James A. Mankin

GEDCOM Note

James died in mid life and according to a good friend and kinsman, Mr. Clyde Mankin, Beckley West VA, was buried in the cemetary located on aht ehigh knoll at Glen Daniel, a few hundred feed above where the railroad track crosses route 3.

James had a son James Jr. (1832-1909), whose wife was Agnes Calloway, and was a prominent merchant for many years, at one time oeprating a country store which stood near the site of the present post office of Saxon.

James moved with siblings, Catherine and John, to Raleigh Co., WV abt 1843.

James Mankins, John Mankins and Kitty Mankin and their families removed from Patrick to what is now Raleigh Co., WV about 1843, and settled at The Marshes, now the Glen-Daniel-Fairdale area. John later removed to Fayette CO., shortly before the Civil war. James, who apparently died in middle life, and according to the wirter's good friend and kinsman, Mr. Clyde Mankin, Beckley, WV, was buried in the cemetery located on the high knoll at Glen Daniel, a few hundred feet above where the railroad track crosses Rte. 3. James (whose wife is not known to the writer) was the father of James, Jr. (m. Agnes Calloway), Jesse (m. Mary Bryson), Martin (m. Eliza Massey), Simeon (m. Elizabeth Calloway in Surry Co., NC), Elizabeth (m. W. H. White), wiliam - a confederate soldier, whose wife if married is not known; Sarah (m. George Rader Williams), John - a confederate soldier whose wife if mawrried is not known; Benjamin, a confederate solider who died during the Civil war and Mary called - Molley - who never married.

James died in mid life and according to a good friend and kinsman, Mr. Clyde Mankin, Beckley West VA, was buried in the cemetary located on aht ehigh knoll at Glen Daniel, a few hundred feed above where the railroad track crosses route 3.

MANKIN, James - A native of Patrick County, Va., he settled in the Marshes in 1843. Among his sons were Jesse, Martin, James, and Simeon Mankin, prominent local citizens. His sons Benjamin and John were Confederate soldiers. Benjamin died in prison and John went to Fayette County after the war. James Mankin, Sr. was the grandfather of former Sheriff Ash Mankin.