!Joseph and Martha Pine had 13 children. (Mercer Co. Hist o ry, 1984)
!Joseph Gore and Martha Pine Gore brought their family t o l ive on land between the McDonald lands and mouth of El k Lick, on Clearfork. [R eference Book of Wyoming County H istory, by Mary Keller Bowman; 1965; p. 406 -407.]
!"Joseph Gore married again the 9th last month to Louisa S p radlin. She is a little upwards of 40 years old and he i s in his eightyeth y ear she was a widow came from bedfor d Co, VA has six children one of them she h ad since she ca me here and swore it to Goodal Gartin. Joe has them all wi t h him, ..." (From ltr John Neely/Louis & Hannah Gore dt d 2 Feb 1859)
!d. 1867 Bull Falls, Monroe County, WV. (Lowell Goar)
!From (Kanawha Republican, Charleston, VA; Saturday, 29 Ju l y 1843; p. 2; Hand copied at WV Archives, Oct 1994) - "We stern VA - Capt. Jose ph Gore of Logan, now in 63rd year, w ife 61st have raised 16 children - 90 gr andchildren - 14 g reat grandchildren - now active efficient sheriff. - H i s mother died last year, 1842, between 80 & 90 years. - - Three children hav e died by 1843. Ten grandchildren hav e died by 1843."
!Death: Monroe Co., WV; Wills and Administrations, 186 7 . Will proved 7 Apr 1867. [Will Shade] (Lowell/PAF, Ja n 1995)
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1780 - 1867 (87 years)
