Ancestry of Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher

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Sources:

• The History of Pendleton County -- Morton (c) 1910
• Ancestors of Lillie Lieu Smith by Warren Berlin Crummett
• A compilation of Simmons descendants of Pendleton County, Va. (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye
• A History of the Descendants of John Michael Propst of Pendleton County, Va. (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye
• A History of the Eckard Family of Pendleton Co., WV (VA) by Walter L. Eye, July 1996
• Arthur Eckard family Bible
• Marriages PENDLETON CO. WV (Partial) from USGenWeb Archives
• Births various PENDLETON CO. WV (Partial) from USGenWeb Archives
• Personal correspondence with Carolyn Fisher Johnson, Hazel Eckard Fisher, Norm Wilfong, Charles H. Boggs, Jr. (son of Beulah Mae Eckard Boggs), Virginia Maude Smith Crummett (sister to Lillie Lou Smith Eckard), Paul Snyder (descendant of Noah W. Eckard), Jack Bowers (Pendleton County Historical Society) and Eckard researcher (and granddaughter of Jesse Eckard) Linda Custer
• Letter from Alison Ronczyk to Carolyn Fisher Johnson RE: Eckard Genealogy
• Anne (Waggy) Dyvig, DNA cousin discovered on 23andMe, to whom I am third cousin, once removed. She is daughter of John R. Waggy (see below source), son of Harman Waggy, son of Daniel Waggy, son of John and Alice "Allie" (Propst) Waggy, our common ancestors. Information used with permission.
• Waggy, John R. From West Virginia to Alaska Via Europe and Asia, © 2004 by John R. Waggy. Revised 2005. Printed in the United States of America by Dehart's Media Services Incorporated.
• Find-A-Grave Memorial
• U.S. National Park Service: Soldier Details: The Civil War: Absalom Eckhard and other records
• Noah & Phebe Jane (Simmons) Eckard Family - Linda Custer and Judy Rader

Census of Pendleton County with Eckards 1810-1870 Note: Pendleton County, VA (WV), was formed from Rockingham County, VA, which was formed from Augusta County, VA.

↑ Absalom Eckard (also seen as Absalom Ekert on USGenWeb and Absolom Ekert in below marriage documentation as well as with nickname "Abs")

I have DNA matches sharing this couple as common ancestors. Bradley Gutshall Patterson and Curtis Marozzi.

↑ Sarah "Sally" J. Lamb

↑ Ephraim Simmons He was a farmer according to the 1870 census cited below.

Ephraim may have fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War as a private in either Heck's 25th VA Infantry, the 46th VA Militia or the 62nd Regiment, VA Mounted Infantry.

Sarah Propst (full picture)

↑ William Lewis Smith

William L. Smith may have fought for the Confederacy (VA Infantry) in the American Civil War. DNA Evidence: I share these ancestors with DNA matches. Sharon Wiegel, Ashley Sukes, Deandre Hedgespeth, Robert Irving Smith, Cheryl Jolley, Melissa Tausig and Lance Wonderley.

↑ Mary-Anne Rexrode

↑ Adam "Add" Waggy (colorized, portrait close-up, photo close-up)

↑ Their ancestries include more info Adam Waggy Family picture Picture of the couple (colorized)

↑ Susan (Susannah) Kiser (colorized version, photo close-up, thumbnail)

Barbara Jane Waggy Eye and Susannah (Kiser) Waggy

There are two records for Absalom Eckard (seen as Eckhard/Echard) fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War: As a private in Co. K, 62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry and as a sergeant in Co. A, 46th Virginia Regiment (Additional source: U.S. National Park Service, The Civil War in the East: 62nd VA and 46th VA).

b. 18 April 1825 d. 16 February 1898 Will: [page 1] [page 2] Find-A-Grave Memorial

m. 5 Oct. 1844 by George Schmucker, Pendleton County, VA/WV marriage document, year further substantiated by USGenWeb

b. 22 July 1825 d. 10 or 20 March 1903 in dropsy Find-A-Grave Memorial

b. 5 September 1831 Baptized 31 October 1831 d. ?

m. 4 December 1854, Pendleton County, in what is now West Virginia Register of Marriage (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch) 1870 Census showing Ephraim, Sarah and daughter Phebe (Source: Ancestry)

b. 1822 d. ?

b. 9 July 1825 d. 12 Sept. 1886

m. 7 December 1848, Pendleton Co., in what is now WV Register of Marriage (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch) picture of the couple

b. 26 May 1825 d. 12 Dec. 1881

b. 30 May 1831 (USGenWeb Births says 20 May 1831) d. 24 Jan. 1906 Find-A-Grave Memorial Adam Waggy and Reuben Eye Cemetery, Moyers Gap Road, Hoover Mountain, WV

m. 26 September 1850, Pendleton County, in what is now West Virginia Register of Marriage (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch) USGenWeb gives the marriage date as 8 December 1850

b. 19 Jan. 1831 d. 23 Feb. 1907 obituary larger version Find-A-Grave Memorial Tombstone Close-up of tombstone at Eye & Cemetery on Moyers Gap Rd., west of Sugar Grove, WV.

1870 Census showing Adam and Susannah Waggy I have DNA matches with whom I share Adam and Susanna (Kiser) Waggy as ancestors. Jenny Butler and Ashley Butler.

1827 Finley Map of Virginia (Source: Virginia Genealogy Network)

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Noah Webster Eckard was a school teacher who lived in Sugar Grove, WV. Obituary of Noah's brother Abraham Eckard Teachers Institute 1885-1912 (pictures of Noah, Arthur and Jesse Eckard) Pendleton County Teachers Institute, Franklin, WV, summer 1929 (back with note) NOTE: Arthur Eckard is the 4th from the left on the front row. The man in the center sitting in the front row is a young Johnny Dahmer. Second row, last man sitting on right end is Elmer Crummett. Jesse Eckard is holding the little boy, his eldest son Roscoe who was later killed in WWII and his wife is beside him, Virginia Snyder Eckard.

Noah Webster Eckard (another picture of Noah on the far right) (zoom in on above picture)

In a deep voice, Noah used to sing, "When He cometh, when He cometh to make up His jewels, all His jewels, precious jewels, His loved and His own./Little children, little children, who love their Redeemer are the jewels, precious jewels, His loved and His own./Like the stars of the morning, His bright crown adorning, they shall shine in their beauty, bright gems for His crown" (source: slide 5 of Noah & Phebe Jane (Simmons) Eckard Family - Linda Custer and Judy Rader). He sang for his students. He & Phebe rest at Crummett's Run Brethren Church in Sugar Grove, WV. Noah Eckard's siblings were as follows: Job Eckard (Rhuhama Gwin), Martha Jane Eckard Propst (Rolandus, Sr.), Jemima S. Eckard, Jeremiah Eckard, Lucinda J. Eckard Simmons (Job), Amanda, Jacob Eckard (Martha J Smith), Isaac Eckard (Mary Ann Margaret "Mollie" Will), Barbara Ann Eckard Simmons (William Pleasant), James P. Eckard (Barbara Wagoner) and Abraham Eckard (Vesta Simmons). Home of Noah and Phebe Eckard print Noah's middle name? In his book on the Eckard family (as well as that of the Simmons family), Walter L. Eye erroneously has Noah's middle name as Washington. Noah's obituary (see below left) refers to him as "Noah Webster Eckard." He also had a son named Noah Webster Eckard who went by "Webb" or "Web." In reunion pictures, Web is also listed as Noah Webster Eckard, Jr., by genealogical researcher, and descendant of Noah and Phebe, Linda Custer. Further, Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher, granddaughter of Noah and Phebe and grandmother to James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson, along with her siblings, daughters, family and others, referred to her grandfather as Noah Webster Eckard. So, I have Noah Webster Eckard instead of Noah Washington Eckard.

Phebe Jane Simmons (another picture) (colorized version) Note about apron

All children of Noah & Phebe Noah W. Eckard Family Tree (image)

David R. Smith's siblings: Martin (b. 16 May 1871), Peter, William, Lucinda E., John M., George, Harvey (b. 23 April 1861), Mary E. (Marietta b. 18 August 1862), Phoebe J. and Hannah (Hanna b. 22 August 1867). (Source for birthdates: USGenWeb Births). Pictures of David's brother Martin's family: Smith family birth and death dates Martin Smith with wife Maggie Susan Puffenbarger Smith and baby William Gordon ("Gordon") Smith Family of Martin and Maggie Susan (Puffenbarger) Smith: front row: Homer Smith, father is Martin Smith, Noah, mother is Maggie Susan (Puffenbarger) Smith; back row: William Gordon Smith, Roy Malcolm Smith, Mary Ann , Edna (Lena and Riley not born yet) Martin and Maggie Susan (Puffenbarger) Smith

David R. Smith (original picture)

Arthur Eckard built his house in Stony Run next to the house of David and Martha Waggy Smith (with Douglas, Eddie and Arlie - brothers of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard) Information on the Waggy & Kiser Families including Martha Jane Waggy Civil War Memories Martha Jane Waggy's farm was on Stony Run. Land contract between Martha Jane (Waggy) Smith and her son-in-law Arthur Eckard Martha lost 5 of 12 children. Family was almost wiped out by Typhoid Fever, which did claim her husband David Smith. I have multiple DNA matches with whom I share David R. Smith and Martha Jane (Waggy) Smith as common ancestors. Kara Hayes, Paul Simmons, Gavin Graham and Tyler Shifflett.

Martha Jane Waggy (original picture) Another picture

Cora Belle Waggy, sister of Martha Jane Waggy Smith. She married Clarence Elmer Hart of Vevay, Indiana, and later moved to Ohio. She is buried in Forest Rose Cemetery in Lancaster, Ohio and had no family. Nora Belle Waggy (b. 1872-d. 1944), sister of Martha Jane Waggy Smith. Nora was the 11th child and married Wilbur Colaw of Highland County, Virginia. Article: Wedding of Prof. W.D. Colaw and Nora Bell Waggy A sister to Martha Jane Waggy Smith, either Barbara Jane-Waggy, Lilly Lou Waggy, Caroline "Carrie" Waggy, Eliza Waggy or Susan Birdie Waggy (back of photo) Related Facebook discussion. Note: Susan Birdie Waggy was born Jan 23, 1870, and died February 9, 1888.

Photos of Noah Webster Eckard's house taken 9/16/1991 by grandson Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard: •  From riverside ( back) •  From road near Jesse Eckard's house (back)

b. 1852 d. 26 May 1930 death cert. grave & obituary Estate: [1], [2], [3] Find-A-Grave Memorial

m. 5 Sept. 1880, Pendleton County, West Virginia Register of Marriage (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch)

b. 31 May 1859, Pendleton Co., VA (now WV) d.14 Dec. 1929 death cert. grave & obituary Find-A-Grave Memorial

Eckard Family Tree PowerPoint (2000) Eckards in the military (draft cards and military records, etc.)

b. 31 Oct. 1849 (source: USGenWeb Births though Eye (Propst book), p. 77 indicates a birth year of 1854) d. 1901 Find-A-Grave Memorial

m. 28 February 1878, Pendleton Co., WV (source: USGenWeb) Register of Marriage (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch)

b. 7 Mar. 1856 Pendleton Co., VA (WV) d. 26 Nov. 1921 Pendleton Co., WV Find A Grave Memorial

Arthur Eckard was a school teacher in Sugar Grove for 40 years. He purchased land at Stony Run from his in-laws. John R. Waggy, one of Arthur Eckard's 7th/8th grade students, wrote that Arthur Eckard "was the only teacher that we called mister" (Waggy, p. 72). Arthur Eckard's siblings (Children of Noah and Phebe above): (Lottie Eckard who married Abel Sinnett, Claude Eckard who married Linnie Mae Simmons, Noah Webster Eckard who married Melinda Louella Simmons, Priscilla Jane Eckard who married William A. Eckard, Gracie Eckard who married Charlie Snyder, Ephraim Pickney Eckard who married Erma lrene Jones, Sarah Equilla Eckard who was deceased at 7 yrs, Amanda Mae Eckard who married Pearlie Varner, Minnie Susan Eckard who married Granville Puffenbarger, Jesse Harvey Eckard who married Virginia Harris Snyder, Mary Myrtle Eckard who married Lester Wilfong, lsaac Eckard who married Lula Rankin, and Elsie Florence Eckard who married Berlin Simmons)

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Roster of Men in the Confederate Service compiled by H. M. Calhoun, Franklin, West Virginia, from the source History Of Pendleton County West Virginia by Oren F. Morton, Franklin, West Virginia. Published By The Author, 1910.. Pendleton County WWI Soldiers compiled by H. M. Calhoun and provided by Pendleton County Historical Society (Franklin, WV). West Virginia map with counties (including neighboring states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia) Pendleton County Land Patents PENDLETON COUNTY, VA, (WV, USA) PARTIAL LISTING OF VARIOUS BIRTHS

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Lottie Eckard Sinnett, wife of Abel Sinnett and sister of Arthur Eckard Arthur Eckard in middle of front row with gray cap; his brother Jesse Eckard is second from left on front row (a cropped version) Isaac Eckard, brother of Arthur Eckard Jesse Eckard and Virginia Snyder Eckard with son Roscoe who was KIA in France in WWII, buried there and returned to Arlington 4 yrs later Pink Eckard, brother of Arthur Eckard William and Priscilla Jane Eckard, sister of Arthur Eckard. They were first cousins and married after the death of William's first Picture of a lumber operation in Pendleton County in the early 1900s, which includes Arthur Eckard and his son Claude Cameron ("Cameron") Eckard Picture of the Teachers Institute of Pendleton Co., 1912. Noah Eckard is one on the far right, front row (with the beard). Arthur Eckard appears to be on the 3rd row back, 4th from left. Teachers Institute 1885-1912 (pictures of Noah, Arthur and Jesse Eckard)

Arthur Eckard (Colorized close-up of Arthur) (picture) (another picture) ← more pictures to the left Arthur's school notes 1897-1898 Teaching Certificate dated October 11, 1909

Picture of Arthur & Lillie Lou Eckard with 3 of their children: Cameron, Beulah & Hazel (baby) (colorized version) (Colorized close-up of Arthur) (colorized close-up of Louie) Noah's son Arthur Eckard received a military pensions envelope with contents regarding his aunt Lucinda Simmons [page 1][page 2] as well as regarding her husband Jobe Simmons (Job Simmons) [page 1][page 2] (his last will and testament: [page 1][page 2]). Arthur also played a role in the last will and testament of William A. Simmons [page 1][page 2]. Arthur Eckard and Lillie Lou Smith Eckard with children Arline Virginia Eckard and baby Thelma Ruth Eckard in autumn 1920 or early 1921 (Colorized version) (enhanced, colorized close-up of Arthur) enhanced, colorized close-up of Louie Arthur & Louie in later years (1945) (back of photo with note written by Hazel Eckard Fisher) Painting of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard and Arthur Eckard Home of Arthur and Lillie Lou (According to Carolyn F. Johnson, their granddaughter, it was white and had a 2nd story porch in the past (Bill and Carolyn F. Johnson at the home in early to mid-1980s) A more recent photo (Close-up) Shed behind their house: photo 1, photo 2

Lillie Lou Smith "Louie" Picture of Lillie with her children Beulah and Cameron (enhanced, colorized, close-up of Louie) Louie in June 1944 Louie in 1945, age 63, with quilts she made (back of photo) Smith sisters (L to R): Virginia Crummett, Louie Eckard and Ola Eckard on June 6, 1946 (back of photo) Louie Smith Eckard at the home of her daughter Thelma Meyerhoffer in Richmond, Virginia, one of the last photos of Louie The 1950 Census (courtesy of Ancestry.com) shows her as "Lillian Lou," age 68, wife of Arthur Eckard, age 69, a Farmer, with sons Paul V. and Arthur T. (Vernon age 36 and Ted age 27, respectively) in the home. Picture of record.

Discussion that mentions Lillie Lou Smith Eckard's sister Virginia Smith Crummett

Lillie Lou's siblings: Arlie (Arlie Cameron Smith), Berlin (Harvey Berlin Smith), Douglas (Jarred Douglas Smith), Viola and Virginia. There may have been another girl. Also a brother died, maybe drowned, can't remember his name; he wasn't old. It was likely Eddie (Charles Edwared Smith) since he is pictured here: The Smith brothers (Source: FamilySearch). (higher resolution image thanks to Paula Mitchell from Pendleton Pals) Clarence Mulkin Letter to Arthur and Lillie Lou Eckard: page 1, page 2 Lillie Lou Eckard, Spring 1946 Lillie Lou and Arthur in hats Lillie Lou and Arthur in later years (enhanced, colorized)

Sugar Grove Normal School Teachers (Arthur 4th row, 3rd from left with mustache). Sugar Grove Normal School about 1910 with Arthur on the far left of the front row (back of photo) Probably the Sugar Grove Normal School with Arthur Eckard 4th from left on the back row Picture with students (source) Picture: Arthur Eckard (center back row), Harry Snyder(far right back row), and Claude Eckard (far left front row) Teachers, back row Left to Right: Denver Bennett, Fred Simmons and Isaac Bennett; sitting: Flick Warner, Harry Snyder and Arthur Eckard (back of photo) Receipt for Israel Hoover estate to Daniel F. Smith, Sarah E. Grogg, Christena Hamilton and George Israel Smith, received of Arthur Eckard 28 June 1920 Arthur Eckard, certified Local Registrar of Vital Statistics 18 July 1925 U.S. Department of Agriculture envelope dated 1951 to Arthur Eckard Farm worksheet for Arthur Eckard, 1951 Farm worksheet for P. Vernon Eckard, 1951 Valentine from Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher to her father Arthur Eckard: 1, 2 Eckard Reunion pictures (some include Arthur)

b. 6 Nov. 1880 (named for King Arthur) d. 14 June 1956, Sugar Grove, WV tombstone Find-A-Grave Memorial

m. 25 May 1904 Register of Marriage, line 39 (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch), verifies 1904 (though in Arthur's Bible a 3 is written over the 4) by the Reverend A. A. Hahn in Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co., WV. Lillie Lou was baptized and united with Crummett's Run Church of the Brethren in 1904. Arthur and Lillie are buried at the Sugar Grove Cemetry (WV). 1930 Census Genealogical Entries from Arthur Eckard's Bible The Eckard Family: page 1 | page 2 (Related letter to Carolyn Fisher Johnson RE: Boggs descendants: page 1 | page 2) Arthur, Lillie and sons Vernon (Paul V.) and Ted (Arthur T.) in the 1950 Census 2012 picture of Arthur and Louie Eckard's chicken house. Granddaughter Carolyn Fisher Johnson says in 2023, "Remember gathering eggs with grandma." 2012 picture of Arthur and Louie Eckard's cellar. Granddaughter Carolyn Fisher Johnson says in 2023, "[R]emember seeing canned goods there and potatoes in bins. It fascinacted me when I was a child."

b. 28 Oct. 1881 in Doe Hill, Highland Co., VA. Letter from Warren Berlin Crummett (nephew) to Carolyn Fisher Johnson (granddaughter) with copy of a November 15, 1945, letter from his mother Virginia Maude Smith Crummett (sister) to him regarding the fall of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard, which preceded her decline: page 1 | page 2 | page 3 d. 10 Feb. 1951 in Stony Run, WV. (In Memoriam) (obituary) (death certificate) tombstone Find-A-Grave Memorial

Picture of Paul Smith: Paul was the son of Mary Crummett and Arlie Smith, the brother of Lillie Lou "Louie" Smith Eckard. Paul went missing in action (MIA) in WWII on a bomber as I noted per my mother Carolyn F. Johnson when I found the picture and asked her about it. ~ James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson John Crummett wrote Aunt Mary never got over Paul's missing in action and as a parent I can understand this. The picture posted above sat in her house until the day she passed. I have a christmas card that my parents (Daddy/Archie was Aunt Mary's brother.) sent to Paul in December of 1943....on the back of the envelope are stamped the words..... "Return to Sender. Missing in Action." Picture of Paul as a toddler with his baby brother David, sons of Arlie and Mary (Crummett) Smith (back of photo) Paul Smith ca. 1940, cousin to Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher (back of photo) A Shanholtz relative reported Paul Smith was an uncle's mother's oldest brother: 1st Lt. Paul Smith flew a P38 fighter plane in the South Pacific during WWII. He was shot down once and crash landed in the Philippines where he was patched up and issued another plane. On Nov. 8, 1943, while on a mission, he never returned. He was listed MIA for a short while and then KIA, but neither he nor his plane was never found. They believe he went down in the ocean. Full Paul Smith biography by Tom Shanholtz: PDF version or if preferred DOCX version. Another bio. Remembering Paul Smith

Additional Eckard photos: Claude Eckard, husband of Linnie and brother of Arthur Eckard Pink Eckard, brother of Arthur Eckard Photo of Arthur Eckard's house from "Big Gate" taken September 16, 1991, by son Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard (back of photo) Jesse Eckard, brother of Arthur Eckard: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 Other Eckard Pictures West Virginia Counties

Postcard from Arthur Eckard to his wife Lillie Lou Smith Eckard (back of postcard) Arthur Eckard and Louie Smith Eckard are buried in Sugar Grove, WV, and their children, Cameron, Vernon, Ted, Thelma Meyerhoeffer, Arline Waggy are buried there. Their daughter Beulah Boggs is buried in Franklin, WV, and their daughter Hazel Fisher is buried in Harrisonburg, VA.

Lillie Lou Smith Eckard's siblings and family: Lillie Lou's siblings: Susan Birdie (1878-1894), Jarred Douglas (Dec. 29, 1879-June 14, 1958), Jemimah Jane (1883-1884), William Boyd, Arlie Cameron (1886-1960), Samuel Floyd (1888-1890), Adam Boyd (1888-1890), Charles Edward (1891-1921), Maggie Viola (Ola) (Jun3 21, 1893-Oct. 25, 1980), Harvey Berlin (1898-Aug. 10, 1972), Virginia Maude (June 19, 1900-September 30, 1988) (Source: A History of the Descendants of John Michael Propst of Pendleton County, Va. (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye, p. 77) Arlie Smith, brother of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard Arlie Smith at Camp Lee: Front row far left Original black & white, Colorized by Jackie Donaldson, Colorized by Karan Vladiff, Related Facebook discussion Biography Berlin Smith, brother of Arlie Smith, Lillie Lou Smith Eckard, Virginia Maude Smith Crummett and Ola Smith "Aunt Ginny" Virginia Maude Smith Crummett in later years at Crummett's Run: 1, 2 Berlin and Edith (Bible) Smith Descendants of Rev. H. Berlin Smith and Edith (Bible) Smith Berlin Smith postcard sent to niece Beulah Eckard (back of postcard) Eddie Smith, brother of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard Eddie Smith, his wife and daughter Margie Other pictures of Eddie Smith: 1 (back of photo) | 2 (back) Postcard: Martha Juniata Smith She was named for her father Berlin Smith's alma mater Juniata College. (Back of postcard sent from Berlin Smith to his sister Lillie Lou "Lilu" Smith Eckard) Postcard from Arlie Smith (on right) to sister Lillie Lou Smith Eckard (back of postcard) Upper right hand corner is Arlie Smith, son of David Smith and brother of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard With cannon: Arlie Smith, brother of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard (back of postcard) Teacher is Berlin Smith, brother of Lillie Lou Smith Eckard Lillie Lou's brother Pfc. David P. Smith 35756482, Co. A 289th Engr., NY (back) Smith brothers and Elmer (boy in white). Berlin Smith is boy on front right Siblings: Virginia Maude Smith Crummett, Lillie Lou Smith Eckard and Ola Smith (back) Warren Crummett as a baby, son of Virginia Maude Smith Crummett ("Aunt Ginny") Children of Berlin Smith (Juanita, Catherine, Rebecca, Elwood, Sherwood, Joann, June, Bonnie, Jinny)

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Hazel Jane Eckard grew up near Sugar Grove, WV, and went to Washington, DC, with her sister Beulah in 1925. In 1926, she went to school in Bridgewater, VA, and finished school in 1931. She met Otto Woodrow Fisher when working in Harrisonburg, VA, as a waitress. He kept showing up and asking her out and she kept saying, "No." However, eventually, she said she would go out with him once if he left her alone. And the rest is history. She worked in Cumberland, MD, before marrying Otto W. Fisher. She remembers as a child how some of the Eckards spoke Dutch-German. PHOTOS RELATED TO HAZEL JANE ECKARD FISHER: Stony Run School Stoney Run School Picture with Hazel 1920-1921: P. Vernon Eckard, 1st boy in white on left in front; Hazel Jane Eckard, girl in center in dark dress (girl in white beside her is a cousin and girl in dark on other side is a cousin); Beulah Eckard (behind cousin in white) in the center, 2nd row next to C. Cameron Eckard (wearing a tie) Stony Run School 1924-1925 (Persons are identified on the back of the photo) Stony Run School 1925 picture with Hazel, some siblings, and her father Arthur Smith and Eckards at Stony Run School: picture with Hazel, some siblings, and a Smith cousin Arthur Eckard, man on far right; Vernon Eckard, front with bat; Cameron Eckard, tall boy in back 2nd from right; Arline Eckard, 3rd from right front row with long dark stockings and Hazel Eckard, 2nd from left on back row 1940 picture possibly of a school in Sugar Grove: 1st Row - AnnaLee Eckard, unknown, unknown; 2nd Row - John Eckard, unknown, Eldon Eckard, unknown, unknown, unknown; 3rd Row - unknown, Roscoe Eckard, possibly Jackie Mitchell???, unknown, unknown, unknown Hazel in younger days "miss HJE" Hazel Jane Eckard with aunt (Vi)Ola Smith Simmons(back) "Happy Hazel" Hazel Jane Eckard Hazel Jane Eckard - Bridgewater High School Junior 1930 Hazel Jane Eckard photo Hazel Jane Eckard quote Hazel Jane Eckard as a junior Hazel Jane Eckard - front row, far right, Home Economics Hazel Jane Eckard, front row, 6th from left, Choral Club.jpg Hazel Jane Eckard - More about Hazel Jane Eckard - What would BHS be quote Hazel Jane Eckard - Wedded quote Hazel Jane Eckard - Bridgewater High School Senior 1931 Original - Freda Waggy and Hazel Jane Eckard Hazel Jane Eckard Close-up of Hazel Jane Eckard

Hazel Jane Eckard (picture) (picture with granddaughter-in-law Louise Johnson and great-granddaughter Leona Johnson) "So many memories. I remember when she taught me how to tie my shoe. I remember songs she sang to me. I remember her chocolate chip cookies, her cakes and her home cooking. I remember watermelon in her backyard. I remember her smile, her gentleness, her faith." (Jamie Johnson post on Facebook remembering his grandmother)

Hazel and Otto as a younger couple Otto carrying an object at Spotswood Bank Hazel and Otto in a sweet moment (enhanced/colorized) Otto Woodrow Fisher and Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher Otto Woodrow Fisher and Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher Otto Woodrow Fisher and Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher in their living room at 625 North Willow St., Harrisonburg, VA 50th anniversary portrait (article) With grandchildren at their 50th anniversary (back of photo) With Hazel's siblings at their 50th anniversary (back of photo with siblings' names) Happy Hazel Additional pictures of Otto and Hazel Their house in Harrisonburg, VA Otto and Hazel Fisher on couch

↑ Otto Woodrow Fisher (picture)

1970 letter from Otto Woodrow Fisher (better known as "Bow-Wow") to his daughter Carolyn Fisher Johnson mentioning son-in-law Bill Johnson, grandsons Neil and Billy Johnson and step-granddaughter Elizabeth Johnson "Hi Carolyn, I remember your Dad (Otto Woodrow Fisher) very well. He and your Mom were wonderful neighbors. I remember that your Dad got me my doll one year for Christmas. That was during the war when my Mom told me after Christmas how hard it was to get a doll. Your Dad was working as a salesman for either Goodrich or Goodyear, I believe. She said he made sure that I had one for Christmas. I'm sure there were other times that he helped us out." ~ Shirley Stover Miller (Facebook Post)

Hazel Jane Eckard in 1930s in Stony Run, WV Photos with husband Otto Woodrow Fisher (Refer to to the right)→ Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher in younger days (restored black and white version, enhanced and colorized version) Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher in younger years (enhance, colorized close-up) Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher at Stony Run in 1945 Hazel reading to daughters Carolyn and Thelma Hazel with daughters and sister: Left to Right: Hazel Eckard Fisher, Carolyn June Fisher, Thelma Eckard Meyerhoeffer and Thelma Jane Fisher

b. 24 Sept. 1911 d. 3 July 2008 Remembering Hazel In memory (Remembrance Booklet Source Images) Find-A-Grave Memorial

m. 6 April 1936, Riverton, WV, by Rev. Earl Clayton Bateman, Sr. Register of Marriage (source: West Virginia Division of Culture and History via FamilySearch) 50th Anniversary Album

b. 6 Feb. 1914 d. 21 Feb. 1992 (Obituary) Find-A-Grave Memorial

Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher and Siblings Thelma and Arthur Theodore "Ted" Eckard in 1923, siblings of Hazel (back of photo) A picture of Hazel with 2 of her sisters at an Eckard Reunion - (Left to Right): Arline Virginia Eckard (who married James Ralph Waggy), Hazel in the middle, and Beulah (who married Charles Boggs, Sr.) Sisters: Arline Eckard Waggy, Thelma "Roostie" Eckard Meyerhoeffer and Hazel Eckard Fisher Eckard siblings: Vernon, Hazel, Thelma, Beulah, Cameron and Arline Eckard siblings: Hazel Eckard Fisher, Arthur Theodore "Ted" Eckard and Thelma Eckard Meyerhoeffer Eckard siblings at Purcell Park in Harrisonburg, VA, in 1960s (Who are they? back of photo) Eckard sisters: Hazel Fisher, Thelma Meyerhoeffer and Arline Waggy Eckard brothers at Purcell Park Harrisonburg, VA, ca. 1966: Arthur "TED" Theodore Eckard, Claude CAMERON Eckard and Paul VERNON Eckard (back of photo) Eckards with spouses in 1960s (Who are they? back of photo) At Hazel Eckard Fisher's house in 1965 (Who are they? back of photo) Infant (25 July 1904-27 July 1904) Beulah Mae Eckard (25 August 1905-3 February 1969) (m. Charles Boggs, Sr., 25 June 1922) Beulah Eckard Boggs (Hazel's sister in red) with son Charles Boggs, Jr. in front of daughter Betsy along with his ex-wife Audrey and his son Brian (NOTE on back of photo) Beulah Eckard Boggs in 1945 (back of photo) Charles Boggs, Sr., and wife Beulah Eckard Boggs as taken by their grandson Brian Boggs Charles Boggs, Jr., son of Beulah Eckard Boggs Obituary for William "Bid" Bernard Boggs, son of Beulah Eckard Boggs and nephew of Hazel Eckard Fisher Find-A-Grave Memorial Claude "Cameron" Eckard (6 October 1907-30 July 1989) (m. Elsie Todd 14 February 1931) C. Cameron Eckard, Bridgewater High School 1929: picture, bio, another picture Claude Cameron Eckard ("Cameron"), a brother of Hazel School and Community in the 1950s by C. Cameron Eckard, son of Arthur and Lillie Lou obituary Find-A-Grave Memorial Paul "Vernon" Eckard (16 March 1914-28 November 1970) Birth Registration P. Vernon Eckard in photobooth Seneca Rocks postcard from Paul Vernon Eckard to his father Arthur Eckard, 1942 (back of postcard with message) Paul Vernon Eckard Paul "Vernon" Eckard, 6 June 1946 Vernon Eckard, a brother of Hazel (back of photo) Vernon Eckard, June 16, 1946 Paul Vernon Eckard Find-A-Grave Memorial Arline Virginia Eckard (16 December 1917-27 May 1986)(m. James "Ralph" Waggy 3 November 1935) Note written by Arline about grandmother's apron showing dimensions - most likely the apron of Phebe Jane Simmons Eckard Elementary School Diploma Arline Virginia Eckard Waggy, a sister of Hazel: As a young woman (enhanced, colorized) J. Ralph Waggy - Bridgewater High School 1933 (about) Pictured with her husband James Ralph ("Ralph") Waggy on November 17, 1952 - Arline was Ralph's second cousin once removed as evidenced by Ralph's ancestry; Arline's great-great grandfather John Waggy was Ralph's great grandfather. There is further confirmation according to genealogy wheels they drew. J. Ralph and Arline (Eckard) Waggy Goshen Waggys with James "RALPH" Waggy and his wife Arline Virginia Eckard Waggy in August 1960 (Arline and Ralph on ends 2nd row) (back of photo) Arline and Ralph on Florida trip to see her sister Beulah Eckard Boggs and Charles Boggs, Sr., in April 1963 (back of photo) Bridgewater High School 1934 Class reunion - James RALPH Waggy seated left of head of table front (back of photo) Arline Virginia Eckard Waggy in Stony Run, WV, July 1959 (Otto Woodrow Fisher, her brother-in-law is standing in the background) James Ralph Waggy at home in Broadway, VA, 1977 James Ralph Waggy in June 1964, scoutmaster with R.W. Stanton at St. Michaels Church in Sugar Grove, WV (back) James "Ralph" Waggy in June 1964, scoutmaster James Ralph Waggy Siblings and wife of James Ralph Waggy taken the day of Cecil's funeral 21 July 1982: Elmer (brother), Eva (sister), Evelyn (wife of Elmer), Arline (wife of Ralph) (back) Waggy Family: "The woman in the white suit is my Aunt Mary. She is Terry's mom. She was an executive secretary in the Pentagon - she had an amazing career. She was very smart and when see went on maternity leave a major had to take her place. The woman in black is Aunt Shirley. Her daughters live in Broadway and Montclair. She loved quilting. In the back row is Marvin, Arlie, Elmer and Mary. In the front row is Ralph, Shirley and Eva." - Anne Dyvig. Anne's father John R. Waggy is not in the picture. James "Ralph" Waggy is second on left. Harmon Waggy (a.k.a. Harman Waggy), father of James Ralph Waggy ca. 1956 at WV State Fair in Lewisburg, WV (back) Arline Virginia Eckard Waggy's house on the Gamble place 16 September 1991 Arline Eckard Waggy obituary Find-A-Grave Memorial: Arline Virginia Waggy Arline Virginia Eckard Waggy - In Remembrance J. Ralph Waggy - In Remembrance J. Ralph Waggy obituary Find-A-Grave Memorial: James Ralph Waggy Thelma "Roostie" Ruth Eckard (1 June 1920-23 September 1999) (m. Francis "Jimmy" Meyerhoeffer 20 June 1942) Thelma Ruth Eckard Thelma Ruth "Roostie" Eckard married Francis "Jimmy" A. Meyerhoeffer in June 1942 Thelma Ruth Eckard Meyerhoeffer ("Roostie"), a sister of Hazel In Remembrance: Thelma Eckard Meyerhoeffer: page 1, page 2, obituary Find-A-Grave Memorial: Thelma Meyerhoeffer Find-A-Grave Memorial: Francis Austin Meyerhoeffer Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard (11 August 1922-9 June 1994) Arthur Theodore "Ted" Eckard, a brother of Hazel: As a young man (Photographed from various vantage points) Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard, 1937-1938, Franklin High School junior, age 15 Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard, 1937-1938, Franklin High School (back) Arthur Theodore Eckard on porch of uncle Claude Eckard, 1938 Arthur Theodore Eckard, FHS graduate, May 1939 Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard at the piano Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard Arthur "Ted" Theodore Eckard Obituary (article) Find-A-Grave Memorial Hazel J. Eckard Fisher in later years 4 Generations (Carolyn Fisher Johnson, Hazel Eckard Fisher holding Leona Mae Johnson, and Jamie Johnson) 4 generations: GREAT GRANDMOTHER Hazel Eckard Fisher, GRANDMOTHER Carolyn Fisher Johnson, FATHER James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson and SON William ARTHUR Harrison Johnson Front: Carolyn and Mary Lou Fisher, Arthur "Ted" Eckard; Back: P. Vernon Eckard, Otto and Hazel (Eckard) Fisher, J. Ralph and Arline (Eckard) Waggy, C. Cameron and Elsie (Todd) Eckard, Thelma "Roostie" and Francis "Jimmy" Meyerhoeffer, Beulah (Eckard) and Charles (Sr.) Boggs (back) Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher Otto Woodrow Fisher and Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher Lucy Eckard in background while Hazel Eckard Fisher gets a hug from Norm Wilfong at the Noah Webster Eckard reunion Francis "Jimmy" Meyerhoeffer, Charlotte Boggs, Thelma "Roostie" Eckard Meyerhoeffer, Hazel "Mă-Mă" Jane Eckard Fisher and William "Bid" Benard Boggs Jamie Johnson (me) ca. 1998 with grandmother Hazel Eckard Fisher ("Mă-Mă) receiving the teaching certificate of her father Arthur Eckard (Arthur Eckard's teaching Certificate dated October 11, 1909) 4 generations: great grandmother Hazel Eckard Fisher, grandmother Carolyn Fisher Johnson, father James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson and daughter Leona Mae Johnson (2005) Hazel Eckard Fisher with great granddaughter Leona Mae Johnson in 2005

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History of Sugar Grove, WVNaomi Mitchell, a native of Sugar Grove, WV, presented on 27 July 2001 a handwritten 19-page article she had authored about the history of the Sugar Grove, WV, area. According to Mitchell, Shawnee Indian tribes occupied the bottom lands in Sugar Grove around 1725. Evidence of an Indian village was found near Benny Mitchell's home in Stoney Run and an Indian mound lies in a field near the former Philip Wilfong land. Early settlers to the area were George Michael Wilfon in 1766, George Puffenbarger III, around 1774, and the Pickle family in 1775. Later families were the Simmons, Smiths, Eckards, Varners and Moats. The Hoover family was the first to settle in Sugar Grove.

From Mitchell it was learned that Sugar Grove got its name because of a large grove of sugar maple trees in the field between the J.P. Kiser store and the Homan house. By 1900, Sugar Grove consisted of two stores, a church, post office, blacksmith, mill, resident doctor and six houses. Within one hundred years, only four more houses were added. (Source: Pendleton Pals Facebook Group)

According to Waggy, Sugar Grove "got its name from the many large maple sugar trees that were growing in that area" (Waggy, p. 10).

        Absalom  Sarah  Ephraim   Sarah   William  Mary-Anne  Adam   Susan (Susanna) 
        Eckard + J.     Simmons + Propst      L. + Rexrode    Waggy  Kiser
        (1825- | Lamb   b. 1831 |b. 1822   Smith |               m. Dec. 1 or 8, 1850
        1898)  | (1825-         |         +------+------+  +-------+-----+
Absalom        |  1903)         |         |b. 9  |b. 5  |  |b. 30  |b. 19| Picture of Adam
Eckard         |                |         |March |March |  |May    |Jan. |
Marriage       |                |         |1825  |1825  |  |1831   |1831 | Picture of Susan
Document       |                |         |d. 2  |d. 12 |  |d. 24  |d. 23|
               |                |         |Sept. |Dec.  |  |Jan.   |Feb. |
               +-+              |         |1886  |1881  |  |1906   |1907 |
                 |              |         +------+------+  +-------+-----+
Death            |              |                |                 |
Certificates:    |              |                |                 |
Noah             |              |                |                 |
Phebe            |              |           +----+  +--------------+
                 |              |           |       |
 Pictures of     Noah       Phebe        David   Martha  CLICK HERE       Picture of Martha Waggy Smith
 Noah, Phebe,    Webster  + Jane         R.      Jane    FOR INFORMATION 
 & grave.        Eckard   | Simmons      Smith + Waggy   ON THE WAGGY 
            1852-5/26/1930| b. May     d. 1901 |         FAMILY INCLUDING
                          |    31,   (Typhoid) |         MARTHA JANE WAGGY.
 Noah Webster Eckard      |   1859    picture  | m. 1878-1879
 was a school teacher who | d. Dec.  +-------+-+------+ Martha lost 5 of 12
 lived in Sugar Grove,    | 14, 1929 |b. 31  |b. 7 Mar| children. Family was 
 West Virginia.           |          |Oct.   |1856    | almost wiped out  
                          |          |1849   |d. 26   | by Typhoid Fever.
                          |          |d. 1901|Nov 1921|   
 In a deep voice, he      |          +-------+--------+ Click Here
 used to sing "When He    |                  |          for Civil
 cometh, when He cometh   |                  |          War memories.
 to make up his jewels,   |              +---+          
 all His jewels, precious |              |              Martha Jane Waggy's
 jewels, His loved and    |              |              farm was on Stony
 His own./Little children,|              |              Run.
 little children, who love|              |
 their Redeemer are the   |              |
 jewels, precious jewels, |              |
 His loved and His own./  |              |
 Like the stars of the    |              |
 morning, His bright      |              |
 crown adorning, they     |              |   Picture of the Teachers Institute Pendleton Co,
 shall shine in their     |              |   1912. Noah Eckard is one on the far right,
 beauty, bright gems for  |              |   front row (with the beard). Arthur Eckard
 His crown." He sang for  |              |   may possibly be on the 3rd row back, 
 his students. He & Phebe |              |   4th from left.
 rest at Crummett's Run   |              | 
 Brethren Church in Sugar |              |
 Grove, WV. He married    |              |   Other Eckard Pictures
 Phebe Jane Simmons on	  |              |
 September 5, 1880.       |              |
                          |              |
Arthur Eckard picture     Arthur      Lillie
                          Eckard   +  Lou 
              b. November 6, 1880  |  Smith
              d. June 14, 1956     |  b. October 28, 1881,		Eckard Reunion pictures (includes Arthur)
     (Arthur was a school teacher  |     in Highland County, VA		
     in Sugar Grove, WV, 40 yrs.   |  d. February 10, 1951,
     Named for the legendary King  |     in Stony Run, WV
     Arthur)                       |  Arthur and Lillie are
     He purchased land at Stony    |  buried at the 
     Run from the Smiths (his      |  Sugar Grove Cemetery (WV).
     in-laws).                     |  
     Arthur and Lillie Lou were    |
     married May 25, 1903 by       |
     the Reverend A. A. Hahn.      |  Genealogical Entries from Arthur Eckard's Bible
     Picture with students         |       Picture of Arthur & Lillie Lou Eckard
     (Source site for picture)     |       with 3 of their children Cameron, Beulah, & Hazel (baby)
                                   |
                                Hazel
 Hazel Jane Eckard grew up      Jane       Otto
 near Sugar Grove, WV, and      Eckard  +  Woodrow
 went to Washington, DC, with              Fisher
 her sister Beulah in 1925.
 In 1926, she went to school          m. April 6, 1936, 
 in Bridgewater, Virginia, and        in Riverton, West Virginia.
 finished school in 1931. She
 met Otto Woodrow Fisher when         Stoney Run school picture with Hazel
 working in Harrisonburg,
 Virginia. She worked in			A picture of Hazel with 2 of her sisters at an Eckard Reunion - 
 Cumberland, Maryland, before			(Left to Right): Arline Virginia Eckard (who married James 
 marrying Otto W. Fisher.			Ralph Waggy), Hazel in the middle, and Beulah (who married
 She remembers as a child how			Charles Boggs, Sr.)
 some of the Eckards spoke Dutch-German.

Remembering Hazel (9/24/1911-7/3/2008)