| 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.
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| Family ID |
F1300 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Harpold, b. 23 Nov 1811, Virginia, USA , d. 22 Mar 1883 (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
14 Jun 1836 |
Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [4] |
| Notes |
1840 JC
Thomas Board
1m 0-5
1m 5-10
1m 20-30
1f 5-10
1f 20-30
or
Thomas Board Sr
1m 5-10
1m 10-15
1m 20-30
1f 0-5
1f 20-30
1850 JC # 421-425
Board Thos. 37 M Gun Smith Va
Board Sarah 37 F Va
Board Rachel 9 F Va
Board Absolom 7 M Va
Board Adam 3 M Va
1860 JC # 452-419
Thomas Sr 47 gunsmith
Sarah 47
Adam 13
John H 7
Absalom 15
1870 JC Mill Creek Dist # 219
Sarah 58
Aaron or Adam 23
Ellen, 26, [w/o Absolom]
John H 18
1880 JC lower Ripley, # 23
Absolom and family living with Sarah
John House, "Pioneers of Jackson County", pg 196
John House, "Some Early. . .Burying Grounds", pg 16
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| Children |
| | 1. Rachel Board, b. 25 Nov 1841, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 19 Feb 1890 (Age 48 years) |
| | 2. Absalom Board, b. 1843, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| | 3. Adam Board, b. 16 Jan 1847, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 8 Jan 1942 (Age 94 years) |
| | 4. John H Board, b. 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1918 (Age 67 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1391 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
West Virginia Pioneers
1811 - 1869 (~ 57 years)
