WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 235 Today's Topics: #1 OBIT: Some of BUTCHER family; 1930 [ldullom@iolinc.net (Ullom, Larry)] #2 WILL: SAMUEL BROWN; probated June [ldullom@iolinc.net (Ullom, Larry)] #3 WILL and FID: Abstracts for the BR [ldullom@iolinc.net (Ullom, Larry)] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:44:59 -0500 From: ldullom@iolinc.net (Ullom, Larry) To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <008801c05027$3c593600$8038fea9@pepermintpatty> Subject: OBIT: Some of BUTCHER family; 1930s; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Weston Democrat (Fri: March 6, 1931) : Mrs. MANUEL BUTCHER (72 yrs old). Born about 1859 to Mr. and Mrs. AMANDA LANGFORD. Died Friday at her home in Butchersville, WV. Married February 10, 1881 to MANUEL BUTCHER. Husband: MANUEL BUTCHER.. Children: Mrs. BEATRICE KNICELY (Weston, WV), Mrs. F. S. BUTCHER (Weston, WV), T. J. BUTCHER (Weston, WV), Mrs. ROSE BUTCHER (Weston, WV), H. C. BUTCHER (Weston, WV), Mrs. A. B. RIFFLE (Weston, WV). Three half-brothers. Half-sister: Mrs. JOHN BORAM (Berlin, WV). Interment: Butcher Cemetery. Weston Democrat (Fri: March 20, 1931) : M. L. BUTCHER (86 yrs old). Born about 1845 in Lewis county to JASPER BUTCHER (of Lewis county) and BARBARA (BUSH) BUTCHER (of Gilmer county). Died March 19, 1931 at home in Dry Fork, WV. Children: Miss CORA BUTCHER (at home), Mrs. REPPIE VANDERVORT (Weston, WV), C. A. BUTCHER (Clarksburg, WV), SCOTT BUTCHER (Weston, WV), Mrs. GAY HENLINE (Dry Fork, WV). Interment: Waldeck Cemetery. Weston Independent (Wed: February 14, 1934) : Mrs. MARGARET ANN BUTCHER (77 yrs old). Born March 19, 1856 to FIELDAN and NANCY JOHNSTONE (both deceased). Died February 8, 1934 at home of her son DEWEY BUTCHER in Deanville, Lewis County, WV. Married May 11, 1875 to JAMES N BUTCHER. Husband: JAMES N BUTCHER. Daughters: Mrs. BLANCHE MCDOWELL (Akron, OH), Mrs. HELEN FARLEY (Akron, OH), Mrs. ADA WOLFE (Manchester, OH), Mrs. BESSIE LEMONS (Cleveland, OH), Mrs. GARNETT MARTIN (Plainfield, NJ), Mrs. CORA FLETCHER (Weston, WV). Sons: DEWEY BUTCHER (Weston, WV), EMORY BUTCHER (address unknown). Sister: Mrs. SALLIE MAY (Clarksburg, WV). Interment: Machpelah Cemetery. Weston Independent (Wed: March 20, 1935) : Mrs. LENA MAY BUTCHER (45 yrs old). Born April 13, 1889 to CHAS. T and MARTHA (HOPKINS) WOODDELL of Skin Creek, Lewis County, WV. Died March 14, 1935 in a Clarksburg, WV hospital. Married October 4, 1908 to KENT BUTCHER of Skin Creek, WV. Husband: KENT BUTCHER. Son: WILLIAM KENT BUTCHER (at home). Daughter: IRENE BUTCHER (at home). Father: C. T. WOODDELL (Weston, WV). Brothers: EMMETT WOODDELL (Weston, WV), WAYNE WOODDELL (Weston, WV), EARL M WOODDELL (Denver, CO), HERMAN WOODDELL (Montana), ARCHIE WOODDELL (Clarksburg, WV). Sister: Mrs. OBEY LOUGH (Clarksburg, WV). Interment: Louisa Jane Methodist Church Cemetery. Weston Independent (Wed: August 12, 1936) : JOHN H BUTCHER (78 yrs old). Born October 25, 1857 in Camden, Lewis County to JOHN S and CORDELIA (GASTON) BUTCHER. Died August 8, 1936 in Salisbury, MD. Married August 18, 1884 to EMMA DEAN in Weston, Lewis county (she died June 25, 1929). Daughter: MARY C BUTCHER (at home). Sisters: Mrs. ALFA EVANS (Kerrville, Texas), Mrs. FLODA BUTCHER (Weston, WV). Brother: HUGH D BUTCHER (Weston, WV). Interment: Salisbury Cemetery. Weston Independent (Wed: December 30, 1936) : JURALEA BUTCHER (3 yrs old). Born June 25, 1933 to Mr. & Mrs. JOHNNY BUTCHER. Died December 25, 1936. Sisters: NELLIE GENEVA BUTCHER (at home), BETTY LOU BUTCHER (at home), GRACE ANN BUTCHER (at home). Interment: Waldeck Cemetery. Weston Independent (Wed: April 28, 1937) : Mrs. JULIET MCKINLEY BUTCHER (86 yrs old). Born September 23, 1850 in Turner, Lewis County to THOMAS and MARGARET (JONES) MCKINLEY. Died April 23, 1937 in Butchersville, Lewis County. Married July 16, 1884 to MARSHALL BUTCHER (he died in 1926). Children: HENRY BUTCHER (Rochester, PA), MACK BUTCHER (Weston, WV), Mrs. DUKE WOOFTER (Turner, WV). Stepsons: RALPH and SCOTT BUTCHER (Freedom, PA). Half-sisters: Mrs. M. B. SNYDER (Salem, WV), Mrs. H. F. OFFERLE (Baler, Kansas). Interment: Butchersville Cemetery. Weston Independent (Wed: December 15, 1937) : LUCRETIA BUTCHER (87 yrs old). Born June 28, 1850 to ALEXANDER and HARRIET (DEAN) ERVIN. Died December 14, 1937. Married in 1872 to JAMES L. BUTCHER in Lewis county (he has been dead for years). Sons: CHARLES U BUTCHER (Lewis county), LLOYD E BUTCHER (Lewis county), JAMES BUTCHER (Lewis county), EVERETT BUTCHER (Lewis county), GUY BUTCHER (Moundsville, WV). Daughter: Mrs. IRENE HALL (Moundsville, WV). ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:05:59 -0500 From: ldullom@iolinc.net (Ullom, Larry) To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <009801c0502a$2b8726e0$8038fea9@pepermintpatty> Subject: WILL: SAMUEL BROWN; probated June 1866; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lewis county Will Book B (beginning on page 168): SAMUEL BROWN will I leave the Burough and the Fawl leaf table and the stan to W B BROWN. I leave the Stan opens the account of the kee hit lock the bil hous and my box. I leave to P P BROWN the Big Bible them Doctor Books I think you had better take them and read them and you will find a great deal of benefit - in them the other Book you can Divid them among your Selfves the Blacks I Leave ANN to P P BROWN and HENRY to ELIAS BROWN and SARAH to W B BROWN and thee old clock and the Little one when hit gits so that hit cann run about you can give hit to WM A BROWN childran. Thar is thirteen Dollars in Silver in the Stan Drawer one for P P BROWN and one for ELIAS BROWN and one for W B BROWN and ten for the old woman. I think when you Divid the thing in the hous you will remember WM A BROWN childran the JACKSON Det you must try to git if you can and Divid hit Equeal among you this is my last will and testamony written by me SAMUEL BROWN. I want P P BROWN and W B BROWN to Settle up all the bisness writ this the ninth DAY of July one thousen Eight-hundred and Sixty two. thar is nineteen Dollars in Silver and gold in my lethor purs and I leave three to P and three to E and three to W and the Balanc to thee old woman if She neads hit - and if not Divid hit Among your Selves eaquel Jne the 6 1865 and I do will and dequease unto my childran all that I have July the ninth one thousand Eight hundred and sixty two. A List of Property your mother is to have the mair and one cow and while she lives in the hous She can hold all in the house while She is able to take care of hit and when She is not able to take cair then you must go and take cair of then and Divid then among you equel all tho WM A J BROWN childran ot to have some thing W B BROWN is to have the Farming things the other things your ar to divid them to Suat your Selves thear ar two axes and two Iron Weges the old woman is to have one ax and one wedg while She lives and then W B BROWN is to have hit. P P BROWN and ELIAS BROWN is to have the other ax and wedg the wageons you can de divid them to Suat your Selves ther is two cows and P P BROWN is to have one and W B BROWN is to have the other one ther and the Ballinc is to is to go to W B BROWN and his mother while She lives and then W B BROWN is to have the hogs I leave for the us of the family ELIAS BROWN has got his cow and I woo like to have one for them children the young cattle I wont W B BROWN when he Sels the cattles to pay what I ow to B JACKSON and Sum to F MORRIS and my funel expensis and I want you to git that money on of WM A DEPREAST and pay the widdo of WM A BROWN Decased and when this the det is paid of you can Save the balanc and hit and hit will help to pay the expenc of the old woman thear is them J L HALL note to the moun of four hundred and Sixty Dollars you must try to git hit if you can. Probated June 13, 1866 when BLACKWELL BAILEY and ELIAS BROWN attested to the handwriting being that of SAMUEL BROWN. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:39:24 -0500 From: ldullom@iolinc.net (Ullom, Larry) To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001b01c0503f$9b185a00$8038fea9@pepermintpatty> Subject: WILL and FID: Abstracts for the BROWN Family; 1866-1920; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From the Lewis county courthouse: Will Bk B, pg 168 June 13, 1866 - SAMUEL BROWN (deceased). Sons: P P BROWN, ELIAS BROWN, W B BROWN. Slaves: ANN, HENRY, SARAH. Mentions children of WILLIAM A BROWN. Will Bk B, pg 259 July 24, 1870 - ELIZABETH BROWN (deceased) of Jane Lew. Son: ELIAS BROWN. Witnesses: NOAH HUDKINS and W N BAILEY. Probated December 17, 1877. Will Bk B, pg 238 (Other records for LEONIDAS J BROWN: Fid 1-A, pg 12) July 13, 1872 - LEONIDAS J BROWN (deceased) of Marion county, Missouri - Owned half interest in land in Lewis county that his brother WILLIAM K BROWN was on. Parents: JOHN and HARRIETT BROWN. Brothers: WILLIAM K BROWN (of Lewis county), EDMUND S BROWN (of Marion County, Missouri). Witnesses: C B KEMBLE and D C JOHNSTON. Witnesses appear on July 22 and 23 of 1872. Will probated in Missouri on August 8, 1872. Will entered into Lewis county on March 20, 1876. Delivered to W K BROWN on February 7, 1881. January 13, 1879 - JAS G VANDEROOT, shff named fid for LEONIDAS J BROWN (deceased). Fid 1-A, pg 30 (Other records for LOUISA M BROWN: Inventory Bk 8, pg 115,336,337,488; Inventory Bk 9, pg 354) February 23, 1889 - GEORGE V BROWN named fid for LOUISA M BROWN. $15 penalty; surety: JOSEPH EVANS. July 15, 1890 - appraisement references: NELSON BROWN, HOHN BEEGHLEY BROWN, and GEO V BROWN. Will Bk C, pg 250 November 2, 1892 - ELIAS BROWN (deceased) lived in Broad Run. Daughters: HENRIETTA BUTCHER, RULINA BROWN, HARIET BROWN. WALDO B BROWN named executor. Witnesses: MANDAVILLE O BROWN and JOHN A BROWN. Probated April 3, 1893. Fid 1-A, pg 42 (Other records for A A BROWN: Inventory Bk 10, pg 261; Inventory Bk 11, pg 216) August 20, 1895 - JOHN H BROWN named administrator for A A BROWN (deceased); $2000 penalty; surety: N C ROHRBOUGH and JOHN STEWART. Appraisal done August 21, 1895 - A A BROWN lived at Brownsville, Lewis County, WV. Notes on: A F WHELAN, A E ROHRBOUGH and wife, VIOLA SHINGLETON, A A LEWIS, SANDY BROWN (held by SQUIRE OLIVER), $50 in the hands of JOHN STEWARD. Left a widow. Personal property sold on November 30, 1895. JEFF ROLLYSON also owed money to him. There was money paied to GEO P OLIVER, justice in the case of A A BROWN vs J A BUTCHER (January 30). Fid 1-A, pg 42 (Other records for VIOLET BROWN: Inventory Bk 11, pg 442) October 23, 1895 - R H HALL shff name administrator for VIOLET BROWN (deceased). Estate committed. Apriil 5, 1899 - Estate paid W W BRANNON for judgement in favor of CHAS GATRELL vs admin (dated Nov 5, 1878). VIOLET BROWN vs JAMES BASSEL & c (dated Nov 5, 1878). NELSON BROWN vs R H HALL, admin (dated July 30, 1878). Shares of the estate went to NELSON BROWN, J J BROWN, and LUCY SMITHERS Fid 1-A, pg 46 (Other records for ELIZA ALICE BROWN : Fid 1-B, pg 120) September 15, 1897 - ELIZA ALICE BROWN named admx for GEORGE V BROWN (deceased); $10000 penalty; surety: W E LEONARD, J H BAILEY, L L MOORE, and E L HAYES. Fid 1-A, pg 47 (Other records for WILLIAM L BROWN: Inventory Bk 12, pg 136,486; Inventory Bk 52, pg 64) (Other records for ROSCOE C BROWN: Inventory Bk 144, pg 470) February 19, 1898 - WM E LEONARD made guardian for CLYDE BROWN, ROSCOE C BROWN, WILLIAM L BROWN, GEORGE H BROWN, and WADE H BROWN. Surety: W L STEELE, N KEESY, and R T TOWLES. Fid 1-A, pg 47 (Other records for NEWTON/ORVILLE C "ORVIE" BROWN: Inventory Bk 12, pg 148,476) May 28, 1898 - W E LEONARD made guardian for NEWTON/ORVAL C "ORVIE" BROWN; $100 penalty; surety: ALICE BROWN. Administrator of guardianship received money for travelling from Salem to Weston and the "ward" received funds for a business he engaged in Jane Lew on May 28, 1902. Mrs. ALICE BROWN (administrator for GEO V BROWN, deceased) received money for maintaining the "ward" on February 15, 1907. Fid 1-A, pg 52 March 16, 1900 - WM J BROWN made guardian of HENRY BROWN; $400 penalty; surety: J H and C L BROWN Fid 1-A, pg 52 (Other records for VERNA BROWN: Inventory Bk 12, pg 550) March 16, 1900 - J H BROWN made guardian of VERNA BROWN; $400 penalty; surety: WM J and C L BROWN March 17, 1900 - Received money from WILLIAM WIRT HALL vs FRANK BROWN & c case (her father was A A BROWN) September 20, 1901 - She received money because she was over 21 yrs old Fid 1-A, pg 63 March 25, 1903 - LUCY E BROWN named admx of J H BROWN (deceased); $400 penalty; Surety: W J BROWN Fid 1-A, pg 64 July 22, 1903 - JAMES E BROWN name administrator for JESSE BROWN (deceased); surety: JOHN W BROWN, W G BROWN, E A BROWN, P H BROWN, and WILLIAM FALLEN. Fid 1-B, pg 52 June 5, 1908 - SARAH E BROWN named guardian of RALPH BROWN. $200 penalty; surety: P H BROWN. Will Bk D, pg 222 (Other records for PASCHAL P BROWN: Fid 1-B, pg 77) Februray 21, 1910 - PASCHAL P BROWN (deceased). Wife: MARY J BROWN. Sons: FLOYD G BROWN, SAMUEL L BROWN, WILLIAM GRANT BROWN (who has a son DOUGLAS C BROWN). Another grandson: SAMUEL LEROY BROWN. Book "Border Warfare" left to SAMUEL BROWN. Witnesses: W W SMITH, W S BENNETT, W B BROWN. Probated June 6, 1910 June 17, 1910 - W G BROWN named executor of P P BROWN (deceased); no penalty. Will Bk D, pg 267 April 25, 1911 - NEWTON/ORVAL C "ORVIE" BROWN (deceased) of ShadyBrook, WV. Wife: BLANCHE BROWN. Witnesses: ALLIE V LAWSON; J N BUTCHER JR. Probated on June 5, 1911. Will Bk E, pg 32 (Other records for E R BROWN: Fid 1-B, pg 179; Inventory Bk 20, pgs 59,61,and 226) May 23, 1913 - E R BROWN (deceased) of Ireland, WV (farmer). Wife: H V BROWN. Sons: GORDON L BROWN, O D BROWN, ARCHIE BROWN (not of sound mind). Daughters: GEORGIA BROWN, MOLLIE BROWN, OTELLA BROWN, BEAULA BROWN, L MOYNE BROWN. Probated March 4, 1918. March 5, 1918 - S L CUNNINGHAM named administrator for E R BROWN (deceased). Widow: HARRIET V BROWN. Sons: G L BROWN, O D BROWN, ARCH BROWN. Daughters: GEORGIE BROWN, M OLLIE BROWN, OTELLA BROWN, BEULAH BROWN, L MOYNE BROWN BLAKE. $5000 penalty; surety: S L BROWN. December 30, 1918 - Notes from: J E and SANFORD WEAVER (Nov 2, 1917); L B PAUGH (Sept 5, 1910); D W and HOMER CUNNINGHAM (Oct 24, 1917); G L BROWN (Oct 9, 1917) and a check from J W ROSS (Nov 26, 1917) Fid 1-B, pg 120 October 1, 1913 - WADE H BROWN named administrator for ELIZA ALICE BROWN (deceased). Sons: H CLYDE BROWN, ORVIS C BROWN, WADE H BROWN, ROSCOE C BROWN, W LYLE BROWN, and G HAROLD BROWN. $2400 penalty; surety: G HAROLD BROWN, W LYLE BROWN, ROSCOE C BROWN. Will Bk E, pg 28 (Other records for ALEXANDER BROWN: Fid 1-B, pg 179) September 10, 1915 - ALEXANDER BROWN (deceased). GEORGE O BROWN and SIMEON C BROWN named executors for ALEXANDER BROWN (deceased). Daughters: ADELINE KEMPER, BLANCHE ANDREWS, SALLIE BROWN. Sons: GEORGE O BROWN, SIMEON C BROWN. Grandsons: RUHL CALLENDER, HENRY L CALINDER, WAYNE A CALINDER, CECIL BROWN, GEORGE BROWN, EMMIT BROWN. Granddaughters: GAY CARNEY, OPAL ANGUISH. $6000 penalty; surety: CHAS WOOFTER. Dated February 28, 1918. Fid 1-B, pg 147 December 11, 1915 - C L BROWN named administrator for JOHN H BROWN (deceased). Mother: EMILY BROWN. Brothers: C M BROWN, L S BROWN, W J BROWN, C L BROWN. Sisters: BELLE BROWN, VERNIE COMBERS. $600 penalty; surety: L S BROWN Fid 1-B, pg 191 December 12, 1918 - L D NICHOLSON made administrator for HENRY S BROWN (deceased); $1200 penalty; surety: G B DETERMAN. Will Bk E, pg 173 August 21, 1920 - BERTHA L BROWN (deceased) - Wife of WALTER M BROWN. Property in Weston. Probated April 29, 1922.