1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Main Long Pole; E.D. 24-57; taken on 6 Apr 1940;
Page 1088A; Image 11 of 74; Household # 97.
Listed as IrelandTrent; age 8; born in WV; no education; attending school; lived in same place on 1 Apr
1935; in household of father, Arthur Trent.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 72; WV Archives Web Site.
Beauford Phillips; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV (sic, born in TN); single; miner; living at Capels,
WV; son of George and Sarah; married on 2 Oct 1934 at Capels, WV; Virginia Jackson; age 19; born
in McDowell Co, WV; living at Capels, WV; daughter of Ed and Elsie.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Capels; E.D. 24-34; taken on 11 Apr 1940;
Page 686B; Image 24 of 36; Household #175.
Listed as Beuaford Phillips; age 26; born in TN; married; 1 yr HS education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; coal miner; head of household.
3. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: Ancestry.com WV Site.
"Name: Beauford Clay Phillips
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1914
Birth Place: Briceville, Tennessee, USA
Residence: Capels, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Occupation: NW Birur And Pace Coal Co
Weight: 155
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: Virginia Phillips
Relationship: Wife
Household Members:
Name
Beauford Clay Phillips "
4. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); Page 150; WV Archives Web Site.
Beauford Clay Phillips; age 33; born in TN; divorced; living at Capels, WV; married on 14 Feb 1948
at Welch, Margaret Jones; age 32; born at War, WV; divorced; living at Roderfield, WV.
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer Co, WV; submitted by
F. Hylton; 23 Jun 2012.
Buford Clay Phillips; born 29 Mar 1914; died in Sep 1987; buried here; double grave marker photo
shown with second wife, Margaret Jones Phillips.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); Page 150; WV Archives Web Site.
Beauford Clay Phillips; age 33; born in TN; divorced; living at Capels, WV; married on 14 Feb 1948
at Welch, Margaret Jones; age 32; born at War, WV; divorced; living at Roderfield, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer Co, WV; submitted by
F. Hylton; 23 Jun 2012.
Margaret Jones Phillips; born 7 Nov 1915 at War, McDowell Co, WV; died 22 Sep 2001 in Charleston,
Kanawha Co, WV; double grave marker photo show with husband, Beuford C. Phillips.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 72; WV Archives Web Site.
Beauford Phillips; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV (sic, born in TN); single; miner; living at Capels,
WV; son of George and Sarah; married on 2 Oct 1934 at Capels, WV; Virginia Jackson; age 19; born
in McDowell Co, WV; living at Capels, WV; daughter of Ed and Elsie.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Capels; E.D. 24-34; taken on 11 Apr 1940;
Page 686B; Image 24 of 36; Household #175.
Listed as Beuaford Phillips; age 26; born in TN; married; 1 yr HS education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; coal miner; head of household.
3. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: Ancestry.com WV Site.
"Name: Beauford Clay Phillips
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1914
Birth Place: Briceville, Tennessee, USA
Residence: Capels, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Occupation: NW Birur And Pace Coal Co
Weight: 155
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: Virginia Phillips
Relationship: Wife
Household Members:
Name
Beauford Clay Phillips "
4. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); Page 150; WV Archives Web Site.
Beauford Clay Phillips; age 33; born in TN; divorced; living at Capels, WV; married on 14 Feb 1948
at Welch, Margaret Jones; age 32; born at War, WV; divorced; living at Roderfield, WV.
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer Co, WV; submitted by
F. Hylton; 23 Jun 2012.
Buford Clay Phillips; born 29 Mar 1914; died in Sep 1987; buried here; double grave marker photo
shown with second wife, Margaret Jones Phillips.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 72; WV Archives Web Site.
Beauford Phillips; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV (sic, born in TN); single; miner; living at Capels,
WV; son of George and Sarah; married on 2 Oct 1934 at Capels, WV; Virginia Jackson; age 19; born
in McDowell Co, WV; living at Capels, WV; daughter of Ed and Elsie.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Capels; E.D. 24-34; taken on 11 Apr 1940;
Page 686B; Image 24 of 36; Household #175.
Listed as Virginia Phillips; age 21; born in WV; married; 1 yr HS education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Beuford Phillips.
3. Greenville Co, VA; Death Certificate #74-010371; Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014; Ancestry.com
Web Site.
Virginia Jackson Phillips; age 56; born 12 Sep 1918 at Welch, WV; divorced; housewife; living at 316
Church Street, Emporia, VA; daughter of Ulysses E. and Elsie (Miller) Jackson; died 17 Apr 1974 in
Greenville Memorial Hospital, Emporia, VA; due to cardie-pulmonary collapse; with severe rhuematoid
arthritis; body removed for burial in Roderfield Cemetery, Roderfield, WV; informant, Mrs.Joyce Ritter
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site: Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 13 Dec 2013.
Virginia Kathryn Phillips; born 12 Sep 1918; died 17 Apr 1974; buried here; headstone photo shown;
"AT REST IN HEAVEN".
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Capels; E.D. 24-34; taken on 11 Apr 1940;
Page 686B; Image 24 of 36; Household #175.
Listed as George C. Phillips; age 2; born in WV; in household of father, Beuford Phillips.
1. 1930 Census, Mingo Co, WV; Magnolia District; Blackberry; taken on 19 Apr 1930; Page 241A;
Image 12 of 22; Family #45/45.
Listed as Sarah Phillips; age 25; born in KY; married at 21; in household of husband, Landon L.
Phillips.
1. 1860 Census, McDowell Co, VA, Family 66.
"First Families of McDowell Co, West Virginia", Evans, page 11.
2. 1870 Census, McDowell Co, WV, page 10, taken 21 July 1870.
Big Creek Township, Tug River P.O. Family #67.
Listed as Alexander A. Beavers, age 15, in household of father, James W.
Beavers
3. "Marriage Records of McDowell Co, WV,...", page 7.
Alexander A. Beavers, age 19, married Mary Barnett, age 15, on 14 Feb 1874.
Marriage Record, McDowell Co, WV, Book 1, 1865-1896, page 137 (104).
He was born in Tazewell Co, VA; she in McDowell Co, WV.
No parents were listed.
4. Ancestry.com Web Site, 21 Sep 2000, Arminda Beavers search, submitted by
hannah@netscope.net.
Alexander Beavers married first Mary Barnett; second Martha Asbury on 13 Apr
1882 in Tazewell Co, VA.
5. "Compiled Tazewell Co Birth Index" "A B C D", Tazewell Co, VA Web Site
Alexander Beavers, son of James W. and Amanda Elizabeth Whitt Beavers, was
born on 24 Jul 1854 in Tazewell Co, VA.
6. 1880 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Big Sandy Township, taken on 25 Jun 1880, Page
320A, Family #131.
Listed as Alexander Beavers, age 25, born in VA, farm laborer, married, in
household of father, James W. Beavers. Apparently his family is listed
elsewhere in this census.
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #74-042694; WV Archives Web Site.
Laban Gray Phillips; age 65; born 23 Feb 1909 in VA; widowed; this is his second marriage; 3rd grade
education; living at Box 903, Welch, WV; son of Charles Jackson and Phebe (Farmer) Phillips; married
on 19 Sep 1974 in Tazewell, VA; Belva Stokes, maiden name Hatfield; age 56; born 30 Mar 1918 in WV;
widow; this is her second marriage; 4 yrs HS education; living at Box 92, Coal Mountain, Wyoming Co,
WV; daughter of Lightburn and Fleety (Toler) Hatfield.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Brenda Hatfield; 12 Oct 2012; headstone photo added by B. Walls.
Laban Gray Phillips; born in 1909 in VA; died 17 Aug 1975 in Welch, WV; buried here; headstone photo
shown' "NONE KNEW HIM BUT TO LOVE HIM"; newspaper obit posted and transcribed;
"Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tuesday, August 19, 1975Laban Gray Phillips Sr.
Laban Gray Phillips, Sr., 66,
of Maitland, died Sunday in a
Welch hospital following a long
illness.
Born in Hazel, Va., he was a
son of the late Charles and
Pheoba Phillips. He had been a
resident of McDowell County
for the greater part of his life
and had resided in Gary and
Maitland for the past 14 years.
He was a retired miner and a
member of UMWA.
Besides his parents, he was
preceded in death by two
brothers, Grady and Oscar
Phillips, his first wife, Gracie,
and one sister, Ella Pardue.
Survivors include his wife,
Belva Phillips of Maitland; two
sons, Laban Phillips, Jr., of
Maitland, Barney Phillips of
Welch; four daughters, Mrs.
Doris Phillips of Welch, Mrs.
Irene Wooten of Maitland, Mrs.
Bernard (Pearline) Johnson of
Coalwood, Mrs. Alvin (Teena)
Fox of Gary; five sisters, Mrs.
Lillie Kiser, Mrs. Nancy
Laforce, Mrs. Mossie Ray, all of
Dante, Va., Mrs. Light Eller
Hatfield of Coal Mountain, Mrs.
Margaret Witt of Johnson City,
Tenn.; one brother, Clovis
Phillips of Lansing N. C; three
step-children, Carol Dorton of
Marianna, Susan Shields and
Kendall Stokes, both of Coal
Mountain; five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
in Welch with Rev. Stollie
Parsons officiating. Burial will
follow in Iaeger Memorial
Cemetery at Roderfield.
The body will remain at the
funeral home where friends
may call from 5-9 p.m. today. "
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Clear Fork District, taken on 31 Jan 1920, Page 214A, Family #164.
Listed as Belva Hatfield, age 1 yr, 9 months, born in WV, in household of father, Lightburn Hatfield.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Clear Fork District; Cub Creek Road; taken on 18 Apr 1930; Page
173B; Family #160/162.
Listed as Belva Hatfield; age 12; born in WV; in household of father, Lightburn Hatfield.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1942); Page 434; WV Archives Web Site.
Samuel Stokes, Jr; age 22; born at Landville, WV; single; living at Guyan, WV; son of Samuel and
Bessie Stokes; married on 13 Jun 1942 at Simon, WV; Belva Hatfield; age 24; born and living at
Guyan, WV; single; daughter of Light and Fletty Hatfield.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Hatfield Cemetery, Coal Mountain, Wyoming Co, WV; submitted by
Brenda Hatfield; 4 Apr 2012.
Belva Hatfield Stokes; born 1918 in Guyan, Wyoming Co, WV; died in 1996 in WV; buried here;
funeral home grave marker photo shown; personal photos posted.
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Terry; 20 Mar 2015.
" Andrew “Andy” Blackburn
Birth 1847
Virginia, USA
Death 1920 (aged 72–73)
West Virginia, USA
Burial Unknown
Memorial ID 143945323 "
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Terry; 20 Mar 2015.
" Margaret “Peggy” Mounts Blackburn
Birth Dec 1852
Kentucky, USA
Death 1905 (aged 52–53)
Kentucky, USA
Burial Unknown
Memorial ID 143946989"