Who Are Her People?
The Life and Family of Louise Maynard Hoskins
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Like Joseph's coat, this is a book of many colors. It is a genealogy, a family history, and a memoir, a very personal memoir. A genealogy is a tale of descendants. A family history is a tale of ancestors. A family history attempts to answer a common question in a land of close relationships where family traits are recognized and family ties are valued: Who are her people? Louise Maynard Hoskins was descended from the pioneer families of the Tug River Valley in the mountains of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. She was born in the Mountain State and reared in Mingo County, a mountain county. She lived most of her adult life in Kanawha County, West Virginia, but Williamson in Mingo County, West Virginia was always "over home." This book will tell her story and that of the people and the place from whence she came. This is the story of the pioneer families of Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia—coal country, a land of steep mountains, deep valleys, and a raging river. This is the Maynard story, the Williamson story, the Hatfield story, the Scott story and the stories of their related lines. It is a family history, but it is also a very personal memoir— the story of a remarkable woman, Louise Maynard Hoskins, and her family—her people.
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Who Are Her People?: The Life and Family of Louise Maynard Hoskins Like Joseph’s coat, this is a book of many colors. It is a genealogy, a family history, and a memoir. This book tells the loving story of Louise Maynard Hoskins and her family, who were descended from the pioneer families of the Tug River Valley in the mountains of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. This book will tell the story of the people and the place from whence she came. This is the Maynard story, the Williamson story, the Hatfield story, the Scott story, and the stories of their related lines: McCoy, Stafford, Runyon, Cassady, Butcher, Taylor, and Varney.
About the Author
Rebecca Hoskins Goodwin, EdD, is a graduate of Marshall University and West Virginia University. She has spent her life as a student, teacher, and school administrator and has been honored many times for her work and her studies. She is now interested in genealogy and local history. Her first book, Did You Tell Them Who You Are? A Hoskins Family Story was reviewed as “well written and informative,” as “well-researched and entertaining”, as an” indispensable resource for genealogists,” and as an “invaluable family history.” Who Are Her People? will meet that standard.