Notes and References


1. Vogt and Kethley, Botetourt Marriages, 1770-1853, Iberian Pub., Athens, GA, 1987, (hereafter cited as Botetourt Marriages).
2. C.N. Feamster, Data Requested by the Library of Congress to Accompany the Col. C.N. Feamster Manuscript (1955) Feamster notes that "beginning with John Alderson, Jr., Bible Records give all the family vital statistics herein." Location of this Bible is currently unknown.
3. tombstone
4. tombstone
5. Feamster, C.N., Data Requested by the Library of Congress to Accompany the Col. C.N. Feamster Manuscript (private, 1955), (hereafter cited as Feamster, Feamster Manuscript).
6. Boswell, Aug 89
7. "~The 1794 Botetourt County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List"~ posted at http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/bot1794.htm, June 2000.
8. Boswell cites 5 March 1836 from letter of Fred Smithson
9. email of Lon Fink, 27 Jun 1997, citing Clark Co, KY marriages
10. Email of Nancy Sauer, sauers@nccn.net, 7 Oct. 1999.
11. Email of Nancy Sauer, sauers@nccn.net, 7 Oct. 1999.
12. Email of Nancy Sauer, sauers@nccn.net, 7 Oct. 1999.
13. Email of Nancy Sauer, sauers@nccn.net, 7 Oct. 1999.
14. Greenbrier Marriages, transcript, perf. by John Alderson
15. Grants 26, 1792, p. 94
16. Botetourt Marriages, consent of parents not given until 2 Feb and 4 Feb.
17. Tombstone; calculated from inscription "~Aged 88 years lacking 20 days"~
18. Tombstone
19. Tombstone
20. enum. with son Lewis Allen Alderson
21. Tombstone
22. Tombstone.
23. Photographed 1992.
24. Pauline Haga, Monroe Co. WV Deaths, Vol. 1 age 92, wife of Thos. Smithson, rep. by son George Smithson (hereafter cited as Monroe Deaths).
25. Monroe Deaths has 'age 81'; George Alderson History (contemporary) has: "~he lately deceased at 82 years of age"~
26. Monroe Deaths, age 81, of old age, reported by A.G. Alderson, nephew.
27. age 76
28. age 72
29. age 72
30. Laurie Shawver, KTEH59A@prodigy.com, email June 1998.
31. C.A. McClung, Mt. Lookout Family Record, Leggs Press, Mt. Lookout, WV, 1938, p. 3 (hereafter cited as Mt Lookout Fam Record).
32. 'she and her four children were frozen to death' (; and Ibid., p. 3).
33. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 3.
34. Ibid., p. 6.
35. Ibid., p. 3 has 'Caroline McClung m. Allen Jones'.
36. Early Greenbrier Co. Marriages, 1780-1850, Gbr. Hist. Soc., Lewisburg, 1988, 1991, Vol. 2, No. 2; Vol. 5, No. 5 p. 47: Allen Jones and Catherine McClung, by Rev. Wm. G. Ligon (hereafter cited as Early Greenbrier Marr.).
37. Monroe Marriages, F1 J532
38. Monroe Marriages, F4 J2417
39. Monroe Marriages, F6 J3950
40. Botetourt Marriages.
41. parents named in; and Ibid.
42. Botetourt Marriages.
43. Ibid., father noted in consent.
44. Ibid., by Rev. Absalom C. Dempsey.
45. Ibid.
46. Anne Lowry Worrell, Botetourt Marr., Wills, Rev. War, Gene. Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1985 (reprint), (hereafter cited as Botetourt Marr. & Wills).
47. Ibid.
48. Botetourt Marriages, by Rev. Robert Logan.
49. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
50. Botetourt Marriages, by Rev. Samuel Gray.
51. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
52. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
53. LDS., International Genealogical Index (online at www.familysearch.org), (hereafter cited as LDS, Int'l Genealogical Index).
54. Kanawha Co: Land Book, 1787; Muster Roll, 1792; Church Minutes, 1802
55. tombstone
56. tombstone
57. Greenbrier Marr., transcript, has 15 Sept 1789.
58. Monroe Marriages, F2 J1402
59. Washington Co., VA Marriages, 1785-1912, LDS 034389, LDS Microfilm (hereafter cited as Washington Co VA Marr.).
60. age 53, b. VA
61. Kanawha Co. Tithables, 1792, in History of Charleston and Kanawha County West Virginia (Laidley, 1911), cited at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkanawh/1792tith.htm.
62. age 79, b. VA
63. Greenbrier Co. Historical Society, The Journal of the Greenbrier Co. Historical Society, (Greenbrier Historical Society), Vol. VI, No. 2, "~Greenbrier Co. Records, Deed Book VI 1814-1819"~ transcribed by Larry Shuck. (hereafter cited as Greenbrier Hist Soc, Journal of Greenbrier Hist Soc).
64. Ibid., Vol. VI, No. 2, "~Greenbrier Co. Records, Deed Book VI 1814-1819"~ transcribed by Larry Shuck.
65. Ibid., Vol. VI, No. 2, "~Greenbrier Co. Records, Deed Book VI 1814-1819"~ transcribed by Larry Shuck.
66. no children in census
67. age 77, born VA; enumerated with Frederick and Margaret Amos
68. age 30 to 40
69. never married
70. age 48; enumerated with Frederick and Margaret Amos
71. never married
72. age 46; enumerated with Frederick and Margaret Amos
73. never married
74. age 36; enumerated with Frederick and Margaret Amos
75. tombstone; family Bible (1816)
76. tombstone; family Bible (1816)
77. Harford Marriages, Bk1, p. 35; family Bible (1816)
78. tombstone; family Bible (1816)
79. tombstone; family Bible (1816)
80. tombstone; family Bible (1816)
81. tombstone; family Bible (1816)
82. Family Bible (1816)
83. Family Bible (1816)
84. Harford Marr, Bk1, p. 81; family Bible: 21 Mar 1839, by Rev Eli Scott
85. Family Bible; tombstone: 1 Jan 1816
86. tombstone
87. Family Bible: May 1879
88. Jim Cross
89. Jim Cross
90. tombstone; family Bible: 2 Jan 1818
91. tombstone; family Bible
92. Family Bible (1816)
93. Family Bible (1816)
94. Harford Marr, Bk1, p. 94; family Bible: 16 Oct 1849
95. tombstone, 'in 32nd year'
96. Greenbrier Hist Soc, Journal of Greenbrier Hist Soc, Vol. VI, No. 2, "~Greenbrier Co. Records, Deed Book VI 1814-1819"~ transcribed by Larry Shuck.
97. Ibid., Vol. VI, No. 2, "~Greenbrier Co. Records, Deed Book VI 1814-1819"~ transcribed by Larry Shuck.
98. Fayette Marriages (Peters & Carden)
99. Pam Nehls, FGS, Dec 1996
100. Pam Nehls, FGS, Dec 1996
101. Monroe Deaths, age 76 y, 10 d, b. Rockbridge Co VA (error Rockingham?)
102. Monroe Deaths, Bk1, p. 9, l 77, parents: Thomas and Sarah Alderson
103. Monroe Marriage Bonds, Jacket 1047
104. Monroe Marriages, F4 J2640
105. Monroe Marriages, F1 J62
106. Original reads as "~Rosy"~, age 38
107. Monroe Marriages, F2 J860
108. Frances Swope, Father's papers
109. Frances Swope, Father's papers
110. Monroe Marriages, F8 J4759
111. Frances Swope, Father's papers
112. named as daughter in father's will
113. Monroe Marriages, F6 J4219
114. tombstone has 14 Oct 1783--error in reading?
115. tombstone
116. Monroe Marriages, F2 J1534; Min Rt 1
117. tombstone
118. tombstone
119. Greenbrier Marriages, transcript, perf. by John McElhenny
120. Sarah Helen Alderson, Aldersons Across America, 1988, typed manuscript, p. 185, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Moyer) Spotts (hereafter cited as Boswell, Aldersons Across America).
121. enum. with parents, William and Elizabeth Spotts
122. enum. with William and Elizabeth Spotts
123. Tombstone.
124. Tombstone.
125. Photographed 1992.
126. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
127. Monroe Marriages, F3 J2046
128. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
129. age 78
130. In Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906, there is a son "~George Alderson, died in youth"~ listed.
131. In Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906, a "~Miss Peggy Alderson"~ is listed as daughter of Levi, but written in pencil after the original was written. The date of death is given as 1861.
132. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
133. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
134. U.S. Census, Population Schedule, , online at ancestry.com. (hereafter cited as Ancestry.com, US Census Images).
135. In Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906, there is an "~Adaline Alderson (single), died 1900"~. It is assumed that Clemency A. Alderson in the census is "~Clemency Adaline"~.
136. James A. Cross., Alderson Families Living in North America through 1920 (James A. Cross, Box 2245, El Cajon, CA 92021), (hereafter cited as Cross, Alderson Families).
137. Ibid.
138. Ibid.
139. named in father's will, 1808
140. Boswell, Sep 89
141. email of Lon Fink, 27 Jun 1997, citing Clark Co, KY marriages
142. Boswell, Sep 89
143. Boswell, Sep 89
144. Boswell, Sep 89
145. Boswell, Sep 89
146. Boswell, Sep 89
147. Boswell, Sep 89
148. Boswell, Sep 89
149. Boswell, Sep 89
150. Boswell, Sep 89
151. Boswell, Sep 89
152. Boswell, Sep 89
153. Orange Co., IN Marriages, posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inorange/premarriage.htm: FR]
154. dau. of Jarnin Ballard of Highland Co., OH (Boswell)
155. US Census images from microfilm of original sheets, , Broderbund Software (hereafter cited as Broderbund, US Census CD Images).
156. Morgan Co., IN Land Sales from US Government: Name: ALDERSON, Moses; Date: 15 Nov 1822; Twp: 14; Range: 1E; Section 26; Description: E half of SE half; Acres: 80 Posted at: http://www.scican.net/~morglib/genasist/landsal1.h tml, Aug 98.
157. Hendricks Co, IN Wills, 1822-1846, Vol. 1, pp. 4-5.
158. Hendricks County, Indiana Index to Marriage Records M-Z Book 1 Vol 3 1823-, online at GenealogyLibrary.com.
159. Hendricks County, Indiana Index to Marriage Records M-Z Book 1 Vol 3 1823-, online at GenealogyLibrary.com.
160. Cross, Alderson Families.
161. Ibid.
162. Ibid.
163. Broderbund, US Census CD Images.
164. Cross, Alderson Families.
165. Ibid.
166. Ibid.
167. tombstone
168. tombstone
169. Monroe Marriages, F2 J1534; Min Rt 1
170. tombstone has 14 Oct 1783--error in reading?
171. tombstone
172. Greenbrier Marriages, transcript, perf. by John McElhenny
173. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 185, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Moyer) Spotts.
174. enum. with parents, William and Elizabeth Spotts
175. enum. with William and Elizabeth Spotts
176. Tombstone.
177. Tombstone.
178. Photographed 1992.
179. tombstone
180. tombstone
181. Helen Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, 1983, p. 172 (hereafter cited as Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries).
182. Monroe Marriages, F1 J305
183. age 62; enum. with William Wallace, next to William & Jane McClung
184. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
185. Monroe Marriages, F3 J2046
186. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
187. age 78
188. In Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906, there is a son "~George Alderson, died in youth"~ listed.
189. In Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906, a "~Miss Peggy Alderson"~ is listed as daughter of Levi, but written in pencil after the original was written. The date of death is given as 1861.
190. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
191. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
192. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
193. In Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906, there is an "~Adaline Alderson (single), died 1900"~. It is assumed that Clemency A. Alderson in the census is "~Clemency Adaline"~.
194. History of Old Greenbrier Church, Alderson, Greenbrier Chrch, 1956, (hereafter cited as Old Greenbrier Church).
195. Tombstone.
196. Tombstone.
197. Photographed 1992.
198. Greenbrier Marriages, transcript, perf. by John McElhenny
199. Mary Denham Ackerley, Our Kin: Genealogies of Bedford Co, VA, C.J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg, VA, 1981, p. 132 (hereafter cited as Our Kin).
200. Fayette Co. Chamber of Commerce., History of Fayette Co, WV 1993 (Oak Hill: Fayette Co. Chamber of Commerce, 1993), (hereafter cited as Fayette Co. Chamber Commerce, Fayette Co. History 1993).
201. no children
202. obit., Nicholas Chronicle, 7 March 1885
203. see Letter to Col. George asking permission to marry daughter, 1846
204. Family Bible (America Gray, Lebanon, VA, 1971, from Hemphill)
205. see Letter to Col. George asking permission to marry daughter, 1846
206. Our Kin, p. 134.
207. Ibid., p. 134.
208. Ibid., p. 134.
209. Email of Susan Gettman, descendant, , July 1999.
210. Carletta Lanear Nelson, Marriages of Alleghany Co, VA 1822-1872, p. 165 'Wm Feamster is deceased' (1865) (hereafter cited as Alleghany Marriages).
211. Ibid., p. 164, age 23.
212. Ibid., p. 164.
213. Ibid., p. 163, age 27.
214. s/o Harry and Mary Anderson
215. Tombstone
216. Tombstone.
217. Photographed 1992.
218. dau. of Lt. Governor Samuel Price
219. History of WVa and its People, Thomas C. Miller, H.U. Maxwell, p. 54 (hereafter cited as History of West Virginia).
220. Monroe Co. Watchman, Union, Monroe Co, WV, David Fridley, transcripts from microfilm., 1871- 5 Jan 1905 (hereafter cited as Monroe Watchman).
221. History of West Virginia, dau. of Major William H. Kirker; niece of Charles Kirker.
222. tombstone: 1853
223. Monroe Watchman, 29 August 1907; tombstone.
224. Cem Inscriptions in Atchison Co, KS, Don Ford, 1987, p 3
225. tombstone
226. Cem Inscriptions in Atchison Co, KS, Don Ford, 1987, p 3
227. tombstone
228. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 30.
229. Ibid., p. 30.
230. Ibid., p. 30.
231. Ibid.
232. Ibid.
233. Ibid.
234. Ibid.
235. Ibid.
236. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
237. William H. Bishop, History of Roane County, Spencer, WV, 1927, p. 604 (hereafter cited as Roane Co. History).
238. tombstone in; and Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, has 1891.
239. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 172.
240. Marriage notice in the Daily Richmond newspaper, Monday, January 31, 1831, p. 2, col. 5.
241. Roane Co. History, p. 604.
242. tombstone
243. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 172.
244. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 3.
245. enum. with William W McClung, son, age 76
246. James S. & Evelyn E. Blake., Early Nicholas County (West) Virginia Marriage Bonds (& Records) 1818-1864 (Craigsville, WV: James S. & Evelyn E. Blake, 1995), Lewis A., age 24, b. Greenbrier Co.; Mary G., age 20, b. Craig Co. (hereafter cited as Nicholas Marriages, Blake).
247. Ibid., William W., age 24, b. Gbr; Sarah E., age 21, b. Gbr.
248. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
249. Ibid., p. 3.
250. Larry G. Shuck., Fayette Co. [W] Virginia Marriages 1832-1853 and 1865-1903 (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995), (hereafter cited as Shuck, Fayette Co, [W]VA Marriages).
251. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 3.
252. Greenbrier McClung Way, p. 220
253. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 54, by Sam Martin.
254. Broderbund, US Census CD Images.
255. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 3.
256. Boswell, Aldersons Across America.
257. Cousin of Mary Jane Callison
258. Boswell, Aldersons Across America.
259. WV Death Cert., #7112
260. WV Death Cert., #7112
261. Boswell, Aldersons Across America.
262. Ibid.
263. Ibid.
264. Ibid. cousin of Amanda Callison
265. Ibid.
266. Ibid.
267. Ibid.
268. Ibid.
269. Ibid.
270. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 72, by Sam Martin.
271. Greenbrier County Courthouse marriage records. Book 1-B, page 44, line 36.
272. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 3.
273. Ibid., p. 3.
274. Juhling McClung, FGS, July 91
275. July 91 Juhling McClung, (hereafter cited as Juhling McClung FGS).
276. Monroe Marriages, F6 J4006
277. Juhling McClung, FGS, July 91
278. age 55
279. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 49 L14
280. Monroe Marriages
281. s/o Riland and Lucinda Keaton
282. Monroe Deaths.
283. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 97
284. 1853 Birth Records - Monroe County WV, transcribed from microfilm No. 364966, posted at USGenWeb.
285. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3422
286. son of Archibald and Nancy Crews
287. Monroe Deaths, of compl disease, consort Evealine Crews, s/o Arch. and Nancy Crews, b. Amherst Co, VA.
288. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 186.
289. Ibid., p. 186.
290. son of George E. Loudermilk
291. Monroe Marriages, F4 J2918
292. 1850 Roanoke census unclear
293. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 41.
294. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3432
295. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 41.
296. Ibid., p. 186.
297. Monroe Marriages, F6 J3906
298. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 41.
299. Ibid.
300. Ibid., p. 42.
301. Ibid., p. 42.
302. 1853 Birth Records - Monroe County WV, transcribed from microfilm No. 364966, posted at USGenWeb.
303. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 42.
304. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 158.
305. tombstone
306. tombstone gives year; day from obituary of Jane Alderson, in possession of Marilyn Brown.
307. Monroe Marriages, F8 J4754
308. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 158.
309. tombstone, age 71y 2m 24d
310. Larry G. Shuck., Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia Records, vol. III, Federal Census (Iberian Press, Athen, GA, 1990), family no. 393 (hereafter cited as Shuck, Greenbrier Censuses).
311. Ibid., fam 393.
312. email from Marilyn Brown, gggdaughter of Joseph A. and Jane (Alderson) Huffman, 29 May 1996
313. email from Marilyn Brown, gggdaughter of Joseph A. and Jane (Alderson) Huffman "age 1 year"
314. Joseph A. Huffman-Jane Alderson family group sheet, July 1996 by Marilyn Brown, Miami, FL no footnotes/citations. (hereafter cited as Huffman-Alderson, FGS).
315. Monroe Marriages, F7 J4361
316. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/i/Vir ginia-Lea-Fair/GENE3-000 3.html, Oct. 1999.
317. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 186, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ballard) Smith (Ballard Gen).
318. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/i/Vir ginia-Lea-Fair/GENE3-000 3.html, Oct. 1999.
319. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/i/Vir ginia-Lea-Fair/GENE3-000 3.html, Oct. 1999.
320. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/i/Vir ginia-Lea-Fair/GENE3-000 3.html, Oct. 1999.
321. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/a/i/Vir ginia-Lea-Fair/GENE3-000 3.html, Oct. 1999.
322. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 50.
323. age 2 months
324. Bennie Phillips (PhillipsBen@texoma.net)., Phillips & Tazewell Genealogy (http://home.texoma.net/~phillipsben/index.html, as of July 2000.), (hereafter cited as Phillips, Alderson-Caraway).
325. Monroe Marriages, F8 J4764
326. Phillips, Alderson-Caraway.
327. Ibid.
328. Emma Cornelia Alderson, My Life, 1938, (hereafter cited as My Life).
329. Ibid.
330. Ibid.
331. Phillips, Alderson-Caraway.
332. Ibid.
333. Ibid.
334. Ibid.
335. Ibid.
336. Ibid.
337. Ibid.
338. Ibid.
339. Ibid.
340. Ibid.
341. Ibid.
342. Ibid.
343. Ibid.
344. Monroe Marriages, W9 P1 L22
345. My Life.
346. Ibid.
347. Ibid.
348. Ibid.
349. Monroe Marriages, W9 P8
350. son of Henry Hines, b. ca. 1800
351. perhaps a granddaughter?
352. Monroe Deaths, has 1 March, of consumption.
353. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 71
354. d/o Jeremiah and Miriam (Gwinn) Stevens
355. Monroe Co, VA Births.
356. Monroe Deaths, choked.
357. Tombstone.
358. Tombstone.
359. Photographed 1992.
360. Botetourt Marriages, by Rev. William Shanks.
361. Ibid.
362. Ibid., dau. of John Merritt, 'over 21'.
363. Boswell, Jul 87, citing Caldwell researcher (descendant)
364. Cross, Alderson Families.
365. Ibid.
366. Ibid.
367. Ibid.
368. Ibid.
369. Ibid.
370. Ibid.
371. Ibid.
372. Ibid.
373. Ibid.
374. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
375. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
376. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Cross, Alderson Families.
377. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
378. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
379. Cross, Alderson Families.
380. Ibid.
381. Ibid.
382. Ibid.
383. Ibid.
384. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Ibid.
385. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
386. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Cross, Alderson Families.
387. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Hawkins Co, TN Marriages, at www.rootsweb.com/~tnhawkins/marcomg.htm
388. Hawkins Co, TN Marriages, at www.rootsweb.com/~tnhawkins/marcomg.htm
389. Hawkins Co, TN Marriages, at www.rootsweb.com/~tnhawkins/marcomg.htm
390. Cross, Alderson Families.
391. Ibid.
392. Ibid.
393. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Ibid.
394. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
395. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
396. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Cross, Alderson Families.
397. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
398. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
399. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
400. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
401. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Cross, Alderson Families.
402. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
403. Howard Noe, AL; attended 50th wedding anniversary
404. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
405. brother to Martha J. Thompson, wife of John Alderson
406. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
407. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
408. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL); and Cross, Alderson Families.
409. never married
410. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
411. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
412. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
413. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL) (final digit unclear)
414. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
415. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
416. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL)
417. family Bible (Howard Noe, AL) (final digit unclear)
418. Botetourt Marriages.
419. Ibid., dau. of John Merritt.
420. Ibid.
421. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
422. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
423. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
424. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
425. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
426. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
427. Frank Roberts, descendant, FRobe68418@aol.com, Oct 98
428. James T. Briant-Rachel Alderson family group sheets, supplied 20 Nov 1999 by Mary Bryant Park, Stillwater, OK. extensive references to land, census and vital records sources. (hereafter cited as Park, Bryant-Alderson).
429. Botetourt Marriages, by Rev. John Helms.
430. Park, Bryant-Alderson.
431. Ibid.
432. Botetourt Marr. & Wills.
433. Ibid.
434. Park, Bryant-Alderson.
435. Ibid.
436. Ibid.
437. Ibid.
438. Ibid.
439. Ibid.
440. Ibid.
441. Ibid.
442. Ibid.
443. Ibid.
444. Ibid.
445. Ibid.
446. Ibid.
447. Ibid.
448. Ibid.
449. Ibid.
450. Ibid.
451. Ibid.
452. Ibid.
453. Ibid.
454. Ibid.
455. Ibid.
456. Ibid.
457. Ibid.
458. Ibid.; and Wayne Co, IL Marriages, Bk C, p. 33.
459. Park, Bryant-Alderson.
460. Ibid.
461. Ibid.; and Marion Co, IL Marriages, Bk B, p. 54
462. Park, Bryant-Alderson.
463. Ibid.
464. Ibid.; and Marion Co, IL Marriages, Bk D, p. 16
465. Alberta Alderson Fairbanks
466. Cross, Alderson Families.
467. Ibid.
468. Ibid.
469. Ibid.
470. Mike Donovan, May 94
471. Early Cloud Co. Deaths, Cloud Co. Gen. Soc, 1990; Donovan has Jewell Co
472. Mike Donovan, "Calaway Hodge Alderson," Alderson Roots & Branches v6, n2 (Dec 1994): 17-20 (hereafter cited as Mike Donovan, Calaway Hodge Alderson).
473. Ibid.
474. Mike Donovan, AOL posting (email)
475. Mike Donovan, Calaway Hodge Alderson.
476. Ibid.
477. Jewell County Cemeteries (catalogued as 929.3 - J54ceN811, Topeka Historical Library), (hereafter cited as Jewell Co, KS Cemeteries).
478. Mike Donovan, May 94
479. Jewell Co, KS Cemeteries, age 75.
480. Ibid.
481. Mike Donovan, Calaway Hodge Alderson.
482. Jewell Co, KS Cemeteries, tombstone.
483. Mike Donovan, Calaway Hodge Alderson.
484. Jewell Co, KS Cemeteries.
485. Mike Donovan, Calaway Hodge Alderson.
486. Jim Cross., Alderson: Alderson Families Living in North America thru 1920 (Third Edition, December 1996), (hereafter cited as Jim Cross, Alderson Families).
487. Mike Donovan, AOL posting (email)
488. Mike Donovan, AOL posting (email)
489. Mike Donovan, AOL posting (email)
490. Mike Donovan, May 94; Mike Donovan, AOL posting (email)
491. Mike Donovan, May 94
492. US Marriages, LDS CD collection.
493. Mike Donovan, AOL posting (email)
494. Mike Donovan, May 94
495. US Marriages, LDS CD collection.
496. Mike Donovan, May 94
497. Mike Donovan, Calaway Hodge Alderson.
498. Botetourt Marriages, p. 381 has 'John Cross, father'.
499. tombstone
500. tombstone
501. Anne Lowry Worrell, Over the Mountain Men, Baltimore, Gen. Pub. Co., 1991 (reprint), orig. pub. 1934 p. 65 (hereafter cited as Over the Mountain Men).
502. md. by Absolem C. Dempsey, Bapt.; and Botetourt Marriages, p. 381.
503. tombstone
504. tombstone
505. Over the Mountain Men, p. 65.
506. s/o William P. and Sarah Reid
507. s/o Nathaniel and Mary Bonsacks of Frederick Co., MD
508. s/o John and Chatherine (Rinehart) Burger
509. s/o Philip and Martha (Swearengin) Burger
510. md. by Henry H. Paine, Presby.; and Botetourt Marriages, p. 88.
511. Botetourt Marriages, p. 88, 'd/o Alice'.
512. md. by James M. Clarke; and Ibid., p. 89.
513. Botetourt Marriages, p. 89, 'Peter Hammon, father'.
514. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
515. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
516. LDS, Int'l Genealogical Index.
517. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
518. Noveda Metzger, Oct 95
519. online databases (www.ancestry.com), AIS Census Index (hereafter cited as Ancestry, Ancestry.com).
520. Ibid., AIS census index.
521. LDS, Int'l Genealogical Index.
522. LDS., Ancestral File (Online at www.familysearch.org. Extracts of unverified submissions.), (hereafter cited as LDS, Ancestral File).
523. Ibid.
524. LDS, Int'l Genealogical Index.
525. Stephen K. Woltz Ancestors, skwoltz@aol.com, Feb. 2004 (ancestry.com) (hereafter cited as FGS).
526. Ibid., Stephen K. Woltz Ancestors, skwoltz@aol.com, Feb. 2004 (ancestry.com).
527. Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Indiana Marriages to 1850; spouse shown as Margaret Glasford.
528. FGS, Stephen K. Woltz Ancestors, skwoltz@aol.com, Feb. 2004 (ancestry.com).
529. Ancestry.com, US Census Images, Union Twp, 139-143, p. 261.
530. Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920, Bk C5, p. 9 (ancestry.com). (hereafter cited as Marriages, Civil Records).
531. LDS, Int'l Genealogical Index, citing Athens Co., OH marriage records; Henry's surname shown as WATTS.
532. Al Woltz Genealogy, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6000/gen ealogy/htmlfrw/d0000/g0000033.htm
533. LDS, Int'l Genealogical Index.
534. will of Davis Alderson, 'my deceased son William'
535. Kanawha Marriage Register I (1794-1826), assumed to be William, son of Davis Alderson
536. will of Davis Alderson, 'two daughter of my deceased son William'
537. will of Davis Alderson, 'two daughter of my deceased son William'
538. Memorandum of Sale, Russell Co. VA, Nov. 1822, Bk 4a, p. 78
539. Family Bible (America Gray, Lebanon, VA, 1971, from Hemphill)
540. James Wm. Tackitt, Aug 1989
541. location uncertain
542. Monroe Marriages, F3 J1948
543. James Wm. Tackitt, Aug 1989
544. Russell Co Estate Settlement, Bk. ?, pp. 565-66
545. Washington Co VA Marr., age 33, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Alderson.
546. Ibid.
547. Ibid., age 44, widower, son of James and Elizabeth Varceil.
548. Ibid.
549. embroidered on linens given as wedding gift to Abel and Elizabeth, in possession of Dan Perry.
550. Death Records Indexing Project, Washington Co, VA, Library of Virginia.
551. Washington Co VA Marr.
552. Ibid., age 27, son of Thomas M. and Elisine Preston.
553. Memorandum of Sale, Russell Co. VA, 20 Sept 1867, Bk 8, p. 162
554. Washington Co VA Marr.
555. b. VA
556. Pittsylvania Co, VA Marriages, from email of Jim Cross, June 1998.
557. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998.
558. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998.
559. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998. Parents listed as "~John D. and Hannah"~.
560. Death Records Indexing Project, Washington Co, VA, Library of Virginia.
561. Washington Co VA Marr., md. by Al Hogshead.
562. Ibid., age 28, dau. of Hugh and Barbara Nancy Reid.
563. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 78.
564. Ibid., p. 78.
565. Glade Spring District
566. Washington Co VA Marr., age 22.
567. Ibid., age 22, son of Andrew and Rosanna Edmundson.
568. age 10, in school during year
569. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79; and age 8, in school during year
570. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
571. Washington Co VA Marr., 'Anna L', age 21, dau. of George and Lydia Alderson;.
572. Ibid.
573. Ibid., age 23, son of David and Elizabeth Tilson.
574. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
575. Ibid., p. 79.
576. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998.
577. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
578. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998.
579. Fridley, Beth. Washington County, Virginia, Death Records, 1853-1885. [database on-line] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999
580. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
581. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998.
582. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
583. Ibid., p. 79.
584. Ibid., p. 79.
585. Ibid., p. 79.
586. Ibid., p. 79.
587. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998.
588. Cross, Alderson Families.
589. Ibid.
590. Ibid.
591. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
592. Ibid., p. 79.
593. Washington Co VA Marr.
594. Ibid., age 26, son of Thomas and Martha Duvall.
595. transcription unclear: Hay?
596. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
597. Washington Co VA Marr., age 24, dau. of William R. and Martha A. Buchanan.
598. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 79.
599. Ibid., p. 79.
600. Ibid., p. 79.
601. Ibid., p. 79.
602. Ibid., p. 79.
603. Ibid., p. 79.
604. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 60, by Rev. John Alderson.
605. Helen Stinson, Greenbrier Co. Court Orders, Moorpark, CA, 1988, p. 335 'late Robert Harrah' (hereafter cited as Greenbrier Court Orders).
606. age 40-50
607. Greenbrier Court Orders, p. 335.
608. Ibid., p. 335.
609. Ibid., p. 335.
610. Ibid., p. 335.
611. Ibid., p. 335.
612. Ibid., p. 335.
613. Greenbrier Marriages, by Rev. John Spotts
614. age 20-30
615. age 20-30
616. Ancestry.com "~henhar"~ database of Gail Spevik, gailhs@home.com, June 2002.
617. Ancestry.com "~henhar"~ database of Gail Spevik, gailhs@home.com, June 2002.
618. County uncertain
619. Ripley Co. Marriages 1818-1840 (Swanson)
620. parentage uncertain
621. Descendants of Abel Withrow, from Albert Withrow, Glendale, AZ, July 1999.
622. Alice Swanson, 1990
623. Judith Gennett, Apr 91, FGS
624. Ripley Co. Marriages 1841-1850 (Swanson)
625. Descendants of Abel Withrow, from Albert Withrow, Glendale, AZ, July 1999.
626. Descendants of Abel Withrow, from Albert Withrow, Glendale, AZ, July 1999, probably from 1900 census; death noted "~after 1900"~
627. Nicholas Marriages, Blake.
628. Earl N. Skaggs, The Descendants of Thomas Skaggs p. 26. (hereafter cited as Skaggs, Desc Thomas Skaggs).
629. Obituary in the Independent-Herald, Hinton, Summers Co, WV, 27 January 1910. (hereafter cited as Obituary).
630. Gertrude Herda, 1994
631. Roane Co. History, p. 604.
632. tombstone
633. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 172.
634. Marriage notice in the Daily Richmond newspaper, Monday, January 31, 1831, p. 2, col. 5.
635. Roane Co. History, p. 604.
636. tombstone in; and Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, has 1891.
637. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 172.
638. Pauline Haga, Summers Co. Marr. 1871-1883, md. by T. Gwinn (hereafter cited as Summers Marriages).
639. James H. Miller, History of Summers Co WV (1908), Hinton, WV, 1908, p. 620 (hereafter cited as Summers History (1908)).
640. tombstone
641. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
642. Ibid.
643. Obituary of Millard Fillmore Withrow, Terre Haute (Vigo Co, IN) Tribune, 23 May 1941, p. 6.
644. age 53, b. MD
645. age 49
646. F.A. Amos was born 1809 at Harford Co., MD; married twice, came to Knox Co. in 1867. Children: Joshua; John F., b. 1850 in Richland Co., OH, married 1874 to Mary E. McNutt, who was born in Starkes Co. in 1856; Freddie T.; Amanda; Mary Elizabeth; and Albert. Children of his first wife, who was Margaret Shafer; second wife was Margaret Weaver [sic]. From History of Knox Co., OH (1881), p. 574
647. age 41
648. James M. Amos, youngest child of Naomi and Frederick Amos was born 3 Jan 1816 at Baltimore Co, MD. He married 28 Dec 1843 to Margaret Weaver in Richland Co., OH. Margaret Weaver was born 18 Dec 1825 in Richland Co., OH..They had six children born in Richland Co., OH: John D., Martha (J. Fryer), Susan (Broughton), Waldo, Naomi, and William (Maude Henry). (From Noble Co., IN History, from Helen Boswell)
649. Noble Co., IN History
650. age 34, 'b. PA'
651. family Bible
652. family Bible
653. Harford Marr, Bk1, p. 77; family Bible: 4 Dec 1835 by Rev.Thomas Poteet
654. tombstone; family Bible
655. tombstone: age 85; family Bible
656. Harford Marr, Bk1, p. 81; family Bible: md. by Elder Eli Scott
657. Harford Marr, Bk1, p. 112
658. Baltimore Sun
659. Tombstone.
660. Tombstone.
661. Tombstone has year only.
662. Tombstone
663. Tombstone.
664. Family Bible (1816)
665. Family Bible (1816)
666. St. Charles Co., MO Cemeteries, from email of Jim Cross, June 1998.
667. Family Bible: Matilda Farrar of the state of Mississippi
668. Baker research of Dick Landis, [rland@coastalnet.com], Stella, NC, as posted on web site at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9201/alde. htm, Jan. 1998. Mary's place of birth is in present-day Rappahannock Co, VA.
669. St. Charles Co., MO Cemeteries, from email of Jim Cross, June 1998.
670. St. Charles Co., MO Cemeteries, from email of Jim Cross, June 1998.
671. Cross, Alderson Families.
672. Ibid.
673. Ibid.
674. Ibid.
675. USGenWeb Archives, reported by Jim Cross, Oct. 1999.
676. Family Bible (1816)
677. Family Bible: md by Elder Hitt of Baltimore
678. Jim Cross, jimacross@juno.com, 28 Feb 1999, citing LDS CDs.
679. Family Bible (1816)
680. Family Bible (1816)
681. Family Bible: md by Elder Thomas Barton
682. by Rev. John Alderson
683. enum. with William A. Withrow, brother
684. http://www.inetone.net/carver/withrow.html
685. by Rev. John McElheney
686. http://www.inetone.net/carver/withrow.html
687. by Rev. William Carnefax
688. wife Ruth listed as 'widow' in 1870 Greenbrier census
689. Aicher and Workman have age 41; perhaps should be 49?
690. age 69; enum. w/ g-dau Ruth Dozier Patterson
691. age 79; enum. w/ g-son John Dozier
692. dates from Schiller (< Whitehead)
693. by Rev. Josiah Osborn
694. dates from Schiller ( 695. enum. with Joseph and Emily (Smailes) Hughart
696. Pam Nehls, FGS, Dec, 1996, year could be 1828
697. retarded, lived at home
698. Pam Nehls, FGS, Dec 1996.
699. enum. with Joseph and Emily (Smailes) Hughart, age 54
700. Pam Nehls, FGS, Dec 1996.
701. Pam Nehls, FGS, Dec 1996.
702. enum. with Alfred and Rachel Withrow
703. enum. with Perry B. and S.E.B. Withrow
704. age 25
705. unnamed son, age 2 months?
706. age 12
707. Summers Co., WV Historical Society., Cemetery Book (Summer Co, WV Historical Society, 1996), p. 545. a "~Charles W. Alderson"~, b. 1847, d. 1919, buried Elk Knob was on the same stone as "~Ellen M. Withrow"~, assumed to be "~Manerva Ella"~ [Hix]. (hereafter cited as Summers Co. Hist. Soc, Cemetery Book).
708. Summers History (1908), p. 641. Identification of Charles assumed.
709. Summers History (1908), p. 641. printed as "~1853"~, but she was listed last in a series of children otherwise listed chronologically. The child prior to Manerva Ella was Virginia, b. 3 March 1861. Assumed to be typo for 1863.; and Summers Co. Hist. Soc, Cemetery Book, p. 545. an "~Ellen M. Alderson"~, b. 1863, d. 1935, buried Elk Knob was on the same stone as "~Charles W. Withrow"~, assumed to be "~Manerva Ella"~ [Hix].
710. Summers Co. Hist. Soc, Cemetery Book.
711. Ibid., p. 545. a "~Charles W. Alderson"~, b. 1847, d. 1919, buried Elk Knob was on the same stone as "~Ellen M. Withrow"~, assumed to be "~Manerva Ella"~ [Hix].
712. unnamed son, age 2 months?
713. age 21
714. Neil Darlington, Cabins of the Loop, McClain Printing, Parsons, WV, 1988, p. 480; F&RGS 1860 Fayette Census has 'James D.' (hereafter cited as Cabins of the Loop).
715. Shuck, Fayette Co, [W]VA Marriages.
716. Ibid.
717. Some researchers consider Augusta to be the daughter of Davis Alderson, born in Russell Co, but as informant to the Monroe Co. Clerk at John's death, Augusta identified herself as "daughter."
718. age 25
719. age 33
720. enum. with Nancy Johnson Alderson, age 43
721. Greenbrier Marr., transcript, has Susannah Zickafoose
722. age 44
723. Greenbrier Marriages, Bk 1B, p12, L25, by Rev. L.S. Marshall
724. Greenbrier Marriages, Bk 1B, p12, L25, son of Alex and Sarah Hutchinson
725. Greenbrier Marriages, Bk 1B, p34, L22, by Rev. James Marshall
726. Greenbrier Marriages, Bk 1B, p34, L22, son of Wm. and Elizabeth Cyrus
727. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk1A, P39, L26
728. son of John and Nancy (Hughes) Campbell
729. Campbells Ancestral Records, p. 6
730. Campbells Ancestral Records, p. 6
731. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 100.
732. Monroe Marriages, W9 P2
733. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 100: dau of James and Margaret (Reed) Dunsmore.
734. Ibid., p. 100.
735. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 25
736. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 100: dau of Conrad and Clara (Snidow) Peters.
737. Ibid., p. 100.
738. Ibid., p. 100.
739. Summers Deaths, age 31y, 3m, 5d
740. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
741. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
742. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3448
743. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
744. named as daughter in father's will
745. Kanawha Co, WV Deaths, 1870: Alderson, Sidney, d. Dec 1, age 56y, b. Virginia, par. Alderson, James & Elizabeth, informant: C. G. Alderson, husband
746. Kanawha Deeds, Bk. 1, p. 31.
747. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
748. Kanawha Co. WV Deaths, 1868: Alderson, James C, d. Oct 31, age 28y, b. Kanawha, par. Alderson, C G & Sidney, informant: C G Alderson, father
749. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
750. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
751. age 4
752. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
753. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
754. age 2
755. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
756. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
757. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
758. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
759. Cochran, Wes, Roane Co. Marriages, 1856-1919
760. widow at time of marriage to William L. Alderson
761. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
762. named as daughter in father's will
763. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3416
764. named as daughter in father's will; twin to Franklin Bond?
765. tombstone
766. tombstone
767. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3659
768. Summers Deaths, microfilm, age 80, s/o John and Elizabeth Duncan
769. age 71
770. Summers Deaths, BkA, p46, L14, age 76
771. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk 1A, p 7, L 39, of flux, age 14y 10m
772. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk 1A, p 7, L 40, of flux, age 12
773. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk 1A, p 7, L 41
774. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk 1A, p 6, L 114, of unknown causes, age 1y 1m
775. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk 1A, p 7, L 42, of flux, age 6m 6d
776. named as son in father's will
777. tombstone
778. tombstone
779. visited by Gaye Whitehead, 1988
780. Greenbrier Marriages, lists Jane Rambo and 'Joseph' Alderson
781. not listed in 1840 Greenbrier census with Franklin
782. Greenbrier Marriages, Bk1A, p. 3
783. Greenbrier Marriages
784. family 204, Dist. 2
785. Greenbrier Marriages, Bk 1B, p42, L135, by Rev. A. Weller
786. tombstone; Gbr. Marr. gives POB Monroe
787. Summers Marr: d/o Cornelius Warren;; and Summers History (1908), d/o Curtis & Sarah Warren.
788. tombstone
789. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk1A, p7, L34: of scarlet fever, age 6yr 3m
790. age 1
791. named as daughter in father's will
792. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
793. Kanawha Co, WV Deaths, 1870: Alderson, Sidney, d. Dec 1, age 56y, b. Virginia, par. Alderson, James & Elizabeth, informant: C. G. Alderson, husband
794. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3448
795. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
796. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
797. Kanawha Deeds, Bk. 1, p. 31.
798. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
799. Kanawha Co. WV Deaths, 1868: Alderson, James C, d. Oct 31, age 28y, b. Kanawha, par. Alderson, C G & Sidney, informant: C G Alderson, father
800. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
801. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
802. age 4
803. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
804. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
805. age 2
806. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
807. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
808. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
809. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
810. Cochran, Wes, Roane Co. Marriages, 1856-1919
811. widow at time of marriage to William L. Alderson
812. Mrs. F.F. Ceperley, Charleston, WV, June 1989
813. named as son in father's will
814. Monroe Marriages, F5 J3451
815. Tombstone date.
816. Tombstone date.
817. Montgomery Co, MO Historical Society., Compilation of Cemetery Listings in Various Cemeteries in Montgomery Co, MO (hereafter cited as Montgomery Co. Historical Soc, Montgomery Co Cemeteries).
818. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 55 L3
819. Monroe Marriages, d/o John A. and Betty (Steele) Dunbar
820. Notice of Golden Wedding anniversary celebration in Wellsville (MO) Optic News, 17 Jan 1930, from Weant, Kenneth, ed. Montgomery County, Missouri, 3847 Deaths Reported in Miscellaneous Wellsville Newspapers. [database on-line] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000.
821. Jim Cross
822. Notice of Golden Wedding anniversary celebration in Wellsville (MO) Optic News, 17 Jan 1930, from Weant, Kenneth, ed. Montgomery County, Missouri, 3847 Deaths Reported in Miscellaneous Wellsville Newspapers. [database on-line] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000.
823. Monroe Marriages, F6 J4035
824. Tombstone.
825. Tombstone.
826. Photographed 1992.
827. Monroe Marriages, W9 P4
828. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 186, dau. of Mary B., b. ca 1814 VA.
829. named as daughter in father's will
830. William L. Graham, History of the Graham Family, St. Albans, WV, Oct. 1982, unpub., FGS, from family Bible (hereafter cited as Graham History).
831. Ibid., FGS, quoting D. Graham history.
832. Monroe Marriages, F8 J4752; and Ibid., FGS, from family Bible.
833. Monroe Watchman, 19 Mar 1914.
834. Graham History, FGS, from family Bible.
835. Ibid., p. 450, from family Bible.
836. named as daughter in father's will
837. Monroe Marriages, F8 J4906
838. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
839. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 31.
840. Ibid.
841. Ibid.
842. Ibid., p. 31.
843. Ibid.
844. Ibid.
845. Monroe Co. Births
846. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 31.
847. Ibid.
848. Ibid.
849. Ibid.
850. Ibid.
851. age 4
852. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 31.
853. Ibid.
854. Ibid., p. 31.
855. Ibid.
856. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
857. Ibid., p. 25.
858. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church records
859. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
860. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries.
861. Ibid., p. 174.
862. Karen Kessler Cottrill, KesslerWV@aol.com, WVNICHOL list, 11 May 2004.
863. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
864. Ibid., p. 25.
865. Ibid., p. 25.
866. Nicholas Marriages, Blake, William W., age 24, b. Gbr; Sarah E., age 21, b. Gbr.
867. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
868. Ibid., p. 25.
869. Ibid., p. 25.
870. Ibid., p. 25.
871. Ibid., p. 25.
872. age 7 months
873. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25 (yr as 1858).
874. Ibid., p. 25.
875. Ibid., p. 25.
876. tombstone;; and Ibid., p. 25.
877. tombstone
878. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 175.
879. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
880. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church records
881. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church records
882. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 25.
883. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 173; tombstone dates unreadable.
884. Nicholas Marriages, Blake, Rufus D., age 21, b. Nicholas; Sarah, age 24, b. Monroe, d/o Peter and Polly Shaffer.
885. Ibid., James E., age 21, b. Nicholas; Phebe Malinda, age 19, b. Craig, d/o Owen and Margaret Hendrickson.
886. Skaggs, Earl N., Descendants of Thomas Skaggs, p. 26
887. Skaggs has Leah Skaggs as wife of William Evans, census list Sarah
888. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 174.
889. Skaggs, Earl N., Descendants of Thomas Skaggs, p. 26
890. age 56
891. tombstone
892. tombstone
893. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 174.
894. tombstone
895. tombstone
896. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 174.
897. s/o Tristam & Jean (Nelson) Patton (Norman, Desc of Tristam Patton)
898. age 49
899. age 22
900. age 32, single, works sawmill
901. 1850 Monroe, age 9 months
902. age 22, single, works sawmill
903. Summers Deaths, Bk2, L116, of an accident, age 74
904. Lee Ann Blankenship, Aug 91
905. Monroe Marriages, F7 J4557
906. Lee Ann Blankenship, Aug 91
907. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 191.
908. Summers Deaths, BkA, p.24, L56, of fever, of 25y 1m 16d
909. Summers Marriages, by Rev. Mitchell
910. listed as 'grandson'
911. Botetourt Co, VA Marriages, from email of Jim Cross, June 1998.
912. family Bible (Julia Fletcher)
913. family Bible (Julia Fletcher)
914. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 16; W9 P15
915. family Bible (Julia Fletcher)
916. family Bible (Julia Fletcher)
917. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk A, p 62, L 1, of typhoid
918. death record noted Marion was married at time of death in 1885
919. family Bible (Julia Fletcher)
920. family Bible (Julia Fletcher)
921. Papers of Luther P. Graham, son of David and Sarah (Alderson) Graham, copied from notes ca. 1906.
922. Greenbrier Marriages, transcript, perf. by L.A. Alderson
923. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
924. Ibid.
925. Monroe Co, VA Births, 1855.
926. age 22
927. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, d/o James and Ruth Brooks.
928. Ibid., p. 121.
929. Ibid., p. 121.
930. Ibid., p. 121.
931. Ibid.
932. Ibid.
933. Ibid., p. 122.
934. Ibid., p. 122.
935. Harold & Irma Lee Poynter, Poynter Cousins (Farmer Printing Co., Maysville, MO 64469, 1993. Selected citations from Linda Pointer, ), (hereafter cited as Poynter, Poynter Cousins).
936. Ibid.
937. Ibid.
938. Ibid.
939. Ibid.
940. Ibid.
941. Ibid.
942. Ibid.
943. Ibid.
944. Ibid.
945. Ibid.
946. Ibid.
947. Edith Maxey Clark, The Maxeys of Virginia (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 2000), (hereafter cited as Clark, Maxeys of Virginia).
948. Ibid.
949. Ibid.
950. Ibid.
951. Ibid.
952. Ibid.
953. Ibid.
954. Ibid.
955. Ibid.
956. Ibid.
957. Ibid.
958. Ibid.
959. Ibid.
960. Ibid.
961. Ibid.
962. Ibid.
963. Ibid.
964. Ibid.
965. Lyman Chalkley., Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Three volumes. (Transcribed and posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/), (hereafter cited as Chalkey, Augusta Co Chronicles).
966. Clark, Maxeys of Virginia.
967. Ibid.
968. Ibid.
969. Ibid.
970. Ibid.
971. Ibid.
972. Ibid.
973. Ibid.
974. Ibid.
975. Ibid.
976. Ibid.
977. Ibid.
978. Ibid.
979. Ibid.
980. Ibid.
981. Ibid., Clark notes that the source material for Jonathan's birth date (History of the Hubbell Family, pp. 338, 385-86) has 22 June as the birthdate.
982. Ibid.
983. Ibid.
984. Ibid.
985. Ibid.
986. Ibid.
987. Ibid.
988. Ibid.
989. Ibid.
990. Ibid.
991. Ibid.
992. Ibid.
993. Ibid.
994. Ibid.
995. Ibid.
996. Ibid.
997. Ibid.
998. Ibid.
999. Ibid.
1000. Ibid.
1001. Ibid.
1002. Ibid.
1003. Ibid.
1004. Ibid.
1005. Ibid.
1006. Ibid.
1007. Ibid.
1008. Ibid.
1009. Ibid.
1010. Ibid.
1011. Ibid.
1012. email of Foster Sampson, March 1998; indicated pod as Hardin Co, but Alberry was in Hart Co. in 1870
1013. Cross, Alderson Families.
1014. Ibid.
1015. Texas Index of Deaths, Vol. 1
1016. US Marriages, LDS CD collection.
1017. Cross, Alderson Families.
1018. Ibid.
1019. Ibid.
1020. Ibid.
1021. Texas Index of Deaths, Vol. 1
1022. Cross, Alderson Families.
1023. email of Foster Sampson, March 1998.
1024. Cross, Alderson Families.
1025. Ibid.
1026. Ibid.
1027. Ibid.
1028. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 26, by Rev. Joel Burgess.
1029. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 1: acq. land in Nich. Co in Nov 1843; moved later.
1030. Ibid., p. 1.
1031. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 172: Mt Pleasant Cem, 'G.A. McClung, d. 19 Dec 1872.
1032. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 54, by Rev. John Spotts.
1033. Email of Barbara Anne (Pinkerton) Roberts, generobertS1@home.com, 8 Nov 1999.
1034. Email of Barbara Anne (Pinkerton) Roberts, generobertS1@home.com, 8 Nov 1999.
1035. Email of Barbara Anne (Pinkerton) Roberts, generobertS1@home.com, 8 Nov 1999.
1036. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 1.
1037. Ibid., p. 1.
1038. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 22.
1039. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 1.
1040. Ibid., p. 1.
1041. Ibid., p. 1.
1042. Ibid., p. 14.
1043. Ibid., p. 1.
1044. Ibid., p. 1.
1045. Ibid., p. 1.
1046. Ibid., p. 1.
1047. Ibid., p. 13.
1048. 'from diphtheria--an epidemic that killed so many young in the commun.'
1049. Mt Lookout Fam Record.
1050. Ibid., p. 1.
1051. Ibid., p. 1.
1052. age 4 months
1053. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 173; tombstone dates unreadable.
1054. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 2.
1055. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 173; tombstone dates unreadable.
1056. Nicholas Marriages, Blake, Rufus D., age 21, b. Nicholas; Sarah, age 24, b. Monroe, d/o Peter and Polly Shaffer.
1057. Ibid., James E., age 21, b. Nicholas; Phebe Malinda, age 19, b. Craig, d/o Owen and Margaret Hendrickson.
1058. tombstone
1059. tombstone
1060. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 174.
1061. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 33, by Rev. William C. Ligon.
1062. tombstone
1063. tombstone
1064. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 174.
1065. Mt Lookout Fam Record, p. 53.
1066. Ibid., p. 53.
1067. Ibid., p. 53.
1068. tombstone
1069. tombstone
1070. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 171.
1071. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 54, by Rev. A.G. Chenowith.
1072. tombstone
1073. tombstone
1074. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 171.
1075. Early Greenbrier Marr., p. 33, by Rev. Sam Martin.
1076. James Ruckman Dietz, History of William Dietz, Sr. and his Descendants (hereafter cited as Dietz, History of Wm Dietz, Sr).
1077. Ibid.
1078. Ibid.
1079. Ibid.
1080. Ibid.
1081. Ibid.
1082. d/o Abraham Eagle
1083. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 88, L6
1084. Summers History (1908), p. 442: d/o George W. Swope; Monroe Marriages, 'widow'.
1085. Boswell, Nov 91, 'of mastoid trouble'
1086. tombstone, age 63y 10m 22d
1087. tombstone, age 2y 6m 20d; Gbr Deaths, Bk 1A, p.6, L129 of whooping cough
1088. tombstone
1089. tombstone
1090. Greenbrier Deaths, Bk 1A, p 12, L 51
1091. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 149; and Monroe Watchman, 18 Nov 1881: 'on the 8th instant, at Alderson.by Rev. B. Cade'.
1092. 22nd Regiment, Iowa Volunteers
1093. Sergeant Major, 22nd Regiment, Iowa Volunteers
1094. second marriage
1095. Date sent: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:32:46 -0500 From: Aaron James Rambo My mother's maiden name is Remley. Her grandfather, Milton Remly, once Attorney General of Iowa, was the son of Jane Creigh Alderson and James Remley.
1096. obituary
1097. obituary
1098. dau. of Major James and Mary (Gray) Dickenson
1099. letter of Thomas Alderson Davis to Joseph N. Alderson, 1956 (Hemphill)
1100. never married
1101. pre-1900 VA Births, from Jim Cross, Email, 11 June 1998. Russell Co. had entries for both Aug 1861 and Jul 1860. Probably later entries because of the Civil War.
1102. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 44.
1103. tombstone
1104. tombstone
1105. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 41.
1106. tombstone
1107. tombstone
1108. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 41.
1109. tombstone
1110. tombstone
1111. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 65.
1112. tombstone
1113. son of Samuel McClung
1114. tombstone
1115. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 65.
1116. served in CSA
1117. sister of Eugenia Rader, wife of John Duffy Alderson
1118. tombstone, age 21y, 11m, 8d
1119. tombstone
1120. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 65.
1121. http://www.gencircles.com/users/bartlett/1/dat a/11914.html, March 2001.
1122. obituary; age 82
1123. obituary; age 18, would be ca. 1856, but Mason b. 1844?
1124. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 25.
1125. Summers Marriages, md. by Martin Bibb.
1126. Ibid., son of John H. and Mariah Swain, age 31, b. Louden Co.
1127. in household of brother John Marshall Alderson; on visit?
1128. Our Kin, p. 133.
1129. obit of Janette Creigh Alderson Swain
1130. obituary (from Helen Boswell)
1131. obituary (from Helen Boswell)
1132. obituary Georgia Ann Alderson McClung (from Helen Boswell); and Our Kin, p. 133.
1133. Our Kin, p. 133;; and Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 25, son of Anthony and Martha (Woods) McClung.
1134. Our Kin, p. 133.
1135. Ibid.
1136. Ibid., p. 133.
1137. Monroe Marriages, B1 p. 59
1138. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 25.
1139. Ibid., p. 25.
1140. Ibid., p. 25.
1141. Ibid., p. 25.
1142. Ibid., p. 25.
1143. Ibid., p. 25.
1144. Ibid., p. 25.
1145. Ibid., p. 25.
1146. Ibid., p. 25.
1147. Ibid., p. 25.
1148. tombstone
1149. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 65.
1150. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 26.
1151. tombstone, age 35y, 4m, 8d
1152. tombstone; death record in; and Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 276, dau of Levi & Letitia Jones.
1153. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 65.
1154. Nicholas County Historical Society, Nicholas County History, Nicholas Co., WV, 1985, p. 140 (hereafter cited as Nicholas History 1985).
1155. tombstone, age 64; and Obituary of Sabina Alderson, newspaper unknown, (hereafter cited as Sabina Alderson obit., newspaper unknown).
1156. Richwood, WV News Leader, 17 May 1989, p. 5;; and Nicholas History 1985, p. 140.
1157. tombstone; and Sabina Alderson obit., newspaper unknown.
1158. Stinson, Nicholas Co. WV Cemeteries, p. 65; and Sabina Alderson obit., newspaper unknown.
1159. Our Kin, p. 136.
1160. Ibid., p. 136, dau. of Samuel and (Gross) Brock of Summersville.
1161. tombstone
1162. Richwood, WV News Leader, 17 May 1989, p. 5;; and Our Kin, p. 137.
1163. Richwood, WV News Leader, 17 May 1989, p. 5;; and Our Kin, p. 137.
1164. Our Kin, p. 137.
1165. Ibid., p. 137.
1166. Richwood, WV News Leader, 17 May 1989, p. 5;; and Ibid., p. 138.
1167. Our Kin, p. 138.
1168. Ibid., p. 138.
1169. Shuck, Fayette Co, [W]VA Marriages.
1170. Our Kin, p. 133.
1171. Ibid., p. 133.
1172. Ibid., p. 133.
1173. Shuck, Fayette Co, [W]VA Marriages.
1174. Our Kin, p. 133.
1175. Ibid., p. 133.
1176. Ibid., p. 134.
1177. Ibid., p. 134.
1178. Ibid., p. 134.
1179. Ibid., p. 134.
1180. Beth Fridley (compiler)., Fayette Co, WV Births, 1881-1893 (two databases) (online at www.ancestry.com), (hereafter cited as Fridley, Fayette Co. WV Births).
1181. Our Kin, p. 134.
1182. Shuck, Fayette Co, [W]VA Marriages.
1183. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
1184. Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 27.
1185. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
1186. Date from 1870 Fayette Co, WV census; age 2 months; "~Dc"~ is indicated in the "~month in year born"~ column.
1187. Boswell
1188. Boswell
1189. Ancestry.com, US Census Images.
1190. Boswell, Jan 91
1191. Our Kin, p. 134;; and Boswell, Aldersons Across America, p. 28.
1192. Social Security Administration., Social Security Death Index (Online at www.ancestry.com), (hereafter cited as Social Security Death Index).
1193. Ibid.
1194. Boswell, Aug 89
1195. Our Kin, p. 134; and email from Marilyn Brown, ggdaughter of Samuel Moore's brother, 29 May 1996.
1196. Our Kin, p. 134.
1197. Boswell
1198. Our Kin, p. 134.
1199. Ibid., p. 134.
1200. Ibid., p. 134.
1201. Boswell
1202. Jeanette Pemberton, FGS
1203. Jeannette Pemberton, FGS
1204. Jeanette Pemberton
1205. Jeanette Pemberton, FGS, d/o Fountain Green and Nancy (Burton) Neal
1206. Jeanette Pemberton
1207. Jeanette Pemberton
1208. Lucille Alderson Trent, Jul 91; Olivene Bess, Aug. 1991
1209. tombstone
1210. tombstone
1211. tombstone
1212. Olivene Bess, Aug. 1991
1213. tombstone
1214. Lucille Alderson Trent, Jul 91
1215. Jeanette Pemberton
1216.