Family histories.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1270
Scope and Contents
Historical and genealogical typescripts, copies of family and court records, and personal recollections of the Ohio Valley, West Virginia, and the Guyandotte country, compiled by Frederick B. Lambert.
Dates:
1939-1959
George Wayne Acord, Compiler, Acord Family Historical Narrative
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4352
Content Description
A brief narrative history of the Acord family of Nicholas County, West Virginia, compiled by George Wayne Accord. The narrative covers the years 1858-1974, spanning four generations of the family beginning with the compiler's great-grandfather, John Lewis Accord. He moved to Nicholas County from Raleigh County with his wife Mary Eliza (Meadows) in 1902. The narrative includes the line of descent; dates of births, deaths and marriages; and places relevant to the family. It also includes...
Dates:
ca. 1980s
Haldeman Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4466
Content Description
Collection regarding the Haldeman family of West Virginia, including scrapbooks, photographs, documents, correspondence, artwork, artifacts, books, family bibles, and other material. Also includes a large artwork framed in glass.
Dates:
1824-2018; Majority of material found within 1890s-1990s
Jean Gulnac Zuendel, Compiler, Cuming, Sanders, and Gill Families Genealogy and History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3838
Overview
Contains material regarding the genealogy and history of the Cuming, Sanders, and Gill Families. It focuses on the English ancestors of the families, who primarily originated from Devon. The Cuming family is traced back to the 13th century and a direct line of descent is established in the 17th century starting with Nicholas Cuming. The Sanders family begins in the late 18th century with the descendants of Elburton Sanders. Less material is available regarding the Gill family, tracing only a...
Dates:
2003
Linda Warden, Collector, Borror Family History and Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4431
Overview
Collection of material regarding the Borror family, including a photograph album of Civil War battlefields; photographs of the Borror farm in West Virginia; family newsletters; material from family reunions; and family history and genealogy.
Dates:
1920-2019, undated
Margaret B. Ballard, Compiler, Monroe County Historical Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2537
Overview
Papers of Dr. Margaret Byrnside Ballard (1900-1991), regarding the history of Monroe County, West Virginia, and the Ballard family. As a genealogist and author of local history, she was an avid collector of the historical materials contained in this collection, most of which relate to her family and Monroe County. The collection includes personal papers, business records, historical and genealogical research material, scrapbooks, bibles, memorabilia, artifacts, photographs, broadsides,...
Dates:
1783-1991, 2021, undated; Majority of material found within ca. 1910-1970
Mary E. Heironimus, Collector, Records regarding George Washington and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3484
Overview
Contains material regarding George Washington and the Washington family, including the order book of the 8th U.S. Regiment stationed at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1799-1800); typescript regarding Harewood, residence of Washington's brother (undated); New York Times article regarding observation of Washington's birthday (1862); and material regarding the genealogy of the Washington family (1891-1931). Also contains receipt for purchase of slave (1864); genealogy regarding the Forrest family...
Dates:
1799-2014
Neal Heflin Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4260
Overview
Papers of Neal Heflin and his daughter, Lois Heflin. Includes family papers, West Virginia University student records and publications (the Heflins were WVU students), and materials regarding West Virginia history and tourism. Neal Heflin attended West Virginia University in the early 20th century and remained in West Virginia throughout his life, living in both Clarksburg and Fairmont.
Dates:
1910-1965
Ralph Edwin “Ted” Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4042
Scope and Contents
Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes,...
Dates:
1848-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1950
Samuel Spencer Stone, Compiler, Stone Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3998
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the genealogy and family history of the Stone Family of Vienna, Wood County, West Virginia. Includes family trees, narratives, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, deeds, maps, publications, silver plated dishware and silverware. Also includes a painting of family member Augustus Israel Stone. The genealogy and family history material regards the Stone Family and allied families including the Barnes, Farnsworth, Hammett (or Hammet), Spencer, Tracewell (or...
Dates:
1870-1998 and undated