I would be happy to assist anyone researching the Wells family who migrated from Virginia to North Carolina, to Indiana, to Illinois, and points west. Email me with your needs

L. Wells

My brick wall is William Kelly/Kelley. The story goes that William came here from Ireland landed in Pa married a German girl whose name was Mary or Martha.

- Facts: William had at least two children William J and Abel W Kelley. William was born 1779 and Abel 1787. Both boys went to Randolph county Va/ Wv where they married the daughters of Jacob Kittle, Gean was married to William and Jemima married Abel W Kelley.

I have been able to trace these families forward but have been unable to find any facts about the senior William. I would really appreciate any help I could get.

Thank you very much the 5X grandson of William Kelley, Ray Harlow - Elida, Ohio

I have hit a brick wall in the husband of Judith Warwick. He was John Cummins, MD. He and Judith were married probably about 1804 because their first child was born in 1805.

They were married in LaTrobe, Pa.

Their children were Richard Simpson, b. 1804, Frederick Patterson, b. 1814, and Elizabeth. I would really love to find out who his parents were and where they came from.

Jean Cummins Bischoff

I am working to make the link between two generations in my family. I need an official document that shows that Sarah H. Turner is William Turner's daughter.

William Turner was born 11 Feb 1756 in England. He married Elizabeth Thurmond. They had 9 children: Fannie (Fanny), Randolph, Bettie, William Cluny, Jr., Sarah (Sallie) H. (my Great Great Great Grandmother), Talton, Mariah (Maria), Alexander and Samuel. He died in Todd County Kentucky while living with his daughter Mariah Turner Martin and her family. William Turner enlisted in the spring of 1776 in the company of Captain Francis Taylor of the Second Virginia Regiment. He served 4 years. Following the war he settled in Albemarle County, Virginia (about 1782). He lived in Virginia until about 1834 when he was found living in Todd County, Kentucky living with daughter Mariah and son-in-law Pleasant Martin. Family history shows that William was a Methodist Minister, however, I do not know if he was ordained. I found a copy of his will, however, the will lists only one son and a daughter, Mariah Martin, and her family and Samuel Turner.

Sarah H. Turner was born 15 Jan 1794 in Albemarle County, Virginia. She married William Lynch Graves 5 May 1811. They had 14 children: Hudson, Talrton, Andrew, Mary Ann, Peyton, John Madison, Mariah (Maria) My Great Great Grandmother--married to John Washington Spears, James, Sarah, William Lynch, Jr., William Alexander, Sarah Ann, Noamie Jane, and James Madison. Sarah died July 1878. She is buried along side William Lynch Graves in the Graves family cemetery in Madison County, Tennessee.

Any information about the Turner and the Graves family is sincerely appreciated. I have documents from Sarah and William Lynch to the present generation in my family line and am happy to share copies of those documents with kin.

Judi Wutzke

I have hit a brick wall: My gggrandfather Newitte Cloyd/Cloyed was born July 4, 1797 in Westmoreland, Co., Va. died in 1850 wapello Co., Iowa. Can not find his parents, any siblings!

The story is his parents died of some disease when Newitte was 6 months old, then went to live with a bachlor brother of his father and was raised by a nanny on a plantation. In 1822 he was married to Mason Binford of Nortthampton Co., NC. She died in 1882 Wapello Co., IA.

They are parents of: Sadie, Wiliam, Hannah, Caleb, Joseph, Joshua, Benjamin, Sarah & Gulia. Most of them born in Indiana. My ggrandfather is Caleb Cloyd b. 1830-1891. Grandfather is George Lawrence Cloyed 1870-1952, mother: Madge Bernice (Cloyed)Davis1908-1981.

I would like to hear from anyone who is related to the surname: Cloyd/Cloyed.

Marian Goemaat

I am trying to find my gggrt grandmother`s birth place and parents and siblings.

Here is what I have: Mazilla Russell b. abt oct 1825 ,I came to the month conclusion by her ages from 1850-1880 census for W.Va1850-1860 and in IL 1870-1880 she was born in Va according to all the census was done with her and her fam. She was married in Athens co. Ohio in Rome twp. dec.26,1845 to Cyrus Mitchell where he was born and raised and his father Joseph Mitchell and his sons James, John and Cyrus owned and ran a lumber mill.

Cyrus and Mazilla had 4 children in Ohio and then they were in Wood co.WVa by jan where my ggrt grandfather Geo.Washington Mitchell was born jan 22,1863,Parkersburg WV(Va) then later they moved down to JAckson co. WVa. and their dau Rosella died giving birth and is buried in the Sandy ?? cemt [ed. Prob. Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery]. They lived there untill late 1869 or early 1870 then to Crawford co.IL Oblong twp.

they were in the county record book for Oblong. She lived there untill she died between 1885 and 1890. suppose to be buried in the Oblong cemt. where her children and grand children and neice are buried. But she isn`t on the list or in the death book.So I dont know when she died. Her husb. was living with Geo and wife Mary Frances(Fanny Russell)??connections) and he lived with them untill 1903 in Richland co.IL in Olney twp.

then they moved toColes co.in Mattoon twp, where Cyrus died in aug. 1906 and buried in Mattoon also in the Dodge Grove cemt. Nothing was mentioned of her in the papers in his obits.

So this is what I have of Mazilla (Russell) Mitchell.

Rosetta Davis Janes

These sites may be of some help in your search:

Here

and

Here

the second one has quite a bit of information about George Washington Mitchell, his family and his eight siblings. I hope this helps you.

Happy Hunting.

Larry Wells