KYOWVA Genealogical and Historical Society
Serving the Tri-state region of Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio and Western West Virginia
Our Newsletter
The
KYOWVA Newsletter is published quarterly and is sent to each member
as part of their membership package. It not only contains organizational
information primarily of interest to the membership, but also contains
articles of interest to the genealogy community in general. If you are
not a member, here are some samples of what you are missing.
In the Current Issue
Representative Men and Women of Cabell
County
Reprint of an article written by Mary McKendree Johnson in 1929.
Several generations of the Peyton Family who lived in Barboursville,
West Virginia in the 1800's are discussed.
Barboursville Baptist Church
Sometime in the late 1950's, Doris Miller wrote this story about the
Barboursville Baptist Church for the Herald-Dispatch.
The Ridge Runners
Information reprinted from a group of publications from the 1970's
and 1980's. These publications were recently acquired by June
Ashworth, our newsletter editor, and contain family trees,
obituaries, queries, Bible records, etc. June shares two pages of
examples here and is happy to share more with anyone interested.
The Peter White Family
The Fred Lambert Papers are in notebooks on files in Marshall
University's Special Collections Library. Here is the text of a
hand-written note about the Peter White family. The note appears to
be in the handwriting of Fred Lambert.
Other Highlights
- Just as the service ended in the little chapel, the fight that had been brewing for several weeks broke out between the two factions. "They Fought at Church" tells the story about the fight at Osner's Chapel, in Centerville, Wayne County, West Virginia.
- The Churchwell Dishman family lived on Mill Branch off of Dock's Creek Road in Wayne County, West Virginia. We present two pages of genealogical information on this family - a must have if you are researching the Dishman's of West Virginia.
- The Obit Corner is where we present obituaries and funeral notices. In this issue, we have the notices for Mrs. Mina Johnson (1907), Albert G. Dial (1934), Charles Vinson (1900), Mrs. Sarah M. McCormick (1900), Mrs. Marian G. Mills, (1920), Rev. Sylvester James Damron (1918), Mrs. Varina Godfrey Christian (1967), Henon Adkins (1949), Leland D. Null (1945), John Arthur (1945), Mrs. Nellie Roach (1945) and Mrs. Bettie Barbee Porter (1945).
Remember, this is only a sampling of the gems in this issue. You can read them all in their entirety each quarter by becoming a member of KYOWVA! Get your application here.
Sample Articles from Past Issues
The Dead Flies Campaign of 1914