Carlin Family Genealogy

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carlin Family Genealogy, A&M 4419, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 8 pages (1 folder)
Creator:
Toney, Virginia Simms
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carlin Family Genealogy, A&M 4419, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Genealogy traced back to Elmer Ellsworth Carlin (died August 1, 1909) and his wife Katherine Emmaline Porter (died July 22, 1902). Contains photographs of Katherine, Elmer, and Elmer's father, John Carlin, as well as photographs of their headstones. John Carlin was a leader of the West Virginia Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). Also contains three pages of genealogical information pertaining to Elmer, Katherine, and Elmer's parents, John Carlin and Anna Dean Lyeth. There is also a letter that Katherine Carlin sent to her father, Daniel Porter, from Wheeling, West Virginia (28 November 1886); it describes the health of her family and a labor strike happening at the time.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Genealogy - Marshall County.