West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 70 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: Samuel H. McDOWELL, Greenbrie [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: Mason BELL, Greenbrier County [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: George Lake WHITE, Greenbrier [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: William R. HUNT, Greenbrier C [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: Thomas Hickman JARRETT, Green [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Edgar S. FORD, Greenbrier Cou [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: Humphrey B. KEYES, Greenbrier [SSpradling@aol.com] #8 BIO: Harry Lee BEARD, M.D., Greenb [SSpradling@aol.com] #9 BIO: The MURRILL Family, Greenbrie [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:48:41 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <6cb5779f.2527e5c9@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Samuel H. McDOWELL, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 173-174 SAMUEL H. McDOWELL. The old McDowell homestead, two miles southeast of Ronceverte, has been in possession of that family for five genera-tions. The first occupant was John McDowell, a Protestant. who emigrated from Cork, Ireland, in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and reached the land of his choice on the American coast in 1784. He was born November 15, 1759, and died after a residence in Greenbrier county of fifty-seven years. That was December 12, 1841. His wife sailed with him from the Isle of the Emerald Green and died here January 13, i8~. Their son, Samuel, born January 5, 1785, was the oldest of the children. Following came John, born November 1, 1787; Robert, March 2, 1789; James, April 5,1791; Polly, January 15, 1796; William, October 21, 1801; Nancy, December 4, 1808. Robert McDowell inherited the homestead. He married Elizabeth Cornwell and they both lived and died on the old farm. He died in 1855 at the age of sixty-seven years. She was a native of Monroe county, horn on the Lewis farm on March 3, 1791, died March 7, 1876, aged eighty-five years, three days. Their children were Mary Jane, horn November 29, 1823; Eliza, horn April 14, 1825; Frances A., born November 3, 1828; Susanah, born March 7, 1831; Sarah E., horn May 8, 1833; Robert D., horn March Jo, 1835, died March 10, 1904, aged sixty-nine years, married Sally A. Rodgers, daughter of Daniel Rodgers, on September 25, 1867, and to them were born Samuel H. McDowell, June 28, 1867, and William F. McDowell, September is, 1870. He died November 22, 1908. He married Mattie McClung, June 27, 1900. She died October 4, 1908, leaving one son, Robert Stuart, horn in '905, fifth in line from John McDowell, and last owner of the farm. Robert D. McDowell was a Confederate soldier, serving through the war. He was a member of Bryan's battery. Samuel H. McDowell, following the occupa-tion of his ancestors, is known as a successful farmer, stock raiser and shipper. He lived first near Richland's store, and came to the present place on the road from Lewisburg to As-bury in 1904 from the David Creigh farm, where he lived until twelve years ago. He married Bertie E. Hume, December 21, 1898, and to this union were born Sallie Gladys, July 17, 1903; Pauline H., born October 18, 1908; William Gray, horn July 15, 1911, died August 25, 1911. Samuel H. McDowell is a member of the Shriners in the Masonic Fraternity. The family worship with the Presbyterians. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:59:02 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <381222a2.2527e836@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Mason BELL, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 175-176 MASON BELL. Every community is in need of good schools, good newspapers and good bookstores. Lewisburg is particularly well favored in this respect. The bookstore owned by Mason Bell bespeaks for the intelligence of the reading public of Lewisburg and the support given them reflects credit on the public-spirited citizenship of the county. Mason Bell is the son of Robert J. and Mollie E. Brown, of Roanoke Valley, of Virginia. They were married, September 3, 1877, and soon after moved to Blacksburg, Va. After the father's death, on September 28, 1890, the family moved to Lewisburg, in the month of October following. Robert J. Bell was educated in the University of Washington and Lee, Virginia, and was a merchant all his life. He was a man greatly esteemed by those who knew him best. The children horn to Robert J. Bell and his wife were: Mason. August 29, 1878; Robert Marion, October 16, 1880; Anna Nelson, November 5,1882 (died April 17, 1880) ; Martha Myrtle, January 5,1885; Thomas Rhea, October 4, 1886; Moffat Wilson, June 25, 1889 (died December 18, 1892); Frances Brown, May 24 ,1891. Mrs. R. J. Bell was born September 24, 1854, and was the daughter of James E. Brown, horn July 30, 1828, and Anna C., his wife, born October 8, 1830. Mason Bell was educated in the public schools and at the Military Academy of Lewisburg. He began life as a clerk in the store of his uncle, Henry T. Bell, and at the age of thirteen years had visions of his present book trade. He began his business venture in one corner of his uncle's store, in a very small way, and having been grounded in business principles, he built up a trade any bookseller now might be proud of. He erected his present store building in 1910. Mr. Bell is treasurer of the Limestone Telephone Company, of Lewisburg; member and deacon in the Presbyterian church; past master of Greenbrier Lodge, No.42, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; member of Ronceverte Chapter, No.21, Royal Arch Masons; member of Greenbrier Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, and member of Beni Keden temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Charleston, W. Va Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:10:09 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <57f15ac0.2527ead1@aol.com> Subject: BIO: George Lake WHITE, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 176-178 GEORGE LAKE WHITE. The White family is one of the oldest in the county. On the farm now owned by George Lake White, and patented by George Roople, November 16, 1796, William White from Tyrone, Ireland, settled here in a very early day. He was born in 1782 and died July 29, 1849. By his wife, Rebecca Orr, born May 15, 1786, died February Jo, 1874, he became the father of Bettie, born in 1809, died April 30, 1870, (the wife of Charles Sneed) Robert, born July 6, 1813, died April 7, 1898. These two children were born in Ireland. The third child, William, born March 14, 1817, while his parents were on a passage of six months across the water, and with the experience of a shipwreck to add proper disagreeableness to the sail; James, born in 1819, died March 29, 1894; George, the father of our subject, born December 1, 1821, died April 12, 1895, and Richard Dickson, born March 18, 1824, died January 6, 1910. He was a soldier in the Confederate army, Twenty-sixth battalion Virginia infantry, Edgar's battalion. He was seriously wounded at Winchester, September 19, 1864, cap-tured and held a prisoner at Point Lookout until March, 1865. He was married to Miss Mary Masters, sister of William Mas-ters, of Lewisburg. George White married Jane Rodgers June 10, i856. She was a daughter of William Rodgers, who lived on Anthony creek, above Alvon. She was born December 30, 1821, died January 6, 1897. Two children were born to this union, Mary Virginia, born June 5, 1857, and _____. Her first husband was James M. Darnell, now dead. She then married Henry Nicholas. Their residence is at North Jackson, Ohio. George Lake White, the subject of this sketch, was born February 13, 1860. He lives on the farm now in the family pos-session for one hundred years. He was one of the charter members of the bank at White Sulphur Sprnigs and was its vice-president when organized, and is now its president. As a man whose judgment on matters of moment is frequently desired, he holds a commanding position in the opinion of his neighbors, and consequently his share of the public offices. He has been road commissioner and supervisor for twenty years, and is also at the present time deputy county supervisor and school commissioner. Mr. White has been twice married. Oh May 26, 1886, he was united to Elizabeth Washington Wetzel, and the fruit of that union was Lena V., born March 24, 1887, and George N., born March 25, 1889. The daughter married George L. Kursey, September 19, '906. Their children are Lee Forest, William Whetzel, and Eugia Virginia. George Nettleton White is a graduate of Dunmore College, Virginia, and is now assistant cashier in the White Sulphur Springs Bank. He was married to Eva Eakle, October 21, 1915. The second wife of George Lake White was Elvina Keyes, which marriage took place on January 13, 1892. Miss Keyes was born October 24, 1858, and comes from a stock of patriots, as well as old Virginia settlers. The homestead was near her present residence and is where her father died, July 4, 1880, and her mother died November is, 1890. Her grandfather, Joseph Keyes, was a resident of Union, Monroe county. He had four sons, Isaac, a soldier in the Confederate army; John Humphrey, born October 28, 1818, in Fincastle, Va.; Thomas B., and Gas-hum. John H., the father of Mrs. George Lake White, married twice; his first wife was Margaret Mahon, and by whom he had two children, Isaac and Margaret Ann, both dead. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Nancy Pine. The children of this union were, James Allen (died on his way home from prison), Joseph R., Humphrey, Bindever, Gershom, Mary Arminta and Elvina. Gershom is dead. The children of Mr. White (second marriage) were Ernest K., born November 8, 1892; Clarence, born April 12, 1894, now employed in the garage at White Sulphur Springs; Lester, born June 28, 1895; Guy Rodgcrs, born Dec.28, '896; William Lake, born March 20, 1896; Jesse Rufus, born February 6, 1901, and who died on July 14, 1901. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:15:38 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: William R. HUNT, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 178-179 WILLIAM R. HUNT. The Hunt family are of Irish descent and of the Protestaut faith. George Hunt, grandfather of W. R. Hunt, was born ir Conway, Mass., and died at Ansted, Fayette county, West Virginia, in 1897. His wife, the mother of J. H. Hunt, was Joanna Rice. She died in Massachusetts in 1841. Josiah Henry Hunt, the father of William R., came to Ansted, W. Va., in 1852. In 1857 he came to Greenbrier county and worked for Dr. Martin at Blue Sulphur Springs. In 1859 he married Frances Elizabeth Huffman. She was a daughter of Enos and Virginia George Huffman. Enos Huffman came to Greenbrier county from Madison county, Pennsylvania. Virginia George Huffman was born in Greenbrier county, on the homestead now owned by J. E. and T. T. Leaf, in Grassy Meadows. She was married to Enos Huffman in i8i8. Twelve children were born to this union, five girls and seven boys, of whom Frances Huffman was one. Josiah Henry Hunt served through the Civil war as wagon master under General Crook. He then returned to Greenbrier and settled on a farm one and one-half miles from what is now Alder-son, and where he lived the remainder of his life. He died at the home of his daughter, Korah E. McClung, of Ronceverte, where he had been taken for medical treatment. His death occurred on April 23, 1909. He was a Missionary Baptist. To J. H. and Frances E. Hunt were born seven children, four boys and three girls, namely: George Enos, born June 5, 1866; Mary Susan, January 8, 1868; Joseph, June 24, 1869; Sally, July 15, 1870; Edna Korah. March 15, 1872; Walter. May 14, 1876. Sallie Hunt married James Hedrick, July 18, 1894; Korab married Dr. Clayton McClung, October 3, 1894; Walter married Edna Caraway, September 18, 1898. William R. Hunt, the subject of this sketch, was born September 25, 1873. He was reared a farmer and owns and operates a valuable one near Crawley, this county. On April 10, 1906, 'Mr. Hunt married Miss Mamie McClung, daughter of Jacob 0. McClung. Five children were born to this union: Marie Catherine, born February 15, 1907; Martha Frances (named after her two grandmothers), born Novembe'r 19, 1908; William (deceased) ; Henry Hayward and Jacob Harold (twins), born June 23,1911. William R. Hunt is a very popular citizen of Greenbrier county. He was elected deputy sheriff, first under W. A. Boone in 1912, and again, under James Miller, in 1915, carrying his home district by a splendid majority. Notwithstanding the county is Democratic, giving that party a majority of 482 votes in the last election, the Republican candidates for sheriff carried it by a majority of 299 votes. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:20:10 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8449a86.2527ed2a@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Thomas Hickman JARRETT, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 179-180 THOMAS HICKMAN JARRETT. The Jarrett family were among the pioneer settlers of this Greenbrier region. James and Elizabeth (Gnffey) Jarrett, having settled on Wolf creek, now in Monroe county, prior to the Revolutionary war, where a fort used as a place of refuge for the Indians was called the Jarrett fort. This old pioneer was twice married. His second wife was Rosanna Vincent, who was born, February 1, 1779, and died August 21, 1864. As we understand, this old pioneer was the father of twenty-four children, twelve by each wife, whose descendants are to be found in nearly every State from here to the Pacific coast. Only one of his sons re-mained in this county, James, who married Ruth Gwinn, in 1803, daughter of Samuel Gwinn, and her brothers were: John, Ephim, Andrew and Samuel Gwin. His sons, Samuel, Joseph, Ira and James Jarrett, were among the most prominet and influential citizens of the county. Sturdy and shrewd business talents and methods characterized the lives of these prominent Greenbrier men. James Jarreft, Jr., was born April 25, 1815, married Elizabeth Hickman, September 14, i848. Six children were born to this union: M. Victory, May 7, 1850; T. Hickman, June 25, 1851; Floyd, August 6, 1852; James Henry, February 24, 1854; Mark April 4, 1855; Ira, January 6, 1857. Elected to the Legislature from Monroe county, in 1868; was deputy sheriff under John E. Lewis, and then served as high sheriff for four years in the place of his father, who held the office on account of being the oldest magistrate in point of service. He always claimed a clay bank was the safest bank. He died January 4, 1884, leaving his large landed estate to his children for life and the remainder to his grandchildren in fee simple. Thomas Hickman Jarrett graduated from Roanoke College in June, 1877; married Ceorgia Ann Bustle, October 5, 1877, who was a daughter of Jesse and Julean (Kasey) Morgan. Her parents, on both sides, were among the prominent people of Bedford county, Virginia; taught school at Henriette, Clay county, Texas, the winter of 1878; moved back to Greenbrier county in April, 1878, and located on the old Andrew Hamilton and Andrew Johnson farm, where he has since lived and reared his family. He was elected to the Legislature in 1894, 1898, 1900 and was elected sheriff in 1908. He owns 1,600 acres of land near Blue Sulphur Springs. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:24:12 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <37f47c2f.2527ee1c@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Edgar S. FORD, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 180-181 EDGAR S. FORD. A large family of ten children ten miles from Lewisburg, but now married and scattered over Greenbrier county, once surrounded the home circle of Frank and Martha (Rapp) Ford, people well and favorably known at one time to everybody in this part of the State. In 1902, the father died. He had a mechanical turn of mind and was a carpenter as well as an agriculturist, a trade that is being followed by several of his sons. The names of the children were as follow: Samuel, Creigh, Joseph, Benjamin, Augustus, John, Edgar, Fannie, Mary Jane and Addle. The mother was born March 17, 1833, at Falling Springs, and is now eighty-three years old. The home was a religious one. The members of the family were Methodists, the obligations and duties of that church having been taught to them from the hearthstone of their own home, and from childhood. E. S. Ford was born April 27, 1876. He received his early education in the common schools and then learned the trade of a carpenter. On the seventeenth of May, 1890, he married Miss Nannie L., daughter of David Andrew Dwyer (see sketch), who, with her husband, went to houskeeping at Beckley. Later they moved to Mount Hope, Fayette county, but in 1903 they bought their property in Lewisburg, and then took up their permanent residence in that place. The original house has been displaced by a handsome residence, and erected as it is on a commanding site overlooking the little city, makes a beautiful home. In 1915 a fruit farm, consisting of six acres of ground covered with trees, was added to the original purchase. To this union came two children. Gladys, born May 14, 1901, inherits a natural love for music, and is now an accomplished violinist, even in her youth. Andrew Marvin, the second child, was born August 30, 1912. The family worship in the Lewisburg Methodist Church, South. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:42:37 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.b6a94523.2527f26d@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Humphrey B. KEYES, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 181-182 HUMPHREY B. KEYES. The subject of this sketch is the son of John H. Keyes, a well known farmer and blacksmith of Greenbrier oounty. His mother, before marriage, was Elizabeth Pine, a resident of Monroe county. His eldest brother, James, was taken prisoner in the Civil war and died on his way home. Joseph R., another brother, also served throughout the war, in Edgar's Battalion. Gashum, the youngest brother, died in Covington, Va., several years ago. Mary A., the eldest sister, married R. D. Rimel and is now living in Pocahontas county. The other sister, Elvina, married G. L. White and lives at White Sulphur Springs. Humphrey B. Keyes was born January 19, 1852, attended schools in Tuckahoe district a few terms and later officiated as school trustee. In 1882 he married Susan Gardner, a daughter of John Gardner, of Greenbrier county. After they were married they bought a farm near Alvon consisting of 146 acres, where they have since lived. There were ten childrcn born to Mr. and Mrs. Keyes as follow Lula, who married Edgar Lynch, and is now living in North Dakota; Gertrude, who married Henry Lynch, and now lives in Alvon; James, who married Mattie Kershner, and Dora, who mar-ried Winters Kershner. Both the last named live near Mountain Grove, Va.; Aimee, who married Harry P. Gunn, July 18, 1917, now living at Cass, W. Va.; Clarence, Cora, Bessie and Lillian are living with their parents. Florence died in 1895, at the age of six years. Mr. Keyes lives a simple life, but is a successful farmer and one of Greenbrier's representative citizens. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:45:21 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Harry Lee BEARD, M.D., Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 182-183 HARRY LEE BEARD, M.D. Dr. Harry Lee Beard, physician, was born on September 7, 1889. He is the son of John Jordan Beard, born in Renick Val-ley, W. Va., and of Minerva Edmiston Beard, of Hillsboro, W. Va. They were married in 1866. Dr. Beard's ancestor, John Beard, emigrated to America in anti-Revolutionary times, settling first in Pennsylvania, subsequently in Augusta county, Virginia, then coming to Greenbrier county, finally. To John Jordan Beard and his wife were born three children. Besides their son, Henry Lee, one daughter was born, in 1867, Mary M. Beard, who died in 1894, and a son, J. Fred Beard, born in 1871. John Jordan Beard, like his ancestors before him, was a man of some political influence. He was county clerk at one time and was also clerk of the circuit court. Harry Lee Beard was educated at Hillsboro Academy, Pocahontas county, and at the University of West Virginia, at Morgantown. He was a student, later, at the University of Virginia, in the medical department, and graduated from that institution in 1893. After leaving school Dr. Beard was stationed at the United States Marine Hospital, in New Grleans, where he remained for something over a year. He then located in Lewisburg, where he is now doing a general practice. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:03:54 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <364bd23c.2527f76a@aol.com> Subject: BIO: The MURRILL Family, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 183-186 THE MURRILL FAMILY. Rev. H. A. Murrill, for several years in the active ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, but at present a farmer, is connected with a list of very prominent ancestors, mostly of Colonial and Revolutionary stock of old Virginia. Most of these came from England to Virginia and took up large grants of land in the early days of her history. Below are given on the paternal side the Murrills, Whittingtons and Londons and on the maternal side the Woodroofs, Higginbothams, Londons, McDaniels and Powells. MURRILL I. Murrill, Goochland county, Virginia; large slave holder. 2. Cornelius Murrill I, opposed to slavery; disinherited. 3. Cornelius Murrill II, moved to Nelson county, 1794; thence to Bedford county, 1818. 4. Charles Murrill, born 1791, died 1836, fought in War of 1812; was married December 15, 1829, to Eliza Anne Whittington, of Bedford. 5. Samuel Leroy Murrill, born August 5, 1835, Bedford county; attended New London Academy; fought in war between the States in Second Virginia Cavalry; was married to Virginia Daniel Woodroof, of Amherst, 1866. His children are as follows: Ashby Murrill, M. E. of the V. P. I., now civil engineer. William Alphonso Murrill, M. S. of the V. P. I.; A. M. of Randolph Macon, and Ph. D. of Cornell, and director of New York Botanical Garden; editor of Mycologia: author of North American Flora. Minnie Douglass Murrill, attended Bowling Green, R. M. W. C. and Sage, New York. Librarian, teacher. Howard Aggassiz Murrill, attended R. M. Academy and V. P. I. Fourteen years' active work in Baltimore Conference M. E. Church, South. Anna Eliza Murrill, B. S. of W. F. I. and library school of Atlanta. Librarian Agricultural Hall, V. P. I. Virginia Woodroof Murrill, B. S. of W. F. I.; married Ar-thur Johnson, M. E., of Columbia. Samuel Pitt Murill, M. S. of V. P. I., M. A. of Columbia. Superintendent of Schools, Bedford, Va. Howard Agassiz Murrill, married to Elizabeth Ruth George, of Greenbrier, March 14, 1899. His children as follows: Winston Woodroof, Edwin London, Victoria Gwynne, William Alfonso, Isabel George, Julian Jarrett, Virginia McDaniel and James Higginbotham. WOODROOF. 1. David Woodroof, of England; married Anne ____ ; came to Spottsylvania county, Virginia; took up grant of land in St. Margaret's Parish, December 3, 1733. 2. David Woodroof II, captain in Revolutionary war; married Clara Powell. 3. David Woodroof III, married Judith McDaniel, of Am-herst county. 4. Winston Woodroof, married Frances Jane London. 5. Virginia Daniel Woodroof, born Amherst county, 1837; educated at Hollins; married to Samuel Leroy Murrill, of Bedford. 6. Howard A. Murrill. HIGGINBOTHAM. 1. John Higginbotham, of England; coat of arms dates to 927 A. D. 2. James Higginbotham, Amherst; colonel in Revolutionary war. 3. Tirzah Anne Higginbotham, married John London of Amherst. 4. Frances Jane London, married Winston Woodroof, of Amherst. 5. Virginia Daniel Woodroof. 6. Howard A. Murrill. WHITTINGTON. 1. _______ Whittington, from England. 2. Stark Whittington, of Amherst; married Elizabeth London, daughter of John London. 3. Eliza Anne Whittington, married Charles Murrill, of Bed-ford. 4. Samuel Leroy Murrill. 5. Howard A. Murrill. LONDON. 1. _______ London, in England; married a Winifree 2. James London, from England; married ________ Turner. 3. John London, Amherst, Va.; married Tirza Anne Higginbotham. 4. Frances Jane London, married Winston Woodroof. 5. Virginia Daniel Woodroof 6. Howard A. Murrill McDANIEL. I. George McDaniel, Scotland, 1600. 2. John McDaniel, Amherst county, Virginia. 3. Judith McDaniel, married David Woodroof III, of Amherst. 4 Winston Woodroof. 5. Virginia D. Woodroof. 6. Howard A. Murrill. POWELL. 1. Robert Davis, married Nicotah Huse, niece of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. 2. Abadiah Davis, married William Floyd, first settler of Amherst. 3. Sarah Floyd, aunt of Governor John Floyd; married Wyatt Powell. 4. clara Powell, married David Woodroof II, and she had a brother who acted as Governor of Virginia for thirty days until Argall's arrival; massacred by Indians in 1622. 5. David Woodroof III, married Judith McDaniel. 6. Winston Woodroof. 7. Virginia Daniel Woodroof. 8. Howard A. Murrill. Elizabeth Ruth Murrill, wife of Rev. H. A. Murrill, is the daughter of H. H. George and Margaret Jarrett George, of Greenbrier, whose history on the George and Jarrett side will be found in another part of this book. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm