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Four Families─the
Riddlebergers, Days, Heltzels and Barneys
and Related Families
Cather, Crawford, Grandstaff, Halterman, Heishman,
Henderson, Hoover, Kelly, Mann, Orndorff, Seder, Stull, Tharp,
Unlike the other three books described in this web site, each of which
concentrates on a single family's history, Four Families, Early Settlers of
Western Virginia, examines the genealogy and history of four families, as
well as collateral lines. These families have two common elements: first, they
represent the four major lines from which my wife, Marion Heltzel Seder, is
descended; and second, all four families settled in or near the Shenandoah
Valley of western Virginia in the eighteenth century.
The book is divided into three parts. Part I examines the
genealogy and history of Marion Seder's maternal ancestors, the Riddlebergers
and the Days; Part II follows the same pattern with regard to her paternal
ancestors, the Heltzels and Barneys; and Part III (Chapter Sixteen) brings the four families
together in the persons of Marion's father and mother, Virgil Barney Heltzel and
Frances Elizabeth Riddleberger. That chapter is summarized below.
(Go to Chapter Sixteen)
For purposes of this web site, each of the four families will
be treated separately in pages that can be accessed through the links in the
menu bar above or in the index below. In those pages, the chapters relating to each
individual family will be summarized, and links provided to that family's
ancestor report and family tree.
The chapters are as follows:
Part I—The Riddlebergers and Days
Chapter One The Early History of
the Riddleberger Family
Chapter Two John Riddlebarger, His Life and Times
Chapter Three Samuel Riddlesbarger I and His family
Chapter Four The Next Generation—Samuel
Riddlesbarger II and His Family
Chapter Five Samuel Riddlesbarger II—The
Civil War and What Followed
Chapter Six The Day and Mann
Families
Chapter Seven Sarah Henderson's Family—The Hendersons
and Lovings
Chapter Eight John Richard Day and Sarah
Henderson
Chapter Nine Ab and Kate Riddleberger and
Their Family
Part II—The Heltzels and Barneys
Chapter Ten
The Heltzels in Pennsylvania and Virginia
Chapter Eleven John Charles Heltzel—From the Shenandoah
to Trout Run
Chapter Twelve The Ambiguous History of Joseph Perry Heltzel
and His Wife, Manerva
Chapter Thirteen The Barney Family Story
Chapter Fourteen Joshua Commodore Barney and Isabella Heishman
Chapter Fifteen Russell and Annie—The Heltzels and
Barneys United
Part III—Frances Riddleberger and Virgil Heltzel—and Marion
Chapter Sixteen is entitled "Frances Riddleberger and Virgil Heltzel—and Marion". It relates the childhood of both Frances and Virgil, their courtship and marriage and early years of married life when Virgil obtained advance degrees in English Literature and their child, Marion Frances Heltzel was born. Marion's childhood is also summarized, including the family's move to Evanston, Illinois, where Virgil served on the faculty of Northwestern University for thirty-five years. The chapter then relates Virgil and Frances' parting; Frances' marriage to Roy E. Washburn and their life together; and Virgil's subsequent marriage to Ruth Kopriva. Next follows a narrative of Marion's education, her marriage to Arthur R. Seder, Jr. and the couple's life together. It ends with a summary of the lives of their children, James A. Seder, Susan S. LaHoda and Elizabeth S. Whistler.
