1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District, taken on 21 May 1910;
Page 212A, Family #282.
Listed as Ballard P. Mills, age 7, born in WV, in household of father, Joseph Mills.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; Bud; taken on 12 Jan 1920; Page 169A;
Image 9 of 40; Family #82/83.
Listed as Ballard T. Mills, age 17; born in WV; miner; in household of father, Joseph Mills.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1922); Page 172; WV Archives Web Site.
Ballard T. Mills; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV; married on 10 Mar 1922
Martha Maynard; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV at Floyd Lester's home, by
Phillip Graham, with Charles Maynard supplying the information.
4. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page131B Image 41
of 56; Family #423/423.
Listed as Ballard T. Mills; age 28; born in WV; married at 19; coal miner; head of household.
5. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Ballard Mills; born on 31 Oct 1902; died in Feb 1975; living at Stephenson, Wyoming Co, WV at
death; SS# 235-07-7850; card issued in WV before 1951.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1922); Page 172; WV Archives Web Site.
Ballard T. Mills; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV; married on 10 Mar 1922
Martha Maynard; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Bud, WV at Floyd Lester's home, by
Phillip Graham, with Charles Maynard supplying the information.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page131B Image 41
of 56; Family #423/423.
Listed as Martha O. Mills; age 27; born in WV; married at 18; in household of husband, Ballard T.
Mills.
1. Mercer Co, WV; Death Certificate #12959; WV Archives Web Site.
Mason C. Mills; age 5; born in 1924 in WV; son of Ballard and Martha (Maynard) Mills; died on 16
Sep 1929 in the East River District, Mercer Co, WV from tubercular meningitis; buried on 17 Sep at
Barkers Ridge; informant, Ballard Mills, Bud, WV.
1. Ancestry.com Web Site, George Wiles search, 2 Mar 2002, submitted by
Jon Arnold, devilstowerwy@yahoo.com.
George Powell Wiles; son of Elbert John and Zilpha Sturgill Wiles; born on
18 Mar 1872 in Ashe Co, NC; died on 7 Jul 1910 in Ashe Co, NC; married Flora
Parish on 5 Aug 1888 in Ashe Co, NC; children: Charlie Elbert, Guy, Lavina,
Roxy Ann, and Robert Wiles.
1. Ancestry.com Web Site, George Wiles search, 2 Mar 2002, submitted by
Jon Arnold, devilstowerwy@yahoo.com.
George Powell Wiles; son of Elbert John and Zilpha Sturgill Wiles; born on
18 Mar 1872 in Ashe Co, NC; died on 7 Jul 1910 in Ashe Co, NC; married Flora
Parish on 5 Aug 1888 in Ashe Co, NC; children: Charlie Elbert, Guy, Lavina,
Roxy Ann, and Robert Wiles.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed as Cicero B. Wiles, age 31, born in NC in Apr 1869, married 11 yrs, farmer, head of household.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed as Rosa Wiles, age 29, born in NC in Mar 1871, married 11 yrs, 5 children, all living, in
household of husband, Cicero B. Wiles.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed Wiley E. Wiles, age 10, born in NC in May 1890, in household of father, Cicero B. Wiles.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed Susana Wiles, age 8, born in NC in Feb 1892, in household of father, Cicero B. Wiles.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed Alvira Wiles, age 6, born in WV in Aug 1893, in household of father, Cicero B. Wiles.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed William Wiles, age 4, born in WV in Oct 1895, in household of father, Cicero B. Wiles.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 16/18 Jun 1900, Page 232B, Family #116.
Listed Banner Wiles, age 2, born in WV in Nov 1898, in household of father, Cicero B. Wiles.
1. 1880 Census, Buchanan Co, VA, Grundy District, taken on 5 Jun 1880, page 352B, Family #24.
Listed as James H. Mullins, age 10, born in VA, in household of father, Harvey Mullins.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell Co, WV 1858-1999", Vol II, page 232, Emily Francis
Rowe article, submitted by Geneva Steele, H.C. 61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
Emily Francis Rowe, born in 1875, daughter of Jacob H. and Tabitha Swiney
Rowe, of Pike Co, KY, married Howard Mullins. They had one daughter, Tabitha,
who married Roderfield Steele.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 7 Jan 1920, Page 261A, Family #80.
Listed as Howard Mullins, age 46, born in VA, farmer, head of household.
4. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; E.D. 24-59; taken on 20 Apr 1940; Page
1191A; Image 23 of 64; Household #193.
Listed as Howard Mullins; age 66; born in WV; married; no education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; farmer; head of household.
5. McDowell Co, WV; Death certificate #5718; WV Archives Web Site.
Howard Mullins; age 82; born 1 Feb 1873 in Buchanan Co, VA; farmer; living at Otter Branch,
Avondale, WV; son of Harvey and Hulda Mullins; died 2 Apr 1954 on Otter Branch, Avondale, WV; due
to cerebral hemorrhage with hypertension; buried 24 Apr 1954 at Iaeger, WV; informant, Roderfield
Steele
1. "The Heritage of McDowell Co, WV 1858-1999", Vol II, page 232, Emily Francis
Rowe article, submitted by Geneva Steele, H.C. 61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV
24873.
Emily Francis Rowe, born in 1875, daughter of Jacob H. and Tabitha Swiney
Rowe, of Pike Co, KY, married Howard Mullins. They had one daughter, Tabitha,
who married Roderfield Steele.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell Co, WV 1858-1999", Vol II, page 234, Jacob H. and
Tabitha Rowe article, submitted by Heather Rowe and Geneva Steele, H.C. 61,
Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873, e-mail gsteele@dvdol.com
Emily Francis Rowe was born on 10 Apr 1875.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 7 Jan 1920, Page 261A, Family #80.
Listed as Emily Mullins, age 44, born in KY, in household of husband, James H. Steele.
4. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; E.D. 24-59; taken on 20 Apr 1940; Page
1191A; Image 23 of 64; Household #193.
Listed as Emly Mullins; age 65; born in WV; married; no education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Howard Mullins.
1. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 739.
Center Township, page 012.
Listed as Edie Ramey, age 1 month, in household of grandfather, Matthew
Ramey, with mother Minerva Ramey.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 27 Jun 1900, Page 238B, Family #215.
Listed as Ede Rainey (sic Ramey), age 20, born in Mar 1880, single, 2 children, both living, in household of mother,
Minerva Ramey.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 27 Jun 1900, Page 238B, Family #215.
Listed as Jennie L. Rainey (sic Ramey), age 2, born in Feb 1898, in household of grandmother, Minerva Ramey, with
mother, Edie Ramey.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 27 Jun 1900, Page 238B, Family #215.
Listed as Thomas E.. Rainey (sic Ramey), age 2 months, born in Mar 1900, in household of grandmother, Minerva
Ramey, with mother, Edie Ramey.
1. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1873.
Melvina Rutherford was born on 11 May 1873 to Fields and Rutha J.
Rutherford.
2. Marriage Records of Wyoming Co, WV...", Vol 6, No 125, Haga, page 26.
J. Marshall Dixon, age 30, married on 28 Aug 1900 Melvina Rutherford, age
28, daughter of Fields and Jane Rutherford.
3. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 741.
Center Township, page 010.
Listed as Melvina Rutherford, age 7, in household of father, Fields
Rutherford.
4. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #216.
Listed as Vina Rutherford, age 26, in household of mother, Jane Rufherford.
5. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, Pineville, taken on 17 May 1910, Page 232A, Family #3.
Listed as Melvina Dixon, age 34, born in WV, married 11 years, 2 children, both living, head of household.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #216.
Listed as Pearl Rutherford, age 9, born in WV in Feb 1891, in household of grandmother, Jane Rufherford, with mother,
Melvina Rutherford.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, Pineville, taken on 17 May 1910, Page 232A, Family #3.
Listed as Pearl E. Dixon, age 18, born in WV, in household of mother, Melvina Rutherford Dixon.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #216.
Listed as Early E. Rutherford, age 6, born in WV in Jun 1893, in household of grandmother, Jane Rufherford, with mother,
Melvina Rutherford.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, Pineville, taken on 17 May 1910, Page 232A, Family #3.
Listed as Early E. Dixon, age 14, born in WV, in household of mother, Melvina Rutherford Dixon.
1. 1880 Census, McDowell Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 9, page 776.
Elkhorn Township, page 014.
Listed as Mathias A. England, age 9 months, born in Sep 1879, in household of father, James
England.
2. "McDowell County, WV Marriage Records" transcribed by WPA, page 98.
Tice England, age 21, married Laura Perdew, age 17, in Browns Creek District.
3. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 28 Jun 1900, Page 239A, Family #225.
Listed as Tice England, age 17, born in WV in May 1882 (sic), married less than a year, head of
household.
4. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District, taken on 19 May 1910; Page 231A, Family #307/309.
Listed as Mathias A. England; age 27; born in WV; married once for 10 yrs; farmer, head of household.
5. Wyoming Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #991.Pineville, WV Draft Board; 12 Sep 1918.
Mathias Abner England; age 41; born on 5 Sep 1878; miner for Mead Pocahontas Coal Co,
Jemand, WV; nearest relative, Laura England; medium height; blue eyes and light hair.
6. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 20 Jan 1920; Page 253B;
Family #239/260.
Listed as M.A. England; age 46; born in WV; married; coal miner; head of household.
5. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 11 Apr 1930; Page 255B;
Family #102/129.
Listed as Tice England; age 50; born in WV; married at 19; coal miner; head of household.
6. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #3167; WV Archives Web Site.
Mithias A. England; age 61; born in WV; miner; married; husband of Laura Perdue; son of un listed
parents; 6 Jan 1935 at Mullens, Wyoming Co, WV from heart failure; buried on 7 Jan 1935 at
Pineville, WV; no other information.
1. "McDowell County, WV Marriage Records" transcribed by WPA, page 98.
Tice England, age 21, married Laura Perdew, age 17, in Browns Creek District.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 28 Jun 1900, Page 239A, Family #225.
Listed as Laura F. England, age 16, born in WV in Dec 1883, married less than a year, no children,
in household of husband, Mathias A. England.
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District, taken on 19 May 1910; Page 231A, Family #307/309.
Listed as Laura F. England; age 26; born in WV; married once for 10 yrs; 3 children, 1 living;
in household of husband, Mathias A. England.
4. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 20 Jan 1920; Page 253B;
Family #239/260.
Listed as Laura England; age 34; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Mathias A. England.
5. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 11 Apr 1930; Page 255B;
Family #102/129.
Listed as Laura England; age 46; born in WV; married at 16; in household of husband, Mathias A.
England.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District, taken on 19 May 1910; Page 231A, Family #307/309.
Listed as Greenberry England; age 9; born in WV; in household of father, Mathias A. England.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District, taken on 19 May 1910; Page 231A, Family #307/309.
Listed as Dewey J. England; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Mathias A. England.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 20 Jan 1920; Page 253B;
Family #239/260.
Listed as Dewey England; age 18; born in WV; in household of father, Mathias A. England.
1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 11 Apr 1930; Page 255B;
Family #102/129.
Listed as Pearl V. England; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, Mathias A. England.
1. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 746.
Center Township, page 004.
Listed as Robert W.D. Smith, age 1, in household of father, Benjamin Smith.
2. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1879.
Robert W.D. Smith was born in 1879 to Benjamin and Emily L. Smith. No date
was listed.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1898); Page 215; WV Archives Web Site.
Ward Smith; age 21; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV; single; son of Ben and Emily; married
on 31 Oct 1898 at the house of Dick Megan; Sarah Lester; age 22; born in WV; single; living at
Hallsville, WV; daughter of Rettie.
4. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 28 Jun 1900, Page 239
A, Family #229.
Listed as Ward Smith, age 21, born in Jan 1879, farmer, head of household.
5. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, Little Davy Creek Road, taken on
5 Apr 1910, page 211A, Family #7.
Listed as Ward Smith, age 31, born in WV, married 10 years, laborer in saw mill, head of household.
6. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 193; WV Archives Website.
Robert W. Smith; age 57; born in Pineville, WV; widowed; living at Davy, WV; married on 28 Jul 1947
in Davy, WV; Rosa Gibson; age 47; born in Pineville, WV; widow; living at Davy, WV.
7. 1950 Census, McDowell Co,WV; Davy; taken 3 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 6; Dwelling #36.
Listed as Ward Smith; age 70 ; born in WV; married; unemployed; head of household.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1898); Page 215; WV Archives Web Site.
Ward Smith; age 21; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV; single; son of Ben and Emily; married
on 31 Oct 1898 at the house of Dick Megan; Sarah Lester; age 22; born in WV; single; living at
Hallsville, WV; daughter of Rettie.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 28 Jun 1900, Page 239B, Family #229.
Listed as Sarah Smith, age 16, born in May 1884, married 1 year, no children, in household of
husband, Robert W. Smith.
3. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, Little Davy Creek Road, taken on 5
Apr 1910, page 211A, Family #7.
Listed as Sarah Smith, age 26, born in WV, married 10 years, 5 children, 4 living, in household of
husband, Robert W. Smith.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #9184; WV Archives Website.
Mrs. R.W. Smith; Sarah; age 66; born in Wyoming Co, WV; married; wife of R. Ward Smith; living at
Davy, WV; daughter of Shade and Nancy (Lester) Green; died 22 Jun 1945 in Grace Hospital, Welch,
WV; due to toxic goiter (Graves Disease); buried 24 jun 1945 in Big Jenny Cemetery.
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by B. Walls; 1 Oct 2017.
" Sarah Smith
Birth 7 May 1879
Death 22 Jun 1945 (aged 66)
Burial
Big Jenny Cemetery
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 183881295"
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, Little Davy Creek Road, taken on 5 Apr 1910, page 211A,
Family #7.
Listed as Laura Smith, age 8, born in WV, in household of father, Robert W. Smith
1. 1880 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Jeffersonville District, taken on 18 Jun 1880, Page 243B, Family #245.
Listed as Gratton Thompson, age 28, born in VA, farmer, head of household.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 239B, Family #236.
Listed as Gratton Thompson, age 47, born in VA in Jan 1853, married 30 years, farmer, head of
household.
1. 1860 Census, Russell Co, VA, Dickinsonville P.O., taken on 4 Oct 1860, Page
181, Family #1222.
Listed as Lucinda Hall, age 7, born in VA, in household of father,
Patterson Hall.
2. 1870 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, taken on 4 Aug 1870, Clear Fork Township,
Tazewell Co Courthouse P.O., Page 310B, Family #60.
Listed as Lucinda Hall, age 16, born in NC, in household of father, C.
Patterson Hall.
3. FamilySearch.com, LDS Web Site, Lucinda Hall search, 11 Jan 2002, submitted
by Unknown Source.
Lucinda Hall; daughter of Paterson and Delany Hall; born on 6 Mar 1855 in
Grayson Co, VA.
4. 1880 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Jeffersonville District, taken on 18 Jun 1880, Page 243B, Family #245.
Listed as Lucinda Thompson, age 23, born in VA, in household of husband, Gratton Thompson.
5. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 239B, Family #236.
Listed as Lucinda Thompson, age 45, born in VA in Mar 1855, married 30 years, 9 children, 5 living,
in household of husband, Gratton Thompson.
1. 1880 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Jeffersonville District, taken on 18 Jun 1880, Page 243B, Family #245.
Listed as James Thompson, age 6, born in VA, in household of father, Gratton Thompson.
1. 1880 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Jeffersonville District, taken on 18 Jun 1880, Page 243B, Family #245.
Listed as William Thompson, age 11 months, born in VA in Jul 1879, in household of father, Gratton
Thompson.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 239B, Family #236.
Listed as Martha Thompson, age 10, born in VA in Jun 1889, in household of father, Gratton
Thompson.
1. 1880 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Big Creek District, taken on 15 Jun 1880, page 315B, Family #51.
Listed as Crockett Rose, age 7 months, born in WV, in household of father, William Rose.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 241A, Family #264.
Listed as Crockett Rose, age 20, born in WV in Oct 1879, married 2 years, day laborer, head of
household.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 241A, Family #264.
Listed as Caldona Rose, age 24, born in KY in May 1876, married 2 years, 3 children, all living, in
household of husband, Crockett Rose.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 241A, Family #264.
Listed as Nannie Rose, age 1, born in WV in Feb 1899, in household of father, Crockett Rose.