8221. Robert Roy Snyder-22438
There are two Arlingtons in West Virginia. Robert's death record did not state which county, but I found record of Robert and his wife Elsie Mabel Woodford at http://www.wvgenweb.org/upshur/kissic.htm.
5156. Joseph Knotts Lynch-4678
Middle name from rootsweb chart by Steve & Connie Lynch ID sclynch.
Transcription of gravestones in Lynch Cemetery, father and daughter:
Jemima M. Kingsbury - 20 Dec 1869 - 5 Apr 1895 Joseph K. Lynch - 1845 - 1895
Middle & last name from rootsweb chart by Steve & Connie Lynch ID sclynch.
5158. Louisa Lynch-4759
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 16 Dec 1877
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Laura Lynch Gran... Adams (transcriber error: the image says Louisa)
Birth Place: Calhoun Co. Barbour County
Age at Marriage: 24y 26y
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S S
Mother: Jemima Letta
Father: George Lynch William AdamsBut in the 1880 Calhoun Co, WV census they are both 29 years old; not two years difference in their ages.
The following death record was copied from WVvital records site. There is not enough info here to say for positive but the age at dated of death agreed with her estimated birth date from the marriage. Again, the transcriber has mis-read the handwritting.
Death Record Detail...
Name: Laura Adams (this image looks like it could be Louisa or Laura)
Sex: Female
Death Date: 30 Dec1907
Death Place: Cabin Ridge, Calhoun, West Virginia
Age at Death: 54y
Burial Place: not listed
Burial Date: not listed
Birth Place: not listed
Marital Status: M
1880 Census, Calhoun, WV
KELLY, L001 Alpheous...WM...23...Farmer...VA...VA...VA Nancy R...WF...20...Wife...Keeping House...VA...VA...VA Grandison Adams...m...WF...29...Farmer...VA...VA...VA Louiza Adams...m...WF...29...Wife...Keeping House...VA...VA...VA Leverna Adams...WF...6/12...Dau...Nov...1879...VA...VA...VA
5164. Matilda J. Lynch-698
George and Matilda lived in Arnoldsburg until he died, but her obit said she was from Grantsville and she died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Sarah Anderson, in Spencer, WV.
MATILDA J. LYNCH KINGSBURY Calhoun Chronicle 1951 Services Monday For Mrs. Matilda Kingsbury Mrs. Matilda J. Kingsbury, 80, of Grantsville, wife of the late George J. Kingsbury, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Anderson in Spencer. Daughter of the late George and Jemima Knotts Lynch, she has been a member of the Stoney Point Methodist church in Calhoun county since early childhood. Surviving are one son, Cleo C. Kingsbury, Grantsville; two daughters, Mrs. Vera Smith, Sandyville and Mrs. Anderson, Spencer; and three step-children, J. A. Kingsbury, Hollaway, O., Homer Kingsbury, Canal Fulton, O., and Mrs. Addie Parsons, Gallapolis, O. One son, Charles, preceded her in death. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Stoney Point Methodist church with the Rev. Charles Wilkinson and the Rev. Glendon McKee officiating. Dates added by Lois Curry: b. 1870 d. 1951 Obit submitted by Lois CurryTranscription of gravestones in Lynch Cemetery:
Matilda J. Kingsbury - 1870 - 1951 George J. Kingsbury - 1868 - 1945
George Jackson 'Jack' Kingsbury-4539
Calhoun Chronicle 1945 GEORGE JACKSON KINGSBURY Arnoldsburg Man, 75, Dies Sunday George Jackson Kingsbury, 75, prosperous farmer of Arnoldsburg, died at his home Sunday morning after suffering a paralytic stroke three weeks ago. He was the son of the late Jabez and Moriah Downs Kingsbury and was united in marriage at an early age to Jermima Lynch, in 1890, who died April 5, 1895. He has three children, Jabez A. Kingsbury of Holloway, Ohio; Homer Kingsbury of Canal Fulton, Ohio, and Addie Parsons of Gallipolis, Ohio, by this marriage. On May 24, 1896 he married Matilda J. Lynch and had four children by this marriage. They are Cleo C. Kingsbury, Grantsville; Mrs. Vera Smith, Sandyville; Sarah Anderson, Spencer, and Charles Rector Kingsbury, who preceded him in death in 1943. Besides his widow and children, he is survived by one brother, C. E. Kingsbury of Parkersburg; five grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Stony Point Methodist church Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. Charles Wilkinson officiating. Interment followed in the Lynch cemetery with the Stump Funeral home in charge. Dates added by Lois Curry: b. 1868 d. 1945 Obit submitted by Lois Curry
Transcription of gravestones in Lynch Cemetery:
Matilda J. Kingsbury - 1870 - 1951 George J. Kingsbury - 1868 - 1945
His age when he married in Nov 1931 was 22. This calculates to birth in abt 1909.
His age on his tombstone is 74 years when he died in 1971. This calculates to birth in abt 1897.
8241. Sarah Jenette Kingsbury-4542
I did not find her in the cemetery listing on Calhoun site.
5168. Mary Z. Knotts-4662
There is a tombstone for Mary in Harshman Cem, Calhoun Co. The birth date 28 Oct 1851 is carved but there is no date of death carved. I have not found a record of her death.
Middle initial from son Virgil's birth record.
8243. Brandford Harshman-4733
Birth Record Detail...
Name: Brandford Harshman
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1884
Birth Place: Washington, Calhoun, West Virginia
Sex: Male
Mother: Mary Harshman
Mother's Age:
Mother's Birth Place:
Father: Oscar Harshman
8244. Virgil B. Harshman-4734
Birth Record Detail...
Name: Virgil B Harshman
Birth Date: 6 6 Aug1895
Birth Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Sex: Male
Mother: Mary Knotts Harshman
Mother's Age: 45
Mother's Birth Place: Calhoun Co
Father: Oscar B Harshman
Father's Age: 48
Father's Birth Place: Pa
5169. Rev. Simon A. Knotts-4663
The title 'Rev' was taken from his tombstone.
1900 Washington, Calhoun, WV KNOTTS, 1 Simon A...Head...Mar 1853...47...M 20 Yrs...WV WV WV Jennie B...Wife...Apr 1864...36...M 20 Yrs...9/8...WV WV WV Homer...Son...Aug 1882...17...S...WV WV WV Nellie...Dau...Jun 1884...15...S...WV WV WV Lora...Dau...Dec 1886...13...S...WV WV WV Maud...Dau...Dec 1888...11...S...WV WV WV Erma...Dau...Dec 1890...9...S...WV WV WV Royal...Son...Jan 1893...7...S...WV WV WV Forest L...Son...Jan 1895...5...S...WV WV WV Harry A...Son...Nov 1898...1...S...WV WV WV SIERS, Reuben D...Servant...Mar 1875...25...S...WV WV WV
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Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia
SIMON A. KNOTTS
Simon A. Knotts, born March 18, 1853, in Gilmer County,
Virginia, was resident here when this part of that county was set
apart as Calhoun County, as were his parents, Absalom and Prudence
(Arnold) Knotts.
In Roane County, West Virginia, June 24, 1880, Rev. R. C.
Flummer recorded the marriage vows of Simon A. Knotts and Jennie B.
Riffle, and on the 6th of August 1882, their son, Homer, was born.
In Monroe County, West Virginia, William D. and Harriett C.
(Boggess) Riffe were resident at the time of the birth of their
daughter, Jennie B., which was on the 16th of April 1864.
Simon A. Knotts combines the occupations of an argricultural
life with the professional duties of a teacher, and in both is
achieving the success which accompanies ability and industry. He
receives his mail at Minnora, Calhoun County, West Virginia.Transcribed by Linda Fluharty
Death Record Detail
Name: Jennie Bell Knotts
Sex: Female
Death Date: 20 Jul 1923
Death Place: Minnora, Calhoun, West Virginia
Birth Place: W. Va.
Marital Status: W
Mother: Harriett Boggs
Mother's Birth Place: W. Va.
Father: ...dm Riffle (William Riffle)
Father's Birth Place: W. Va.Obituary contributed by Lois Curry
From an unidentified newspaper
Died 20 July 1923Mrs. Jennie Bell Knotts, daughter of William and Harriett Riffe, (formerly of this county, was born in Monroe county, West Va., April 16, 1864 and died at her home at Minnora, W. Va., July 20, 1923. She was married to Simon A. Knotts, of Minnora, June 14, 1890 and to this union was born twelve children. Nine are still living, three with the father have passed to the other shore. Those living are Mrs. M.S. Gherky, of Grantsville; Mrs. E. L. McCue, of Rosedale, Nebraska; Mrs. H. G. Dye,. of Los Angelies, [sic] California, Forest, of Akron; Roy, Arnold, Carl, Madge and Virginia, of Minnora, the old homestead. Those who have passed on are Homer, the eldest who died three years ago, and Mrs. J. S. Hickman of Weston, a year later and an infant daughter.
The children living all attended the funeral services except Mrs. Dye, of California, who is in poor health; Mrs. J. S. Hickman and her three grandchildren of Weston and Mrs. Carrie Knotts and her son Shirley, also a grandson of the deceased.
Mrs. Knotts leaves four brothers and a sister, A. C. Riffe and H. K. Riffe, Methodist ministers of the W. Va. Conference, Hamilton, of Nebraska, Mrs. G. N. Day, of Spencer, and Carl of the old homestead.
There need be little said here in regard to the life and character of Mrs. Knotts for she was such a loving motherly christian woman, that she was greatly beloved by all who knew her, and will be greatly missed in the church and community and especially in her home. But what seems to be our loss is her eternal gain and we believe according to God's word that Jennie lives somewhere in conscious reality with her devoted husband who was a "pioneer of rightenousness [sic] and reform in the community" and with many others gone before. I would say to those on this side, "Be faithful" and especially to the children, be what mother would have you be and you will meet her where the gates swing outward never.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Iceman, of Minnora, who brought many tributes to her sacred memory, and the body was entered at the old Knotts cemetery to await the resurrection of the just.
"I know not where in all this world I'd find
Another half so precious or so dear,
Or one whos love would hold so firm and kind.
Throughout the changing fortunes of each year.
In all my life I cannot hope to pay,
That priceless debt of faithful loyalty
I ask no sweeter bondage than to stay,
A debtor to her precious love for me.
For it I'd yield the honor men confer
For it I'd give all wealth and emminence
And all I have I humbly offer __?__
My deepest love and truest ____ence.
____ know none other I could so e__?__
Within my heart save her ______
Mother Mine."
Rev. G. _ ___________?
8248. Homer K. Knotts-4698
I have copied the marriage record transcription from WV Culture, vital records online but it is in error when it says Homer was born in Roane Co. The actual image says he was born in Calhoun County. (The error has been reported and may be corrected by now.)
Marriage Record Detail..
Date: 5 Apr 1903
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Carrie Westfall Homer K Knotts
Birth Place: Calhoun, WV Roane, West Virginia
Age at Marriage: 18 20
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage:
Mother: Jennie B Knotts
Father: W W Westfall S A Knotts
8253. Royal C. 'Roy' Knotts-4829
08/29/2001) published in the Hur Herald, www.hurherald.com
Transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilm of the Calhoun Chronicle dated 2/19/1931.Knotts Slayer Gets 18 Years in Penitentiary
After being convicted of second degree murder, Enoch Scaggs, slayer of Roy Knotts, of Minnora, this county, was sentenced to serve a term of eighteen years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville by Judge Naaman Jackson, of the Logan county circuit court Thursday of last week.
Scaggs, aged 50, was convicted the week previously by a jury summoned from Monroe county. Roy C. Knotts, victim of the gunman, was a prominent citizen of Minnora, this county, was serving as chief of police of Logan at the time of his murder. He was approached in a Logan poolroom by Scaggs, who without warning fired five bullets into Knotts' body.
Mrs. M.S. Gherke, of this place, and Miss Virginia Knotts, of Minnora, attended the hearing in Logan. They were given a bodyguard of state policemen upon their arrival in Logan city, and like protection was offered lawyers who prosecuted the case. Among counsel for the prosecution was Attorney General Howard B. Lee, of Charleston, sent to Logan by Governor Conley, and Judge Robert Bailey, of Logan.
Scaggs was granted a stay of ninety days pending an appeal to the state supreme court, and is confined in the Cabell county jail, bail having been refused by Judge Jackson.
8255. Unnamed dau Knotts-4844
Birth Record Detail...
Name: Knotts
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1897
Note: Stillborn
Birth Place: Minnora, Calhoun, West Virginia
Sex: Female
Mother: Jennie B Rife Knotts
Mother's Age: 33
Mother's Birth Place: Roane Co W Va
Father: Simon A Knotts
Father's Age: 44
Father's Birth Place: Calhoun Co, W Va
8257. William Carl Knotts-4695
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 4 Dec 1924
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Dovie Della Dobbins William Carl Knotts
Birth Date:
Birth Place: Calhoun Co., WV, USA Calhoun Co., WV, USA
Age at Marriage: 22 23
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S S
Mother: Dora Dobbins Jennie B. Knotts
Father: B.S. Dobbins S.A. Knotts
5170. Minnora E. Knotts-4664
I took the birthdate from the cemetery records, but the transcription of birth records say that her birthdate is 5 May 1855.
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 28 Sep 1887
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Minnora Knotts H G Proudfoot
Birth Place: Calhoun Calhoun
Age at Marriage: 28y 36y
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S S
Mother: Prudance Abigail
Father: A Knotts Wm ProudfootMinnora Cemetery records:
Nellie Proudfoot (d. of H. C. and M. E.) - 13 Sep 1890 - 1 Aug 1899 Harvey G. Proudfoot - 18 Feb 1850 - 7 Feb 1923 Minnora E. Knotts Proudfoot - 5 Apr 1855 - 26 Jan 1958 Geraldine Proudfoot - 1893 - 1937Obituary found at MyFamily site: Calhoun, roane & Clay Counties
Charleston Daily Mail
Monday, January 27, 1958 Page 2Woman, 102, Stricken;
Town Named For HerMINNORA - Mrs. Minnora Knots Proudfoot, 102, for whom this Calhoun County town was named, died at home yesterday after a long illness.
Mrs. Proudfoot's father, who served as a captain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, founded the town and named it Minnora in honor of his daughter.
Mrs. Proudfoot was a member of the Minnora Methodist Church and the Women's Society of Christian Service.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Florence Witt, with whom she lived; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Minnora Methodist Church with the Revs. Charles Vinson, Ruby Vinson and Kenneth Cruikshank officiating.
Burial will be in Proudfoot Cemetery near Minnora under the direction of Sinnet Funeral Home of Spencer. The body will be taken to the residence today at 6 p. m..
8260. Florence Proudfoot-4833
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 10 Jul 1914
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Florence Proudfoot Homer C. Witt
Birth Date:
Birth Place: Calhoun Co., W.Va. Calhoun Co., W.Va.
Age at Marriage: 25 30
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S U
Mother:
Father: H.G. Proudfoot S.S. WittMinnora Cemetery Listing:
Homer Witte - 1884 - 1981 Florence Witte - 1888 - 1978Note the marriage record is Witt and the cemetery record is Witte.
Minnora Cemetery Listing:
Homer Witte - 1884 - 1981 Florence Witte - 1888 - 1978Note the marriage record is Witt and the cemetery record is Witte.
5171. Joseph Knotts-4665
1900 Washington, Calhoun, WV KNOTTS, 141 Joseph...Head...Nov 1856...43...M 16Yrs...WV WV WV Dora E...Wife...Apr 1867...33...M 16 Yrs...7/3...WV WV WV Howard...Son...Sep 1885...14...S...WV WV WV Sella...Dau...Dec 1887...12...S...WV WV WV Hamilton G...Son...May 1893...7...S...WV WV WV BUTLER, Alice...Boarder...Jan 1865...35...S...WV WV WV
Dora's middle name taken from a Connolly Descendants chart of site www.lindapages.com. The chart doesn't give the author.
8265. Stella Knotts-4799
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 26 Sep 1912
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Stella Knotts Jesse Brannon
Birth Place: Calhoun Co. Calhoun Co.
Age at Marriage: 23 24
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S U
Mother: Dora Knotts D.J. Brannon
Father: Joseph Knotts Oliver Brannon
8269. Hamilton G. Knotts-4800
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 19 Aug 1920
Place Calhoun, WV
Bride Groom
Name: Ella Bailey H. G. Knotts
Birth Place: Calhoun Calhoun
Age at Marriage: 22 26
Father: Dad Bailey Joe Knotts
Her second marriage:
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 26 Aug 1908
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: A.E. Knatts H.C. Eisman
Birth Date:
Birth Place:
Age at Marriage: 40 26
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: W U
Father: Perry Mallohan (should be Mollohan)
I checked the actual image of the license. It said he was 26.I assumed she had died in Calhoun County until I found another site that said she had died in Ritchie County. She is buried in Calhoun County. Arminta's gravestone reads Arminta E. Mollohan Eisman.
8273. Ella Knotts-4823
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 30 Dec1906
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Ella Knotts C M Eisman
Birth Date:
Birth Place: Calhoun Calhoun
Age at Marriage: 20 yrs 24 yrs
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage:
Mother: E V Eislam
Father: A E Knotts S P Eisman
8279. Losie Knotts-4824
Transcribed by Francis (Kay) Walker and contributed to the MyFamily/Calhoun, Roane, Braxton & Clay Counties Tombstone site October 17, 2005
Published in The Calhoun Chronicle, Thursday, April 16, 1970
Mrs. Losie Hamilton Services Here Monday
Mrs. Losie Knotts Hamilton, a resident for many years of Minnora, died Friday, April 10, at Petersburg, Va., after a long illness.
Born at Minnora, she was a member of the Knotts Memorial Methodist church and was a member and past worth matron of the Grantsville Order of the Eastern Star. She was also a member of the White Shrine of Parkersburg.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Eileen Whitman of Big Chimney, Mrs. Naida Ellison of Norwood, Pa., Mrs. Johanne Carpenter of Grantsville, and Mrs. Jeannette Bearden of Colonial Heights, Va.; four sons, William and Dr. George L. Hamilton, both of South Charleston, John M. Hamilton of Moorefield, and Edward C. Hamilton of Levinworth, Kansas; three brothers, Harley Knotts of Fort Myers, Fla., C. A. Knotts of Canton and P. E. Knotts of Minnora; a sister, Ella Eisman [Eismon] of Spencer; a brother, R. F. Eisman [Eismon] of Cleveland; 35 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Hamilton, and one son, Howard C. Hamilton.
Funeral services were held Monday, April 13, at the Knotts Memorial Methodist church with the Rev. Manley O. Collins officiating, and burial was in Bethlehem cemetery.
8280. John Harley Knotts-4731
On his birth certificate he is John Knotts, but by the 1900 census he is being called Harley. I am assuming one or the other is his middle name. The same birthdate is on each record. His mother states on the 1900 census that she has had 10 children, and three are living. John and Harley couldn't have been twins; John Harley is the 10th child born 1900 or before.
Birth Record Detail...
Name: Harley Knotts
Birth Date: 23Jun1897
Birth Place: Minnora, Calhoun, West Virginia
Sex: Male
Mother: Armintie Mollohan
Mother's Age: 30
Mother's Birth Place: Minnora
Father: Edward C Knotts
Father's Age: 37
Father's Birth Place: CalhounBirth Record Detail...
Name: John Knotts
Birth Date: 23Jun1897
Birth Place: Minnora, Calhoun, West Virginia
Sex: Male
Mother: Arminta Mollohon Knotts
Mother's Age: 29
Mother's Birth Place: Calhoun Co
Father: Edward C Knotts
Father's Age: 36
Father's Birth Place: Calhoun CoOn the 1910 census he was living with his mother and new step-father, Harry Eisman.
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 9 Oct 1924
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Thelma Westfall Harley Knotts
Birth Place: Calhoun Co., WV Calhoun Co., WV
Age at Marriage: 22 27
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S S
Mother:
Father: W.W. Westfall A.E. Knotts
5174. Josephine 'Josie' Knotts-4748
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 23 Jun 1881
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Josie Knotts Wm H Jarvis (this is a transcription error: the actual image shows Wm. W. Jarvis)
Birth Date:
Birth Place: Calhoun Co. Calhoun Co.
Age at Marriage: 22y 22y
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: S S
Mother: Sarah
Father: Wm Knotts Thos P JarvisShe is unnamed on the birth records but the date born is available: 18 Nov 1858. But the tombstone transcription gives date of birth to be 19 Nov 1859. She said she was 22 yrs old when married. That would have made her birthdate in Nov 1858.
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 10 Feb 1895
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Josie Jarvis James McMillan
Birth Place: Calhoun Roane Co., W.Va.
Age at Marriage: 36 36
Marital Status
Prior to Marriage: W W
Mother:
Father: Wm Swatts Jordan McMillan
(transcriber error: image reads Wm. Knotts, not Swatts)
8284. Ella Jarvis-4754
Ella was enumerated with her grandparents William and Sarah Jane Knotts in the 1900 Calhoun County census. It was recorded that she was born Mar 1888 and was 12 years old.
8285. Nettie Jarvis-4751
Marriage Record Detail...
Date: 10 Mar1907
Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Bride Groom
Name: Nettie Jarvis Thomas Greathouse
Age at Marriage: 17 yrs 23 yrs
Mother: Josie McMillan
5177. Albert J. 'Pet' Knotts-4740
Middle initial from 1880 census.