Strange Findings

Sometimes you find a story that is just Strange! As I have searched for information on the various family lines I have worked on, I have come across some really Strange things.

One such strange thing was the story of William Strange. William Strange is not to my knowledge any relation to my family. I just so happened to come across his story and thought it worth sharing. This was one of those many stories that surfaced while researching the Lewis surname. Here is a link to read the Strange story of William Strange: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/STRANGE

The story of William Strange can also be found in the book "Heritage of a Pioneer; Being the Story of William (English Bill Doddridge) Dodrill and his wife Rebecca (Lewis) Daughterty" by Charles Tunis Dodrill. (I do not own a copy of this book, but I have been searching for a copy. If you have one to part with or come across one- please let me know.)

Another story that was somewhat strange, although not an actual Strange family member, was a story from Monroe County, West Virginia.

"An uncanny tradition of the Lewis place tells of a grave of a man buried in a vertical position."

This is taken from the book "A History of Monroe County, West Virginia" by Oren Frederic Morton; page 282. You can find a copy of this book at Google Books, you can even download your very own copy to read on the computer.

There is no indication who this person is that is buried in the vertical position, at least none that I have ever found.

You might be thinking it is strange to have read a book about the history of Monroe County, West Virginia. I at first thought it was a strange thing to do as well. Until of course I realized that most of the county history books were written by people that collected information about the formation and history of the county from the children or direct relations of those that settled in the county the earliest. This has it's advantages! The advantage being that you will get some family history along with the county history. The disadvantage comes when your family did not stay in one place too long, or they moved along before the county history was written. I have found that the disadvantage usually applies to the families I am searching, but you can find out specifics about the county to help figure things out.