"William W. FERREL was born in the town of West Liberty, County of Ohio, West Virginia on September 18th 1839." - From the family Bible of William Watson FERREL in the possession of Scott FERREL of Modesto, Calif. in 1987.
He was son of Robert FERREL and his first wife, Hanna (WATSON) FERREL, dau. of William and Susannah (HEEVER) WATSON.
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William W. FERREL married first, 25 June 1867, to Josephine BARLOW of Zanesville, Ohio. They had no children, and she died in February 1871.
1872 - William W. FERREL married second, 23 Oct 1872, at Pipe Creek, Belmont Co., Ohio to Emily A. LOCKWOOD (1847-1866), dau. of Benjamin LOCKWOOD. W.W. FERREL had been employed as paymaster in the Johnson Coal Mine on Pipe Creek. The mine was owned at that time by Benjamin LOCKWOOD.
William W. and Emily (LOCKWOOD) FERREL had children:
Annie W. FERREL (1873-1896) m.1890 James BERRY;
Benjamin FERREL (1874-1876);
Carrie FERREL (1876-1942) m. Tom DUNFEE;
William Lawrence FERREL (1878-1947) m.1902 Mary Ann "Mabel" STORRS; and
Walter Lee FERREL (1882-1959) m.1907 Daisy Viola WILLIAMSON.
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From Wiggins' and Weever's OHIO RIVER DIRECTORY, Wheeling, West Virginia residents in 1871 included:
James FERREL, hostler, Lee & Marshall Streets, Central Wheeling.
Peter FERREL, painter, Washington St., Southside near Main.
W.W. FERREL, assistant Assessor, Penn St. on the East Side
near Zane (lived on Wheeling Island).
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Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, first wife of William Watson FERREL, died in February 1871. She had no known children. On 18 March 1871, at the time of the death of his first wife, Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, William W. FERREL purchased a lot in Mt. Wood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia. -- Ohio County, WV Deeds.
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William Watson FERREL was elected "School Director" in Dilles Bottom, Ohio in the 1890's.
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An 18 Oct 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part:
Yes I knew Watson FERREL as we all called him 'Wat". He had 4 children, 2 Girls and 2 Boys. I don't remember William very well as he left Pipe Creek early. But I remember Walter and Carrie, the youngest girl. Walter worked in the Johnson Coal Mine here. Then I never knew where he went. The oldest girl met a tragic death. On July 5, 1896 there was a cloud burst at the head of Pipe Creek, and washed away her and her husbands home. Her husband's name was James BERRY, and they had three children, a little girl 3, a boy 5 that went to a cave away from the flood. Any how, she held on to her little girl, and her husband held on to her. But a few hundred yards from where the house was a log hit her and knocked her loose from her husband. Her husband swam out O.K., and they found the mother and little girl floating in the Ohio River the next day. Clark, that's the boy that was in the cave. His grandpa BERRY opened the cave door. Clark yelled ---. Clarks Father remarried and became a Doctor. Clark married an he and his wife were doing missionary work and Clark got a disease over there and died. Carrie FERREL married a man by the name of DUNFEE. They have one son. She passed away a few years ago. --- I can't get you a picture of your Great Grandfather's (William W. FERREL's) old Homestead, as the Highway took it."
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A 7 Nov 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"--(The FERREL family) came from around Warnock, Ohio. My home was a half mile from Businessburg. Then one mile down Pipe Creek was your great-grandfather's (Wm. Watson Ferrel's) home. Then one mile down is the Ohio River. Then one mile up the River is Dillies Bottom, and the Lockwood Estate. Sadie LOCKWOOD had a dairy in the old homestead. It was sold after she passed away. The AULT family lived with her. It's only one mile to Moundsville, W. Va.. There's a Ferry Boat now, but talk of building a bridge. The name of the School that your grandfather (William L. FERREL) went to was Union Valley. It was just a short distance from their home. It's a Dwelling house now as they built a large School in Dillies Bottom. Your Great-grandfather (William Watson FERREL) beat my father for School Director once. It was politics then too. As the FERRELLS were Republicans and the CREAMERS were democrats. I think what helped defeat my father, a real old lady said she was going to vote for George CREAMER. She thought we would have better times. Ha! I don't think your great grand-father (had) as big a majority as Nixon will today. The Presbyterians use to have the Church at Pipe Creek, but they moved out and the Church of God moved in. I loved to hear Carrie FERRELL sing Alto at Church. She sure was a beautiful girl and such a good girl. I doubt if you can get much information from Tom DUNFEE as he is a Loner. --- My Grandfather FULTON, that's my mother's father, landed at Lockwood Landing by boat in 1838 from Ireland with a Wife and 6 month old baby boy, with 50 cents in his pocket, but he did O.K. -- Edwin Creamer."
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A 20 Dec 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to Bernice (FERREL) COOK reads as follows:
"I never knew of Watson FERRELL working (the mines) the nearest (coal) Bank would be in Bellaire and he would have to ride the train that ran from Powdraton Pt. to Bellaire. Your aunt Carrie only had one child a boy named Tomy. She died about thirty years ago at Jacobsburg, Ohio, that is six miles from her old home. The FERRELs never lived any place but Pipe Creek. Perhaps your father (Walter Lee FERREL) did visit in Dillies Bottom because his aunt Sadie lived in the old LOCKWOOD homestead. Your aunt Sadie had a Dairy in the LOCKWOOD estate, and I judge that's where Watson FERRELL got his wife. It isn't very far from Pipe Creek. Your father always was a good boy. He worked with some pretty bad miners that came in from Kentucky. -- Clark BERRY was a very good Baseball pitcher. I've played with him. His Father (Dr. James BERRY m. Annie W. FERREL) hasn't been dead long. He became a Doctor. His office was in Shadyside. He got very religious too. He belonged to the Nazarine Church. --- I'm the only resident from Pipe Creek that remembers your father. - Edwin Creamer."
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A May 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"I wrote to an old Lady Friend that went to School with Walter and Bill FERREL. I thought it was very interesting." (The following undated handwritten note was enclosed with Mr. Creamer's letter. See below)
"My recollection of the FERRELL family. Mr Watson FERRELL was the fathers name. He was called 'Wat' by his friends, of which my Grandfather was the closest. My Grandfather owned a Coal Mine (called a Coal Bank) in those days. Mr Ferrell checked the men in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time worked. When the men were in the mine, he also took care of the scales. The mine supplied Coal for the local Farmers. Mr FERREL paid the miners weighed the empty wagons, and weighed them again when they were loaded. After an Explosion, Grandfather closed the mine. Later, Mr. FERRELL was elected Squire, and was serving as such at his death. There were four children. Anna was the oldest. She married Jim BERRY. They had two children, Clark and Litha. In 1886 there was a Cloud Burst in Upper Pipe Creek that caused a flash flood. The water was around BERRY's house. Jim put Clark on a Cream jar in the Milk Cave. Anna had Litha. Jim thot Anna was following him, but she wouldn't walk in the swift water. After he put Clark in the cave and went back to the house to get his wife and baby, a big log hit the house and they all were separated. Clark became a Doctor and he and his wife were Missionaries in Africa and Clark died two weeks after he landed in Africa. He died when he was 33 years old. I only remember of the FERREL boys being back to Pipe Creek once after they left, and that was when their father died. My mother invited them over for Dinner, and they said they would accept if she would have Fried Potatoes. They got their Fried Potatoes."
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A Sept 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part:
"I talked to Tomy DUNFEE again. He said him and his mother (Carrie FERREL) and his uncle Bill FERREL when he was a small boy had a picnic by Berry's Falls. That was the only time he ever seen any of them. Their is no falls now as thy changed Pipe Creek to do away with one bridge and Pipe Creek flows through your old homestead front yard, and the falls is filled up. My niece that teaches in Massilon High School came to Bellaire to see me. She is tracing my history. She has it finished, and I'm a relative of President Grant, also President Johnson of Ohio. -- That Sylvester CREAMER was my grandfather, and that McMASTERS is a relative of my son-in-law. - Edwin Creamer"
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1872 - The Union Coal Works began operations, ca.1872, on the THOMPSON Estate opposite Moundsville, West Virginia. BELMONT COUNTY HISTORY (1988), p.19.
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In 1881 William W. FERREL's residence was located in Sec.11, Twp.4, R.3, Mead township, Belmont Co., Ohio.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was constructed through Dilles Bottom, Ohio in 1892.
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William Watson "Wat" FERREL, "aged 65", died about 1904, probably at Bellaire, Belmont Co., Ohio.
He was son of Robert FERREL and his first wife, Hanna (WATSON) FERREL, dau. of William and Susannah (HEEVER) WATSON.
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William W. FERREL married first, 25 June 1867, to Josephine BARLOW of Zanesville, Ohio. They had no children, and she died in February 1871.
1872 - William W. FERREL married second, 23 Oct 1872, at Pipe Creek, Belmont Co., Ohio to Emily A. LOCKWOOD (1847-1866), dau. of Benjamin LOCKWOOD. W.W. FERREL had been employed as paymaster in the Johnson Coal Mine on Pipe Creek. The mine was owned at that time by Benjamin LOCKWOOD.
William W. and Emily (LOCKWOOD) FERREL had children:
Annie W. FERREL (1873-1896) m.1890 James BERRY;
Benjamin FERREL (1874-1876);
Carrie FERREL (1876-1942) m. Tom DUNFEE;
William Lawrence FERREL (1878-1947) m.1902 Mary Ann "Mabel" STORRS; and
Walter Lee FERREL (1882-1959) m.1907 Daisy Viola WILLIAMSON.
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From Wiggins' and Weever's OHIO RIVER DIRECTORY, Wheeling, West Virginia residents in 1871 included:
James FERREL, hostler, Lee & Marshall Streets, Central Wheeling.
Peter FERREL, painter, Washington St., Southside near Main.
W.W. FERREL, assistant Assessor, Penn St. on the East Side
near Zane (lived on Wheeling Island).
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Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, first wife of William Watson FERREL, died in February 1871. She had no known children. On 18 March 1871, at the time of the death of his first wife, Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, William W. FERREL purchased a lot in Mt. Wood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia. -- Ohio County, WV Deeds.
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William Watson FERREL was elected "School Director" in Dilles Bottom, Ohio in the 1890's.
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An 18 Oct 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part:
Yes I knew Watson FERREL as we all called him 'Wat". He had 4 children, 2 Girls and 2 Boys. I don't remember William very well as he left Pipe Creek early. But I remember Walter and Carrie, the youngest girl. Walter worked in the Johnson Coal Mine here. Then I never knew where he went. The oldest girl met a tragic death. On July 5, 1896 there was a cloud burst at the head of Pipe Creek, and washed away her and her husbands home. Her husband's name was James BERRY, and they had three children, a little girl 3, a boy 5 that went to a cave away from the flood. Any how, she held on to her little girl, and her husband held on to her. But a few hundred yards from where the house was a log hit her and knocked her loose from her husband. Her husband swam out O.K., and they found the mother and little girl floating in the Ohio River the next day. Clark, that's the boy that was in the cave. His grandpa BERRY opened the cave door. Clark yelled ---. Clarks Father remarried and became a Doctor. Clark married an he and his wife were doing missionary work and Clark got a disease over there and died. Carrie FERREL married a man by the name of DUNFEE. They have one son. She passed away a few years ago. --- I can't get you a picture of your Great Grandfather's (William W. FERREL's) old Homestead, as the Highway took it."
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A 7 Nov 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"--(The FERREL family) came from around Warnock, Ohio. My home was a half mile from Businessburg. Then one mile down Pipe Creek was your great-grandfather's (Wm. Watson Ferrel's) home. Then one mile down is the Ohio River. Then one mile up the River is Dillies Bottom, and the Lockwood Estate. Sadie LOCKWOOD had a dairy in the old homestead. It was sold after she passed away. The AULT family lived with her. It's only one mile to Moundsville, W. Va.. There's a Ferry Boat now, but talk of building a bridge. The name of the School that your grandfather (William L. FERREL) went to was Union Valley. It was just a short distance from their home. It's a Dwelling house now as they built a large School in Dillies Bottom. Your Great-grandfather (William Watson FERREL) beat my father for School Director once. It was politics then too. As the FERRELLS were Republicans and the CREAMERS were democrats. I think what helped defeat my father, a real old lady said she was going to vote for George CREAMER. She thought we would have better times. Ha! I don't think your great grand-father (had) as big a majority as Nixon will today. The Presbyterians use to have the Church at Pipe Creek, but they moved out and the Church of God moved in. I loved to hear Carrie FERRELL sing Alto at Church. She sure was a beautiful girl and such a good girl. I doubt if you can get much information from Tom DUNFEE as he is a Loner. --- My Grandfather FULTON, that's my mother's father, landed at Lockwood Landing by boat in 1838 from Ireland with a Wife and 6 month old baby boy, with 50 cents in his pocket, but he did O.K. -- Edwin Creamer."
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A 20 Dec 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to Bernice (FERREL) COOK reads as follows:
"I never knew of Watson FERRELL working (the mines) the nearest (coal) Bank would be in Bellaire and he would have to ride the train that ran from Powdraton Pt. to Bellaire. Your aunt Carrie only had one child a boy named Tomy. She died about thirty years ago at Jacobsburg, Ohio, that is six miles from her old home. The FERRELs never lived any place but Pipe Creek. Perhaps your father (Walter Lee FERREL) did visit in Dillies Bottom because his aunt Sadie lived in the old LOCKWOOD homestead. Your aunt Sadie had a Dairy in the LOCKWOOD estate, and I judge that's where Watson FERRELL got his wife. It isn't very far from Pipe Creek. Your father always was a good boy. He worked with some pretty bad miners that came in from Kentucky. -- Clark BERRY was a very good Baseball pitcher. I've played with him. His Father (Dr. James BERRY m. Annie W. FERREL) hasn't been dead long. He became a Doctor. His office was in Shadyside. He got very religious too. He belonged to the Nazarine Church. --- I'm the only resident from Pipe Creek that remembers your father. - Edwin Creamer."
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A May 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"I wrote to an old Lady Friend that went to School with Walter and Bill FERREL. I thought it was very interesting." (The following undated handwritten note was enclosed with Mr. Creamer's letter. See below)
"My recollection of the FERRELL family. Mr Watson FERRELL was the fathers name. He was called 'Wat' by his friends, of which my Grandfather was the closest. My Grandfather owned a Coal Mine (called a Coal Bank) in those days. Mr Ferrell checked the men in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time worked. When the men were in the mine, he also took care of the scales. The mine supplied Coal for the local Farmers. Mr FERREL paid the miners weighed the empty wagons, and weighed them again when they were loaded. After an Explosion, Grandfather closed the mine. Later, Mr. FERRELL was elected Squire, and was serving as such at his death. There were four children. Anna was the oldest. She married Jim BERRY. They had two children, Clark and Litha. In 1886 there was a Cloud Burst in Upper Pipe Creek that caused a flash flood. The water was around BERRY's house. Jim put Clark on a Cream jar in the Milk Cave. Anna had Litha. Jim thot Anna was following him, but she wouldn't walk in the swift water. After he put Clark in the cave and went back to the house to get his wife and baby, a big log hit the house and they all were separated. Clark became a Doctor and he and his wife were Missionaries in Africa and Clark died two weeks after he landed in Africa. He died when he was 33 years old. I only remember of the FERREL boys being back to Pipe Creek once after they left, and that was when their father died. My mother invited them over for Dinner, and they said they would accept if she would have Fried Potatoes. They got their Fried Potatoes."
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A Sept 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part:
"I talked to Tomy DUNFEE again. He said him and his mother (Carrie FERREL) and his uncle Bill FERREL when he was a small boy had a picnic by Berry's Falls. That was the only time he ever seen any of them. Their is no falls now as thy changed Pipe Creek to do away with one bridge and Pipe Creek flows through your old homestead front yard, and the falls is filled up. My niece that teaches in Massilon High School came to Bellaire to see me. She is tracing my history. She has it finished, and I'm a relative of President Grant, also President Johnson of Ohio. -- That Sylvester CREAMER was my grandfather, and that McMASTERS is a relative of my son-in-law. - Edwin Creamer"
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1872 - The Union Coal Works began operations, ca.1872, on the THOMPSON Estate opposite Moundsville, West Virginia. BELMONT COUNTY HISTORY (1988), p.19.
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In 1881 William W. FERREL's residence was located in Sec.11, Twp.4, R.3, Mead township, Belmont Co., Ohio.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was constructed through Dilles Bottom, Ohio in 1892.
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William Watson "Wat" FERREL, "aged 65", died about 1904, probably at Bellaire, Belmont Co., Ohio.
"William W. FERREL was born in the town of West Liberty, County of Ohio, West Virginia on September 18th 1839." - From the family Bible of William Watson FERREL in the possession of Scott FERREL of Modesto, Calif. in 1987.
He was son of Robert FERREL and his first wife, Hanna (WATSON) FERREL, dau. of William and Susannah (HEEVER) WATSON.
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William W. FERREL married first, 25 June 1867, to Josephine BARLOW of Zanesville, Ohio. They had no children, and she died in February 1871.
1872 - William W. FERREL married second, 23 Oct 1872, at Pipe Creek, Belmont Co., Ohio to Emily A. LOCKWOOD (1847-1866), dau. of Benjamin LOCKWOOD. W.W. FERREL had been employed as paymaster in the Johnson Coal Mine on Pipe Creek. The mine was owned at that time by Benjamin LOCKWOOD.
William W. and Emily (LOCKWOOD) FERREL had children:
Annie W. FERREL (1873-1896) m.1890 James BERRY;
Benjamin FERREL (1874-1876);
Carrie FERREL (1876-1942) m. Tom DUNFEE;
William Lawrence FERREL (1878-1947) m.1902 Mary Ann "Mabel" STORRS; and
Walter Lee FERREL (1882-1959) m.1907 Daisy Viola WILLIAMSON.
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From Wiggins' and Weever's OHIO RIVER DIRECTORY, Wheeling, West Virginia residents in 1871 included:
James FERREL, hostler, Lee & Marshall Streets, Central Wheeling.
Peter FERREL, painter, Washington St., Southside near Main.
W.W. FERREL, assistant Assessor, Penn St. on the East Side
near Zane (lived on Wheeling Island).
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Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, first wife of William Watson FERREL, died in February 1871. She had no known children. On 18 March 1871, at the time of the death of his first wife, Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, William W. FERREL purchased a lot in Mt. Wood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia. -- Ohio County, WV Deeds.
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William Watson FERREL was elected "School Director" in Dilles Bottom, Ohio in the 1890's.
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An 18 Oct 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part:
Yes I knew Watson FERREL as we all called him 'Wat". He had 4 children, 2 Girls and 2 Boys. I don't remember William very well as he left Pipe Creek early. But I remember Walter and Carrie, the youngest girl. Walter worked in the Johnson Coal Mine here. Then I never knew where he went. The oldest girl met a tragic death. On July 5, 1896 there was a cloud burst at the head of Pipe Creek, and washed away her and her husbands home. Her husband's name was James BERRY, and they had three children, a little girl 3, a boy 5 that went to a cave away from the flood. Any how, she held on to her little girl, and her husband held on to her. But a few hundred yards from where the house was a log hit her and knocked her loose from her husband. Her husband swam out O.K., and they found the mother and little girl floating in the Ohio River the next day. Clark, that's the boy that was in the cave. His grandpa BERRY opened the cave door. Clark yelled ---. Clarks Father remarried and became a Doctor. Clark married an he and his wife were doing missionary work and Clark got a disease over there and died. Carrie FERREL married a man by the name of DUNFEE. They have one son. She passed away a few years ago. --- I can't get you a picture of your Great Grandfather's (William W. FERREL's) old Homestead, as the Highway took it."
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A 7 Nov 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"--(The FERREL family) came from around Warnock, Ohio. My home was a half mile from Businessburg. Then one mile down Pipe Creek was your great-grandfather's (Wm. Watson Ferrel's) home. Then one mile down is the Ohio River. Then one mile up the River is Dillies Bottom, and the Lockwood Estate. Sadie LOCKWOOD had a dairy in the old homestead. It was sold after she passed away. The AULT family lived with her. It's only one mile to Moundsville, W. Va.. There's a Ferry Boat now, but talk of building a bridge. The name of the School that your grandfather (William L. FERREL) went to was Union Valley. It was just a short distance from their home. It's a Dwelling house now as they built a large School in Dillies Bottom. Your Great-grandfather (William Watson FERREL) beat my father for School Director once. It was politics then too. As the FERRELLS were Republicans and the CREAMERS were democrats. I think what helped defeat my father, a real old lady said she was going to vote for George CREAMER. She thought we would have better times. Ha! I don't think your great grand-father (had) as big a majority as Nixon will today. The Presbyterians use to have the Church at Pipe Creek, but they moved out and the Church of God moved in. I loved to hear Carrie FERRELL sing Alto at Church. She sure was a beautiful girl and such a good girl. I doubt if you can get much information from Tom DUNFEE as he is a Loner. --- My Grandfather FULTON, that's my mother's father, landed at Lockwood Landing by boat in 1838 from Ireland with a Wife and 6 month old baby boy, with 50 cents in his pocket, but he did O.K. -- Edwin Creamer."
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A 20 Dec 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to Bernice (FERREL) COOK reads as follows:
"I never knew of Watson FERRELL working (the mines) the nearest (coal) Bank would be in Bellaire and he would have to ride the train that ran from Powdraton Pt. to Bellaire. Your aunt Carrie only had one child a boy named Tomy. She died about thirty years ago at Jacobsburg, Ohio, that is six miles from her old home. The FERRELs never lived any place but Pipe Creek. Perhaps your father (Walter Lee FERREL) did visit in Dillies Bottom because his aunt Sadie lived in the old LOCKWOOD homestead. Your aunt Sadie had a Dairy in the LOCKWOOD estate, and I judge that's where Watson FERRELL got his wife. It isn't very far from Pipe Creek. Your father always was a good boy. He worked with some pretty bad miners that came in from Kentucky. -- Clark BERRY was a very good Baseball pitcher. I've played with him. His Father (Dr. James BERRY m. Annie W. FERREL) hasn't been dead long. He became a Doctor. His office was in Shadyside. He got very religious too. He belonged to the Nazarine Church. --- I'm the only resident from Pipe Creek that remembers your father. - Edwin Creamer."
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A May 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"I wrote to an old Lady Friend that went to School with Walter and Bill FERREL. I thought it was very interesting." (The following undated handwritten note was enclosed with Mr. Creamer's letter. See below)
"My recollection of the FERRELL family. Mr Watson FERRELL was the fathers name. He was called 'Wat' by his friends, of which my Grandfather was the closest. My Grandfather owned a Coal Mine (called a Coal Bank) in those days. Mr Ferrell checked the men in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time worked. When the men were in the mine, he also took care of the scales. The mine supplied Coal for the local Farmers. Mr FERREL paid the miners weighed the empty wagons, and weighed them again when they were loaded. After an Explosion, Grandfather closed the mine. Later, Mr. FERRELL was elected Squire, and was serving as such at his death. There were four children. Anna was the oldest. She married Jim BERRY. They had two children, Clark and Litha. In 1886 there was a Cloud Burst in Upper Pipe Creek that caused a flash flood. The water was around BERRY's house. Jim put Clark on a Cream jar in the Milk Cave. Anna had Litha. Jim thot Anna was following him, but she wouldn't walk in the swift water. After he put Clark in the cave and went back to the house to get his wife and baby, a big log hit the house and they all were separated. Clark became a Doctor and he and his wife were Missionaries in Africa and Clark died two weeks after he landed in Africa. He died when he was 33 years old. I only remember of the FERREL boys being back to Pipe Creek once after they left, and that was when their father died. My mother invited them over for Dinner, and they said they would accept if she would have Fried Potatoes. They got their Fried Potatoes."
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A Sept 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part:
"I talked to Tomy DUNFEE again. He said him and his mother (Carrie FERREL) and his uncle Bill FERREL when he was a small boy had a picnic by Berry's Falls. That was the only time he ever seen any of them. Their is no falls now as thy changed Pipe Creek to do away with one bridge and Pipe Creek flows through your old homestead front yard, and the falls is filled up. My niece that teaches in Massilon High School came to Bellaire to see me. She is tracing my history. She has it finished, and I'm a relative of President Grant, also President Johnson of Ohio. -- That Sylvester CREAMER was my grandfather, and that McMASTERS is a relative of my son-in-law. - Edwin Creamer"
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1872 - The Union Coal Works began operations, ca.1872, on the THOMPSON Estate opposite Moundsville, West Virginia. BELMONT COUNTY HISTORY (1988), p.19.
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In 1881 William W. FERREL's residence was located in Sec.11, Twp.4, R.3, Mead township, Belmont Co., Ohio.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was constructed through Dilles Bottom, Ohio in 1892.
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William Watson "Wat" FERREL, "aged 65", died about 1904, probably at Bellaire, Belmont Co., Ohio.
He was son of Robert FERREL and his first wife, Hanna (WATSON) FERREL, dau. of William and Susannah (HEEVER) WATSON.
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William W. FERREL married first, 25 June 1867, to Josephine BARLOW of Zanesville, Ohio. They had no children, and she died in February 1871.
1872 - William W. FERREL married second, 23 Oct 1872, at Pipe Creek, Belmont Co., Ohio to Emily A. LOCKWOOD (1847-1866), dau. of Benjamin LOCKWOOD. W.W. FERREL had been employed as paymaster in the Johnson Coal Mine on Pipe Creek. The mine was owned at that time by Benjamin LOCKWOOD.
William W. and Emily (LOCKWOOD) FERREL had children:
Annie W. FERREL (1873-1896) m.1890 James BERRY;
Benjamin FERREL (1874-1876);
Carrie FERREL (1876-1942) m. Tom DUNFEE;
William Lawrence FERREL (1878-1947) m.1902 Mary Ann "Mabel" STORRS; and
Walter Lee FERREL (1882-1959) m.1907 Daisy Viola WILLIAMSON.
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From Wiggins' and Weever's OHIO RIVER DIRECTORY, Wheeling, West Virginia residents in 1871 included:
James FERREL, hostler, Lee & Marshall Streets, Central Wheeling.
Peter FERREL, painter, Washington St., Southside near Main.
W.W. FERREL, assistant Assessor, Penn St. on the East Side
near Zane (lived on Wheeling Island).
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Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, first wife of William Watson FERREL, died in February 1871. She had no known children. On 18 March 1871, at the time of the death of his first wife, Josephine (BARLOW) FERREL, William W. FERREL purchased a lot in Mt. Wood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia. -- Ohio County, WV Deeds.
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William Watson FERREL was elected "School Director" in Dilles Bottom, Ohio in the 1890's.
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An 18 Oct 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part:
Yes I knew Watson FERREL as we all called him 'Wat". He had 4 children, 2 Girls and 2 Boys. I don't remember William very well as he left Pipe Creek early. But I remember Walter and Carrie, the youngest girl. Walter worked in the Johnson Coal Mine here. Then I never knew where he went. The oldest girl met a tragic death. On July 5, 1896 there was a cloud burst at the head of Pipe Creek, and washed away her and her husbands home. Her husband's name was James BERRY, and they had three children, a little girl 3, a boy 5 that went to a cave away from the flood. Any how, she held on to her little girl, and her husband held on to her. But a few hundred yards from where the house was a log hit her and knocked her loose from her husband. Her husband swam out O.K., and they found the mother and little girl floating in the Ohio River the next day. Clark, that's the boy that was in the cave. His grandpa BERRY opened the cave door. Clark yelled ---. Clarks Father remarried and became a Doctor. Clark married an he and his wife were doing missionary work and Clark got a disease over there and died. Carrie FERREL married a man by the name of DUNFEE. They have one son. She passed away a few years ago. --- I can't get you a picture of your Great Grandfather's (William W. FERREL's) old Homestead, as the Highway took it."
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A 7 Nov 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William L. DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"--(The FERREL family) came from around Warnock, Ohio. My home was a half mile from Businessburg. Then one mile down Pipe Creek was your great-grandfather's (Wm. Watson Ferrel's) home. Then one mile down is the Ohio River. Then one mile up the River is Dillies Bottom, and the Lockwood Estate. Sadie LOCKWOOD had a dairy in the old homestead. It was sold after she passed away. The AULT family lived with her. It's only one mile to Moundsville, W. Va.. There's a Ferry Boat now, but talk of building a bridge. The name of the School that your grandfather (William L. FERREL) went to was Union Valley. It was just a short distance from their home. It's a Dwelling house now as they built a large School in Dillies Bottom. Your Great-grandfather (William Watson FERREL) beat my father for School Director once. It was politics then too. As the FERRELLS were Republicans and the CREAMERS were democrats. I think what helped defeat my father, a real old lady said she was going to vote for George CREAMER. She thought we would have better times. Ha! I don't think your great grand-father (had) as big a majority as Nixon will today. The Presbyterians use to have the Church at Pipe Creek, but they moved out and the Church of God moved in. I loved to hear Carrie FERRELL sing Alto at Church. She sure was a beautiful girl and such a good girl. I doubt if you can get much information from Tom DUNFEE as he is a Loner. --- My Grandfather FULTON, that's my mother's father, landed at Lockwood Landing by boat in 1838 from Ireland with a Wife and 6 month old baby boy, with 50 cents in his pocket, but he did O.K. -- Edwin Creamer."
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A 20 Dec 1972 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to Bernice (FERREL) COOK reads as follows:
"I never knew of Watson FERRELL working (the mines) the nearest (coal) Bank would be in Bellaire and he would have to ride the train that ran from Powdraton Pt. to Bellaire. Your aunt Carrie only had one child a boy named Tomy. She died about thirty years ago at Jacobsburg, Ohio, that is six miles from her old home. The FERRELs never lived any place but Pipe Creek. Perhaps your father (Walter Lee FERREL) did visit in Dillies Bottom because his aunt Sadie lived in the old LOCKWOOD homestead. Your aunt Sadie had a Dairy in the LOCKWOOD estate, and I judge that's where Watson FERRELL got his wife. It isn't very far from Pipe Creek. Your father always was a good boy. He worked with some pretty bad miners that came in from Kentucky. -- Clark BERRY was a very good Baseball pitcher. I've played with him. His Father (Dr. James BERRY m. Annie W. FERREL) hasn't been dead long. He became a Doctor. His office was in Shadyside. He got very religious too. He belonged to the Nazarine Church. --- I'm the only resident from Pipe Creek that remembers your father. - Edwin Creamer."
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A May 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born February 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part as follows:
"I wrote to an old Lady Friend that went to School with Walter and Bill FERREL. I thought it was very interesting." (The following undated handwritten note was enclosed with Mr. Creamer's letter. See below)
"My recollection of the FERRELL family. Mr Watson FERRELL was the fathers name. He was called 'Wat' by his friends, of which my Grandfather was the closest. My Grandfather owned a Coal Mine (called a Coal Bank) in those days. Mr Ferrell checked the men in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time in and out of the Bank, and kept account of the time worked. When the men were in the mine, he also took care of the scales. The mine supplied Coal for the local Farmers. Mr FERREL paid the miners weighed the empty wagons, and weighed them again when they were loaded. After an Explosion, Grandfather closed the mine. Later, Mr. FERRELL was elected Squire, and was serving as such at his death. There were four children. Anna was the oldest. She married Jim BERRY. They had two children, Clark and Litha. In 1886 there was a Cloud Burst in Upper Pipe Creek that caused a flash flood. The water was around BERRY's house. Jim put Clark on a Cream jar in the Milk Cave. Anna had Litha. Jim thot Anna was following him, but she wouldn't walk in the swift water. After he put Clark in the cave and went back to the house to get his wife and baby, a big log hit the house and they all were separated. Clark became a Doctor and he and his wife were Missionaries in Africa and Clark died two weeks after he landed in Africa. He died when he was 33 years old. I only remember of the FERREL boys being back to Pipe Creek once after they left, and that was when their father died. My mother invited them over for Dinner, and they said they would accept if she would have Fried Potatoes. They got their Fried Potatoes."
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A Sept 1973 letter from Edwin CREAMER (born 1886) to William DeCOURSEY reads in part:
"I talked to Tomy DUNFEE again. He said him and his mother (Carrie FERREL) and his uncle Bill FERREL when he was a small boy had a picnic by Berry's Falls. That was the only time he ever seen any of them. Their is no falls now as thy changed Pipe Creek to do away with one bridge and Pipe Creek flows through your old homestead front yard, and the falls is filled up. My niece that teaches in Massilon High School came to Bellaire to see me. She is tracing my history. She has it finished, and I'm a relative of President Grant, also President Johnson of Ohio. -- That Sylvester CREAMER was my grandfather, and that McMASTERS is a relative of my son-in-law. - Edwin Creamer"
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1872 - The Union Coal Works began operations, ca.1872, on the THOMPSON Estate opposite Moundsville, West Virginia. BELMONT COUNTY HISTORY (1988), p.19.
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In 1881 William W. FERREL's residence was located in Sec.11, Twp.4, R.3, Mead township, Belmont Co., Ohio.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was constructed through Dilles Bottom, Ohio in 1892.
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William Watson "Wat" FERREL, "aged 65", died about 1904, probably at Bellaire, Belmont Co., Ohio.
