9/29/2024 Note: You may be able to see the original documents by using this updated link to West Virginia Vital Records.
WV STATEWIDE VITAL RECORDS
WV STATEWIDE FIND-A-GRAVE MEMORIALS
FAMILYSEARCH.ORG
History of Fayette County, West Virginia (sign in to familysearch.org first)
Descendants of Theophilus Blake
OTHER SOURCES
History of Greenbrier County, West Virginia — no mention of Lusher
A History of Monroe County, West Virginia — no mention of Lusher
History of Summers County (notes follow)
Biography of Thomas Daniel Lusher (This seems to have his wife’s name wrong. She was a Withrow, not a Wood.)
I knew this story of Thomas Lusher from having read the Summers County excerpt too many times to count! I believe (but have trouble believing...) the claim that a 99-year-old could walk 17 miles. If he managed to do that, he must have been blessed with very robust health!