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Personal data George B Sizemore 

• He was born in the year 1806 in Ashe, North Carolina, United States.
• (George B Sizemore) in the year 1861 in Rock View, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA.Source 2
• He died in the year 1864 in West Virginia, United States, he was 58 years old.
• A child of Edward B Sizemore and Annie B Baldwin

Household of George B Sizemore

He is married to Mary Polly Laxton.

They got married in the year 1832, he was 26 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John H Sizemore  
2. Thomas Wilburn Sizemore  ± 1832-1864
3. Edward Washington Sizemore  1834-1901
4. Levi J Sizemore  1836-????
5. John F Sizemore  1838-????
6. Ruth Amy Sizemore  1840-1909
7. Owen A Sizemore  1842-????
8. Elizabeth A Sizemore  1846-????

Notes about George B Sizemore

*Born ca 1805

Husband of Mary Polly aka Ollie Laxton.

Migrated to West Va circa 1850.

Surveyed for brother in law Thomas Laxton 8/21/1852
379 acres.

Settled on Sizemore Gap now known as Jackson Hill on Rock Castle Creek, Wyoming Cty. West Va.
At his cabin the Rockcastle Baptist Church first met in 1859.

NOTES
from upper New River came Ollie, her sister Elizabeth Laxton Farley and two brothers Thomas & George.
(They left behind sister Phebe Laxton Parsons in Piney Creek NC)
Brother Thomas & Jane (Paisley) had a son Wilborn who married Robt Stewart's daughter Julia who after Wilborn's pre 1880 death married John Wm Gunnoe .
Brother George and wife Jennie Stringer had a son Thomas. He is the subject of your photo & was the subject of Judge Johnston repartee at
the 1876 centennial Picnic
Another son of brother George's was John Columbus . He was the grandfather of my neighbors including Tom the Korean war causality
Also I've been told that Ollie's father or grandfather was a half sibling of the Baldwin sisters Jane & Annie (or an earlier generation ?) that married Geo J & Ed B the father of Geo B .

Children:
Thomas Wilburn aka Wilburn(killed 1861) m. Clarenda Cook
Edward....lived next door 1860
Levi
John F....died young? John F. died in Wyoming County before the move to Webster County.
Ruth...died young? or married a Cline? Ruth is on the 1860 Webster County census married to a Cline. I
Owen
Elizabeth

CW: George B Sizemore was killed at the outbreak of the Civil War in Webster Cty, West Va. by CSA partisans.
His son Thomas Wilburn was killed, too, that day.

1864 George B. Sizemore's brother in law Daniel Perdue Sr. was killed, too, in local Civil War tensions.

NOTES
Within the extensive Ledger of Rev. Goode, he writes;
George B. Sizemore married Ollie Laxton and settled on Rockcastle Creek near Jacksons Store. At a meeting of the Rockcastle Baptist Church on March 12, 1859 at the home of James Cooke on Laurel Fork, it was recorded that the
"Next meeting to be at the house recently occupied by George B. Sizemore".
Children: 1) Wilburn Laxton married Clarenda Cook of John Logan Cook. He and Daniel Perdew Sr. were shot from ambush and killed in Webster County during the Civil War.
Thats the present day location of the Keyrock turn off from Rt 10 . It was once called "Sizemore Gap" . Its now known as "Jackson Hill" .
.

Unable to find any trace of George B and Mary and their children, Levi, Owen, and Elizabeth after 1860.

Have also read that a group of Sizemores, women and children, were killed during the Civil War.

NOTES
1850 Wyoming County, VA Census:
George B. Sizemore, 44, NC
Mary Sizemore, 45, NC
Thomas W., 18, NC...STAYED IN WY CTY...then killed 1861
Edward W., 16, NC LIVED NEXT DOOR 1860
Levi J., 14, VA
John F., 12, VA....DIED YOUNG?
Ruth, 10, VA...DIED YOUNG? OR MARRIED A CLINE?
Owen A., 8, VA
Elizabeth, 4, VA

In 1860 they have moved to Webster County, VA
George B, 54, Ashe County, NC
Mary, 56, Ashe County, NC
Levi J., 24, Ashe County, NC
Owen A., 17, Wyoming, VA
Elizabeth A., 15, Wyoming VA

Next door is son, Edward W. Sizemore, single
Edward W. Sizemore, 27, Ashe County, NC

No sign of John F. or Ruth in 1860.

Thomas W. remained in Wyoming County
1860 Census, Wyoming County (Rock View):
Thomas W., 28, VA
Clarinda Cook Laxton, 20, VA
Phoebe C., 2, VA
Mary M., 2 Months (2/12), VA
Catherine Cook, 18, VA...sis in law

Clarinda is Clarinda Ruth Cook, daughter of John Logan Cook & Sarah G. Ellison. Catherine is Clarinda's sister. This part of the family remained in Wyoming County and has been very easy to trace.
CLARINDA RUTH5 COOKE (JOHN LOGAN4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born February 28, 1839 in Logan (Wyoming) County, (West) Virginia. She married
(1) THOMAS WILBURN SIZEMORE June 17, 1856 in Wyoming County, (West)Virginia, son of GEORGE SIZEMORE and MARY LAXTON. He was born Abt. 1832 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1864 in Webster County, West
Virginia. She married (2) DANIEL SAMUEL PERDEW August 26, 1865 in Wyoming County, West Virginia, son of NATHANIEL PERDEW and SARAH SIZEMORE. He was born Abt. 1845 in Logan (Wyoming) County, West Virginia.

George and his other children, however, seem to have vanished after the 1860 Census.

I've seen claims that George & Thomas died in the Civil War, however haven't found anything to verify that.
Thomas' wife, Clarinda did remarry in 1865.

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