Dorothy ‘Dot’ Miles, Ph.D.: 1937-2020 by Maggie Rotermund on 07/10/2020 Dorothy ‘Dot’ Miles, Ph.D., professor emerita in the School of Education [at Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO], died July 1, 2020. She was 83. Miles directed the graduate program in Educational Studies for several years. She also taught courses in Special Education, Foundations […]
Continue reading → Wilford Glen Miles Jr. born 28 Mar. 1939 Lewis Co., WV and dies Fri., June 30, 2006. Beloved husband of Dorothy Miles (nee Duff); dear father and father-in-law of Laura (Gary) Miles-Kaplan; dearest grandfather of Rachel and Sarah Kaplan; dear son of Elizabeth and the late Wilford Miles, Sr.; our dear brother-in-law, cousin and friend. […]
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Obituary for Alice Winnetta “Winnie” Kennedy On February 6, 2023, Alice Winnetta “Winnie” Kennedy succumbed to advanced Parkinson’s disease under the care of the staff from Life Care Center of Hixson and Hearth Hospice Care in Hixson, Tennessee. She formerly lived in Northfield, Ohio. She moved to Hixson, Tennessee in 2018 to be near […]
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Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde I found many more Jackson people and places in The West Virginia Encyclopedia and have updated the December 31, 2022 […]
Continue reading → Col. Thomas Moore Jackson, age 60, died Feb. 3, 1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. He was a descendant of Col. George Jackson. His line: Thomas Moore Jackson(5), James Madison Jackson(4), John George Jackson(3), George Jackson(2), John Jackson Sr(1). Here is an excellent article about Col.Thomas Moore Jackson’s death, his life, and […]
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Some of Col. Edward Jackson’s Land Grants Compiled by Nancy A. Jackson May be from Sims Index. 1. 25 April 1782 treasury warrant # 8360, lying and being in the county of Harrison 470 acres on the waters of Sandy Creek. 2. 2 April 1783 treasury warrant # 15233 lying and being on the […]
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In 2015, Nancy A. Jackson wrote an article “Gleanings Regarding Jackson’s Mill, Home of Col. Edward Jackson, and the Jackson Salt Works near Clarksburg, (W)VA.” Her article was published in the Hacker’s Creek Journal, Vol. 34, Issue 2, 2015-2016. Here a link to a pdf version of Nancy Jackson’s article
Continue reading → Entries that mention a member of the Jackson Family in the County Court Records for Harrison County, West Virginia (1784–1827). Transcribed from the book History Of Harrison County West Virginia by Henry Haymond, 1910. Commentary by the author (Henry Haymond) is in italics. Compiled by Dan Hyde from http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/countycourts.html. Suggested by Nancy Jackson. […]
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Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde 1. Jackson Family written by Stephen W. Brown. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/932 2. John George Jackson written by Stephen W. Brown. John […]
Continue reading → Ralph H. Miles, age 92, of Buckhannon, WV died Friday, January 6, 2017 at his daughter’s home. He was born July 5, 1924 in Weston, WV, a son of the late Albert Ross and Nancy Christina Hall Miles. On April 25, 1947 he married Melba Josephene McKisic who preceded him in death on April 9, […]
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