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     George W. Spangler was buried at Willis Cemetery (also known as Keith Cemetery), Rt. 221 at Rt. 764, Willis, Floyd Co., Virginia.² He was born on May 16, 1840 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Catherine F. Bower, daughter of Lewis Bower and Nancy Bowman, on April 18, 1861 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,2 George W. Spangler died on March 7, 1900 at age 59.^1,2

     Catherine F. Bower was buried at Willis Cemetery (also known as Keith Cemetery), Rt. 221 at Rt. 764, Willis, Floyd Co., Virginia.² She was born on February 25, 1842 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2 She married George W. Spangler, son of David Palmer Spangler and Permelia "Amelia" Boothe, on April 18, 1861 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,2 As of April 18, 1861,her married name was Spangler. Catherine F. Bower died on March 29, 1925 at age 83.^1,2

     Mary Alice Spangler was born on March 20, 1866 at Floyd Co., Virginia; The Floyd Co. Cemetery book has a birth date of Mar 20, 1868.^3,1,4 She married George Washington Hill on September 29, 1887 at Floyd Co., Virginia.³ As of September 29, 1887,her married name was Hill. Mary Alice Spangler died on February 25, 1935 at Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 68.²

     George Washington Hill was buried at Willis Cemetery (also known as Keith Cemetery), Rt. 221 at Rt. 764, Willis, Floyd Co., Virginia.² He was born on August 5, 1862 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^4,2,3 He married Mary Alice Spangler, daughter of George W. Spangler and Catherine F. Bower, on September 29, 1887 at Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ George Washington Hill died on September 19, 1939 at Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 77.^4,2,3

     Noah William "Will" Shorter was buried at High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., West Virginia.^4,5 He was born on October 1, 1880 at Roanoke, Virginia; His death certificate has a birth date of Oct 18, 1880 in Copper Hill, Floyd Co., VA.^1,2,4,5 He married Luella Gains Wilson, daughter of James William Wilson and Emma Odell Conner, on June 30, 1909 at Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ Noah William "Will" Shorter died on May 29, 1957 at Oak Hill, Fayette Co., West Virginia, at age 76.^4,5

     His Social Security Number was 225-14-9773.⁵ Roy Woodful Poff was buried at Huffville Union Church Cemetery, 1078 Huffville Road, NE, Terrys Fork, Floyd Co., Virginia.^6,7,2 He was born on October 21, 1902 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^5,1,2 He died on March 14, 1971 at Radford, Virginia, at age 68.^7,2 He FLOYD -- Roy W. Poff, 68, of Floyd, died Sunday, March 14, 1971, in a Radford hospital. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. B. C. Alderman, Floyd, Mrs. E. E. Graham, Christiansburg, Mrs. Beulah Hyatt, Bridgeport, Conn., Mrs. Robert Ries, St. Paul, Minn; a brother, Shirley Poff, New York, N.Y. The funeral was Wednesday, March 17, 1971, at 2 p.m. at the Huffville Church with burial in the church cemetery. Wood Funeral Home handled arrangements. on March 18, 1971.⁷

     Jacob "Jake" Conner was buried at Cove Cemetery, Cove, Union Co., Oregon.¹ He was born on October 31, 1826 at Stillwater Creek, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.^5,1,3 He married Judy Shaffle on February 26, 1852 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.^5,1,3 Jacob "Jake" Conner married Manerva Elizabeth "Neva" May on March 27, 1864 at Baker Co., Oregon.⁴ Jacob "Jake" Conner I was born in Ohio on a stream called Stillwater, in the year 1826, on the 31st of October. My father moved to Indiana in 1827 and settled in Layfette (Fayette Co.??). Then we moved upon the middle fork of Wildcat in the eastern part of Tippecanoe County, in 1843 we moved to Iowa and settled in Keokuk, County. We lived there until 1848. Then I went back to Larrihut, Indiana. In the spring of 1851 I went down on a flat boat to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi to Burlington, Iowa. From there I walked home, 75 miles in three days. I stayed with my father until I got married. That was on the 26th day of February 1852. I married Judy Shaffle. We started across the plains in March with one yoke of oxen and one yoke of cows and a little wagon. We got to the Dalles on the 20th of October, 1852. There I hired an Indian to take us down the Cascade where we packed our things to the boat landing, a distance of eleven miles, and got on James Stevens Flatboat. He took us to Portland. We got here on the 30th of October. It rained continually. I struck camp on second street, called Washington Street, in the timber. I lived there until I moved to the Slough - Louis Love's place. I logged two years then I moved to Portland. I lived there until my wife died in the year 1859. Then I went to Jacksonville, southern Oregon. I spent one summer there in the mines, then I spent two years in Ora, Fino and Salmon river. In the fall of 1862 I settled in Grande Valley, in the Cove, before there was a house built there. I have lived there ever since. I married Neva E. May in 1864. She died in 1876. I have two children by my first wife and three by my last wife that are living and six are dead. My ups and downs have been many. I went out of this valley to see the first railroad in this country. It was at the Dalles. I had a yoke of cattle and offered to trade my yoke of cattle to the train men for their entire train, even. I came home to the Cove and started back to Iowa on the stage. When I got to Caldwell, Idaho, I took the cars. I was gone about two months. I have been on the frontier all my life and I thought I would go and see my kin folks. I had been gone about 33 years. They did not know me when I met them. While I was there, they got to calling me "Uncle Jake". I still go by that name. Here I have two hundred acres of lands, all but forty acres in cultivation. I have a good orchard, three thousand pounds of winter apples in my seller waiting for spring market. On July 8th 1861 I started with two men across the Cascade mountains. We traveled through snow four feet deep and made our way to Ora Fina mines in Idaho. I worked for Owen Barten in the mines until the Salmon River Excitement broke out. A man by the name Lon Simmons wanted to go with us. I bought a pony, paid $75 for him. Lon bought the grub and we packed the pony and started out on Doc Leatherman's trail. We overtook him that night. He was asleep and we took him up. Next morning we got in with him to pack his horses. Bridger, his partner, had gone ahead and got lost, but he followed our trail and followed up. One hundred and fifty men were trying to see who would get there first. The third day we got there. I went to work prospecting. For two weeks it snowed so much that I sold my horse and saddle for $16 for Lon Simmons to go out on. I stayed there until December. The snow was three feet deep. John Parker, Ben Kilburn and myself started out and a man of the name of Boneparte came to us with a sack of gold that weighed twelve pounds and said he wanted to go with us to Lewiston, Idaho, but at State Creek he got a horse and went on. We walked for five days without anything to eat until we got to Lewiston, Idaho. We carried John Parker in on his knees, having given out going down Craige Mountain so that he could not walk. We got in about 10 O'clock in the night. I went to the fort and got three feet of Bologna, one sack of cracker, a piece of cheese and one package of coffee and we went to eating. When the first bell rang in the morning, we got our breakfast and paid three dollars for it. We laid a supply of cheese and crackers and sausages and hired a man by the name of Snapping Andy to take us to Wallulla in Hudson by canoe. Eighteen men paid five dollars a piece at Wallulla we got on a stem (steam?) boat and started for Celilo. We landed thereafter night. The stages were all full so we had to walk sixteen miles after night to the Dalles. We took the boat the next morning for Portland. I wintered at Portland that winter. In the spring of 1862 I started for Salmon River in company of Adam Macktime. We had three horses packed and one to ride. We went on a steamer to the Dalles and took the train to Walla Walla thence to Lewiston, Idaho, then to Florence. We got to the mountain, going down to the head of Slate Creek. The snow was ten feet deep but we got safely into Florence. I traded horses and grub for a claim. It did not pay. I sold it and went to Elk City, where I worked one month. Five men wanted me to go to Warren's diggings. We got lost southwest of Buffalo Hump, but struck a trail which took us to Florence. Then I thought I would go home. I went to Lewiston the next morning. They had three men hung on a pole back of the jail. I started to Walla Walla, Washington. Two men there wanted me to go to Auburn, Oregon. I got there and took a contract to winter 60 head of oxen for Dolph and Downs. I was to bring them to Grande Ronde valley to winter. I wintered them in Cove. There was how I came to settle in Cove. Say, Mr. Editor. I am not a pioneer and never will be until they move the graves out of old man Albertson's corral and street where my pioneer friends of 1852 were buried in old LaGrande. I have taken the scout, and enjoyed reading it, ever since it first started. Yours Truly, Jacob Conner (Copied from B. J. Conner's book, pages 203 and 204.) According to the second paragraph above, Jacob had a total of 11 children. Only nine are listed here. in August, 1896.³ He died on August 26, 1896 at Cove, Union Co., Oregon, at age 69; Killed when he was either kicked or thrown by a horse.¹

     Alice Victoria "Allie" Collins was buried at Piedmont Cemetery, Rt. 11 to Shawsville, turn at nursing home, Rt. 637, about 8 miles on the left, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^7,3 She was born circa April, 1870 at Check, Floyd Co., Virginia; The Floyd Co. Birth Index has a birth date of Nov 22, 1870 and Nov 22, 1871, but this is impossible because she was emunerated as a five month old infant in the 1870 Census. Her death certificate has Dec 23, 1870.^4,6,3 She married Andrew Merritt Hall, son of Jesse W. Hall and Emmoline V. "Emma" Showalter, on November 24, 1892 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,8,2 As of November 24, 1892,her married name was Hall. Alice Victoria "Allie" Collins died on June 15, 1937 at Locust Grove, Floyd Co., Virginia.³

     Her Social Security Number was 227-44-8033.³ Flossie Gay Wilson was born on November 14, 1901 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,1 She married Asa Eldridge Conner, son of Asa L. Conner and Calla Ann "Callie" Poff, on August 16, 1924 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2 As of August 16, 1924,her married name was Conner. Flossie Gay Wilson died on October 3, 1994 at Florida at age 92.^3,4 She CONNER, Flossie G., 92, of Loxahatchee, Fla., formerly of Roanoke, died Monday, October 3, 1994. Funeral services 11 a.m. Thursday, October 6, 1994, First Baptist Church, Wellington, Fla. Arrangements by Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach, Fla. on October 5, 1994.⁴

     Andrew Merritt Hall was buried at Piedmont Cemetery, Rt. 11 to Shawsville, turn at nursing home, Rt. 637, about 8 miles on the left, Montgomery Co., Virginia.⁶ He was born in April, 1870 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Alice Victoria "Allie" Collins, daughter of James Matthew/Madison "Mat" Collins and Sarah Ann/Annie Conner, on November 24, 1892 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,7,4 Andrew Merritt Hall died on October 3, 1930 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia, at age 60.⁵

     Lydia Smith was buried at McNeil Cemetery, Diamond Knob Road, Locust Grove, Floyd Co., Virginia.² She was born on December 25, 1827 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.^1,2 She married James Ireson McNeil, son of Jacob McNeil Jr. and Elizabeth "Betty" Auldridge, on November 28, 1848 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,1 As of November 28, 1848,her married name was McNeil. Lydia Smith died on July 7, 1883 at Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 55; From "Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains", by Camelia McNeil Elliott, 2008, page 50: "On July 7, 1883, fifty-six-year-old Lydia Smith McNeil and her mother, Nancy Lykins Smith, died on the same day after eating bad cherries. Severe dysentery caused their deaths."^1,2

     Elizabeth "Betty" Auldridge was buried at McNeil Cemetery, Griffith Creek Road, Floyd Co., Virginia; No grave marker is visible.² She was born circa 1800 at Pocahontas Co., West Virginia.^2,3 She married Jacob McNeil Jr. circa 1821 at Pocahontas Co., West Virginia.^2,1 As of circa 1821,her married name was McNeil.¹

     Henry Light was born circa 1771. He married Lydia Hathaway, daughter of Leonard Hathaway and Susannah Unknown, on November 6, 1792 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.¹ Henry Light died in April, 1823.¹ He left a will in August, 1823 at Montgomery Co., Virginia; Probated.¹

     Louella Poff was born in December, 1889 at Virginia.² She married Walter Scott Pipes on April 16, 1908 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,4,3 As of April 16, 1908,her married name was Pipes.

     Abigail Ellen "Abbie" Vest was buried at Sherwood Burial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^1,3,5,4,6 She was born on September 27, 1878 at Floyd Co., Virginia; Her death certificate has a birth year of 1880 and her gravestone has 1879.^2,4,7,1 She married Rev. Noah Adolphus Conner, son of William Nathan Conner and Rebecca Jane "Becky" Hall, on May 5, 1908 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^2,1,4 As of May 5, 1908,her married name was Conner. Abigail Ellen "Abbie" Vest died on September 22, 1944 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia, at age 65.^1,4,7 She Sept. 22 - Mrs. Abbie V. Conner, 64, wife of Rev. N. A. Conner, died at the local hospital this morning, She is survived by her husband, six children, including Mrs. Virginia C. Mason, of Roanoke; two sons, two sisters and three brothers. Burial will be in Sherwood at Salem. on September 23, 1944.⁶

     His Social Security Number was 247-54-1580.⁵ Walter Scott Pipes was born on June 27, 1888 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina.^2,5,3,4 He married Louella Poff, daughter of James Fleming Poff and Minnie Bell McNeil, on April 16, 1908 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2,6 Walter Scott Pipes died on November 22, 1970 at Maryland at age 82.²

     Georgia Pipes died; Died in infancy.¹ She was buried at McNeil Cemetery, Diamond Knob Road, Locust Grove, Floyd Co., Virginia.²

     William Herbert Woodward was buried at Head of the River Cemetery (also known as Salem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery), Rt. 221, Check, Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ He was born on December 3, 1924 at Richmond, Virginia.⁵ He died on August 21, 1931 at Richmond, Virginia, at age 6.⁴