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Wayne Stuzik recently sent me this picture
of Isaac & Catherine Spiker's family. The names are printed on
the back. (Click any of the images below to view them
full-size.)
Melanie
Fouse immediately recognized it as one she had framed in a scrapbook
page a few years ago. I thought this was a good time to
re-share the family photo with visitors to the Spiker Family
Gathering Place.
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As often
happens when looking at old family pictures, the "story-telling" of
one person's history leads to another. So when Melanie started
talking about Catherine, she provided this additional interesting
fact.
"Catherine
Bradford was the daughter of Jacob Bradford who was killed in the
civil war and buried somewhere in the Cloyd's Mountain area of
southwestern Virginia," Melanie said. "He was in Company F of
the 14th WV Infantry and fought for the side of the Union. Jacob was captured by the enemies and died
of wounds suffered at their hands in the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain,
May 1864.
"It is
unknown where his actual body lies at rest but a memorial stone was
erected next to Catherine's grave by Jacob's great-grandson,
Bradford Zinn Spiker." (Click
here to view a history, maps and photos of the area where the Civil
War battle took place.)
This photo
was taken when Melanie, Cathy Gregis and Dean Spiker went "grave
hunting" in July 2007. You can read more about their
"adventure" in the previous Gazette article titled "Family
Records Tombstone Etchings."
You can
also view other scrapbook layouts Melanie has created by flipping
through the
Spiker Family Photo Album.
What other
interesting facts will our "story-telling" lead to?
Send
me your comments and we may publish them in future editions of
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Submitted by Bobbi Spiker-Conley -- Many of you do not regularly
visit our Message Board so I thought I'd share a recent posting with you
here. Edna Snavely wrote: "Thank you Spiker Family. I took
my nephews to (the Spiker) bull ride and they loved it. So did I and I
brought about 20 friends and family from Ritchie and Tyler County. We
all loved it and can't wait until next year."
Submitted by Bobbi Spiker-Conley -- Congratulations to Jonelle
Spiker-Swiger. She was the Grand Prize winner in WV
Living Magazine's second annual photo contest. 
