Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: E. A. Freshwater: our subject, a son of Philip Freshwater, was born March 21st 1839, in Butler District, Hancock County, West Virginia. Attended school at Paris, Pennsylvania, the pupils being taught by Rev. Campbell. On March 27th, 1867, he was married to Miss Clarinda E. Campbell, daughter of James M. Campbell. Settled on a farm near the Pennsylvania line. Raised a family of seven children - five sons and two daughters. At present he is filling the office of justice of the peace, which office he has been holding for about six years.