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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Dyron Knick. 12 September 2014 Description is in English 20140912 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Papers LaRue B. Mason 1970-1993 A Collection in Roanoke Public Libraries 2010.1.04

Roanoke Public Libraries 2014 Special Collections Staff Roanoke Public Libraries Descriptive Summary Roanoke Public Libraries A Guide to the Papers of LaRue B. Mason 2010.1.04 4 record storage boxes English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Papers of LaRue B. Mason, Accession #2010.1.04, Roanoke Public Libraries, Roanoke, VA

Acquisition Information

Donated by Melva B. Trout

 Biographical Note

LaRue Bowman was born in Roanoke in 1922. She later married Otho Mason and retired from General Electric as an office manager. Mason was an avid genealogist and amassed a large collection of genealogical materials. Mason passed away on February 13, 1997.

Scope and Content

The collection is comprised of 4 record storage boxes. The boxes house 213 files containing different surname records and 17 files containing various miscellaneous materials. This collection is a medley of materials. There are photos, obituaries, wedding announcements, newspaper articles, letters, copies of wills, deeds, etc. Most of Mason’s work comes from the 1970s-early 90s, while the records she collected date from the 1700s-1900s. This collection consists of genealogical information relating to the Mason and Bowman families. Most of the information is regional, although correspondence regarding the search for genealogical information comes from all over the country.

Arrangement

Documents are arranged alphabetically by surname with a section of miscellaneous documents arranged alphabetically thereunder.

Contents List 1 Abshire Family 1 Altice Family 2 Amos Family 3 Anderton Family 4 Andrews Family 5 Angle Family 6 Arnold Family 7 Backenstoss Family 8 Bailey Family 9 Bair/Bare/Baer Family 10 Baker Family 11 Baldwin Family 12 Barnett Family 13 Bates Family 14 Billups Family 15 Bittle Family 16 Blankenship Family 17 Boone Family 18 Booth Family 19 Bosserman Family 20 Bowman Family 21-24 Brooks Family 25 Brower Family 26 Bryant Family 27 Calvert Family 28 Campbell Family 29 Carey Family 30 Coger/Cogar Family 31 Conner Family 32 Cooper Family 33 Crook Family 34 Cunningham Family 35 Dade Family 36 Dale Family 37 Danner Family 38 Davis Family 39 Dent Family 40 Deyerle Family 41 Deitrick Family 42 Diehl Family 43 Dillman Family 44 Divers Family 45 Dohner Family 46 Dooley Family 47 Edwards Family 48 Ferguson Family 49 Fisher Family 50 Flora Family 51 Fralin Family 52 Garber Family 53 Garst Family 54 Garst, Flavius Josephus 55 Gearheart Family 56 Gibson Family 57 Gingrich Family 58 Goad Family 59 Godwin Family 60 Graybill Family 61 Greer Family 62 Grimes/Grymes Family 63 Guilliams Family 64 Hale Family 65 Hall Family 66 Hamblin Family 67 Hambrick Family 68 Hancock Family 69 Harper Family 70 Harris Family 71 Harrison Family 72 Hartman Family 73 Hicks Family 74 Hill Family 75-76 2 Holland Family 1 Howard Family 2 Huddleston Family 3 Huff/Hough Family 4-5 Hull Family 6 Hutchinson Family 7 Ikenberry Family 8 James Family 9 Jarell Family 10 Jennings Family 11 Johnson Family 12-14 Jones Family 15 Joyce Family 16 Kefauver Family 17 Kessler Family 18 King Family 19 Kingery Family 20-25 Kirk Family 26 Lavinder Family 27 Law Family 28 Le Grande Family 29 Likens Family 30 Link Family 31 Luke Family 32 McGehee Family 33 McGraw Family 2000 34 McGuire Family 35 Maddox/Mattox Family 36 Manning Family 37 Martin Family 38 Mason Family 39-40 3 Meador Family 1 Miles Family 2 Miller Family 3 Minnix Family 4 Montgomery Family 5 Moore Family 6 Moser Family 1890 7 Naff Family 8 Nunley Family 9 Oyler Family 10 Pedigo Family 11 Peters Family 12 Petry Family 13-15 Pharis Family 16 Phillips Family 17 Plunkett Family 18 Poindexter Family 19 Rea/Ray Family 20 Ready Family 21 Richards Family 22 Robertson Family 23 Robinson Family 24 Roller Family 25 Saul Family 26-29 Saunders Family 30 Saville Family 31 Seabold/Seabolt Family 32 Semones Family 33 Shartzer Family 34 Shelton Family 35 Sigmon Family 36 Singer/Sanger Family 37 Sink Family 38 Smallwood Family 39 Smith Family 40-47 4 Smotherman Family 1 Snuffer Family 2 Spencer Family 3 Speagle/Spigle Family 4 Staples Family 5 Stiff Family 6 Stoner Family 7 Stover Family 8 Strickler Family 9 Struck Family 10 Trice Family 11 Trout Family 12 Turner Family 13 Vaughan Family 14 Wade Family 15 Wagner Family 16 Waldron Family 17 Wheeler Famiyl 18 Wherly/Wehrly Family 19 Wigington Family 20 Williams Family 21-24 Willis Family 25 Willison Family 26 Wills Family 27 Wine Family 28 Woody Family 29 Wray Family 30 Wright Family 31 Ziegler Family 32 Bedford County Taxable Property 1782 33 Book of Ancestors Excerpts 34 Diary Excerpts 35 Miscellaneous 36 Miscellaneous Obituaries and Memorials 37 Miscellaneous Obituaries, Wedding Announcements and Articles 38 Miscellaeous Wedding, Engagement and Anniversary Announcements 39 North Farnham Parish and Lunenburg Parish Registries 40 Pedigree Charts of Donald William Francis 1943 41 Personal Information 42 Personal From Nadia 43 Pigg River Church and Pine River Primitive Baptist Church Cemeteries 44 Photographs, Unidentified 45 Roanoke County Map 46 Story Creek Baptist Church 47 'Turning Points': Publication from the Church of the Brethren Messenger 48-49