BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES MIDWEST COUNTY LINKS
RESOURCES:
Cole, J. R., Biographical Department, A History of Preston County, West Virginia, The Journal Publishing Co., Kingwood, WV 1914 (see SURNAME list below)
Crochran, Wes, 1850 Census of Preston County, (West) Virginia, Parkersburg, WV, Dec 1985
Genealgy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant District, Preston County, West Virginia, Genealogy Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1977 (see SURNAME list below)
Gower, Karl K., The Aurora Documents: An Accurate and Complete Translation and Transcription of Books I and II of the Original Records of Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia, Sincel Publishing, Oakland, MD, 1957
Morton, Oren F., A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Kingwood, WV, 1914
Powell, Harold F., Index to History of Preston Co., by S. T. Wiley, McClain Printing, Parsons, WV 1971
Preston County, West Virginia History, The Preston County Historical Society, Kingwood, WV, 1979 (see SURNAME list below)
Sisler, Janice Cale, In Remembrance: Tombstone Readings of Preston County, West Virginia, Bruceton Mills, WV, 1995
Wiley, S. T., History of Preston County, The Journal Printing House, Kingwood, WV 1882
Williams, Margaret K., Preston County, West Virginia, Newspapers Marriages and Deaths, 1861, 1866-1868, Morgantown Printing and Binding, Morgantown, WV 1988
Williams, Mary K., Preston County, West Virginia Methodist Church Baptisms and Marriage, Morgantown, WV (n.d.)
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES:
Cole, J. R., Biographical Department, A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Journal Publishing Co., Kingwood, WV, 1914
ARTHUR, ASHBURN, BAKER, BARNES, BEACHY, BEERBOWER, BISHOP, BONAFIELD, BOONE, BRADY, BRAILER, BROWN, BROWNING, BURCH, CARROLL, CHORPENNING, COBUN, COLE, CONLEY, CRAIG, CRANE, CRESAP, CROGAN, CUNNINGHAM, CUPPETT, DILL, DIXON, DUNN, ENGLEHART, FAIRFAX, FEATHER, FELTON, FLYN, FORMAN, FORNEY, FREELAND, GARNER, GIBSON, GUSEMAN, GUTHRIE, HANEY, HARRINGTON, HARTLEY, HARTMAN, HARVEY, HAUGER, HEATH, HEERMAN, HOLLES, JACKSON, JENKINS, JORDAN, KELLEY, LAKIN, LANTZ, LAVELLE, LEE, LISTON, LOAR, MARTIN, MCCOOL, MCCRUM, MCKENNEY, MCMILLEN, METHENY, MILLER, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, MURDOCH, NEDROW, ORR, PARKS, PAUL, PENTONY, PIERCE, PROUDFOOT, RANKIN, REED, RESSEGGER, ROBERTS, SCOTT, SHAW, SHEETS, SHOW, SMOOT, SNIDER, SPIKER, SPINDLER, STEMPLE, STONE, TANNER, TAYLOR, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TREMBLY, TURNLEY, WADDELL, WALLS, WATSON, WELTNER, WELTON, WHETSELL, WHITE, WILKINSON.
Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia, Genealogy Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1977
Genealogy: CHRISTOPHER, CONNOR, CUNNINGHAM, KING, METHENY, RYAN, STREIT, THORPE, WALLS, WHEELER, WOLF, WOLFE.
Bible Records: CHRISTOPHER, COLLINS, CUNNINGHAM, FORMAN, GRIBBLE, KING, LISTON, MCNAIR, MICHAEL, MOSSE, MYERS, THORPE, WALLS, YEAST.
Preston County, West Virginia History, The Preston County Historical Society, Kingwood, WV, 1979 (
ADAMS, ALBRIGHT, ALLEN, ALTUM, ARNETT, ARTHUR, ASH, ASHBURN, AYERSMAN, BACHTEL, BACHTLE, BOLYARD, BARNETT, BEANE, BEERBOWER, BELL, BENNETT, BENSON, BERTHY, BICKFORD, BISHOFF, BISHOP, BOGER, BOHON, BOLLINGER, BOLYARD, BONAFIELD, BONNER, BOOTH, BORN, BOWMAN, BOWMAR, BOYER, BRAILER, BRODERICK, BROWN, BUCKLEW, BULFORD, BUTLER, BARTHOLOMEW, BURKE, CALE, CALHOUN, CALVERT, CARNES, CARPENTER, CARROLL, COLEBANK, CROSSLAND, CUPPETT, DAILEY, DARBY, DAVIS, DAWSON, DEAHL, DEAKINS, DEAN, DEAVERS, DEBERRY, DECK, DELSIGNORE, DENNIS, DEW, DEWITT, DILLOW, DIXON, DOLLY, DORSEY, DUGAN, DUNSON, DUPONT, DURR, EBLE, EDWARDS, ELLINGER, ELLIOTT, ELSEY, EMERY, ERVIN, EVANS, EVERHART, EVERLY, SHAFER, FALKENSTEIN, FAWCETT, FEATHER, FELTON, FIELD, FIKE, FOLEY, FORMAN, FORTNEY, FRANKHOUSER, FRAZEE, FREELAND, FRIEND, FULTZ, FUNK, GAINER, GARBART, GARNER, GIBSON, GIDLEY, GILLISPIE, GOINES, GOODRICH, GOODWIN, GRAHAM, GREGG, GRIFFITH, GROSE, GROVES, GUMP, GUTHRIE, GWYNN, HAGER, HAUGER, HALBRITTER, HALL, HALLER, HAMILTON, HARDESTY, HARMAN, HARNED, HARNER, HARSH, HARSHBARGER, HART, HARTMAN, HARTSELL, HARVEY, HATHAWAY, HAUSR, HAWKINS, HEATER, HECKERT, HELMICK, HEMERICK, HENLINE, HERRING, HERSMAN, HICKMAN, HILEMAN, HINEBAUGH, HOCKENBERRY, HOFFMAN, HOLLERAN, HOLLIS, HOLMES, HOOVER, HOWELL, HUGGINS, HULL, HUMBERSON, HYRE, JACKSON, JEFFREYS, JENKINS, JENNINGS, JOHN, JOHNSON, JONES, KAY, KEARNS, KECK, KELLY, KELLEY, KERCHEVAL, KING, KISAMORE, KNAPP, KNOTTS, KOCH, KROPINSKI, KURAN, LACK, LAKE, LANTZ, LARAWAY, LARUE, LAUB, LAW, LAYMAN, LAYTON, LEE, LEHMAN, LEMMONS, LENHART, HEENETT, LEWIS, LIKINS, LILLER, LINDLEY, LIPSCOMB, LISTON, LIVENGOOD, LOCKHARD, LONG, LOOKABAUGH, LOSH, LOUGHRIE, LOUGHRY, MAIER, MAIN, MANEAR, MANKINS, MARKWOOD, MARQUESS, MARRARA, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MARSH, MATLICK, MAYFIELD, MAYNE, MAYOR, MCCOLLOM, MCCONNELL, MCCRUM, MCDONALD, MCELROY, MCGREW, MCGINNIS, MCKINNEY, MCMILLEN, MEDDINGS, MENEAR, MENEFEE, MERSING, METHENEY, METHENY, MICHAEL, MILLER, MILIRE, MINIG, MITCHELL, MONTAGUE, MOORE, MORAN, MORGAN, MORELAND, MORRIS, MOSER, MOYERS, MURDOCK, MYERS, NESTOR, NIEMAN, NINE, NUCE, NUTTER, OAKMAN, O'NEAL, OVERBECK, PARRICK, PARRISH, PEASLEE, PELL, PHILLIPS, PETERS, PIFER, PINGLEY, PLUM, POLLACK, PRICE, PRIEST, PINKEY, PRITT, PROUDFOOT, PULLIAM, PYLES, ROSIER, ROTH, RUNNER, RYAN, RODEHEAVER, ROGERS, ROOMSBURG, RADABAUGH, RAMSEY, RECHTINE, RECKART, REED, REXRODE, RHODES, RIFFE, RILEY, RINGER, ROBERTS, ROBEY, SANDERS, SCHAEFFER, SCHMIDLE, SCHNAPP, SCHOOLEY, SCHWAB, SEISE, SEDLERS, SELL, SERENO, SHAFER, SHAFFER, SHAHAN, SHARTZ, SHAVER, SHEETS, SHEELINGBURG, SHOCK, SHOEMAKER, SHORT, SHULTZ, SILBAUGH, SIMMONS, SIMS, SIMPSON, SINES, SIRK, SISLER, SLAGLE, SLAUBAUGH, SLAUTTER, SLEETH, SLIGER, SMITH, SNYDER, SPAIDS, SPEELMAN, SPIKER, SPINDLER, STAFFORD, STALNAKE, STEMPLE, STEWART, STOCKMAN, STONE, STONESTREET, STORK, STRAHIN, STURM, SUMMERS, SWAN, SWECKER, SYPOLT, TALBOTT, TANNER, TAYLOR, TEETS, TEPHABOCK, TEXIERE, THOMAS, THORN, TREMBLY, TURNER, UHLAR, VANSICKLE, VANZANDT, VITAMVAS, WALLS, WARE, WATKINS, WATSON, WAYBRIGHT, WEBSTER, WEHNER, WELCH, WENSEL, WELTNER, WHEELER, WHITE, WHITEHAIR, WHITESELL, WHITTAKER, WILBURN, WILES, WILHELM, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WILT, WINDELL, WINTERS, WISE, WOLFE, WOTRING, WRIGHT, YONKER, YOST, ZEIGLER, ZELLER, ZETTY, ZINN, ZUCHOWSKI.
Surnames of persons or families who migrated to counties in the Midwest from Preston County
ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY MISSOURI NEBRASKA OHIO
Bureau Co., IL: CODDINGTON, FEAR, FORMAN, FRANTZ
Edgar Co., IL: FORTNEY, ORR
Marion Co., IL: BURRIS, GRIFFITH
Winnebago Co., IL: HAZLETT
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Delaware Co., IN: DRAGOO, DUGAN, EVANS, HEBB, JONES, PRUNTY
Elkhart Co., IN: FREELAND, MCLANN
Hancock Co., IN: SMITH
Henry Co., IN: JONES, LUELLAN
Marshall Co., IN: BATY, ROSS
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IOWA:
Crawford Co., IA: ARMSTRONG, CRISS
Davis Co., IA: CONNER, GANDY, HALL
Franklin Co., IA: BOOTS, JONES
Fremont Co., IA: GANDY
Greene Co., IA: BEATY
Taylor Co., IA: ALLEN, FOREMAN, JEFFERS
Van Buren Co., IA: CRETCHER, SAYRE, TRIMBLE
Washington Co., IA: ASHBY
Webster Co., IA: BROWN, DOLLIVER
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Clay Co., KS: HAFER, WHITE
Dickinson Co., KS: FORTNEY, MASON, ORR, SPRINGER
Jackson Co., KS: KING, LEWIS, MICHAEL
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Bates Co., MO: ARGENBRIGHT, HARRISON
Carroll Co., MO: EVANS, MARQUESS
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Buffalo Co., NE: DEALL, GANDY, HUNTER, JACO, JENKINS, LONG, MILLER, MOULTON, PARSONS, POWERS, PRESCOTT, SHANAN, SHAW
Custer Co., NE: GANDY, MATHEW
Statewide 2-NE: CRESAP, TUCKER, WILSON
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OHIO:
Guernsey Co., OH: SIENS, WIENS
Licking Co., OH: PLUM
Montgomery Co., OH: BUCKLEW, RIDENOUR
Muskingum Co., OH: ATWOOD, HERNDON
Seneca Co., OH: COOKE, WESLEY
Tuscarawas Co., OH: COOKE, WESLEY
Union Co., OH: HARTMAN, MILLER
Wayne Co., OH: BROWN, BUTLER, KING, MORGAN
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