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When Joseph Oliver enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War he signed in as Jospeh Dott, a name which he retained, according to John Dunkle McCrory in a letter dated 1952.
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According to family stories, Aunt Lyda Davidson, was a schoolteacher and moved to Philadelphia. She married John Davidson sometime between 1900 and 1915 and he must have died…
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From "The Daily State Journal", Parkersburg, WV, Tues, 12 Oct 1886: "Edward Ruf and sister, Lucy, attended the Exposition at Cincinnati."
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During the 1913 flood, Agnes Reid walked over the Parkersburg/Belpre Railroad Bridge carrying her infant son, Little Billy. I believe she walked from Parkersburg WV across the…
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Letter from Casper A. Ruf, Parkersburg WV, 11 Feb 1967: " (My grandparents) moved to Williamstown (WV) where they established a tannery. I used to ride the horse that ground the…
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"The Oliver boys enlisted in the Civil War. The three of them then, or previously had returned to Pittsburgh (from Illinois)....Bill served under a Colonel MacGregor, and Bill…
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Janet Oliver Smith said that William Oliver married an older woman and after her death moved away and was never heard from again.
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Granny McCualsky would ask her grandchildren if they would like some candy and if they said, "I don't care", she would reply in her Scottish accent, "If ye denna care I nay gee ya…
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My dad, Bud Ruf, said his grandmother, Minnie Fusner, loved to pop popcorn and let it overflow and fall all over the floor to make them laugh.
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Passenger lists for vessels arriving at New York in the years 1850-55, Glazier & Filby, eds. "Germans to America", 1988, v. 7 May 1854-Aug 1854, p 11: ( "Hemisphere" from Havre to…
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Graduated from Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg WV, 1922.
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Note from Agnes Reid of Belpre, Ohio to Lou Ruf of Stone Mountain, GA, circa 1962: "We are glad you are taking lessons on the fife. Your great great Uncle Don brought one from…
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David McCualsky divorced Nell Ferry McCualsky at Marietta, OH on 28 Oct 1924.
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Boy Scout Troop 13, Belpre, OH, organized 1925, W. H. Reid, Chairman.
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Appoline Hill Harvey and Hanibal Hamilton Hill were twins
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William Hill and Anthony Hill, born 1 Feb 1860, Barbour County, WV, sons of Edward & Catharine Hill, were twins.
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Magdeline Hill never married but raised Rebecca Biller, whom she adopted as an infant.
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Her family traveled to Kansas in a covered wagon while she was an infant and according to family tradition she rode in a saddle bag, The family lived in a dugout but could not…
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Her brother was Robert Owens who is also buried in the Evergreen Union Cemetery in Waverly, OH.
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