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This compilation abstracts four volumes of the Upshur Co. death records, covering a 75-year span from 1853-1928 including cemetery records wherever possible. The records provide first and last name of the deceased, age, date, and names of parents or burial site where available, with volume, page, and line number of the original record. Sample entry: ABBOTT, ALBERT - OCT. 23, 1854 - 20Y - R & PATSY PRITT - 1-3-112 (Vol., Page, Line) Surnames with at least 6 entries (# = many names): Abbott Alderman Alexander Alkire Allman Anderson Andrew Arbogast Armstrong Arnold Bailey Balsley Barb Bargerhoff Bartlett Bean Bell Bennett* Benson Black Blagg Bond Booth Bosley Boyles Brady Brake* Brooks Brown Bryan Buchanan Bunner Burner Burr Butcher Campbell Carpenter Carper Carter Casto* Cheuvront Chidester Childers Clark Claypole Cockran Colerider Collins Conley Cool Courtney Cox Crawford Crites* Cunningham Currence Curry Cutright* Dabney Davidson Davis Dawson Day Dean DeBarr Deen DeMoss Douglass Elmer Erwin Eskew Eurit Farnsworth Ferrell Fidler Finley Fitzgerald Fletcher Flint Fornash Foster Fox Fretwell Friel Fultz Gawthrop Geyer Gibson Gillum Gladwell Golden Gooden Goodwin Gould Green Gregory Griffeth Griffin Grim Grove Grubb Gum Hall Hamilton Hamner Hannah Harlan Harper Harris Harvey Haskins Hawkins Haymond Haynes Heavner Hefner Helmick Henderson Herndon Hersman Hess Hibbs Higginbotham Hiner Hinkle* Hodges Hollen Hoover Hornbeck Hosaflook House Howell Howes Huffman Hughes Hull Humphrey Hunt Hyre* Ireland Jack Jackson Jamison Jeffries Johns Johnson Johnston Jones Karickhoff Kelly Kesling Kettle Kiddy Kincaid King Kittle Knabenshue Knight Koon Lake Lamb Lance Landis Lane Lanham Lantz Layman Lee Leigh Lemmons Lemons Leonard Lewis* Liggett Light Linger Long Lorentz Loudin Lough Lowe Lynch Manley Marley Marple Marsh Martin Matheny Mayo McAvoy McCan McCartney McCauley McClain McCue McDermott McDowell McQuain McWhorter Mearns Mick Miles Miller* Mills Montgomery Moore Morgan Morrison Moss Musgrave Neely Neff Newlon Nicholas Nixon O'Cheltree Ogden Oldaker Osborn Osborne Osburn Ours Page Parker Paugh Pence Perry Peters Phillips* Pifer Pinnell Post Potts Poundstone Powell Price Pringle Pritt Pumphrey Queeen Radabaugh Raikes Ratcliff Ray Reed Reeder Reese Reger Regester Rexroad Reynolds Rice Riffle Riggleman Riggs Roberts Robinson Roby Rohr Rohrbough Rollins Ross Rowan Samples Sandridge Sayre Scott Sexton Sharps Shaw Sheets Sherman Shingleton Shipman Shobe Shoulders Shreve Simmons Simon Simons* Simpson Sines Slaughter Smallridge Smith* Snider Snyder Stalnaker Starcher Strader* Swick Talbott Tallman Taylor Teets Tenney* Teter Thomas Thompson Thorp Toms Townsend Trask Trusler Underwood VanGilder VanTrump Vincent Wagner Wagoner Wamsley Ward Ware Warner Watson Waugh Weaver Wentz West Westfall* White Wilfong Williams Wilson Winemiller Wingfield Wingrove Wolf Wolfe Wood Woods Woodson Wright Wyatt Yeager Young* Zickefoose Zirkle Sample entry: ADAMS, Lucella Virginia - Dec. 14, 1857 - d/o E. G. Katharine - 1-18-72 (Vol., Page, Line) Surnames with at least 6 entries in book one (* = many names): Abbott Allman Armstrong Arnold Balsley Barb Bennett Black Boyles Brady Brake Brown Burner Burr Campbell Casto* Clark Colerider Conley Crawford Crites Cunningham Curry Cutright* Davis Dean Deen Eakle Eskew Farnsworth Ferrell Flint Foster Fultz Goodin Goodwin Gould Graves Gum Hannah Harper Harris Hartman Hawkins Heavner Hefner Hess Hinkle Hodges Hoover Hornbeck Huffman Hull Hyre Johnson Jones Kesling Lance Lemmons Leonard Lewis* Linger Lorentz Loudin Lowe Marple Martin Matheny McCan McCoy McDowell McPherson Mick Miles Miller Moore Morgan Morrison Oldaker Ours Paugh Payne Perry Peters Phillips Pifer Pinnell Post Pringle Pritt Queen Radabaugh Reece Reed Reeder Reger Reynolds Riggleman Riggs Rohr Rohrbough Rollins Romine Sexton Shreve Shumaker Simon Slaughter Smith* Strader* Swick Tallman Tenney Teter Tinney Tolbert Townsend Vincent Ward Warner Waugh Westfall* White Wilfong Williams Wilson Winemiller Young Contents: Part 1: State History 1- Explorations West of the Blue Ridge 2- Indians and Moundbuilders 3- The French and Indian War 4- The Dunmore War 5- West Virginia in the Revolution 6- Subdivision and Boundaries 7- The Newspapers of West Virginia 8- Geography, Geology and Climate 9- Among Old Laws 10- Constitutional History 11- John Brown's Raid 12- The Ordinance of Secession 13- The Reorganized Government of Virginia 14- Formation of West Virginia 15- Organizing for War 16- Progress of the War 17- Chronology of the War Part 2: County History 18- Early Settlers and Indian Troubles 19- Formation of Upshur County 20- Upshur in Civil War 21- Miscellaneous History (Commercial Beginnings, Turnpikes, Rock Cave, Land Patents, Railroads, Test Wells, Newspapers, Ministers, Trading Posts, Bounty Soldiers. 22- The Birds of Upshur County. Part 3: Biography (Family History) Sample biography: OTHA W. BONNER, of Union district, Upshur County, was born in Marion County, September 22, 1848, son of Joseph and Eliza (Moran) Bonner, who were both natives of Monongalia County, but who now live in Middle Fork district of Randolph County. Amos Bonner, the grandfather of the subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch Irish descent. Eliza Moran was a daughter of Hezekiah and Rachel (Norris) Moran of French descent and were raised near Baltimore, Md. In 1861, Mr. Bonner came with his parents to Randolph County, settling near Helvetia, where they cleared out an extensive farm, which is still known as the Bonner farm. On January 1, 1870, Mr. Bonner married Jane Queen, a daughter of A. C. and Nancy (Starcher) Queen and a granddaughter of Peter Charles Queeen, whose ancestors came from Ireland at an early date. Mrs. Bonner's parents were raised on Hacker's Creek. Their children are: Florence May, Leona, Elbert, Moran, Frank, Leslie, Nellie, Joseph Sterling, Nina and Pearle. The first, third, eighth and ninth of these are now dead. At the age of seventeen Mr. Bonner began teaching school and taught fifteen terms in succession in Randolph and Upshur Counties. Finally settling at Alton, Upshur County, where offices of trust were soon thrust upon him. Such as Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of the County Court and President of the County Court. He has been a Notary Public for many years. Surnames: Adams Alexander Allman Anderson Armstrong Andrews Armstrong Ashworth Avington Bailey Bennett Bean Beer Benson Berry Beverage Black Boyles Boyd Bonner Bond Bosley Brady Brake Brain Brown Brooks Bruce Bush Butcher Calhoun Campbell Casto Carter Carper Carpenter Carr Catell Clark Colerider Core Courtney Cochran Conley Conaway Coplin Coyner Crawford Crites Crowser Currence Cunningham Curry Curtis Cutright Davis Dawson Darnall Debarr Dean Demastes Dickenson Dix Douglas Drummond Dumier Duke Eckess Edwards Elbon Engle Eskew Eurit Farnsworth Farrar Ferrell Fidler Fish Fisher Fleming Fletcher Flint Foster Fronsman Gawthrop Gillum Gladwell Gould Gooden Gregory Grim Grose Groves Guinn Gum Gutherie Hall Harris Hamner Haney Hannah Hanson Harlin Hart Hardway Harper Hawkins Haynes Haymond Havener Heck Hefner Helmick Henderson Herndon Hess Hickman Higginbotham Hiner Hinkle Hodges Holt Hollen Hook Hoover Hornbeck Howell Howes Huff Huffman Hughes Hull Hunt Hunter Hurst Hyer Hyre Jack Jackson Johnson Karickhoff Kelley Kesling Kidd Kiddy Kittle Knabenshue Koon Lance Lane Landes Lanham Latham Lawman Lemons Leonard Levinstein Lewis Liggett Limbers Linger Long Loudin Lowther Lowe Malcolm Marple Martiney Martin Mathers Matthews McAtee McCartney McClain McClay McCoy McCray McCue McDowell McLeod McQuain McVicker McWhorter Mearns Messman Mick Miles Miller Montgomery Morgan Moore Morrison Morrissette Mosby Marker Mouser Mowery Musgrave Nay Neeley Neff Nethken Newlon Nixon Norman Norvell O'Brien Ogden Osborne Osburn Ours Page Perry Phares Phillips Pickens Petsinger Pinnell Poe Poling Post Pringle Pritt Propst Proudfoot Queen Quigley Radabaugh Raikes Ratliff Reed Reger Regester Reese Rexroad Rhodes Rice Riffle Riggs Ringer Roby Rohr Rodgers Rohrbough Rollins Ross Rowan Ruble Rucker Rusmisell Scott See Sexton Sharpes Shaw Shockey Shreve Shuttleworth Simon Simpson Smith Snyder Spiker Starkey Stewart Stockert Strader Summers Talbot Talkington Tenney Teter Thomas Tomblyn Totten Townsend Trussler Tuel Vantromp Vincent Wamsley Walker Ward Ware Warner Waugh Watson Waugh Wells West Westfall Wheeler White Whitescarver Wilfong Williams Wilson Wilt Wolfe Woods Young Zickefoose Zirkle |