West Virginia Pioneers
John William Board
1795 - 1875 (79 years)-
Name John William Board Born 14 Nov 1795 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 14 Aug 1875 [2, 3] Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Middle name William???
Person ID I3628 WVPioneers Last Modified 1 Apr 2009
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.
Family ID F1300 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nancy 'Ann' Parsons, b. 10 Dec 1802, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA , d. 2 Apr 1865 (Age 62 years) Married 10 May 1821 [4, 5] Notes
1840 Jackson, VA
John Board
1m 0-5
2m 5-10 Miles & William
2m 10-15 Charles
1m40-50
1f 0-5 Mahala
1f 10-15 Miriam?
1f 15-20 Mary
1f 20-30
1f 30-40
1850 Jackson county, VA census, page 39, # 291-295
Board John 52 M Farmer Pa
Board Nancy 48 F Va
Board Mary 27 F Va
Board William 20 M Farmer Va
Board Miles 17 M Farmer Va
Board Mariam 15 F Va
Board Mahala 13 F Va
Board Margaret 10 F Va
Board Catharine 8 F Va
Board Martha 4 F Va
1860 Jackson, VA # 507-474 - who is this Miriam T, age 8???
John 66
Nancy 57
Mahala 22
Catherine A 17
Martha J 14
Miriam T 8
Could her name be Marian instead of Miriam? Or is she not their daugher?
1870 Jackson, WV, Washington Dist # 45, pg 181,
John is living with Miles
John, 69, PA
John House:
Margaret Bord, married Matthew Cobb.
Mahala Bord, married Hiram Cobb, brother of Matthew. [it was Miriam, not Mahala]
Children 1. Mary Board, b. Abt 1823, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown2. Charles Board, b. Abt 1825, Wood County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Patrick Board, b. 1829, d. 11 Aug 1856 (Age 27 years) 4. William M Board, b. Mar 1830, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown5. Miles Board, b. Jun 1833, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1911 (Age ~ 77 years)6. Miriam Board, b. Abt 1835, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1899, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 64 years)7. Mahala Board, b. Abt 1838, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown8. Margaret Board, b. Abt 1840, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown9. Catherine A Board, b. Abt 1843, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown10. Martha Jane Board, b. Abt 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown11. Miriam L Board, b. Abt 1852, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1228 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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