TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - NEWSPAPERS - Clinch Valley News, 1 Aug 1902 Bailey and Benbow ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the Virginia USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Eagle Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net ============================================================================ "Clinch Valley News" Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA Friday, August 1, 1902 BAILEY & BENBOW Bailey, Va., July 29 MISS MAGGIE KARR, who reported in the News of last week as being sick, is no better. The cause pronounced by her physician to be typhoid fever. [ Surname became Americanized to Carr. Maggie , d/o Giles Rufus Carr & Octavia C. Moore]. ……. W. D. HOOLBROOK is also sick. He is thought to have typhoid fever. [ I believe to have been Wrical D. Holbrook, s/o Randall/Randolph Holbrook & Mary H. ‘Polly’ Waggoner]. ADDED DATA: "Mercer Co VA/WV Marriage Book I, 1854-1901" By Sallie Hays Marriage: Page 40 -Original data found pg 33 # 7 28 Apr 1880 Mer Co VWV W. D. Holbrook age 31 single farmer b. Taz Co Va s/o Randal & Polly Holbrook. Harriet D. B. Neal age 24 single b. Taz Co VA d/o R. Matthew & Martha A. Neal. Married by Wm. H. Barnes. 1900 TAZEWELL CO VVA CNESUS # 45, Clear Fork, W. W. Wells, enumerator WILLIAM D. HOLBROOK (sic), 51, b. Jany 1849 in Va (All in home b. VA), farmer* .....Flamitte D. B., (sic), 44, b. Nov 1855, wife, had had four children * .....Rosetta m., 19, b. May 1881, dau .....Ronald M., 15, b. Mch 1885, farm labor .....Delia C., 10, b. Nov 1899, dau .....Douglas A., 7, b. May 1893, * Compiler of my transcribed book had trouble reading this text and had listed Wrical ‘s name as William and Henrietta’s as Flamitte. 1920 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS Clear Fork Dist # 424, Bluestone W. D. HOLBROOK, 71 (Wrical D. Holbrook brother of Rev. James W. Holbrook) .....Beatrice H., 66, wife Delia C. Taylor, 30, dau DOUG HOLBROOK, , 26, son WM. E. TAYLOR, 3, G-son ……………… We are glad to report MRS. MCTEER SAUNDERS better. She now appears o be on the road to recovery ……… MISS JENNIE BAILEY and MR. D. N. WAGNER are all that we know of from here who attended the District Conference of the M. E. church South that met in Burke’s Garden last week. [Jennie Bailey, this might have been Virginia B. ;Jennie’, d/o Jessee Bailey & Mary Shannon. D. N. Wagner-David Nicewander Waggoner/Wagner, 1825-1910]. …….. BENBOW (Partial) Farmers are wishing very much for a few good rains. ……………………. MR. J. O. CORELL’S fine stock of goods came in Monday. [James Oscar Correll, S. The surname is Correll on his tombstone at Archibald Thomspn Cemetery in Thompson Valley, Tazewell Co., VA. James married Mary Rutledge Thompson]. …….. MR. G. O. THOMPSON spent Sunday in Burke’s Garden. ……… MR. J. H. NEWBERY and his wife started for their western home this week. We again extend to the young couple our heartiest wishes for a bright and happy future. ………. MR. BILLIE WALK was in town Monday. [I believe to have been William E.Walk, s/o Van Walk & Amanda Jane Matthews]. ……. Our young folks are anticipating spending Saturday next on the peak. ………… MR. LEWIS MATTHEWS is very sick at this writing. [J. Lewis Matthews, s/o William R. Matthews & Nancy Williams]. Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net May 2002