TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - NEWSPAPERS - Clinch Valley News, 14 Apr 1905, Taborsville ----€€€---- "Clinch Valley News" Tazewell, Tazwell Co., VA Friday, April 14, 1905 TABORSVILLE Taborsville, 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 cow one day last week. [Milch-Middle English from Old English for milk. John Slaughter not in 1900 Census in this area]. ………….. J. G. GILLESPIE and JAS. MC DOWELL were assessing property on Mud Fork last week. [James Mc Dowell . I believe to be the James N. Mc Dowell, s/o Wm. D. Mc Dowell., s.o Henry P. & Frances (Horton) Mc Dowell. No idea on the J. G. Gillespie]. ADDED DATA: 1880 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 246 Clear Fork Dist., Read 15-16 June 1880 by Samuel L. Laird WILLIAM D. MCDOWELL, 45, farmer, (all in home b. VA) .....Martha J., 48, wife, k-house [Martha Jane Company d/o Wm. & Jane Compton] .....Bitz (sic), 22, works on farm .....Francis (sic) son (sic) , works on farm* .....Charles, 17, son , at home .....James N., 13, son, at home .....Maria E., 10, dau * designated as a female in 1860 1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 73, Clear Fork Dist WILLIAM MCDOWELL, 65, b. Feby 1835 in VA (all in home b. VA), farmer .....Martha J., 68, b. May 1832, wife, had had 6 children with four alive in 1900 .....James, 32, b. Mch 1868, farmer .....Ella M., 30, b. Mch 1879, daughter ROBT P. GEORGE, 20, b. Jany 1880, farm laborer (Black) 1920 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 74, Wright’s Valley, Clearfork Dist JAMES MCDOWELL, 51 .....Mary E., 35, wife .....James N., 6, son .....Frank C., 3, son …………. B. W. TABOR was on Laurel Fork last Saturday looking after his real estate interest. [Ballard Witten Tabor, s/o Stephen Paris & Eleanor (Havens) Tabor] ………………… Born to MR. and MRS. J. H. WAGNER a baby boy. Mother and child are doing well. [James Henry Wagner, s/o Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner & Juline Elinor Tabor. Mother-Cassie Ellen Belcher , d/o Isom Green Blecher & Mary Catherine Deaton. The baby boy-Frank Raleigh Wagner, Sr., b.29 March, 1905, d. 17 Nov 1984, who was known as Raleigh Wagner. Raleigh Wagner married Lorraine Updyke]. ADDED DATA: (Partial) Bland County Obituaries and Death Records from the Archives of The Virginia State Library, Compiled by Parke Coleman Bogle FRANK R. WAGNER, SR, 79 of Mechanichburg Died: Nov 17, 1984 Place: In A Radford hospital Born: March 29, 1905 POB: Falls Mills, Tazewell Co., VA Parents: James Henry & Cassie Ellen Belcher Wagner Preceded in death by: Frank R. ‘Buddy’ Wagner, Jr. Survived by: Wife: Lorraine Updyke Wagner Two brothers: Thomas J,. Wagner of Roanoke Lee Barbee Wagner, of Bluefield Three sisters: Mrs. Myrtle Patton Mrs. Mamie Holdbrook, of Bluefield Mrs. Norene Hedrick, of Falls Mills Buried at: Mechanicsburg ………….. MRS. B. P. COMPTON and her son, BANE, went to Pocahontas Saturday. [Delilah (Harless) Compton , d/o David Jackson Harless & Mary Jane Wise. Her son was Henry Bane Compton-known as BANE Compton] ADDED DATA: WILL of Delilah Compton: "ANNALS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA"from 1800-1922, Harman, Vol II, pg 189 Tazewell Co., VA DELILAH COMPTON Will probated March, 1918 Devises her property to the following: Her Children: H. B. (Henry Bane Compton) Chas, and Cinthia Jane Harry (sic) * To children of her daughter, Zirelda Wysong (Zarrilda Henritta ?m. Samuel H. Wysong) To the children of her daughter, Dora Lusk (Maria Evadora ‘Dora’ m. Elic C. Lusk) To her grandson, Robert Compton, son of Winfiled Compton. (This Winfield S. Compton married Margaret M. ‘Maggie’ tabor, d/o George Cyrus Tabor & Sarah Frances Johnson-see related article from another edition of "Clinch Valley News" Cynthia Virginia Compton who James R. Harry and Charles Harry was their so ADDITIONAL DATA On Winfield S. Compton: Clinch Valley News Friday, February 16, 1906 KILLED BY A YOUNG GIRL Wingfield (sic) Compton, a N. & 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 T`aylor family bear an unsavory reputation. The girl, and her sister, 14 years old, will be sent to a reform school. ………………. JAMES BAKER, of Mud Fork, was visiting in Taborsville Saturday and Sunday. [I believe to have been James William Baker, s/o Levi Baker & 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, d/o Stephen Paris Tabor & Eleanor Havens. Also they had a daughter Lillian ‘Lillie’ Baker who m. John Christian Dickenson, s/o John Dickenson & 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]. ADDED DATA: 1880 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 296 88th Dist BAKER, JAMES W. age 46 Teacher b. VA (all b. VA) .....Fanny E. age 45 wife k-house .....Dudly D. age 18 son/farms .....Emily E. age 16 daughter .....Rosa age 14 daughter .....Frank age 12 son .....Mildred age 9 daughter .....Margaret age 7 daughter .....Alfred age 4 son 1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 82 Tazewell Town, Fred W. Pendleton, enumerator JAS W. BAKER, 66, b. Jan 1834, married 41 years, Teacher, (All in home b. VAA) .....Fannie E., 65, b. Dec 1834, wife, had had 6 children all living in 1900 .....Rosa C., 33, b. May 1867, Teacher .....Mildred J., 29. b. Mar 1871, Teacher .....Maggie M., 27, b. April 1873, Teacher 1920 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 360, Boissevain, Clearfork Dist DUDLEY BAKER, 57 .....Sallie, 51, wife .....Sarah, 22, dau .....Mary E., 21, dau .....Dudley, 15, son JAMES W. DUDLEY, 86, Father …………… JAMES WAGNER made a flying trip to Pocahontas last week on business. [James Henry Wagner-see article above for additional data]. …………. J. J. BELCHER, the merchant, is getting in his spring goods. [James John/John James ‘Jim’ Belcher, s/o Isom Green Belcher & Mary Catherine Deaton. Jim Compton married Ellen Rebecca Compton, d/o Hiram Alonza Compton & Nancy Jane Belcher] . ADDED DATA: 1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 256 , Clear Fork Dist., (living on property next to widowed Mother) JOHN J. BELCHER, 29, b. Dec 1870, farmer, b. VA (all in home b. VA) .....Elen R. (sic), 26, b. Aug 1873 .....Mary F., 3, b. Nov 1896, dau .....Fred, 2. b. Mar 1898, son …………. H. J. TABOR is getting in lumber to build himself a new house. [ I believe to have been Henry J. Tabor, s/o Stephen Paris Tabor & Eleanor Havens. H. J. Tabor married Mary Arminta Wagner, d/o Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner & Juline Elinor Tabor]. …………………. H. S. PERDUE purchased a fine young mule last week from J. W> Johnson. The price was $100. [Henry Silas Perdue, Jr., s/o H. S. ,Sr., & Nancy Jane Powell. Silas Henry Perdue, Jr., married Laura Jane Wagner, d/o Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner & Juline Elinor Tabor. $100.00 was a LOT of money in 1905!] Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net June 19, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------