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Subject: [PAFAY] ELLIOTT Family History- Part 5 of 5- A forward from Bill ELLIOTT
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:25:45 -0500
The 14th West Virginia Infantry was
organized at Camp Willey, Wheeling in Aug., and Sept.,1862.
The regiment was a part of General Duval's Brigade, which made a dashing
charge at Carter's farm, and routed four times
their own numbers of confederates, and captured 4 pieces of artillery,
250 prisoners, and 1,000 stand of small arms.
Isaac N. Cress: cause of death: Wounds received in action at
Battle of Cloyds Mountain.
3b.Abraham E. Cress born Oct. 28, 1848 in Preston
County (Va.) W.Va. Died Feb. 23, 1910 at Valley County,
North Loup, Nebraska.
Notes for Henry Cress by Janice Cale Sisler, Preston County Historian,
May 1995;
Henry Cress tombstone indicating his death as Aug.
7, 1859 is located in an old cemetery at St. Joe,
Albright W.Va. across the Cheat River from the Power Plant. That
information is from a personal visit in which we listed all
the tombstones we could find. The cemetery was in woeful condition even
before the devastating flood of 1985. I'm not sure
the stone still stands.
We went to St. Joe again Saturday to see if
Henry's stone had survived. It did, but it was unreadable
as it stood. We applied some soil from near the base of the stone, than
rubbed it off, and we were able to get the dates as
well as the words. This adds some confusion. The marker says Henry died
Aug. 7, 1847 and the bottom lines say that his age
was 37 years. In between it says, "Husband of Rachel Cress born April
13, 1831". If Henry was born in 1831, he would have
been 16 when he died, and unlikely to have fathered 3 children in the
1840's. 1831 is not Rachel's birth date either. By the
census she was born about 1813. (I believe April 13, 1831 is a misprint
of Rachel's birth date of April 13, 1813/ Bill
Elliott 3/14/2002)
Correspondence, Scrap's, Obit's, Deed's, Will's, and Related Elliott
Family Article's:
Obituary's
Charles G. Elliott died July 17, 1952
Opal Elliott 38, Masontown W.Va., wife
Virginia Malcolm 25, Brandywine Md., daughter
Doris Jean Davis 22, Masontown, daughter
Joseph R. Elliott 16, Masontown, son
Charles W. Elliott 10, Masontown, son
Martha J. Elliott died June 5, 1939
Ercil Bess 51, Louisville, Ky., niece
Paris Shay 47, Kingwood W.Va., nephew
Mary Shay 40, Tunnelton W.Va. niece
Mildred Ashly 49, Kingwood, niece
James A. Shay 47, Kingwood, nephew
Paul F. Shay 37, Morgantown W.Va.,
nephew
C. M. Shay 81, Kingwood, brother
Della A. Newcome 74, Kingwood, sister
Ella S. Fletcher 73, Kingwood, sister
Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly died July 5, 1974
Mrs. Elizabeth Kathleen Kelly, 59, of 28 G Street
died Friday night at Sacred Heart Hospital. She was
the widow of Harland Keith Kelly. A native of Terre Alta, she was a
daughter of the late Jesse, and Edna (Elliott) Jackson.
Surviving are 3 sons, Terrence L. Kelly, Richard Allen Kelly, and Philip
W. Kelly, all of Keyser; 2 daughters, Mill Harlene
K. Kelly of Keyser, and Mrs. Elizabeth Guthrie of Danville. A sister,
Mrs. Juanita V. Moore of Clarksburg, and 6
grandchildren. Markwood funeral home in charge, interment at Potomac
Memorial Gardens.
Deed Book 25, page 51
April 19, 1845
Abraham Elliott Heirs
To
Rebecca Elliott his wife
William Elliott, and Sarah his wife
John Elliott, and Elizabeth his wife
Samuel Jeffers, and Elizabeth his wife
Calvin Crane, and Jane his wife
John S. Graham, and Sarah his wife
Robert Forman, and Druscilla his wife
Abraham Jeffers, and Susan his wife
Henry Cress, and Rachel his wife
Rebecca A. Elliott
Margary Elliott
Information needed on James M. Elliott born Nov. 27, 1841- died Jan. 13,
1912. Married Mahala Shay born March 1, 1860- died
June 5, 1939. They had 1 son;
1b. John Elliott born May 1, 1894-
died March 10, 1897.
a newspaper article;
W.Va. town praises flood 'miracle'
Albright, W.Va. (AP)- Troy Titchnell wasn't one to believe in
miracles before last years devastating floods, but as he
putters around his nearly completed church he enjoys telling of at least
one.
It's a story the 77 year old has recounted numerous times since Nov.
5, 1985, when the Albright Baptist Church- along
with much of the rest of town- was reduced to rubble by the raging Cheat
River.
The miracle is the black, leather bound Bible that lies open in
front of the pulpit in the newly built church. It has
become a symbol of hope to the residents of this tiny river village
nestled in the north-central West Virginia hills.
"It's been talked about a good bit" said Mr. Titchnell, a trustee,
and member of the Albright congregation since 1936.
Albright was among the hardest hit communities in the floods, which
killed 49 people, and left more than 5,000 homeless
across eastern West Virginia. Officials documented at least $550 million
damage from the worst natural disaster in state
history.
It was about 2 weeks later, with Albright in ruins around them, that
Mr. Titchnell, and another church trustee found the
Bible.
The church, built in 1857, was torn off it's foundation. Half of the
structure had collapsed, and the rest was buckled.
The steeple lay on the ground nearby. The church organ was destroyed.
The pews had been ripped from the floor, and carried through the
windows by the raging torrents of water. Some were
wedged in doors, and were salvaged. Many others were never found.
"Several feet of mud, and debris caked the floors. Everything inside
the teetering structure seemed to be gone, when Mr.
Titchnell spotted the book.
It had stayed on the table. The table floated up, and it stayed up
there, and when the water came down it came down too"
he recalled. " It was damp, but it didn't get any mud on it.
"Seems like it was a miracle. It would never happen unless it was a
miracle," he said.
Mr. Titchnell says that the Old Testament was open to Haggai,
Chapter 2, and that it will be kept open to that page
between services.
It reads: "The glory of this later house shall be greater than of
the former, saith the Lord of Hosts: and in this place
will I give peace."
Since the flood, some residents say, a series of other small
miracles have occurred.
More than $82,000 was donated to rebuild the little church, which
had no flood insurance. People from Albright, and
surrounding communities volunteered countless hours of labor.
" It's a little bit bigger, and it's better," Mr. Titchnell said
proudly, gesturing toward a new organ, and new pews.
For Mr. Titchnell, resurrecting the church was piticularly meaningful,
because it was there that his grandfather, and four
great uncles met more than a hundred years ago to set off for the Civil
War on the side of the Union.
More important, the new church has brought a few people back. More
than half of the 700 residents who lived along the
Cheat River fled when their properties were destroyed. Most had no
insurance, and have not returned.
"The church has a lot to do with bringing people back," said Freda
Hall, 53, who lives a block away. "We're slowly
getting back to normal, and it's beginning to look like Albright again
except a little nicer."
The Halls fled Albright after the floods but, unlike most of their
neighbors, returned four months later. Their home
several hundred yards from the river miraculously remained standing
while those on either side were swept away.
Mrs. Hall, and her husband, David, have been attending the Baptist
church while their own Methodist Church across the
street is being rebuilt. Donations from as far away as California have
made the rebuilding possible, she says.
In the meantime, the Halls don't mind joining their Baptist
neighbors.
" It's so nice, the new pews, and ceiling fans, and organ," Mrs.
Hall said. "And we thank God for all of the miracles,
including our own."
While other communities across the state revived with the help of
government money, Albright wallowed in the mud for
months, a victim of neglect, and red tape that delayed loans, and other
assistance.
Until a few months ago, streets were filled with flood debris.
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Please contact the submitter, Mr. Bill ELLIOTT at:
for further information.
Thank you Mr. ELLIOTT for sharing this most valuable resource with
our subscribers. Happy New Year to you, and I hope that you find many of
your long lost cousins as a result of sharing this history with us. BTW-
Let us know when you are having a reunion too.
--
Edward Earl DUNLEVY+
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