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0172: Mckinney Family Bible Records, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection is composed of four pages taken from the McKinney family bible. The pages outline a short service record for Thomas, a list of children and their dates of birth and marriage, and abbreviated lineages for Thomas and Marie.

0171: Logan County Vital Statistics, 1853-1860, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of transcriptions of Logan County, West Virginia birth, marriage, and death records for the years 1853-1860.

0178: Brooks Family Records, 1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a bound typescript entitled 'Family records of the Brooks family' of Wyoming County, West Virginia, including information about the Cook and Canterbury families. The typescript includes not only standard genealogical information, but biographical information about the Brooks family members as well. Also included in the collection is a one-page typed transcription of an 1850 letter by Richard Brooks regarding personal and religious affairs.

0195: Stephenson Family Scrapbook, 1888-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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The original scope and content listed in the accession record is as follows: Xerox only: Contains items concerning the Sammel family, as well as autographs of literary figures and an autograph letter signed by Jefferson Davis. The above description is listed because the current contents of the collection have expanded and changed without documentation as to those changes. The collection is currently composed of the following:

•Scrapbook of Parkersburg Sentinel Clippings, (1909-1914)

The contained clippings appear random, but a random sampling produced the following topics: local news (especially related to elections and city council), Stephenson family topics, and miscellaneous clippings …

0197: Homer C. Mccoy Papers, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains letters, both duplicate and original, written by Homer C. McCoy to Mrs. R. L. Stark discussing the difficulty of obtaining a copy of Ragland's History of Logan County. Also included is a note to the manuscripts librarian thanking him for use of the books. Also included is an incomplete bibliography of the Hatfield and McCoy feud.

0196: Mason County, Wv Death Records, 1833-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains twelve volumes of death records for Mason County collected from various sources. The time period covered is 1833-1928 and inconsistently between 1981 and 1994.

0190: Greer Family Papers, 1960-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Greer family papers contains one folder of compiled materials related to John Greer (1753-1846) and his descendants. These materials include an English 103 paper by Kenneth Reffeitt on “Uncle Charlie” [Charlie Greer], a transcription (no original included) of an 1895 speech given by Jasper Greer about the history of the Civil War, a program for the dedication of the John Greer Marker by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and genealogy notes on the family beginning with John Greer.

0180: Rill Wilson Talbott Papers, 1947-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains two “Treasured Memories” funeral books for Mary Margaret Talbott Wilson and Virginia Dare Wilson and genealogical and other papers. The genealogical and other papers contains an assortment of material including the leather cover and family record pages of Wilson and Talbott family bible, a copy of a section of the Huntington Advertiser from May 30, 1973 regarding the golden anniversary of Mary Bertha and William T. Bess, sheets recording births and deaths for the Talbott and Wilson families, records from the family bible of Waitman E. Wilson, a brochure from the opening of America’s Exposition in 1963, …

0192: Mason-Jackson County Census And Marriage Records, 1806-1906, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of abstracts of county records, including marriage and census records from Jackson and Mason Counties in what was once Virginia and is now West Virginia. The Mason County marriages book also contains lists of undertakers and doctors in the county until 1906.