West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 24 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: Hon. Robert Morrow BROWN, Han [Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990919145606.00e0bc90@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Hon. Robert Morrow BROWN, Hancock Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 253 Hancock County HON. ROBERT MORROW BROWN. For several decades Hon. Robert Morrow Brown has been a progressive, and for much of that period a prominent, factor in the business, journalistic, political and public activities of New Cumber- land. His standing as a citizen is firm and broad and as a leader of the republican party his reputation has extended into state-wide influence. Mr. Brown was born at New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia, November 21, 1877, and is a son of Adrian Wilmer and Mary Virginia (Morrow) Brown. Adrian Wilmer Brown was born at Wellsburg, Brooke County, Ohio. in 1854, his parents being John Danforth and Lucie (Hewlett) Brown. John D. Brown, who was born in what is now West Virginia, was a merchant for some years at Wellsburg, where he died aged thirty-nine years, while his wife. who survived him to the age of sixty-three years; was born at Richmond, Virginia. Adrian W. Brown passed his boyhood at Wellsburg, where he received a pub- lic school education and as a young man secured a posi- tion with the Wellsburg Herald. In 1877 he came to New Cumberland, where he founded the New Cumberland Inde- pendent, the first issue of which appeared January 10th of that year, from the same building in which it is now published. This republican weekly, published on an old- fashioned Washington hand press, at once gained a good circulation, due to its general worth and excellence and to its championing of all worthy movements in the way of modern progress and advancement. Mr. Brown remained as editor of this newspaper until 1903, when he retired from active affairs and turned its management over to his son. He died three years later, greatly mourned by those who had come to know his numerous fine qualities of mind and heart. Mr. Brown was circuit clerk for Hancock County from 1890 to 1896. He was a member of the Episcopal Church at Wellsburg, and services were held in his own home at New Cumberland once a month. At Pughtown Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Miss Mary Virginia Morrow, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Wilson) Mor- row, of Pughtown, Mr. Morrow having been proprietor of the old Virginia House at that place when it was the county seat. He was also a justice of the peace for many years. Mrs. Brown died in 1890, leaving two children: Robert Morrow; and Lucie, now the wife of N. W. Ballantyne, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work. Later Mr. Brown married Ola M. Moore, who survives him, but they had no children. Bobert Morrow Brown attended the public schools of New Cumberland, and after hs graduation from the high school enrolled as a student at the West Virginia University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1902 and his Bachelor of Laws degree one year later. Previous to this he had seen service on a daily paper at East Liverpool, and had also been on a paper at Morgantown, so that he was not without experience when he took charge of the Inde- pendent at the time of his father's retirement in 1903. The old hand press of former days has gone with other things of its kind, and the office is now electrically equipped throughout, with modern linotype machines and a Babcock press, which has a capacity of from 1,500 to 2,000 per hour. The paper circulates freely, not only in the immediate vicin- ity of New Cumberland, but into sections of Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is in high favor with its readers because of its practical, well-written and timely editorials, its authentic news features and its various interesting departments, and because it has ever maintained the policy of its founder in supporting all movements promising for advancement and progress along all material and moral lines. In addition to his newspaper activities Mr. Brown has been engaged in the practice of law, having a large and lucrative practice in all the courts. In 1905 he was elected on the republican ticket as prosecuting attorney, an office in which he served with an excellent record until 1909. In 1912 President Taft appointed him postmaster of New Cumberland, and this office he also held for four years. During the World war period he was exceptionally active, serving on the county committee in the Liberty Loan drives and the Red Cross, and it is to be noted as a significant fact that Hancock always stood high among the counties when the final returns were in. In November, 1920, Mr. Brown was elected to the State Legislature for Hancock County, and during his term was a member of the follow- ing committees: Judiciary, Rules, Printing, Forestry and Conservation, Mines and Mining Labor, Medicine and Sani- tation and Redistricting. His record was a worthy one, of much value to his constituency and his state. For the past eight years Mr. Brown has been chairman of the Hancock County Republican Committee. He was in attendance at the national convention that nominated Warren G. Harding for the presidency. As a fraternalist Mr. Brown holds mem- bership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he is also a member of the Kiwanis Club, and Phi Kappa Psi College fraternity. He and his family are entitled to membership in the Sons of the American Revolu- tion and the Daughters of the American Revolution through the service of one of his direct ancestors, Capt. Oliver Brown, buried at Wellsburg, who participated in the win- ning of American independence. Mr. Brown married Miss Leora Scott, of Somerset, Penn- sylvania, and to their union there has been born one son, John Scott. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 14:56:06 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990919145606.00e09280@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Thomas Jefferson PARRISH, Harrison Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 252-253 Harrison County THOMAS JEFFERSON PARRISH. Through a life that began the year Abraham Lincoln was first elected to the presi- dency and came to the responsibilities of manhood more than forty years ago, Thomas Jefferson Parrish has attained to broad experience and successful achievement. A native of Harrison County, he has been a farmer, merchant, tim- ber and lumber man, and has not only attracted within the sphere of his activities important material concerns but has also fulfilled in generous measure the obligations that fall upon the citizen, the home-maker and the father of children in whose training for usefulness he has never been remiss. Four of his sons followed the path of duty that led them into places of danger in the great war. Mr. Parrish was born on a farm near Wallace, Harrison County, April 5, 1860, son of Silas Newton and Rebecca Ann (King) Parrish, the former born in what is now Marion County, in February, 1835, and the latter in Greene County, Pennsylvania, March 13, 1836. The grand- father, Richard Parrish, was born in Maryland, about 1810, and married a Miss Tetrick, a native of West Virginia. Mr. Parrish was an early settler in Marion County, a pros- perous farmer and influential citizen, joined the republican party at its organization, and he and his wife were mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They lived out their lives at the old homestead, and were the parents of fourteen children. Silas Newton Parrish after his marriage located on a farm in Harrison County, and in addition to farming, which was the chief business of his long and successful career, he had other interests, including a lumber business at Wallace, being associated with his son, Thomas J., in that enterprise. Silas N. Parrish died in 1915, at the age of eighty years, and his widow died in her eighty-sixth year. They reared three children: Thomas J., Harriet L., and Florinda B. Florinda is now deceased. Silas Newton Parrish was a loyal and forward looking citizen, who was always ready to assist in progressive movements for the benefit of his home community and county. He was an unreserved republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the home farm Thomas J. Parrish spent his child- hood and early youth, attended the public schools, and during these years he acquired a really adequate training for a responsibility that began with manhood. He mar- ried at the age of twenty-one, and for a number of years following he devoted his time between farming and mer- chandising at Wallace. While there, as an associate of his father, he began logging some timber stocks and convert- ing the timber into manufactured lumber. In the fall of 1894 he removed to Beverly, Randolph County, and was engaged in the lumber business there for a time. He re- turned to Wallace in the spring of 1897, and continued his interests as a merchant in that community until 1910. In the meantime, in 1908, he had established his family home at Clarksburg, in order to give his younger children better school advantages in the county seat. In later years Mr. Parrish has had a wide variety of busi- ness and financial interests. His associates appreciate his sound judgment, his integrity and his enterprise, qualities that have made him a welcome and valuable member of a number of organizations. For several years he has been interested as a producer in the oil, gas and coal industries, and among several concerns with which he is associated the most important are those represented and controlled by the firm of Groves & Parrish, of which he is senior mem- ber. He has employed his individual experience and cap- ital in promoting the success of several financial institu- tions. He helped organize in 1903 the Wallace Bank at Wallace, Harrison County, and from the beginning has been its president. He is a director and stockholder in the Union National Bank, a stockholder in the Empire National Bank of Clarksburg, is president and general man- ager of the Port dark Coal Company, a director and stockholder in the Champion Collieries Company, presi- dent and a large stockholder in the Green River Coal Min- ing Company of Kentucky, and vice president and a stock- holder in the Bond County Gas Company of Greenville, Illinois. Hand in hand with the excellent success that has at- tended his various business activities has gone the utmost civic loyalty. In the welfare and advancement of his home locality he has devoted twelve years to his duties as a member of the Harrison County Board of Educa- tion, and in 1921 he was elected a member of the Clarks- burg City Council and has cooperated with all the plans and measures undertaken to give the city an adequate ad- ministration. Mr. Parrish is a republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Clarksburg Country Club the Alleghany Club, and the Cheat Mountain Club. In Masonry he is a Knight Templar, a member of the Commandery of Clarksburg, has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, is a Mystic Shriner, and also a, member of the Knights of Pythias. In 1881 Mr. Parrish married Miss Mary J. Morgan, daughter of Coleman and Rachel Morgan. She was born in Doddridge County, was a mere girl when her parents died, and she passed away in 1900. Of the seven chil- dren born to Mr. and Mrs. Parrish one died in infancy, and those who reached maturity were Raymer, Charles P., Roy Earl, Lester Glenn, Clair Nelson, and Wilbur Dee. The son, Charles, died at the age of twenty-two. Boy Earl made the supreme sacrifice while serving as a young officer with the American Expeditionary Forces, and a special memorial sketch of him appears above. Lester Glenn was also in the overseas service in the army, and two other sons, Clair N. and Wilbur Dee, were in the navy. The oldest son, Raymer, is associated with his father in business, giving his chief time to the Fort dark Coal Com- pany. Mr. Parrish in 1902 married Miss Elsie L. Deem. She died in 1913, and is survived by one daughter, Vera Grove. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:53:37 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990919155337.00fc0a80@trellis.net> Subject: REVISED LIST OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR (I), *B* Surnames Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 REVISED LIST OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR (I) January 1, 1922 West Virginia The Adjutant General's Office, Charleston KILLED IN ACTION *B* Surnames NAME Rank Date Killed Residence Organization Baker, Garrett........... Pvt.... Oct. 26-18... Rawl............. Cn G 60 Inf Bailey, Denver........... Pvt.... Nov. 10-18... Charleston....... Co B 11 Inf Brainbridge, William L... Pvt.... May 28-18.... Longacre......... Co L 28 Inf Baldwin, Raymond......... Pvt ... July 24-18... Oakmont.......... Co D 7 Inf Baldyski, Roman.......... Pvt.... July 17-18... Weirton.......... Co I 26 Inf Ball, Willard............ Pvt.... July 29-18... Chauncev......... Co H 4 Inf Ball, John H............. Pvt.... Sept. 29-18.. Gallipolis Ferry. Co A 119 Inf Balser, Thomas W......... Pvt.... Nov. 5-18.... Ripley.......... Co. G 61 Inf Barovic, Peter........... Pvt.... Nov. 4-18.... McMechen......... Co C 111 Inf Bartram, Clawerence...... Pvt.... Aug. 7-18.... Logan............ Co E 47 Inf Bartlett, Frank B........ Sgt.... Oct. 12-18... Buckhannon....... Co F 114 Reg Bassett, William H....... Pvt.... Nov. 1-18.... Riley............ Co 112 F Sig Bn Becket, Raymond R........ Pvt.... July l8-18... Salt Rock........ Co H 28 Inf Bennett, Thomas.......... Corp... Oct. 10-18... Watson........... Co L 320 Inf Blankenship, Benjamin F.. 2nd Lt. July 17-18... Thornwood........ Co. L 4 Inf. Blake, William T......... Pvt.... Oct. 21-18... Benwood.......... Co A 7 MG Bn Blankenship, Charlie P... Pvt.... Oct. 16-18... Jenkinsjones..... Co I 118 Inf Blackwell, Raymond....... Pvt.... June 13-18... Bluefield........ Co L 9 Inf Boggs, Edward L.......... Pvt.... Oct. 21-18... Glace............ Hq Co 102 Inf Bond, Charles F.......... Pvt.... Nov. 19-18... Merimac.......... Co I 6 Inf Bowman, Edward F......... Pvt.... July 22-18... Wheeling......... MG Co 28 Inf Bowman, Dewey............ Pvt.... July 18-18... Welch............ Co D 162 Inf Bowe, Harvey............. Sgt.... July 22-18... Dry Branch....... Co B 16 Inf Boyce, Joseph W.......... Pvt.... July 21-18... Keyser........... Hq Co 26 Inf Boydoh, Buie W........... Pvt.... July 15-18... Monongah......... Co G 7 Inf Boyer, Francis........... Pvt.... Oct. 29-18... Wheeling......... Hq Co 316 Inf Brady, Arthur D.......... Corp... Oct. 29-18... French Creek..... Btry F 313 F A Bragg, Joshua P.......... Pvt.... Oct. 15-18... Brooks........... Co D 7 Inf Brannon, Doy L........... Pvt.... Oct. 14-18... Auburn........... Co C 6 Inf Brawley, John M.......... Corp... Oct. 4-18.... Charleston....... Co B 317 Inf Britton, Samuel W........ Pvt.... July 19-18... Saxon............ Co H 28 Inf Brisendine, Ottie D...... Pvt.... Oct. 6-18.... Hunt............. Co M 128 Inf Brissey, William O....... Pvt.... Sept. 12-18.. Berea............ Co A 9 Inf Brown, Clay R............ Pvt.... Oct. 16-18... Curtin........... Co D 11 Inf Brown, Andy S............ Pvt.... Nov. 10-18... Birch River...... Co F 6 Inf Brown, Lloyd E........... Pvt.... Oct. 13-18... Fairmont......... Co M 128 Inf Brown, Solomon H......... Pvt.... Nov. 8-18 ... Orlando.......... Co M 128 Inf Bullion, Howard C........ Pvt.... Oct. 6-18.... Webster Springs.. Co F 111 Inf Bumgarner, Basil......... Pvt.... Oct. 10-18... Elizabeth........ Co D 131 Inf Burke, Abie L............ Pvt.... Oct. 13-18... Montana Mines.... Co M 128 Inf Burroughs, Roy E......... Pvt.... Oct. 8-18.... Clarksburg....... Btry B 314 F A ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 16:53:20 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <51699b85.2516a740@aol.com> Subject: HIST: First Kanawha County Court Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Kanawha County George W. Atkinson 1876 p. 80 FIRST COUNTY COURT On the 5th of October, A. D. 1789, the first County Court for the then new county of Kanawba was held. The following "gentlemen justices" were severally sworn and qualified as members of said Court. Thomas Lewis, Rob't Clendennin, Francis Watkins, Charles McClung, Benjamin Strother, William Clendennin, David Robinson, George Alderson, Leonard Morris, and James Van Bibber. Thomas Lewis, being the oldest member of the Court, was, by the laws of Virginia, entitled to the Sheriffalty of the county, and was accordingly commissioned as such by the Governor of the Commonwealth, and took the oath required by law Mr. Lewis thereupon appointed John Lewis his deputy. William H. Cavendish was appointed Clerk of tile Court, and was introduced and took the oath of office. Reuben Slaughter was appointed County Surveyor, and Benjamin Strother, David Robinson, and John Van Bibber were appointed Commissioners of Revenue for the county. At the first sitting of the Court the following order was passed: "Ordered, that the public buildings for the use of this county be erected on the lands of George Clendennin, at' the mouth of Elk river, or as near thereto as the situation will admit, and until the erection of said buildings Court be held at the mansion house of George Clendennin." ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:05:00 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: HIST: Kanawha County's First Prison Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id OAA05155 History of Kanawha County George W. Atkinson 1876 p. 81-82 Kanawha County Prison The Court held February 6, 1792, passed the following order in relation to the construction of a county jail : " Ordered, that the Clerk of this county do advertise letting the building of a prison in said county agreeable to a plan to be then produced, which will be on the the 1st day of March Court, to be held for this county. Ordered, that the bounds of said prison (which is to be built on the front of the lot between John Young's and Lewis Tackett's,) be extended so as to include the garrison and house wherein George Clendennin now lives, for the safety of the prisoners from the hostile invasion of the Indian enemy." It is proper to explain that the "bounds" of the prison above alluded to refers to a statute of Virginia specifying a certain number of feet, or yards, from a prison, beyond which prisoners were not allowed to go, under the penalty of forfeiting their bonds, or in some cases, of death itself. This peculiar statute was repealed by the adoption of the Code of 1849. The March term of the Court for the same year contains the following order, which is given, as were the others also, verbatim: "Ordered, that thee Sheriff do let to the lowest bidder, the building of a prison for the county of Kanawha, twelve feet square, with two floors, one of earth in the bank of the hill facing the Kanawha, and the other laid over with logs as close as possible; the house to be between floors seven feet, covered cabin fashion. The bolts, bars, and locks upon as economical a plan as possible; and the Clerk on behalf of the Court of this county give his bond to the undertaker or undertakers for the payment of the sum the said building is undertaken for; and that he also take bond and security of the undertaker or undertakers, on or before the 1st of July next to have the same completed." This prison was built on, or rather in, the river bank, in the vicinity of the present residence of C. C. Lewis, Esq., on Kanawha street, within a few hundred feet of the Clendennin garrison or blockhouse; and While I have not found a record in the Cointy Clerk's office showing the fact, still it is generally understood that Lewis Tackett, the proprietor of Tackett's Fort, at Coalsmouth, was the contractor and builder. I find on the 4th day of November, 1795, while the work ofconstructing the jail was going on, the following protest entered on the Court record: "George Alderson, gentleman, Sheriff of Kanawha county, entered his dissent against the jail as being insufficient." Upon seven other occasions the same entry is made of the protest of Sheriff Alderson against the construction of the jail according to the plans and specifications before referred to. He was right. It was both unreasonable and, to say the least, inhuman to construct a prison partly under ground, when there was such a vast quantity of level land unoccupied, and timber of the largest and best qualities for such purposes standing within a few rods of the site of the un-derground prison pen. The jail was, however, constructed according to the order of the Court, and was used for prison purposes of the county for a number of years. The next county jail was built by David Fuqua, a few years before the present ragged court-house was constructed, for which he received £150 Colonel Joel Ruffner, who is excellent authority for early Kanawha his-tory, thus speaks of this jail : "It stood on the upper portion of the lot, rather in front of the present circuit court clerk's office as it now stands on the courthouse lot, and quite near Kanawha street. It was built of large, square hewed logs, lined inside with planks four inches thick and from eight to twelve inches wide, sawed out of oak timber with whip saws. These planks were spiked against the walls of the building with large wrought iron spikes. No one ever escaped from that jail," says the Colonel, "except by means of the doorway, and it was on several occasions pretty well filled with violators of the laws." ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:12:31 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: HIST: Kanawha County's First Courthouse Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Kanawha County George W. Atkinson 1876 p. 82-83 THE FIRST COURT HOUSE. The first movement towards the building of a courthouse for the county was made March 8, 1796. Among other transactions of the Court I find the following record as a part of the proceedings: " Ordered, that the Sheriff of this county advertise the letting of the building of the court house to the lowest bidder at the next April term of the Court." The contract was let for a portion of the work in the following language, verbatim - "That Guthridge Slaughter be allowed $128 for doing the inside work of the courthouse in the manner following, viz: Two good floors, two doors, four windows, one pair of stairs and stairdoor, a fashionable seat for the Magistrates and Clerk, attorneys' table, bench and bar; the work all to be done in a workmanlike manner, to be well chinked and daubed, together with window shutters. The said undertaker to give bond with good security for the true and faithful perform. ance of said work in six months from this time." The courthouse was built on the same lot whereon stands the present courthouse, which latter was built in 1818. The county purchased the lot from George Alderson, as shown by the following order, passed May 2, 1796, and which, by the way, is the only deed for said lot which the county has ever received: "Ordered, that George Alderson be allowed $100 for his lot, for the purpose of erecting the public buildings thereon for this county.'' At the May term, 1796, of the County Court, the following order was passed, in relation to the construction of the court-house: "Ordered, that in addition to an order of the 4th day of April last, that the undertaker of the court-house be empowered to complete the said house in a manner suitable for a courthouse, and that he be allowed a sufficient and reasonable allowance for any additional work or labour he may be at in finishing the same." Colonel Joel Ruffner thus describes the first courthouse of the county "It was a small one-story log building about thirty feet in width by forty in length. It contained two jury rooms about fourteen feet square, and stood immediately in front of the present court-house, and on the same lot. It was not by any mneans an attractive building, but answered very well in those days the purposes for which it was intended." ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:19:59 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <18860923.2516ad7f@aol.com> Subject: HIST: Kanawha County's First Clerk's Office Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Kanawha County George W. Atkinson 1876 p. 83-84 THE FIRST CLERK'S OFFICE The first County Court Clerk's office was built on the lot precisely where the Hale House now stands. It was constructed out of rough stone, was one story high, and was quite a respectable building for those days. With the exception of the roof, which was of clap-boards, it was fireproof. The reason why it was separated from the other public buildings, however, was to keep it out of the reach of fire. >From the County Court proceedings of April t6, 1802, I make the following extract in relation to the County Clerk's office: Whereas, John Reynolds has this day undertaken to build an office for the use of the present and future Clerk of this county, on the lot whereon John Reynolds, the present Clerk, now lives, and the said Reynolds to convey unto the Justices of Kenhawa county, in fee simple, title in and to forty feet square of land, part of said lot, whereon to erect the said office. The said office is to be built of stone or brick ; if of stone, the outside thereof is to be stuccoed, and the inside plastered. The height to be eleven feet between the floors; the lower floor to be laid with good oak, or pine plank. Two windows, of eighteen lights each; the roof to be laid with jointed shingles, well pitched; the door, windows, and shutters to be handsomely painted, and the whole to be finished in a good, sufficient, and workmanlike manner. And the said Reynolds is authorized to call upon the Sheriff, who is directed to pay the said Reynolds the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting the same; and the said Reynolds and Joseph Ruffner, Jun'r, his security, are to give bond to the Justices of this Court in the sum of $400, for the due performance of said agreement." The present Circuit Court Clerk's office was built in 1829, and the County Court office in 1873. Neither of these buildings are creditable to the county of Kanawlia, nor, in fact, are any of our public buildings. I trust that the county authorities will take the matter in hand, and erect a class of buildings for county purposes which will be a credit, and not a dis-grace, to the second county, in wealth and population, in the State of West Virginia. *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ***********************************************************************