Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: William Jasper MUSTAIN

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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WILLIAM JASPER MUSTAIN - is a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, born 
January 26, 1833. In the State and county of his birth, on the 25th of January, 
1855, he was united in marriage with Martha Jane McCULLOCH, who was born in 
Pittsylvania county in 1826. Frank and Elizabeth (IRBY) McCULLOCH. now both 
deceased, were her parents, and Mr. MUSTAIN was a son of Avary and Frances 
(HARRIS) MUSTAIN. His mother died in Virginia, and his father is still a 
resident in Pittsylvania County. From August, 1861, until March, 1862, William 
J. MUSTAIN was a soldier of the Confederate army, serving in Company I, 60th 
Virginia Infantry, and was discharged. In 1864 he joined the 34th Virginia 
Cavalry, and served until the war closed. In 1879 he cast his fortunes in 
with the people of Greenbrier County, settling in Blue Sulphur district, where 
he follows his trade of millwright and carpenter. Alderson, Monroe County, West 
Virginia, is his postoffice address.

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.