Virginia

Virginia WW2 NMCG Casualty List – D Surnames

DALTON, Elwood Allen, Ship’s Cook 1c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Carrie Pearl Shields, Rt. 2, Lynchburg. DAMERON, Carlyle Flournoy, Electrician’s Mate 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Bettie Francis Dameron, Crozier. DANCE, Robert Christian, Ensign, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Ruth Warters Dance, 501 W. Ocean Ave., Norfolk. DANIEL, Herbert O., Pvt., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Herbert O. Daniel, Altavista. DARBY, Carl M. Pvt., USMCR. Son, Master Robert C. Darby, Box 155, Hamilton. DAVENPORT, Joseph Mitchell, Seaman 2c, USNR. Father, Mr. James W. Davenport, Millenbeck. DAVIDSON, Howard Lee, Jr., Fireman 1c, USN. Father, Mr. Howard Lee Davidson, Sr., Rt. 30, Box 76, Lynchburg. DAVIDSON, William H., … Read more

Virginia WW2 NMCG Casualty List – P Surnames

PALMER, James Dickerson, Lieutenant (jg), USNR. Mother, Mrs. Irmyr dickerson Palmer, 103 Pin Oak Rd., Hilton Village, Newport News. PALMER, Thomas Rotton, Chief Watertender, USN. Wife, Mrs. Vivienne Schofield Palmer, Rt. 2, Box 444-B, Portsmouth. PALUMBO, Patrick Nick, Seaman 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. M. McCaskill, 1104 Holt St., Norfolk. PAMPERIN, Robert Walter, Shipfitter 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Mary A. Lotsey, Gloucester Point. PARKER, Alvin Kit, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Mary G. Parker, 807 Everett St., richmond. PARKER, Donald Harvey, Seaman 2c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Dora Ethel T. Parker, Greenbrier Farms, Rt. 3, Box 133, Norfolk. PARKER, John A., Jr., … Read more

Virginia WW2 NMCG Prisoners of War

BRADLEY, James Vincent, Jr., Major, USMC. Wife, Mrs. James V. Bradley, Jr., 418 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk. (Later address: San Diego, Calif.) DIAZ, Arthur Irving, Chief Pharmacist’s Mate, USN. Wife, Mrs. Margaret E. Diaz, 622 S. Patrick St., Alexandria. ELLIOTT, Roland Charles, Quartermaster 3c, USN. Father, Mr. David Winder Elliott, Painter. FANTONE, John Sheppard, 1st Lieutenant, USMC. Mother, Mrs. James E. Fantone, 1405 Claremont Ave., Norfolk. GALLAGHER, Robert Anthony, Lieutenant, USN. Wife, Mrs. Susan K. Gallagher, 503 W. Washington St., Petersburg. GAY, William Burton, Machinist’s Mate 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Gay, Gwynn. GILMORE, Charles Campbell, Chief Radioman, … Read more

Virginia WW2 NMCG Casualty List – O Surnames

OBENCHAIN, Fred Alvin, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Nettie Pearl Obenchain, Rt. 3, Box 39, Roanoke. OGDNE, William Stephen, Machinist’s Mate 2c, USN. Wife, Mrs. Joan Ogden, 851 24th St., Newport News, (Later address, Jacksonville, Fla.) OLINGER, Nimrod C., 1st Lieutenant, USMCR. Father, Mr. Luther H. Olinger, Marshall. OLIVER, Earl P., Pfc., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Oliver, 1334 Crescent St., NW, Roanoke. O’NEAL, Charles Bertram, Chief Machinist’s Mate, USN. Wife, Mrs. Maxine O’Neal, 724 N. Elm Ave., Portsmouth. ORDEL, Robert Fred, Torpedoman’s Mate 2c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur William Ordel, Sellers Ave., Lexington. ORNDORFF, Paxton … Read more

Virginia WW2 NMCG Casualty List – Y Surnames

YACKEE, Raymond Frances, Carpenter’s Mate 2c, USN. Wife, Mrs. Ann Loretta Yackee, 523 Ocean View Ave., Norfolk. YATES, Jack Walter, Pvt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jett L. Yates, North Tazewell. YEATES, Arthur Bernard, Jr., Lieutenant, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bernard Yeartes, Sr., 1804 E. Ocean View Ave., Norfolk. YEATTS, Kelly Junior, Storekeeper 3c, USN. Father, Mr. Bennie Lee Yeatts, Rt. 3, Danville. YOUNG, Brooks C., 1st Lieutenant, USMCR. Mother, Mrs. H. T. Young, 1742 Berkeley Ave., Petersburg. YOUNG, Kenneth D., Carpenter’s Mate 3c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Angelia Young, 415 Groat St., Cameron.

Virginia WW2 NMCG Casualty List – N Surnames

NAVE, Frank Thomas, Motor Machinist’s Mate 2c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. thomas Falls Nave, Highland Apt., 26 Old Glebe Rd., Arlington. NEISH, Calvin G., Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Annie E. Neish, Rt. 1, Springfield. NELMS, Thomas E., Pvt., USMCR. Father, Mr. James T. Nelms, Jr. 754 32d St., Newport News. NELSON, Charlis, Mess Attendant 2c, USN. Father, Mr. Eddie Nelson, Appomattox. NELSON, Daniel, Fireman 2c, USN. Father, Mr. James Nelson, Rt. 3, Box 48, Cumberland. NELSON, George L., Pvt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Nelson, Rt. 1, Ewing. NELSON, Robert Kolden, Ensign, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy … Read more

Biography of John E. Bowcock

John E. Bowcock, attorney at law of St. Louis, has since 1911 been connected with the division of building inspection in this city, having studied and specialized in this branch of law, so that he has become a recognized expert in this branch of the profession. He came to this city from the Atlantic seaboard, his birth having occurred in McGaheysville, Rockingham county, Virginia, February 23, 1860. He is a son of the late Jesse L. Bowcock, a native of Virginia and of English lineage, the family having been founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war. He took up … Read more

Biography of Thomas Keith Skinker

In a history of the representative members of the legal profession in St. Louis it is imperative that mention be made of Thomas Keith Skinker, owing tc the prominence which he has attained as a most able member of the bar. He is also widely known as a citizen of progressive spirt who in various ways has contributed to the upbuilding and development of city and state. A son of Thomas and Jane (Neilson) Skinker, who came from Virginia to Missouri and settled in St. Louis in 1838, he was born in this city on the 9th of June, 1845. … Read more

Biography of Edward Watts Saunders, M. D.

Dr. Edward Watts Saunders, who for forty-three years has engaged in the practice of medicine in St. Louis and who is now professor emeritus of pediatrics and clinical obstetrics in the medical department of Washington University, was born in Campbell county, Virginia, on the 15th of October, 1854, a son of Robert C. and Caryetta (Davis) Saunders. His father was a Civil war veteran, serving as captain of Company A of the Eleventh Virginia Infantry of the Confederate army and winning promotion to the rank of major. In the maternal line was Captain Eugene Davis under General J.E.B. Stuart. He … Read more

Pamunkey Government and Tribal Laws

In government the tribe is a true democracy over which however the State of Virginia exercises a kindly supervision. The State appoints five trustees to look after the interest of the Indians. No reports of these trustees could be found on file at the office of the governor of Virginia and their only function that could be ascertained to have been performed was the disapproval of certain sections in the Indian code of laws. Laws thus disapproved are expunged from the statute book. The tribe is not taxed but they pay an annual tribute to the State by presenting through … Read more

Language of the Pamunkey

One visiting Indian town at the present day would not find a vestige of the Pamunkey language even in the names of persons or things. In 1844 Rev. E. A. Dalrymple collected the following seventeen words which so far as the writer can ascertain are all that remain of the language of the Pamunkey Indians proper: Tonshee= son. Nucksee= daughter. Petucka= cat. Kayyo= thankfulness. O-ma-yah= O my Lord. Kenaanee= friendship. Baskonee= thank you. Eeskut= go out dog. Nikkut= one. Orijak= two. Kiketock= three. Mitture= four. Nahnkitty= five. Vomtally= six. Talliko= seven. Tingdum= eight. Yantay= ten. The vocabulary recorded by Captain … Read more

Biography of Leander Stillwell, Judge

Judge Leander Stillwell, now retired from the active duties of his profession, living at Erie, was one of the two pioneer attorneys who composed the first bar of Erie, and located there in 1868, nearly half a century ago. Aside from the amount of work he had performed as a lawyer and citizen, the chief distinction of his life rests upon his record of service, continued through nearly twenty-four years, as a judge of the district court. He is of English and Scotch ancestry. The first Stillwells on coming from England settled on Long Island, New York, in the seventeenth … Read more

Biography of Frank W. Thomas

Frank W. Thomas, who had had an active connection with the Atchison, Topeka & Sapta Fe Railway Company since 1902 and is superintendent of apprentices, with headquarters at Topeka, is the only member of his family, a very brilliant and prominent Virginia household, to leave the state. Mr. Thomas was born in Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, nine miles from the historic town of Roanoke. His father, C. Y. Thomas, was a man of more than ordinary distinction in Virginia in the last half of the nineteenth century. From an early age he was almost constantly in public life and held … Read more

Biography of Elisha Wesley McComas, Hon.

While the years of his greatest activity and achievement, the period which made him a national figure, were spent in other localities, a special interest attaches to the career of Elisha W. McComas in Kansas, not only because he lived in that state for many years, but members of his family still reside there. He was born in Cabell County in Old Virginia, the second in a family of six sons. His father was a prominent man in Old Virginia, served several terms in Congress, filled a position on the local bench, and other places of honor. The early life … Read more

Biography of James Madison Harvey

James Madison Harvey, fifth governor of the State of Kansas, was born in Monroe County, Virginia, September 21, 1833, and was the second child and oldest son of Thomas Jefferson and Margaret (Walker) Harvey. His ancestors for several generations were Virginians. His paternal ancestor in America was Henry Harvey, who came from England about 1725, settling in Orange County. Henry Harvey’s son John was the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketeh. Other ancestors of the colonial period were Michael Woods of Albermarle County, who was a deseendant of a Yorkshire trooper of Cromwell’s army; Capt. Henry Walker, who … Read more

Biography of George Mitchell

George Mitchell was the son of Rev. John Mitchell and his first wife, Catherine Margaret Teter. John Mitchell was born at Dawston, Lancashire, England, May 1, 1763, and came to America in 1774. He lived in Hampshire, Rockingham, and Harrison (later Lewis) counties, Virginia. He died April 29, 1840, and his tombstone is still standing in the old Harmony churchyard near Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, where he had “preached the Gospel forty years.” This John Mitchell, Mrs. Guernsey’s greatgrandfather, according to the records in the War Department and Pension Office, served as a private in the Virginia militia … Read more

A Surnames – Virginia Wills before 1799

A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills, arranged alphabetically from Adams to Wright. Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. ADAMS, GABRIEL Loudoun Co., Va. Will filed June 9, 1761. wife Elizabeth Adams bro. William Adams s. Philip Adams Two other sons ADAMS, ROBERT Campbell Co., Va. Will filed May 6, 1790. wife Mary s. Charles Adams s. Robert Adams s. Joel Adams s. William Adams s. John Adams s. James Adams s. George Adams s. Christopher Adams s. Edward Adams d. Polly Adams … Read more

B Surnames – Virginia Wills before 1799

A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills, arranged alphabetically from Adams to Wright. Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. BABER, ROBERT Campbell Co., Va. Will filed Dec. 6, 1786. wife Jane s. William Baber s. John Baber s. James Baber d. Jane Farmer d. Mary Perrin g.s. Charles Perrin g.s. Robert Perrin g.s. Robert Heynes BALL, VALENTINE Amherst Co., Va. Will filed March 5, 1770. wife Susannah d. Jane Ball, legal heir William Ball, legal heir James Ball, legal heir Lewis Ball, legal … Read more

L Surnames – Virginia Wills before 1799

A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills, arranged alphabetically from Adams to Wright. Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. LACKEY, WILLIAM Amherst Co., Va. Will filed June 6, 1772. wife Eve s. John Lackey Executors James Lackey Andrew Lackey Samuel Lackey LACON, FRANCIS Prince William Co., Va. Will filed May 28, 1744. wife Jane LAMASTER, RICHARD Amherst Co., Va. Will filed June 3, 1776. bro. Abraham Lamaster bro. Ralph Lamaster mother Ann Lamaster LANE, WM. CARR Loudoun Co., Va. Will filed Dec, 10, … Read more

H Surnames – Virginia Wills before 1799

A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills, arranged alphabetically from Adams to Wright. Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. HAGER, HENRY Prince William Co., Va. Will filed March 28, 1737. wife Anna Catherine g.d. Anna Fishback g.d. Eliz. Fishback g.s. Henry Fishback g.s. John Fishback g.s. John Hoffman g.d. Agnes Hoffman g.d. Anna Hoffman HAGUE, JOHN Loudoun Co., Va. Will filed Aug. 10, 1767. wife Ann s. Francis Hague s. Samuel Hague s. Jonah Hague HAIRSTON, SAMUEL Campbell Co., Va. Will filed April … Read more