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From: "chrysty" <>
Subject: Bob THOMAS a.k.a. Sanford LEMLEY & WHITEMAN & BROOKOVER of WVA
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 23:10:43 -0500


Hi THOMAS folks,

I'm new to the list, and I'm beginning my much needed, but too forgotten
THOMAS/LEMLEY lineage research for the new year.

I'll begin with the little bit that I have.

My late grandmother was "Luceilia "Celia" LEMLEY, dau of Sanford LEMLEY and
Melissa Jane WHITEMAN of Wetzel County, WVA.

Now, Sanford's true name was "Bob THOMAS". Melissa Jane was 1st married to
John L. BROOKOVER, without going into alot of detail here, Melissa left John
for Bob. They had to change their surname. They chose LEMLEY from THOMAS (my
guess) because Bob THOMAS' mother's surname was LEMLEY. So, though my
grandmother's surname was on paper as LEMLEY, it was really THOMAS. Now that
I have everyone confused. Here's my lineage below.

If you can help me, you'll make my melinnium even brigher.

Whiteman, Melissa Jane b MAR 1858 Minnie, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co.,
West Virginia, d FEB 1942 at home of dau Lula Coberly in Washington, D.C
Parents:

Father: Whiteman, Marshall "Marsh"
Mother: Buchanan, Eliza Jane

(1st Husband) Family:
Marriage: 20 AUG 1876 in Melissa Jane's father's house; Marshall Whiteman's
house at Minnie, Wetzel Co., West Virginia by Harrison YOHO, Minister.

Spouse:Brookover, John L.
b BET. 1849 - 1851 Tyler County, or Wetzel Co., W.VA
d Wetzel Co., W.VA
Children:

Brookover, William J. Birth : 26 JUL 1877
Tyler Co., WVA
Brookover, James W. Birth : 1878
Brookover, Jessie Theodore
Brookover, T.A. Birth : 12 DEC 1883
Brookover, Linda Ann
Brookover, Belle Birth : ABT. 1887
Brookover, George W. Birth : 26 APR 1888
Brookover, Eliza "Ida" Jane Birth : ABT. 3 AUG 1889

(Second Husband) Family:
Marriage: in Harrison Co., Clarksburg, West Virginia
Spouse:

Lemley, Sanford "Bob Thomas"
b 9 NOV 1864 Minnie, Wetzel Co., West Virginia
d 18 MAY 1928 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia
Parents:
Father: Thomas, R. Henry
Mother: Lemley, Nancy
Children:

Lemley, Lula Mae "Thomas"
Lemley, Cleveland "Thomas"
Lemley, Minnie "Thomas"
Lemley, Lucelia Celia Lawrence "Thomas" **my grandmother
Lemley, Olena Lena "Thomas"

Chrystie MYERS

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