Nettie & Ford Gregory HACKER’S Arlof Gum HACKER’S CREEK Mearle & Lolita Guthrie CREEK The late Tressie Hacker The late Betty J. Hamner PIONEER Jim & Geneva Hardman Hilliard JOURNAL William F. & Susan Hayes III Ione House DESCENDANTS The late Ralph B. Hinzman, Sr. LIFE MEMBERS Ralph & Twyla Hinzman Lora Ruth Hurst Hacker’s Creek Pioneer Descendants Edward Lee Allman Betty Ingle Maurice & Bertha Allman Nancy Ann Jackson A Historical & Genealogical Society Karen Kemp Arrington Jean Conley Jasper of Central West Virginia The late Reva Winemiller Bennett Jerry A. Kay David Boggs Tammy King Volume XXX Issue 4, 2011-2012 Dr. Daniel & Mary E.C. Flesher Kristina Larson Bolovan Melinda Larson ISBN : 0893-1615 Julia Elizabeth Stalnaker Bragg Dr. Patricia Mace-Leonard & Joyce K. Brannon Cordell L.Leonard Audrey A. Mick Brown Conrad & Ann Line The late Francis & Ann Butcher Miriam Looker Matha Byrd & the late Earl Byrd John & Barbara McCoy Charles Carder William J. McKinney, Sr. David & Karen Cartwright Ellie McClain Maroon Joyce Chambers David N. Matthews, D.D.S., M.S. Rebecca Choco Kelli Dawn Merk From the Desk of the Director 1 Russell & Myrna Clark Linda B. Meyers Janet l. Clemmons Jean Moffitt Using atDNA for Genealogy 2 Jerry Coffman Duane & C. Sue Miles Nichols Watson Heirs to Mary Watson Negroes 7 James & Dorothy Collins Ralph Nichols McNulty Deeds 8 The late Okey Paul & the late Nora Arch & Rose Nissel Old Occupations Explained 10 Mae Corley The late John O’leary, Jr. Pros & Cons on Internet Research 14 Pat Crawford & the late Bob Barbara Palmer Crawford Alvin D. 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Golden * New Life Member Betty & Norman Graybill Continued on inside of back cover Hacker’s Creek Journal 3 Vol. XXX, Iss. 4 Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants Life Members (Continued) The late Hartzel Strader Joy Strader Mealey Boyd L. “Rocky” Swisher Clifford Taylor The late Raydine Teicheira & the late Joe Teicheira The late Mrs. Byron J. Turner Patricia & Bernard Viellenave Hilda Warner and the late Darrell Warner The late Glea Waugh The late Raymond & the late Bonnie Ware The late Christine White William l. White Cary L. & Donna Williams Sandy Wilson* The late Eleanor Allman & the late Lee Wiseman Don Wills & the late Ella Virginia Wills Raymond Wolfe Leonard Woodruff Hacker’s Creek Journal 2 Vol. XXX, Iss. 4 Hacker’s Creek Journal is published quarterly by the John, 25 Dennis, 38 TOUSEN Hacker ’s Creek Pioneer Descendants. MCNULTY ROGERS S. 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W., 25 HENRY N.A., 8 Mary V., 21, 22, Aaron, 39 Ned, 34, 36 25 JACKSON Peggy, 27 MCCRAY Andrew, 27, 28 Pegy, 27 Minor, 25 Catherine, 27 Permelia F., 7 MCCUTCHEON Hacker’s Creek Journal 41 Vol. XXX, Iss. 4 Index From the Desk A. D. BARTLETT CRAWFORD CRISLIP, 23 Jim, 39 John, 25 ALKIRE Thomas, 39 Preston, 25 of the Director John, 39 BEARD CRISLEP ALLEN Estle, 36 Barbara Ann, 16 Season’s Greetings to Everyone, Joseph, 39 BENNETT CRISLIP ANCELL E. A., 18 Alice E., 16, 17, C. W., 22 BOUCHER 18, 19 Well, I am sure by the time you get your Journals you probably have Mary Virginia, Jane, 14 Alice Elizabeth, celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas and hopefully had a safe and 24 BRAKE 18 enjoyable time. ANDERSON Alice Elizabeth, Alvin D., 15, 16, The weather here has been mild for this time of year and we are enjoying a James, 22 24 17, 18, 19, long Indian summer too say the least. We didn’t get the awful snow storm James Morgan, Elizabeth, 27 21, 23, 24, here in Lewis County as the other surrounding counties had to endure. 22 Mary H., 28 25 Thank God, we got a small reprieve after the awful summer storms we had. Jemima, 22 BRIDGER Alvin John Siron, 22 Jim, 34 Demosthene After we were finished with the Gathering and the Jubilee things are Josiah, 22 BURRELL 23 starting to slow down to a reasonable pace.