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Descendants of William Stire

Generation No. 3

3. CRYCUS (CIRCUS) HENRY³ STIRE (MADISON WILLIAM ( WILLIAM MADISON)², WILLIAM¹) was born 29 August 1835 in , Harrison county, West Virginia, - Virginia (per 1870 Census-See notes- Stier)¹⁵, and died 18 December 1924 in Buried in Lumberport, West Virginia (Uncle David Stire's Cemetery lot). He married SUSAN (SUSANNA) LYON 29 December 1859 in , Harrison County, West Virginia-- by G.W. Bailey¹⁶, daughter of ALEXANDER LYON and JULIA STINGER.

Notes for CRYCUS (CIRCUS) HENRY STIRE:
Winifred Stire Moore family notes-
After his marriage Crycus Henery was Sheriff of Harrison County, West Virginia. They had three children while he was Sheriff.

Crycus Stire is buried in Uncle David Stire's cemetary lot in Lumberport, West Virginia.
Grandfather Stire was a tall man, over six feet tall. Hewieghed 175 or 180 pounds. A very hansome man. He lost his right arm while operating a threshing machine while he was still a young man. But he could do as much work on his farm as any of his neighbors. Grandfather and grandmother lived in Clarksburg while Grandfather was Sheriff of Harrison County, West Virginia.
Then Grandmother Susanna's father Alexander Lyon gave her a farm. They lived on this farm until grandmother died. Then the farm was divided into four parts. Uncle Evander Fernadane (we all called him Uncle Ferd) took the land with the house on it and moved his family to this house. After Grandmother died Grandfather and Aunt Bell came to live with us. Grandfather said he did not want a share of the farm but did take a share of the money from the two gas wells on the farm. Aunt Bell was not at our house very long. She got a job as a housekeeper with a family in Clarkdburg. It was here she met and married a man from New York City. The marriage soon ended in divorce and Aunt Bell was back doing work for Clarksburg famlies. For a while Aunt Bell lived with my Dad and Mother (Camisee and Bessie Stire) on their farm ner Wallace, West Virginia. Then after Mother died Aunt Bell wnt to live with Dad in Lumberport. Her Dad owned a small grocery store. Aunt Bell was living in Lumberport when she died at the age of 84. She was a beautiful person and all us kids loved her.
. . . . . . etc.
For many years Grandfather and Grandmother (Crycus and Susanna) and Aunt Bell lived in a three room house with a large porch in fromt. The rooms were very large. There was a storage room on one end of the porch. There were two gas wells on the farm and each gas well meant free gas for one house. So Grandmother had free gas in her house and my Dad and Mother (Camisee & Bessie) also had free gas. This was much easier and better then trying to cook and deep fires going with wood, especially in the winter time. Besides free gas my Gandparents recieved $400.00 a year for the gas that was piped from the wells.

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Per Extract from 1870 Census:
State: West Virginia, County: Harrison, Township: Eagle Township, post office Hefsville, Harrison County, WV, Enumeration: 29 Aug 1870, Reel No. 1688 ( LDS-Church #0338017), page # 151, County page #8,

Line Dwelling Family Names age sex color Value birth male # no. no. property place vote
32 60 57 Stier, Circus H. 35 M W 150 Va X
33 , Susanna 30 F W 500 Va
34 , Jasper Y. 9 M W WV
35 , Mollie W. 7 F W WV
36 , David W. 1 M W WV
37 , Thomas J. 3 F W WV
-Attended School this year-Jasper & Mollie
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Notes for SUSAN (SUSANNA) LYON:
History of Lumberport and Surrounding Communities pg 152, Copyright 1977,by Gary Martin Sr.,d/b/a (Procomprint) - lists name as Susanna Lyon, need to check where Susan

Per Winifred Stire Moore's Family notes-
When grandmother Susanna Stire died there was lots of snow on the ground and she was taken to the cemetery on a sled pulled by two horses. Grandmother said that when she died she wanted to be buried in the Lyon Cemetery with a pine tree as her headstone. I visited her grave a few years ago and the pine tree still stands green at the head of her grave. My husband Fred was with me and he pulled the weeds from her grave.
My Grandparents farm had two houses so my Dad and Mother (Camisee and Bessie Stire) lived in one of the houses. My Brothers, my sister and I often walked across the meadow to our Grandparents house. And when they gave us those good slices of bread with butter and jelly we thought is was the best food we ever tasted. sure we had bread, butter and jelly at home, but having it served to us away from home was something special. We loved our Grandparents very much. Both Stires and Hannah's.
For many years Grandfather and Grandmother (Crycus and Susanna) and Aunt Bell lived in a three room house with a large porch in fromt. The rooms were very large. There was a storage room on one end of the porch. There were two gas wells on the farm and each gas well meant free gas for one house. So Grandmother had free gas in her house and my Dad and Mother (Camisee & Bessie) also had free gas. This was much easier and better then trying to cook and deep fires going with wood, especially in the winter time. Besides free gas my Gandparents recieved $400.00 a year for the gas that was piped from the wells.
I remember my Grandmother Stire was a very small woman. I do not know what caused her fingers to be drawn so bad, but today it world probably be called arthritis. She was not able to do any of the house work so her only daughter stayed home and did all the work taking care of her Mother and Father. Aun Bell as all her nieces and bephews called her was a very wonderful woman. I think Aunt Bell might have got married early in her life but she thought it her duty to cafre for her Mother. She canned lots of fruits and vegetables in the summer as well as making jams and jellies. In the fall there were hogs to be butchered. The meat was layed on the table and salted, then smoked and Grandfather would pack the meat in barrels with wood ashes to keep the bugs away. In this way the meat was often kept till it was time to butcher again. Dad helped Grandfather with lots of work on the farm. My Sister and Brothers and I loved to visit at our grandparents house where Aunt bell would often give us a slice of good home made bread with freshly curned butter and good jelly.
Grandmother was sick for several years before her death. She was so thin it seemed there was only skin over her bones. The Doctor said she had "Dropsy" a kidney ailment. At the time of her deathe she weighted less then a hundred pounds.
It was the practice in the days when my Grandmother Stire died to stop the clock and either turn the mirror to the wall or put a cloth over it. The stopping of the clock marked the time of death, and the mirror turned to the wall was to let people know this was a house of sorrow.

? ? ? James Gore has name Susannah - B. 15 May 1840 D.- 14 Dec 1914

Children of CRYCUS STIRE and SUSAN LYON are:

JASPER YANCY⁴ STIRE, b. 09 November 1860, Jones Run, now Harrison County, West Virginia¹⁷; d. 12 February 1871.

ii.

MOLLIE BELL STIRE, b. 04 July 1862, Jones Run, now Harrison County, West Virginia¹⁸; d. 18 June 1947, Lumberport Cementery, West Virginia; m. FRANCE HUDSON, 14 February 1922.

Notes for MOLLIE BELL STIRE:
Per Winifred Stire Moore's Family note Book-
Then Grandmother Susanna's father Alexander Lyon gave her a farm. They lived on this farm until grandmother died. Then the farm was divided into four parts. Uncle Evander Fernadane (we all called him Uncle Ferd) took the land with the house on it and moved his family to this house. After Grandmother died Grandfather and Aunt Bell came to live with us. Grandfather said he did not want a share of the farm but did take a share of the money from the two gas wells on the farm. Aunt Bell was not at our house very long. She got a job as a housekeeper with a family in Clarkdburg. It was here she met and married a man from New York City. The marriage soon ended in divorce and Aunt Bell was back doing work for Clarksburg famlies. For a while Aunt Bell lived with my Dad and Mother (Camisee and Bessie Stire) on their farm ner Wallace, West Virginia. Then after Mother died Aunt Bell wnt to live with Dad in Lumberport. Her Dad owned a small grocery store. Aunt Bell was living in Lumberport when she died at the age of 84. She was a beautiful person and all us kids loved her.

iii.

DAVID WAMSLEY STIRE, b. 06 May 1864, 6th or 4th; Jones Run, now Harrison County, West Virginia¹⁹; d. 1952; m. IRENE BOGGESS, 1891²⁰.

iv.

THOMAS JEFFERSON STIRE, b. 11 October 1866, or Dec 1877- per LDS- Ancestral File; d. 15 May 1878, Died when he was young²¹.

CAMISEE FRANCIS STIRE, b. 20 December 1873, or Nov. 27,1872 , Jones Run, Harrison County, West Virginia²²; d. 08 March 1950, Lumberport, West Virginia , buried in Lumberport Lions Club Cemetery²³; m. BESSIE HANNAH, 24 December 1897, 24 Dec 1900-Marriage Book²⁴.

Notes for CAMISEE FRANCIS STIRE:
Lived in Wallace in 1941 according to news paper clipping of Bessie Hannah Stires death dated Jan 4, 1941.

History of Lumberport and Surrounding Communities, Copyright 1977,by Gary Martin Sr.,d/b/a (Procomprint) - -
Pg 140
In 1912 Joshua Boggess died, after his death, the business (store) was sold to Camisee Stire.
pg 37
Camisee Stire Store, Groceries on Grade School Hill later belonged to Mrs. Dollie Stire.
pg 56
The Mound City Glass Factory was in operation in Lumberport.- A note to the side of the page said - I (Winifred) worked here so did my dad (Camissie).

History of Lumberport and Surrounding Communities pg 149, Copyright 1977,by Gary Martin Sr.,d/b/a (Procomprint) - - .
Bessie Hannah Stire was the oldest of nine children. She and Camissee Francis Stire, were married when he was twenty for and his bride was nineteen. Camisee worked in a coal mine at Dola. Twice he was almost crushed by coal cars. It was then he left the mines. When the oldest of his children was ready to go to high school the family moved to Lumberport. Mr. Stire worked at the glass fatory, and later operated a grocery store.
Camisee and Bessie (Hannah) Stire's children were : Vaudra Heldreth, Winfred Moore, Arper, Ransler, and Wesley,. Loco (husband of Dollie Stire), Willis and Henry all died within a year of each other. Willis and Henry died in the services during W.W.II.. Loco was a local school Teacher. Henry Stire was the husband of Margaret (McKenna) Stire, who with her brother, Thom, operated a beauty shop in Lumberport.

Per Winifred Stire Moore's Family Book-
Camisee and Bessie married The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. D. Griffin. The groom was 24 at this time and his bride was 19. Parents of Camisee were Crycus and Susanna Lyon Stire.

Per Winifred Stire's Remberences-
Dad and Mother were a very nice looking couple. Mother said the first time she met Dad he wore a mustache. Dad said it was to hide a scar on his lip where a hors had kicked him when working in the hay field. Mother was never a heavy person. She was one of the lucky people who never have to watch their weight. and when she died at the age of 61 she did not have a gray hair in her head. Mother was always sober in her conversation. But Dad liked to inject a little humor now and then. Altho I am sure my Parents disagreed on a lot of things I never hear them quarrel.

Notes for BESSIE HANNAH:
Information from a news paper clipping that Winifred Stire Moore had.

In Jan 4, 1941- WOMAN KILLED BY BUS - Harrison county's highway safety record suffered and early set-back last night when the new year's first fatality occurred. . . . . .
Mrs. Bessie Stire, 60, Route 3, Wallace, died at 8:20 p.m. last night at a local hospital from a fractured skull, possible internal injuries and complications suffered when she was struck by a bus at about 5:40 yesterday evening as she attempted to cross Route U.S. 19, at Hepzibah. . . . .
Kenneth Bolyard, 26, of Lumberport, employe of the West Virginia Transportation company and driver of the bus which struck Mrs. Stire, was quoted by Troopers R. W. Rule and M.H. Altare, of the Shinnston detachment of the state police, as saying he was driving north on U.S. 19 just north of Hepzibah crossing, when he noticed a woman running north down the road with her back toward traffic. As the bus approached her, the driver said, the woman turned around facing the bus and began waving her arms.
Ran Into Path Of Bus
Bolyard said he recognized the woman as Mrs. Stire, and thinking she wanted to get on, he began to slow down, according to the officers. Mrs. Stire, however, kept moving into the path of the bus, the driver said, and he had cut over to the left of the highway as far as possible when the middle of the front end of the bus struck her, hurling her to the highway.
Mrs. Stire was taken to the residence of E.F. Miller for emergency first aid until an ambulace arrived from Clarksburg.
Trooper Altare said Bolyard was not held but added that an inquest would be held.
This is the first fatality for Harrison county in 1941, Capt. Dorsey Bailey said last night, . . . . .
Mrs. Stire was born Sept. 15, 1880, at Rock Camp, near Sardis, the daughter of T.N. Hannah, deceased, and Martha Hannah, of Brown. She was a member of the Baptist church of Lumberport.
Surviving Mrs. Stire are husband, C.F. Stire, of Wallace; and the following children: Two daughters, Mrs Golden Hildreth, of Lumberport, and Mrs. Fred Moore, of Follansbee; Six sons, Laco Stire, of Lumberport; Arper Stire, of Cleveland; Wesley Stire, of Fort Custer, Mich.; Henry Stire, of Wallace, and Ransler and Willis, both at home.
One brother, John Hannah, of Lumberport, and six sisters, Mrs. Addie Nichols, of 120 South Chestnut street; Mrs. Estie Robinson of Adamston; Mrs. Allie Allen, Mrs. Mirtie Martin, Mrs. Stella Boggess and Mrs. Henrietta Stire, all of Lumberport, also survive.
The body was taken to the Harmer funeral home at Shinnston.

-- - -Winifred Stire Moore also lists a birth date of September 14, 1878.

History of Lumberport and Surrounding Communities pg 149, Copyright 1977,by Gary Martin Sr.,d/b/a (Procomprint) - -
Bessie Hannah Stire wa sthe oldest of nine children. She and Camissee Francis Stire, were married when he was twenty for and his bride was nineteen. Camisee worked in a coal mine at Dola. Twice he was almost crushed by coal cars. It was then he left the mines. When the oldest of his children was ready to go to high school the family moved to Lumberport. Mr. Stire worked at the glass fatory, and later operated a grocery store.
Camisee and Bessie (Hannah) Stire's children were : Vaudra Heldreth, Winfred Moore, Arper, Ransler, and Wesley,. Loco (husband of Dollie Stire), Willis and Henry all died within a year of each other. Willis and Henry died in the services during W.W.II.. Loco was a local school Teacher. Henry Stire was the husband of Margaret (McKenna) Stire, who with her brother, Thom, operated a beauty shop in Lumberport.

Per Marvin F. Moore- Bessie had a 100 acre farm in WV.

Marriage Notes for CAMISEE STIRE and BESSIE HANNAH:
ceremony performed by Reverend G. D. Griffin, groom was 24 years and bride 19.

vi.

EVANDER FERNADANE STIRE, b. 25 September 1879, Jones Run, Harrison County, West Virginia²⁵; d. 09 December 1943, Seminole, Harrison County, West Virginia²⁶; m. HENRIETTA (ETTA) HANNAH, December 1905²⁷.

Notes for EVANDER FERNADANE STIRE:
Aka : Uncle Ferd
Per Winifred Stire Moore's Family note Book-
Then Grandmother Susanna's father Alexander Lyon gave her a farm. (West Virginia, ? Clarksburg,) They lived on this farm until grandmother died. Then the farm was divided into four parts. Uncle Evander Fernadane (we all called him Uncle Ferd) took the land with the house on it and moved his family to this house.

Bessie Hannah and Henrietta Hannah both are daughters of Thomas Nelson Hannah.

Evander's children Married Brothers and Sisters of the "Counts".

4. WILLIAM M.³ STIRE (MADISON WILLIAM ( WILLIAM MADISON)², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1842 in Virginia (per 1870 Census-See notes- Stier)²⁸, and died in or born about 1844. He married EUNICE N. MORTENEY 08 August 1861 in , , Harrison County, West Virginia²⁹.

Notes for WILLIAM M. STIRE:
Per Extract from 1870 Census:
State: West Virginia, County: Harrison, Township: Eagle Township, post office Hefsville, Harrison County, WV, Enumeration: 30 Aug 1870, Reel No. 1688 ( LDS-Church #0338017), page # 153, County page # 11,

Line Dwelling Family Names age sex color birth place m.vote
# no. no.
38 83 80 Stier, William 28 M W        Va. X
39 ,Eunice N. 27 F W Va.
40 , John M. 8 M W WV
Pg 12
1 , Mary M        5 F W
2 , Benjamin H. 4 M W WV
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       Children of WILLIAM STIRE and EUNICE MORTENEY are:

JOHN M.⁴ STIRE, b. Abt. 1862, Virginia (per 1870 Census-See notes- Stier).

ii.

MARY M. STIRE, b. Abt. 1865, West Virginia (per 1870 Census under William Stier).

iii.

BENJAMIN H. STIRE, b. Abt. 1866, West Virginia (per 1870 Census under William Stier).

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