Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: John PICKERING

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Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.
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JOHN PICKERING - is a Virginian, born near Sparta, Rockingham County,
May 16, 1826, a son of James and Mary (LOOKER) PICKERING.  His parents
were born near Sparta, and passed their lives in Rockingham County, where
both are now deceased.  His father died on the 11th of October, 1864.
Near Falling Spring, February 9, 1839, was born Susan HANNA, who became
the wife of John PICKERING near Frankford, August 8, 1867.  Mary E., their
daughter, was born near Falling Spring, and Nancy (LUDINGTON) HANNA, born
near Frankford, were the parents of Mrs. PICKERING.  Her father died in
1847, near Falling Spring, and her mother is now living in Burning Springs,
in Wirt County, West Virginia.  John PICKERING enlisted in the Confederate
army, May 4, 1861, Company I, 10th Virginia Infantry, took part in several
hard-fought battles, was detailed as assistant in the commissary department,
which position he held until the surrender of Lee.  In 1867 he settled in
Greenbrier County, and he has been successfully farming in this county
since that time.  He owns a fine farm of 350 acres of limestone land, about
midway between Frankford and Falling Spring, and the latter place is his
post office 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.