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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Taborville, Tazewell County, Virginia 1901-1908 By Karen EAGLE Moman Chapter 2 (Part C) 26 June 1903 Wheat Good, Grass Short Taborville, June 22. The farmers are wearing a pleasant smile since the rain. The grass crop is unusually short, but wheat is good in this part of the county. Corn is looking fairly well. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Tabor were visiting H. S. Perdue last Sunday. Bane Compton, who has typhoid fever, is getting better. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Given have a right sick child. Miss Mollie Caldwell, of Bluestone, was visiting her sister, Miss Jessie, in Taborville last week. J. C. Holbrook and Co., commenced work on the new road on the north side of Stony Ridge near this place this morning. (71) H. S. Perdue has built a new porch to his house, which adds much to the looks of his nice residence. Several of the Taborville boys are joining the Odd Fellows lodge at Graham. They know a good thing when they see it. J. A. Sarver and H. E. Green have a large contract on Wide for Waugh, Waugh and Co. B. W. Tabor sold a nice bunch of two year old heifers last week for a good price. Mrs. Hiram Compton, who has been very sick for sometime, is reported no better. Thomas Hill has killed 13 ground hogs and 11 crows in the last three weeks, and Tom says it hasn't been good weather for hunting, either. 10 July 1903 Man Killed by Train Taborville, Va., July 7.- Mrs. Hiram Compton, whose name has been mentioned in the NEWS, as being sick is still no better at this writing. Mr. H. D. Burley and his daughter, Miss Maggie is visiting at Williamson. Mr. Frank Calwell, of Bluestone, was found dead on the railroad near Flat Top Yards early Sunday morning. It is supposed he was killed by the train. We have not learned the particulars. (72) Several of our Taborville boys went to Pocahontas the Fourth, and report a good time. Mr. Jos. French, of Coopers, was up Sunday to see his mother, Mrs. Jas. French, who is sick at this writing. (73) Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Compton, of Bluefield, were down in our vicinity last Saturday and Sunday. 31 July 1903 Death of Mrs. Compton Taborville, Va., July 29. Everybody seems to be busy harvesting oats and grain, picking blackberries, etc. Compton Shrader and Co. will start their threshing machine this week. There are several bad cases of whooping cough in this neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bailey, of Bailey, attended the picnic at Falls Mills last Saturday, as did also, Edward and Will Wagner and Wade Nash. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Compton went to McDowell, W. Va., last Saturday to visit their daughter, Mrs. S. H. Wysong. Rev. Hugh Dudley is visiting home folks on Mudfork this week. Mr. Sanford Arrs, of Brushfork, was visiting his uncle, W. G. Hill, last Sunday. (74) Mrs. Hiram Compton, whose name has been mentioned in the NEWS as being sick, quietly passed away last Wednesday morning, at 7 o'clock. Her death was not unexpected as she had been confined to her room for several weeks. The dreadful disease, consumption, was the cause of her death. Mrs. Compton was a good christian lady, and she said she was ready to die. She was a member of the Methodist church. The bereaved husband and children have the sympathy of the entire community. 28 August 1903 Taborville C. W. Butt who has been sick for some time, is a great deal worse at this writing. W. G. Hill and H. J. Tabor have rented the Falls Mills property and have got it in full blast. Mr. P. W. Wagner is one of the lucky bee hunters. He has found two bee trees lately, when he went to rob them he got a black snake out of one and a next of young mice out of the other. J. R. Dudley has commenced work on his new house. T. E. Belcher was heard singing the other night, "On Jordan's stormy banks I stand." When asked what was the matter, he said it was a girl. Mother and child are doing well. Miss Carrie French, of Bailey, is on Taborville this week visiting her sister, Mrs. T. E. Belcher. 27 November 1903 Taborville We are having some fine hog killing weather now, and the farmers are making good use of it. Rev. D. A. Daugherty will preach a sermon in memory of Mrs. Hiram Compton at Macedonia next Sunday. J. R. Harry and his family was the guests of S. T. Tabor last Sunday. Mr. Jas. Wagner of this place has sold out, and started with his family to California last week. Mr. C. W. Butt, who has been mentioned heretofore as being sick, is much better. 1904 29 January 1904 Taborville Taborville, Va. Jan. 28. Mrs. H. J. Tabor and the children have had a pretty long hitch of the grip. They are better at this writing. Mr. James Buckland had the misfortune to have three milch (sic) cows badly crippled during the frozen, icy weather. The cows were on top of a very steep hill, and slipped and fell, sliding about 75 yards into a hollow among logs and rocks, breaking one's leg, putting another's hip out of place and bruising the third one up considerably. Mr. Watt Compton, of Clover Bottoms, was up last week on business. Mrs. Will Compton, who has been sick for some time, is some better at this writing. Robert Belcher, son of S. T. Belcher, has been indisposed for several weeks. He has lung trouble and diabetes. (75) We notice the Bachelors at Falls Mills are all wearing a bright smile since leap year set in. Mrs. Eliza Dudley, who has been sick for some time, is reported no better. There have been several cattle buyers through this part of the country lately. H. D. Dudley sold his 2-yr-old cattle about two weeks ago, at a low price. We are having a good school on Mudfork this winter. Miss Elizabeth DuPriest, of Lynchburg, is our teacher. She is a very small little lady in size, but one large in ways. She makes each one know their place, and has the good will of all the children. 12 February 1904 SMALLPOX AT TABORVILLE Tazewell Man Killed In Mexico Falls Mill, Va., Feb. 9. We have had one or two cases of smallpox near Falls Mills, which has created some excitement among the people. Mr. King is just recovering from an attack, and it is reported that one of his little children is taking it. I. H. and J. R. Harry were visiting their sister, Mrs. A. A. Carter, on Bluestone last Sunday. Robert Belcher, whose name has been mentioned in the News as being sick, is not much better. Mrs. Eliza Dudley is getting better, as is also Mrs. Will Compton. G. W. Givens is moving to Flat Top Yard. He expects to go into the hotel business. The wind storm on last Saturday night blew James Wagnor's (sic) corn crib over, but that is easy accounted for, as Jim has never shucked his corn yet. W. G. Hill and Company have just received a car of 1000 bushels of corn at their mill. Mr. B. P. Compton received a telegram a few days ago, notifying him of the death of his son, Robert E. Compton, who was killed in Mexico on the 28th of January, by a railroad accident, as a freight conductor. (76) It will be remembered that R. E. Compton was conductor on the Pocahontas and Clinch Valley Division for several years, up to 11 years ago last December, when he left and went to Mexico, where he held his same job up to the day of his death. Robert was a man who was liked by all whom he came in contact with, and his many friends at Falls Mills grieved to hear of his death. He leaves a father, mother, three brothers and four sisters to mourn their loss, viz: Mr. C. E., W. S. and H. B. Compton, Mrs. E. C. Lusk, Mrs. S. H. Wysong, Mrs. J. R. Harry and Mrs. G. W. Givens. He was in the 39 year of his age. The sorrowing family and friends have the sympathy of the entire community. The following is a letter which Mr. Compton received from the Sec. of the O. R. C.: San Luis Potos, Mexico, Jan. 30, 1904. Mr. B. P. Compton, Falls Mills, Va. Dear sir: Confirming my telegram of the 29, I am sorry to have to communicate to you the news of your sons death. He was killed on the morning of the 28th, while in performance of duty, vainly trying to stop some runaway cars on what is known as the Rascon mountain. No man more truly died at his duty that did Bob; and it is probable that the fact that these cars were liable to dash into a train at the foot of the mountain and thus sacrifice many other lives caused him to remain at a post of danger, from which most men would have fled. Remains buried in the main cemetery here, on the 29, amid the tributes of sorrowing friends, and with the last rites of our order, in connection with the services conducted by a clergyman. I have his papers and personal belongings, which I shall be glad to send to you as soon as I receive your directions. All funeral expenses have been paid by the O. R. C., but if it is your wish that they be defrayed by his estate I will furnish you with certified bills upon application. Regretting the sad circumstances under which I must write, I am, Sincerely yours, W. D. Ives. 18 March 1904 Taborville Items Taborville, March 16. Farmers have got a move on themselves, plowing and preparing for a crop. Everybody is behind with work on account of the bad weather. Mrs. Will Compton is improving slowly. Robert Belcher is some better than he was a few days ago. T. A. Belcher has had the best luck with his lambs of any of our farmers. He has got six ewes which brought 16 lambs, and 15 are living. He lost just one lamb, and a horse ran over and killed it. Who can beat Mr. Belcher. Mr. Wingfield Compton, who got hurt in the mines on Cove Creek, last December, was able to be brought to his home here last week, is just so he can walk a little on crutches. Mrs. John Slaughter returned last week from Carroll Co., where she had been visiting her parents and friends for several days. Mr. J. D. Tabor, formerly of Bluestone, but now of Falls Mills, was in Taborville last Sunday. We are glad to have Mr. Tabor in our midst. (77) Rev. C. E. Compton, of Flat Top yard, was up last Sunday, looking after his farm at this place. We hear a little talk of a telephone line being built on Mud Fork, from Falls Mills west. Just let the good work go on. If a boy or young man wants to be noticed by the general public, let him call a grey-headed man by his given name when he speaks to him. (78) 29 July 1904 Taborville Taborville, Va., July 27. Well it seems that news is somewhat scarce in this part of the world. All the farmers are busy harvesting their hay and oats crops, which is about an average crop this year. Mr. Geo. Hoge, of Bell Springs, Va., shipped a car load of fine ewes from Falls Mills to his farm in Pulaski county last week. J. H. Wagner sold a nice bunch of lambs to Col. J. S. Browing a few days ago. Robert Belcher, who has been sick so long, is still growing weaker and his condition is such that there is little hope of his recovery. A stranger arrived at the home of Windfield Compton last Tuesday morning, but he was a little too late to register this year. He is a thoroughbred Democrat. Mother and child are doing well. George Wagner lost a fine horse a few days ago, which he has refused $160.00 for. The horse had distemper. (79) I. G. Sutfin, of Elkhorn, is here on his farm harvesting his hay and oats. Several of the boys went to Graham last Saturday night to attend the regular meeting of the I.O.O.F. Andy Johnson, of Brush Fork, was in the Village last Sunday. (80) Mr. James Dudley, of Graham, and Davis Dudley, of Crockett's Cove, attended the funeral of Mrs. Taylor at Falls Mills last Sunday, as did also Mr. Cleft Butt, of Tip Top. (81) Mrs. Fannie Tabor was summoned last week to the bedside of her son, who has typhoid fever in Bluefield, We are unable to give particulars as to his condition. Mr. T. A. Belcher, of this place, has sold his farm and has purchased the dry goods and grocery store of E. G. Wagner at Bailey, Va. We regret very much to lose Mr. Belcher and his family from our midst, and will say while Mudfork loses a good family Bailey has gained one that it should be proud of. (82) Joseph and Dock French, of Cooper, W. Va., were visiting home folks at this place last Sunday. (83) 16 December 1904 News Happenings at Taborville Taborville, Va., Dec. 14. Mr. C. M. Compton has just got in a bill of new goods. Mrs. S. T. Belcher was visiting in Taborville last Sunday. Mrs. S. H. Wysong, of Graham, was visiting friends and relatives at this place last Sunday. (84) Mr. Bennie Murrell has been sick for sometime, but is better at this writing. Mr. And Mrs. J. R. Harry are the proud parents of a fine baby boy, born the 6th inst. Mother and child are doing well. Our school teacher, Miss Lettie Osborne, is going to have a Xmas tree for her scholars Christmas eve. Mr. And Mrs. Jas. H. Flummer, of Falls Mills, was visiting friends and relatives in Taborville last week. Uncle Jim is 70 years old and is as active as a 18-year old boy. It will be remembered that Mr. And Mrs. Flummer sold their farm near Falls Mills a little over a year ago and went to Birmingham, Ala., and stayed about one year, returning to their old home at Falls Mills last fall. They say Alabama is too hot for fleshy people, and they thought they would come back to a colder climate. (85) B. P. Compton went to Graham last Friday on business. Hiram Compton went to Bailey last Saturday on some important business. Mrs. Mary Belcher, formerly of this place, but bow of Bailey, is visiting her old friends and neighbors at Taborville. Mrs. Belcher has many warm friends here who are glad to have her with them. Mrs. B. W. Tabor has a chicken hen that is a remarkable fowl. She commences laying the first of February and lays until the first of October and doesn't go to setting at all, and her name is Tallow. Of course the reader wants to know why they named her "Tallow." It was because the old hen came into the kitchen one day and flew upon the table and ate about one pound of beef tallow. The writer heard Mrs. Tabor tell the story, and will vouch for its being true. Mrs. Sidney Marsh, who has been ill for sometime, is still no better, and her death would be no surprise at any time. (86) J. R. Dudley is all smiles, for his first one is a fine boy born last Saturday night. Mother and child are doing well. 1905 10 March 1905 Taborville Taborville, Va., March 9. Mrs. S. T. Belcher made a flying trip to Pocahontas a few days ago. (87) Dr. A. W. Tabor of Falls Mills, is suffering a great deal with rheumatism this week. We hope to see him out again soon. (88) Mr. and Mrs B. W. Tabor were visiting the home of H. S. Perdue last Sunday. Ballard says he got value received for his visit when he was invited to the dining room at noon where he spent about 30 minutes as busy as a bee. (89) Mrs. E. C. Lusk, of Mora W. Va., was visiting friends and relatives in Taborville several days this week. (90) Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Compton were visiting at Graham last Sunday. I. H. Harry of Falls Mills, was in Taborville last Sunday. J. J. Belcher, was visiting his brother, T. A. Belcher, at Bailey last Sunday. He reports his brother well and able for business again. (91) H. Bane Compton, who has been sick for several days is able to be out. 24 March 1905 Taborville Taborville, Va., March 22. Farmers are taking advantage of the pretty weather and are very busy preparing for the spring crop. Mr. Frank Hill, who bought the Jas. French farm at this place some time ago has moved his family here. We are glad to welcome the good family to the community. (92) A. P. Tabor, of Bluestone, was at Pocahontas last Saturday, and came back as far as Taborville and spent the night with J. R. Harry, returning home Sunday. (93) Hiram and Bane Compton and Jas. Belcher attended church at Bailey last Sunday. (94) W. G. Hill has been on the sick list for several days. B. P. Compton has been confined to his room for about two weeks on account of bronchitis. Miss Florence Perdue was visiting her uncle, B. W. Tabor, last Sunday. (95) E. King Crockett passed through Taborville one day last week re-assessing the lands. (96) Rev. G. W. Harless was in the village last week collecting taxes. (97) A. W. Tabor, the post master, who has been ill for some time with rheumatism, is we are sorry to say, getting worse. Mr. S. T. Belcher made his usual trip to Pocahontas this week. (98) The wedding bells are ringing in Taborville. H. J. Tabor is putting up a new gate. He has got in one post and the gate hung. 14 April 1905 Taborville Taborville, Va., April 10 April has checked the farmers from sowing oats for a few days on account of snow and rain. Mr. John Slaughter lost a fine milch (sic) cow one day last week. J. G. Gillespie and Jas. Mc Dowell were assessing property on Mud Fork last week. (99) B. W. Tabor was on Laurel Fork last Saturday looking after his real estate interest. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wagner a baby boy. Mother and child are doing well. (100) Mrs. B. P. Compton and her son, Bane, went to Pocahontas Saturday. (101) James Baker, of Mud Fork, was visiting in Taborville Saturday and Sunday. (102) J. J. Belcher, the merchant, is getting in his spring goods. (103) H. J. Tabor is getting in lumber to build himself a new house. H. S. Perdue purchased a fine young mule last week from J. W. Johnson. The price was $100. (104) 19 May 1905 Damage by Storm Taborville, Va., May 9 Well, everybody is done planting corn, and we are having plenty of rain at present to make the grass grow. Vestor Wagner, of Cane Creek, was visiting relatives on Mud Fork last week, returning to his home Sunday evening. (105) B. P. Compton went to Springville last Saturday for business. Hiram Compton says if he takes a notion to make a preacher of himself his first text will be, "It is not good for man to live alone." We have been informed by H. J. Tabor, who has been running the Falls mill for nearly two years, that it will change hands soon, as his time expires, which is the first day of next August. We understand that Mr. Jas. Fink, of Falls Mills, will take charge of the mill at that time. (106) It is said there is more hay left over from last winters feeding in this section than ever was known before, but likely there will be a demand for it next winter. The storm last Friday gave the people of this section a scare, and did a great deal of damage through the entire neighborhood, blowing down timer, apple trees, fencing and washing plowed land. E. C. Lusk, of Mora, W. Va., was in Taborville last Saturday. He reported two killed and several crippled in the storm at his place. A little boy, 12-years old, and a(n) Italian, both killed by timber falling on houses. (107) 16 June 1905 Taborville Squibs Taborville, June 14. Farmers are busy plowing corn and pulling weeds. Miss Ella May, the youngest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. P. W. Wagner, is dangerously ill at this writing. She is having hemorrhages of the lungs. Her parents and friends are very anxious about her. We are glad to report out neighbor and friends, H. D. Dudley, who has been indisposed for several days, as being able to sit up and walk about the house. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Belcher were visiting at Bailey last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. W. G. Hill was visiting on Brush Fork the first of the week. Mr. And Mrs. J. R. Harry and Mrs. W. G. Hill were visiting B. W. tabor's family Sunday. J. W. Shannon, of Bluestone, was in this neighborhood last week buying cattle. Mr. And Mrs. H. Bane Compton were visiting Mrs. Compton's mother on Widemouth, W. Va., the first of the week. Mr. Editor: We noticed in the last issue of the NEWS, where our neighbors B. P. Compton and J. F. Hill were in Tazewell and behaved so nicely. We are glad to know that these two gentlemen can behave when they are away from home where they are not known. The material will be ordered for the Mudfork telephone line this week and it is supposed that the line will be completed inside of two weeks. There are men who spend their money for intoxicating drinks, and then ask the merchants to credit them for their bread and meat, that requires some premeditated gall. We always enjoy reading out old friends, A. Hounshell's, most interesting letters. Hope to hear from his again soon. (108) Mr. J. T. Hill had the misfortune to lose one of his work horses a few days ago. 23 June 1905 East Mudfork Farmers are busy working corn as harvest is drawing near. Mr. B. P. Compton and wife are visiting at Bluefield at this writing. Mr. [illegible section] sick for so long, is slowly improving. Miss Ella May Wagner, who was mentioned in the NEWS last week as being very ill, isn't any better. Mrs. Jas. Belcher, of Littleburg, W. Va., and Rebecca Dinger, of Brushy Fork, W. Va., were visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Compton last week. Charles Belcher spent last Sunday at home with parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Belcher. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Belcher were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Belcher on Sunday. Mr. Frank Hill was visiting Mr. George Dillon Sunday. Phone bells will soon be ringing on Mudfork. 14 July 1905 Things Looking up at Taborville Farmers are commencing to harvest in this part of the country. Oats will soon be ripe. Miss Ella May Wagner, whom we have mentioned as being sick, is improving. Mr. J. T. Slaughter went to Elkhorn last week on business. Mr. And Mrs. G. W. Givens were visiting J. J. Belcher's family last Sunday. Mr. Robert Gillespie, of Falls Mills, is arranging to build six or eight houses in the village. That is the way to boom a town. Owing to the delay in freight the telephone line up Mud Fork has not been completed yet. The material has been ordered about three weeks and everything has arrived except the wire. Mrs. J. T. Slaughter, was visiting Mrs. J. R. Harry last Sunday. Mr. C. J. Hale is erecting a large cattle barn on his farm near Falls Mills. Charles is a bustling farmer, and you would have been convinced of the fact if you could have had the pleasure of taking dinner with him on the Fourth of July, when he had the first dish of roasting ears and fried chicken, and many other things too numerous to mention. Who can beat Mr. Hale on the corn question? If people would pray for their neighbors instead of talking about them and backbiting them, what a glorious country this would be. Luther Wagner and his sister Miss Angie, and Mr. Alvin Tabor, were visiting on Brush Fork last Saturday and Sunday. (109) 4 August 1905 Possum Hollow Visitors Taborville, Va., Aug. 1 Farmers are very much behind with their work on account of the wet weather. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Compton were visiting in Bluefield last Sunday. Taze Perdue, of Brush Fork, was visiting W. G. Hill last Sunday, as was also J. H. Wagner and FRANK Hill, of Possum Hollow. (110) W. H. Nash and Mrs. J. G. Bailey, of Bluestone, were visiting P. W. Wagner's family last Sunday. (111) Will Tabor, who has had typhoid fever, is getting along very well. (112) Miss Ella Mae Wagner, who we have mentioned heretofore, as being sick, is getting along nicely. (113) Mr. J. R. Dudley has recently purchased a new buggy, and J. F. Hill and J. J. Belcher have each purchased themselves a new wagon, so you see Mud Fork is still coming along. (114) J. H. Summers, of Bluestone was on Mud Fork, a few days last week building a telephone line. (115) Mrs. W. F. Compton, of Bluefield, and Miss Florence Lusk, of Mora, W. Va., are visiting in Taborville this week. (116) J. J. Belcher, was seen the other day tying a can to the telephone wire, and when asked what he was doing he said he was going to send a message over to one of his neighbors to know if he could borrow his wagon, but Jim's message did not go so he had to go himself. 18 August 1905 East Mudfork News East Mudfork, Aug. 15. There was quite a number of members attended the I.O.O.F. regular meeting at Graham from this place and Falls Mills. Mr. Rufas French, of Bailey, was visiting on Mudfork Saturday and Sunday. (117) Mr. James E. Belcher, of Littlesburg, W. Va., is visiting relatives and friends on Mudfork this week. Mr. Eli Lusk, of Giato, W. Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Compton Saturday and Sunday. A picnic was given at Falls Mills last Saturday by the Sunday School at that place. All who attended report a nice time. Mr. Frank Hill is having a well drilled. Hope he will find good water and plenty of it. Will Tabor, who has typhoid fever, we are glad to say, is improving. Miss Ella Mary Wagner is still improving. Mr. H. D. Dudley, of this place, and his son, Jim, of Graham, Va., have gone to Pulaski on business. 29 September 1905 Taborville Items Taborville, Va., Sept 27. We have been having some very nice weather for a few days. Farmers are all done cutting corn and sowing wheat, making cane 'lases, etc. (Molasses from sugar cane) H. J. Harvey, of Bluestone, was over this week and bought a bunch of nice yearlings from J. T. Slaughter. (118) Robert Gill, of Bailey, was in Taborville this week buying hogs. Miss Ella May Wagner, who we have mentioned as being sick, still continues very ill. Mrs. Cyrus Tabor is very low with typhoid fever. Her many friends hope for her a speedy recovery. (119) J. J. Belcher has two sick children at this writing. Mr. And Mrs. S. T. Belcher, I. H. and J. R. Harry, attended the quarterly meeting at Bluestone last Sunday. Robey Fipp went out few days ago and caught four ground hods, and claimed he could have got more bit it was a bad day for hunting. J. J. Buckland is hauling logs to the mill to have lumber sawed for his new house. J. F. Hill, who is building a county bridge, spanning Mud Fork near the residence of H. M. Compton, expects to complete the work in a few days. Now, if we had a road across the ridge from Taborville to Big Branch that would give a direct road from St. Clair to Pocahontas. Why can't we get this road as it is very necessary that it should be built? Wonder what has become of the free mail delivery that was coming up Mud Fork? The gas work was done but it stopped right there. Any one wanting seed buckwheat for next year will call on B. W. Tabor. He raised 1 ½ bushels, and it is good for he grew it on bottom land. Hiram Compton went to see his best girl last Saturday over the Hill. 13 October 1905 Taborville Items We had our first frost last Sunday night, but not enough to do any damage. The weather continues. Mr. Dan Brittain, who has typhoid fever, is getting along nicely, and we hope to see him out again soon. Mrs. Cyrus Tabor, who has typhoid fever, we are glad to report much better at this writing. B. W. Tabor and J. R. Harry went to East River mountain one day last week chestnut hunting. Bal says they had good luck. They got about one gallon of chestnuts each and a good dinner and a feed of old corn for their horses, which you will always get when you go about that clever and accommodating gentleman, H. J. Harvey. J. W. Shannon, of Bluestone, was on Mudfork last week buying cattle. Mr. J. J. Bucklen is on Elkhorn teaching a singing school. Miss Cora Hill and her little sister are visiting at Cooper. Mr. And Mrs. George Williams of Cooper, were visiting J. T. Hills family last Sunday. Ranse Dudley, of Bluefield, was visiting his brother, J. R. Dudley, of this place last Saturday and Sunday. (120) John W. Johnson, of Brush Fork, was on Mud Fork one day last week buying cattle. Robert Tabor, of Wittens Mills, passed through Taborville one day last week with a nice drove of cattle which he bought in West Virginia. Mr. H. S. Perdue expects to move to Abbs Valley to take charge of the Jas. S. Browning farm. J. F. Hill has completed the county bridge, which we mentioned in our last items, which is an honor to this community, and Mr. Hill deserves much credit for the job. Misses Eula and Bertha Harry and Miss Anga Wagner was the guests of Miss Maggie Dudley last Saturday night. B. W. Tabor went to Bluefield last Saturday on business. Mr. And Mrs. H. Bane Compton were visiting at J. R. Harry last Sunday. Mr. H. J. Tabor lost a good horse last Sunday evening, caused by another horse kicking him, and bursting some of his insides. Mr. William Walker, who lately moved from Graham to this community, is very sick and not expected to live but a short time. E. King Crockett was on Mud Fork the first of the week weighing cattle. (121) P. W. Wagner is attending Court at Tazewell this week. Mr. Frank Hill has a sick child this writing. 1906 16 February 1906 KILLED BY A YOUNG GIRL Wingfield Compton, a N. and W. Brakeman, Killed by Dora Taylor, Near Falls Mills. Wingfield [sic] Compton, a well known citizen of Falls Mills, was killed on a work train near Neymours on Tuesday. The remains were buried on Wednesday at Falls Mills. Compton was killed by a young girl, Dora Taylor, 13 years old, who lived, with her father and family near the railroad, and says she shot at Compton only to scare him, and claimed that the trainmen were in the habit of flirting with them, and making indecent remarks, etc, when the trains passed or were working in the community. On this occasion the work train was standing near the Neymours house and as the train pulled out the girl fired at the train. Compton, who was standing on the gondola, received the shot and was killed. The Taylor family bear an unsavory reputation. The girl, and her sister, 14 years old, will be sent to a reform school. (122) Mrs. A. A. Carter of Bluestone and Mrs. I. H. Harry and Mrs. Will Kertner [sic] of Falls Mills, were visiting in Taborville last Monday. (123) Mr. Thomas Hill who was mentioned in the News as being on the sick list had a severe attack of pneumonia fever, but he is better at this writing. His little brother Eddie has also got a lite [sic] attack, and the father Mr. W. G. Hill is on the sick list, but hope he will be all right in a few days. Mr. Hill is one of the best men in this town, and has the sympathy of the entire community. (124) 14 December 1906 CORRESPONDENT NOT DEAD The Register at Taborville- Sheep Killing Dogs Taborville, Dec.10. Well, Mr. Editor, I suppose you think your Taborville correspondent is dead, but he still liveth, and has just been a waiting for you to get hungry for a few items so you would publish them all. H. J. Tabor has been on the sick list for several days. B. W. Tabor has been purchasing some real estate in Graham near Midway. Bal says that will be the business part of Bluefield in the near future. Miss Dora Harry and Miss Edna Tabor were the guests of Miss Jenette Belcher last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Compton are the proud parents of a fine girl baby. Mother and child are doing well. Mr. P. W. Wagner, who has been confined to his room for some time with rheumatism is reported better. J. J. Buckland is trying to get his new house completed by Christmas. There has been some sheep killing dogs in the neighborhood lately, killing one ewe for H. J. Tabor. The farmers had better keep their shot guns in good order, and just so long as the farmers allow every body to hunt over their farms with a half dozen dogs in a drove they may expect to have some sheep killed. Miss Maggie Dudley was visiting at Bluefield this week. Mr. G. P. McMullin, the supervisor, was over from Springville last Saturday, and received the new county road which has lately been built from Taborville to Big Branch. Now, the next thing is our R. F .D. (Rural Free Delivery) route to extend from P. W. Wagner down Mud Fork to Taborville and across to Pocahontas. This does not make the route any longer, and adds about 15 boxes. Everybody wake up and go to work for your own interest. George Wagner has got his new house ready for plastering. J. R. Dudley is finishing up his nice residence this fall. Dr. J. M. Sheppard has purchased a lot at Falls Mills, and expects to build a nice residence in the spring. (125) Felix Hill, of Cooper, W. Va., was visiting his brothers, Frank and Wiley, of this place, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Neel, of Graham, were visiting on Mud Fork last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Will Bird, of Rocky Gap, has the contract to plaster 3 houses in this community. Mrs. John Peery got pretty badly hurt last Sunday by falling over a chair. 1908 14 February 1908 TABORVILLE SOCIAL NEWS Taborville, Va., Feb. 12. Mr. And Mrs. Chas. Kinzer has a sick child at this writing. H. D. Dudley has been suffering for several days with his eyes. Misses Minnie Tabor, Hattie and Fannie Baker, all of Upper Mud Fork, were visiting at B. W. Tabors last Sunday. (126) H. J. Tabor has had several cases of sore throat among his children, but all are better at this writing. Mrs. Edna Copenhavhr, who is teaching at the Dudley school house, was visiting in Graham last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Pearl Clark, the little blind girl of Graham, was visiting on Mud Fork last week. George Wagner, who has been sick for several weeks is able to walk around about the house. J. F. Hill has moved his family to Tug River, where he has a position with a coal company. Robert Compton, who has been a railroad employee, has been at home for several days. J. H. Wagner, the popular merchant of Possum Hollow, has got himself a new set of teeth, which makes Jim look young again. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: (71) John C. Holbrook, son of Randall/Randolph Holbrook and Mary H. Waggoner. (72) In 1900, Frank Caldwell lived in Clearfork District. He was born in October 1871, his wife Loretta E. (-?-) in April 1880, and their son Christian C. in March 1898. Frank Caldwell household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell County, Virginia, Clearfork District page 201. (73) Probably Joseph S. French, son of James Daniel French and Henrietta Elizabeth Belcher. (74) Sanford Edward Ayers, Sr., son of William H. Ayers and Lucy H.Perdue. Sanford married Mary Angie Wagner, daughter of Parris Witcher Wagner and Patria Ann Perdue. (75) Robert L. Belcher, son of Samuel T. Belcher and Harriet Louvenia Compton who was a daughter of Cornelius Compton & Rebecca Jane Patterson (76) Robert E. 'Bob' Compton son of Ballard Preston Compton & Delilah Harless. As far as I know Robert was not married (77) Most likely Jacob Daniel 'JD/Jake' Tabor, son of Amos H. Tabor and Cynthia McPherson (78) Wow! This would have been almost unheard of in the era. Nor was this rudeness condoned in the area in 1940s or 1950s either, as I lived in Falls Mills for several years. This act, of bad manners, would get you in serious trouble. In this era, especially in the South, every adult was addressed as Mr. or Mrs., no exception. Only parents were called by their family names of 'Mother/ Momma/Mommie,' while grandparents were addressed as 'Grandfather/ Pappaw,' etc, but always with a tone of respect in the voice. Southerners were extremely well-mannered and polite (79) Most likely George Miles Wagner, son of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner and Juline Tabor. G. M. Wagner married Nannie Lane Tabor who was a daughter of James Russell Tabor & Martha Jane Havens (80) Perhaps Andrew J. Johnson, son of John W. Johnson and Margaret D. Nash. (81) James F. Dudley and David W. Dudley were sons of Hugh D. Dudley. Clifton Dale ‘Cleff/Cleft’ Butt was the son of Charles Westley Butt and Virginia Celia Dudley, who was the daughter of William Parham Dudley. (82) Elias Green Wagner, son of David Nicewander Waggoner and Mariah E. Deaton (83) Sons of James Daniel French. (84) Seralda Harriett Compton. (85) James Henderson Flummer, son of Samuel William Flummer and Nancy Aganes Justice. J. H. Flummer, known as Henderson, married Catherine Elizabeth Harry who was a daughter of John B. Harry, Jr., and hi second wife, Mary Eyler (86) It is possible that this was the first wife of Sidney Marsh who married, at Falls Mills, in August of 1910, Permelia F. "Millie' Shrader who was the widow of Marcus Aurelius 'Bud' Sluss and was the daughter of David Shrader, Jr., and his first wife, Chloe Dillion. David and Chloe Shrader are my great great great grandparents. However, I do not know the maiden name of the first Mrs. Marsh (87) Harriet Louvenia Compton, daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. Harriet married Samuel T. Belcher, son of Moses J. Belcher or, possibly, James Tabor and Henrietta Blackwell. (88) I have never figured out why Alexander Waltham 'Alex' Tabor was referred to as a doctor. He was the son of Amos H. Tabor and Cynthia Mc Pherson and the grandson of Samuel Flummer Tabor and Mary Martha Flummer. Alex Tabor was a much respected and admired man and was a Master mason of the Harman # 222 Lodge of Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. (89) Ballard Witten Tabor, son of Stephen Paris Tabor and Eleanor Havens. B.W. Tabor married Florence Virginia Wagner, daughter of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner (Americanized to Wagner) and Juline/Julianna Tabor. H. S. Perdue was most likely Henry Silas Perdue, Jr., who married Laura Jane Wagner the sister of Florence Virginia (Wagner) Compton. (90) Maria Evadora 'Dora' Compton, daughter of Ballard Preston Compton and Delilah Harless. She married Eli C. Lusk. (91) James John Belcher and Tobias Albert 'Tobe' Belcher, sons of Isom Green Belcher and Mary Catherine Deaton. James John Compton married Ellen Rebecca Compton, daughter of Hiram Alonzo Compton and Nancy Jane Belcher. Tobias Albert Belcher married Beldora/Bell Dora French, daughter of Charles Campbell French and Nancy Abigail Pauley. (92) Frank Hill, son of Hardin H. and Jane Hill, a family of Allegheny County, North Carolina who came to Tazewell Co., VA after 1863. (93) Allen Preston Tabor, son of Russell B. and Elizabeth (Compton) Tabor. Allen Tabor married Mary A. Elizabeth Mc Clannahan who, after, Allen's death in 1927, married widower Edward Thomas Scott. James R. Harry, son of John Harry and third wife, Mary E. (Dedmonds), who was the widow of Joshua Wade. Margaret E. Dedmonds and Joshua Wade had a least one son, John W. Wade, who married Nancy Jane Gillespie 24 February 1880 Boone County, West Virginia. (94) Hiram Alonzo Compton, son of Corneilus and Rebecca Jane (Paterson) Compton and uncle to Bane Compton. Henry Bane Compton, (known as Bane Compton), son of Ballard Preston and Delilah(Harless) Compton, James Belcher might have been John James/James John 'Jim' Compton as he lived near both Compton men in this era. This James Compton married Ellen Rebecca Compton, daughter of Hiram Alonzo Compton and Nancy Jane Belcher. This James Belcher, son of Isom Green Belcher and Mary Catherine Deaton. (95) Florence Virginia Perdue, daughter of Silas Henry Perdue, Jr., and India Jane Wagner, daughter of , daughter of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner and Juline Elinor Tabor. Florence Perdue apparently named after her aunt, Florence Virginia (Wagner) Tabor. (96) Edward King Crockett, married Elizabeth V. Vermillion, daughter of Uriah and Nancy (Moore) Vermillion. In 1903 E. K. Crockett was appointed as Sheriff of Tazewell County, Virginia upon the death of James Bandy. (97) Rev. George Washington Harless,, son of David Jackson Harless and Mary Jane Wise. G. W Harless first married Josephine Belle 'JosieBell' Carter, 27 Jan 1876 in Sullivan Co., daughter of William Gordon Carter and Catherine 'Kate' Razor. The second marriage was to Alice Dean Fair about 1896. (98) Samuel T. Belcher, son of Moses J. Belcher and Nancy Elizabeth Jane Tabor. Samuel married Harriet Louvenia Compton who was the daughter of of Cornelius and Rebecca Jane (Patterson) Compton. (99) James Mc Dowell I believe to be the James N. Mc Dowell, son of Wm. D. McDowell., son of Henry P. and Frances (Horton) Mc Dowell. No idea on the J. G. Gillespie. (100) James Henry Wagner, son of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner and Juline Elinor Tabor. Mother-Cassie Ellen Belcher, daughter of Isom Green Blecher and Mary Catherine Deaton. The baby boy-Frank Raleigh Wagner, Sr., born 29 March, 1905, died 17 Nov 1984, who was known as Raleigh Wagner. Raleigh Wagner married Lorraine Updyke. (101) Delilah (Harless) Compton, daughter of David Jackson Harless and Mary Jane Wise. Her son was Henry Bane Compton-known as Bane Compton. (102) I believe to have been James William Baker, son of Levi Baker and Emily T. Young/Yound. James Baker married a cousin, Fannie Ellis Baker, and they were the parents of Dudley Davis Baker (and other children) who married Sarah T. 'Sallie' Tabor, daughter of Stephen Paris Tabor and Eleanor Havens. Also they had a daughter Lillian 'Lillie' Baker who m. John Christian Dickenson, son of John Dickenson and Frances Robinson. John Christian Dickenson was named after a character in "Pilgrams Progress," this was told to me by Fannie Ellis Dickenson, a granddaughter, via telephone, on 2 April 1999. (103) James John/John James 'Jim' Belcher, son of Isom Green Belcher and Mary Catherine Deaton. Jim Compton married Ellen Rebecca Compton, daughter of Hiram Alonza Compton and Nancy Jane Belcher. (104) Henry Silas Perdue, Jr., son of H. S.,Sr., and Nancy Jane Powell. Silas Henry Perdue, Jr., married Laura Jane Wagner, daughter of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner and Juline Elinor Tabor. (105) The only Waggnor/Wagner I have with a "V" is Paul Vernon Wagner but he wasn't born until 1928 and he was a son of Oscar Frazier Wagner Buelah Franklin Lynch. Buelah was my mother, Hettie Marie (Shrader) Eagle's, school teacher at the Wexler Tabor School at Mudfork, Tazewll County, Virginia, in the 1920's. (106) James C. Fink married Cynthia M. Dudley, daughter of Hugh D. Dudley and Mary Pane Shuffleberger. (107) Eli C. Lusk was the husband MariaEvadora 'Dora' Compton, daughter of Ballard Preston Compton and Delilah Harless. (108) Andrew Houndsell, son of Elias Houndsell and Elizabeth Lindamood. A. Houndsell married Juila A. Moore, daughter of the Joseph Addisom Moore and Martha Pogue Moore. Andrew and his family moved to Sevier County, Tennessee after September 5, 1902. (109) Martin Luther and Mary Angie Wagner were children of Parris Witcher Wagner. Robert Alvin Tabor, son of Elgin Whitley Tabor and Octavia Zane Tiller. (110) No idea about Taze Perdue. Wiley G. Hill had a brother Frank Hill, both were sons of Hardin H. and Jane Hill. This Hardin and Jane Hill family was at one time, at least between 1849- 1865, in Allegheny County, North Carolina, where at least three of their children were born, Mary, Wiley G., and James F. Hill. J. H. Wagner could have been Joseph Hick Wagner, James Henry -both sons of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner and Juline Elinor Tabor Wagner. However, I am not certain. J. H. Wagner could also have been James Hoge Wagner, son of Charles Alexander Wagner? Rissie Belle Wagner, daughter of George Miles Wagner and Nannie Lane Tabor (my great great aunt and uncle), married Charles Mc Griffin Hill who was the grandson of Hardin and Jane Hill. So there was a connection between the Hill and Wagner families. (111) I wonder if it should not have been W. M. Nash as Wade Marvin Nash married India Jane Wagner, daughter of Parris Witcher and Patria Ann (Perdue) Wagner. Vicie Virginia (Wagner) Bailey wife of Joseph Garland Bailey. Vicie, daughter of Parris Witcher Wagner and Patria Ann Perdue. Joseph Garland Bailey has a grandson -Rev. Joseph Garland 'JG' Bailey. P.W. Wagner was Parris Witcher Wagner, son of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner (Americanized to Wagner) and Juline Elinor Tabor. Parris and Patria (Perdue) Wagner were a dearly beloved couple of the Mudfork, Tazewell County, Virginia, area. (112) From an article in the 28 July 1905 edition of Clinch Valley News that this is William David 'Bill' Tabor, son of Elgin Whitley Tabor and Octavia Zane Tiller. (113) Ella Mae Wagner, March 1891 - 13 December 1905, Daughter of Parris Witcher and Patria Ann (Perdue) Wagner. (114) James Franklin Hill was the son of Hardin H. and Jane (-?-) Hill. He was married twice. (115) Believe to have been James Howard Summers, son of Rev. William Summers and Martha L. Bane who was a daughter of William Russell Bane and Nancy Havens. J. H. Summers married Martha Jane Leffell. (116) Uncertain who Mrs. W. F. Compton was, if the middle initial is incorrect, it is probably an aunt of Florence Lusk. However, most certainly a kinswoman of Florence Lusk. The mother of Florence Courtney Lusk was Maria Evadora 'Dora' Compton, the daughter of Ballard Preston Compton and Delilah Harless. Maria Evadora Compton married Eli C. Lusk. (117) Rufus Edward French, son of John Lewis French (118) Henry Joseph Boyd Harvey, son of Myron Harvey. Rufus married Nancy Ann Abshire (119) I believe to be Cyrus Monroe Tabor,son of Thomas Edward Tabor, Sr. Cyrus married Luella French a daughter of Charles Campbell French (120) Ransom Jonathan Dudley. He and J. R. were sons of James Craig Dudley and Mariah Elizabeth Tabor (121) Edward King Crockett who married Elizabeth Vermillion. At the death of James Bandy, in late 1902, E. K. Crockett became the Sheriff of Tazewell County. (122) Winfield S. Compton, son of Ballard Preston Compton and Delilah Harless. W. S. Compton married Margaret M. 'Maggie' Tabor, daughter of George Cyrus Tabor and Sarah Frances 'Fannie' Johnson. (123) Mrs . Alexander Albert "Alex" Carter. I only have her as the first wife-Cynthia B.-no surname. Mrs. I. H. Harry-Mrs. Isaiah Handerson Harry was Meldora Moore Tabor, daughter of John Andrew tabor and his first of three wives, Martha A. Compton. (124) Son of Wiley G. Hill and Nancy B. Perdue, daughter of Henry Sila/Silas Henry Perdue, Sr., and Nancy Jane Powell (125) Henry Shepard 'Doc" Tabor was named after this doctor, as Dr. Sheppard delivered him. That is also the reason Henry had the nickname 'Doc.' Henry S. Tabor a son of Henry J. Tabor and Mary Arminta Wagner. (126) I believe this Minnie Tabor to have been Minnie Mae Tabor as daughter of Charles Wesley Tabor and Amanda Jane Johnson. Minnie married William Richard 'Bill' Crouse. Hattie and Fannie Baker were daughters of Dudley Davis Baker and Sarah Tabor. Hattie Mildred married John Clinton Tabor and Fannie Ellen married Floyd W. Barbour.