NOTE: The Via Twins: Isaac and Jacob and Their Families online at http://www.wvamemories.com/Stories-and-Brief-Biographies.html
Isaac Via and his twin brother Jacob were local celebrities in West Virginia who were featured in news articles and an advertisement.
They were "born on Shuden's creek, near the boundary line between Patrick and Franklin counties, Va., May 15, 1853," according to "Twins at 83, Now Living Together Tell About Life," an article in the Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., Page 12, 27 Sep 1936. Their parents were Sparrel Via and wife Mary Jane Cochran. Both brothers' tombstones say they were born on May 16.
Isaac married Mary E. Vest in 1876 in Summers County, W.Va. Marriage record: West Virginia Vital Research Records Project. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11569001
Known children: James Anderson Elmer Via (1877-1902); Louise Via Redden (1879-1929); Rhoda Via (1881 - ?); Arada D.V. Via (1885-1891); Harriet Via (1888-1890); Minerva Via Cochran (1891-1976); and Nancy Via Bower (1893-1938).
There is a census record for Lucy E. R. Via, 6 months old, born about 1879, Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia; Roll: 1412; Family History Film: 1255412; Page: 170C; Enumeration District: 130. That is probably Louise.
His twin brother Jacob died 05 Jun 1941 and Isaac died 22 May 1942.
(Picture of Mary and Isaac on Mrs. Via's page. Two more photos and an article are on brother Jacob Via's page and a photo including Isaac is on Edward A. Vest's page. Jacob and Edward are also buried in the Anderson Vest Cemetery.)
Isaac's 24 May 1942 obituary in the Sunday Register says the two men "came to West Virginia at the close of the Civil War from Franklin County, Virginia, where they were born."
A 1928 ad for VEGO, a patent medicine, called them the oldest twins in West Virginia and one of the oldest sets of twins in the nation.
Isaac's death record is online here: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2700246
Isaac Via and his twin brother Jacob were local celebrities in West Virginia who were featured in news articles and an advertisement.
They were "born on Shuden's creek, near the boundary line between Patrick and Franklin counties, Va., May 15, 1853," according to "Twins at 83, Now Living Together Tell About Life," an article in the Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., Page 12, 27 Sep 1936. Their parents were Sparrel Via and wife Mary Jane Cochran. Both brothers' tombstones say they were born on May 16.
Isaac married Mary E. Vest in 1876 in Summers County, W.Va. Marriage record: West Virginia Vital Research Records Project. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11569001
Known children: James Anderson Elmer Via (1877-1902); Louise Via Redden (1879-1929); Rhoda Via (1881 - ?); Arada D.V. Via (1885-1891); Harriet Via (1888-1890); Minerva Via Cochran (1891-1976); and Nancy Via Bower (1893-1938).
There is a census record for Lucy E. R. Via, 6 months old, born about 1879, Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia; Roll: 1412; Family History Film: 1255412; Page: 170C; Enumeration District: 130. That is probably Louise.
His twin brother Jacob died 05 Jun 1941 and Isaac died 22 May 1942.
(Picture of Mary and Isaac on Mrs. Via's page. Two more photos and an article are on brother Jacob Via's page and a photo including Isaac is on Edward A. Vest's page. Jacob and Edward are also buried in the Anderson Vest Cemetery.)
Isaac's 24 May 1942 obituary in the Sunday Register says the two men "came to West Virginia at the close of the Civil War from Franklin County, Virginia, where they were born."
A 1928 ad for VEGO, a patent medicine, called them the oldest twins in West Virginia and one of the oldest sets of twins in the nation.
Isaac's death record is online here: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2700246
NOTE: The Via Twins: Isaac and Jacob and Their Families online at http://www.wvamemories.com/Stories-and-Brief-Biographies.html
Isaac Via and his twin brother Jacob were local celebrities in West Virginia who were featured in news articles and an advertisement.
They were "born on Shuden's creek, near the boundary line between Patrick and Franklin counties, Va., May 15, 1853," according to "Twins at 83, Now Living Together Tell About Life," an article in the Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., Page 12, 27 Sep 1936. Their parents were Sparrel Via and wife Mary Jane Cochran. Both brothers' tombstones say they were born on May 16.
Isaac married Mary E. Vest in 1876 in Summers County, W.Va. Marriage record: West Virginia Vital Research Records Project. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11569001
Known children: James Anderson Elmer Via (1877-1902); Louise Via Redden (1879-1929); Rhoda Via (1881 - ?); Arada D.V. Via (1885-1891); Harriet Via (1888-1890); Minerva Via Cochran (1891-1976); and Nancy Via Bower (1893-1938).
There is a census record for Lucy E. R. Via, 6 months old, born about 1879, Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia; Roll: 1412; Family History Film: 1255412; Page: 170C; Enumeration District: 130. That is probably Louise.
His twin brother Jacob died 05 Jun 1941 and Isaac died 22 May 1942.
(Picture of Mary and Isaac on Mrs. Via's page. Two more photos and an article are on brother Jacob Via's page and a photo including Isaac is on Edward A. Vest's page. Jacob and Edward are also buried in the Anderson Vest Cemetery.)
Isaac's 24 May 1942 obituary in the Sunday Register says the two men "came to West Virginia at the close of the Civil War from Franklin County, Virginia, where they were born."
A 1928 ad for VEGO, a patent medicine, called them the oldest twins in West Virginia and one of the oldest sets of twins in the nation.
Isaac's death record is online here: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2700246
Isaac Via and his twin brother Jacob were local celebrities in West Virginia who were featured in news articles and an advertisement.
They were "born on Shuden's creek, near the boundary line between Patrick and Franklin counties, Va., May 15, 1853," according to "Twins at 83, Now Living Together Tell About Life," an article in the Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., Page 12, 27 Sep 1936. Their parents were Sparrel Via and wife Mary Jane Cochran. Both brothers' tombstones say they were born on May 16.
Isaac married Mary E. Vest in 1876 in Summers County, W.Va. Marriage record: West Virginia Vital Research Records Project. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11569001
Known children: James Anderson Elmer Via (1877-1902); Louise Via Redden (1879-1929); Rhoda Via (1881 - ?); Arada D.V. Via (1885-1891); Harriet Via (1888-1890); Minerva Via Cochran (1891-1976); and Nancy Via Bower (1893-1938).
There is a census record for Lucy E. R. Via, 6 months old, born about 1879, Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia; Roll: 1412; Family History Film: 1255412; Page: 170C; Enumeration District: 130. That is probably Louise.
His twin brother Jacob died 05 Jun 1941 and Isaac died 22 May 1942.
(Picture of Mary and Isaac on Mrs. Via's page. Two more photos and an article are on brother Jacob Via's page and a photo including Isaac is on Edward A. Vest's page. Jacob and Edward are also buried in the Anderson Vest Cemetery.)
Isaac's 24 May 1942 obituary in the Sunday Register says the two men "came to West Virginia at the close of the Civil War from Franklin County, Virginia, where they were born."
A 1928 ad for VEGO, a patent medicine, called them the oldest twins in West Virginia and one of the oldest sets of twins in the nation.
Isaac's death record is online here: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2700246
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