to right
Josephine Clinton Barstow
Gerald Edwin Barstow
Everett William Clinton
Beulah Thrash Clinton
Gotthart Tenney Thrash
John Darwin Nicolais
Ruby Thrash Nicolais
Elma Thrash Bornstein
Elizabeth Thrash Brady
Troy Robert Brady
Blossom Brady Thrash
Theodore Frank Thrash (Ted)
Elmer Carl Romine (Peck)
Daisy Romine
Nelson Collins

(Addendum - The obituaries for Pop Troy and Mother Brady. RMB)
Located at http://www.flumc.org/comline/revarchive/082099s6.html
Troy R. Brady
In Memoriam
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August 20, 1999
Edition
The Rev. Troy R. Brady, a retired Florida Conference elder,
died June 25 at the age of 93, nine days before his 73rd
wedding anniversary. He became an elder in the United
Brethren denomination in 1934 and retired from the ministry
in 1971. He served churches in Bradenton and Winter Park
during his 15 years in the Florida Conference. Brady is
survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and two sons.
Located at http://www.flumc.org/journal2000/2000pdf/part7.pdf
Florida United Methodist Review Online – Journal of
the One Hundred Fifty Eighth Session of the Florida
Annual Conference
Of
The United Methodist Church

This is the letter that was sent out to family and friends:
December 17, 2002
To all of you who knew and loved Elizabeth (Betty) Brady:
Our Mother left us December 16, 2002, at the age of 95. We will miss her, of course, but her life
was long and filled with service to God, the Church, her family, and her students. She was ready
and prepared, and it was time for this life to end.
Mother was 95 on September 7, and had a wonderful Birthday celebration with almost all of her
descendents present at the party.
Her obituary, as it will appear in our local paper:
Elizabeth Thrash Brady passed away Monday, December 16, 2002 at Sand Point Senior
Living in Titusville [Florida], at the age of 95 She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev.
Troy R. Brady.
Mrs. Brady was a graduate of Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Shenandoah College and
James Madison University. She taught in public schools in Virginia and Florida. As a Methodist
Pastor’s wife, she helped serve congregations in West Virginia, Virginia and in Bradenton and
Winter Park, Florida.
Among her major interests were travel, reading and writing. At the age of 84, she learned
to use her computer and published “Reclaimed Memories,” her memoirs. She also published a
book on the genealogy of her family, and edited and published a collection of her husband’s
writings, some 700 pages total.
She is survived by one sister, Beulah Cook, two sons, Marion and Howard Brady, eight
grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 19, 2002, at the funeral
home. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 20, 2002 at the First United
Methodist Church of Port St. John. Entombment will follow service at Brevard Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Port
St. John, 1165 Fay Blvd., Port St. John, FL 32927.
Brevard Memorial Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
Marion Brady Howard Brady
Next is a poem I wrote the day before Mother Brady died. I asked Dad to read it at her memorial
service, then place it with her to be interned......
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Dear God,
She was a remarkable woman that cared about us all
Her love was unconditional, no matter how hard we’d fall.
She loved her man, never leaving his side,
With him each and every moment, holding him until he died.
If anyone needs an example, of what a wife should be,
Take a look at this lady’s life, that is my memory.
She dedicated her life to Jesus’ work
and now goes to her reward,
I have no doubt in my mind that
Pop Troy is waiting by the door.
I’m going to miss you, Grandma, and you will always be a part of me, forever. Give
Pop Troy a hug for me and keep watching over us. I really am happy for you now.
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All my Love,
Robbie

CHRISTLIEB---CHRISLIB---CHRISLIP—CRISLIP
(All the above forms of spelling have been either in family records, county histories,
census reports or official court house documents of this branch of the family.) The
following is your direct fine of ancestors back as far as I have been able to trace it, on
the "Crislip" side of the family.
I. Gottlieb Christlieb, born around 1700, in Germany.
II. Frederick Charles Christlieb, (I); wife Anna Catherine Buck; Came to
America in 1765, from Germany, with their two sons.
III. Jacob Chrislib, (1); Born in Germany in 1747; Came to America in
1765, to Pennsylvania and later to what is now Barbour County,
West Virginia. Married Nancy Singer. He died in 1822 and she in
1824.
IV. William Chrislip, 3-27-1794 to 1847, married Hannah
Ward, born 1796. William's will was written in April and
probated in May of 1847, in Barbour Co., Book #1, p. 16.
Hannah Ward was the daughter of Job Ward and Tabitha
(Cummings) Ward.
V. Rachel Elma Chrislip, 1838 to 1909, married Michael
Thrash, 1834 to 1903
(Descendants listed under Brady and Thrash lines.)
VI. Marion James Thrash, 1875 to 1931, married
Lillie Josephine Henderson, 1873 to 1931
VII. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash, b. 1907-
2002.
Troy Robert Brady b. 1906- 1999
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VIII. Granville Marion Brady
VIII. Howard Landis Brady
VII. Theodore Frank Thrash
Blossom Brady Thrash
VIII. Adriel Brady Thrash
VIII. Sharon Bea Thrash Schaible
William Crislip is buried in the Gall Hollow Cemetery, on Scales Road, Near Elk City,
Barbour County, WV. His tombstone says he was born in 1791 and died April 8,
1847.

Arranged by Elizabeth Thrash Brady:
Children of Jacob Christlieb (1) and Nancy Singer Christlieb as listed in:
The Christlieb Family, The will of Jacob
Record of Samuel
by Beal. F. Christlieb of Christlieb. The following Crislip, dated 1818 and
Minnesota, 1895
are named as sons or now in the possession of
daughters
a lady in California.
Mary, 1780
Mary Mary, Jan 1780
Elizabeth, 1781 ** Elizabeth, Sept. 5, 1741
(should be 1781)
George, Dec 22, 1782 George George, Dec 22, 1742
(should be 1782)
Christina, 1785
** Christina, Dec 12, 1785
Catherine, 1786
Jacob, Sept 16, 1787
John, July 25, 1789
Nancy, 1790
*William, March 27, 1794
Abram, Sept 26, 1795
Margaret, Oct 16, 1797
Her twin
Isaac, Oct 16, 1797
Samuel, May 2, 1800
Sarah, 1802
** Catherine, May 9, 1786
Jacob
John John, July 25, 1789
Nancy Nancy, Oct 30, 1790
William William, May 27, 1794
Abraham Abraham, Sept 26, 1795
Patty Patty, Oct 16, 1797
Isaac Isaac, Oct 16, 1797
Samuel Samuel, May 2, 1800
Sally Sarah, April 10, 1802
*The tombstone gives the birth of William as 1791 and that he died April 8, 1847. Old
cemetery on Scales Road (Originally Gall Hollow Road) near Elk City, Barbour County,
West Virginia.
**Margaret and Sarah are not named as such in the will, but it is safe to assume that
Patty in the will is Margaret and that Sally is Sarah, since these are commonly used
nicknames. Also named in the will are three grandsons, George Crowscoe or Crousoe,
Jacob Reed, and James O'Connor. They, no doubt, are sons of Elizabeth Crousoe,
Christina Reed and Catherine Conner. The will was probably written by a lawyer who
did not verify the spelling.
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The Christlieb family originated in Germany. As far as we can learn, they first settled
in what is now Barbour County, West Virginia. At the time of the early Crislip
pioneers this section was a part of Harrison County, Virginia. Barbour County was
formed in 1843 from sections of Harrison, Randolph and Lewis Counties. Some of the
early records am still in the Harrison County Court House, although the land is in
Barbour County. West Virginia was formed in 1863, when thirty nine counties in and
west of the Allegheny mountains separated from Virginia to form a new state.
Roman numerals indicates the generation of each family, beginning with (I) for the
progenitor. Arabic numerals indicate the order, and number, of children in each
family, if known. The older information on the family was secured from an old copy of
a history of the Crislip family. The book was owned by a lady on Walnut Fork, in
Lewis County, West Virginia, in the early 1940's.
We were able to corroborate much of the information I have gathered on the different
branches of both mine and my husband's families, during the last thirty five years,
by an intensive search of courthouse records, historical societies, genealogical
libraries, etc., in 1977. During the late summer and early fall of that year we
searched in nineteen different counties in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Much of the information contained in my records could never be secured now, for I
"picked" it from the memory of the older generations, who have since died.
We visited Jennings Crislip in Jane Lew, West Virginia, on Monday, May 5, 1980. He
is the son of the elderly lady living in Vadis, W. Va. in 1940, from whom we secured
our first information on the Christlieb Family. He had a small booklet, entitled The
Christlieb Family, by Benjamin F. Criestlieb, of Minnesota, 1895.
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This booklet did not give Gottlieb Christlieb of Germany as the father of Frederick
Charles (I). I'm sure the book from which I secured my information forty years earlier
than this visit was a larger book and gave this information.
I. Gottlieb Christlieb, of Germany. Since he had a grandson born in 1747, he was
probably born around the turn of the century or earlier.
II. Frederick Charles Christlieb, (1), was born in Durkheim, Rhenish
Bavaria, Germany. He came to America in 1765, with his wife, Anna
Catherine Buck, and their two sons.
III. 1. Frederick Charles, (II). He may not have been the elder of
the two sons, and as far as I know he was "lost' to the
descendants of his brother, Jacob, who was our ancestor.
Born 6-1-1751 at St. Gretchen, near Durkheim.
2. Jacob Christlieb, (I), was born in Germany in 1747.
He married Nancy Singer (born in 1755), and for a short
time resided in Pennsylvania. Jacob traveled from Carlile,
Pa., to near Phillipi, W. Va. (The log cabin where, it is said,
he lived was still standing in 1985.) He rested his children
there, although tradition says that the fast three children
were born in Pa., before they moved to W. Va., in 1793. The
family history gave the names of only eight of the children,
saying the other three were "lost" to the family but all twelve
are named in their father's will. The birth and death dates
and names of the spouses are from the Crislip History.
Jacob died in 1822, and his wife, Nancy, in 1824. Will
written April 14, 1821 and probated March Court 1822. In
the body of the will the name is called "Crislip." but signed
"Chrislib." Recorded in Harrison Co. Court House,
Clarksburg, W. Va., Will book #3, on pages 29-31. (See p.
29). It has been established that Jacob was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War. (See below)
This is a copy of the information establishing the service of Jacob Crislip in the
Revolutionary War. The original was signed by archive official John E. Shelby.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Bureau of Archives and History,
William Penn Memorial Museum and Archives Building,
Box 1026, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120:
28 Feb 1980. Militia, Inactive Status:
Jacob Crislop, Enrollment Date 1777-80.
4th Company, Captain John Lamb. 7th Class,
Cumberland County Militia.
Residence Ascribed: Allen Township.
Remarks: According to an undated Class Return for the period 1777-1780.
Authority: Records of the office of the Comptroller General.
Signed: John E. Shelby, Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
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(I received a copy of this report from Marjorie (Heater) Herring of 12016 Midlake Dr.,
Dallas, Texas, 75218, in letter dated March 17, 1980.)
A copy of my records on the Crislip family line is contained in this book. If the
daughters of the descendants of Jacob Chrislip should desire membership in the
Daughters of the American Revolution, this should be all the proof needed, with the
exception of the later documents of proof of descent, such as birth certificates. These
are now easily obtained because of good courthouse records. I have photocopies of all
legal documents. The historical marker (next page) is erected on route 57, between
Philippi and Clarksburg, West Virginia. This picture was printed in the Barbour
(County) Democrat, on August 2, 1989. Jacob Christlieb and his son, William, are
buried in separate cemeteries, but both are near the location of the marker.
Picture of “Roadside Marker” printed in newspaper
Historical Marker On Rt. 57 Shows Location Of Chrislip
Hollow And Family Graveyard
The location of Chrislip Hollow on Rt. 57, Barbour County, is
marked by this official sign, courtesy of the Christlieb, Chrislip-Crislip
Family Association and the West Virginia Department of Culture and
History.
Descendants of Jacob Chrislip who settled near Philippi in around
1792 gathered for a reunion, July 7, 8 and 9 at West Virginia Wesleyan
College. A special visitor at this year’s reunion ws the pastor of the
church in Bad Durkheim, Germany, where the parents of Jacob Crislip
were married.
Descendants of Jacob and Nancy Singer Chrislib:
IV. 1. George, 12-22-1782 to 1-17-1857, married Mary Rice of Pa.
V. 1. Jacob, (III), 1809 to 1857
2. Thomas B., 1813 to 1866, married Camelia Wilson, 1811 to 1866
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VI. 1. John W., 1841, married Elizabeth Sims, about 1865
2. George M., 1844
3. Thomas B., 1848
4. Abraham A., 1851
5. Jacob L., 1854
IV. 2. Jacob, (II), 9-16-1787, married Elizabeth Reger in 1815. She died 1868
V. 1. Lemuel, 10-16-1822, first wife, Selina Peck, married in 1845
Josephine Hardman, second wife.
VI. 1. John Luther, 1846
2. Cyrus A., 1850
3. Olive (Vandle) 1861
V. 2. Abram (minister in Kentucky.)
3. Jacob A., (settled in Spencer, W. Va.)
IV. 3. John, 7-25-1789, married Margaret Harvey (His will is recorded in
Barbour County Court House, Philippi, W. Va. will Book 1-1/2, Page 25.
VI. 1. Nathan
2. William
3. Martin
4. Malinda Callihan (In history Calahon- in will Callihan)
5. Elizabeth (Criss) (Called Ebaza Criss in will.)
6. Jemima (Oneal)
7. Matilda
IV. 4. William Crislip, 3-27-1794 to 1847. married Hannah Ward, born 1796.
My great-grandparents. His will was written April 8, 1847, and probated
in Barbour County Court, May term 1847. Recorded in book #1, page 16.
In the body of the will his name is spelled "Crislip," but signed "Chrislip."
(See page 30)
There is a deed for 50 acres of land inherited by the sons of Jacob Crislip recorded in
the Harrison County Court House in Clarksburg, W. Va, in book 34, page 160. The
other brothers sold their share of the land m William. The date of the deed is Feb. 9,
1826, and probated February 16th.
Another deed to William Chrislip for 300 acres of land on the Waters of Limestone
Creek, in the County of Harrison in Va. (now W. Va.) Dated March 26, 1847. his
witnessed by two justices of the peace in Barbour County. This land was bought from
Samuel and his wife, Eleanor Jane.
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Elizabeth at the grave of
Jacob Christlieb (Crislip) her
great-great grandfather born in
Germany in 1747. Died in
1822 in Barbour County, W.
Va.
Revolutionary War plaque at
his grave.
The old log house on scales road
near Elk City which tradition
says, William Crislip built as the
first home for his family. The
marker at his grave gives his
birth as 1791 and his death as
1847. Another record gives his
birth as 1794. He was the father
of Rachel Elma Crislip (Thrash).
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Children of William and Hannah Ward Crislip, (V); Grandchildren, (VI)
V. 1. Perrygreen (spelled thus in will, but "Peregrine" in Crislip History.
Married Barbara Ann Marple. (Helen Crislip Brady's grandparents.)
VI. 1. James Betellian
2. Florence Annaliza
3. Dom
4. Ulysses Grant, 5-2-1865 married Martha Alberta Casaday
(Parents of Helen Louise Crislip Brady.
Given under Brady genealogy, page 18.)
5. Hannah Lettie
6. Victoria
7. Olive Jemima
8. Columbia Lecevea
9. Fanny Segerma
10. Winfield Marple (Died May 3, '52, Age51.)
(Two children died in infancy, Cora Ellen and John Columbus
Children of Ulysses Grant Crislip and Martha Casaday Crislip
VII. 1. Ina May
2. lona Francis
3. Atha Gay
4. Argyle Belle
5. Wilbert Roy
6. Hobart Ray
7. Lydia Am
8. Helen Louise Crislip (Brady) Descendants given under the
Brady genealogy, Page 18.
9. Willie Raymond
10. Lula Ruth
V. 2. William Turner, married a Lawson 1835 (Wm. T. 1850 C.)
V. 3. Johnson B., married Malinda Gregory
(Ancestors of Maxine Crislip Turner of Ravenna, Ohio. Communicated in
1984.)
VI. The 1850 Census of Barbour County gives the following: "Crislip,
Johnson (Farmer) born in Virginia, age 25, Malinda, 27, Elizabeth, 4,
Hannah, 1: (Gregory and Elizabeth, born in Virginia, age 51.) The Crislip
History says they had twins, Barbary and Mary, born March l, 1862, and
Rachel, born 6-17-1853. Children of Johnson and Melinda, Gregory and
Elizabeth were probably the parents of Melinda.
V. 4. Sebia (In the Crislip History "Sebia" is simply listed as one of the children
of William and Hannah Ward Crislip, but in his will she is not mentioned
but "Barbara" is listed in the will as an heir, so probably the same
daughter.) Neither Sebia or Barbara were living with the mother in 1850,
as neither are given in that census. William, the father, died in 1847, and
by 1850 the older children had married or were living in other
households.
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V. 5. Sarah Ann, married her cousin, Martin Crislip. (She was probably one
of
the older children, and already married before the death of her father in
1847. He left her less than the other children in his will, and wrote, "It is
in addition to what she has already received" Sarah and Martin had, at
least, two children.)
VI. 1. Martin A., 4-19-1856
2. John L., married Margaret Caroline Post. This couple had four
children,
and after his death, she marred my father's brother, John William
Thrash, (Uncle Johnny.) They had six children. These are listed
under the "Thrash" genealogy.
VII. 1. Ernest Theodore Crislip, 1-14-1875 to 1935, (Never
married)
2. Albert George Crislip, 7-25-1876 to 1926.
3. Icy Maud Crislip, 8-25-1878 to 2-19-1940. (Never
married)
4. Hiram David, 11-5-1880.
V. 6. Drusilla
7. Hannah, married Hiram Nutter.
8. Rachel Elma Crislip, my grandmother, born Aug. 26, 1838,
married
Michael Thrash; born Jan. 2, 1834, died Oct. 5, 1903, Buried in
Big Run Cemetery, near Napier, W. Va., where they made their
home in later years. Their descendants listed under the "Thrash"
genealogy. She died March 30, 1909.
9. Minerva, 1-26-1840 to 10-21-1937, married Minter Marple.
(Obituary says she died 5-4-(1931?) 1932. Boat 9-17-1840. 11
children.
10. Susannah (in will), Susan, (in history), 1843
IV. 5. Abraham (legal documents) Abram in History. 9-26-1795 to 9-23-
1879.
Married Amanda Britton, 1817 to 1887.
V. 1. Ervin G., 9-7-1834, married Mary M. Daniels
VI. 1. W.L.
2. Albert G., 8-26-1860
3. Edmund H., 1861
VII. 1. Ira
2. Stewart
3. Eva
V. 2. Julianna (Julia) Corder, 1836
3. Elizabeth J. (Reedee), 1843
4. Eliza (Elza, 1-16-1845, married Elizabeth E. Hatherly
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VI. 1. Fredward
V. 5. Elmer Lee, probably born after 1850 census; not named in
it.
In the "1850 Census of Barbour County" Abraham and Amanda's family are listed
thus: "Chrislip, Abraham, (farmer) born in Virginia (now W.Va.) age 54, Amenda, 39,
Ervin G., 15, Julianna, 13, Elizabeth, 7, Eliza A., 4: Chrislip, Barbara, age 74, all born
in Virginia."
IV. 6. Isaac, 10-16-1797 to I1-1881 (unmarried)
7. Samuel, 5-2-1800 to 4-13-1889, married Eleanor J, Beard
V. 1. Melissa, married Hoff, first husband. Theodore Nutter,
second
husband.
2. Virginia A., married Job Glasscock
VI. 1. Ida B., 1867 to 1892, married Dr. R. B. Wilson
2. Ralph L., 1869, married Emma Gray
3. Laura V., Orlo Davis (Laura, 1872)
4. Guy C., 1877
5. Maud V., 1880
6. Ada G., 1883
V. 3. Deniza, married ________ Reger.
4. Lee (umarried)
5. Harriet, married Wilson Wade
6. Ray Gibson, maried Fanny Renolds.
VI. 1. Hazel
VI. 2. A son
7. Marcellus R. 1862, married Mary V. Young
VI. Edie or Edna J. 1889
VI. 2. Hattie
8. Mary, married David Willet
9. Elizabeth, married Nicholas Crouse
10. Christina, married Jacob Reed
11. Catherine, married James Conner.
VI. 1. James A. (Jr.), married ____ Moore. James and _____
Moore had three daughters:
VII. Mrs. Daltom, Mrs. Annadale and Mrs. Umphrey.
IV. 8, 9, 10, 11: In addition to the above seven sons of Jacob Chrislib (I) given in
the history, he names four daughters as heirs; Nancy, Mary, Patty
and Sally.
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JACOB CHRISLIB'S WILL (I)
Will of Jacob Chrislib or Crislip, written April 14, 1821 and probated in the March
Court of 1822. It is recorded in Will book #3, pages 29-31, at the Harrison County
Court House, in Clarksburg, W. Va.
In the body of the will the name is "Crislip" but is signed, "Chrislib."
I have tried to copy this exactly as the will was written, without making corrections of
any kind, except to boldface the name of our ancestor.
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I Jacob Crislip of the County of Harrison in the State of Virginia do hereby make my
last will and testament In manner and form following that is to say,
(First) I desire that all the perishable part of my estate be immediately sold after my decease and
out of the money arising therefrom all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid -- (Secondly)
After the payment of my debts and funeral expenses I give to my wife Nancy Crislip the entire
possession of my dwelling house, kitchen and other out houses, together with all the dresses(?)
furniture at present belonging to the said dwelling house, also one big kettle, one small oven,
and one tea kettle one bed and furniture thereof also one horse beast to use at her will also that
my executors hereafter named do find and provide for my said wife Nancy a comfortable and
decent maintenance out of my estate during her natural life. Also it is my will and desire that
my lands remain unsold and undivided during the natural life of my wife Nancy. Also I desire
that during the time my wife Nancy survive me, my three sons to wit, William, Abraham, &
Samuel do hold possession of all my lands to improve or cultivate at their will and for their
profit and benefit inclusive of the said Maintenance of my wife Nancy during her natural life.
Also that my son Isaac do hold possession of his smith shop during the said time at his will -
(Thirdly) I desire that after the decease of my wife Nancy all of my lands be sold at public sale,
and out of the moneys thence arising after paying to my two sons William & Abraham fifty
dollars each, the balance be equally divided among my seven sons. To wit George, Jacob, John,
William, & Abraham, Isaac & Samuel, after paying Ten (?) dollars to my Daughter Mary, also
Five dollars to my Grandson George Crowscoe (?) -- also five dollars to my Grandson Jacob Reed
also Ten dollars to my daughter Nancy Owrs, also to my Daughters Patty & Sally ten dollars
each, also I desire that my said daughters Patty and Sally have out of my personal estate One
Cow, One Bed & furniture thereof and one Spinning wheel each also that my Grandson James
Oconner have one horse beast and saddle & a new suit of clothes to be given to him when he
comes to be twenty one years of age. (Fourthly)- all the rest of my estate both real and Personal
of what nature or kind soever it might be not herein particularly disposed of I desire that it be
equally divided - among my several sons hereinfore named which I give to them, their heirs
executors administrators and assigns forever. And (Lastly) I do hereby constitute and appoint
my friend Samuel Hall and my son William Crislip executors of this my last will and testament
hereby revoking all other or former wills or testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 14th day of
April in the year of our Lord 1821
Signed, sealed and
declared in the presence Jacob Chrislib (seal)
of us-
David Hall March Court 1822 proved
Samuel C. Hall ordered to be recorded
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THE WILL OF WILLIAM CHRISLIP, 1847
This is a copy of the will of one of my great-grandfathers. Written April 8, 1847
and probated in Barbour County Court at the May term of the same year. It is
recorded in book #1, page 16. My great-grandfather bought all the 50 acres in one
tract, which he and his six brothers had received by will from their father, Jacob
Chrislib. Shortly before his death, he bought another 300 acres from his brother
Samuel and wife Eleanor Jane. The cost was $217.08. He paid $50.00, and the
remainder was to be paid in two annual payments. This transaction took place March
26, 1847. His will was written about two weeks later and probated less than two
months after it was written. It seems odd that he would be buying land on time
payments if he thought his death was impending. Was his death unexpected, or was
he making better provision for his family because he knew he would not live long? I
wonder!
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I William Crislip of the County of Barbour and state of Virginia, do hereby make my last will and
testament, in the manner and form following To wit, First: I desire, that all my lands shall remain
in the entire possession, and under the controll, and for the only use of my wife, Hannah to farm,
lease rent or manage in any way whatsoever to the best of her skill and ability in the purpose of her
own comfort, and living, and for the comfort and living and raising of my children during her
natural life. Furthermore, I desire that she shall have all the farming utensils, House hold and
Kitchen furniture, with entire possession of all the houses and outer buildings with all things
appertaining thereto to have and to hold and manage at her own will and discretion So long as she
shall live after my decease. I also give and bequeath to her my bay Baldfaced Horse and two milch
cows also three head of hogs furthermore: I desire that after the decease if my Wife Hannah, that
my son Perrygreen shall have fifty acres of land off the southeast end of my faun on which he lives
by paying three hundred dollars to my daughters first therein named as follows, to my daughter
Barbara one hundred dollars and to my daughter Drusilla one hundred dollars and to my daughter
Hannah one hundred dollars. Furthermore, I desire that my son Johnson Shall have thirty acres of
land off of the northwest end of my farm so as to include the house (after the decease of my wife
Hannah) by paying one hundred and fifty dollars, as follows, to my daughter Rachel one hundred
dollars, the remaining fifty dollars to my daughter Sarah in addition to what I have already given
her. The remaining part of my land, I give to my son William Tamer, by his paying two hundred and
fifty dollars, as follows: to my daughter Minerva, one hundred dollars, to my daughter Susannah,
one hundred dollars, and the remaining fifty dollars to be equally divided between my four
youngest daughters Hannah, Rachel, Minerva and Susannah to be appropriated in bedding to their
use. Lastly, I do hereby constitute my friend Aquilla Ward and my wife Hannah Crislip Executors of
this my last will and Testament, hereby making all other or former wills or testaments by me
heretofore made null and void.
Signed in presence of
John Ward April 8th, 1847
Aquila Ward
John N. Hall William X Chrislib
December 17, 1978.
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Photostatic copies of the following legal papers are now in our possession.
1. The will of my great-great-grandfather, Jacob Crislip. The last name is not
always spelled the same way, even though the same person is involved. This will is
dated April 14, 1821, and probated in the March term of court of 1822. It is recorded
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in Will Book 3, pages 29 to 31, at the Harrison County, W. Va., Court House in
Clarksburg, W. Va. (See Page 59, Thrash section.)
2. The Deed, or Indenture, for 50 acres of land inherited by the seven sons of the
above Jacob Crislip. Six of the brothers deeded their share of the land to the other
brother, William Crislip, William is one of my great-grandfathers. The deed is signed
by the six brothers and three wives. Namely: George, Mary, Jacob (H), Elizabeth, John,
Margaret, Abmhatn, Samuel, and Isaac. (All Crislips.)
3. Another deed to William Chrislip, last name spelled with an "h" all through this
document This deed was from Samuel Crislip and his wife, Eleanor Jane, for 300
acres of land, on the waters of Limestone Creek, in the County of Harrison, Va. (Later
W. Va.) It was dated March 26, 1847, and witnessed by two justices in Barbour
County the next day. It was probated in Harrison County, W. Va., March 30, 1847.
4. The will of my great-grandfather, William Crislip (above), dated April 8, 1847,
and probated in the May term of court of that year. It is recorded in book 1, page 16,
in the Barbour County Court House, Philippi, W. Va. (See Page 60, Thrash Section.) 5.
A deed from my great-grandfather, Robert Henderson and wife, Lucinda, to
their son, William Warder Henderson, my grandfather. This deed was for the 1/8
interest in land which Robert Henderson inherited from his father, William Henderson.
This deed is recorded in D'd Book 13, page 165, in Nelson County, Virginia. It is dated
April 29, 1850 and recorded February 24, 1851. (We secured a photo static copy of the
original document October 4, 1977.)
6. The will of one of my great-great-grandfathers, John M. Wingfield, dated 7-9-
1849, and probated 8-6-1849. Recorded in D'd-Will Book 19, Pages 151 and 152, in
Albemerle County, Virginia. The court house is in Charlottesville. (See Page 69 of the
Thrash Section.)
7. The will of the wife of John M. Wingfield, Ann (Buster) Wingfield, recorded in
book 23, page 486. Her will is dated 8-26-1855 and Probated 1-7-1856. Their children
are listed in both wills. (Her will is on Page 71 of the Thrash Section.)
8. John M. Wingfield and Amt Buster's wedding bond was secured 12-28-1797.
The family is also listed on page 320 D, in "Index to Miscellaneous Papers," by W. L.
Maupin.
9. A "Deed of Gift" by my great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth Lobban, to her
children, dated 1-6-1827. Recorded 5-28-1827, recorded in Book 6, Page 103. (See
pages 84-85). Nelson County Court House, Lovinston, Va.
10. Lillie J. Henderson’s and Marion James Thrash's marriage license, Book 3,
Braxton County, W. Va., at Sutton. The license states they were married at the home
of E. A. Henderson. (Elizabeth Amt Henderson, my mother's mother. Her husband had
died before Lillie's marriage.)
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WINGFIELD
In 1942 my husband and I, with our two sons, moved to Harrisburg in Franklin
County, Ohio. This was the county just east of Madison County, where the
descendants of Aunt Amanda Henderson Tenney lived. Two of my great uncles,
brothers of my grandmother, Elizabeth Amt Wingfield Henderson, had settled in
Madison County, and the Tenneys followed them there. My cousin, Ina Tenney Foster,
was also interested in genealogy and I was able to secure some information concerning
my mother's side of the family from her.
Ina told me that my mother was named "Cordelia Josephine" when she was born. If
she ever talked of this in my presence it was only incidental, and I had forgotten it, but
some of the older members of my family remembered that this was true. Later my
sister, Ruby Nicolais, said that a few days after her birth Grandfather took one of the
smaller children on his knee and said, "What will we call the baby?" and the child
replied, "Let's call her Lillie," and Lillie she became, as far as all official documents are
concerned.
On October 29, 1977, we worked for two or three hours in the library at Martinsburg,
W. Va., in the genealogical department. Here we found several volumes of history on
the counties of W. Va. They are a reprinting of Hiram H. Hardesty's "History of West
Virginia Counties." The original volume was not in the library, and no dates were given
in the reprinting. On Sept. 19, 1978 we stopped at the printing establishment of Jim
Comstock, in Richwood, and learned that the information began to appear in 1883,
and continued for a number of years. He was responsible for the new copies which
had been issued, and was also the editor and owner of the "Hillbilly " newspaper. Here
we bought the volume on Calhoun, Pocahontas, Braxton and Berkeley which was
printed in 1973. It was in a copy of this book in the library that I found an account of
Grandfather, William W. (Warder) Henderson's Civil War record. (See p. 118) This was
the first confirmation I had heard, that Mother had really been named Cordelia instead
of Lillie, for her name was listed thus in the history.
The following excerpt is from a book, History of Madison County, Ohio, by Chester E.
Bryan, published in 1915. It belonged to my first cousin, Ina Tenney Foster, who lived
in London, Ohio, in 1942, when I copied it from that book. Her explanation for the fact
that Robert C. Wingfield was included in the history was that the author included the
background of prominent families in Madison County.
"Robert C. Wingfield was born in 1802 in Albemarle Co., Va., where he
remained until 1840, when he emigrated to the state of Missouri, traveling in a
covered wagon. Sixty miles west of St. Louis he purchased a faun and remained
them for same time. While living on this place in Lincoln Co., he was thrown
from a horse and injured for life. Returning to his old home in Va. in 1849 he
bought 400 acres of land; later he sold this and purchased 518 acres in Upshur
County, Va. in 1854, and resumed his agricultural pursuits. Born in 1802 he
passed away in the month of February, in the year 1867, at age 65 years.
Robert C. Wingfeld was the son of John and Anna Buster Wingfield, both
natives of Virginia, and his wife was Eliza (Louisa) Elsom (or Elsham) Wingfield,
born in 1811, Died in 1887 at the age of 76 years. To Robert C. Wingfield and
Louisa Elsom were born 12 children."
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Robert C. Wingfield, born in 1802, in
Virginia. Died in 1868 in West Virginia.
(What is now W. Va. declared its
independence from the state of Virginia
in 1863, due m different loyalties
during the Civil War.)
His wife, Eliza S. (Elsom) Wingfield
born in 1811, died 1889. Thus couple
were buried on their farm, as was a
daughter in-law and a granddaughter.
After we visited the graves in the late
1970s the property was sold to a coal
company for strip mining. The
remains, along with the monuments,
were moved to the Baptist Church
Cemetery, in Ten Mile, W. Va.
Elizabeth Brady at the private
graveyard on the old Wingfield
property. (Upshur County)
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Ina Foster thought that one or two of the Wingfield sons fought in the Civil War, and
that one or two children died in infancy. The following is from a letter written by Ira
Tenney Foster to our third cousin, Artie Norvill (with a copy to me), January 10, 1979:
"When Robert C. Wingfield left Missouri he sold a slave he had taken
with him from Virginia. When he got back to Va., the mother of the negro
boy burst into tears and said, "You all got back home but my poor boy."
I met two of my third cousins in 1978, who are also great-grandchildren of Robert C.
Wingfield, Artie Jane and Roy Norville. They still live in the house built on the section
of land given to their grandfather, Robert E. Wingfield, when the farm was divided.
Artie said she thought the "S" in our great-grandmother's name was for "Selina" and
that the "C" in his name was for "Clark".
Our research in the summer and fall of 1977 proved that there are several minor
errors in the Madison County, Ohio, account. The tombstone of Robert C. (Clark)
Wingfield states that he was born Dec. 22, 1802 and died, not in 1867, but Feb. 8,
1868. The Register of Marriages and Deaths in the Upshur County Court House in
Buckhannon, W. Va., page 23, gives his death as "February 1868," The day of the
month is not given in the register. His wife's name was not "Louisa" or "Elsham" but
Eliza S. Elsom before her marriage. Her tombstone has the inscription, "Eliza S., wife
of R. C. Wingfield, born Jan. 12, 1811. Died Sept, 6, 1889," not 1867. The parents of
Robert C. Wingfield were John Wingfield and Ann Buster, not Anna. The wills of both
John Wingfield and his wife, Amt Buster Wingfield are reproduced for this family
history.
(Jan. 18, 1993-A few years after we visited the graves of Robert C. Wingfield and his
wife this farm was sold to a coal company for surface mining. The remains of those
buried them, along with the impressive market, were moved to the cemetery near the
Baptist Church in Tenmile, W. Va. These two had been charter members of that
church. Either the cemetery had not been established, or the family wanted a family
graveyard on their own property. Many such families did this in those early years.)
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Wingfield-Buster-Hudson
On September 2, 1977 we did some research on the records of the Historical Society of
Albemarle County, Virginia, in Charlottesville, There we secured the following
information from a History of Virginia of the American Historical Society, Volume 4.
page 49. (Generations will be marked with Roman numerals, beginning with the oldest
on which I have been able to trace as (I).
I. John Wingfield (1), was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1700. He married
Mary Hudson, also of Hanover, who was the daughter of Charles Hudson. There
is a record of two sons, John M. and Edward C., There may have been other
children, but John M. Wingfield is our ancestor. Edward C., born 10-20-1820.
II. John M. Wingfield was born in Albemarle County Va., May 6, 1765, wife
Ann Buster, born Sept. 29, 1776. They were married Dec. 28, 1797.
They, too may have been the parents of several children, but I have tried
to trace only the line of my son’s great-great grandparents, Robert C. and
Eliza S. Elsom Wingfield.
(The following information was secured from History of Albemarle Co., Virginia, by Rev.
Edgar Woods, page 158.)
"A family named Buster (Bustard) settled in the county soon after its
formation. Its head was William _ Buster. As early as 1749 his wife,
Elizabeth, was left a widow. He had at least two sons, John and
Claudios, who were the owners of more than 300 acres of land on the
north fork of Hardware River. John died in 1820 at age 83. He was twice
married, fast to Elizabeth Woods and then Alice Gilliom. His children
were Ann, the wife of John Wingfield and Martha, the wife of Matthew
Wingfield, Samh (Dedman), Margaret (Foster), Elizabeth (Moore), Patience
(Wheat), Claudics and David."
III. Robert C. (Clark?) Wingfield, 12-22-1802 to 2-8-1868
Eliza S. (Selina?) Elsom, 1-12-1811 to 9-6-1889
IV. 1. John Ruben, 2-9-1834 (moved to Madison Co., Ohio) Wife,
Sarah E,
2. Marcellus Clark (Moved to Madison Co., Ohio,)
3. Martin Dawson (Martin., Nelson, Flavius and Robert E. all died
in Upshur County, W.Va..)
4. Nelson Washington
5. Flavius Joseph, wife, Linda M. born 1-1-1852 to 6-10-1891
6. Lucy, married Felton Taylor, moved to Oklahoma, 12 children.
7. Robert Edward, 12-18-1835 Died in 1905 (His obituary typed)
Sarah Jane Harlan, 74-1833 to 2-27-1887
V. 1. Adelina (Ludridge)
2. Selina E. 5-9-1873 to 6-19-1888 (Tombstone)
(called Fannie)
3. Willa Ann
Warren Norville
V1. l. Artie lane. Never married. Taught school for 40
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years. Lives on a section of the original Wingfield farm, near Ten Mile, W, Va. Gave
me a part of generation IV above.
2. Roy Edward. Unmarried. Lived with Artie, in 1978
3. Glen Hansel, married Ola Gaylor and Helen Carter
4. Ada Ruth, married Darrel Hollon
5. Causbie Lee, married French Ervin. Had terminal
cancer in 1978 when we talked with her sister, Artie.
IV. 8. Margaret
William Barb
V. 1. Leona
2. Bernard
3. Walker
4. Lula
IV. 9. Elizabeth Ann Wingfield, b. 5-11-1832 in Albemarle Co., Va.
d. 1- -1908 in Braxton Co., W. Va. m. 9-20-1852
William Warder Henderson, b. 9-20-1825 in Nelson Co., Va.
d. 3-1-1887 in Braxton Co., W. Va.
V. 1. Infant son, b. 5-9-1853, lived eight days (in Nelson
County)
2. Eliza Lucinda (Barnette) 1854 to 1928
3. Robert Alexander, b. 1856
4. Mary Frances, 1858 to 1914 or '15
5. John Hiter, (Dutch) 1859 to 1896
6. Amanda Jane (Teeny) 1861 to 2-13-1942
7. Margaret Susan (Meg)(Humphreys), 1864 to 1915
8. Mildred May (Carder) 1865 to 1931
9. William Henry, 11-2-1867 to 5-27-1895
10. Martha Emaline, 1869 to 1941
11. Edward Morgan, 1871
12. Lillie Josephine, 2-22-1873 m 3-19-1931
Marion James Thrash, 2-15-1875 to 4-1-1931
IV. 10. Eliza (Osborn)
V. 1. Susanna
2. Sally
3. Van Beuren
4. Chessley
5. Emma
6. Elliott
7. Reta (Shockley)
Eliza Elsom Wingfield had at least one brother. He had four children, Stewart, Mary,
Lee and Ruth.
In researching records in the Upshur County Court House in Buckhannon, W. Va. I
found the recorded deed to the 518 acres mentioned in the history. It is recorded in
Deed Book "B," on page 416. The deed was made by John G. Jackson ux Selina, m
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Robert C. Wingfield of the County of Nelson (Va.) Nov, 24, 1855 instead of 1854, Cost
$1150. 518 acres on the waters of Tenmile. On the edge of the deed was written,
"delivered to R. C. Wingfield March 27, 1856."
Tenmile Baptist Church:
The indented section was extracted from a little booklet put out in 1963, by the Home
Demonstration Clubs of Upshur County, on the centennial churches in that county.
The governor presented each church a Centennial Certificate in 1963, which was the
100th anniversary of the birth of West Virginia.
The R. C. Wingfields mentioned in the article are Robert Clark Wingfield and his wife
Eliza S. (Elsom) Wingfield, who are Marion and Howard Brady's great-greatgrandparents
on their mother's side. Adriel Thrash and his sister, Sharon Schaible,
have the same relationship to this couple, on their father's side. Robert C. Wingfield
and his wife, Eliza, am buried on the old Wingfield farm At the time of this writing it is
owned by the Paul Shaw family, near Ten Mile, in Upshur County, West Virginia. He
was born Dec. 22, 1802 and died Feb. 8, 1868. There are just four graves on the
family graveyard, the two above, a daughter-in-law and a granddaughter. Eliza was
born Jan. 12, 1811 and died Sept 6, 1889. The Robert E. (Edward) Wingfield and John
R. were sons of the R. C. Wingfields.
"The Tenmile Baptist Church was organized by seven people who had
immigrated from Virginia: H. H. Leigh; the R. C. Wingfields; R E. Wingfield; the
George T. Herndons, and John R. Wingfield. Being members of Baptist churches
in Nelson and Taylor counties, Virginia, their first move was to establish a new
church in this wilderness beyond the mountains.". . .[From paragraphs which do
not mention the Wingfields, but give early history of church.)
"R. C. Wingfield bought 531 acres of land at $2 an acre, sight unseen,
through a land agent in Virginia. His home church, Adial Baptist Church, still
stands at Nellysford, Virginia. He and his wife, Eliza, are buried in a private
cemetery on the Paul Shaw property-Eliza in her good black burying dress which
she had kept for many years in waiting. Preacher Barb preached Mother
Wingfield's service and at the same time that of his grandson, although they
were buried weeks before."
Troy and I did a lot of research in the court houses in Nelson and Albemarle Counties,
Virginia, September 1, and Oct 4, 1977. Our research was really fruitful on my
(Elizabeth) side of the family. We secured several certified copies of legal documents
concerning my ancestors, the Wingfields and Hendersons.
While on one of these research trips we visited the Adial Baptist Church, and was
shown through by the caretaker. The pastor was not at home and the gentleman could
not tell us anything about the old records. The old church had been extensively
remodeled, and was quite a nice country church structure, with its additions.
WINGFIELD LINE
I. John Wingfield (1), born in Hanover Co., Va., in 1700
Mary Hudson
II. John M. Wingfield, born in 1765 in Albemarle Co., Va., (Will)
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Ann Buster, born in 1776 (Will)
III. Robert C. Wingfield, 1802 to 1868
Eliza S. Elsom, 1811 to 1889
IV. Elizabeth Ann Weld, 1832 to 1908
William Warder Henderson, 1825 to 1887
V. Lillie Josephine Henderson, 1873 to 1931
Marion James Thrash, 1875 to 1931
VI. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash, 1907-2002
Troy Robert Brady, 1906-1999
VII. Granville Marion Brady and
Howard Landis Brady
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VII. Adriel Brady Thrash
VII. Sharon Thrash Schaible
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VII. All other grandchildren of
Marion and Lillie Thrash.
A copy of the will of John M. Wingfield, a great-great-great-grandfather of Marion and
Howard Brady, on their mother's side. The will is dated July 9, 1849, and probated
August 6, 1849. Will Book #____, Page #_____ Albemarle County Court House in
Charlottesville, Virginia. (I have tried to type the will as nearly as possible as written,
in regard to indentation, punctuation, spelling and capitalization)
WILL OF JOHN M. WINGFIELD
I, John M. Wingfield of Albemarle County and State of Virginia, being in feeble health, but
sound in mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament,
revoking all others of whatever kind or sort::
In the name of God Amen, after yeilding my life and being to my Great Creator who fast
gave it me, I then bequeath my Estate both real & personal as follows Viz:
Item 1-After first paying all the just debts I owe, I give to my beloved wife Ann Wingfield
during her natural life, the following property, real and Personal Viz: All the tract of land
on which I now reside; together with the following negroes: & other personal Estate-
Slaves Mat, Sam, Jack, Sarah, George, Julie & old Nan, and four choice horses, one
Choice Wagon and gear, my borouche & harness three choice cows and calves, twelve
choice sheep, two thousand Pounds of Pork, two sous and pigs, ten shoats and such
plantation utensels as she may need & all the household and kitchen furniture one
hundred Barrells of Corn, one hundred Bushels wheat, one hundred Bushels of oats, and
what rough food she may desire to Keep; The whole of which property both real and
personal (except the negroes) shall at the death of my wife be sold by my executors and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to make a good and valid right and deed of
conveyance to the same The Negroes I wish divided into lots as equal as practicable and
some or all my children to take them at valuation price & be paid for by them, so as to
give to all an equal amount or value--then the proceeds of the afore named property shall
be divided equally between my children and Mary Caroline Wingfield, daughter of my son
John B. Wingfield dec (who is to have an equal share with each of my children in my
whole Estate)-In the division of the dower negroes the old woman Nan is excepted, as she
is to be allowed to choose a home with either of my children, be free and supported out of
my Estate:
Item 2--I desire all the property (except the negroes) to be sold as soon as convenient after
the installment of the executors and the proceeds of such sale to be divided equally

amongst all my children and Mary C Wingfield (My Grand-daughter) as before noted. And the
negroes to be divided into equal parcels amongst all my children and Mary C. Wingfield and not
sold, as I do not desire they should go out of the family.
Item 3--I desire that my wife pay to Robert C. Wingfield [*] my son, during her natural life
Seventy five dollars annually ore of the crops made on the farm, which is over and above
the amounts my other children gets on account of his (Robert C Wingfields) misfortunes.
Item 4-I desire that my daughter Mildred C Lobban [**] reside with her mother during the
single life of the said Mildred C Lobban-free From any charge for board
Item 5-I desire that my son Richard W Wingfield have the management of his mothers
property during his life and all her business.
Item 6--If Mary Caroline Wingfield should die without one lawful heir of her body, all the
property which I have willed to her, shall return to my Estate and be equally divided
amongst all my children
Item 7--All the legacy which I have left to Mary Caroline Wingfield shall be in trust in the
hands of Richard W. Wingfield
Item 8-I desire that all Property which I have heretofore given my children and all the
money which I have paid for them, shall be accounted for, by them in the settlement of
my Estate, at the price named in a small book to be found amongst my papers, all share
and share alike with the exceptions heretofore named (the book spoken of is in the hands
of S O Moon)
Item 9-And lastly-I constitute and appoint my beloved & much esteemed sons Richard M
Wingfield & Edward C Wingfield my executors to this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed
my seal this 9-day of July 1849.
Witnesses
S O Moon
Thomas Q Can
Wm. H Turner.
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John M Wingfield (Seal)
Probated August term of court 1849.
* The Robert C. Wingfield referred to in Item 3 is Marion and Howard Brady great-great
grandfather; the same relationship to Adriel and Sharon Thrash Schaible. The misfortune of
our ancestor would have puzzled me, when I found this will in 1977, had I not copied the
account of his crippling injury when he was thrown from a horse, in my "Family Book" See
excerpt from A History of Madison Co, Ohio, by Chester E. Bryan, published in 1915
(previously quoted).
** Mildred Lobban married an Abell before the death of her mother.
Ann (Buster) Wingfield Will
A copy of the will of Ann (Buster) Wingfield, wife of John M. Wingfield, and one of the
great-great-great grandmothers of Marion and Howard Brady and of Adriel and Sharon
Thrash.
I Ann Wingfield of the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia being in feble health
but sound of mind and disposing memory. knowing the uncertainties of human life
doth dispose of all my property in manner and for following:
Item 1st I will all my Just debts be paid.
Item 2nd. I give to my Grand Daughter Lucy Jane Dillard the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars in Cash. also one half of all the bed clothing. Table cloths towels [?] to
which I am entitled.
Item 3d. I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter Martha M. Herndon the sum of
fifty dollars in money. Also the remaining half of all my bed cloths table cloths towels
&c and in addition to this I give her my Riding Saddle. These special legacies I give to

my grand Daughters above named in consideration of their kindness and attention to me
during my sickness
Item 4-- The remaining portion of my property I wish divided equally between all my
children with these two exceptions. My daughter Sally R Hopkins is dead and has left
four children--the portion to which she would be entitled I will shall be placed in the
hands of my Executor to be equally distributed between her four children as their
necessities my require.
My daughter Mildred C. Abell has no child and is in feeble health the portion to which
she my be entitled I leave in the hands of Richard Wingfield (my son & executor) the
legal interest of which he shall pay to her during her natural life and at her death my
said Exor shall appropriate it. principal & interest to the exclusive use and benefit of
Sallie R. Hopkin's four children as their necessities my require and in any way that he
may think best.
Item 5th. I hereby appoint my son Richard Wingfield my sole Executor of this my last
will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills. In witness whereby I hereunto set
my hand and seal this 26th day of August 1855,
Witness her
Wm. H. Turner Ann X Wingfield
Thomas O Carr mark
James H Shephard Probated Jan. 7, 1856
Recorded in Will Book #23, Page 486, Albemarle County, Virginia (Charlottesville)
Married 12-28-1797. Children mentioned in the will of John M. Wingfield and his wife
Ann (Buster) Wingfield. His will Probated in 1849, hers in 1856:
Richard S. Wingfield, executor of both wills.
Edward C. Wingfield, executor, with his brother, of his father's will.
Robert C. Wingfield, our ancestor
John B. Wingfield, deceased before the death of either parent, daughter Mary C.
Mildred C. Lobban, widowed or divorced at time of fathers will, married Abell before
the writing of her mother's will.
Sallie R. Hopkins, deceased before the death of her mother.
LAND TRANSACTIONS OF ROBERT C. WINGFIELD IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY,
VIRGINIA AND UPSHUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.
Albemarle County, Va.:
Deed Book 32, page 447 Bought of David and Lucy Wood for $750.00, 194 acres on Sept 2,
1835.
Deed Book 36, page 256, from (?), for $800.00, 194 acres on Nov. 10, 1836.
Deed Book 37, page 482, from Rubin Elsom, for $1,061.03, 200 acres, on Feb. 26, 1840.
To pay $176.84 yearly.
Moved to Missouri in 1840.
Deed Book 51, page 178, sold to Robert Hammer 200 acres bought from Win, Elsom. (?)
August 21, 1840.
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Deed Book 51, page 443, Sold his dower rights and interest to the estate of his mother to his
brother, Richard W. Wingfield, for $600.00 on Aug. 16, 1849.
Upshur County, West Virginia:
Deed Book "B" page 416, bought from John G. Jackson ux Selina, to Robert C. Wingfield of
Nelson County, Virginia, 518 acres on the waters of Tenmile, Nov. 24, 1855. Cost $1150. On
the edge of the deed is written, "Delivered to R. C. Wingfield March 27, 1856."
Deed Book "C," page 238. Deed for 103 acres (?) sold to their son, Robert Edward Wingfield, by
Robert C. and wife, Eliza Wingfield, on Tenmile Creek Deed dated May 30, 1850, but not
recorded until July l, 1857.
Deed Book "C," page 398. Robert C. and Eliza Wingfield sold to their son, John R Wingfield, 50
acres on Tenmile Creek on which he was living, 4-28-1858. Recorded 5-3-1858.
Deed Book "C," Page 412. Robert E. Wingfield, 153 acres on Tenmile Creek, 4-28-1858.
Recorded 6-17-1858.
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LOBBAN--COPELAND--HENDERSON (William Warder Henderson)
Note: Hendersons lived on Dumpling Run, a short distance from Burnsville, W.Va..
The following information concerning the Lobban family was copied from a Henderson
family Bible in the possession of the descendants of Marion and Howard's great aunt,
Lucinda Henderson Barrette. Her daughters were living in 1941 at Camden-on-
Gauley, W. Va. The record was probably written in the Bible by some member of Aunt
Lucinda's generation rather than having been written earlier. "Lobban" was spelled
with an "i," rather than an "a." When we searched the court house and historical
society records in Albemarle County, Virginia, where the Lobbans settled, we
discovered this error.
"John Lobbin was born in North Britain (Scotland) in the shire of
Aberdeen and parish of Long Side, June 7, 1734. He was the only child of
his parents, and came m America when he was 13 years of age. Elizabeth
Copeland, his wife, was born Sept-19, 1772 in Albemarle County,
Virginia."
In the Bible was also recorded the names and births of the children. When we did the
research in Albemarle County in 1977, we learned that a John G. Lobban had married
a "Jane Ramsey." We think this was the John Lobban who emigrated from Scotland,
and that it was their son, John, who married Elizabeth Copeland. There was 38 years
difference in the ages of John G. Lobban and Elizabeth Copeland, which would be
unusual for a husband and wife. John G. Lobban and Jane Ramsey were the parents
of four children, according to the records in the historical society in Albemarle County.
They were: John, William, Mary and Alexander.
John Lobban (probably the II) and Elizabeth Copeland are one set of the great-greatgreat
grandparents of Marion and Howard Brady, on their mothers side. Their children
were listed in the Bible.
I. John G. Lobban, (1), born in Scotland June 7, 1734
Jane Ramsey
II. John Lobban (11) (Children born in Nelson Co., Va.)
Elizabeth Copeland. born in Albemarle County, Va., Sept. 19, 1772
III. 1. Mildred, 11-15-1792
2. Susanna S. Bible gives her nickname, Susan) 35-1795
(Stanley)
3. Alexander Henry, 11-14-1797
4. Jane M. (Bible just gives "Jane:), 11-11-1799 (Married a
"Martin")
5. Rhoda I. (James), 9-7-1801
6. Lucinda Lobban, b. 3-27-1803 d. 9-2-1880
Robert C. Henderson, b. 1-10-1803 d. 9-2-1880
(One of the death dates may be incorrect)
IV. William Warder Henderson
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Couple #6 are great-great-grandparents of Marion and Howard Brady and of Adriel
Brady Thrash and Sharon Thrash Schaible. Their marriage bond is recorded in the
Marriage Record Book #2, page 19, in Nelson County, Virginia. Married Sept. 28,
1824. Their first child, William Warder Henderson, your great-grandfather was born
the year after their marriage. We found a deed in the Nelson County Courthouse in
Lovingston, Va. which indicated that Robert C. Henderson was living in Lewis County,
now W. Va., in 1850 and his son William Warder was still in Nelson County. Va.
According to the U. S. Census of Lewis County in 1850, Robert C. Henderson and his
wife were both 46 years old, and the following children were still at home: Cintha F.,
age 19; Nathaniel H. and John P., both 16; Robert, 13; Mariah J., 10; Lucy A., 7 and
Henry L., 8 months.
IV. 1. William Warder Henderson, b. 9-20-1825 d. 3-1-1887
Elizabeth Ann Wingfield, b. 5-11-1832 d. In January 1908
V. 1. Infant son, b. 5-9-1853 d. 5-17-1853
2. Eliza Lucinda, b. 8-17-1854 d. 12-3-1928
Felix Josephas Barrette, b. 12-12-1852 d. 6-11-1930
VI. 1. Ernest Lee Barrette, 6-27-1875, Died previous to
12-25-1964
Lula Ward, married 5-4-1911, Nicholas County.
Died 10-21-1918
VII. 1. Mary Lowse
2. Gordan Lee
3. Herbert Felix. Reared by Ida and Daniel
Caudy, from three weeks, due to death of
mother.
2. Mary Araminta, b. 3-15-1877 d. 12-6-1933 m.
9-4-1901
John Bears (No children)
3. Ida Gay, b. 9-21-1878 d. 1930's,
m. 12-24-1896
Daniel Boone Caudy
VII. 1. Daniel Gilbert, a doctor, 11-21-1897
Helen
VIII. 1. Nancy Ellen, 1-26-1932
2. Ida Lucille, 3-21-1901
Henry Eugene Davis, first husband,
died 8-16-1934
Second husband,- Fidler.
One son, William Fidler
3. Mary Lucinda, 1-7-1908
4. Charles William, 8-3-1882. Unmarried
VI. 5. Nathan D., 7-6-1885 to 2-17-1928, Married 4-?-1909
Lillie Friend
VII. 1. George Clarence
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2. Ralph Leroy
3. John Williams
4. Robert Friend
5. Maxine
6. Fred L.
7. Elizabeth Ann
6. Warder Josephus, b. 1-28-1888 d. 12-27-1908
7. Elizabeth Ann, 2-18-1893 to 2-3-1924
William Kerr
V. 3. Robert Alexander Henderson, b. 12-8-1856, in Nelson Co.,
Va. d 9-30-1917. Robert was married three times. He had
two sons and two daughters by his first wife, and two sons
by his second wife. No children by his third wife, Rose
Hutchinson. His first wife died about 1898.
VI. 1. Mabel, b. 9-30-1883 d. 4-5-1920 Married
Ike Fleischrnan.
2. Clifford, b. 3-12-1888
3. Frankie, b. 4-9-1891
4. Aubrey, b. 8-12-1893
Brady Hugh Inge, b. 4-24-1890 d. 3-23-1853
VII. 1. Maxine Inge Larue. Husband
Corliss LaRue. No children.
HENDERSON, CONTINUED (Frances (Aunt Molly), Hiter, called "Dutch," Amanda)
V. 4. Mary Frances Henderson, b. 3-15-1858 d 1914, of blood
poisoning in an injured finger.
Joseph H. Ritter, 1857 - 1923. No children.
They are buried in a hill cemetery on the eastern edge of
Burnsville, W. Va. Other members of the Henderson family
are buried there, Dates of years on stone.
V. 5. John Hiter ("Dutch"), b. 9-25-1859 d. 4-5-1896. Born in
Augusta County, Virginia. Unmarried.
V. 6. Amanda Jane, b. 7-1-1861 d 2-13-1942, m. 4-16-1885
John VanRenselar Tenney, 1-18-1856 to 8-6-1945. Moved
to Madison County, Ohio, before World War 1.
V1. 1. Lydia Ina, 6.7-26-1886 d. 5-16-1982, m. 6-4-1911
John Harlan Foster, b. 9-20-1875
VII. 1. Ina Ruth, 10-10-1916, m. 64-1942
Ivor Kenyon Adams, 11-9-1918
VIII. 1. John Andrew, 2-14-1943
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IX. 1. Kenyon Grimes Adams,
11-30-1964
2. Sally Jane, b. ?, Married
2. John James Tenney Foster, 8-25-1918
m 9-23-1921. Died of sleeping sickness.
3. Amelia Josephine, b. 84-1926 m. 1957
Oschar Hugo Goodheil
VIII. 1. Karen Diane, 7-25-1958
2. Gilbett F. 1960
3. Linda Marie, 1-1-1964
VI. 2. Stacy Tenney, 6-5-1888 to 10--1974, m. 12--1915
Cary C. Tope, Died about 1962
VII. 1. Nida Pauline, 9-19-1917
William Albert McCausland (Two children)
2. Claribel Jane, b. 9-29-1919 married by Troy R
Brady, 3-24-1945
Gilbert Clyde Warner. At least 4 children-
3. John VanRensler, 2-19-1922, also married by
Troy, 10-3-1943
Irene Naomi Randall, at least 4 children
(Brenda Carol)
4. Mary Agnes, b. 8-23-1923
Arthur Emrich. At least 3 children.
5. Stacy Nell
Joe ______. At least two children.
V. 7. Margaret Susan, (Meg) b. 7-16-1864 to 1915 (They moved
to California and she died in Glendale. As far as I know I
never saw her.)
Huston Brown Humphreys, 1856 to 1937 (She was married
under the name Maggie S. Henderson, recorded in Book of
Marriages 1887..1891, on 10-19-1887, page 33. In the
family Bible the full mime is recorded.
VI. 1. Frank, the first child died in Sutton, W. Va., soon
after birth. Resolutions of Sympathy were printed in
the paper, from the Presbyterian Church, where the
father was an elder. Mother kept this clipping in the
Bible, and I now have it in my possession.
2. May McQuain Humphreys, 5-1-1889 to 4-9-1932.
Hershel Pratt, died 4-19-1932. They had no children.
3. Cavot Warder, 5-6-1892 to 4-19-1977 m. 1-6-1915
Esther Catherine Spradling, 6-6-1892
VII. 1. Anna Margaret, b. I1-17-1915 m. 6-27-1934
Byron Yount, 4-15-?. Married 6-27-1934
VIII. 1. Byron, 1-21-1935, wife
Donna. 3 daughters
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2. Gary, 7-17-1937, wife Pat. 3 boys
3. Sharon, 5-28-1941. 1 son.
2. Charles, 8-27-1917 to 1-3-1937. Killed in a
motorcycle accident
3. Richard Cavot, b. 11-17-1928, married 7-6-
1947, but divorced. Richard had two sons by
his first wife, Jeanette, and two daughters by
second wife, Rosalee.
VIII. 1. Charles, 7-17-1948
2. Ronald, 8-18-1949
3. Debra, 6-15-1955
4. Cathy, 7-26-1957
4. Frank, 1901 to 1907
5. Austin, died with whooping cough at seven
months.
V. 8. Mildred May, Bible records her birth as 7-7-1865, on
tombstone 1866, d 4-2-1931.
Rev. Jacob Burdes Carder, 8-12-1866 to 6-15-1942. They
retired in Burnsville, W. Va., on the south side of the river,
They are both buried in the old cemetery on the eastern
edge of Burnsville, The cemetery is very inaccessible. When
we were there in 1977 we could not drive up the hill.
Grandfather and Grandmother Henderson are probably
buried there, but we could not find their graves, and want
to make another trip back for a more thorough search.
Aunt Mollie Ritter and her husband are buried there.
VI. 1. William Bundles, 10-17-1898
Mildred Cameron, (fast wife, died. mother of William)
Hazel Burdette (second wife).
VII. 1. William, born 7-19-1923, Roanoke, Va.,
VIII. 1. Cynthia Sue.
VI. 2. Henderson Douglas, 2-25-1901 to 1967. Unmarried.
3. Elizabeth May, 9-6-1902. Died in the 1960s or early
1970s. Called Mabel in early years, later she changed
her name to Phyllis; married three times.
Everett Robert Pierce, m. 10-1920
Marion Wicks Truesdale, 3-27-1888 to 3-20-
1932
Peter Baker, died before Phyllis.
VII. 1. James Warren Pierce, 7-31-1921
(8213 New Hampshire Ave. #302
Hyattsville, MD. 20783)
Vera Kathleen Batton, 8-8-1925 m. 7-21-1945
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VIII. 1. James Douglas, 8-20-1946
Mary Margaret ________
IX. 1. Phyllis
2. Susan
VII. 2. Robert Barth Pierce, 2-14-1925
Wilda Mae Morgan, 5-19-1926 (first wife)
Janet Besk, 8-6-1952
VIII. 1. Morgan Barth, 8-18-1949 m. 12-73
Marlene Dishnau
2. Mark, 5-17-1951. m. 8-9-1975
Linda Pulgini
3. Rebecca Lee, 5-28-1954
4. Hollis Alexandria, 6-17-1977
VI. 4. Hollis Valencia, 8-21-1909. (She was born in the
Arizona Territory, before it obtained statehood. Died
in Austria in the 1960s while on a European trip.)
Joseph Hugh Meyers, b. 7-1-1904. Lawyer.
HENDERSON, CONTINUED (May, Henry, Edward)
VII. 1. Judith Phyllis, I1-2-1935
2. Thomas Joseph, 7-15-1939 ("Guru" ?)
3. John Anthony, 9-20-1947
4. Mary Christine, 12-25-1948 (Meyers)
(Most of the information above and on the previous page was from my cousin, Phyllis
Carder (Baker)
V. 9. William Henry Henderson, 11-2-1867 to 5-27-1895. Never
married. Braxton Co.
10. Martha Emaline (Em), 11-13-1869 m 4-16-1941
Rev. James Madison Ocheltree. Died in July of 1936.
Vl. 1. Mansel, (I). Killed in a swimming accident while on
"Skip Day" just before graduation from high school.
Mother gave me his obituary, which was kept for
years in the family Bible.
2. Paul Henderson, b. 1-3-1900 d. 1948
Hazel Bishop, b. 1905
VII. 1. Mansel (II)
Athea Hughes. Two daughters, Connie Louise,
Feb. 1945 and Carol Ann, 5-1-1948.
2. Gerald
3. Warren Russell, b. 12-25-1903 d. 1--1964
Clarice Wolfmgton, 8-27-1906, married 12-25-1925
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(We visited with Warren and Clarice Ocheltree, at their ranch near Madera,
California, May 22, 1948. We only stayed one night but enjoyed getting acquainted
with the family. Clarice said that she hoped I did not mind her staring at me, because
she was so amazed at the resemblance between me and Warren’s sister, Helen.
Warren and Helen are my first cousins, but this was the first time I had ever seen any
member of this branch of my mother's family.)
VII. 1. George Roland, 9-16-1926, married 9-14-1945
Lorraine Cook, 9-27-1926
VIII. 1. Terry Roland, 2-19-1948
2. Warren Robert, 10-30-1928, married 8-17-
1947
Betty Jo Vickers (They were expecting a baby
in 1948.)
3. Marjorie Clarissa, 9-14-1934
4. Sylvia Anita, 11-16-1942
VI. 4. Ruth, died at 18 months
5. Helen Margaret, 5-19-1916
Earl Brusted
(Information on the above family from Warren and Clarice Ocheltree.)
HENDERSON, Continued (Edward, Lillie Josephine Henderson Thrash)
V. 11. Edward Morgan, 6-7-1871. Married two times, first two
children by fast wife and the two boys by the second.
Alpharhetta (Rena) Sophronia Moffat
(Marriage certificate, 4-21-1891, marriage book 3, page
472, (Same book as my parents) Braxton Co.
Iva Edna Kessling. (On Dec. 5, 1904 Edward M. Henderson
and wife, Iva Edna, bought for $1000.00 a lot on Polk
Creek, near Weston, W. Va. This was to be paid for in
installments by 11-1-1912. The lein was for $750.00. Deed
book 57, page 4071, Lewis County Court House.)
VI. 1. Opal Henderson
Harper Skidmore
2. Ursulla
3. George
4. Brooks
V. 12. Lillie Josephine Henderson
Marion James Thrash
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The only girlhood picture ever taken of Lillie Josephine
Henderson (Thrash), as far as is known by the family.
She was in her teens. (See Thrash section)
Lillie (Henderson) Thrash’s Teacher’s Certificate
Mother was always justly proud of the fact that at age eighteen and a half she earned
this highest rating “Teacher’s Certificate”. Seeing this should give her descendants a
feeling of pride in their heritage.
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VERY OLD FAMILY GROUP PICTURE
This is a reproduction of a very old family group picture, from the home of Lillie and Marion Thrash. I had
probably not seen it in seventy years until August 1993. My sister, Beulah Cook, showed it to me at that
time. We both easily recognize our parents and believe that this is a picture of a group from my mother's
side of the family. (Henderson) Several people have studied it in connection with the old Crislip pictures,
and can find no resemblance to the members of that family.
Mother (Lillie Henderson Thrash) is the lady in the second row from the front, holding the baby. We think
the baby is probably Gotthart, the first child born to Lillie (Henderson) Thrash and her husband, Marion.
If so the picture was certainly taken sometime in 1898, since Gotthart was born Dec. 27, 1897. Dad
(Marion James Thrash), is the hatless, black-haired man in the third row down from the back, in front
and a little to the left of the lady in the white blouse. We think the old lady on the extreme left in the
second row may be our grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Henderson. I seem to have a faint memory that this
is true and that the gentleman next to her is the husband of the lady in front of, and to his left. This may
be just wishful thinking on my part, since I have always wanted a picture of this set of grandparents.
Grandfather, William Warder Henderson, died around nine years before Mother married.
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ELIZABETH LOBBAN DEED
We secured a photostatic copy of this instrument, which was in the archives of the
County of Nelson, Virginia, at Lovingston. The workers in this Court House were
especially helpful. They suggested that we might want a copy of the original which
would be stored, if the family had not come back for it. We were able to get copies of
two original documents. A scribes copy is in Deed Book #6, page 103.
This instrument is called "A Deed of Gift," and was either written or dictated by
Elizabeth Lobban. It was written January 6, 1827, and recorded May 28, 1827. This
was probably used as a will after her death. This was signed by all the children, and
by Robert C. Henderson, who was the husband of Lucinda Lobben, on the day on
which it was written. I wonder if the mark (X) was required up until a certain date, at
least in some states. The signatures of the seven, and also the three witnesses, are all
different, but all also used the mark.
Lucinda Lobban Henderson was the great-great-great-grandmother of Marion and
Howard Brady, Adriel B. Thrash and Sharon Thrash Schaible.
(Copied as nearly as possible to the original - no errors corrected.)
A DEED OF GIFT
Know all men by these presents, that I Elizabeth Lobban of the county of Nelson and State of Virginia, being
actuated by motives of generosity, prudence and natural duty toward my children, viz. Mildred Lobban,
Susanna S. Lobban, Alexander H. Lobban, Jane M. Lobban, Rhoda I. Lobban, and Lucinda Henderson
(formerly Lucinda Lobban) and for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I bear to my
Said children, as well as for the further Consideration of the Sum of One Dollar to me in hand paid by them,
at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
and given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto the Said Mildred, Susanna,
Alexander, Jane, Rhoda & Lucinda, their executors, administrators and asigns, the following property, to
wit, three negro Slaves, named Nancy, William and Kitty, being a negro woman, a boy and a girl; but not to
be in the possession of my Said children (or any of them) nor belong to them (or any of them) nor to be
owned or enjoyed by them in any manner, or upon any pretence whatever until after my death; and then to
have and to hold, the Said negro Slaves unto my aforesaid children, forever, together with all the future
increse of Said Slaves, which I also give and grant to my Said children in like manner: hereby retaining and
reserving to myself a life estate in Said Slaves and their future increase; with all the privileges and
advantages incident to a life estate, in as full extent as if this deed had never been executed: and it is also
hereby declared to be true intent and meaning of this deed that at my death as aforesaid (and not before)
the Said negro Slaves, and all their future increase, are then to be possessed, owned and enjoyed by Said
children, their exors. admrs. & in the Same manner, and in as full extent as if the life estate as aforesaid,
had not been reserved: (however nothing herein contained is to be so construed as to effect or interfere with
said life estate or any thing incident thereto.)
And the said Elizabeth Lobban, for herself, her exors and administrators, the Said negro Slaves, and their
increase (if any) unto the Said Mildred, Susanne, Alexander, Jane, Rhoda & Linda, their exors. & assigns.
against the claims of her the Said Elizabeth Lobban, her exers. & assigns. (Except her life estate as
aforesaid) and against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatsoever shall and will
warrant and forever defend every person or persons whatsoever by their presents. In witness Whereof the
Said Elizabeth Lobban, has hereunto set her hand and affixed her seal this 6th day of January 1827.
her
Witness Elizabeth X Lobban (seal)
John B. Spice mark
John M. Fatter
Hardin P. Smith
(When I studied this instrument I got a very clear picture of my great-greatgrandmother,
Elizabeth Lobban as being a very strong, independent widow. I think her
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children were using her slaves without her permission and she was giving them to
understand that she was still the owner and boss of said slaves, although they would
inherit them at her death. I was amused by the signatures also. Some looked like they
signed under duress. My great-grandmother, Lucinda Lobban Henderson's, husband
was the only spouse signing the deed of gift. Surely others were married. Did the
spouses just refuse to sign? I wonder!)
I have corrected some errors in the passage below. Corrections are in brackets. Lillie
Henderson was first named Cordelia, which was changed later.
William Warder Henderson
From a reprinting of Haram Hardesty’s old book on West Virginia Counties. These
articles began to appear in 1883. This was from the volume on Calhoun, Pocahontas,
Braxton and Berkeley Counties:
"William W. Henderson, son of Robert C. and Lucinda (Lobban) Henderson, was
born in Nelson County, Virginia, September 30, 1825. In Staunton, Virginia, July 16,
1861, he enlisted in Company 1, 62d Virginia Infentry, and with that company he took
part in the battles of New Market, and those fought about Richmond, where for three
days he was constantly in skirmishes, and the battle of Whitehouse. After this
engagement he was stricken with fever and taken home, and before his recovery the war
was ended.
"In Nelson County, Virginia, Sept. 23, 1853, William W. Henderson was joined in
marriage with Elizabeth A. Wingfield. Her birth was in Albemarle county, Virginia, May
11, 1832 the date, and Robert C. and Eliza C. [really Eliza S., thought to be the initial for
Selina] Elson [really Elsom] Wingfield her parents. Her mother is now living in Upshur
County, West Virginia, and her father died in February of 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson
are the parents of Eliza L., born August 17,1854; Robert A., Dec. 8,1856; Mary F., March
14,1858; (Bible March 15th) John H., 1859; Amanda J., July 1, 1861; Margaret S„ July
16, 1864; Mildred M., July 7, 1866; William H., November 2, 1867; Martha E. November
13, 1869; Edward M., June 18, 1871; Cordelia J., [Always called Lillie and all official
papers signed that way.] February 22, 1873. Robert, John and Mildred live in Cass
County, Illinois, the others in Braxton County, and he is farming in the Salt Lick District,
where he made his home in 1867. His parents died in this county, his mother on the
28th of December, 1879, and his father on the 2nd of September, 1880. William W.
Henderson's post office address is Burnsville, Braxton County, W. Va."
*The reprinting of Hardesty's Counties of W. Va. was done by Jim Comstock of
Richwood, W. Va.
Indenture
A photostatic copy of the original of this deed or indenture was obtained from the
Nelson County Court House, in Lovingston, Va., Oct 4, 1977. This indenture is dated
April 29, 1850, between Robert and Lucinda Henderson, who are great-great
grandparents of Marion and Howard Brady, on their mother's side. William W.
(Warder) Henderson was their son.
This Indenture, made, and entered into this 29th day of Apr in the year eighteen hundred
and fifty, between Robert Henderson and Lucinda, his wife, of the county of Lewis, and
the State of Virginia of the one part, and William M. Henderson of the county of Nelson,
and the State aforesaid of the other part: Witnesseth, that the said Robert Henderson and
wife, for, and in consideration of the sum of forty dollars to them in hand paid, at and
before the sealling and delivery of these presents. (the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged) have bargained, sold, granted, and confirmed, and by these presents, do
bargain, sell, grant, and confirm, unto the said William W. Henderson, his heirs and
assigns forever, all his, the said Robert Henderson's interest, or undivided share in the
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tract of land of which his father, William Henderson died Seized and Possessed; lying in th said
county of Nelson, adjoining the land of Robert Henderson, William B. Spiece, Samuel Parnell
and others, and containing about one hundred and one acres, and a fourth: the one
eighth part of which is the interest of said Robert Henderson, now hereby sold and
conveyed, his said father having died intestate,- leaving eight children, besides his widow,
who is entitled to her dower in said tract of land; consequently this sale is made subject
to the said dower right.
To have and to hold, the said one eighth part of the tract of land and its
appurtenance (subject to the said dower right) unto the said William W. Henderson, his
heirs and assigns forever--- and the said Robert Henderson, and Lucinda, his wife, for
themselves, their heirs &C--the said one eight part of the tract of land and appurtenance,
(subject to said dower right.) unto the said William W, Henderson, his heirs &C-free from
the claim or claims of ? the said Henderson and wife, their heairs &C--and free from the
claim or claims of all, and every person and persons whatsoever, Shall and will forever
warrant, and forever defend by them presents. In witness whereof, the said Robert
Henderson and wife, hereunto Set their hand and seal, this day and year first above
written. [Deed Book 13, page 165, 2-24-18511
Robert C Henderson (seal)
her
Lucinda X Henderson (seal)
mark
HENDERSON GENEALOGY
I. William Henderson and (?) Henderson. (Wm. died before 4-29-1850)
Left eight living children and his wife.
II. Robert C. Henderson, born 1803
Lucinda Lobban, born 1803.
III. Wm. Warder Henderson, born 1825
Elizabeth Ann Wingfield b.1832
IV. Lillie Josephine Henderson, born 1873 -1931
Marion James Thrash, born 1875 - 1931
V. Virginia Elizabeth Thrash, born 1907 - 2002
Troy Robert Brady, born 1906 - 1998
vi. Granville Marion Brady, born 1927
Dorothy Nell Williams, born 1926 Died 1988
VII. (See page 38 in Thrash section for
descendants)
V1. Howard Landis Brady, born 1935
Caroline Am Carry, born 1938
Grace Mark, born 1932 (Second wife)
VII. (See page 39 in Thrash section for
descendants)
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August 15, 1987
CONCLUSION
As I think back over my growing years I realize how little I learned from my
parents concerning my ancestors. It was not until after they were gone that my
interest was aroused in my roots. My parents did not reminisce much about the past,
but I did know from them that my mother's father, William Warder Henderson, had
served in the army during the Civil War. I had always taken it for granted that he was
with the Union forces, so was surprised when I learned that he fought on the side of
the south.
When William Warder Henderson was drafted by the Confederacy he was the
father of five children, the youngest, Amanda, only fifteen days old, and the oldest not
quite seven. The first child only lived eight days, but there were five living children.
Our ancestor, Lillie, was not yet born.
One sentence recorded from the Hardesty history was not strictly true. "After
this engagement he was stricken with fever and taken home, and before his recovery
the war ended" It is true that he was returned home ill, but as soon as he was able to
travel he went secretly over the mountains to what became West Virginia in 1863, to
the farm of his wife's parents, the Robert C. Wingfields. That farm is at Ten Mile, in
Upshot County.
In 1977 while we were doing research in that county, we located the Wingfield
farm and had a nice visit with Artie Norville and her brother, who still lived on the old
home place. They am also descendants of Robert C. Wingfield, and had lived all their
lives there. Artie had taught school for 40 years in that county and at that time was in
her 80's. Artie said that when she was growing up her family often spoke of the
troubled times of that divided period of our nation's history and of how the community
of Union sympathizers would get word to Henderson when they learned Confederate
forces were in the neighborhood looking for deserters. It may have been before his
desertion that his wife, Elizabeth Ann, took the children in a covered wagon over the
mountains to the home of her parents, or she may have followed him them. Artie said
that it was during this period that the big barn was built and that he helped in its
construction. It still stands. At any rate, court house records show that two years after
the close of the war the family bought land in Braxton County, W. Va. and it was in
the family home there that my mother, Lillie, was married in 1896. Her father had died
before her marriage.
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THRASH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
A very sober Virginia Elizabeth Thrash. I was
twelve years old at this time. A couple by the
name of "Pettit' were boarding with us at the
hotel my parents operated in Creston, W. Va. He
was an oil well driller and they would return to
their home in Parkersburg periodically. They
took me home with them for a few days visit and
had this picture made.
Children of Marion and Lillie Thrash, taken at a family picnic in June 4, 1950. On
ground: Gotthart and Ted. (L. to R.) Ruby Pomroy, Elizabeth Brady, Elma Mills, Opal
Routine, Beulah Clinton, Ruth Beebe.
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(1) Gotthart Thrash as a young
than. (1897 -- 1980) (2) Gotthart
and Edna Merrill Thrash,
August 10, 1952. (3) Gotthart,
Edna and their family
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Ruby Thrash and Roscoe Belt,
Sr. on their wedding day, 41-
1920.
Ruby and Don Pomroy at their
home in Elizabeth, W.Va. (Don
died in 1969)
Ruby and John after their marriage in 1976,
on the steps of the United Methodist Church
in Vienna. Troy Brady officiated.
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Ted Thrash and Blossom Brady
Thrash, with their son and
daughter, Adriel (Sonny) and
Sharon, Aug. 10, 1962.
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Two family portraits: Adriel, Avis,
Wendy and Todd

Sharon Bea Thrash
Schaible
And Gerald Dean Schable
Sharon, Jerry and their family with Bea Thrash
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Kay Thrash McClintick and her husband, Donald L. McClintick and children,
Stephanie and Christopher Laslo, Christmas, 1992.
Harry and Ruth Thrash
Beebe
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Elizabeth and Troy Brady, at
their home in Sharpes, Fla.
1-18-1991
Wedding Day, Howard and Grace Brady, With Marion and Dottie attending,
with Howard’s father, Rev. Troy R. Brady officiating. July 15, 1962
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The Troy and Elizabeth Brady family, Thanksgiving day 1963.
Seated on floor: Drew, Londa Beth, and Robert Brady. Seated on couch: Howard,
Grace (holding Jonathon) Troy, Elizabeth, Dorothy and Marion. Standing in Back:
Heather, Lanny, and Sylvia (Skip). (Insert: Mark, the last grandchild, was born 11-I-
1967.)
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Londa Beth, Grace, Mark and
Howard, in the early seventies.
Four generations of Bradys,
taken at Howard’s church
in Melbourne, FL, after
grandfather Troy had
baptized Robert’s two
children and Heather’s four.
Two year old Patrick Ryan
Brady, held by his
grandfather Howard, Rev.
Troy Robert Brady (I),
Robert Martin Brady,
holding six month old son,
Troy Robert Brady (II).
December 26, 1986
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Patrick and Troy Brady, 1992
Troy Robert Brady (I) and Patrick Ryan Brady – 2000
(I just had to put their pictures here! RMB)
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Kendall and Anson Mullen, 1985 (Skippy’s sons) Adopted by Dana Mullen
Anna Mullen, 1990
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Drew Brady, with his stepchildren, Shauna and Shannon Boes and his little son,
Brian.
Our two babies, Brian Christopher Brady, born Nov. 14, 1990 and Caitlin Donielle
McLeod, born May 4, 1992
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Pop Troy, with Drew’s wife, Heidi Brady
and her daughter, Shauna Boes.
Heather Brady White and husband, Mike, with
Joshua and Jeremiah - 1993
John and Elma Mills, with
their two sons, John Wesley
and Robert Bruce, in the
1940’s.
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Loraine and Jack Mills at their
home near Akron, Ohio.
Elma Thrash Bornstein, probably in
the 1960’s.
This is one of her newspaper
advertising pictures.
(I believe she was in Real Estate.
RMB)
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Wedding Day for Elma (Thrash) Mills and Ed
Bornstein, 6-4-1949. Her son, Jack Mills and
wife, Naomi, with them.
Wedding Day for Robert Mills
and Marcella (Vance) Barrett,
8-5-1978
Opal Thrash (before her marriage) Elmer and Opal Thrash Romine
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Bod Romine, with his beautiful wife, Marilyn and three lovely
daughters, Beth, Traci and Jodi.
Annis and Nelson Collins, with their family in 1980.
Front: Ruth Ann, Annis, Nelson, and Timothy.
Back: Keith, Cynthia (Collins) Daniel, and her husband, Gregory Daniel.
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Beulah Thrash Clinton and
Everett (Buddy) Clinton. (Buddy
died in 1989)
Josephine Clinton Barstow and her husband, Gerald Barstow, stood with her
mother and Frank Cook at Beulah and Frank’s wedding, Nov. 15, 1991.
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Jo and Gerald Barstow and their
family
Ted and Shirley Clinton and their family.
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David Clinton, taken when he visited
our home in Singer’s Glen, Va.
Ted Clinton
Jerry Clinton
David Clinton
Beulah Thrash Clinton
Cook
Jo Barstow
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Diane Marie Zrelak Clinton
and Christopher Wayne
Clinton, Christmas 1991
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Three first cousins and their spouses,
Loraine Mills, Marilyn Romine, John
(Jack) Mills, Josephine (Jo) and Gerald
Barstow
Julia Jean and Jerry Clinton
Carolyn Ann Curry Brady and Howard
Brady, 1959
Mother of Robert Martin Brady & Londa
Beth Brady
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Just a quick note to all –
In Loving Memory of My Grandparents
The digital reproductions of these books, “Pop Troy’s Anthology”, “Reclaimed
Memories” & “Kinfolk” are as close to the original as I could make them. The only
changes made were due to some layout constraints. (Plus a few minor typos that
slipped by) Please note that some of the page numbers referred to may not coincide
with the page numbers in this document.
What inspired me to do this came about as I was taking my part in remembering
Mother Brady, during her Memorial Service, but doing so from California. Last year,
when I learned that she was failing in health, and it looked like she would not be with
us much longer, I made a decision.
I knew that my next return trip to Florida would be for her, so I decided that instead of
returning for a funeral, I returned to spend a week seeing her for the last time. I spent
her 95 th birthday with her, and all of our family as well. That was in September last
year. Mother Brady left us in December. I have no doubt that Pop Troy was wearing a
path in the ground in front of Heaven’s Pearly Gates, only waiting to enter God’s
Kingdom with Mother on his arm. They did everything together.
Back in California, during her memorial service, I picked up her book, this one you
have just read, and started to read it from the beginning. Not having done so before, I
became so engrossed, simply because I had been to many of the places spoken of, and
I have the special memories of having lived with them during my early teenage years
(13-14) in Singer’s Glen. I read non-stop to the end of the book. That took two days.
That is when I decided to start this project.
Those memories are some of the most cherished memories of my life.
As a belated gift to them, and future generations, I decided to convert all of the books
to digital format, since only a few actual hard copies were printed. Now these works
can be passed down indefinitely. I will be publishing it on CDrom, hopefully by Xmas
of this year (2003). Some parts, like this one, will be published on the Internet.
The final works will probably be in a “Web” browser format, with enhancements and
links to other cross-references and photos of the many “monuments, landmarks and
the beautiful countryside” spoken of that are not contained in the original works. This
is for those that have not had the chance to visit these places, and to add to the
experience of being with them in spirit.
I certainly hope you enjoy these works. It is a walk down memory lane........
Robert Martin Brady
Son of Howard Landis, Grandson of Troy Robert & Elizabeth Thrash Brady
If you have any comments, questions, etc., or would like to receive a copy of the
CDrom when its finished, email me at: rmbrady@earthlink.net or write to me at,
38545 35 th Street E, Palmdale, CA 93550