Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Anthony HUTSENPILLER

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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ANTHONY HUTSENPILLER - was born near Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, a son of 
John and Mary (SURBAUGH) HUTSENPILLER, and grandson of one of the earliest 
settlers in the county. His father died October 15, 1861 and his mother died 
December 19, 1863. August 28, 1827, was the date of Anthony HUTSENPILLER's birth,
and he married Mary A. SHARP, born in Sewell Valley, Greenbrier County, 
July 25, 1829. Their marriage was solemnized in Sewell Valley, February 19, 1856,
and their children were born: Van R., May 18, 1857; Hettie C., May 18, 1859; 
Mary L., August 12, 1861; John H., August 13, 1864, died August 24th following; 
Margaret A., March 13, 1866; Ada, April 21, 1871, died October 31, 1882. 
Mary L. married James W. KNAPP November 3, 1881, and resides on Lick Creek, 
Summers County, this State; the other Living children are at home. The 
Salem post office is kept in Mr. HUTSENPILLER's house, and his daughter, 
Hettie C., is postmistress. Edward and Lydia (NEAL) SHARP, who came from 
Eastern Virginia to Greenbrier County in 1820, were the parents of Mrs. 
HUTSENPILLER. Her mother died December 10, 1863, and her father's death 
was in May, 1864. At the time of the civil war Mr. HUTSENPILLER was a 
miller, and by the law of the Confederate States men of that trade were 
exempt from military duty. He is now farming, owning 262 acres of land 
all tillable, which he has had under cultivation since purchasing it in 1867.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.