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Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie

Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie

Female 1860 - 1937  (76 years)

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  • Name Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie 
    Birth 20 Nov 1860  Peytona, Boone Co., (West) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jan 1937  Toney'sBranch,Boone Co.,WV;bur:Mechanics&MinersCem.,Bloomingrose,Boone Co.,WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I0415  forneyclark
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

    Father Francis Marion Gillispie,   b. 30 Jun 1834, Bull Creek, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1914, Kanawha Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Henrietta C. Hughes,   b. Aug 1842, Kanawha Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916, Kanawha Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Family ID F3372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Leftridge "Lef" Toney,   b. 20 Mar 1847, Kanawha Co., (West) VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1927, Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV; burial: Mechanics & Miners Cem., Bloomingrose, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1886  Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. W. R. Toney,   b. 12 Jan 1884, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1903 (Age 19 years)
     2. Mary Margaret "Maggie" Toney,   b. 3 Jan 1887, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1965, Burial: Mechanics & Miners Cem., Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Ira Leftridge Toney,   b. 17 Dec 1889, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1949, Burial: Greencastle Cem., Greencastle, Kanawha Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     4. Francis Marion "Frank" Toney, Sr.,   b. 20 Sep 1891, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1946, Burial: Mechanics & Miners Cem., Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     5. Minerva Alice "Minnie" Toney,   b. 12 Jan 1893, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1967 (Age 74 years)
     6. Oscar Allen Toney,   b. 20 Mar 1895, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1973, WV: burial: Mechanics & Miners Cem., Bloomingrose, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     7. Okey A. Toney,   b. 25 Mar 1897, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1967, WV; burial: Greencastle Cem., Greencastle, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     8. Cyril L. Toney,   b. 30 May 1899, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Martha Jane Toney,   b. 27 Sep 1902, Boone Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1985 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F0133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
    Toney, John 'Leftridge' 'Lef' (1847-1927) & Minerva Alice 'Nerva' Gillispie (1860-1937)**SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.     		Toney, John "Leftridge" "Lef" (1847-1927) & Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie (1860-1937)**SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    2-Persons photo of (L-R) John "Leftridge" "Lef" Toney & Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie Toney came from Ed Gayheart.
    Gillispie, Minerva Alice “Nerva” Gillespie (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.     		Gillispie, Minerva Alice “Nerva” Gillespie (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Individual photo/ Tintype #16 of Minerva Alice “Nerva” Gillispie Leftridge was probably taken in WV and came from the Toney Collection by Mary Jane Vandale Wood. Subject was identified by Ann Fowler.
    Gillispie, Minerva Alice “Nerva” Gillespie (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.     		Gillispie, Minerva Alice “Nerva” Gillespie (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Individual photo/ Tintype #16 of Minerva Alice “Nerva” Gillispie Leftridge was probably taken in WV and came from the Toney Collection by Mary Jane Vandale Wood. Subject was identified by Ann Fowler.

    Documents
    Gillispie, Minerva Alice 'Nerva' (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.     		Gillispie, Minerva Alice "Nerva" (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Death Certificate of Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie Toney was provided by Lynn Weaver. Certificate may be seen also at West Virginia Vital Research Records at West Virginia Division of Culture and History at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1981262&Type=Death

    Headstones
    Gillispie, Minerva Alice 'Nerva' (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.     		Gillispie, Minerva Alice "Nerva" (1860-1937) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillispie Toney (1860-1937); Mechanics & Miners Cemetery, Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV, USA. Photo was taken by David R. Clark, M.D.

  • Notes 
    • ********
      Source:
      Donna Forney Clark:
      This individual appears in more than one place in our family tree. To avoid a confusing merge, it is necessary to make each appearance of this individual separate.
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      Source:
      SEE THE KANAWHA COUNTY FAMILY TREE PROJECT SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maudenna/index.htm
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maudenna/f2333.htm
      The Kanawha County Family Tree Project September 26, 2003:
      Marriage place
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      Source:
      SEE DOROTHY JANE AYERS BUCKLEY'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/c/Dorothy-J-Buckley/
      Dorothy Jane Ayers Buckley:
      3 John Leftridge Toney b: 20 March 1847 in Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia d: 5 September 1927 in Bloomingrose, Boone County, West Virginia Burial: Unknown Bloomingrose, Boone County, West Virginia
      .......... +Pharlena Vickers b: 1841 d: 9 June 1882 in Boone County, West Virginia
      .......... 4 Poindexter Toney b: 8 August 1870 d: Unknown
      .......... 4 Simeon Edward Toney b: 6 November 1872 in Big Coal River, Boone County, West Virginia d: Unknown
      .......... 4 John Hamilton Toney b: 5 September 1875 d: Unknown
      .......... 4 Nancy A. Toney b: 18 September 1877 d: Unknown
      ....... *2nd Wife of John Leftridge Toney:
      ............. +Minerva Gillespie b: November 1860 in West Virginia m: 11 March 1886 in Boone County, West Virginia d: 6 January 1937 in Toney''s Branch, Boone County, West Virginia Burial: Unknown Bloomingrose, Boone County, West Virginia
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      Source:
      SEE JOEL HAGER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerj&id=I25870
      Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research:
      Joel Hager:
      ID: I25870
      Name: Francis Marion Gillespie
      Given Name: Francis Marion
      Surname: Gillespie
      Sex: M
      Birth: 20 Jun 1834 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
      Death: Abt 1914 in Boone County, West Virginia
      _UID: 56AF61A4B4AB49ECA9308A66F6F123F667EB
      Change Date: 2 May 2005
      Note: MBG: "These above mentioned people seem to be far and away the outstanding members of the family, self-reliant, industrious Scotch [sic] farmers and plantation managers. I would add Francis M. Gillispie, son of Samuel II, to this list. I knew him and he being a third generation grandson of Samuel I , was a typical Scotch [sic] plantation owner and family leader . There was no mistake about it; he was the Chief of his Clan from sons to grandchildren. He was loved and respected by all of them."
      Father: Samuel Gillespie b: 6 Feb 1797 in Bath County, Virginia
      Mother: Mary Jane 'Jenny' McElwee b: Abt 1798
      Marriage 1 Henrietta C. Hughes b: Aug 1840 in (West) Virginia
      Married: 26 Aug 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Change Date: 25 Sep 2005
      Children
      Minerva Alice Gillespie b: 20 Nov 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Charles Wilson Gillespie b: May 1862 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Emma J. Gillespie b: Dec 1863 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Oscar L. Gillespie b: 1 Dec 1865 in Big Coal, Boone County, West Virginia
      Jefferson Davis Gillespie b: Oct 1867 in Boone County, West Virginia
      Francis Alva Gillespie b: Apr 1869 in West Virginia
      Sarah Louvean Gillespie b: Abt 1873 in West Virginia
      Nora B. Gillespie b: Abt 1875
      Henrietta 'Etta' Gillespie b: Abt 1877
      Edna Theodora Gillespie b: Jun 1880
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      Source:
      SEE JOEL HAGER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerj&id=I13976
      Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research:
      Joel Hager:
      ID: I13976
      Name: Henrietta C. Hughes
      Given Name: Henrietta C.
      Surname: Hughes
      Sex: F
      Birth: Aug 1840 in (West) Virginia
      Death: Abt 1916 in Boone County, West Virginia
      _UID: B98FDD85ED42400582B949C3B141B9738377
      Change Date: 2 May 2005
      Marriage 1 Francis Marion Gillespie b: 20 Jun 1834 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
      Married: 26 Aug 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Change Date: 25 Sep 2005
      Children
      Minerva Alice Gillespie b: 20 Nov 1860 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Charles Wilson Gillespie b: May 1862 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Emma J. Gillespie b: Dec 1863 in Boone County, (West) Virginia
      Oscar L. Gillespie b: 1 Dec 1865 in Big Coal, Boone County, West Virginia
      Jefferson Davis Gillespie b: Oct 1867 in Boone County, West Virginia
      Francis Alva Gillespie b: Apr 1869 in West Virginia
      Sarah Louvean Gillespie b: Abt 1873 in West Virginia
      Nora Belle Gillespie b: 4 Mar 1875 in West Virginia
      Henrietta 'Etta' Gillespie b: Abt 1877
      Edna Theodora Gillespie b: Jun 1880
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      In the following research by Lynn Weaver, all data was accompanied by death certificates which spelled the Gillispie surname with an i instead of an e: Gillispie, not Gillespie.
      Source:
      Lynn Weaver:
      DEATH RECORDS FOR Francis Marion Gillispie and Henretta C Hughes Gillispie's CHILDREN.

      Death Record Detail
      Name: Alva Francis Gillispie
      Sex: Male
      Death Date: 08 Jan 1955
      Death Place: Boone, West Virginia
      Mother: Henretta/Hughes
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Francis/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.

      Name: Charles Wilson Gillispie
      Sex: Male
      Death Date: 28 Dec 1936
      Death Place: Boone, West Virginia
      Spouse: Mrs. C. W./Gillispie
      Mother: Harrieta/Gillispie
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Francis/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place:
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.

      Death Record Detail
      Name: Emma J. Chandler
      Sex: Female
      Death Date: 8 Nov 1927
      Death Place: Boone, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 63 years 11 momths 4 days
      Burial Place: Barrett West Virginia
      Burial Date: 10 Nov 1927
      Birth Date: 04 Dec 1863
      Birth Place: Boone County West Virginia
      Marital Status: Married
      Mother:
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Francis/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place:
      Informant:
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.

      Death Record Detail
      Name: Ettie C. Spencer
      Sex: Female
      Death Date: 7 Jan 1953
      Death Place: Kanawha, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 76y 8m 5d
      Birth Date: 02 May 1876
      Birth Place: West Virginia
      Marital Status:
      Spouse: George/Spencer
      Occupation:
      Mother: Henretta/Hughes
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Francis/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place:
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.

      Death Record Detail
      Name: Jefferson Gillispie
      Sex: Male
      Death Date: 17 Dec 1952
      Death Place: Boone, West Virginia
      Mother: Henretta/Chandler
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Frances/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place:
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.

      Death Record Detail
      Name: Minerva Toney
      Sex: Female
      Death Date: 06 Jan 1937
      Death Place: Boone, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 76 years
      Birth Place: Boone County West Virginia
      Mother: Mrs. Francis/Gillispie
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Francis/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place:
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.

      DEATH RECORD
      NAME Oscar L. Gillaspie
      DEATH DATE 12 Apr 1882
      DEATH PLACE Boone County, West Virginia
      GENDER Male
      BIRTH DATE 01 Dec 1865
      BIRTH PLACE Boone County, West Virginia
      AGE AT DEATH 16 years 7 months
      MARITAL STATUS Single
      OCCUPATION
      BURIAL DATE
      BURIAL PLACE
      FATHER NAME Francis Gillaspie
      MOTHER NAME H. C. Gillaspie
      FILM NUMBER 571247
      GSU FILM NUMBER
      DIGITAL GS NUMBER 4228483
      IMAGE NUMBER 479
      REFERENCE NUMBER v 1 p 23
      SOURCE County Records

      Death Record Detail
      Name: Sarah Louvinia Chandler
      Sex: Female
      Death Date: 31 Oct 1957
      Death Place: Kanawha, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 84 years 6 months 17 days
      Burial Place: Alum Creek
      Burial Date: 02 Nov 1957
      Cemetery: Fork of Coal Cemetery
      Funeral Home:
      Birth Date: 14 April 1873
      Birth Place: Boone County W. Va.
      Mother: Henretta/Hughes
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Francis/Gillispie
      Father's Birth Place:
      Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History
      For Research Purposes Only
      West Virginia Division of Culture and History
      Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.
      _________________________________________________________________________

      RECORDS of Francis Marion Gillispie and Henretta C Hughes
      Francis Marion Gillispie
      Birth: 30 Jun 1834
      Bull Creek,Boone,West Virginia,USA
      Death: 1914
      Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
      SPOUSE
      Henretta C Hughes
      Birth: Aug 1842
      Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 1916
      Kanawha, West Virginia, USA

      CHILDREN OF Francis Marion Gillispie and Henretta C Hughes
      CHILD 1
      Minerva Alice Gillespie
      Birth: 20 Nov 1860
      Peytona, Boone, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 06 Jan 1937
      Toneys Branch, Boone, West Virginia, USA
      SPOUSE
      John Leftridge Toney
      BIRTH 20 MAR 1847
      Boone County, Va.
      Death 5 SEP 1927
      Boone County, W.V.

      CHILD 2
      Charles Wilson Gillispie
      Birth: 04 May 1862
      Boone Country, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 28 Dec 1936
      Brounland, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
      SPOUSE
      Martha E unknown
      Birth: Jul 1866
      West Virginia
      Death:

      CHILD 3
      EMMA JANE GILLISPIE
      Birth: 4 Dec 1863
      Boone County, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 08 Nov 1927
      Laurel Creek, Fayette, West Virginia
      SPOUSE
      FRANK M Chandler
      Birth: abt 1851
      Boone County West Virginia, USA
      Death:

      CHILD 4
      Oscar L Gillispie
      Birth: 1 Dec 1865
      Big Coal, Boone County, West Virginia
      Death: 12 Apr 1882
      Boone County, West Virginia

      CHILD 5
      Jefferson D Gillispie
      Birth: 14 Nov 1867
      Boone Country, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 17 Dec 1952
      Boone, West Virginia

      CHILD 6
      Francis Alva GILLISPIE
      Birth: 02 April 1869
      Boone Country, West Virginia, USA
      Death: 08 Jan 1955
      Emmons, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
      SPOUSE
      Octavia WILLIAMS
      Birth: 6 Aug 1880
      West Virginia
      Death:

      CHILD 7
      Sarah Louvinia Gillispie
      Birth: 14 April 1873
      Boone County, West Virgina
      Death: 31 Oct 1957
      Kanawha, West Virginia
      SPOUSE
      unknown Chandler
      Birth:
      Death:

      CHILD 8
      Nora B Gillispie
      Birth: 07 May 1875
      Boone, West Virginia
      Death:

      CHILD 9
      Henrietta Ettie C. Gillispie
      Birth: 02 May 1876
      Kanawha, West Virginia
      Death: 07 Jan 1953
      Kanawha, West Virginia
      SPOUSE
      George Spencer
      Birth:
      Death:

      CHILD 10
      Edna Theodora Gillispie
      Birth: 08 Jun 1880
      Boone, West Virginia
      Death:
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      Source:
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Toney&GSfn=Minerva+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=60917941&df=all&
      SEE SAMMIE WADE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      Minerva Alice "Nerva" Gillespie Toney
      Birth: Nov. 20, 1860
      Peytona
      Boone County
      West Virginia, USA
      Death: Jan. 6, 1937
      Boone County
      West Virginia, USA
      Minerva Alice Gillespie was the daughter of Francis Marion Gillespie(1834-1914) and Henrietta C. Hughes.
      Thanks to Sandy Littlejohn Green for the photos.
      Family links:
      Spouse:
      John Leftridge Toney (1847 - 1927)*
      Children:
      Mary Margaret Toney Burgess (1887 - 1965)*
      Ira Toney (1888 - 1949)*
      Francis Marion Toney (1890 - 1946)*
      Oscar Allen Toney (1895 - 1973)*
      Okey A Toney (1897 - 1967)*
      Cyril L. Toney (1899 - 1976)*
      Martha Toney Asbury (1902 - 1985)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Mechanics And Miners Cemetery
      Bloomingrose
      Boone County
      West Virginia, USA
      Created by: Sammie Wade
      Record added: Oct 31, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 60917941
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