The following is taken from the book "History of Ritchie County" written by Minnie Kendall Lowther, and published in 1910.
Transcribers are Janet Waite, Earl Cowan, Erin Stewart, Bonnie Ryan, Margaret Udell, Sylvia Cox and Laura Heath.

NOTE [ Although Minnie's book contains some errors, it has to be regarded as one of the most important single works on Ritchie County Genealogy.  It not only gives you family information, but information on the connecting families, as well. Plus it gives you a wealth of information on the different localities around Ritchie County.  It was published in 1910, just sixty-seven years after the formation of the county, at a time when the stories were still fresh in everyone's mind and before some of the stories could be lost. ]