Genealogy
Found in 159 Collections and/or Records:
Ogden Family Papers
Documents [1791-1887] concerning lands and business in Harrison and Monongalia counties; history of the Ogden, Talkington, Hawker, and other families [1911-1946]; correspondence [1904-1907] concerning Marshall W. Ogden's law practice and business; and a list of candidates endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan in West Virginia in 1924.
Olive Knotts Cox, Compiler, Genealogy
Oliver Popenoe, Compiler, Genealogical Material Regarding Popenoe Family
Ordner Family Papers
A genealogy of the Ordner family which indicates its relationship to the Carrolls of Carrolton, Maryland; and a Civil War diary of George W. Ordner of Company B, Fifth Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, relating its movements, encampments, skirmishes and battles. His unit served mainly in West Virginia, fighting at Droop Mountain and driving the Confederates from Mercer County in the 1864 campaign.
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Genealogies
Genealogy, family line forms, index, and a family chart of the Bear-Baer and allied families. Compiled by Earle E. Baer, Pittsburgh, PA. Several pages on the Swisher-Bush, and Smith Townsend families were compiled by L. Bush Swisher, Morgantown, and Townsend J. Smith, Tucson, AZ. Also includes the family lines of Bear-Baer, Boreman, Bush, Cook, Edwards, Jackson, Keller, Kurtz-Kurz, Newman, Pursglove, Sellers, Smith, Spencer, Stalnaker-Stelnaker, Steinaker, Watson, and Young-Jung.
Pierpoint-Pierpont-Coburn Family Genealogy.
Chiefly the genealogy of the Enos and Sarah Pierpoint Coburn family of West Virginia. Sarah Pierpoint, granddaughter of John and Nancy Ann Morgan Pierpoint and the great-granddaughter of Zackquill Morgan, married Enos Coburn in 1836. Two typed pages chart the genealogy of Sarah Pierpoint Coburn's parents and of her children with Enos Coburn and their grandchildren. Provides birth, marriage, and death dates for most family members.
Piper-Smith Family Genealogy Records
Genealogies of the William Piper (de Piper) family from 1767 to 1996, and of the Jacob Smith family from 1758 to 1979. Genealogies include brief histories and indexes of family descendants. There are also photocopies and transcriptions of William Piper's legal records: his marriage certificate, a deed, and an appraisal of his estate with a list of items sold after his death. William Piper was born in Scotland in 1767, eventually immigrating to America, where he died in Virginia in 1836.
Point Pleasant History, Typed Document
This history was serialized and published in the Point Pleasant STATE GAZETTE from September 1910 to February 1911. Subjects covered include: early homes, buildings, businesses, church history, economic development, and family history.
Ralph Edwin “Ted” Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection
Rathbone Family Papers
Clippings concern Parkersburg local history and the development of Burning Springs and other oil fields in the Wood County area.