"An article appearing in Moundsville Daily Echo, 12/13/1929 states:
'On the J.R. Earlywine farm - - can be found, in a small burying plot, the grave of Samuel Lydick. The stone marker tells that he was buried there January 5, 1852, or 77 years ago.'
Comment: the year seems inaccurate as his wife is listed as a widow in the 1850 census. Hopefully clarification will come. Also note that this burial site, as stated, is on the J.R. Earlywine farm (on Fork Ridge Road) and very probably is not in this Earlywine Cemetery. The J.R. Earlywine Farm Cemetery is not among Find A Grave's listed cemeteries."
The "Earlywine Cemetery" Boyd references is located in the Sand Hill
area, i.e. northern Marshall County. There was reportedly an Earlywine
farm on French Run on Fork Ridge - closer to the center of the county. French Run lies between Brushy Ridge
and Glen Easton Ridge Road, north-south roads that connected Fork Ridge and
Glen Easton when they were fully open. Knowing that the general area was home to various
Harris and Lydick families, it seemed very likely to me that this would
be the Earlywine farm where Samuel was reportedly buried.
(Bear in mind that Mary Ann Lydick, daughter of Samuel, married Uriah Harris who lived on Brushy Ridge. Uriah and Mary Ann are my 2nd great-grandparents.)
(Bear in mind that Mary Ann Lydick, daughter of Samuel, married Uriah Harris who lived on Brushy Ridge. Uriah and Mary Ann are my 2nd great-grandparents.)
Subsequently I ran across another account that referenced the same newspaper article in the Moundsville Daily Echo.
In a section titled "Pioneer Graves," the first paragraph referred to
the burial of Elias Harris "on the John Long farm near Glen Easton."
The second paragraph stated:
On the J. R. Earlywine farm near this place can be found, in a small burying plot, the grave of Samuel Lydick. The stone marker tells that he was buried there January 5, 1852, or 77 years ago. Two of his sons were among those from this section to fight for the reservation of the union in the Civil war.
The Long farm referenced in the first paragraph was located on the lower end of Brushy Ridge closer to Glen Easton. The second paragraph states that the J. R. Earlywine farm was near the Long farm, i.e. on Brushy Ridge. This seems to lend credence to my theory about the location of Samuel Lydick's grave being on Brushy Ridge, closer to the center of Marshall County.
- Comments yea or nay anyone?
To get the sources for the info above, check out the citations at the bottom of the Samuel Lydick page on my website.
2 comments:
One purpose of posting these findings about burial locations is to bring out information from others more closely connected. The FAG posting can easily be deleted and I would be happy to do that if you would like. I took on the task of listing all WV burials in the Lydick line and simply came across the information that you have entered. Let me know what you would like to do with the FAG posting. We can always make a new cemetery listing if that is needed. I did that in Bedford, PA, for the R.W. Garland Cemetery and now have about 26 entries in it along with numerous headstone photos as other descendants got involved.
Thanks,
Boyd Lydick (descended from William Allen Lydick, next younger brother of Samuel)
Hi Boyd,
I'm like you in that I'm trying to get more input from others. Are you the same Boyd that is a member of Susan's Lydick group on facebook? If so, are you following her comments there?
As far as the Find A Group listing, I'm thinking it's safe to delete the listing from the Earlywine Cem near Sand Hill ... so maybe creating a new family cem of some type would be best at this point. We haven't resolved exactly where Samuel is buried, but it's probably pretty safe to say it's a farm off Fork Ridge. Wouldn't it be great if someone comes forward with a photo and an exact location?
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