Austin - Doss and allied family history

Family Names :

paternal line:

1. Austin
2. Sterret
   maternal lines:
   
3. Doss
4. Adkins
5. Chapman - look in Adkins file
6. Curry
   (*we are NOT part of the William or Isiah Curry line afterall)
7. Wray
8. Young - look in the Doss file

RE: Richard Austin & Dottie Doss family histories from (more recently) Mason County, West Virginia.


My maternal grandmother was Hannah Ethel ADKINS. Her associated ancestoral names are CHAPMAN, DUNCAN, as well as Adkins.

Thanks to Shanan A., a cousin from what I can piece together, we have a photo of Joseph George Chapman with his wife and children, as well as John Milton Chapman (our ancestorial reference)! (NOTE: There is a fault on the labeling of the photo - instead of Molly Adkins, that is Lillie Ann Chapman - refer to Nancy Clay's comments below.) Shanan emailed me (mariahswind@yahoo.com) in May 2000 and told me that this picture and some others she obtained from her grandfather who had visited in eastern Ohio and western West Virginia to see family and brought these back with him. Shanan lives in Australia (does she know the King family connection?) I found Shanan A. through WorldConnect. Furthermore, Joseph George Chapman has a Walker family connection and we have some photos also of his wife and her sisters?
As of 12/21/2000, I have a message with more detail about that Chapman family photo from Nancy Clay: " ...the one beside Retha is my grandmother Lillie Ann Chapman, Joseph's half sister.. and I have two more pictures that have her named on them.... My Aunt Maxine sent me this picture as she has an original and she said her mom, Lillie, went with her dad John Milton to the train station in Buffalo, Putnam County, WV, to see Joseph and his family off the day they went to Iowa. The picture was taken just before they left... I have across the top of mine..Arch, Oxley, Ruth., Retha and Lillie! Mine are on paper so they won't copy....Grandma Lillie had black hair which she wore up in all her pictures."


New information available as of spring 2002 from Shannon's aunt, Nicolle in regards to the Chapman connection to Iowa, and John Milton C.'s and his Southern Cross.

Photo album sheets:
Chapman girl photos sent to me by Nancy and Shanan.
Willis F. Chapman set (Willis F. Chapman, family, & John Milton Chapman).
B. Greenberry and son John Milton Chapman photo set.



I have started an obituary page too. I hope to capture several obits which can help people round out their files.

My maternal grandfather was James W. DOSS.

I have learned that I can not access the Doss Family Association web site however, you can contact Libbie Griffith for DOSS information through the Doss Family Association. Contact: Libbie Griffin, editor, PO Box 271, Greenbush MA 02040. (617) 545-3840. E-mail: yyex00a@prodigy.com

Associated ancestoral names are YOUNG, WRAY (and see associated KING family information), DUNN, and WILSON.

I have seperated Adkins and the associated families (maternal) from Doss and associated families (paternal). Return to see how much easier it will be to locate people and trace the relationships.

This is my paternal grandfather's line (Lyle L. Austin). I found some information using the USGENWEB resource about the STERRETT family of Mason County. I can't prove it yet - but my father says that his is his grandfather...

Here are some photos of my "boys!" Meet Tartuffe and Bud in this photo (taken in NC in the Wal-Mart parking lot in 1997) and all my "boys" taken the day in April 2000 when I had returned from the house inspection! The house inspection you say? Yes, the boys and I have our own house, purchased May 2000! I thank and praise God for it each day!
And, yes, that is me also in the latter two photos!

Some new photos of the boys: Tartuffe, Bud, and Tartuffe and Zack.

Another photo taken in October 2000 at the PetsMart store I work promoting Nutro pet food here in NC -- Didier, my guest from Belgium, with my boys - shopping for those biscuits!


Thanksgiving 2000 - Just look at the spread friend Sharon and Gary provided for Didier and I in Rockingham!
Sharon, Didier and I at Sharon and Gary's for dinner, Nov. 25, 2000. Gary photographed!




In memory of the passing on of E. Virginia Doss Holley
My maternal aunt.
May she rest in peace. (June 7, 1921 - October 7, 2000).

In memory of the passing of Anne Mae Holley (Acres) T. She is the daughter of E. Virginia Doss Holley. May she rest in peace.
(Anne died in Florida December 11, 2001)



Always Under Construction because there is so much to learn and share! --
last updated 3/18/2008

Chosen Links

Genforum for DOSS surname - queries
Clendenen Family site (family link via Dudding married CHAPMAN decendent)
Another CHAPMAN family tree link via Shanan
Dale AUSTIN genealogy website (AUSTIN history)
Scott Lynch's web site with AUSTIN information