Stiles family

Scope and Contents

Folder of genealogy research and correspondence by Robert L. and Joann West, Morgantown based genealogy researchers. Includes information about many prominent Morgantown and North Central West Virginia families, such as the McCray, Nixon, Martin, Stiles, and York families.

Overview

A short history of Wana, West Virginia compiled by Mrs. Mae Robinson Stiles for the West Virginia Centennial in 1963.

Overview Papers, maps, and photos of William C. Stiles and Samuel B. Stiles, developers associated with J.C. Rathbone and J.N. Camden in the oil industry of Wood County, in particular of the oil boom town of Volcano. Most of the papers are business correspondence, receipts and oil drilling records dealing with family owned business in Parkersburg and Volcano, namely the Zero Oil Company, the Power Oil Company, and the Jackson Land and Mining Company. There are family photographs, and records and...