Sarah Virginia "Jennie" Shumate was the daughter of George "Nelson" & Teressa (Green) Shumate. Her siblings were:
Mary E Shumate
Susan A Shumate (1840 – 1841)
Whitson Green Shumate (1842 – 1928)
Martha Paige Shumate (1843 – 1911)
Elizabeth A Shumate (1848 – )
Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE" SHUMATE (1850/1851 – 1891)
Wilson Bailey Shumate (1856 – )
Virginia was still living when she and BOB BLOXTON had their third child, Claude Robert Bloxton, in May 1881. It could be that she died in childbirth or something, because she disappeared after that.
Jennie, age 20, was married December 21, 1871 to:
Robert Jefferson Bloxton, who was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. abt. 1847-1848 in VA) (d. abt. 1903 in WV).
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, S) d/o George NELSON & TERESSA Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA, Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
For some reason, Bob left Jinny 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 1881 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.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, 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
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 Leggett, Huntington, WV; and one brother, John "Bernard" 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)
"Bloxton, WV" hamlet was named after RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont. In 1974, 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.)
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" (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between.
Mary E Shumate
Susan A Shumate (1840 – 1841)
Whitson Green Shumate (1842 – 1928)
Martha Paige Shumate (1843 – 1911)
Elizabeth A Shumate (1848 – )
Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE" SHUMATE (1850/1851 – 1891)
Wilson Bailey Shumate (1856 – )
Virginia was still living when she and BOB BLOXTON had their third child, Claude Robert Bloxton, in May 1881. It could be that she died in childbirth or something, because she disappeared after that.
Jennie, age 20, was married December 21, 1871 to:
Robert Jefferson Bloxton, who was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. abt. 1847-1848 in VA) (d. abt. 1903 in WV).
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, S) d/o George NELSON & TERESSA Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA, Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
For some reason, Bob left Jinny 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 1881 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.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, 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
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 Leggett, Huntington, WV; and one brother, John "Bernard" 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)
"Bloxton, WV" hamlet was named after RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont. In 1974, 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.)
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" (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between.
Sarah Virginia "Jennie" Shumate was the daughter of George "Nelson" & Teressa (Green) Shumate. Her siblings were:
Mary E Shumate
Susan A Shumate (1840 – 1841)
Whitson Green Shumate (1842 – 1928)
Martha Paige Shumate (1843 – 1911)
Elizabeth A Shumate (1848 – )
Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE" SHUMATE (1850/1851 – 1891)
Wilson Bailey Shumate (1856 – )
Virginia was still living when she and BOB BLOXTON had their third child, Claude Robert Bloxton, in May 1881. It could be that she died in childbirth or something, because she disappeared after that.
Jennie, age 20, was married December 21, 1871 to:
Robert Jefferson Bloxton, who was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. abt. 1847-1848 in VA) (d. abt. 1903 in WV).
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, S) d/o George NELSON & TERESSA Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA, Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
For some reason, Bob left Jinny 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 1881 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.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, 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
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 Leggett, Huntington, WV; and one brother, John "Bernard" 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)
"Bloxton, WV" hamlet was named after RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont. In 1974, 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.)
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" (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between.
Mary E Shumate
Susan A Shumate (1840 – 1841)
Whitson Green Shumate (1842 – 1928)
Martha Paige Shumate (1843 – 1911)
Elizabeth A Shumate (1848 – )
Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE" SHUMATE (1850/1851 – 1891)
Wilson Bailey Shumate (1856 – )
Virginia was still living when she and BOB BLOXTON had their third child, Claude Robert Bloxton, in May 1881. It could be that she died in childbirth or something, because she disappeared after that.
Jennie, age 20, was married December 21, 1871 to:
Robert Jefferson Bloxton, who was the fifth son of William Ashby Bloxton, and his first son with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton Bloxton.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON (b. abt. 1847-1848 in VA) (d. abt. 1903 in WV).
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, S) d/o George NELSON & TERESSA Shumate, POB, POR, POM, Stafford Co., VA, Minister: WRD Moncure, STMR).
For some reason, Bob left Jinny 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 1881 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.
ROBERT JEFFERSON BLOXTON
(m. 1st 21 DEC 1871,
+ Sarah VIRGINIA "JENNIE/JINNY" SHUMATE, b. abt. 1850, (20, 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
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 Leggett, Huntington, WV; and one brother, John "Bernard" 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)
"Bloxton, WV" hamlet was named after RJB, where he did a lot of building –- in 1907 it was renamed McCreery, WV. Nearby towns (five miles East from McKendree): Terry/Teery, Prince (train station, stops there) Quinnimont. In 1974, 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.)
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" (Mrs. W. Garnet Dickson), by his first wife, which is still standing; it joins the orchard – part of property with a fence between.
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