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• Hatfield Family

  … are West Virginia’s most famous family, known worldwide for their bloody " … the McCoys, a neighboring Tug Valley family living largely in Kentucky. Hatfields generally … as movies, plays, and songs. The Hatfield family name, often in combination with the …

• Washington Family

  … of West Virginia.Today more Washington family descendants are buried in Jefferson County … native limestone house he built and named "Harewood":http://www. … Town, still remains in the Washington family. "Charles Washington":http://www …

• Jackson Family

  … and military affairs, few West Virginia families have produced more persons of … Jackson River and Jackson Hole were named, was a prominent explorer and fur … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/942. Several family members developed important business interests, …

• Lilly Family

  … . The Lillys are also among the oldest families in southern West Virginia. While some researchers once traced the family origins to France and understood that … were so many Lillys with the same names, they were given nicknames to distinguish them …

• Sampson Sanders

  … , Virginia. Sampson’s parents moved the family across the frontier through North Carolina … .org/articles/792 about 1800. The family name is sometimes given as ‘‘ … in Cass County, Michigan, where descendants live today. These families retained the Sanders name …

• Happy Retreat

  … renamed the house Mordington, after his home in Scotland. The name Happy Retreat was restored in 1945. The original stone kitchen … site. In 2016, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Happy Retreat a National Treasure. <em>Read …

• Harewood

  Harewood, whose name derives from an English term for the sycamore tree, is … and the only one that remains in family ownership. Standing some three miles west of … maintained by the present generation of their family. <em>Read the National Register …

• Brooke County

  … formed from part of Ohio County and named in honor of Robert Brooke, governor … dead were of Chief Logan’s family and tribe, including Logan’s sister … and proud past, with many old family names still represented in the area. Efforts are being made to preserve …

• Upshur County

  … was made in the Buckhannon Valley by families named Pringle, Hacker, Cutright, Hughes, White, … County was the massacre of the Bozarth family in 1795. Beginning in 1801 with … in Upshur County and beyond. The Brooks family especially has left a major mark …

• Carpenter Family

  … Legend holds that the Elk River was named for an elk killed by Jeremiah … /2256, their repertoire often reflecting the family experience. When Benjamin was killed in … the pioneer period, was added to the family fiddling tradition. Its authorship is generally …

• Jefferson County

  … on October 26, 1801. It was named for Thomas Jefferson. The earliest permanent … land in present Jefferson County, and the family flourished there until the "Civil … .org/articles/1193. More "Washington family":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Jews

  … rural hamlets, Jewish West Virginians have worked, raised families, and participated in local civic and social … 1850s and formed a congregation in 1873. Some family names descending from these German Jews are familiar to Charlestonians today and include …

• Clendenin Family

  … (Clendinen), possibly brothers, were the progenitors of the family in America. Archibald lived on the Cowpasture … members of the family departed the Greenbrier Valley in 1788. They established Charleston, named in honor of father Charles Clendenin, who …

• Kee Family

  The Kee Family controlled the old West Virginia 5th District Congressional seat for … he had risen in seniority to be named chairman of the powerful House Foreign Affairs … As Congressman, James kept alive the family tradition of naming a close relative to be …

• Randolph County

  … /273 in 1787 and was named for Edmund Randolph, governor of … in Elkins in 1904, was named in honor of its two … became a haven for European families seeking land and opportunity in … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/867 families settled at Kingsville in 1845 …

• Ida L. Reed

  … 8, 1951) was born into a Methodist family on a hilltop farm near Philippi. … eight children, Reed experienced many illnesses and family deaths and constant poverty but persisted … dollars each. She never married, although her name is sometimes given as Smith. A …

• Nat Reese

  … Salem, Virginia. When he was four, Reese’s family moved to Itmann, Wyoming County, where coal jobs were plentiful. In 1935, the family moved to Princeton where Reese heard a rich musical mix from big-name jazz musicians, local Black musicians, and …

• Rhododendron

  … by students in the public schools. The name comes from the Greek _rhodo_, meaning … bloom. The _rhododendron maximum_, from the family Ericaceae, is found in wet woods … poisonous to cattle and deer. The family Ericaceae includes heaths and heathers, …

• Ripley

  … Starcher and received its charter December 19, 1832. It was probably named for Harry Ripley, a popular, "circuit-riding": … for the hatchet murders of three members of the Greene family, it created such a sensation that the state legislature passed …

• William M. Ritter

  … , and a foster son, Paul D. Ritter. He was buried in a family cemetery in Hughesville, Pennsylvania. William M. Ritter was a cousin of lumberman … /87 of Huntington, for whom "Ritter Park":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/89 is named.

• River Transportation

  … ‘‘Ark of the Empire’’ because of the number of immigrant families and the amount of Ohio Valley products such boats moved … River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 at Pittsburgh. Named the _New Orleans_, it was followed by thousands more. …

• Roane County

  … counties. The new county was named for Judge Spencer Roane, a … in isolation until the 1830s when families such as the Goffs, Greathouses, … , was located at a place named Walton, a few miles from … , the post office and the name were moved to Droddyville, which …

• Jack Rollins

  … including Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and the Partridge Family. Larry Groce, the host of "Mountain Stage":http:// … but Rollins and Nelson added the "the" to his name because it worked better in the song. Rollins also wrote …

• Halliehurst

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2199, for whom the town is named. The house was named for his wife, Hallie Davis Elkins, who was the daughter, wife, … tile, wood, and stone. Once a happy family residence, and the site for political and …

• St. John’s Chapel

  … Manor (built 1845, burned 1933), the traditional home of the Lewis family who were instrumental in the building of St. John’s Chapel … and was the brother of Andrew Lewis, after whom Lewisburg is named. The church was used by "Irish":http://www. …