For me, the story of the Staley Family starts with my great grandparents, Altia (Alta) Yoho Staley and Cecil Staley. Grandmother Alta was born in 1904 at her family house. The house was located in a small valley called Fluharty Run, or Minnie, in Wetzel County, West Virginia. The house she was born in is gone, but the house that I used to stay at while I visited her and Grandad Cec still stands. This summer, while visiting Alta's son, Bernard (my grandfather), we of looked over a lock box full of family photos that date back to the 1800s. I volunteered to scan and publish, both to share and preserve our family history. I am starting at the beginning, for me, but it is really the middle of Alta's story. If you look at the pedigree for Alta Staley, you'll see her ancestors can be traced back about three generations. And I am three generations in her future; in my mind that makes her the ideal person to center the family story around.
There were no pictures of Alta as a child in the box. Photos of her parents and older sister are below.
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| (right) James Yoho; (middle) Armena Yoho; (left) Frances 'Fannie' Boyers Yoho |
To the right are Alta's parents, James, known as Pap and Frances, called Fannie. Alta's older sister, Armena, nicknamed Mena, is the little girl in the middle.
According to Bernard Staley, Pap's loved horses; Fannie was quiet but clearly the person in charge of the household. Pap and Fannie had three children: Armena, Alta and Donal.
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| Fannie Yoho and unknown man |
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| James and Frances Yoho's wedding picture |
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| Receipt for Fannie's funeral arrangements |
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