Marion-Brooke-Mason County WV Archives Biographies.....Polsley, Daniel November 3, 1803 - October 14, 1877 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com May 9, 2010, 3:02 am Source: Bench and Bar of West Virginia Author: Geo Wesley Atkinson, LL.B., LL. D. Virginia Law Book Company; Charleston, W.Va.; 1919 Page 30, Judge Daniel Polsley Daniel Polsley, Congressman, Judge, Lieutenant-Governor, was born at Palatine, Marion County, Virginia, November 3, 1803. His father was of German descent, and his mother a sister of the grandfather of Judge Alpheus F. Haymond, formerly a Judge of the Supreme Court of West Virginia. His early education was obtained while assisting in clearing and improving the farm. He studied law, and attended the lectures of Judge Tucker, in Winchester, Virginia. After his father's death, he removed to Wellsburg, in Brooke County, and soon gained an enviable reputation at the Bar. In 1827, he wedded Eliza V. Brown, niece of the celebrated Philip Doddridge, and granddaughter of Captain Oliver Brown, an officer in the Revolutionary War. In connection with his profession, in 1833, he edited and published the "Western Transcript," a Whig paper. This he continued until 1845, when he retired from law practice, sold out his printing office, and moved to a 1,200-acre farm on the Ohio river, opposite Racine, Ohio, engaging in agriculture, as more congenial to his unpretentious nature. In the turbulent days of 1861, he was not allowed to longer remain in quiet life, and was elected a member from Mason County of the Wheeling Convention to Restore the State Government. Upon its restoration, he was made Lieutenant-Governor. In 1862, he was chosen Judge of the Seventh Circuit of Virginia, and over the same counties in West Virginia afterwards, ably presiding until 1866, when he was elected to the Fortieth Congress from the Third District. At the end of his term, he located at Point Pleasant, where he died October 14, 1877. Unostentatious, yet able, honest, and active, he was a force in the early days of our Statehood. Additional Comments: from Death Register of Mason County WV 1877, Page 334, Line 35 Date-of-death: Oct 1877 Age-at-Death: 73 Cause-of-Death: Heart Disease Son-of: Joe & Mary Polsley Husband-of: E. V. Polsley Born: Va Occupation: Lawyer Informant: son - W. D. Polsley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1850 Census, Mason County (W)Va Stamped Page 404, Lines 13-24 Dwelling 592, Family 599 POLSLEY, Daniel (47), Farmer, $27,000, Va POLSLEY, Eliza (40), Va children: John (19, student); Martin (17, student); Guilford (13); Augusta (11); Harriet (9); Daniel W (7); James (5); Edgar (2); and Margaret (6/12) ADISON, Rash (40) Slave Schedule Census has the following for this household: 1 female, age 30, B 1 male, age 3, M - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1860 Census, Mason County (W)Va hand-written page 156, Lines 8-18 Dwelling 1112; Family 1090 PAULSLY, Daniel (56), farmer, $50,000/$12,000, Va PAULSLY, Eliza (50), Va children: Harriet (19); Daniel W (17); James (15); Edgar (13); Margaret 11); Frank (8); and Julia (4) Same Dwelling, Family 1091 PAULSLY, John (28), Surveyor, $200/$200, Va PAULSLY, Ellen (18), Ohio Slave Schedule Census has the following for slave owner: Daniel Paulsley 1 female, age 40, M 1 male age 17, M 1 male, age 8, B 1 female age 6, B 1 male age 4, M - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1870 Census, Mason County WV Point Pleasant Lewis Twp Post-Office: Point Pleasant hand-written page 14, Lines 23-31 Dwelling 104; Family 105 POLSLEY, Daniel (66), Lawyer, $20,000/$15,000, Va ", Eliza (60), Keeping house, Va ", William (28), Lawyer, $1,000/$1,000, Va ", James M (26), Dry goods Merch, $0/$1,000, Va ", Edgar A (22), Dept Sheriff, $0/$500, Va ", Frank A (18), Va ", Julia (13), Va MYERS, Alex (18) Domestic, Va JOHNSON, Elvira (20) Domestic, Ohio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/marion/bios/polsley112nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb