DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL MINEAR
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Don Norman
1.SAMUEL MINER
Samuel Minear
was born about 1810. He married Rachael Olive Zinn.
Rachael was born in VA about 1813.
Known children of Samuel and Rachael Olive (Zinn) Minear.
2. (1). William H. b.c. 1832
m. Lavina
(Richards) Cunningham Oct 19 1856
3. (2). Martha b.c. 1835
4. (3). Cornelia b.c. 1837
5. (4). Keziah b.c. 1840
6. (5). Henrietta b.c. 1842
7. (6). Lemuel b.c. 1845
8. (7). Solomon b.c. 1848
2.WILLIAM H. MINEAR
1.SAMUEL MINER
William H.
Minear, a son Samuel and Rachael Olive (Zinn) Minear, was
born about 1832 in Harrison County VA. William married
Lavina (Richards)
Cunningham in Ritchie County VA October 19, 1856. Lavina,
a daughter of
Jacob and K.J.M.H. "Ruth" (Jones) Richards, was
born in 1834 in Ritchie
County VA and died there October 28, 1874. She first
married Eli Riddle
Cunningham. Eli, a son of Richard Benjamin and Hannah
(Riddle)
Cunningham, was born in 1828 in Ritchie County and died
there in August
1907. The couple divorced.
Children of Eli Riddle and Lavina (Richards) Cunningham.
(Step children of
William H. Minear.)
9. (1). Laverna
10. (2). Eli Johnson
11. (3). John A.
12. (4). Homer E.
Children of William H. and Lavina (Richards) [Cunningham]
Minear.
13. (1). Harriet Ellen b. 1858
m. Wilson
Benjamin Cunningham May 28 1876
14. (2). Jacob b.c. 1860
m. Phoebe
Beall Mar 6 1880
m. Marietta Bush Jun 15 1884
15. (3). William H. Jr. b. 1861
m. Harriet
Davis Dec 27 1882
13.HARRIET ELLEN MINEAR
2.WILLIAM H. MINEAR 1.SAMUEL
MINER
Harriet Ellen
Minear, a daughter of William H. and Lavina (Richards)
[Cunningham] Minear, was born in 1858 in Ritchie County
VA. She married
Wilson Benjamin Cunningham May 28, 1876 in Ritchie
County. Benjamin, a
son of Eli Riddle and Temperance Cunningham, was born
June 5, 1851 in
Ritchie County and died there September 22, 1933.
Harriet's
mother was Benjamin's step mother.
Children of Wilson Benjamin and Harriet (Minear)
Cunningham.
16. (1). Dala b.Mar 20 1878
m. Bruce
Strother Jan 9, 1903 Ritchie County WV
17. (2). Isa Dora b.Oct 3 1881
m. William
A. Strother Dec 24 1905, Ritchie County WV
18. (3). Ross b.Feb 14 1883
19. (4). Sherman
20. (5). Ellen Nora b.Jun 9 1887
m. Joseph
Richards
21. (6). Basil I. b.Oct 21 1889
22. (7). Burns b.Apr 21 1892
m. Pearl
Matties
23. (8). Della G. b.Jun 17 1894
m. Marcus
Boyce Hagerman
24. (9). Lucille "Lucy" b.Dec 23 1897 d.Nov 16 1900
14.JACOB MINEAR
2.WILLIAM H. MINEAR 1.SAMUEL
MINER
Jacob Minear, a
son of William H. and Lavina (Richards) [Cunningham]
Minear, about 1860 in Ritchie County VA. He married Phoebe Beall March
6, 1880 in Ritchie County. She was born 1858 in Ritchie County. He
married Marietta E. Bush June 15, 1884 in Ritchie
County. She was born
1863 in Ritchie County.
Children of Jacob and Marietta E. (Bush) Minear.
25. (1). Ticy b. 1893
26. (2). Ora b. 1897
15.WILLIAM H. MINEAR JR.
2.WILLIAM H. MINEAR 1.SAMUEL
MINER
William H.
Minear Jr., a son of William H. and Lavina (Richards)
[Cunningham] Minear, was born in 1861 in Ritchie County VA.
He married
Harriet Davis December 27, 1882 in Ritchie County. She was born in 1867
in Ritchie County.
Children of William H. Jr. and Harriet (Davis) Minear.
27. (1). Earl b. 1884
28. (2). Ora b.
1886
29. (3). Elva b. 1887
30. (4). Lloyd b. 1894
31. (5). Leland b. 1899
32. (6). William E. b. 1904
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Cotrill, Stella and Elizabeth, "Descendants of John
Jacob Reichart"
Norman, Don, "Descendants of Alexander
Cunningham"
1850 Harrison County VA census