TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - NEWSPAPERS - Clinch Valley News, 21 Jan 1938
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"Clinch Valley News"
Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA

(REPRINTED IN FRIDAY JANUARY 21, 1938 "FROM OUR EARLY FILES")

THIRTY FIVE YEARS:
From "Our Early Files" of January 16, 1903
MRS. MARY A. OVENSHIE, age 83, died at her home in Pocahontas this week.

From "Our Early Files" of January 16, 1903
JAMES GOERGE, s/o T. E. GEORGE, dropped dead Tuesday afternoon on the
ice pond, west of town, where he had been skating with a number of boys.

From "Our Early Files" of January 16, 1903
BALLARD P. PAYNE, of Doak, and  MISS CORA ALTIZER, of Gap Store, were
married Wednesday.

From "Our Early Files" of January 16, 1903
MR. GEORGE SNAVELY, of Smyhte County, and MISS MAGGIE FRANKLIN,
of Tazewell were married during Christmas.

From "Our Early Files" of January 16, 1903
E. A TILLER was in Tazewell this week, enroute to his home in Kentucky.
He had been in New York.

TWENTY YEARS;
January 18, 1918
DEATH:
From "Our Early Files" of January 18, 1918
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS BILLIPS died at his home on Mud Fork last Saturday. He
was a Confederate Soldier  and was 84 years of age. He is survived by
his widow and several daughter and son.
(Samuel Augustus Billips was the s/o Jameson Richard Billips - whose
name was later entered as James Richard Billips-& Nancy Wright. Nancy
Wright was the d/o Hezikah
‘Kiah’ Wright & Rebecca Harman).

From "Early File" of January 18, 1918
MARION MCGUIRE, of Steelsburg, and  MISS CORDELIA GRIFFITTS were married
last week.

From "Early File" of January 18, 1918
ROBERT HENKLE  and MISS FRANKIE SPARKS, daughter of JOEL SPARKS, of Dry
Fork, were married Wednesday at the home of the bride.
(Frances V. ‘Frankie’ Sparks, d/o Joel Sparks & Lydia ‘Lidda’ Hankins).

From "Early File" of January 18, 1918
WILL WHITE, of Tip Top, was killed by a fall of slate in the mines a
Kimball, W. Va., last week. His remains were buried at Tip Top. He is
survived by a wife and five children.
ADDED DATA:
1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
# 92, Tip Top, Clear Fork Dist
ELIZA WHITE, 29
…..John, 14, son
…..Hattie, 12, dau
…..Hubbard, 10, son
…..Robert, 8, son
…..Frances, 5, day

From "Early File" of January 18, 1918
FUGATE WHITE  and  ROBERT WHITLEY were home from Camp Lee.
(Fugate White POSSIBLE brother of Will White killed in the slate
fall-see above article).
ADDED DATA: POSSIBLE FAMILY OF WILLIAM &  FUGATE WHITE
1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
# 285 Jeffersonville Dist., W. E. Akers enumerator
ABRAM B. WHITE, (sic), 47, b. May 1853, VA (all in home b. VA(, married
19 years, teamster
…..Eugenia J., 45, b. Aug 1854, wife, had had 7 children
….William H. White, 17, b. Jan 1883, drug clerk
…..Hattie B., 15, b. Sept 1884, dau
…..Fugate C., 12, b. July 1887, son
…..Rose M., 10. B. Aug 1889. Dau
…..Mattie W., 8, b. Mar 1892, daughter
…..Eugene P., 6, b. May 1894, son
…..Elizabeth F., 3, b. June 1897, daughter

Karen EAGLE Moman
arizonaeagle@qwest.net
April 2002