DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT MEANS

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                              Don Norman

 

1.ROBERT MEANS

 

    Robert Means was born in County Tyrone Ireland about 1762 and died

in Harrison County VA (WV) after 1800.  He married Jane Neely in Ireland

about 1785. He married Mary Henry about 1793. Mary, a daughter of Aaron

and Rebecca (Burrell) Henry, was born in 1763 and died in 1825.

    Robert married Margaret Linger in March 1826. Margaret was born in

1763 and died in 1850.

 

Known children of Robert and Jane (Neely) Means.

 

  2.  (1). Jacob

 

  3.  (2). Robert

 

  4.  (3). Eleanor

 

  5.  (4). Sarah

 

  6.  (5). John

 

  7.  (6). Jane

 

Known children of Robert and Mary (Henry) Means.

 

  8.  (1). Rebecca

 

  9.  (2). Isaac

 

 10.  (3). Mary Ann

 

 11.  (4). Otho                    b.       1801   d.       1872

         m.Catherine Starcher

 

 12.  (5). Elizabeth

 

 13.  (6). Sophia

 

 14.  (7). Tabitha

 

 15.  (8). Maria

 

 16.  (9). Margaret

 

 17. (10). Amy

 

 

11.OTHO MEANS    1.ROBERT MEANS

 

    Otho Means, a son of Robert and Mary (Henry) Means, was born in

1801 and died in 1872.  He married Nancy Catherine Starcher. Nancy was

born in VA about 1809.

 

Known children of Otho and Catherine (Starcher) Means.

 

 18.  (1). Calvin                  b.       1832   d.       1885

         m.Armeda Waldeck 1854

 

 19.  (2). Mary                    b.c.     1834

 

 20.  (3). Catherine               b.c.     1838

 

 21.  (4). Robert                  b.c.     1838

 

 22.  (5). Ary J.                  b.       1840

 

 23.  (6). William                 b.c.     1842

 

 24.  (7). Caroline

 

 25.  (8). Mariah                  b.c.     1846

 

 26.  (9). Otho                    b.       1850

 

 

18.CALVIN MEANS    11.OTHO MEANS    1.ROBERT MEANS

 

    Calvin Means, a son of Otho and Catherine (Starcher) Means, was

born in 1832 and died in Gilmer county WV in 1885.  He married Armeda

Waldeck in 1854.  Armeda was born in VA about 1837.

 

Children of Calvin and Armeda (Waldeck) Means.

 

 27.  (1). Allie Ellis             b.c.     1854

         m.Alexander McQuain

 

 28.  (2). David Reese             b.       1862   d.       1917

         m.Letita Halterman

 

 29.  (3). Minnie Margaret         b.       1874

         m.James Clark Farnsworth

 

 30.  (4). Robert Cecil            b.       1874   d.       1876

 

 

28.DAVID REESE MEANS     18.CALVIN MEANS    11.OTHO MEANS    1.ROBERT

MEANS

 

    David Reese Means, a son of Calvin and Armeda (Waldeck) Means, was

born in 1862 and died in 1917.  He married Letita Halterman.

 

Children of David Reese and Letita (Halterman) Means.

 

 31.  (1). Audrey Isora

         m.Clyde Lamb

 

 32.  (2). Willie Cecil            b.Nov 11 1886   d.Feb 21 1975

         m.Everett R. Cooper Jul 1 1916

 

 33.  (3). Earl Scott                              d.a child

 

 34.  (4). Daphne Rae

         m.Allie Turner

 

 35.  (5). Odie Armeda

         m.Dorsey Wiseman

 

 36.  (6). Lillie Azel

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Gilmer County WV history 1845-1989" pp.83,86

"Lewis County WV, Her People and Places", 2000, pp.146,147