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Eccles, WV (Raleigh County) - A Selected History Early 1900s Through Present Day - |
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2000s - Page 11 of 12 |
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"I just wanted to tell a little of my history in Eccles, WV. As a child, I had a unique experience as my grandparents were next door neighbors. My dad's parents lived in the old Superintendent house on Purity Hill. Tubby and Sauly Hall bought the big red house in 1952. They moved there from Allen Town. They were born and raised in Sun, Fayette Co. WV. My mom's parents, Bob and Monette Barron who moved from Big Stone Gap, VA to Allen Town, then to Purity Hill, lived in the house right beside of the Hall's. My mom and dad grew up next door from each other and were sweethearts throughout their childhood days. I spent my summers from about 1972 to 1983 with Tubby and Sauly. My grandparents had a gate between their yards, so I didn't have to go far to see both sets of grandparents. I have very fond memories of my summers on Purity Hill. I would play in the black dirt all day, then at night I would take a bath in my grandma's clawfoot tub, and when I would get out, there would be a black ring around the tub. There was only one kid my age on Purity Hill in those days (Terry Stone). The other resident's were retired from the coal mine. I enjoyed riding my bike around the hill and stopping to talk with the retirees such as John, and Robert Cormack, and my Uncle Jerry Croft. My grandma Sauly has moved into a retirement center and sold the big red house on Purity Hill. I made my last trip to Purity Hill in July, and I could see Tubby and Sauly standing on the porch waving by as they did every Sunday when I left with Mom, Dad, and my siblings. We had Sunday dinner every Sunday for as long as I can remember. When school started back, and I had to go home, I would go to Eccles and stay on Friday and Saturday nights. There was a path in the front yard of the big red house that was referred to as the miners path. It went through Grandpa Tubby's front yard and over the hill to the coal mine. I am attaching a couple of pictures of the big red house to this message. The House was built in 1904 and was built for the superintendent of the Coal Mine. My summers and weekends are done as far as Purity Hill is concerned, but the memories will go on until I expire." Jim Hall II |
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Photo by Boyd Ballard Oct, 2002.
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The place where the boarding house stood where Frank Hadra boarded during the 1920 Census.
Ocie Honaker lives about four homes above where the old boarding house set and indicated that she had worked there as a young girl. She also indicated that the Titanic still exists. My old home place burned and I was told the home where Dorothy Wiseman was raised is also gone.
Photo and comments by Boyd Ballard Oct, 2002.
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Photo by Dennis Chadra July, 2000.
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