Okey Ray Stover

1894 - 1990  (95 years)

• Name	Okey Ray Stover
  Birth	28 Jul 1894
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1990
  Person ID	I0507	forneyclark
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos Stover,   b. 22 Jan 1871, Clear Creek, Raleigh Co., WV d. 6 Oct 1958, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Maynor,   b. 15 Jan 1875, WV d. 21 Nov 1973 (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1893	Raleigh Co., WV
  Family ID	F0848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nell Unknown
  Family ID	F1449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Stover, Okey Ray (1894-1990) Individual photo was probably taken in Raleigh, WV, 1899-1901. This picture came from Lana Self’s home page: Johnson Family http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ejewellfamily/
  		Stover, Amos (1871-1958) & Mary Ann Maynor (1875-1973), & son Oakey Stover (b. 1894) Group photo was probably taken in Raleigh, WV, 1899-1901. Included (L-R, seated) are Amos Stover & Oakey Stover. Included (standing) is: Mary Ann Maynor Stover. This picture came from Lana Self’s home page, Johnson Family http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ejewellfamily/
  		Stover, Okey Ray (1894-1990) & Nell Unknown 2-Persons/ Newspaper photo and article of (L-R) Okey R. and Nell Unknown Stover by Bev Davis, Features Editor, came from the Beckley Herald Bicenteniel Edition, 26 Aug 1950 at RALEIGH CO., WV WEBSITE, PART OF WVGEN WEB (This site is maintained by Gracie Stover, Jeannie Watts, Lesley Shockley, and Valerie Forren Cook): http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/index.htm
  		Stover, Okey Ray (1894-1990) City photo of Cirtsville, WV, was contributed by Carol Sue Beavers to the RALEIGH CO., WV WEBSITE, PART OF WVGEN WEB (This site is maintained by Gracie Stover, Jeannie Watts, Lesley Shockley, and Valerie Forren Cook): http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/index.htm Cirtsville, West Virginia, named for one of its early settlers, is written about in UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER.
  		Stover, Okey Ray (1894-1990) Group/ Business/ Pony-horse photo of ASA SPANGLER'S MILL AT CIRTSVILLE was contributed by Rebecca Lilly Segura to: RALEIGH CO., WV WEBSITE, PART OF WVGEN WEB (This site is maintained by Gracie Stover, Jeannie Watts, Lesley Shockley, and Valerie Forren Cook): http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/index.htm SPANGLER’S MILL in Cirtsville, West Virginia is written about in UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER.
  		Stover, Okey Ray (1894-1990): “Devil Anse” Hatfield Family Group/ Pet/ Dog photo of the William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield family was taken about 11 miles up Beech Fork from Devon, Mingo Co., WV., in April 1897. Information about the “Devil Anse” Hatfield family can be found at this site in the Documents section under Okey R. Stover in his Raleigh Co. history of UPPER PAINT CREEK. *** The following information comes from Amanda E. Douglass' father via Amanda E. Douglass. Bracketed material comes from the West Virginia State Archives. Information in parenthesis with # came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HatfieldClan.jpg Photo came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield%E2%80%93McCoy_feud & http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/HatfieldClan.jpg *** IN THE FRONT ROW (L- R) (three children and dog) are [Tennyson] “Tennis” Hatfield (#son of Anderson), & Midge Hatfield & Willis Hatfield (#son of Anderson), & "Watch" [or “Yellow Watch”] (the coon and bear dog of “Devil Anse” Hatfield) *** IN THE SECOND ROW (L-R) (lady with baby to boy with pistol) are Mrs. Mary Howes [Mary Hensley-Simpkins-Howes] (#daughter of Anderson) (baby in her arms is Louvisa Howes [Simpson]) & William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield & Mrs. Louvisa (#Chafin) Hatfield (#wife of Anderson) & Mrs. William Anderson "Cap" Hatfield, Jr.[Nancy Elizabeth Hatfield] (baby in her arms is [Robert Elliot] “Bob” Hatfield) & Louise Hatfield who is the small girl beside her & Mr. William Anderson "Cap" Hatfield, Jr. who is holding a rifle pointing right & Coleman Hatfield (Anderson's son) who is holding a pistol. *** IN THE BACK ROW (L-R) are Rose Lee Hatfield (#daughter of Anderson) & [Detroit] “Troy” Hatfield (#son of Anderson) & Betty Hatfield [Caldwell] (#daughter of Anderson) & Elias Hatfield (#son of Anderson) & Tom Chafin (#nephew of William Anderson) & Joe [D.] Hatfield (#son of William Anderson) & [Ock] "OK" [Damron] who was a hired hand of “Devil Anse” & [Shepard] "Sheppie" Hatfield (#son of Cap) & [Levicy] Louvisa Hatfield (girl standing at corner of house)(#daughter of Cap). *** The man standing to the right of the girl is Bill [Border] Barden, the friend of the family who arranged for the photograph to be taken. Barden also was the store manager at Devon, Mingo Co., at the mouth of Beech Fork. *** The copy of the photo originally used here came from WEST VIRGINIA ARCHIVES AND HISTORY at http://www.wvculture.org/history/hatfield/hatfield.html which is administered by Joe Geiger at the West Virginia State Archives. *** Note: Amanda Douglass’ father came across a copy of this photograph when Clyde Pinson was running for congress in WV. Pinson told Amanda’s father that the photographer had gotten word out through that locale that if the Hatfields would "come down" he wanted to photograph the whole clan. That happened and Pinson, who was in the coal industry and in politics and had many connections, was given a copy of that photograph, probably by a Hatfield descendant.

  
  

  Histories

  Stover, Okey R.: UPPER PAINT CREEK which is a history of Upper Paint Creek, Raleigh Co.,WV, written by Okey R. Stover (1894-1990) Amanda E. Douglass provided us with a copy of UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER via her brother and her Aunt Rose Lee Edmonds Kraushaar. *** UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER is a history of Upper Paint Creek, Raleigh Co., WV, and may also be found in its entirety at Gracie Stover's website: UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY STOVER: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ggracie/okey.html and at Thomas W. Dillion II's website, DILLION FAMILY GENEALOGY-HISTORY: http://noillid2.150m.com/history/upc00001.html *** The text of UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER that appears on the FORNEY/ CLARK GENEALOGY PAGES was taken in its entirety from Thomas W. Dillion II’s website. *** The photo ASA SPANGLER'S MILL AT CIRTSVILLE was contributed by Rebecca Lilly Segura to: RALEIGH CO., WV WEBSITE, PART OF WVGEN WEB (This site is maintained by Gracie Stover, Jeannie Watts, Lesley Shockley, and Valerie Forren Cook): http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/index.htm

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Amanda E. Douglass provided us with a copy of UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER via her brother and her Aunt Rose Lee Edmonds Kraushaar. UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER, a history of Upper Paint Creek, Raleigh, WV, may be found in its entirety in the DOCUMENT Section of FORNEY/ CLARK GENEALOGY PAGES and also at: Gracie Stover's website: UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY STOVER: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ggracie/okey.html "This document was compiled and written by Okey R. Stover. Some of the stories were from memory but most of the writings were from data he collected over the years. It was completed in 1985 when he was 90 years of age." Unknown Gracie Stover: "Okey's grandniece Rebecca Lilly Segura did the typing of his book." and at: Source: SEE THOMAS W. DILLION II'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://noillid2.150m.com/history/upc00001.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/noillid2/index.htm DILLION FAMILY GENEALOGY-HISTORY: Thomas W. Dillion II: The following text of UPPER PAINT CREEK by OKEY R. STOVER that appears on the FORNEY/ CLARK GENEALOGY PAGES was taken in its entirety from Thomas W. Dillion II's website. Source: SEE LANA SELF'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jewellfamily/ Welcome to My Web Page by Lana Self: Okey Ray STOVER was born 28 JUL 1894, and died MAR 1990.