Wordless Wednesday--Quack Quack

What's Not To Like--Cheat Lake, WV First Look

Monday was our first day out on the Cheat. Kayaks seem to be conversation starters. At the condo folks stop by as we load and unload them to chat us up about kayaking....like we are pros....lol Ya gotta know we DO keep up that pretense ;-) AND, yes, a waterproof camera will be onboard!!!



The Cheat was pretty calm and did I mention LARGE. No other kayakers were there...just us and the motor boats and jet skiers. We had to put in on the boat ramp...waiting our turn.


I always have to laugh at Ken...."What are we crazy?" Our new mantra is....NO FEAR!




Paddling out into the Cheat with the West Virginia mountains surrounding us a person can't help but have great reverence for nature. I did not see any herons, eagles, etc. Maybe next time or maybe they don't hang out at the Cheat.



Getting to the middle we could continue straight ahead or bear to the left. We went straight....past lots of foliage and huge houses.


Ken decided we had a NEED to turn around and go back to the intersection and head to the left....which would now be our right. That portion of the lake took us to Interstate 68 and an old rusty 1 1/2 lane bridge which crosses the Cheat and goes right by the place we are staying.



With Ken leading the way and Miss Snap Happy lagging behind snapping away we heading toward the bridges. Now you know once we made it under I-68, Ken had a NEED to continue to the old rusty bridge...lol


We covered ALOT of lake....believe we were out there about 2 1/2 hours. Two kayaks and many gas driven vehicles....

WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE!

© 2010, copyright Linda Hughes Hiser

Tombstone Tuesday--Elizabeth Hill Robinson

Since I will be in Morgantown, West Virginia most of the week, I decided to feature a family member who is buried there. This is my great great grand aunt, Elizabeth Hill Robinson, daughter of Joseph Davidson Hill and Sarah Houston Hill. She was born in Monongalia County, probably on the Hill Farm, north of the town of Morgantown, West Virginia.

She married John Davidson Robinson on December 19, 1839 in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia. To the union ten children were born.

1. Francis Marion Robinson
   
2. Joseph Hill Robinson
   
3. Henry Clay Robinson--died at age 11
   
4. Minter Erastus Robinson
   
5. Margaret Olivia Robinson--married into my Harner line
   
6. Ledrew Marcellus Robinson--died at age 21
   
7. Eustace Leon Robinson
   
8. John Otis Robinson
   
9. Warwick Ross Robinson
   
10. Ulysses Grant Robinson
    

Elizabeth and John are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Monongalia County, West Virginia, not too far from Morgantown. Numerous other family members are also in this cemtery, including Elizabeth's parents, who are paternal my great great grandparents.

© 2010, copyright Linda Hughes Hiser

Almost heaven WEST VIRGINIA--Cheat Lake

Sunday was our drive day. Morgantown is not all that far from Cleveland....only about 4 hours. Taking at leisurely, we didn't leave until around 1:00. After picking up some groceries at the Giant Eagle, we checked in around 5:30. The condo is nicely located. In my younger days, I could probably jump into the pool from the porch....or not ;-)


After getting the kayaks down and tied to the front porch and unloading the car, we headed into Morgantown for some dinner and fireworks. Not much was open....it was the 4th of July after all! One of my favs, the Boston Beanery was hoppin.....so in we went. We were informed that their central air was broken. Granted it was over 90 degrees outside, but I ask you, who needs air conditioning when starvation has set in?


I wasn't doing my "Stories in Stone" series the last time I was in town.....and there are plenty to photograph and research. That will be another day when I have some time to walk up and down the streets in daylight.


I did see this unusual brick in a wall across the street from the Old Stone House. Very curious....I wonder what it means????

After dinner it was down to the Mon and the shell for some good old music and the fireworks display. We were not disappointed. The pyrotechnics are shot from the woods on the opposite side of the river. Not far away at all.



I haven't seen live fireworks in years and have never tried to capture it on film. Photographing the firey burst isn't as easy as I thought. For every one I caught, there were about 5 that were blank.

Tomorrow kayaks on Cheat Lake.

© 2010, copyright Linda Hughes Hiser

Revolutionary War Ancestors

In honor of the Fourth of July I am posting a listing of my known American Revolutionary War soldiers.

ROSTER OF ANCESTORS WHO

FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

My Father’s Branch

John Ferguson—6th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private, 7th Maryland Regiment under Col. John Gunby

William Frum/From—5th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Volunteer from Frederick County, Maryland under Captain Valentine Creager’s Company

Robert Hill—4th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private, Captain Benjamin Casey’s Company, 12th Virginia Regiment

Robert H. Houston—5th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Patriotic Service in Sussex County, Delaware

Purnell Houston—4th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private and Saddler, Delaware and Pennsylvania Troops
Fought in the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton

William Lanham—5th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private, Maryland Militia

Thomas McElroy—4th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Wagonner, Maryland Militia

Jacob VanGilder—4th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Pennsylvania Line and Maryland Line

My Mother’s Branch

Urban Betz—4th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private in Captain Samuel Patton's Cumberland County militia, Col. Culbertson's 4th Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia

William Fife—5th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Captain, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia

John Fife—5th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private, Captain William Fife's Company, 4th Co 2nd Battalion, Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia
Private, Captain Robert Johnston's Company, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Nicholas Frederick—4th Great Grandfather
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Private, Captain John Hamilton's Company, 5th Company, 4th Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia

© 2010, copyright Linda Hughes Hiser

Flipside Goes on the Road

Sunset over Cheat Lake, West Virginia
I'm off on a short vacation to Cheat Lake, outside Morgantown, West Virginia. Oddly, I don't plan to do much genealogy this trip...even though my paternal grandmother's family were Monongalia County pioneers and lived in the area for over 100 years!!! Go figure.

Instead, I plan to follow my latest passion....kayaking.....on Cheat Lake. The weather looks to be PERFECT for outside play. Okay....I will visit a couple of cemeteries and take some shots, but I don't plan to go to my usual stomping grounds....the WVU genealogical library.

Maybe next time.

See ya soon on the Flipside......

Fourth of July Greetings

FLIPSIDEwishes you aSafe and Happy Fourth of July