Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Ferdinand P. HURXTHAL

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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FERDINAND P. HURXTHAL - is the sixth-born of the children of F. G. HURXTHAL, whose
record is: F. G. HURXTHAL, born in Germany, October 18, 1779, married Dorotha 
DARTHAUS, who was born in Germany.  Their marriage was solemnized in Baltimore. 
Maryland, March 8, 1808, and their children were born: Pascoline, April 21. 1809; 
Sophia, December 5, 1810: Ferdinand, March, 1813: Frederick T., October 1, 1814; 
Emelia, December, 1815; Ferdinand P., for whom this sketch is compiled, May 20, 
1817; Augusta, August 3, 1818; George, July 6, 1819; Ferdinand R., February 22, 
1822; Dorotha, June 9, 1823; Karthaus, January 21, 1825; Caroline E., September 7,
1826; Charles B., January 25, 1828; Godfrey A., September 15, 1829. Of these 
children only three are now living. Ferdinand P. HURXTHAL married Helena C. FINLEY,
who was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, September 27, 1842. They have two 
children living in Ronceverte, and had two sons and one daughter who died in 
infancy. Ferdinand S. was born May 26, 1848; Fannie September 10, 1855; Frederic
K., March 16, 1856; Finley and Helen, deceased.  Ferdinand P. HURXTHAL's business
is dealing in general merchandise, and his postoffice address is Ronceverte, 
Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

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.