by Lisa Isbell | Jan 10, 2016 | Barker, Butterworth, Clement, Patriot Ancestors, Surnames, Virginia Genealogy, Wills, Wilson
DAR Membership through my ancestor Benjamin Clement I finally got around to pursuing membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution over the course of the past couple of years. I am not really sure why I put it off for so long since it turned out I had most...
by Lisa Isbell | Apr 14, 2013 | Wills
The information I have about Edward (Edwin) Wills is very limited and comes primarily from census data. I have not been able to pinpoint his exact year of birth, his age varies from one census to another by just a couple of years. I am a descendant through his son...
by Lisa Isbell | Mar 6, 2013 | Barker, Wills
John Harvey Wills, the father of my great grandmother Lottie Mae Wills, was born in Bedford County, Virginia according to his reporting in various census records. The 1900 census has him in the Cabin Creek District of Kanawha County WV. It gives his birth date as...
by Lisa Isbell | Mar 3, 2013 | Barker, Rider, Surnames, West Virginia Genealogy, Wills
I don’t know a lot about my great grandmother Lottie Mae Wills but her family line has proved to be one that’s more documented than any of my others. There are interesting stories and a lot of historical records to read. Her lines trace to revolutionary...
by Lisa Isbell | Mar 3, 2013 | Rider, Wills
Honzura Rider was born April 7, 1888. His birth record has him named Hans Ulrich Rider. Somehow this became Honzura but there isn’t much record to explain when he started using Honzura. I’ve just assumed it was a breakdown of pronunciation of Hans...
by Lisa Isbell | Mar 3, 2013 | Burnett, Cecil, Hanson, Rider, West Virginia Genealogy, Wills
Meet my grandfather, Virgil Floyd Rider. Virgil was born August 11, 1912 in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The birth certificate that I have was generated from an affidavit from his father when Virgil was 27 years old so it doesn’t have much more in the way of...
