Ralph Wanless was born 18 March 1799 in Bath Co, VA and died 1 December 1861 in Pocahontas Co, WV.
Between 1828 and 1861, he is recorded as living at Brown's Mountain. He died 1 December 1861 and was buried on his farm. He worked as a blacksmith in Huntersville.
He married Ann Poage. She was born about 1810 and died in 1847. She was the daughter of George Washington Poage and Margaret "Peggy" Rankin. Go to the Poage line here.
Their children were:1
Margaret E. Wanless (born about 1824 in Bath Co, VA)
Ralph William Wanless (born 1828 in Pocahontas Co, VA; died 1895 in Pocahontas Co, WV); married Mary McCarty 28 February 1872 in Pocahontas Co, WV; married 2nd Laura Hattie Gum 2 October 1884 in Pocahontas Co, WV
Children with Mary McCarty:2
Mary Alice "Molly" Wanless (born 28 February 1876 in Pocahontas Co, WV; died 30 September 1897 in Greenbank, WV); married Averill U.S. Grant Dilley
Children with Laura Hattie Gum:3
George B. Wanless (born 9 September 1885 in Huntersville, Pocahontas Co, WV; died 14 February 1965); married Mattie B. Underwood 1907 in Pocahontas Co, WV
Ina Josephine Wanless (born 28 September 1888 in Huntersville, Pocahontas Co, WV; died 19 March 1957); married William David Lester 24 June 1912 in Pocahontas Co, WV
Alice Elizabeth "Allie" Wanless (born 1 May 1892 in Huntersville, Pocahontas Co, WV; died 13 January 1956 in Minnehaha Springs, Pocahontas Co, WV); married James Milton "Dove" Ryder 3 February 1922 in Pocahontas Co, WV
Arthur Hannah Wanless (born 28 December 1895 in Huntersville, Pocahontas Co, WV; died 26 April 1959); married Maude Elizabeth Bowers 28 February 1928 in Pocahontas Co, WV
Reverend George Poage Wanless (born 3 June 1830 in Pocahontas Co, VA; died 18 January 1896 in Montgomery Co, VA); married Mary Cullen Grimes; married 2nd Josie Bentley
Children with Mary Cullen Grimes:4
Loretta Josephine Wanless (born 15 January 1858 in Pocahontas Co, VA); married Bentley Ollinger
Aradella Sarah "Della" Wanless (born 28 July 1859 in Pocahontas Co, VA); married John William Snedager 25 October 1883 in Lafayette, VA
Samuel Averell Wanless (born 26 April 1861 in Pocahontas Co, VA; died 14 January 1948); married Anne Deyerle 1889; married 2nd Mary Ethel Earp 23 March 1903
Virginia Anne "Virgie" Wanless (born 1864 in Pocahontas Co, WV; died before 1907); married Ulysses Simpson Allen Heavener 1888
Fannie Wanless (died young)
Stephen Hopkins Wanless (born 9 August 1831 at Mt Zion, Pocahontas Co, VA; died 24 November 1916 in Dunmore, Pocahontas Co, WV); married Mary Frances Arbogast 26 November 1853 in Sitlington Creek, Pocahontas Co, VA; married 2nd Amelia E. Warwick 28 March 1889 in Pocahontas Co, WV
Children with Mary Frances Arbogast:5
Emma Sarah A. Wanless (born 9 January 1854 in Brown's Mountain, Pocahontas Co, VA; died 1 March 1936); married Cornelius Doliver Buzzard
Amos McKendree Wanless (born 24 June 1857 in Brown's Mountain, Pocahontas Co, VA; died before 1870)
Louella Clark Wanless (born 18 August 1860 in Brown's Mountain, Pocahontas Co, VA); married Samuel H. Wanless
Virginia L. Wanless (born 1836 in Pocahontas Co, VA)
Ezra S. Wanless (born 1838 in Pocahontas Co, VA)
Mary A. Wanless (born 1841 in Pocahontas Co, VA)
Drucilla F. Wanless (born 1847 in Pocahontas Co, VA)
1Pasquin GedCom compiled by Lisa Pasquinelli (http://www.my-ged.com/pasquin/)
2Ibid.
3Ibid.
4Ibid.
5Ibid.
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