Descriptive Summary
Title:Simeon Edward Vickers and Bertha Smoot Vickers Collection
Span Dates: 1861-1957
ID No: Ms2009-091
Extent: 2 boxes (Ms2009-091)
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Abstract: Vickers family correspondence and papers, Lincoln County.
Genealogy:
Simeon Edward Vickers (18 June 1873-22 Nov 1955) married Bertha Pearl Smoot (4 Nov 1878 - 1960) April 1, 1896 in Lincoln County, WV. Simeon Edward Vickers was the son of Charles Lawrence Vickers (1846 - 1922?) and Mary Williams Stone Vickers (1846 - 1920s?). Bertha Pearl Smoot was the daughter of Emily Frances Stone and Gabriel Smoot.
Simeon Edward Vickers and Bertha Pearl Smoot Vickers raised their family on a farm on Peter Cave Fork, Horse Creek, near Alkol, West Virginia. Children of Simeon and Bertha who are mentioned in letters in the collection are:
1. Artia (Arteagia in the family Bible) Sherwood Vickers (25 Mach 1897 - 1980) . A. S. Vickers was a school teacher, World War I veteran who was educated at Ripley Normal School (1914), Mountain State Business College (1915-1917), and then the Univ of Michigan after the war. He made his career in Michigan as an entrepreneur, teacher and business promoter.
2. Flossie Reber Vickers Backus (2-26-1899 - 26 Feb 1946). She married Forrest Backus. She died February 1946 and is buried in St. Albans.
3. Raymond Whitfield Vickers (23-May-1901-8-May-1971), married Tiny Bell Hale July 5, 1922.
4. Van Vernon Vickers (10 July 1902 - 8 Dec 1986) married Crete Miller on 5 April 1930.
5. Pearl Ayrmen Vickers (16 May 1908 - ) married Gifford Egnor January 25, 1927.
6. Pansy Sybil Vickers (10 Nov 1910 - 21 Aug 2000) married Oscar Ernest Lusher on 1 June 1931.
7. Gabriel Edward Vickers (29 September 1913 - 20 December 1983). World War Two veteran of Africa and Italy invasions.
8. Millicent Ruth Vickers (14 December 1915 - 15 August 1989) married William Kidd.
9. Lillian Evangeline Vickers (22 Nov 1923 - ) married George Fox.
Administrative Information
Provenance: The Simeon Edward and Bertha Smoot Vickers Collection was given to the West Virginia State Archives by Anna L. Lusher Bailey
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], Simeon Edward and Bertha Smoot Vickers Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Contents List:
Postcards Received, Artia S. Vickers
Correspondence Sent, Artia S. Vickers
Miscellaneous Writings, Artia S. Vickers
Clipping, "Lewis Countain [sic] Has World Record For Lewis Machine Gun," on Artia Vickers, December 15, 1918
Artwork, The Cosmic Key of Life Symbol, by A. S. Vickers
Medical Report, Artia Vickers, University of Michigan, to S. E. Vickers, February 10, 1923
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Letterhead Paper and Envelope, Vickers Institute, Detroit, Michigan
Cancelled Checks/Receipts, Artia S. Vickers, 1915
Correspondence, S. E. Vickers, March 1, 1916
Correspondence, F. E. McNeely to S. E. Vickers, Improved Order of Red Men, April 14, 1922
Correspondence, Delmar Vicker to Improved Order of Red Men, Camp Lee, Virginia, June 23, 1918
Booklet, Improved Order of Red Men, 1911
Booklet, Improved Order of Red Men, 1913
By-Laws, Minnetonka Tribe No. 126, Improved Order of Red Men, Bulger, West Virginia
Certificate of Representation, S. E. Vickers, Minnetonka Tribe No. 126, Improved Order of Red Men, May 1914
Specifications, Building Committee, House, Improved Order of Red Men
Receipts, Improved Order of Red Men, 1915-1918
Cancelled Checks, Minnetonka Tribe #126, Oil Field National Bank, Griffithsville, 1912-1914
Delegate Ribbon, Improved Order of Red Men, Charleston, 1914
"Civil Government: The Facts Condensed," by A. S. Lee, Ripley, 1911
Elementary Teaching Certificate, Artie S. Vickers, August 20, 1914
Certificate of Attendance, Artie S. Vickers, Boone County Teachers Institute, Madison, August 4, 1913
Teachers Certificate Examination Results, Artie S. Vickers, 1913-1914
Rules Governing Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, April 3, 1913
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, April 4, 1913
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, June 12, 1913
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, June 13, 1913
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, July 31, 1913
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, August 1, 1913
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, June 4, 1914
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, June 5, 1914
Uniform Examinations, State of West Virginia, Department of Free Schools, July 30, 1914
Certificate, S. E. Vickers, Grannan Detective Bureau Company, November 9, 1901
Miscellaneous, including mini-photograph, S. E. Vickers?
Miscellaneous Writings
Sale of Timber, S. E. Vickers, April 21, 1935
Memoranda of Real Estate Redeemed, Lincoln County, S. E. Vickers, November 4, 1933
Right of Way Agreement, S. E. Vickers and United Fuel Gas Company, April 29, 1926
Deed, S. E. Vickers and Bertha Vickers, and C. Wilkerson, Trustee of Lincoln County, October 26, 1927
Pay Envelope, Vickers, Peters Cave Coal Company
Postcards, Non-West Virginia
War Ration Book, Simeon E. Vickers
Correspondence, S. E. Vickers, 1921-1943
Receipts/Cancelled Checks/Notes, S. E. Vickers
Tax Receipts, S. E. Vickers, Duval District, Lincoln County, 1913-1951
Capitation Tax Receipts, S. E. Vickers, Duval District, Lincoln County, 1894-1940
United States Department of Agriculture, S. E. Vickers, Lincoln County, 1933-1937 (includes envelope from Lincoln County Unemployment Relief Administration)
United States Secretary of Agriculture, S. E. Vickers, Loan
Cancelled Checks, Artia Vickers, Oil Field National Bank, Griffithsville, 1915
Bank Book, A. S. Vickers, Second National Bank, Ashland, Kentucky
Tax Receipts, Floyd Hill, Duval District, Lincoln County, 1880-1882
Certificate of Promotion, Gabriel E. Vickers, Sixth Grade, Alkol, April 24, 1926
Miscellaneous Receipts and Papers
Tax Receipts, James C. Vickers, Duval District, Lincoln County, 1883-1889
Tax Receipts, Parthenia Lawrence Vickers, Horse Creek, 1882-1890
Receipt, County Court of Lincoln County, Mary Williams Vickers, 1930-1931
Statement of Delinquent Taxes, Mary W. Vickers, Alkol, March 22, 1933
Tax Receipts, Mary W. Vickers, Duval District, Lincoln County, 1887-1899
Tax Receipts, Mary W. Vickers, Duval District, Lincoln County, 1900-1919
Postcards, To Mary Vickers, 1911-1913
Postcards
Family History, including Civil War service of Vickers family
By-Laws of Unity Grange No. 400, July 18, 1903
Correspondence, Lanna M. Walker, unidentified
Envelope, West Virginia Synodical School, Madison
Death Notice, George Smoot, attorney and member of House of Delegates, Huntington
Writings
Miscellaneous
Correspondence, Bertha Vickers, 1896-1956
Greeting Cards, Bertha Vickers
Postcards, Bertha Vickers, 1914-1929
Receipts, Bertha Vickers, 1929-1947
Tax Receipts, Bertha Vickers, 1952
Summons for failure to pay note, Charles Vickers, Lincoln County Justice of the Peace, May 27, 1895
Pledge Card, C. L. Vickers, pledge to "cut down the use of flour" to "co-operate with the government in winning the war," World War I
Postcards received, C. L. Vickers, 1913
Tax Receipts, 1869-1899
Tax Receipts, 1900-1921
Receipts, 1871-1924
"War Rhyme," by C. L. Vickers, enlisted November 19, 1865 (veteran of 22nd Virginia Infantry)
Promissory Notes, C. L. Vickers, 1861 (?) -1915
Correspondence regarding notes, 1883-1903
Correspondence, W. E. Mohler, Mohler Lumber Company, Lock Seven, to C. L. Vickers, regarding shipping timber, March 9, 1903
Elementary School Diploma, Artie S. Vickers, June 10, 1913
Panoramic Photographic, 81st Machine Gun Platoon, United States Marines, Quantico, Virginia, October 1917 (A. S. Vickers is 140)
Poster, U. S. Marine Pictorial Service, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby as a Sergeant of Marines
