Logging in West Virginia
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in Nicholas County, West Virginia USA
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Logging in West Virginia
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DreamaGail Baker
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11/22/2007
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Cathy Cripps
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11/23/2007
What a wonderful photograph!
My mother's surname was Baker before she married, her family came from the area around Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.
Cathy
My mother's surname was Baker before she married, her family came from the area around Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.
Cathy
Cathy Cripps
11 favorites
11/23/2007
What a wonderful photograph!
My mother's surname was Baker before she married, her family came from the area around Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.
Cathy
My mother's surname was Baker before she married, her family came from the area around Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.
Cathy
Richard Morris
2 favorites
11/25/2007
I'm sorry I can't help with identifying the men, but I would like to know what part of WV they are in. I'm Hugheston WV (near Montgomery). My surname is Morris.
Karen Hollen
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11/25/2007
This is a wonderful photo. I also would like to know what part of West Virginia this was taken in. My GG-Granddad owned a Saw Mill in Upshur County, so thought maybe this picture could be associated with that Mill.
Jean Masco
17 favorites
12/01/2007
Hello,
How intriguing. Because of the missing piece of the face on the print it is difficult to tell. I can see a similarity but cannot be certain. I shall send the photo to my mother, age 89, and see what she thinks. I do note but parallels and differences in the dress of the men in the photos, but there are many reasons they might not be the same. On the one noted as Greenbrier, the men appear to each be wearing knitted shirts but woven fabrics on the other. My grandfather was tall for the time, being 6 feet in height. But again, no way to tell how tall the others were.
I can say that my grandfather's brother Nathan moved to Virginia. He was kind of a ne'er do well who live on a houseboat on the James River and was reportedly a bootlegger. His home was always in shambles from family reports. I wish I had a picture of that, although I do have two of his wife Jennie.
This is an interesting puzzle. Perhaps someone else will be able to provide some other hints or answers.
Best wishes,
Jean Hudson Masco
-- From DGBaker on Dec 1, 2007 - 9:08 pm:
>>Hello,
I was most interested in your photograph of the logging crew working in West virginia in 1910. After I saw that it was taken in Greenbrier County, I asked others in my family about one that I had posted, also of a logging crew in West Virginia in 1910. It is my speculative but unconfirmed impression that the picture you posted and the one I posted may be of the same logging operation.
My sister, Gladys Baker of Narrows, Virginia, now 87 years old, said that the picture I posted was taken in 1910, and that the owner of the team of horses was Mr. Hanna of Greenbrier County. Our father, shown in the picture, was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, in 1892, and logged before WWI in Greenbrier, Nicholas, and Pochahantas counties. Gladys said that it may not have been Nicholas County as I stated.
My father's family moved to Greenbrier County in 1898 when he was six years old, and he married there . His first son, Ellis Adrian Baker, was born in North Bend Lumber Camp in Nicholas County on November 17, 1917. He later returned to Greenbrier County and our family graveyard is there.
I wanted to point out to you the similarity between Mr. Ross in your photograph and the man standing on the rail car in my photograph. Do you think it is the same person? Do you have any more information about your picture?
How intriguing. Because of the missing piece of the face on the print it is difficult to tell. I can see a similarity but cannot be certain. I shall send the photo to my mother, age 89, and see what she thinks. I do note but parallels and differences in the dress of the men in the photos, but there are many reasons they might not be the same. On the one noted as Greenbrier, the men appear to each be wearing knitted shirts but woven fabrics on the other. My grandfather was tall for the time, being 6 feet in height. But again, no way to tell how tall the others were.
I can say that my grandfather's brother Nathan moved to Virginia. He was kind of a ne'er do well who live on a houseboat on the James River and was reportedly a bootlegger. His home was always in shambles from family reports. I wish I had a picture of that, although I do have two of his wife Jennie.
This is an interesting puzzle. Perhaps someone else will be able to provide some other hints or answers.
Best wishes,
Jean Hudson Masco
-- From DGBaker on Dec 1, 2007 - 9:08 pm:
>>Hello,
I was most interested in your photograph of the logging crew working in West virginia in 1910. After I saw that it was taken in Greenbrier County, I asked others in my family about one that I had posted, also of a logging crew in West Virginia in 1910. It is my speculative but unconfirmed impression that the picture you posted and the one I posted may be of the same logging operation.
My sister, Gladys Baker of Narrows, Virginia, now 87 years old, said that the picture I posted was taken in 1910, and that the owner of the team of horses was Mr. Hanna of Greenbrier County. Our father, shown in the picture, was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, in 1892, and logged before WWI in Greenbrier, Nicholas, and Pochahantas counties. Gladys said that it may not have been Nicholas County as I stated.
My father's family moved to Greenbrier County in 1898 when he was six years old, and he married there . His first son, Ellis Adrian Baker, was born in North Bend Lumber Camp in Nicholas County on November 17, 1917. He later returned to Greenbrier County and our family graveyard is there.
I wanted to point out to you the similarity between Mr. Ross in your photograph and the man standing on the rail car in my photograph. Do you think it is the same person? Do you have any more information about your picture?
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Cathy Cripps
I live in North Devon, UK and am researching my mother's family of Baker from Cornwall, UK, and possibly Bideford North Devon. I live with my husband and three cats, am interested in finding out more about my ancestors, like scrapbooking, yoga, reading and walking.
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