George Board

Abt 1803 - Abt 1862  (~ 59 years)

• Name	George Board
  Born	Abt 1803	Wood County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1862
  Person ID	I3041	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2005

  
  

  Father	Patrick Board,   b. 12 Jun 1750, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Nov 1839, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Kyser,   b. 1771, Little York, PA ,   d. Abt 1859, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Abt 1790	York County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	1840 JC Mary Board 1f 10-15 [grandchild?] 1f 60-70 next is William 1m 20-30 1f 15-20 House "Pioneers" Keenan Farm Who next lived on this farm is not given, all being blank until some time in the early thirties, when it passed into the hands of Thomas Bord, who had married a daughter of John Harpold, who lived at the ford above Ripley. Bord was a son of Patrick Bord, the pioneer of Reedy, being 4 years old at the time of the emigration from Greene County, PA, to the wilds of western VA. He lived on this farm several years, and was one of the most ingenious blacksmiths, gunsmiths and mechanics ever in Jackson county. It is said he experimented a long time with the problem of perpetual motion, and there used to be a story extant that he once constructed a flying machine, withwhich he rose from the top of a neighboring hill and soared majestically over Ripley, unfortunately breaking his machine. From a habit of always expressing assent to a proposition by a phrase "that's a fact, sure", he was known every where as "Fact Tom" or Fact-sure Tom bord", which served to distinguish him from two others of the same name. He was born in November 1811, and died in the summer of 1869.
  Family ID	F1300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth 'Betsy' Parsons,   b. 1804, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. Aft 1870  (Age > 67 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1825	Mason, Mason County, West Virginia   [2]
  Notes	1840 Jackson Co, VA George Board 3m 5-10 1m 30-40 3f 10-15 1f 30-40 1850 Jackson Co, VA #425-429 Board George 47 M Farmer Va Board Elizabeth 46 F Va Board James 19 M Farmer Va Board Able 17 M Farmer Va Board Ballad 15 M Farmer Va Board Marilla 5 F Va McKoun Nehemiah 12 M Va 1860 Jackson Co, VA pg 51 living with son Able George 58 Elizabeth 55 Mazella 16 1870 Jackson Co, VA Mill Creek # 167, l/w Mazilla & Nathan Crites Elizabeth Board, 65
  Children	1. Letha Board,   b. Abt 1825, Wood County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ruthy Board,   b. 1827,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Susannah Board,   b. 1829,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. James Board,   b. Abt 1831, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Abel Board,   b. Abt 1833, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ballard P Board,   b. Abt 1835, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 14 Jun 1904, Mason County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 69 years)   7. Sarah J Board,   b. 29 Nov 1841,   d. 20 Aug 1843  (Age 1 years)   8. Mazilla Board,   b. Abt 1845, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 10 Mar 1825 - Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census, 1850 JC. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.