1. McDowell Co, WV Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); WV Archives Web Site.
John Henry Smith; age 21; born at Hemphill, WV; single; Colored; married on 16 May 1948 at Havaco,
WV; Helen Virginia Baytops; age 21; born in VA; single; Colored; living at Havaco, WV.
1. 1930 Census; McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Havaco; taken on 3 Apr 1930; Page 3B; Image 6
of 26; Family #56/63.
Listed as Helen Baytops; age3 yrs, 11 mons; born in WV; Negro; in household of father, Horace
Baytops.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkins District; Havaco; E.D. 24-4; taken on 1 May 1940; Page 68A;
Image 7 of 30; Household #51.
Listed as Helen Baytops; age 13; born in WV; Negro; 4th grade education; attending school; lived in
same house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Horace Baytops.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #3476; WV Archives Web Site.
Baby Baytops; age 1 day; born 29 Jan 1948; Colored; son of Leroy Salford and Helen Baytops; died 30
Jan 1948; premature; buried 30 Jan 1948 at Havaco, WV.
4. McDowell Co, WV Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); WV Archives Web Site.
John Henry Smith; age 21; born at Hemphill, WV; single; Colored; married on 16 May 1948 at Havaco,
WV; Helen Virginia Baytops; age 21; born in VA; single; Colored; living at Havaco, WV.
5. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Helen Smith; born 10 Jul 1926; died 19 Mar 2011; last residence, Welch, WV; last benefit, Havaco, WV;
card issued in WV before 1951.
1. 1930 Census; McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Havaco; taken on 3 Apr 1930; Page 3B; Image 6
of 26; Family #56/63.
Listed as Helen Baytops; age3 yrs, 11 mons; born in WV; Negro; in household of father, Horace
Baytops.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkins District; Havaco; E.D. 24-4; taken on 1 May 1940; Page 68A;
Image 7 of 30; Household #51.
Listed as Helen Baytops; age 13; born in WV; Negro; 4th grade education; attending school; lived in
same house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Horace Baytops.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #3476; WV Archives Web Site.
Baby Baytops; age 1 day; born 29 Jan 1948; Colored; son of Leroy Salford and Helen Baytops; died 30
Jan 1948; premature; buried 30 Jan 1948 at Havaco, WV.
4. McDowell Co, WV Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); WV Archives Web Site.
John Henry Smith; age 21; born at Hemphill, WV; single; Colored; married on 16 May 1948 at Havaco,
WV; Helen Virginia Baytops; age 21; born in VA; single; Colored; living at Havaco, WV.
5. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Helen Smith; born 10 Jul 1926; died 19 Mar 2011; last residence, Welch, WV; last benefit, Havaco, WV;
card issued in WV before 1951.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Amo Township Cemetery, Cottonwood Co, MN; submitted by MarillW; 2 Nov 2010.
Floyd W. Nichols; born in 1922; died in 2008 buried here; double gravemarker photo with wife, Dorothea M.
Nichols, shown.
1. 1930 Census; McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Havaco; taken on 3 Apr 1930; Page 3B; Image 6
of 26; Family #56/63.
Listed as Dorothy M. Baytops; age 1 yr, 10 mons; born in WV; Negro; in household of father, Horace Baytops.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkins District; Havaco; E.D. 24-4; taken on 1 May 1940; Page 68A;
Image 7 of 30; Household #51.
Listed as Dorothy Baytops; age 11; born in WV; Negro; 3rd grade education; attending school; lived in same
house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Horace Baytops.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Dorothy M. Nichols; born 16 May 1928; died 30 Nov 2001; last residence, Cannonsburg, Washington Co, PA;
SS#195-24-1455; card issued in PA before 1951.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Amo Township Cemetery, Cottonwood Co, MN; submitted by MarillW; 2 Nov 2010.
Dorothea M. Nichols; born in 1928; died in 2001; buried here; double gravemarker photo with husband, Floyd
W. Nichols, shown.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkins District; Havaco; E.D. 24-4; taken on 1 May 1940; Page 68A;
Image 7 of 30; Household #51.
Listed as Eugene Baytops; age 9; born in WV; Negro; 2nd grade education; attending school; lived in same
house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Horace Baytops.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1957); Page 384; WV Archives Web Site.
Eugene Lee Baytops; age 25; born and living at Havaco, WV; single; Colored; married on 27 Apr 1957 at
Thorpe, WV; Joetta Marie Hairston; age 21; born 10 Aug at Thorpe, WV; single; Colored; living at Thorpe, WV.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Eugene Baytops; born 21 Aug 1931; died in Jun 1978; last residence, Detroit, MI; SS#235-52-0872; card
issued in WV in 1951.
4. MI Deaths, 1971-1996; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Eugene L. Baytops; born 21 Aug 1931; living in Detroit, MI; died 23 Jun 1978 in Detroit, MI.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1957); Page 384; WV Archives Web Site.
Eugene Lee Baytops; age 25; born and living at Havaco, WV; single; Colored; married on 27 Apr 1957 at
Thorpe, WV; Joetta Marie Hairston; age 21; born 10 Aug at Thorpe, WV; single; Colored; living at Thorpe, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 475; WV Archives Web Site.
Le Roy Purcell; age 25; born at Elbert, WV; divorced; Colored; living at Gary, WV; married on 30 Dec 1952 at
Gary, WV; Laura Elizabeth Baytops; age 19; born and living at havaco, WV; single; Colored.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkins District; Havaco; E.D. 24-4; taken on 1 May 1940; Page 68A;
Image 7 of 30; Household #51.
Listed as Elizabeth Baytops; age 7; born in WV; Negro; 1st grade education; attending school; lived in same
house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Horace Baytops.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 475; WV Archives Web Site.
Le Roy Purcell; age 25; born at Elbert, WV; divorced; Colored; living at Gary, WV; married on 30 Dec 1952 at
Gary, WV; Laura Elizabeth Baytops; age 19; born and living at havaco, WV; single; Colored.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Laura E. Purcell; born 29 jan 1933; died 20 Feb 2010; last residence, Detroit, MI; card issued in WV in 1951/52.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy; E.D. 24-35; taken on 15 Apr 1940;
Page 720A; Image 56 of 57; Household #405.
Listed as Ermal E. Beach; age 30; born in WV; married; 1 yr HS education; lived on US Navy vessel
in harbor at Guam on 1 Apr 1935; tippleman in coal mine; head of household.
2. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 31; Dwelling #236.
Listed as Ermel Beach; age 40; born in WV; married; loads coal in coal mine; head of household.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Ermal Beach; born 9 Aug 1909; died in Mar 1985; last residence, Davy, WV; SS#233-24-4896;
card issued in WV before 1951.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted
by B. Walls; 14 Dec 2013.
Ermal Edward Beach; born 19 Sep 1909; died 26 Mar 1985; buried here; grave marker photo shown;
"COX(SWAIN) US NAVY".
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Princess; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 24A;
Image 34 of 35; Family #179/179.
Listed as Mallie Compagna; age 9; born in WV; in household of father, Nick Compania.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy; E.D. 24-35; taken on 15 Apr 1940;
Page 720A; Image 56 of 57; Household #405.
Listed as Malie Beach; age 18; born in WV; married; 8th grade education; lived in McDowell Co, WV;
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband.
3. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 31; Dwelling #236.
Listed as Mally Beach; age 29; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Ermal E. Beach.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #1697; WV Archives Web Site.
James Patrick Beach; age 2 mons, 10 days; born 24 Nov 1942 at Davy, WV; son of
Ermale and Mallie (Company) Beach; died 3 Feb 1943 in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV;
from prematurity with gastrointeritis and upper respiratory infection; buried 4 Feb 1943
in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 31; Dwelling #236.
Listed as Rita G. Beach; age 9; born in WV; in household of father, Ermal E. Beach.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 31; Dwelling #236.
Listed as Betty Beach; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, Ermal E. Beach.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 31; Dwelling #236.
Listed as Patrick E, Beach; born in Dec 1949 in WV; in household of father, Ermal E. Beach.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted
by David A Swiger; 15 Mar 2012; headstone photo added by Brady Eanes.
Patrick Edward Beach; born 23 Dec 1949; died 26 Oct 2005; buried here; headstone photo shown;
"BM3 US NAVY VIETNAM".
1. 1910 Census, Kings Co, NY; Brooklyn; taken on 26 Apr 1910; Page 161A; Image 41 of 75;
Family #217/403.
Listed as Nick Compania; age 21; born in Italy; laborer; in household of father, Ben Compania.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1919); Page 53; WV Archives Web Site.
Nick Company; age 28; born in Italy; single; miner; living at War, WV; parents dead;
was issued a license to marry on 9 Aug 1919; Ella Rose Crockett; age 24; born in Tazewell
Co, VA; single; daughter of George and ______; returned unused on 22 Sep 1919.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; War; taken on 9 Jan 1920; Page 53B;
Image 16 of 41; Family #152/154.
Listed as Nick Company; age 31; born in Italy; single; immigrated to US in 1911; naturalized
in 1914; laborer in Coal mine; boarder in household of Mike Oeesi.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Princess; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 24A;
Image 34 of 35; Family #179/179.
Listed as Nick Compagna; age 40; born in Italy; married at 22; immigrated to Us in 1909; coal
miner; head of household.
5. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Erin; E.D. 24-37; taken on 15/16 Apr
1940; Page 753B; Image 21 of 35; Household #148.
Listed as Nick Company; age 50; born in Italy; married; no education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; coal loader in mine; head of household.
6. McDowell Co, WV; WW II Draft Registration Card #U-172; 27 Apr 1942; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Nick Company; age 53; born 2 Nov 1888 in Guardvalle, Italy; living at Roderfield, WV; employed
by Premier Pocahontas Colleries Co, Premier, WV; person who will always know address, Susie
Company, Roderfield, WV; 5'6" tall; 140 lbs; brown eyes; gray hair; dark complexion.
7. Social Security death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Nick Company; born 20 Nov 1888; died in Nov 1968; last residence, Bristol, VA; SS#232-14-9793;
card issued in NC or WV before 1951.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Princess; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 24A;
Image 34 of 35; Family #179/179.
Listed as Susie Compagna; age 39; born in Italy; married at 20; immigrated to US in 1920; in
household of husband, Nick Compania.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Erin; E.D. 24-37; taken on 15/16 Apr
1940; Page 753B; Image 21 of 35; Household #148.
Listed as Susie Company; age 48; born in Italy; married; no education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Nick Company.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #15941; WV Archives Web Site.
Mrs. Susie Company; age 58 yrs, 2 mons, 16 days; born 15 Aug 1889 in Italy; married;
wife of Nick Company, age 60; housewife; living at Roderfield, WV; daughter of Toni
Pierre and unknown mother; died 1 Nov 1947 in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV; from
heart failure due to a coronary occlusion; buried 4 Nov 1947 in Iaeger Memorial, Roderfield, WV.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls, 9 Mar 2014.
Susie Company (sic, Compagna); born in 1860; died in 1947; Buried here; headstone photo shown;
"ASLEEP IN JESUS".
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Princess; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 24A;
Image 34 of 35; Family #179/179.
Listed as Tonie Compagna; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Nick Compania.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Erin; E.D. 24-37; taken on 15/16 Apr
1940; Page 753B; Image 21 of 35; Household #148.
Listed as Tonie Company; age 17; born in WV; 2 yrs HS education; not attending school; lived
in same house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Nick Company.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #14436; WV Archives Web Site.
Virginia Company; age 2hrs; born and died 8 Nov 1928 at Roderfield; parents
Nick and Susie (Jessentue?) Coampany; from heart failure; malformation;
buried 9 Nov 1928 at Roderfield, WV; informant, Nick Company, Roderfield, WV.
1. 1910 Census, Kings Co, NY; Brooklyn; taken on 26 Apr 1910; Page 161A; Image 41 of 75;
Family #217/403.
Listed as Ben Compania; age 47; born in Italy; married once; laborer; head of household.
1. 1910 Census, Kings Co, NY; Brooklyn; taken on 26 Apr 1910; Page 161A; Image 41 of 75;
Family #217/403.
Listed as Rose Compania; age 43; born in Italy; married once for 22 yrs; 1 child, 1 living;
in household of husband, Ben Compania.