Berkeley County, West Virginia Biography of Samuel Clive BRYARLY This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 342 SAMUEL CLIVE BRYARLY. The Bryarlys have been a fam- ily of farmers, landowners and of industry in other lines in Berkeley County for several generations. Samuel C. Bryarly lives at Martinsburg, where for a number of years he has been in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He was born on a farm located between Darkesville and Tablers Station, in Berkeley County. His great-grandfather, Robert Bryarly, was an early settler in Berkeley County, where he owned a large amount of land, including the present site of Tablers Station. He married Sally Bust. Both were of Irish ancestry, but were members of the English Church. Thomas Bryarly, grandfather of Samuel C., was born on the Federal Hill farm near Tablers Station, inherited a portion of his father's estate and continued a life-long resident and farmer there. He married Susan Glass, and their seven children were Robert Pressly, Elizabeth, Sally, Thomas, Susan, Annie and Mary Eugenia. Robert Pressly Bryarly was born in the same locality as his son Samuel C., grew up on the farm, and at the very beginning of the Civil war entered the Confederate army as a member of Company B of the First Virginia Cavalry. He was in the service until severely wounded in the right arm at the battle of Towns Brook, and thereafter was incapaci- tated for further active duty. After the war he bought a portion of the old homestead, and was busily engaged in its duties until 1890. He then lived for a time in Winchester and Martinsburg, and for ten years was station agent at Inwood. He finally retired on account of ill health and died February 14, 1919. His wife was Cordelia J. Schendel, who was born in Washington County, Maryland, in 1842, daugh- ter of Samuel and Julia Schendel. She died January 17, 1912. The six children of these parents were Thomas Cox, Robert Pressly, Julia Ann, Elizabeth Miller, Mary Louise and Samuel C. Samuel Clive Bryarly acquired his first school advantage in the Grange Hall School, later attended school at Martins- burg and Inwood, and as a youth he clerked in a store and assisted in a grain elevator at Inwood. Leaving these oc- cupations, he removed to Pittsburgh in 1910, and for three years was employed in the Pennsylvania Railroad Machine Shops. Leaving Pittsburgh, he returned to Martinsburg, and for three years was with the Auburn Wagon Works and since then has been a machinist with the Baltimore & Ohio Company. In 1901 Mr. Bryarly married Sabina Lee Graham, who was born at Gerrardstown, Berkeley County. Her great- grandfather was a native of England and an early settler in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming. Her grandfather, John Graham, was born in Franklin County, served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, became a building contractor, and some barns and other buildings are still standing in Franklin County that testify to his workmanship. He died there at the age of seventy- nine. John Graham married Sabina Lancaster, who was born in Franklin County, and died there when about eighty years of age. Andrew Maxwell Graham, father of Mrs. Bryarly, was born on a farm in Montgomery Township of Franklin County, March 28, 1828. He was educated in the rural schools, and the Lancaster Normal School, began teaching at the age of eighteen, and in 1862 enlisted as a private in Company F of the Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry. He was in the Army of the Potomac under General Meade, and was in nearly all the battles of that army at General Grant's command. He remained until the surrender at Appomattox. For meritorious conduct he was commissioned first lieutenant, and received his honorable discharge with that rank. After the war Lieutenant Graham came to Martinsburg, for several years taught at Gerrardstown and vicinity, and is now living retired at Martinsburg. December 24, 1861, he married Isabella Breneizen, daugh- ter of William S. and Sarah (Wilson) Breneizen. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On December 24, 1921, Mr. and Mrs. Graham celebrated the sixtieth anni- versary of their marriage, and both are still in good health and have excellent memories. Mr. and Mrs. Bryarly have three children, named, Robert Pressly, Andrew Clive and Donald Graham.