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Minnesota S. "Minnie" Gore

Minnesota S. "Minnie" Gore

Female 1868 - 1948  (79 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Minnesota S. "Minnie" Gore was born on 30 Nov 1868 (daughter of Henderson French Gore and Serepta Rosetta Caperton); died on 23 Sep 1948; was buried in Athens, Mercer Co., WV.

    Notes:

    Will Shade lists Minnie as born 11 Oct 1868 (Lowell Goar) Per Pete Gore, Minnie Was born on 30 Oct 1868.

    Minnesota married Albert Keatley on 29 Jun 1888 in Mercer Co., WV. Albert (son of John Keatley and Susan Harvey) was born on 10 Sep 1863 in Pride, Mercer Co, WV; died on 16 Nov 1939; was buried in Athens, Mercer Co., WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    CHAN: NOTE 08:58

    Children:
    1. Lillian Keatley
    2. Edwin Eugene Keatley was born on 27 Jul 1889 in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV; died on 18 Aug 1966.
    3. Essie Mae Keatley was born on 27 Jul 1889 in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV; died on 29 Jun 1982.
    4. Carrie Curtis Keatley was born on 30 Jun 1891 in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV; died on 12 Feb 1974.
    5. Roy French Keatley was born on 22 Aug 1895.
    6. Macie Omer Keatley was born on 5 Aug 1902.
    7. Admiral Dewey Keatley was born on 7 Sep 1903 in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV; died on 12 Sep 1965.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henderson French Gore was born on 29 Dec 1833 in Island Creek, Giles Co., VA (son of Isaac Gore and Ida Belle Woodrum); died on 30 Oct 1913 in Pride, Mercer Co, WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Lived in Speedway, WV. per Pete Gore.

    Listed in the 1860 Mercer County Census

    Henderson served during the Civil War as a Private in Co . D , 8th VA Cavalry and later as a Corporal in Co. A, 17t h V A Cavalry (James L. Gore, "Gore Family History", manusc rip t for the New River Heritage, Vol. 3): Private, Co. A , 17t h VA. Cavalry; enlisted on the 15th of Jan 1864 in Me rcer C ounty; promoted to Cpl. in Nov 1864; paroled at Char lesto n 11 May 1865 at age 31. (17 Virginia Cavalry; Nelso n Harri s, 1994)

    Cemetery: Eroded stone with faint initials: H.FG, born 1 8 28, died 20 Oct 1918; by L. W. Gore. Eroded stone in th e G ore-Caperton Cemetery at the SE end of Bent Mountain. ( NRH , V3, p. 218).

    NRH is the abbreviation of New River Heritage publication.

    Henderson married Serepta Rosetta Caperton on 25 Jan 1854 in Mercer Co., VA. Serepta (daughter of Augustus William James Caperton and Rachel Kelly Wiley) was born on 29 Oct 1834 in Pride, Mercer Co., VA; died on 2 Feb 1919 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Serepta Rosetta Caperton was born on 29 Oct 1834 in Pride, Mercer Co., VA (daughter of Augustus William James Caperton and Rachel Kelly Wiley); died on 2 Feb 1919 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.

    Notes:

    CHAN: NOTE 18:19

    Children:
    1. John A. Gore was born on 13 Dec 1855 in Mercer Co., VA; died on 23 Jan 1939.
    2. Augustus W. "Tood" Gore was born on 1 Nov 1856 in Mercer Co., VA; died on 11 Nov 1924.
    3. Minerva R. Gore was born on 8 Oct 1858 in Mercer Co., VA; died on 14 Oct 1883; was buried in Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.
    4. Granger H. Gore was born on 13 Jul 1863 in Mercer Co., WV; died on 6 Jun 1937; was buried in Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.
    5. Lewis William Gore was born on 14 Oct 1866 in Pride, Mercer Co, WV; died on 1 Aug 1917; was buried in Athens, Mercer Co., WV, Keatley Cemetery.
    6. 1. Minnesota S. "Minnie" Gore was born on 30 Nov 1868; died on 23 Sep 1948; was buried in Athens, Mercer Co., WV.
    7. Siden K. Gore was born on 7 Nov 1870 in Mercer Co., WV; died on 23 Sep 1948; was buried in Buffalo, WV.
    8. Henderson Lonie Gore was born on 24 Oct 1872 in Pride, Mercer Co, WV; died on 19 Sep 1964 in Spokane, Spokane Co., WA; was buried on 21 Sep 1964 in Fairmont Memorial Park.
    9. Alabama A. Gore was born on 30 Oct 1874 in Mercer Co., WV; died in 1958; was buried in Seattle, King Co., WA.
    10. Rachel Celeste Gore was born on 10 Feb 1878 in Mercer County, WV; died on 20 Feb 1934.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac Gore

    Isaac married Ida Belle Woodrum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ida Belle Woodrum

    Notes:

    CHAN: NOTE 11:39

    Children:
    1. 2. Henderson French Gore was born on 29 Dec 1833 in Island Creek, Giles Co., VA; died on 30 Oct 1913 in Pride, Mercer Co, WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.

  3. 6.  Augustus William James Caperton was born on 20 Oct 1802 in Giles Co., VA (son of Hugh "New River Hugh" Caperton and Rhoda Stodghill); died on 22 Apr 1878 in Mercer Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Augustus was a Major in the Mexican War. He lived at Be n t Mountain near Athens, WV., and was for 24 years a Justi c e of the Peace in Mercer County. He remained loyal to t h e Union during the Civil War. (The Caperton Family; Berna r d M. Caperton; 1973; p. 33-34)

    Data from Mercer County History, 1984, Gore Cemetery p. 88.

    Listed in the 1860 Mercer County Census.

    Augustus married Rachel Kelly Wiley on 7 Nov 1833 in Giles Co., VA. Rachel (daughter of James Wiley and Ann (Anna) Swinney) was born on 19 Mar 1816 in Giles Co., VA; died on 3 May 1883 in Mercer Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Rachel Kelly Wiley was born on 19 Mar 1816 in Giles Co., VA (daughter of James Wiley and Ann (Anna) Swinney); died on 3 May 1883 in Mercer Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Marriages: Performed by the Rev. Landon Duncan; Giles Cou n ty, VA, 1813 to 1859.

    Contributed by Jack Winsor Hansen, Chicago, Illinois; Th e V irginia Genealogist, Vol 9, No. 2, April-June 1965:

    Rachel Kelly Wiley born 18 Apr 1816; letter of 20 Jul 19 9 4 of James L. Gore, attachment dated 13 Nov 1981; b. 1 3 Ma r 1816, d. 8 May 1888. (Mercer County History, 1984, G ore C emetery, pg. 88)

    Notes:

    CHAN: NOTE 08:58

    Children:
    1. 3. Serepta Rosetta Caperton was born on 29 Oct 1834 in Pride, Mercer Co., VA; died on 2 Feb 1919 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.
    2. Albertina Angelletta Caperton was born on 9 Mar 1836; died on 29 Oct 1908 in Hinton, Summers Co, VA; was buried in Hilltop Cemetery.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Hugh "New River Hugh" Caperton

    Hugh married Rhoda Stodghill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Rhoda Stodghill

    Notes:

    CHAN: NOTE 11:39

    Children:
    1. 6. Augustus William James Caperton was born on 20 Oct 1802 in Giles Co., VA; died on 22 Apr 1878 in Mercer Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.

  3. 14.  James Wiley was born in 1781 in VA (son of William Wiley and Happy Gatliff); died on 28 Feb 1857 in Mercer Co., VA.

    Notes:

    WILL: James William Wiley dated 2 May 1854, probated 9 M a y 1857. (Probably in Giles County, VA)

    James born 1781 per James L. Gore letter of 20 Jul 1994; a t tachment dated 13 Nov 1981.

    Sanders, in NRH, V3, p. 212, quotes from James L. Gore' s " History of the Wiley Family" as follows:

    James Wiley Sr., born 1777 at what is now Shawnee Lake, W V , died 28 Feb 1857 in Mercer County, Married 1799 in Monr o e Co., to Anna Sweeney (born 1775 at what is now Shawne e La ke, WV, who was the daughter of James Sweeney and hi s Shawn ee wife, Wimona. James and Anna had eight children.

    !James' will dated 2 May 1854 was probated 9 May 1857. (P r obably in Giles County, VA)

    !Born 1781. (James L. Gore, ltr of 20 Jul 1994; attachme n t dated 13 Nov 1981)

    !Info re parents from (James Semore Swinney, Sr; p. II -9 - ; Bill Bentley; received July 1998)

    James married Ann (Anna) Swinney on 22 May 1799 in Monroe Co, VA. Ann (daughter of James Semore Swinney and Susanna (Susan) Hammock) was born on 18 Oct 1779 in Pittsylvania Co., VA; died on 18 Oct 1863 in Giles Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Ann (Anna) Swinney was born on 18 Oct 1779 in Pittsylvania Co., VA (daughter of James Semore Swinney and Susanna (Susan) Hammock); died on 18 Oct 1863 in Giles Co., VA.

    Notes:

    Anna Swinney and James were listed in the 1830 - 1860 Gil e s Co., VA census.

    Anna and her son Delaney were living with her son John A . W iley in the 1860 Census of Giles County, VA.

    "A New River Heritage by William Sanders, Vol. I, 1991 , p . 120 states:

    James Wiley married Annie Sweeney. Annie's mother was a n I ndian named Wenomah.

    James L. Gore shows: Born 1775 in VA, d. in Mercer Co., WV.

    Marriage: Monroe County West Virginia Marriages; A Compil e d List from 1799 to 1850, Norma Pont6iff Evans, p. 28. L is ts the following:

    22 May 1799 James Wiley, s/o William and Anne Swinney, d / o James; Jacob Cook Minister.

    Notes:

    CHAN: NOTE 08:58

    Children:
    1. Rankin Wiley was born in 1800 in VA; and died.
    2. Delaney Wiley was born about 1801; and died.
    3. William Wiley was born on 18 Dec 1805; died on 23 Mar 1861; was buried in Giles, VA, Wiley Cem..
    4. Gaston Absolem Edward Wiley was born on 10 Aug 1807 in Giles Co., VA; died in 1892.
    5. Squire Wiley was born about 1810 in VA; died on 11 Apr 1885.
    6. James Wiley, Jr was born in 1810 in VA; died in 1862.
    7. Gordon Wiley was born in 1814; died after 1850.
    8. 7. Rachel Kelly Wiley was born on 19 Mar 1816 in Giles Co., VA; died on 3 May 1883 in Mercer Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery.
    9. John A. Wiley, Sr was born on 17 Dec 1820 in Monroe, VA; and died.
    10. Mary Polly Wiley was born in 1823; died on 27 Mar 1854; was buried in Mercer, WV, White Cem..
    11. Susan Wiley was born on 16 May 1825; died on 12 Apr 1895.



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