Shiloh, Tyler County, West Virginia
Encyclopedia
Shiloh is an unincorporated community on Middle Island Creek
in Tyler County, West Virginia
. Shiloh had its own post office
in operation here in the early 20th century.
Jacob Cornell and his wife Druscilla Ankrom remained buried on this land until this day.
The town is also the namesake for the fictional beagle dog in the children's book trilogy Shiloh (novel), written by Tyler County native Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
. All three books were also made into theatrical films (see Shiloh (film)
).
Middle Island Creek
Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles long, in northwestern West Virginia, USA. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, draining an area of 565 square miles on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau...
in Tyler County, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
. Shiloh had its own post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
in operation here in the early 20th century.
History
The first white settlers in what is now Tyler County, WV came in the late 1790s or very early 19th century. Tyler County was once a part of Ohio County Va(WV). One of the first families in Shiloh was the Jacob Cornell family. Jacob and his wife Druscilla Ankrom purchased land along Middle Island Creek. A farm was started and was home to a least 4 geneartions of Cornells. The land was sold out of Cornell ownership in 1945 after Luella Cornell died in 1944. A Cornell farmhouse remained on the original land until it burned in the late 1990s.Jacob Cornell and his wife Druscilla Ankrom remained buried on this land until this day.
The town is also the namesake for the fictional beagle dog in the children's book trilogy Shiloh (novel), written by Tyler County native Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is an American author best known for her children and young adult fiction books. Naylor is best known for her children's-novel trilogy Shiloh , Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, all made into movies...
. All three books were also made into theatrical films (see Shiloh (film)
Shiloh (film)
Shiloh is a Family/Drama film produced and directed by Dale Rosenbloom in 1996. It was shown at the Heartland Film Festival in 1996, but its general release came on April 27, 1997. The original book by the same name was written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor...
).