David Pugh 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: David Pugh: a son of Peter, was born near Fairview June 6, 1806. He lived and worked with his father on the farm until twenty-five years of age. On December 22, 1831, he married Miss Nancy, daughter of Mr. Jonathan Allison, a prominent citizen of the county. After his marriage he took charge of the old homestead, where he has resided ever since, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has been elected and served several terms as overseer of the poor, and has also held the office of surveyor of roads. He has declined several times to be a candidate for office whilst strongly urged by his friends. Not many years since he erected a beautiful brick residence upon his farm, at a cost of $4,000. There are about 320 acres in his farm and all under a good state of cultivation. His family consisted of two boys and two girls, namely: Robert W. Pugh, Lizzie, who married Col. R.H. Brown, present sheriff of Hancock County, Peter A., who married Miss O. Campbell, of Cross Creek village, Pennsylvania, Sarah A., who married George A. Spivey, October, 1878. He and wife are members of the Fairview Presbyterian Church.