John Wesley O'Dell and Mary A Yates

My son and I have been working on a surname that came to our attention thanks to help from a man named David Osborne.  For many years I had a G G Grandmother identified only as "Jane ________".  By sharing info and thoughts, we were able to identify her as Elizabeth Jane O'Dell, daughter of John Wesley O'Dell and Mary A (Polly) Yates!

Here is what I've found out about Jane so far:

BIRTH - Elizabeth Jane O'Dell - born abt 1848/1849 in Fayette County, Virginia

MARRIAGE -Benjamin Franklin Nunley on 18 Nov 1866 in Lawrence County Kentucky

CHILDREN -
Mary Adeline (Elizabeth) Nunley b. 1867
America Easter Nunley b. 1869
John Nunley b. 1872
Charles A Nunley b. 1872
George W. Nunley b. 1874
Isabell Nunley b. 1879
Ella Nunley (my Great Grandmother) b. 1882
Doliver Nunley 1884/1885

DEATH - ELIZABETH NUNLEY, MARRIED, DIED APR 20 1886 WAYNE COUNTY W VA, CONSUMPTION, PARENTS JOHN AND POLLY O'DELL

I do have more info on some of the children and some of Elizabeth's ancestors, but I'm always hoping to find out more. 

Surname Sunday - Some Nunley Ancestors

No pics today, just a simple post to list some of my Nunley ancestors. Maybe you connect through one of them? These are all children of Daniel Nunley and America Skaggs
Jane Nunley b. 1837 Cannonsburg, Boyd Co KY
Benjamin Franklin Nunley b. 1847 in VA or KY, d. 11 Mar 1892 in Wayne, West Virginia
Charles L. Nunley b. abt 1856 Greenup Co KY
Milton Leonidas Nunley b. Jun 1858 KY

A New Link

I was so happy today to hear from a fellow genealogist who came across the maiden name of my great great grandmother, a name I had searched for many times without success. Thank you to David ____ for sharing with me.
I want to do some research now to fill out more details, but here are the basics he game me:

Mary Adaline Adkins, wife of P.M. Adkins d. Mar 15 1944 in Cabell County WV.
Listed as parents were Benjamin F. Nunley and Elizabeth Jane Odell
Jane listed as being from Tazewell Virginia.

Benjamin's wife has always been just plain "Jane" to me until today. Odell is a brand new surname I've never researched. I can't wait to begin!