James M. Deering was born in the county of Wayne, West Virginia, on December 27, 1814. His father, John Deering, senior, was born in 1769 in Stokes County, North Carolina; from there he removed to Cabell County, West Virginia; from there to Greenup County, Kentucky, and then to Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1830, where he died in 1843.
James M. Deering
by Martha J. Martin | Feb 23, 2022 | Cabell County, Civil War, Greenup County, Pike County, Pioneers & Profiles, Stokes County, Tazewell County, Wayne County