Kanawha County Cousins

Kanawha County Cousins

Author: Charles Louis Shields

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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George Dean (ca. 1791-1842) was born in Pennsylvania and served with the Virginia militia in the War of 1812. He marred Polly Fisher (ca. 1795-1825) in 1813 in Montgomery County, Virginia. He married 2) Anna Askins in 1828. They probably had seven children. He died in Pulaski County, Virginia. His son, James Dean (1817-before 1910), was born in Montgomery County, Virginia. He married twice and had seventeen children, ca. 1848-1881. He died in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Record lists the children and some grandchildren of each generation but chiefly traces line of descent to Carolyn Ann Dean. She was born at Charleston, West Virginia, in 1938, the daughter of Carlous Arthur Dean (1906-1986) and Phyliss Daisy Perry Dean (1907-1979). She married Charles Shields in 1978. She had three children from previous marriages and he had four children from a previous marriage; making a combined family of seven children. Children, step children and grandchildren live in Indiana and West Virginia.


The House of the Burgesses

The House of the Burgesses

Author: Michael Burgess

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2009-01-19

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 0893704792

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A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County, Virginia. Complete with illustrations, photos, comprehensive given and surname indexes, and historical introduction.


The Washingtons. Volume 1

The Washingtons. Volume 1

Author: Justin Glenn

Publisher: Savas Publishing

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 1223

ISBN-13: 194066926X

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This is the initial volume of a comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. This volume continues the story of John and Anne’s family for a total of seven generations, collecting over 5,000 direct descendants. Future volumes will trace eight more generations with a total of over 63,000 descendants. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These in turn strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. The Washingtons includes the time-honored John Wright line which in recent years has been challenged largely on the basis of DNA evidence. Volumes one and two will form a set, with a cumulative bibliography appearing at the end of volume 2. Volume two will highlight the most notable descendants and spouses from the later volumes, including such luminaries as General George S. Patton, the author Shelby Foote, and the actor Lee Marvin. All of the volumes, now estimated at fourteen in all, are virtually complete and are scheduled for release over the course of the next year.


Reading Appalachia from Left to Right

Reading Appalachia from Left to Right

Author: Carol Mason

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2011-02-23

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0801459567

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In Reading Appalachia from Left to Right, Carol Mason examines the legacies of a pivotal 1974 curriculum dispute in West Virginia that heralded the rightward shift in American culture and politics. At a time when black nationalists and white conservatives were both maligned as extremists for opposing education reform, the wife of a fundamentalist preacher who objected to new language-arts textbooks featuring multiracial literature sparked the yearlong conflict. It was the most violent textbook battle in America, inspiring mass marches, rallies by white supremacists, boycotts by parents, and strikes by coal miners. Schools were closed several times due to arson and dynamite while national and international news teams descended on Charleston.A native of Kanawha County, Mason infuses local insight into this study of historically left-leaning protesters ushering in cultural conservatism. Exploring how reports of the conflict as a hillbilly feud affected all involved, she draws on substantial archival research and interviews with Klansmen, evangelicals, miners, bombers, and businessmen, a who, like herself, were residents of Kanawha County during the dispute. Mason investigates vulgar accusations of racism that precluded a richer understanding of how ethnicity, race, class, and gender blended together as white protesters set out to protect "our children's souls."In the process, she demonstrates how the significance of the controversy goes well beyond resistance to social change on the part of Christian fundamentalists or a cultural clash between elite educators and working-class citizens. The alliances, tactics, and political discourses that emerged in the Kanawha Valley in 1974 crossed traditional lines, inspiring innovations in neo-Nazi organizing, propelling Christian conservatism into the limelight, and providing models for women of the New Right.


Family Secrets

Family Secrets

Author: Mary Jo Stanley

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1481743724

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"Family Secrets" is the third part of the family saga involving the Coleman and Black Families. Louise Pierce Perkins is determined to destroy Emily Black's family, especially Vivian Black who married the man of Louise's dreams. Just when you think that you have Louise figured out, in "Family Secrets" you will learn the extent that some people will go to hurt others. Louise uses members of her mother's family who will use extreme measures, including murder, for revenge. Manipulation and money can only control a situation so far and Louise learns a hard lesson about who to trust.