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Subject: [WVBROOKE] Help please: John B. PRIEST
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:04:23 EDT


Hi List:
Desperate for some help here, please.:-)
I am looking for the parents / siblings of my 3rd great-grandfather. He was
born in Wellsburg on April 21, 1821 - John B. PRIEST.

Below is 1st generation family information as well as his obit. (a few other
surnames in this line are YOCUM, COX, HARMAN of WV, OH)
Please, would someone know how or where I might find information on his
parents/ancestors? Any cousins out there? More to share.
I appreciate any assistance anyone may offer.
Thanks so much,
Peggy Rowe

JOHN B. PRIEST:

1. JOHN B. PRIEST was born April 21, 1821 in Wellsburg, Virginia, and died
September 23, 1894 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. He married
HANNAH YOCUM June 20, 1846 in Jefferson, Ohio, daughter of JOHN YOCUM and
SARAH DAVIS. She was born Abt. 1822.

Children of JOHN PRIEST and HANNAH YOCUM are:
i. STEPHEN CURTIS2 PRIEST, b. Abt. 1845, Belmont County, Ohio; m. AGNES
S. COX, November 27, 1872, Wetzel County, West Virginia; b. November 07,
1851, New Martinsville, West Virginia; d. November 03, 1939, Newark, Licking
CO., Ohio.
ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON PRIEST, b. 1851, Virginia; d. August 29, 1917; m.
CAROLINE HARMAN, May 30, 1869, Monroe Co., Ohio; b. February 07, 1852, Monroe
County, Ohio; d. January 29, 1942, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV; at her
home on Main Street.
iii. SARAH C PRIEST, b. Abt. 1852.
iv. MARY F PRIEST, b. Abt. 1855.
v. WALTER S PRIEST, b. Abt. 1859.

OBIT:
Steubenville Daily Gazette Monday 24 Sept. 1894

John B. Priest
Dr. John B. Priest died at his residence 718 N. 5th St. Sunday night at 10
o'clock. He was born at Wellsburg, Va. 21 Ap. 1821, and came to Steubenville
in 1855,(I think that is a 55), and engaged in teaching in the North school
building
as it was then called, at the same time studying medicine with Dr. St.
Claire, afterwards locating at New Martinsville, W.Va. where he practiced
medicine for 23 years. He returned to Steubenville in 1874 and engaged in
the drug business in connection w/ his profession until he lost his sight by
cataract. 18 mo. ago he had a stroke of paralysis from which he only
partially recovered and which was followed last June by a second stroke,
after which he gradually declined until his death. He leaves wife & 4 living
children: Dr.T.C.Priest of Newark, Rev. W.S.Priest of Denver; Geo. W.
Priest, New Martinsville, W.Va. & Mrs.. Elizabeth Stephenson, widowed at
home. 60 years ago He cast his lot with the religious reformation of
Alexander Campbell and was ever after a consistent member of the Christian
church, in all departments of which he took great interest. He was an Odd
Fellow for 45 years and in politics a Democrat.
______________________________________________________________________
nest column:
DIED
PRIEST--Sept. 23 at 11p.m. of paralysis, Dr. John B. Priest, aged 73 yrs.
Funeral from the residence, 718 N.Fifth St. at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25th
Friends of the family invited.



E-MAIL:
Los Angeles, Ca.
Researching:
PRIEST, COX, HARMAN, SMITH, GOETZ/GATES,CRESAP, CLARK, POTTS, CONRAD,
BURFORD, ROBBINS, LARIMORE, NELSON, HOLMES, YOCUM/YOKUM, SNODGRASS: in W.VA.,
Ohio, VA, PA, MD, Switzerland, England, Germany, etc.
ROWE, WOODBURY, MURRAY, KIRWIN: in TX, Calif, Fla, Mass, ME, IN, CT, MD,
England & Canada.
LAUCHU: Mich, Panama, Cuba, China
My family coat of arms ties at the back.....is that normal?

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