John Ireland Hodges Sr., age 96, died Feb. 19, 2016. He was born Nov. 21, 1919, in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. His family moved to Seattle in 1931 where he attended grade school, high school and the University of Washington. He served four years in the U.S. Army during World War II and participated […]
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Warren HODGES, age 92, passed away 7/10/2006 in Seattle Washington. He was born 12/18/1913 in Spencer, West Virginia. He has resided in the Seattle area since the 1930’s. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Hodges; sons, Warren, Norman, Thomas, Peter and Matthew, daughter-in-law Cheryl and granddaughter Kathryn, brother John and sister-in-law Marian Hodges, sister Marjorie Stensrud, […]
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Kathryn Adelaide “Kitty” Hodges b. 9 April 1916, d. 29 Jan 2022 was a wife of a descendant of John Jackson Jr. and his first wife (Rebecca Haddan). Kathryn Adelaide Hodges was born in Tacoma, Washington. Attended Lincoln Grade School and McCarver Jr. High School, Tacoma. Spent summer months of her youth with […]
Continue reading → 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
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