The Elbert Howell-Bertha Burnop Family of Floyd, Smyth and Montgomery Counties, Virginia

This is the story of the Elbert Howell and Bertha Burnop family ancestors. Elbert Eden Howell (Dec. 25, 1878-Mar. 24, 1964) married Bertha Allie Burnop (Sep. 7, 1883-Dec. 9, 1956) on Oct. 1, 1900 in Radford, Virginia where they lived the rest of their lives at 4th and Ingles Streets. Elbert was born in Floyd Co., Virginia and most of his ancestors were from this area going back more than 100 years when Floyd County was still part of Montgomery Co., Virginia. The Burnop family was from Westmorland County, England and Bertha's ancestors were from the Smyth, Carroll and Grayson counties area of Virginia. Immigrants were primarily from England and Germany.
The related Duncan, Fischbach, Hanks, Heimbach, Holtzclaw, Hylton, Morricle, Otterbach, Pratt, Stuell, Vaughan, and Weddle families also have chapters including descendancy reports.