ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
(May 28, 1848 - August 5, 1903)
He signed his will on May 2, 1903, and he was deceased on August 5, 1903, the probate date.
Robert Jefferson Bloxton was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
For some reason, Bob left his first wife behind in Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA, location #184, June 19, 1880 census, with their two children and was listed in Shady Spring, Raleigh County, WV, as a "Carpenter" (age 38, although he was 32) and "single" (Virginia joined him later on in WV, and their son, Claude Robert, was born to them in 1884 in WV). In 1880, he was living with (and probably working for) a couple from England who had a lumber business in WV: John L. & Jane Wilson. Possibly their relative, William H. Wilson took over as Postmaster of Bloxton, WV, on June 9, 1882.
"Robert J. Bloxton" was appointed on September 27, 1881 until June 9, 1882 as Postmaster of "Bloxton, Raleigh County, WV", a hamlet which was named in honor of RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. James G. McCreery was appointed Postmaster of Bloxton, WV on Oct. 23, 1884. "McCreery was first known as "Bloxton" for R.J. Bloxton of Hill Top (Fayette Co.)" Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont.
Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia), Friday, August 16, 1974, Page 6: A well-known newspaper columnist from Oak Hill, WV, Rev. Shirley Donnely, wrote an article about ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON; it was included with other information that Alfred Bloxton sent to me. The article is two columns wide and 12-15" long. Rev. Donnely had a column for years in the Raleigh Register (evening paper) and the Beckley Post Herald (morning paper). Ruth kept all his columns. – (Danny & Alfred delivered both papers to earn money.) He wrote, "However, the hamlet there was called Bloxton at first. It was named in honor of the late R.J. BLOXTON, who lived at Hilltop. McCreery was one of the very first settlements in Raleigh County." (The newspaper mistakenly wrote his middle initial as "T".)
R. J. Bloxton was an architect; he built all kinds of buildings in Hilltop and Fayette Co., WV. He built a famous and beautiful opera house that had all kinds of stage shows in Glen Jean, WV, but "he didn't drive every nail in it." He planned the whole thing –- was the boss man. It is no longer standing; it was ¾ mile from Red Star. Alfred doesn't know if it burned down or what.
R. J. built their smaller family home in Hilltop, WV (which burned down after being sold 2-3 times; Beulah only had a photo of the chimney after fire; a family from NY built a nice brick home in its place) after he built the larger home across the road (Beulah had a photo of this house). R. J. built a house for his daughter, Florence "Flossie" Lelia (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between. This house was willed to her in his will of May 2, 1903.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
married wife #1 on 21 DEC 1871,
+ VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1845, (25, S)
d/o N. & T. Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA,
Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
They had three children:
1. FLORENCE LELIA "Flossie" BLOXTON DICKSON
(b. 19 JAN 1876, Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA)
+ WILLIAM "GARNET" DICKSON (1866-1958) of Hilltop, WV
In RJ's will, he willed his house that this daughter, Lelia, and her husband, Garnet Dickson, were living in to them and their heirs.
Their only child, Larence E. Dickson, died as a baby (Jan 11, 1898 - July 10, 1898), the same time that "Flossie" lost her sister, MARY E. BLOXTON.
OBITUARY: May 15, 1961 - Mrs. Lelia Florence Bloxton Dickson, Hilltop, WV, died in the Oak Hill Hospital early this morning after a long illness. Her husband, William G. "Garnet" Dickson, preceded her in death. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Austin (Dorothea Green Bloxton) Burgess, Oak Hill; Mrs. Mabel Leggott, Huntington, WV; and one brother, Bernard John Bloxton, Falls Church, VA. The body was attended by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
2. DOROTHEA "DORA" GREEN "DODIE" (b. 12 OCT 1879, Rock Hill, SC, VA) (d. 17 SEP 1968, age 88) of Oak Hill, WV in 1961
m. 5 MAY 1897, Fayette Co., WV, age 17 (groom 36)
+ CLYDE "AUSTIN" BURGESS, b. 22 JUN 1858, Fayette Co., WV; Carpenter
d: 4 MAR 1938, Scarbro, WV, age 79
Son of: Nathaniel Burgess & Margaret Phillips, m. 18 Oct 1848.
Austin's siblings -- Sis: Mary Ellen; Bro: Sonny
i. BESSIE "BESS" VIRGINIA BURGESS (b. MAR 1899), spinster
ii. "CLYDE" AUSTIN BURGESS (b. 3/8/1901 or 8/3/1901,
Fayette Co., WV) (d. 8/9/1977 or 9/8, FC, WV)
(m. 28 Aug 1928
+ Marshia Honaker, b. 3 May 1895; d. 10 Nov 1988,
d/o James Albert Honaker & Julie Pettry)
A. CLYDE ALBERT BURGESS, a doctor, of Oak Hill?
B. MARCIA KATHRYN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
1) STEPHEN PARKER TERWILLIGER
2) ALLAN/ALAN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
iii. ERLE/EARL ROBERT BURGESS (b. abt. 1904)
iv. MYRTLE FLORENCE BURGESS (b. abt. 1907), spinster?
v. OPAL RUTH BURGESS (b. abt. 1909), spinster
(d. Jan 1966 of cancer.)
vi. RUBY DOROTHEA BURGESS HOLMES (b. abt. 1912)
vii. NANCY BURGESS (b. abt. 1914)
+ GORDON ANDREW HENDRICKSON,
son of FOUNTAIN HENRY & MISSOURI McCLUNG,
b. 24 MAY 1906, Mt. Lookout, WV – d. 6 JAN 1981)
A. DOROTHEA "LYNN" HENDRICKSON
viii. CATHERINE "Katelina" ELIZABETH (b. abt. 1916)
ix. EVELYN (b. abt. 1918)
3. CLAUDE ROBERT BLOXTON (b. MAY 1881, Raleigh Co., WV - d. 1900)
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. c. 1848, VA--d. c. 1903, WV)
(m. 2nd in ca 1892 in WV,
+ LUCINDA CAROLINE "CINDY" BARTON (b. abt. 1863, WV, d. 1947, age 84, Hilltop, WV). Attended the Methodist Church without missing a service for 40 years. She served for a time as Church Janitor @ $2 a month. She sorely missed going to church the two weeks while all the children were quarantined with Scarlet Fever. Before the church got a piano, they had an old pump organ. When the church got a piano, they gave her the organ when Alfred was 5-6 yrs. old. Alfred, Juanita, and Beulah all learned to play on that organ at Hilltop. They took it with them when they moved to Dewitt, WV. It is upstairs in Alfred's house now. Lucinda had a fireplace in her bedroom. Early the morning she died, she stoked the fire while wearing a long flannel nightgown, got back in bed to get warm before fixing her breakfast, but didn't realize a spark attached to her nightgown, then caught her bedcovers on fire, until she was already on fire. She ran screaming outside and rolled in the snow; a Black neighbor tried to help her and took her to some white neighbors who put her in bed until the ambulance came, but she only lived a matter of hours when they got her to the hospital. Beulah got to the hospital while her grandmother was still conscious, and Lucinda told her what happened before she lost consciousness again. The Hilltop Methodist Church is no longer operating, but the building is still there, and there is a stained glass window with Lucinda Bloxton's name on it.) They had four children together:
4. JAMES WILLIAM BLOXTON (b. 11 JAN 1894, Meadow Bridge, Fayette (near Hinton, Summers County), WV d. age 42, 14 MAY 1936, Huntington Hospital, Cavell County, WV, after being transferred from McKendree Hospital, WV (15 miles from Red Star – railroad goes through there now – nothing there; not on the map anymore). (James played accordian, fiddle, and harmonica, but just for fun. (NOTE: While stationed at Camp Lee, VA – he met a barber or dentist by the name of Bloxton). During WWI (1917-1918), served in the Army Cavalry from WV as a "Horse Soldier", officially a "Clerk for the 155 Depot Brigade" (fell off his horse, broke his foot, and got out a little early because of that), not in good health – but military not a factor. James was 9 years old when his father died, and James died when his son, "ALFRED" was also 9 years old) (m. abt. 1920, in Beckley area (probably Sprague), Raleigh Co., WV to RUTH HESTER SMITH BLOXTON) (b. 25 SEPT 1899, Brooks, Summers County, WV, to MARTHA ELLEN CAMPBELL & OBERT SMITH - d: 5 Nov 1980). (In February, 1931, he moved his family in with Grandmother Lucinda at Hilltop, WV, because he was out of work during the depression. He got some odd jobs, helped to build some houses; two merchants who knew him as a boy gave him work when they had it; he worked on a WPA road project, was given scrap lumber he used to make wooden toys for Christmas sales – he was very resourceful. He helped fix up her house; they raised a garden; they canned; there were strawberries there, an apple orchard, with lots of other fruit trees.) (In 1937, after James died and one month before Juanita died, Ruth Hester brought her children from Lucinda's house in Hilltop to the Dewitt, WV "family home," (1½ miles from Red Star) which still has no running water and is still heated with wood or coal. Her son, James Daniel DANNY BLOXTON, lived there at the time I took these notes. (This youtube interview with DANNY took place when he was 77 years old - uploaded Oct 2009 - he was born July 27, 1930, so video made in 2007). When "James Daniel Bloxton, 21, of Hardy" enlisted in the USAF in November 1951, his mother was listed as "Hester Bloxton", not "Ruth".
i. JUANITA HESTER BLOXTON (b. 1921, Sprague?, Raleigh County, WV; d. age 16, 1937, McKendree Hospital, WV of Scarlet Fever kidney complications – all the other children had it at the same time, but her kidneys were weak, so she didn't survive.)
ii. BEULAH ALBERTA BLOXTON PENNINGTON 304-586-9273, 3231 Winfield Road, Winfield, WV 25213 (b. 17 AUG 1924, Sprague (or nearby Skeleton) (born at home, so conflicting 2 records), Raleigh Co., residence Winfield, Putnam Co., WV - d. 2000) (m. 31 AUG 1951)
+ LEROY RAY PENNINGTON, b. 12 MAY 1924, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, d. 7 OCT 1985, Winfield, WV). Member, Red Star Baptist Church; never transferred letter to Winfield Baptist Church – more confined to home now. Beulah went to England in 1992 – visited Pennington "Muncaster" Castle in the Lake District, also visited Bristol, Bath & Scotland. Traveling by rail – kind of a rat race -- people jam to get in doors – once you're seated, it's all right. Beulah and Leroy Pennington had:
A. TERRY EILEEN PENNINGTON of Winfield, WV
(b. 18 JUL 1952) at home with mom (d. Aug. 23, 2010,
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County,West Virginia)
B. BETTY LEE PENNINGTON ERNEST
(b. 7 JAN 1954–d. 3 FEB 1997)
+ DOUGLAS MATTHEW ERNEST, b. 21 FEB 1954, d. 1991)
of Winfield, WV (resident 32 years).
1) Andrew Justin Ernest (b. 3 JUN 1977) (m. 2000,
+ AMBER CASTO of Nitro, WV, daughter of GALAN &
ANGELA CASTO)
a) ZACHARY HUNTER ERNEST (b. 24 APR 2001, Thomas
Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, WV –
residence Nitro, WV)
2) Amy Michelle Ernest (b. 14 MAY 1978)
(m. 21 APRIL 2001, to
+ DANIEL STADNYK of Lexington, KY)
C. JAMES NELSON (ex-nickname):"BUSTER" (present
nickname) "BUCK" PENNINGTON of Scott Depot, WV
(b. 31 JUL 1955, South Charleston, WV) (bachelor)
D. SANDRA KAY PENNINGTON HIGGINS of Cross Lanes, WV
(b. 16 FEB 1958) (m. 1st
+ KENNETH "KENNY" LYN HIGGINS, b. 12 AUG 1951)
(m. 1999 – only 16 months - to 2nd
+ RODNEY ALLEN SMITH, d. 17 JUN 2000)
1) ADAM KYLE HIGGINS (b. 13 MAR 1987)
iii. VERNOR "ALFRED" BLOXTON (b. 16 MAR 1927, Hilltop, Fayette, WV) (m. 14 NOV 1955, Hilltop Methodist Church Parsonage, Hilltop, WV, to
+ SALLIE ANN UNDERWOOD, b. 12 NOV 1934, Glen Morgan, WV to CRYSTAL LENA MARTIN (b. 1907; d. 10 OCT 1997, age 90, of Oak Hill) & GEORGE ROBERT UNDERWOOD - sister, Mary Betty Jean U. Humphrey (80).) Sallie still attends nearby Packs Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Arthur is disabled with arthritis now and doesn't get to church much anymore. Alfred "plays great piano," according to Kelli, but Alfred thinks she plays better than he does -– has played at several churches over the years -- & harmonica by ear; retired 1946-1985 (39 yrs.) from C&O Railroad, Train Crew Dispatcher, plus 15-20 other clerical positions – Ticket Agent, Yard Work, etc. - including 3+ yrs. in between in the Air Force as USAF Classification Clerk and other clerical positions. Alfred was stationed at Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio, TX; six months in Margate, England on the English Channel (20 miles N of Dover), and 2-3 mos. in Colorado.) In 1956 he bought a two-story 12-room house with a ½ basement in the coal mining town of Red Star, WV (2 miles from Hilltop – the nearest Post Office is in Glen Jean, WV) from bachelor Robert L. "Bob" Legg, who died late 1960's or early 1970's. Bob ran the busy "Dog Wagon" restaurant in Thurmond, WV, a boom town, where Alfred started out on the railroad. (Today, only one Amtrack passenger train runs each direction three times a week, but 9-10 trains a day used to run in each direction, and they had more business than Cincinnati, OH.) At one time, Alfred's four children lived there, and his mom lived upstairs, like having her own apartment. Their home has not been used as a boarding house since 1936-1940, but it was built in 1900-1906, and many Star Coal Company miners stayed there. The Star Coal Company Store was nearby. Alfred worked at a company store in Harvey, WV, as a grocery clerk for ten months right out of high school.
A. REV. GERALD DEAN "JERRY" BLOXTON of Inverness, FL
(b. 19 APR 1956, at Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
+ LORIE LEA MEADOWS
(Pastor Jerry "plays a mean guitar," Arthur says -- self-taught -- has his Great-Grandfather, ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON's, gold watch, handed down to James William, Alfred, then Jerry. Flips open, both front & back, can stand it up on the hinge, heavy, with large pull-out stem for winding and setting time, Roman Numerals on face of it.)
1) KELLI RAE BLOXTON (b. ca. 1983)
(played basketball #21; Lakers/Kobe Bryant #8/Fan = lakers821@?.com; played piano at dad's church by ear "but not as good as Granddad Alfred".)
2) MARK AARON BLOXTON (b. ca. 1986)
B. JOHNNY RAY (b. 8 JUL 1957, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(m. 1976-77
+ SHARON ARTHUR (separated)
1) JOHN MICHAEL "MIKEY" (b. OCT 1977) home with dad
2) CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" BRIAN (b. 1980) in Army, Ft.
Bragg, NC paratrooper (m. in 2000
+ AUDREY CUMMINS
C. RUTH ANN (b. 25 MAY 1959, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(Ruth sent Alfred a "Bloxton name" scroll)
(m. #1)
+ JOHN NUTTER)
1) JOHN NELSON? "Little John" NUTTER, age 22 (b. 1979)
2) CRYSTAL ANN? NUTTER , age 20 (b. abt. 1981)
3) THOMAS NUTTER, age 18 (b. abt. 1983)
(m. #2)
+ KEITH MILLS, of Salisbury, NC.
D. JANET LEA (b. 10 MAY 1961, Oak Hill Hospital, WV,
(m. #1)
+ JEFF DEMPSEY
(m. #2)
+ WILLIAM IRVIN "BILL" McCLUNG) of Fayetteville, WV.
1) CAROLYN BETH McCLUNG (b. 1 MARCH 1991,
Oak Hill Hospital, Fayetteville, WV)
iv. JAMES DANIEL "DANNY" BLOXTON (b. 27 JULY 1930, Glen Jean, WV, at home) Family had just moved in the night before and he was born the next morning.
(Arthritis in hip caused Danny's early retirement from C&O R.R.; he was in USAF same time as Alfred -- Nov, 1951-1955, 4 yrs.) 304-469-3608. Goes to church Sun AM/PM & Wed, Red Star Baptist Church. (m. 1959?, Beckley?)
+ VELMA L. CHRISTIAN, b. June 3, 1933; d. age 67 on 9 JAN 2001, Beckley, WV). In 1963, spent 30th birthday in hospital.
A. JAMES DANIEL "JAMIE" BLOXTON II (Velma didn't want him called "Jr.") (b. APR 1961?), lives (NJ?) near Philadelphia, PA (teaches and works @ Temple University there) (m. girl from China -- Her uncle a doctor in GA) (no children)
+ LING LYNN BLOXTON
B. DAVID EARL BLOXTON (b. 1962-1963?) (m. SHELLA but divorced now). SHELLA BLOXTON on internet as Volunteer, Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School, Raleigh County, WV.
+ SHELLA BLOXTON
C. RUTH MARIE BLOXTON (4 MAR 1964, Beckley, WV) of Beckley, WV. Not married.
5. MARY EMELINE BLOXTON (died as a baby circa 1898 – her sister, Flossie's, baby boy died same time) – in Beulah's Family Bible
6. MABEL L. BLOXTON MEADOWS LEGGOTT
(18 MAY 1898 WV - 4-5 AUG 1991, Huntington, WV)
+ ERSKINE MILLER CUMBOW, 55, Coal Miner, s/o:
John "Jack" & Josephine "Josie" Blake Cumbow
(24 SEP 1894, Oak Hill, WV - 18 JAN 1950, Fayette, WV)
(m. 1913 for 10-15 yrs., age 16)
1920 Census; Erskine 24 & Mabel 21; Fayetteville
1930 Census; Erskine 34 & Mabel 31; Washington & Huntington, WV
1933: Erskine wed Gussie Adkins, Fayette, WV
Willed all to nephew James Lloyd Cumbow,
(2 APR 1915 - JULY 1971)
+ ROY SANFORD MEADOWS (1884-1945)
i. JAMES BERNARD "BERNIE" MEADOWS (1939-2012)
(named after her two brothers)
(8 yrs. old in 1947 when Lucinda died)
+ BECKY MEADOWS
A. TANYA MEADOWS (DALE) QUEEN
(in college when Mabel died in 1991)
+ THOMAS B. LEGGOTT
(22 JUN 1890 - APR 1970 • WV)
7. JOHN "BERNARD", SR.
(of Falls Church, VA in 1961)
(b. 4 AUG 1900) (BUR-nerd)(d. JAN 1981)
+ DOROTHY M. HICKS, b. 1911 – d. 10 JUN 1999, age 88, of Oak Hill, WV, 19 grandchildren & 24 great-grandchildren. Sister: Garnet Goldman of Annapolis. Member, Jones Avenue First Church of God and Scarbro Garden Club.)
i. LUELLA "PEGGY" BLOXTON (m. EARL BLISS VANNATTER) of Oak Hill, WV)
[NOTE: Peggy and her sister, Alice, had organized a BLOXTON FAMILY REUNION every year since 1991, said Beulah]
A. DAVID VANNATTER
B. BARBARA ANN VANNATTER (b. 08 OCT 1951, Summerlee,
WV) (m. 10 JUN 1972 to
+ ROBERT PAUL KEES, b. 17 OCT 1952),
son of ROBERT ADRIAN KEES & NANCY ANN RUTLEDGE
1) KIMBERLY DAWN KEES, b. 28 JAN 1975, Beckley, WV
2) AMANDA LYNN KEES, b. 29 APR 1977, Beckley, WV
(m. 9 SEP 2000, Charleston, WV to
+ JEREMIAH BARTH LACY. They had LYNDEE AUTUMN LACY.
ii. ALICE BLOXTON OSBORNE of Oak Hill, WV
iii. DEANNA BLOXTON-DiPRETORO of Annapolis, MD
iv. JOHN BERNARD BLOXTON, Jr.
(b. 25 JAN 1929; d. 4 NOV 1996, Wicomico Church, VA)
+ WANDA STULL
v. JAMES JOSEPH BLOXTON of Ravenswood, WV
vi. WILLIAM "BILLY WAYNE" BLOXTON of Woodbridge, VA
vii. THOMAS DAVID BLOXTON of Woodbridge
+ SHARON MARIE FRANK
1910 Census (May 5, 1910), Hill Top, Fayetteville District, Fayette, West Virginia after Lucinda was widowed
Lucinda Bloxton (44) Wd VA/VA/VA,
3 of 4 births living, Washerwoman at home
James Bloxton (16) WV/VA/VA
Mabel Bloxton (11) WV/VA/VA
Bernard Bloxton (9) WV/VA/VA
(May 28, 1848 - August 5, 1903)
He signed his will on May 2, 1903, and he was deceased on August 5, 1903, the probate date.
Robert Jefferson Bloxton was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
For some reason, Bob left his first wife behind in Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA, location #184, June 19, 1880 census, with their two children and was listed in Shady Spring, Raleigh County, WV, as a "Carpenter" (age 38, although he was 32) and "single" (Virginia joined him later on in WV, and their son, Claude Robert, was born to them in 1884 in WV). In 1880, he was living with (and probably working for) a couple from England who had a lumber business in WV: John L. & Jane Wilson. Possibly their relative, William H. Wilson took over as Postmaster of Bloxton, WV, on June 9, 1882.
"Robert J. Bloxton" was appointed on September 27, 1881 until June 9, 1882 as Postmaster of "Bloxton, Raleigh County, WV", a hamlet which was named in honor of RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. James G. McCreery was appointed Postmaster of Bloxton, WV on Oct. 23, 1884. "McCreery was first known as "Bloxton" for R.J. Bloxton of Hill Top (Fayette Co.)" Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont.
Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia), Friday, August 16, 1974, Page 6: A well-known newspaper columnist from Oak Hill, WV, Rev. Shirley Donnely, wrote an article about ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON; it was included with other information that Alfred Bloxton sent to me. The article is two columns wide and 12-15" long. Rev. Donnely had a column for years in the Raleigh Register (evening paper) and the Beckley Post Herald (morning paper). Ruth kept all his columns. – (Danny & Alfred delivered both papers to earn money.) He wrote, "However, the hamlet there was called Bloxton at first. It was named in honor of the late R.J. BLOXTON, who lived at Hilltop. McCreery was one of the very first settlements in Raleigh County." (The newspaper mistakenly wrote his middle initial as "T".)
R. J. Bloxton was an architect; he built all kinds of buildings in Hilltop and Fayette Co., WV. He built a famous and beautiful opera house that had all kinds of stage shows in Glen Jean, WV, but "he didn't drive every nail in it." He planned the whole thing –- was the boss man. It is no longer standing; it was ¾ mile from Red Star. Alfred doesn't know if it burned down or what.
R. J. built their smaller family home in Hilltop, WV (which burned down after being sold 2-3 times; Beulah only had a photo of the chimney after fire; a family from NY built a nice brick home in its place) after he built the larger home across the road (Beulah had a photo of this house). R. J. built a house for his daughter, Florence "Flossie" Lelia (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between. This house was willed to her in his will of May 2, 1903.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
married wife #1 on 21 DEC 1871,
+ VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1845, (25, S)
d/o N. & T. Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA,
Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
They had three children:
1. FLORENCE LELIA "Flossie" BLOXTON DICKSON
(b. 19 JAN 1876, Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA)
+ WILLIAM "GARNET" DICKSON (1866-1958) of Hilltop, WV
In RJ's will, he willed his house that this daughter, Lelia, and her husband, Garnet Dickson, were living in to them and their heirs.
Their only child, Larence E. Dickson, died as a baby (Jan 11, 1898 - July 10, 1898), the same time that "Flossie" lost her sister, MARY E. BLOXTON.
OBITUARY: May 15, 1961 - Mrs. Lelia Florence Bloxton Dickson, Hilltop, WV, died in the Oak Hill Hospital early this morning after a long illness. Her husband, William G. "Garnet" Dickson, preceded her in death. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Austin (Dorothea Green Bloxton) Burgess, Oak Hill; Mrs. Mabel Leggott, Huntington, WV; and one brother, Bernard John Bloxton, Falls Church, VA. The body was attended by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
2. DOROTHEA "DORA" GREEN "DODIE" (b. 12 OCT 1879, Rock Hill, SC, VA) (d. 17 SEP 1968, age 88) of Oak Hill, WV in 1961
m. 5 MAY 1897, Fayette Co., WV, age 17 (groom 36)
+ CLYDE "AUSTIN" BURGESS, b. 22 JUN 1858, Fayette Co., WV; Carpenter
d: 4 MAR 1938, Scarbro, WV, age 79
Son of: Nathaniel Burgess & Margaret Phillips, m. 18 Oct 1848.
Austin's siblings -- Sis: Mary Ellen; Bro: Sonny
i. BESSIE "BESS" VIRGINIA BURGESS (b. MAR 1899), spinster
ii. "CLYDE" AUSTIN BURGESS (b. 3/8/1901 or 8/3/1901,
Fayette Co., WV) (d. 8/9/1977 or 9/8, FC, WV)
(m. 28 Aug 1928
+ Marshia Honaker, b. 3 May 1895; d. 10 Nov 1988,
d/o James Albert Honaker & Julie Pettry)
A. CLYDE ALBERT BURGESS, a doctor, of Oak Hill?
B. MARCIA KATHRYN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
1) STEPHEN PARKER TERWILLIGER
2) ALLAN/ALAN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
iii. ERLE/EARL ROBERT BURGESS (b. abt. 1904)
iv. MYRTLE FLORENCE BURGESS (b. abt. 1907), spinster?
v. OPAL RUTH BURGESS (b. abt. 1909), spinster
(d. Jan 1966 of cancer.)
vi. RUBY DOROTHEA BURGESS HOLMES (b. abt. 1912)
vii. NANCY BURGESS (b. abt. 1914)
+ GORDON ANDREW HENDRICKSON,
son of FOUNTAIN HENRY & MISSOURI McCLUNG,
b. 24 MAY 1906, Mt. Lookout, WV – d. 6 JAN 1981)
A. DOROTHEA "LYNN" HENDRICKSON
viii. CATHERINE "Katelina" ELIZABETH (b. abt. 1916)
ix. EVELYN (b. abt. 1918)
3. CLAUDE ROBERT BLOXTON (b. MAY 1881, Raleigh Co., WV - d. 1900)
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. c. 1848, VA--d. c. 1903, WV)
(m. 2nd in ca 1892 in WV,
+ LUCINDA CAROLINE "CINDY" BARTON (b. abt. 1863, WV, d. 1947, age 84, Hilltop, WV). Attended the Methodist Church without missing a service for 40 years. She served for a time as Church Janitor @ $2 a month. She sorely missed going to church the two weeks while all the children were quarantined with Scarlet Fever. Before the church got a piano, they had an old pump organ. When the church got a piano, they gave her the organ when Alfred was 5-6 yrs. old. Alfred, Juanita, and Beulah all learned to play on that organ at Hilltop. They took it with them when they moved to Dewitt, WV. It is upstairs in Alfred's house now. Lucinda had a fireplace in her bedroom. Early the morning she died, she stoked the fire while wearing a long flannel nightgown, got back in bed to get warm before fixing her breakfast, but didn't realize a spark attached to her nightgown, then caught her bedcovers on fire, until she was already on fire. She ran screaming outside and rolled in the snow; a Black neighbor tried to help her and took her to some white neighbors who put her in bed until the ambulance came, but she only lived a matter of hours when they got her to the hospital. Beulah got to the hospital while her grandmother was still conscious, and Lucinda told her what happened before she lost consciousness again. The Hilltop Methodist Church is no longer operating, but the building is still there, and there is a stained glass window with Lucinda Bloxton's name on it.) They had four children together:
4. JAMES WILLIAM BLOXTON (b. 11 JAN 1894, Meadow Bridge, Fayette (near Hinton, Summers County), WV d. age 42, 14 MAY 1936, Huntington Hospital, Cavell County, WV, after being transferred from McKendree Hospital, WV (15 miles from Red Star – railroad goes through there now – nothing there; not on the map anymore). (James played accordian, fiddle, and harmonica, but just for fun. (NOTE: While stationed at Camp Lee, VA – he met a barber or dentist by the name of Bloxton). During WWI (1917-1918), served in the Army Cavalry from WV as a "Horse Soldier", officially a "Clerk for the 155 Depot Brigade" (fell off his horse, broke his foot, and got out a little early because of that), not in good health – but military not a factor. James was 9 years old when his father died, and James died when his son, "ALFRED" was also 9 years old) (m. abt. 1920, in Beckley area (probably Sprague), Raleigh Co., WV to RUTH HESTER SMITH BLOXTON) (b. 25 SEPT 1899, Brooks, Summers County, WV, to MARTHA ELLEN CAMPBELL & OBERT SMITH - d: 5 Nov 1980). (In February, 1931, he moved his family in with Grandmother Lucinda at Hilltop, WV, because he was out of work during the depression. He got some odd jobs, helped to build some houses; two merchants who knew him as a boy gave him work when they had it; he worked on a WPA road project, was given scrap lumber he used to make wooden toys for Christmas sales – he was very resourceful. He helped fix up her house; they raised a garden; they canned; there were strawberries there, an apple orchard, with lots of other fruit trees.) (In 1937, after James died and one month before Juanita died, Ruth Hester brought her children from Lucinda's house in Hilltop to the Dewitt, WV "family home," (1½ miles from Red Star) which still has no running water and is still heated with wood or coal. Her son, James Daniel DANNY BLOXTON, lived there at the time I took these notes. (This youtube interview with DANNY took place when he was 77 years old - uploaded Oct 2009 - he was born July 27, 1930, so video made in 2007). When "James Daniel Bloxton, 21, of Hardy" enlisted in the USAF in November 1951, his mother was listed as "Hester Bloxton", not "Ruth".
i. JUANITA HESTER BLOXTON (b. 1921, Sprague?, Raleigh County, WV; d. age 16, 1937, McKendree Hospital, WV of Scarlet Fever kidney complications – all the other children had it at the same time, but her kidneys were weak, so she didn't survive.)
ii. BEULAH ALBERTA BLOXTON PENNINGTON 304-586-9273, 3231 Winfield Road, Winfield, WV 25213 (b. 17 AUG 1924, Sprague (or nearby Skeleton) (born at home, so conflicting 2 records), Raleigh Co., residence Winfield, Putnam Co., WV - d. 2000) (m. 31 AUG 1951)
+ LEROY RAY PENNINGTON, b. 12 MAY 1924, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, d. 7 OCT 1985, Winfield, WV). Member, Red Star Baptist Church; never transferred letter to Winfield Baptist Church – more confined to home now. Beulah went to England in 1992 – visited Pennington "Muncaster" Castle in the Lake District, also visited Bristol, Bath & Scotland. Traveling by rail – kind of a rat race -- people jam to get in doors – once you're seated, it's all right. Beulah and Leroy Pennington had:
A. TERRY EILEEN PENNINGTON of Winfield, WV
(b. 18 JUL 1952) at home with mom (d. Aug. 23, 2010,
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County,West Virginia)
B. BETTY LEE PENNINGTON ERNEST
(b. 7 JAN 1954–d. 3 FEB 1997)
+ DOUGLAS MATTHEW ERNEST, b. 21 FEB 1954, d. 1991)
of Winfield, WV (resident 32 years).
1) Andrew Justin Ernest (b. 3 JUN 1977) (m. 2000,
+ AMBER CASTO of Nitro, WV, daughter of GALAN &
ANGELA CASTO)
a) ZACHARY HUNTER ERNEST (b. 24 APR 2001, Thomas
Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, WV –
residence Nitro, WV)
2) Amy Michelle Ernest (b. 14 MAY 1978)
(m. 21 APRIL 2001, to
+ DANIEL STADNYK of Lexington, KY)
C. JAMES NELSON (ex-nickname):"BUSTER" (present
nickname) "BUCK" PENNINGTON of Scott Depot, WV
(b. 31 JUL 1955, South Charleston, WV) (bachelor)
D. SANDRA KAY PENNINGTON HIGGINS of Cross Lanes, WV
(b. 16 FEB 1958) (m. 1st
+ KENNETH "KENNY" LYN HIGGINS, b. 12 AUG 1951)
(m. 1999 – only 16 months - to 2nd
+ RODNEY ALLEN SMITH, d. 17 JUN 2000)
1) ADAM KYLE HIGGINS (b. 13 MAR 1987)
iii. VERNOR "ALFRED" BLOXTON (b. 16 MAR 1927, Hilltop, Fayette, WV) (m. 14 NOV 1955, Hilltop Methodist Church Parsonage, Hilltop, WV, to
+ SALLIE ANN UNDERWOOD, b. 12 NOV 1934, Glen Morgan, WV to CRYSTAL LENA MARTIN (b. 1907; d. 10 OCT 1997, age 90, of Oak Hill) & GEORGE ROBERT UNDERWOOD - sister, Mary Betty Jean U. Humphrey (80).) Sallie still attends nearby Packs Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Arthur is disabled with arthritis now and doesn't get to church much anymore. Alfred "plays great piano," according to Kelli, but Alfred thinks she plays better than he does -– has played at several churches over the years -- & harmonica by ear; retired 1946-1985 (39 yrs.) from C&O Railroad, Train Crew Dispatcher, plus 15-20 other clerical positions – Ticket Agent, Yard Work, etc. - including 3+ yrs. in between in the Air Force as USAF Classification Clerk and other clerical positions. Alfred was stationed at Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio, TX; six months in Margate, England on the English Channel (20 miles N of Dover), and 2-3 mos. in Colorado.) In 1956 he bought a two-story 12-room house with a ½ basement in the coal mining town of Red Star, WV (2 miles from Hilltop – the nearest Post Office is in Glen Jean, WV) from bachelor Robert L. "Bob" Legg, who died late 1960's or early 1970's. Bob ran the busy "Dog Wagon" restaurant in Thurmond, WV, a boom town, where Alfred started out on the railroad. (Today, only one Amtrack passenger train runs each direction three times a week, but 9-10 trains a day used to run in each direction, and they had more business than Cincinnati, OH.) At one time, Alfred's four children lived there, and his mom lived upstairs, like having her own apartment. Their home has not been used as a boarding house since 1936-1940, but it was built in 1900-1906, and many Star Coal Company miners stayed there. The Star Coal Company Store was nearby. Alfred worked at a company store in Harvey, WV, as a grocery clerk for ten months right out of high school.
A. REV. GERALD DEAN "JERRY" BLOXTON of Inverness, FL
(b. 19 APR 1956, at Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
+ LORIE LEA MEADOWS
(Pastor Jerry "plays a mean guitar," Arthur says -- self-taught -- has his Great-Grandfather, ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON's, gold watch, handed down to James William, Alfred, then Jerry. Flips open, both front & back, can stand it up on the hinge, heavy, with large pull-out stem for winding and setting time, Roman Numerals on face of it.)
1) KELLI RAE BLOXTON (b. ca. 1983)
(played basketball #21; Lakers/Kobe Bryant #8/Fan = lakers821@?.com; played piano at dad's church by ear "but not as good as Granddad Alfred".)
2) MARK AARON BLOXTON (b. ca. 1986)
B. JOHNNY RAY (b. 8 JUL 1957, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(m. 1976-77
+ SHARON ARTHUR (separated)
1) JOHN MICHAEL "MIKEY" (b. OCT 1977) home with dad
2) CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" BRIAN (b. 1980) in Army, Ft.
Bragg, NC paratrooper (m. in 2000
+ AUDREY CUMMINS
C. RUTH ANN (b. 25 MAY 1959, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(Ruth sent Alfred a "Bloxton name" scroll)
(m. #1)
+ JOHN NUTTER)
1) JOHN NELSON? "Little John" NUTTER, age 22 (b. 1979)
2) CRYSTAL ANN? NUTTER , age 20 (b. abt. 1981)
3) THOMAS NUTTER, age 18 (b. abt. 1983)
(m. #2)
+ KEITH MILLS, of Salisbury, NC.
D. JANET LEA (b. 10 MAY 1961, Oak Hill Hospital, WV,
(m. #1)
+ JEFF DEMPSEY
(m. #2)
+ WILLIAM IRVIN "BILL" McCLUNG) of Fayetteville, WV.
1) CAROLYN BETH McCLUNG (b. 1 MARCH 1991,
Oak Hill Hospital, Fayetteville, WV)
iv. JAMES DANIEL "DANNY" BLOXTON (b. 27 JULY 1930, Glen Jean, WV, at home) Family had just moved in the night before and he was born the next morning.
(Arthritis in hip caused Danny's early retirement from C&O R.R.; he was in USAF same time as Alfred -- Nov, 1951-1955, 4 yrs.) 304-469-3608. Goes to church Sun AM/PM & Wed, Red Star Baptist Church. (m. 1959?, Beckley?)
+ VELMA L. CHRISTIAN, b. June 3, 1933; d. age 67 on 9 JAN 2001, Beckley, WV). In 1963, spent 30th birthday in hospital.
A. JAMES DANIEL "JAMIE" BLOXTON II (Velma didn't want him called "Jr.") (b. APR 1961?), lives (NJ?) near Philadelphia, PA (teaches and works @ Temple University there) (m. girl from China -- Her uncle a doctor in GA) (no children)
+ LING LYNN BLOXTON
B. DAVID EARL BLOXTON (b. 1962-1963?) (m. SHELLA but divorced now). SHELLA BLOXTON on internet as Volunteer, Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School, Raleigh County, WV.
+ SHELLA BLOXTON
C. RUTH MARIE BLOXTON (4 MAR 1964, Beckley, WV) of Beckley, WV. Not married.
5. MARY EMELINE BLOXTON (died as a baby circa 1898 – her sister, Flossie's, baby boy died same time) – in Beulah's Family Bible
6. MABEL L. BLOXTON MEADOWS LEGGOTT
(18 MAY 1898 WV - 4-5 AUG 1991, Huntington, WV)
+ ERSKINE MILLER CUMBOW, 55, Coal Miner, s/o:
John "Jack" & Josephine "Josie" Blake Cumbow
(24 SEP 1894, Oak Hill, WV - 18 JAN 1950, Fayette, WV)
(m. 1913 for 10-15 yrs., age 16)
1920 Census; Erskine 24 & Mabel 21; Fayetteville
1930 Census; Erskine 34 & Mabel 31; Washington & Huntington, WV
1933: Erskine wed Gussie Adkins, Fayette, WV
Willed all to nephew James Lloyd Cumbow,
(2 APR 1915 - JULY 1971)
+ ROY SANFORD MEADOWS (1884-1945)
i. JAMES BERNARD "BERNIE" MEADOWS (1939-2012)
(named after her two brothers)
(8 yrs. old in 1947 when Lucinda died)
+ BECKY MEADOWS
A. TANYA MEADOWS (DALE) QUEEN
(in college when Mabel died in 1991)
+ THOMAS B. LEGGOTT
(22 JUN 1890 - APR 1970 • WV)
7. JOHN "BERNARD", SR.
(of Falls Church, VA in 1961)
(b. 4 AUG 1900) (BUR-nerd)(d. JAN 1981)
+ DOROTHY M. HICKS, b. 1911 – d. 10 JUN 1999, age 88, of Oak Hill, WV, 19 grandchildren & 24 great-grandchildren. Sister: Garnet Goldman of Annapolis. Member, Jones Avenue First Church of God and Scarbro Garden Club.)
i. LUELLA "PEGGY" BLOXTON (m. EARL BLISS VANNATTER) of Oak Hill, WV)
[NOTE: Peggy and her sister, Alice, had organized a BLOXTON FAMILY REUNION every year since 1991, said Beulah]
A. DAVID VANNATTER
B. BARBARA ANN VANNATTER (b. 08 OCT 1951, Summerlee,
WV) (m. 10 JUN 1972 to
+ ROBERT PAUL KEES, b. 17 OCT 1952),
son of ROBERT ADRIAN KEES & NANCY ANN RUTLEDGE
1) KIMBERLY DAWN KEES, b. 28 JAN 1975, Beckley, WV
2) AMANDA LYNN KEES, b. 29 APR 1977, Beckley, WV
(m. 9 SEP 2000, Charleston, WV to
+ JEREMIAH BARTH LACY. They had LYNDEE AUTUMN LACY.
ii. ALICE BLOXTON OSBORNE of Oak Hill, WV
iii. DEANNA BLOXTON-DiPRETORO of Annapolis, MD
iv. JOHN BERNARD BLOXTON, Jr.
(b. 25 JAN 1929; d. 4 NOV 1996, Wicomico Church, VA)
+ WANDA STULL
v. JAMES JOSEPH BLOXTON of Ravenswood, WV
vi. WILLIAM "BILLY WAYNE" BLOXTON of Woodbridge, VA
vii. THOMAS DAVID BLOXTON of Woodbridge
+ SHARON MARIE FRANK
1910 Census (May 5, 1910), Hill Top, Fayetteville District, Fayette, West Virginia after Lucinda was widowed
Lucinda Bloxton (44) Wd VA/VA/VA,
3 of 4 births living, Washerwoman at home
James Bloxton (16) WV/VA/VA
Mabel Bloxton (11) WV/VA/VA
Bernard Bloxton (9) WV/VA/VA
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
(May 28, 1848 - August 5, 1903)
He signed his will on May 2, 1903, and he was deceased on August 5, 1903, the probate date.
Robert Jefferson Bloxton was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
For some reason, Bob left his first wife behind in Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA, location #184, June 19, 1880 census, with their two children and was listed in Shady Spring, Raleigh County, WV, as a "Carpenter" (age 38, although he was 32) and "single" (Virginia joined him later on in WV, and their son, Claude Robert, was born to them in 1884 in WV). In 1880, he was living with (and probably working for) a couple from England who had a lumber business in WV: John L. & Jane Wilson. Possibly their relative, William H. Wilson took over as Postmaster of Bloxton, WV, on June 9, 1882.
"Robert J. Bloxton" was appointed on September 27, 1881 until June 9, 1882 as Postmaster of "Bloxton, Raleigh County, WV", a hamlet which was named in honor of RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. James G. McCreery was appointed Postmaster of Bloxton, WV on Oct. 23, 1884. "McCreery was first known as "Bloxton" for R.J. Bloxton of Hill Top (Fayette Co.)" Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont.
Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia), Friday, August 16, 1974, Page 6: A well-known newspaper columnist from Oak Hill, WV, Rev. Shirley Donnely, wrote an article about ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON; it was included with other information that Alfred Bloxton sent to me. The article is two columns wide and 12-15" long. Rev. Donnely had a column for years in the Raleigh Register (evening paper) and the Beckley Post Herald (morning paper). Ruth kept all his columns. – (Danny & Alfred delivered both papers to earn money.) He wrote, "However, the hamlet there was called Bloxton at first. It was named in honor of the late R.J. BLOXTON, who lived at Hilltop. McCreery was one of the very first settlements in Raleigh County." (The newspaper mistakenly wrote his middle initial as "T".)
R. J. Bloxton was an architect; he built all kinds of buildings in Hilltop and Fayette Co., WV. He built a famous and beautiful opera house that had all kinds of stage shows in Glen Jean, WV, but "he didn't drive every nail in it." He planned the whole thing –- was the boss man. It is no longer standing; it was ¾ mile from Red Star. Alfred doesn't know if it burned down or what.
R. J. built their smaller family home in Hilltop, WV (which burned down after being sold 2-3 times; Beulah only had a photo of the chimney after fire; a family from NY built a nice brick home in its place) after he built the larger home across the road (Beulah had a photo of this house). R. J. built a house for his daughter, Florence "Flossie" Lelia (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between. This house was willed to her in his will of May 2, 1903.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
married wife #1 on 21 DEC 1871,
+ VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1845, (25, S)
d/o N. & T. Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA,
Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
They had three children:
1. FLORENCE LELIA "Flossie" BLOXTON DICKSON
(b. 19 JAN 1876, Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA)
+ WILLIAM "GARNET" DICKSON (1866-1958) of Hilltop, WV
In RJ's will, he willed his house that this daughter, Lelia, and her husband, Garnet Dickson, were living in to them and their heirs.
Their only child, Larence E. Dickson, died as a baby (Jan 11, 1898 - July 10, 1898), the same time that "Flossie" lost her sister, MARY E. BLOXTON.
OBITUARY: May 15, 1961 - Mrs. Lelia Florence Bloxton Dickson, Hilltop, WV, died in the Oak Hill Hospital early this morning after a long illness. Her husband, William G. "Garnet" Dickson, preceded her in death. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Austin (Dorothea Green Bloxton) Burgess, Oak Hill; Mrs. Mabel Leggott, Huntington, WV; and one brother, Bernard John Bloxton, Falls Church, VA. The body was attended by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
2. DOROTHEA "DORA" GREEN "DODIE" (b. 12 OCT 1879, Rock Hill, SC, VA) (d. 17 SEP 1968, age 88) of Oak Hill, WV in 1961
m. 5 MAY 1897, Fayette Co., WV, age 17 (groom 36)
+ CLYDE "AUSTIN" BURGESS, b. 22 JUN 1858, Fayette Co., WV; Carpenter
d: 4 MAR 1938, Scarbro, WV, age 79
Son of: Nathaniel Burgess & Margaret Phillips, m. 18 Oct 1848.
Austin's siblings -- Sis: Mary Ellen; Bro: Sonny
i. BESSIE "BESS" VIRGINIA BURGESS (b. MAR 1899), spinster
ii. "CLYDE" AUSTIN BURGESS (b. 3/8/1901 or 8/3/1901,
Fayette Co., WV) (d. 8/9/1977 or 9/8, FC, WV)
(m. 28 Aug 1928
+ Marshia Honaker, b. 3 May 1895; d. 10 Nov 1988,
d/o James Albert Honaker & Julie Pettry)
A. CLYDE ALBERT BURGESS, a doctor, of Oak Hill?
B. MARCIA KATHRYN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
1) STEPHEN PARKER TERWILLIGER
2) ALLAN/ALAN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
iii. ERLE/EARL ROBERT BURGESS (b. abt. 1904)
iv. MYRTLE FLORENCE BURGESS (b. abt. 1907), spinster?
v. OPAL RUTH BURGESS (b. abt. 1909), spinster
(d. Jan 1966 of cancer.)
vi. RUBY DOROTHEA BURGESS HOLMES (b. abt. 1912)
vii. NANCY BURGESS (b. abt. 1914)
+ GORDON ANDREW HENDRICKSON,
son of FOUNTAIN HENRY & MISSOURI McCLUNG,
b. 24 MAY 1906, Mt. Lookout, WV – d. 6 JAN 1981)
A. DOROTHEA "LYNN" HENDRICKSON
viii. CATHERINE "Katelina" ELIZABETH (b. abt. 1916)
ix. EVELYN (b. abt. 1918)
3. CLAUDE ROBERT BLOXTON (b. MAY 1881, Raleigh Co., WV - d. 1900)
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. c. 1848, VA--d. c. 1903, WV)
(m. 2nd in ca 1892 in WV,
+ LUCINDA CAROLINE "CINDY" BARTON (b. abt. 1863, WV, d. 1947, age 84, Hilltop, WV). Attended the Methodist Church without missing a service for 40 years. She served for a time as Church Janitor @ $2 a month. She sorely missed going to church the two weeks while all the children were quarantined with Scarlet Fever. Before the church got a piano, they had an old pump organ. When the church got a piano, they gave her the organ when Alfred was 5-6 yrs. old. Alfred, Juanita, and Beulah all learned to play on that organ at Hilltop. They took it with them when they moved to Dewitt, WV. It is upstairs in Alfred's house now. Lucinda had a fireplace in her bedroom. Early the morning she died, she stoked the fire while wearing a long flannel nightgown, got back in bed to get warm before fixing her breakfast, but didn't realize a spark attached to her nightgown, then caught her bedcovers on fire, until she was already on fire. She ran screaming outside and rolled in the snow; a Black neighbor tried to help her and took her to some white neighbors who put her in bed until the ambulance came, but she only lived a matter of hours when they got her to the hospital. Beulah got to the hospital while her grandmother was still conscious, and Lucinda told her what happened before she lost consciousness again. The Hilltop Methodist Church is no longer operating, but the building is still there, and there is a stained glass window with Lucinda Bloxton's name on it.) They had four children together:
4. JAMES WILLIAM BLOXTON (b. 11 JAN 1894, Meadow Bridge, Fayette (near Hinton, Summers County), WV d. age 42, 14 MAY 1936, Huntington Hospital, Cavell County, WV, after being transferred from McKendree Hospital, WV (15 miles from Red Star – railroad goes through there now – nothing there; not on the map anymore). (James played accordian, fiddle, and harmonica, but just for fun. (NOTE: While stationed at Camp Lee, VA – he met a barber or dentist by the name of Bloxton). During WWI (1917-1918), served in the Army Cavalry from WV as a "Horse Soldier", officially a "Clerk for the 155 Depot Brigade" (fell off his horse, broke his foot, and got out a little early because of that), not in good health – but military not a factor. James was 9 years old when his father died, and James died when his son, "ALFRED" was also 9 years old) (m. abt. 1920, in Beckley area (probably Sprague), Raleigh Co., WV to RUTH HESTER SMITH BLOXTON) (b. 25 SEPT 1899, Brooks, Summers County, WV, to MARTHA ELLEN CAMPBELL & OBERT SMITH - d: 5 Nov 1980). (In February, 1931, he moved his family in with Grandmother Lucinda at Hilltop, WV, because he was out of work during the depression. He got some odd jobs, helped to build some houses; two merchants who knew him as a boy gave him work when they had it; he worked on a WPA road project, was given scrap lumber he used to make wooden toys for Christmas sales – he was very resourceful. He helped fix up her house; they raised a garden; they canned; there were strawberries there, an apple orchard, with lots of other fruit trees.) (In 1937, after James died and one month before Juanita died, Ruth Hester brought her children from Lucinda's house in Hilltop to the Dewitt, WV "family home," (1½ miles from Red Star) which still has no running water and is still heated with wood or coal. Her son, James Daniel DANNY BLOXTON, lived there at the time I took these notes. (This youtube interview with DANNY took place when he was 77 years old - uploaded Oct 2009 - he was born July 27, 1930, so video made in 2007). When "James Daniel Bloxton, 21, of Hardy" enlisted in the USAF in November 1951, his mother was listed as "Hester Bloxton", not "Ruth".
i. JUANITA HESTER BLOXTON (b. 1921, Sprague?, Raleigh County, WV; d. age 16, 1937, McKendree Hospital, WV of Scarlet Fever kidney complications – all the other children had it at the same time, but her kidneys were weak, so she didn't survive.)
ii. BEULAH ALBERTA BLOXTON PENNINGTON 304-586-9273, 3231 Winfield Road, Winfield, WV 25213 (b. 17 AUG 1924, Sprague (or nearby Skeleton) (born at home, so conflicting 2 records), Raleigh Co., residence Winfield, Putnam Co., WV - d. 2000) (m. 31 AUG 1951)
+ LEROY RAY PENNINGTON, b. 12 MAY 1924, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, d. 7 OCT 1985, Winfield, WV). Member, Red Star Baptist Church; never transferred letter to Winfield Baptist Church – more confined to home now. Beulah went to England in 1992 – visited Pennington "Muncaster" Castle in the Lake District, also visited Bristol, Bath & Scotland. Traveling by rail – kind of a rat race -- people jam to get in doors – once you're seated, it's all right. Beulah and Leroy Pennington had:
A. TERRY EILEEN PENNINGTON of Winfield, WV
(b. 18 JUL 1952) at home with mom (d. Aug. 23, 2010,
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County,West Virginia)
B. BETTY LEE PENNINGTON ERNEST
(b. 7 JAN 1954–d. 3 FEB 1997)
+ DOUGLAS MATTHEW ERNEST, b. 21 FEB 1954, d. 1991)
of Winfield, WV (resident 32 years).
1) Andrew Justin Ernest (b. 3 JUN 1977) (m. 2000,
+ AMBER CASTO of Nitro, WV, daughter of GALAN &
ANGELA CASTO)
a) ZACHARY HUNTER ERNEST (b. 24 APR 2001, Thomas
Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, WV –
residence Nitro, WV)
2) Amy Michelle Ernest (b. 14 MAY 1978)
(m. 21 APRIL 2001, to
+ DANIEL STADNYK of Lexington, KY)
C. JAMES NELSON (ex-nickname):"BUSTER" (present
nickname) "BUCK" PENNINGTON of Scott Depot, WV
(b. 31 JUL 1955, South Charleston, WV) (bachelor)
D. SANDRA KAY PENNINGTON HIGGINS of Cross Lanes, WV
(b. 16 FEB 1958) (m. 1st
+ KENNETH "KENNY" LYN HIGGINS, b. 12 AUG 1951)
(m. 1999 – only 16 months - to 2nd
+ RODNEY ALLEN SMITH, d. 17 JUN 2000)
1) ADAM KYLE HIGGINS (b. 13 MAR 1987)
iii. VERNOR "ALFRED" BLOXTON (b. 16 MAR 1927, Hilltop, Fayette, WV) (m. 14 NOV 1955, Hilltop Methodist Church Parsonage, Hilltop, WV, to
+ SALLIE ANN UNDERWOOD, b. 12 NOV 1934, Glen Morgan, WV to CRYSTAL LENA MARTIN (b. 1907; d. 10 OCT 1997, age 90, of Oak Hill) & GEORGE ROBERT UNDERWOOD - sister, Mary Betty Jean U. Humphrey (80).) Sallie still attends nearby Packs Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Arthur is disabled with arthritis now and doesn't get to church much anymore. Alfred "plays great piano," according to Kelli, but Alfred thinks she plays better than he does -– has played at several churches over the years -- & harmonica by ear; retired 1946-1985 (39 yrs.) from C&O Railroad, Train Crew Dispatcher, plus 15-20 other clerical positions – Ticket Agent, Yard Work, etc. - including 3+ yrs. in between in the Air Force as USAF Classification Clerk and other clerical positions. Alfred was stationed at Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio, TX; six months in Margate, England on the English Channel (20 miles N of Dover), and 2-3 mos. in Colorado.) In 1956 he bought a two-story 12-room house with a ½ basement in the coal mining town of Red Star, WV (2 miles from Hilltop – the nearest Post Office is in Glen Jean, WV) from bachelor Robert L. "Bob" Legg, who died late 1960's or early 1970's. Bob ran the busy "Dog Wagon" restaurant in Thurmond, WV, a boom town, where Alfred started out on the railroad. (Today, only one Amtrack passenger train runs each direction three times a week, but 9-10 trains a day used to run in each direction, and they had more business than Cincinnati, OH.) At one time, Alfred's four children lived there, and his mom lived upstairs, like having her own apartment. Their home has not been used as a boarding house since 1936-1940, but it was built in 1900-1906, and many Star Coal Company miners stayed there. The Star Coal Company Store was nearby. Alfred worked at a company store in Harvey, WV, as a grocery clerk for ten months right out of high school.
A. REV. GERALD DEAN "JERRY" BLOXTON of Inverness, FL
(b. 19 APR 1956, at Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
+ LORIE LEA MEADOWS
(Pastor Jerry "plays a mean guitar," Arthur says -- self-taught -- has his Great-Grandfather, ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON's, gold watch, handed down to James William, Alfred, then Jerry. Flips open, both front & back, can stand it up on the hinge, heavy, with large pull-out stem for winding and setting time, Roman Numerals on face of it.)
1) KELLI RAE BLOXTON (b. ca. 1983)
(played basketball #21; Lakers/Kobe Bryant #8/Fan = lakers821@?.com; played piano at dad's church by ear "but not as good as Granddad Alfred".)
2) MARK AARON BLOXTON (b. ca. 1986)
B. JOHNNY RAY (b. 8 JUL 1957, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(m. 1976-77
+ SHARON ARTHUR (separated)
1) JOHN MICHAEL "MIKEY" (b. OCT 1977) home with dad
2) CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" BRIAN (b. 1980) in Army, Ft.
Bragg, NC paratrooper (m. in 2000
+ AUDREY CUMMINS
C. RUTH ANN (b. 25 MAY 1959, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(Ruth sent Alfred a "Bloxton name" scroll)
(m. #1)
+ JOHN NUTTER)
1) JOHN NELSON? "Little John" NUTTER, age 22 (b. 1979)
2) CRYSTAL ANN? NUTTER , age 20 (b. abt. 1981)
3) THOMAS NUTTER, age 18 (b. abt. 1983)
(m. #2)
+ KEITH MILLS, of Salisbury, NC.
D. JANET LEA (b. 10 MAY 1961, Oak Hill Hospital, WV,
(m. #1)
+ JEFF DEMPSEY
(m. #2)
+ WILLIAM IRVIN "BILL" McCLUNG) of Fayetteville, WV.
1) CAROLYN BETH McCLUNG (b. 1 MARCH 1991,
Oak Hill Hospital, Fayetteville, WV)
iv. JAMES DANIEL "DANNY" BLOXTON (b. 27 JULY 1930, Glen Jean, WV, at home) Family had just moved in the night before and he was born the next morning.
(Arthritis in hip caused Danny's early retirement from C&O R.R.; he was in USAF same time as Alfred -- Nov, 1951-1955, 4 yrs.) 304-469-3608. Goes to church Sun AM/PM & Wed, Red Star Baptist Church. (m. 1959?, Beckley?)
+ VELMA L. CHRISTIAN, b. June 3, 1933; d. age 67 on 9 JAN 2001, Beckley, WV). In 1963, spent 30th birthday in hospital.
A. JAMES DANIEL "JAMIE" BLOXTON II (Velma didn't want him called "Jr.") (b. APR 1961?), lives (NJ?) near Philadelphia, PA (teaches and works @ Temple University there) (m. girl from China -- Her uncle a doctor in GA) (no children)
+ LING LYNN BLOXTON
B. DAVID EARL BLOXTON (b. 1962-1963?) (m. SHELLA but divorced now). SHELLA BLOXTON on internet as Volunteer, Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School, Raleigh County, WV.
+ SHELLA BLOXTON
C. RUTH MARIE BLOXTON (4 MAR 1964, Beckley, WV) of Beckley, WV. Not married.
5. MARY EMELINE BLOXTON (died as a baby circa 1898 – her sister, Flossie's, baby boy died same time) – in Beulah's Family Bible
6. MABEL L. BLOXTON MEADOWS LEGGOTT
(18 MAY 1898 WV - 4-5 AUG 1991, Huntington, WV)
+ ERSKINE MILLER CUMBOW, 55, Coal Miner, s/o:
John "Jack" & Josephine "Josie" Blake Cumbow
(24 SEP 1894, Oak Hill, WV - 18 JAN 1950, Fayette, WV)
(m. 1913 for 10-15 yrs., age 16)
1920 Census; Erskine 24 & Mabel 21; Fayetteville
1930 Census; Erskine 34 & Mabel 31; Washington & Huntington, WV
1933: Erskine wed Gussie Adkins, Fayette, WV
Willed all to nephew James Lloyd Cumbow,
(2 APR 1915 - JULY 1971)
+ ROY SANFORD MEADOWS (1884-1945)
i. JAMES BERNARD "BERNIE" MEADOWS (1939-2012)
(named after her two brothers)
(8 yrs. old in 1947 when Lucinda died)
+ BECKY MEADOWS
A. TANYA MEADOWS (DALE) QUEEN
(in college when Mabel died in 1991)
+ THOMAS B. LEGGOTT
(22 JUN 1890 - APR 1970 • WV)
7. JOHN "BERNARD", SR.
(of Falls Church, VA in 1961)
(b. 4 AUG 1900) (BUR-nerd)(d. JAN 1981)
+ DOROTHY M. HICKS, b. 1911 – d. 10 JUN 1999, age 88, of Oak Hill, WV, 19 grandchildren & 24 great-grandchildren. Sister: Garnet Goldman of Annapolis. Member, Jones Avenue First Church of God and Scarbro Garden Club.)
i. LUELLA "PEGGY" BLOXTON (m. EARL BLISS VANNATTER) of Oak Hill, WV)
[NOTE: Peggy and her sister, Alice, had organized a BLOXTON FAMILY REUNION every year since 1991, said Beulah]
A. DAVID VANNATTER
B. BARBARA ANN VANNATTER (b. 08 OCT 1951, Summerlee,
WV) (m. 10 JUN 1972 to
+ ROBERT PAUL KEES, b. 17 OCT 1952),
son of ROBERT ADRIAN KEES & NANCY ANN RUTLEDGE
1) KIMBERLY DAWN KEES, b. 28 JAN 1975, Beckley, WV
2) AMANDA LYNN KEES, b. 29 APR 1977, Beckley, WV
(m. 9 SEP 2000, Charleston, WV to
+ JEREMIAH BARTH LACY. They had LYNDEE AUTUMN LACY.
ii. ALICE BLOXTON OSBORNE of Oak Hill, WV
iii. DEANNA BLOXTON-DiPRETORO of Annapolis, MD
iv. JOHN BERNARD BLOXTON, Jr.
(b. 25 JAN 1929; d. 4 NOV 1996, Wicomico Church, VA)
+ WANDA STULL
v. JAMES JOSEPH BLOXTON of Ravenswood, WV
vi. WILLIAM "BILLY WAYNE" BLOXTON of Woodbridge, VA
vii. THOMAS DAVID BLOXTON of Woodbridge
+ SHARON MARIE FRANK
1910 Census (May 5, 1910), Hill Top, Fayetteville District, Fayette, West Virginia after Lucinda was widowed
Lucinda Bloxton (44) Wd VA/VA/VA,
3 of 4 births living, Washerwoman at home
James Bloxton (16) WV/VA/VA
Mabel Bloxton (11) WV/VA/VA
Bernard Bloxton (9) WV/VA/VA
(May 28, 1848 - August 5, 1903)
He signed his will on May 2, 1903, and he was deceased on August 5, 1903, the probate date.
Robert Jefferson Bloxton was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
For some reason, Bob left his first wife behind in Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA, location #184, June 19, 1880 census, with their two children and was listed in Shady Spring, Raleigh County, WV, as a "Carpenter" (age 38, although he was 32) and "single" (Virginia joined him later on in WV, and their son, Claude Robert, was born to them in 1884 in WV). In 1880, he was living with (and probably working for) a couple from England who had a lumber business in WV: John L. & Jane Wilson. Possibly their relative, William H. Wilson took over as Postmaster of Bloxton, WV, on June 9, 1882.
"Robert J. Bloxton" was appointed on September 27, 1881 until June 9, 1882 as Postmaster of "Bloxton, Raleigh County, WV", a hamlet which was named in honor of RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. James G. McCreery was appointed Postmaster of Bloxton, WV on Oct. 23, 1884. "McCreery was first known as "Bloxton" for R.J. Bloxton of Hill Top (Fayette Co.)" Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont.
Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia), Friday, August 16, 1974, Page 6: A well-known newspaper columnist from Oak Hill, WV, Rev. Shirley Donnely, wrote an article about ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON; it was included with other information that Alfred Bloxton sent to me. The article is two columns wide and 12-15" long. Rev. Donnely had a column for years in the Raleigh Register (evening paper) and the Beckley Post Herald (morning paper). Ruth kept all his columns. – (Danny & Alfred delivered both papers to earn money.) He wrote, "However, the hamlet there was called Bloxton at first. It was named in honor of the late R.J. BLOXTON, who lived at Hilltop. McCreery was one of the very first settlements in Raleigh County." (The newspaper mistakenly wrote his middle initial as "T".)
R. J. Bloxton was an architect; he built all kinds of buildings in Hilltop and Fayette Co., WV. He built a famous and beautiful opera house that had all kinds of stage shows in Glen Jean, WV, but "he didn't drive every nail in it." He planned the whole thing –- was the boss man. It is no longer standing; it was ¾ mile from Red Star. Alfred doesn't know if it burned down or what.
R. J. built their smaller family home in Hilltop, WV (which burned down after being sold 2-3 times; Beulah only had a photo of the chimney after fire; a family from NY built a nice brick home in its place) after he built the larger home across the road (Beulah had a photo of this house). R. J. built a house for his daughter, Florence "Flossie" Lelia (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between. This house was willed to her in his will of May 2, 1903.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
married wife #1 on 21 DEC 1871,
+ VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1845, (25, S)
d/o N. & T. Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA,
Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
They had three children:
1. FLORENCE LELIA "Flossie" BLOXTON DICKSON
(b. 19 JAN 1876, Rock Hill, Stafford County, VA)
+ WILLIAM "GARNET" DICKSON (1866-1958) of Hilltop, WV
In RJ's will, he willed his house that this daughter, Lelia, and her husband, Garnet Dickson, were living in to them and their heirs.
Their only child, Larence E. Dickson, died as a baby (Jan 11, 1898 - July 10, 1898), the same time that "Flossie" lost her sister, MARY E. BLOXTON.
OBITUARY: May 15, 1961 - Mrs. Lelia Florence Bloxton Dickson, Hilltop, WV, died in the Oak Hill Hospital early this morning after a long illness. Her husband, William G. "Garnet" Dickson, preceded her in death. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Austin (Dorothea Green Bloxton) Burgess, Oak Hill; Mrs. Mabel Leggott, Huntington, WV; and one brother, Bernard John Bloxton, Falls Church, VA. The body was attended by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
2. DOROTHEA "DORA" GREEN "DODIE" (b. 12 OCT 1879, Rock Hill, SC, VA) (d. 17 SEP 1968, age 88) of Oak Hill, WV in 1961
m. 5 MAY 1897, Fayette Co., WV, age 17 (groom 36)
+ CLYDE "AUSTIN" BURGESS, b. 22 JUN 1858, Fayette Co., WV; Carpenter
d: 4 MAR 1938, Scarbro, WV, age 79
Son of: Nathaniel Burgess & Margaret Phillips, m. 18 Oct 1848.
Austin's siblings -- Sis: Mary Ellen; Bro: Sonny
i. BESSIE "BESS" VIRGINIA BURGESS (b. MAR 1899), spinster
ii. "CLYDE" AUSTIN BURGESS (b. 3/8/1901 or 8/3/1901,
Fayette Co., WV) (d. 8/9/1977 or 9/8, FC, WV)
(m. 28 Aug 1928
+ Marshia Honaker, b. 3 May 1895; d. 10 Nov 1988,
d/o James Albert Honaker & Julie Pettry)
A. CLYDE ALBERT BURGESS, a doctor, of Oak Hill?
B. MARCIA KATHRYN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
1) STEPHEN PARKER TERWILLIGER
2) ALLAN/ALAN BURGESS TERWILLIGER
iii. ERLE/EARL ROBERT BURGESS (b. abt. 1904)
iv. MYRTLE FLORENCE BURGESS (b. abt. 1907), spinster?
v. OPAL RUTH BURGESS (b. abt. 1909), spinster
(d. Jan 1966 of cancer.)
vi. RUBY DOROTHEA BURGESS HOLMES (b. abt. 1912)
vii. NANCY BURGESS (b. abt. 1914)
+ GORDON ANDREW HENDRICKSON,
son of FOUNTAIN HENRY & MISSOURI McCLUNG,
b. 24 MAY 1906, Mt. Lookout, WV – d. 6 JAN 1981)
A. DOROTHEA "LYNN" HENDRICKSON
viii. CATHERINE "Katelina" ELIZABETH (b. abt. 1916)
ix. EVELYN (b. abt. 1918)
3. CLAUDE ROBERT BLOXTON (b. MAY 1881, Raleigh Co., WV - d. 1900)
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. c. 1848, VA--d. c. 1903, WV)
(m. 2nd in ca 1892 in WV,
+ LUCINDA CAROLINE "CINDY" BARTON (b. abt. 1863, WV, d. 1947, age 84, Hilltop, WV). Attended the Methodist Church without missing a service for 40 years. She served for a time as Church Janitor @ $2 a month. She sorely missed going to church the two weeks while all the children were quarantined with Scarlet Fever. Before the church got a piano, they had an old pump organ. When the church got a piano, they gave her the organ when Alfred was 5-6 yrs. old. Alfred, Juanita, and Beulah all learned to play on that organ at Hilltop. They took it with them when they moved to Dewitt, WV. It is upstairs in Alfred's house now. Lucinda had a fireplace in her bedroom. Early the morning she died, she stoked the fire while wearing a long flannel nightgown, got back in bed to get warm before fixing her breakfast, but didn't realize a spark attached to her nightgown, then caught her bedcovers on fire, until she was already on fire. She ran screaming outside and rolled in the snow; a Black neighbor tried to help her and took her to some white neighbors who put her in bed until the ambulance came, but she only lived a matter of hours when they got her to the hospital. Beulah got to the hospital while her grandmother was still conscious, and Lucinda told her what happened before she lost consciousness again. The Hilltop Methodist Church is no longer operating, but the building is still there, and there is a stained glass window with Lucinda Bloxton's name on it.) They had four children together:
4. JAMES WILLIAM BLOXTON (b. 11 JAN 1894, Meadow Bridge, Fayette (near Hinton, Summers County), WV d. age 42, 14 MAY 1936, Huntington Hospital, Cavell County, WV, after being transferred from McKendree Hospital, WV (15 miles from Red Star – railroad goes through there now – nothing there; not on the map anymore). (James played accordian, fiddle, and harmonica, but just for fun. (NOTE: While stationed at Camp Lee, VA – he met a barber or dentist by the name of Bloxton). During WWI (1917-1918), served in the Army Cavalry from WV as a "Horse Soldier", officially a "Clerk for the 155 Depot Brigade" (fell off his horse, broke his foot, and got out a little early because of that), not in good health – but military not a factor. James was 9 years old when his father died, and James died when his son, "ALFRED" was also 9 years old) (m. abt. 1920, in Beckley area (probably Sprague), Raleigh Co., WV to RUTH HESTER SMITH BLOXTON) (b. 25 SEPT 1899, Brooks, Summers County, WV, to MARTHA ELLEN CAMPBELL & OBERT SMITH - d: 5 Nov 1980). (In February, 1931, he moved his family in with Grandmother Lucinda at Hilltop, WV, because he was out of work during the depression. He got some odd jobs, helped to build some houses; two merchants who knew him as a boy gave him work when they had it; he worked on a WPA road project, was given scrap lumber he used to make wooden toys for Christmas sales – he was very resourceful. He helped fix up her house; they raised a garden; they canned; there were strawberries there, an apple orchard, with lots of other fruit trees.) (In 1937, after James died and one month before Juanita died, Ruth Hester brought her children from Lucinda's house in Hilltop to the Dewitt, WV "family home," (1½ miles from Red Star) which still has no running water and is still heated with wood or coal. Her son, James Daniel DANNY BLOXTON, lived there at the time I took these notes. (This youtube interview with DANNY took place when he was 77 years old - uploaded Oct 2009 - he was born July 27, 1930, so video made in 2007). When "James Daniel Bloxton, 21, of Hardy" enlisted in the USAF in November 1951, his mother was listed as "Hester Bloxton", not "Ruth".
i. JUANITA HESTER BLOXTON (b. 1921, Sprague?, Raleigh County, WV; d. age 16, 1937, McKendree Hospital, WV of Scarlet Fever kidney complications – all the other children had it at the same time, but her kidneys were weak, so she didn't survive.)
ii. BEULAH ALBERTA BLOXTON PENNINGTON 304-586-9273, 3231 Winfield Road, Winfield, WV 25213 (b. 17 AUG 1924, Sprague (or nearby Skeleton) (born at home, so conflicting 2 records), Raleigh Co., residence Winfield, Putnam Co., WV - d. 2000) (m. 31 AUG 1951)
+ LEROY RAY PENNINGTON, b. 12 MAY 1924, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, d. 7 OCT 1985, Winfield, WV). Member, Red Star Baptist Church; never transferred letter to Winfield Baptist Church – more confined to home now. Beulah went to England in 1992 – visited Pennington "Muncaster" Castle in the Lake District, also visited Bristol, Bath & Scotland. Traveling by rail – kind of a rat race -- people jam to get in doors – once you're seated, it's all right. Beulah and Leroy Pennington had:
A. TERRY EILEEN PENNINGTON of Winfield, WV
(b. 18 JUL 1952) at home with mom (d. Aug. 23, 2010,
Cross Lanes, Kanawha County,West Virginia)
B. BETTY LEE PENNINGTON ERNEST
(b. 7 JAN 1954–d. 3 FEB 1997)
+ DOUGLAS MATTHEW ERNEST, b. 21 FEB 1954, d. 1991)
of Winfield, WV (resident 32 years).
1) Andrew Justin Ernest (b. 3 JUN 1977) (m. 2000,
+ AMBER CASTO of Nitro, WV, daughter of GALAN &
ANGELA CASTO)
a) ZACHARY HUNTER ERNEST (b. 24 APR 2001, Thomas
Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, WV –
residence Nitro, WV)
2) Amy Michelle Ernest (b. 14 MAY 1978)
(m. 21 APRIL 2001, to
+ DANIEL STADNYK of Lexington, KY)
C. JAMES NELSON (ex-nickname):"BUSTER" (present
nickname) "BUCK" PENNINGTON of Scott Depot, WV
(b. 31 JUL 1955, South Charleston, WV) (bachelor)
D. SANDRA KAY PENNINGTON HIGGINS of Cross Lanes, WV
(b. 16 FEB 1958) (m. 1st
+ KENNETH "KENNY" LYN HIGGINS, b. 12 AUG 1951)
(m. 1999 – only 16 months - to 2nd
+ RODNEY ALLEN SMITH, d. 17 JUN 2000)
1) ADAM KYLE HIGGINS (b. 13 MAR 1987)
iii. VERNOR "ALFRED" BLOXTON (b. 16 MAR 1927, Hilltop, Fayette, WV) (m. 14 NOV 1955, Hilltop Methodist Church Parsonage, Hilltop, WV, to
+ SALLIE ANN UNDERWOOD, b. 12 NOV 1934, Glen Morgan, WV to CRYSTAL LENA MARTIN (b. 1907; d. 10 OCT 1997, age 90, of Oak Hill) & GEORGE ROBERT UNDERWOOD - sister, Mary Betty Jean U. Humphrey (80).) Sallie still attends nearby Packs Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Arthur is disabled with arthritis now and doesn't get to church much anymore. Alfred "plays great piano," according to Kelli, but Alfred thinks she plays better than he does -– has played at several churches over the years -- & harmonica by ear; retired 1946-1985 (39 yrs.) from C&O Railroad, Train Crew Dispatcher, plus 15-20 other clerical positions – Ticket Agent, Yard Work, etc. - including 3+ yrs. in between in the Air Force as USAF Classification Clerk and other clerical positions. Alfred was stationed at Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio, TX; six months in Margate, England on the English Channel (20 miles N of Dover), and 2-3 mos. in Colorado.) In 1956 he bought a two-story 12-room house with a ½ basement in the coal mining town of Red Star, WV (2 miles from Hilltop – the nearest Post Office is in Glen Jean, WV) from bachelor Robert L. "Bob" Legg, who died late 1960's or early 1970's. Bob ran the busy "Dog Wagon" restaurant in Thurmond, WV, a boom town, where Alfred started out on the railroad. (Today, only one Amtrack passenger train runs each direction three times a week, but 9-10 trains a day used to run in each direction, and they had more business than Cincinnati, OH.) At one time, Alfred's four children lived there, and his mom lived upstairs, like having her own apartment. Their home has not been used as a boarding house since 1936-1940, but it was built in 1900-1906, and many Star Coal Company miners stayed there. The Star Coal Company Store was nearby. Alfred worked at a company store in Harvey, WV, as a grocery clerk for ten months right out of high school.
A. REV. GERALD DEAN "JERRY" BLOXTON of Inverness, FL
(b. 19 APR 1956, at Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
+ LORIE LEA MEADOWS
(Pastor Jerry "plays a mean guitar," Arthur says -- self-taught -- has his Great-Grandfather, ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON's, gold watch, handed down to James William, Alfred, then Jerry. Flips open, both front & back, can stand it up on the hinge, heavy, with large pull-out stem for winding and setting time, Roman Numerals on face of it.)
1) KELLI RAE BLOXTON (b. ca. 1983)
(played basketball #21; Lakers/Kobe Bryant #8/Fan = lakers821@?.com; played piano at dad's church by ear "but not as good as Granddad Alfred".)
2) MARK AARON BLOXTON (b. ca. 1986)
B. JOHNNY RAY (b. 8 JUL 1957, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(m. 1976-77
+ SHARON ARTHUR (separated)
1) JOHN MICHAEL "MIKEY" (b. OCT 1977) home with dad
2) CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" BRIAN (b. 1980) in Army, Ft.
Bragg, NC paratrooper (m. in 2000
+ AUDREY CUMMINS
C. RUTH ANN (b. 25 MAY 1959, Oak Hill Hospital, WV)
(Ruth sent Alfred a "Bloxton name" scroll)
(m. #1)
+ JOHN NUTTER)
1) JOHN NELSON? "Little John" NUTTER, age 22 (b. 1979)
2) CRYSTAL ANN? NUTTER , age 20 (b. abt. 1981)
3) THOMAS NUTTER, age 18 (b. abt. 1983)
(m. #2)
+ KEITH MILLS, of Salisbury, NC.
D. JANET LEA (b. 10 MAY 1961, Oak Hill Hospital, WV,
(m. #1)
+ JEFF DEMPSEY
(m. #2)
+ WILLIAM IRVIN "BILL" McCLUNG) of Fayetteville, WV.
1) CAROLYN BETH McCLUNG (b. 1 MARCH 1991,
Oak Hill Hospital, Fayetteville, WV)
iv. JAMES DANIEL "DANNY" BLOXTON (b. 27 JULY 1930, Glen Jean, WV, at home) Family had just moved in the night before and he was born the next morning.
(Arthritis in hip caused Danny's early retirement from C&O R.R.; he was in USAF same time as Alfred -- Nov, 1951-1955, 4 yrs.) 304-469-3608. Goes to church Sun AM/PM & Wed, Red Star Baptist Church. (m. 1959?, Beckley?)
+ VELMA L. CHRISTIAN, b. June 3, 1933; d. age 67 on 9 JAN 2001, Beckley, WV). In 1963, spent 30th birthday in hospital.
A. JAMES DANIEL "JAMIE" BLOXTON II (Velma didn't want him called "Jr.") (b. APR 1961?), lives (NJ?) near Philadelphia, PA (teaches and works @ Temple University there) (m. girl from China -- Her uncle a doctor in GA) (no children)
+ LING LYNN BLOXTON
B. DAVID EARL BLOXTON (b. 1962-1963?) (m. SHELLA but divorced now). SHELLA BLOXTON on internet as Volunteer, Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School, Raleigh County, WV.
+ SHELLA BLOXTON
C. RUTH MARIE BLOXTON (4 MAR 1964, Beckley, WV) of Beckley, WV. Not married.
5. MARY EMELINE BLOXTON (died as a baby circa 1898 – her sister, Flossie's, baby boy died same time) – in Beulah's Family Bible
6. MABEL L. BLOXTON MEADOWS LEGGOTT
(18 MAY 1898 WV - 4-5 AUG 1991, Huntington, WV)
+ ERSKINE MILLER CUMBOW, 55, Coal Miner, s/o:
John "Jack" & Josephine "Josie" Blake Cumbow
(24 SEP 1894, Oak Hill, WV - 18 JAN 1950, Fayette, WV)
(m. 1913 for 10-15 yrs., age 16)
1920 Census; Erskine 24 & Mabel 21; Fayetteville
1930 Census; Erskine 34 & Mabel 31; Washington & Huntington, WV
1933: Erskine wed Gussie Adkins, Fayette, WV
Willed all to nephew James Lloyd Cumbow,
(2 APR 1915 - JULY 1971)
+ ROY SANFORD MEADOWS (1884-1945)
i. JAMES BERNARD "BERNIE" MEADOWS (1939-2012)
(named after her two brothers)
(8 yrs. old in 1947 when Lucinda died)
+ BECKY MEADOWS
A. TANYA MEADOWS (DALE) QUEEN
(in college when Mabel died in 1991)
+ THOMAS B. LEGGOTT
(22 JUN 1890 - APR 1970 • WV)
7. JOHN "BERNARD", SR.
(of Falls Church, VA in 1961)
(b. 4 AUG 1900) (BUR-nerd)(d. JAN 1981)
+ DOROTHY M. HICKS, b. 1911 – d. 10 JUN 1999, age 88, of Oak Hill, WV, 19 grandchildren & 24 great-grandchildren. Sister: Garnet Goldman of Annapolis. Member, Jones Avenue First Church of God and Scarbro Garden Club.)
i. LUELLA "PEGGY" BLOXTON (m. EARL BLISS VANNATTER) of Oak Hill, WV)
[NOTE: Peggy and her sister, Alice, had organized a BLOXTON FAMILY REUNION every year since 1991, said Beulah]
A. DAVID VANNATTER
B. BARBARA ANN VANNATTER (b. 08 OCT 1951, Summerlee,
WV) (m. 10 JUN 1972 to
+ ROBERT PAUL KEES, b. 17 OCT 1952),
son of ROBERT ADRIAN KEES & NANCY ANN RUTLEDGE
1) KIMBERLY DAWN KEES, b. 28 JAN 1975, Beckley, WV
2) AMANDA LYNN KEES, b. 29 APR 1977, Beckley, WV
(m. 9 SEP 2000, Charleston, WV to
+ JEREMIAH BARTH LACY. They had LYNDEE AUTUMN LACY.
ii. ALICE BLOXTON OSBORNE of Oak Hill, WV
iii. DEANNA BLOXTON-DiPRETORO of Annapolis, MD
iv. JOHN BERNARD BLOXTON, Jr.
(b. 25 JAN 1929; d. 4 NOV 1996, Wicomico Church, VA)
+ WANDA STULL
v. JAMES JOSEPH BLOXTON of Ravenswood, WV
vi. WILLIAM "BILLY WAYNE" BLOXTON of Woodbridge, VA
vii. THOMAS DAVID BLOXTON of Woodbridge
+ SHARON MARIE FRANK
1910 Census (May 5, 1910), Hill Top, Fayetteville District, Fayette, West Virginia after Lucinda was widowed
Lucinda Bloxton (44) Wd VA/VA/VA,
3 of 4 births living, Washerwoman at home
James Bloxton (16) WV/VA/VA
Mabel Bloxton (11) WV/VA/VA
Bernard Bloxton (9) WV/VA/VA
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