Evidence register
The public ledger names the record, the claim it supports, and the limit it does not cross. Internal preservation paths remain outside the published site.
The indexed Wayne County entry names Daniel Lawrence Staley and father Stephen Staley; it is one half of the paired-register proof of Daniel's parents.
Citation: West Virginia Archives and History, Vital Research Records, Wayne County indexed register of births, Daniel Lawrence Staley, 2 November 1881, image 583484/00395. Open public source route
The contemporary Wayne County register records Donald L. Staley on the same date and names Stephen and Anna H. Staley; the name conflict is resolved by correlation, not concealment.
Citation: West Virginia Archives and History, Vital Research Records, Wayne County birth register, Donald L. Staley, 2 November 1881, image 583485/00202. Open public source route
The Lawrence County marriage entry proves the marriage event; the contemporary newspaper notice independently reports the same couple and date.
Citation: Lawrence County, Ohio, marriage-book entry 269, Stephen Staley and Ann H. Gardner, 5 June 1853; corroborated by Spirit of the Times (Ironton), 14 June 1853, page 3. Open public source route
The 1850 household places a younger Stephen with Stephen and Mary Staley, but the schedule supplies no relationship column.
Citation: 1850 U.S. census, Wayne County, Virginia, District 66, dwelling 298, family 314, Stephen Staley household.
The 1860 household continues the married couple after the 1853 ceremony and begins the child cluster used for later identity correlation.
Citation: 1860 U.S. census, Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, Stephen Staley household.
The 1870 record places the couple and their children back in Wayne County and supports the Ohio-to-West Virginia movement.
Citation: 1870 U.S. census, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, Stephen Staley household.
Wife, children, ages, and place show that the Story/Storey household is the same family despite the surname spelling.
Citation: 1880 U.S. census, Butler District, Wayne County, West Virginia, Stephen Story/Storey household.
The White's Creek column reports that Stephen Staley and family left to seek their fortune in the far west; correlation with the Arkansas endpoint makes this a migration marker, not a destination proof by itself.
Citation: The Ceredo Advance (Ceredo, West Virginia), 16 December 1891, page 5, White's Creek column. Open public source route
A Jonesboro newspaper funeral notice, a granddaughter network, and Pine Log cemetery evidence place the elder Stephen in Craighead County, Arkansas, at death.
Citation: The Sun (Jonesboro, Arkansas), 25 January 1906, page 3; Pine Log Cemetery survey and memorial controls.
The deeds and partition-party network strongly place Stephen S. within the child or heir-class of Stephen Staley Jr.'s family, but no inspected record directly calls him a son.
Citation: Wayne County, Virginia/West Virginia, estate-share and partition deeds for the lands of Stephen Staley deceased, 1856-1868.
The certificate names father Steven Staley and mother Barbara A. Staley, a useful collateral clue that conflicts with simplified child lists and requires informant-quality caution.
Citation: West Virginia Department of Health, death certificate of Barbara Ann Staley, Wayne County, 1 May 1919, register 2473. Open public source route
The obituary documents Creed Staley's local identity, church life, wife, son, and daughters; it illuminates the Wayne kin network without proving Stephen S.'s parentage.
Citation: The Wayne News (Wayne, West Virginia), 11 April 1918, page 1, 'Creed Staley Called by Death.' Open public source route
The Cabell County marriage return establishes a real Joseph Stailey/Margareth Highsey pair and helps separate collateral households; it does not name Joseph's parents.
Citation: Cabell County, Virginia, marriage return for Joseph Stailey and Margareth Highsey, 24 December 1832, image 559887/00050. Open public source route
Jacob's will names wife Catharine and sons Jacob, Peter, John, Stephen, and Daniel, plus daughters Sarah Fisher and Catherine Strayer; it proves son Stephen but not the testator's parents or European origin.
Citation: Berkeley County, Virginia, probate loose papers, will of Jacob Staley, dated 26 August 1793 and proved in 1793, images 353-354.
Peter reported a 1754 Pennsylvania birth, York County service, and a York-to-Berkeley-to-Frederick-to-Berkeley/Jefferson residence sequence; the declaration does not identify Berkeley Jacob as the 1793 testator.
Citation: Revolutionary War pension file W6194, declaration of Peter Staley, Jefferson County, Virginia, 15 July 1833.
Daniel certified that Peter Staley was his brother and Margaret was Peter's widow; the file also preserves the Peter/Margaret marriage-bond copy with Jacob Stayley as co-bound surety.
Citation: Revolutionary War pension file W6194, certification of Daniel Staley, 7 November 1839, and Berkeley County marriage-bond copy.
Barbara described her marriage to Jacob in Shepherdstown; Daniel described his father Jacob and brothers Jacob Jr. and Peter. This is a distinct Jacob-and-Barbara cluster and does not prove that Daniel's father was the direct-line 1793 Jacob whose will names Catharine.
Citation: Revolutionary War pension file W6179, widow declaration of Barbara Staley and deposition of Daniel Staley, 1833.
York Deed Book 2B names Christoffel as eldest son and administrator of a deceased Jacob Stealley, John as heir and legatee, Joseph as legatee, and an unnamed widow; it proves a separate Germany Township estate cluster, not a Berkeley bridge.
Citation: York County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 2B, pages 60-62, deed dated 22 January 1782 and recorded 11 June 1782.
The York/Peter-estate deeds create a real York-to-Berkeley corridor but name Jacob with Elizabeth, while the 1793 Berkeley will names Catharine. No source reconciles the spouses.
Citation: York County deed copies, Deed Book 2G, pages 140 and 519; compared with the 1793 Berkeley County will of Jacob Staley.
The original register resolves the date as 20 January 1732, not 30 January; a full paleographic transcription and any bridge to York or Berkeley remain open.
Citation: Evangelische Kirche Gundershofen, Kirchenbuch 1682-1791, baptisms, FamilySearch DGS 008319947, image 114 of 775, entry 36, Stähli, 20 January 1732; filmed at Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin.
The entry records Jacob, born 23 July and baptized 28 July 1709, to Jacob Stähli and Magdalena; it does not add Hans or Johann and does not give Magdalena's maiden surname.
Citation: Evangelische Kirche Gundershofen, baptism register, FamilySearch DGS 008319947, image 41 of 775, Jacob Stähli, 28 July 1709.
The official register records the couple at item 6 under the 15 February 1672 marriage heading; the event does not prove a later transnational identity chain.
Citation: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, K Meiringen 19, marriage register 1664-1753, folio 25, item 6, 15 February 1672. Open public source route
The register reads a son Hans of Melcher Stäli and Madle Stydler under 9 June 1673; it does not record Johann Jakob or prove Hans was the later profile person.
Citation: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, K Meiringen 6, baptism register 1668-1703, manuscript page 56, 9 June 1673. Open public source route
The complete 1695 page span was inspected, but no Stähli-Huggler couple could be read confidently. Difficult handwriting prevents treating that result as proof of absence.
Citation: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, K Meiringen 19, marriage register, 1695 span, manuscript folios 66-67. Open public source route
Exact event locators corrected the parish attribution from Meiringen to Brienz; the original image remains affiliate-center gated.
Citation: FamilySearch exact event locator for the 1700 Leni Stähli record, Brienz parish collection; original image access restricted to an affiliate center.
The Michigan birth record names Edwin L. Kenkel and Ida M. Salesbury as Floyd's parents; later records control the spellings.
Citation: Michigan birth record for Floyd Earl Kenkel, Jackson, 9 June 1909, Michigan Birth Records 1867-1917.
Floyd's Michigan marriage record repeats Edwin L. Konkle and Ida Salisbury as his parents, independently reinforcing the birth record.
Citation: Michigan marriage record for Floyd Konkle and Josephine Campbell, 11 November 1927.
The marriage record names Simon K. Konkle and Cornelia Andrews as Edwin's parents; census continuity connects the adult Edwin to their Indiana household.
Citation: Michigan county marriage record, Edwin L. Konkle and Ida M. Salisbury, Jackson, 24 May 1890.
The Noble County marriage record proves the couple's marriage and anchors the household sequence that follows.
Citation: Indiana marriage record, Simon Konkle and Cornelia G. Andrews, Noble County, 17 March 1860.
Four censuses and the 1900 forty-year marriage statement hold Simon and Cornelia together in Albion across spelling and indexing variants.
Citation: U.S. censuses, Noble County, Indiana, Simon and Cornelia Konkle households, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900.
The death record names Christian G. Konkle and Mary Konkle as Simon's parents, but the late record lacks lifetime or near-lifetime corroboration.
Citation: Michigan death record for Simon Kenton Konkle, 1905, Michigan Death Records 1867-1952.
Simon, age 14, appears with Stephen and Mary A. Wildman rather than with Christian and Mary; the schedule does not state relationships.
Citation: 1850 U.S. census, York Township, Noble County, Indiana, Stephen and Mary A. Wildman household, including Simon Conkle.
The library found no Konkle surname in the 1812-1851 will, estate, or guardianship index; 1826 tax material placed Mary Kinkler, Samuel Kinkler, and George Conkle in the county. The negative narrows a route but proves no absence from all records.
Citation: Wayne County Public Library, targeted will/estate/guardianship index review and 1826 tax-list extracts, July 2026.
The Noble County atlas business directory lists S. K. Konkle in Albion as a house and carriage painter; it identifies work and place, not parents.
Citation: Historical Atlas of Noble County, Indiana (1874), business directory, Albion, page 28, entry for S. K. Konkle. Open public source route
A Virginia marriage record names Allan Heath Cash and Aileen Kendall Biggerstaff as the parents of Allan Heath Cash Jr.; living descendants are omitted from the public narrative.
Citation: Virginia Department of Health marriage record for Allan Heath Cash, certificate 1963040133.
The 1920 and 1930 censuses both identify Allen/Allan H. Cash as a son of John W. and Nannie L. Cash.
Citation: 1920 and 1930 U.S. censuses, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, John W. and Nannie L. Cash household.
The relationship column directly identifies John, age 8, as Henry Cash's son.
Citation: 1880 U.S. census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Henry Cash household, John Cash, relation son.
Henry appears in the same household sequence with Cidey/Sidney and Mary in 1850 and 1860, but neither census states relationships.
Citation: 1850 and 1860 U.S. censuses, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Cidey/Sidney and Mary Cash households.
The 1870 Henry/Ceany household leads into the 1880 family; an 1897 administration-bond record points to probate but has not yielded an heir statement.
Citation: 1870 U.S. census, White Plains, Spartanburg County, Henry and Ceany Cash; South Carolina administration-bond record for Henry Cash, 4 November 1897.
Ellen's marriage record names Clarence Elwood Turnes and Alma Virginia Williams; Clarence's marriage record names Wirt Henry Turnes and Rosa B. Bryant. The public account starts with these deceased anchors.
Citation: Virginia marriage records for Ellen Kaye Turnes, 1963, and Clarence Elwood Turnes, 1936.
The 1902 marriage register names Henry C. Turner as Wirt/Wert's parent; the 1880 census identifies Henry and Louisa as his father and mother. Spouse, place, age, and household control the spelling variants.
Citation: Appomattox County marriage register, Wert H. Turner and Rosa B. Bryant, 1902; 1880 U.S. census, Charlotte County, Virginia, Rosser/Turns household.
Henry's Appomattox marriage register directly names Aaron Turnes as a parent; it does not name Henry's mother or Aaron's parents.
Citation: Appomattox County, Virginia, marriage register, Henry C. Turnes and Isabel Beasley, 13 January 1908.
Henry, age 5, appears with Aron, Mary, Pleasant, Samuel, and Alfred; the schedule does not state family relationships.
Citation: 1850 U.S. census, Campbell County, Virginia, Aron and Mary Turnes household.
Pleasant's marriage row directly names Aaron and Mary; his shared 1850 household and military company with Henry strengthen the sibling cluster but do not directly name Henry's mother.
Citation: Appomattox County burned-years marriage compilation, Pleasant A. Turns and Mary F. Bagby, 22 December 1864.
The service record places enlistment after the Battle of Kelly's Ford, later marks Henry sick or hospitalized, and ends with Appomattox parole; it contains no Kelly's Ford wound card.
Citation: Compiled service record of Henry C. Tornes/Turnes, Company H, 2nd Virginia Cavalry, enlistment 25 September 1863 through Appomattox parole, 9 April 1865.
The National Park Service list places Henry Clay Turnes and Pleasant Andrew Turnes in Company H, 2nd Virginia Cavalry; shared service supports the cluster but does not prove kinship alone.
Citation: National Park Service, Appomattox Court House, list of paroled soldiers, Henry Clay Turnes and Pleasant Andrew Turnes, Company H, 2nd Virginia Cavalry.
The reply defined access and paid-search routes but supplied no record image, index hit, or relationship evidence; it changed the process, not the family conclusion.
Citation: Library of Virginia Archives Reference Services response concerning Campbell County Turnes tax and county-record research, July 2026.