West Virginia 1880-1940

[Bay89]

Hello! After my wife and I took an ancestry DNA test we have been really thrilled and intrigued. I started tracing my paternal geneaology 8 years ago amd came a long way. So now with my help, my wife has built a motivation and  passion to trace her maternal genealogy. To leave the story and legacy to our children to keep alive for many more generations.

That being said, I absolutely LOVE that this site was created and there are so many helpful and insightful members here gathered together. Thank you it is refreshing to know our history will not be lost and forgotten in time.

My wife name is Cassandra. Her great grandmother was

-Myrtle Adkins [(Massey)maiden name]
Born Aug. 9 1925
Died 2006
By age 14 she was living on Cabin Creek Kanawha county West Virginia.

-siblings
Edith
Mable
James

Myrtle (Massey) Adkins:
Father: John William Massey died before 1940
Mother: Rose Elizabeth Perdue or Purdue born between 1890-1905

We are having trouble finding the parents of Rose Perdue (Purdue) married surname Adkins

Thanks for any help!!

[*Sandra*]

Register and you can search for free on family search -

Marriage George Perdew to Hester A Pauley - 17 October 1878  Boone County, West Virginia.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTQV-H4B


1900 census Cabin Creek district (Precincts 1 & 12-13), Kanawha, West Virginia.

George Perdew   41 West Virginia
Hester A Perdew 39 West Virginia
Robert Perdew   19 West Virginia
Laura Perdew   15 West Virginia
Sarah J Perdew    13 West Virginia
Patterson Perdew 11 West Virginia
Simon D Perdew 7 West Virginia
John Perdew   4 West Virginia
Bessie Perdew 1   West Virginia

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CG-J47
 

1910 census    Winifrede, Kanawha, West Virginia.

George Perdew   52 Born 1858 West Virginia.
Hester A Perdew 48 Born 1862. West Virginia.
David Perdew   18
John Perdew   14
Bessie Perdew   12
Rosa Perdew   8
Babe Perdew   5

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPN6-26V

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

George Perdew - 1857 - 1939 (obituary attached) Charleston Gazette
December 25, 1939

Massey Cemetery Winifrede, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41141927/george-perdue

Hester Ann Pauley Perdew - 1860 - 1951 (with photograph)

Massey Cemetery Winifrede, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41141960/hester-ann-perdue

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=1984246&ImageNumber=40

   
Robert Lee Perdue 1877–1964 (with obituary attached)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41141891/robert-lee-perdue
   
Mary Ann Perdue Estep 1879–1945

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41118622/mary-ann-estep
   
Edith Perdue Estep 1882–1941

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41118561/edith-estep

Laura Perdue Duncan 1884–1958

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41142232/laura-duncan

   
Sarah Jane Perdue Foster 1888–1971 (with obituary)


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85687630/sarah-jane-foster


Rosa Elizabeth Perdue Massey 1901–1975

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11491820/rosa-elizabeth-massey

Babe Perdue 1905–1957 (with obituary attached)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41142422/babe-perdue

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

1920 census Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia.

Willie Massey   22
Rosa Massey   18
Ruby M Massey   0

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLW-SZ3

1930 census Mountains of Fields Creek. Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia.

Willie Massey   32 Rosie Massey   28
Ruby Massey   11 James Massey   9
Mrytle Massey   4 Edith Massey   2

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4Y-QZD

1940 census Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia.

Rasa Massey   37
James Massey   19
Myrtle Massey   14
Edith Massey   11
Mabel Massey   8

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CF-7XT

John William Massey - 14 August 1896 - 22 July 1933 Winifrede, Kanawha, West Virginia. (with obituary)

Charleston Daily Mail - July 23, 1933

R. F. C. Worker Is Killed in Landslide
Caught in a slide of earth where 75 men were working, Willie Massey, of Winifrede, an R. F. C.
worker on the Kanawha county roads, was killed Saturday on Field creek, three and one-half
miles above Winifrede Junction in Cabin Creek district.
Massey with the other R. F. C. workers was digging at the foot of an em bankm ent along the
road when the slide occurred, burying him. Two others were injured, but not seriously, and are patients in Charleston hospitals. They are Claude Pauley, of Chesapeake, and James Estep, of
Winifrede, both R. F. C. workers.



FIND A GRAVE

Massey Cemetery Winifrede, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11491805

Sandra

[Bay89]

Wow Sandra thank you so much...we are just amazed at all of this we are writing it down and soaking it in
...we now wonder who the parents of Hester Pauley were..?

[RJ137]

There is a tree at Family Search that has all the information on this family with sources linked.

Don't see a need to copy & paste what work someone else has done.

Here's the link:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGK7-DK7

[*Sandra*]

Pleased to help and hope the links help you. Shout if you need more. Always someone willing to happily help 

Take no notice of RJ137 - he is not a moderator on this site but likes to share his outspoken opinions.  We all have respect for those who are new members and may not be aware of what is available.

Wow Sandra thank you so much...we are just amazed at all of this we are writing it down and soaking it in
...we now wonder who the parents of Hester Pauley were..?

Robert Pauley 1824 Kanawha, Virginia and Rebecca Bowder 1835 - Mason, Fairfax, Virginia.

Jefferson, Kanawha, West Virginia 1870

Robert Pauley 45
Rebecca Pauley 35
George W Pauley 10
Hester A Pauley 7
Priscilla Pauley 5

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ42-Y42

Sandra

[Bay89]

Pleased to help and hope the links help you. Shout if you need more. Always someone willing to happily help 

Take no notice of RJ137 - he is not a moderator on this site but likes to share his outspoken opinions.  We all have respect for those who are new members and may not be aware of what is available.

Wow Sandra thank you so much...we are just amazed at all of this we are writing it down and soaking it in
...we now wonder who the parents of Hester Pauley were..?

Robert Pauley 1824 Kanawha, Virginia and Rebecca Bowder 1835 - Mason, Fairfax, Virginia.

Jefferson, Kanawha, West Virginia 1870

Robert Pauley 45
Rebecca Pauley 35
George W Pauley 10
Hester A Pauley 7
Priscilla Pauley 5

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ42-Y42

Sandra

Well thank you so much. My wife and I are very happy. We have tried to find Rebecca Bowder in census records and any records and I can't come up with anything..

[RJ137]

We have tried to find Rebecca Bowder in census records and any records and I can't come up with anything..

I know you've been told to take no notice of me and pay me never mind.

I have lived in WV and spent most of my life in Virginia, so I do know a little about the area.

Prior to the Cival War, West Virginia did not exist and Kanawha County was part of Virginia.

This is Rebecca with her family in the 1850 census.

1850 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D4-563

Here is the family in the 1860 census,. Rebecca is no longer at home.

1860 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41Z-NDF

The tree that I linked to doesn't have this, but Rebecca & Robert Pauley got married in 1857 Ohio.

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD4K-WV3

Rebecca &  Robert in 1860 census with son George W., Remember from the 1870 census son George W was born in Ohio.

1860: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCLG-YSG