West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 37 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: John H. PRYOR, Kanawha County [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 Re: J. Shirley ROSS, Kanawha Count ["micki" ] #3 BIO: Noyes S. BURLEW, Kanawha Coun [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: Addison Moffat SCOTT, Kanawha [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: Frank MAYER, Kanawha County [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Peter YOUNG, Kanawha County [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: Michael Evans HENNESSY, Green [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:34:13 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <89d9a13d.25196ff5@aol.com> Subject: BIO: John H. PRYOR, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 371-372 JOHN H. PRYOR, bookkeeper for the Coalbnrg-Kanawha Coal Company, and a member of the Board of Education of Cabin Creek District, was born February Jo, 1859, at East Bank, W. Va., and is a son of W. P and Bettie (Shelton) Pryor. John H. Pryor was educated in the public schools and at the age of sixteen years entered the employ of Stuart M. Buck & Co. at Coal-burg as office boy. When the firm changed he remained with their successors, the Robinson Coal Company in the same capacity, while in their employ holding the positions of postmaster and bookkeeper. Later he was associated with Neil Robinson and still later with George W. McClintic, subsequently coming to the Coalburg-Kanawha Coal Company. The president of this company, W. S. Edwards, is a son of W. H. Edwards, who was one of the original land owners at Coalburg. Mr. Pryor is an active citizen of this section and owns valuable real estate including his handsome resi-dence of twelve rooms at East Bank, W. Va. lie served for eight years as postmaster at Coalburg under two administrations, that of Presidents Cleveland and Harrison. Mr. Pryor was married June 20, 1888, to Miss Dora Johnson, a daughter of C. F. Johnson, and they have four children, Gypsy, Lillian, William and Julia. He is very active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Morning Star Lodge No. 63, at East Bank and to the Encampment. He belongs also to Kanawha Lodge No. 16, Knights of Pythias. In 1910, on the Democratic ticket, he was elected president of the Board of Education. In every way Mr. Pryor is a reputable and rep resentative citizen. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:35:19 -0400 From: "micki" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <005e01bf0489$f84d2820$0ac8a8c0@CC23295-A.hwrd1.md.home.com> Subject: Re: J. Shirley ROSS, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit how do I subscribe to this? -----Original Message----- From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 7:30 PM Subject: BIO: J. Shirley ROSS, Kanawha County >History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative >Citizens >W.S. Laidley >Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. >1911 >p. 370 > >J. SHIRLEY ROSS, city recorder of Charleston, W. Va., who is now serving his >third term in that office, was born in this city August 31, 1883, a son of >John Tyler and Hannah (Creel) Ross. >John Tyler Ross, the father of J. Shirley, was born in Patrick County, Va., >in 1841, and died at Charleston in i896. He was reared and educated in >Patrick County, where his parents spent their lives. They had a family of >six sons and three daughters, all of whom are now living, except John T., and >all having families of their own. Some are residents of Virginia and others >of New York state. All of the brothers served in the Confederate army, one >of them, Capt. D. Lee Ross, being a captain in the 51st Virginia Infantry, >under whom his brother, John Tyler, served. The subject of this sketch has >lately looked up his father's war record in the War Department at Washington, >D. C., and received therefrom the following communication: > >\VAR DEPARTMENT >THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, > >WASHINGTON, July 21, 1910. > >Respectfully returned to >Mr. J. S. Ross, Department of Records, Charleston, West Virginia. >The records show that one John T. Ross was a corporal and a private in >Company C, afterward Company D (Captain D. Lee Ross and later Captain Wm. T. >Akers), 51st Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army, and that he enlisted >May I, 1862. On the roll of the company dated October 31, 1863, last on >file, he was reported, "Absent, detailed as shoemaker since Nov. 10, 1862." >The Federal records of prisoners of war show that he was arrested in Roanok e >County, Virginia, Decemher 19, 1863, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and that >lie was transferred thence to Fort Delaware in March, 1864, at which place he >was released June 15, 1865, on taking the oath of allegiance. >(Signed) >W. P. HALL, > >The Adjutant General. > >Though John T. Ross was never wounded in action, he caught the small pox >while in the Federal prison, so may be regarded as having had his share of >disagreeable experieces-to a greater extent, perhaps, than many who saw >harder field service. After his return from the war he came to Kanawha County >and, settling near the present limits of the city of Charles-ton, engaged in >the manufacture of brick. It was through his suggestion that this material >was used in street construction in Charleston, this being the first instance >also of its utilization in this way in any city. In 1873 a hand-made brick >pavement was laid on Summer street, and the result was so satisfactory that >the city has used this material extensively ever since. Mr. John T. Ross was >a man of acknowledged hosiness ability and of sterling personal qualities. >He was a staunch Democrat politically and was affiliated fraternally with the >Odd Fellows and other secret orders. >John Tyler Ross was married in Kanawha County, W. Va., to Hannah Creel, who >was horn at Davisville, that county, in 1848, and who survives him, being now >a resident of Charleston. Her father was Bushrod W. Creel, her paternal >grandfather being also named Bushrod, while her mother was in maidenhood >Alcinda Kinchelo, a member of one of the old Methodist families of what is >now West Virginia. She was the third youngest born of her parents' children, >the others being John, Bush, George, Henry, Bettie, Lucy, Clara, aud Ella, >all of whom survive and have families of their own. The brothers of Mrs. >Ross served in the Confederate army during the Civil war. >J. Shirley Ross, our direct subject, was the only child of his parents. He >was educated in the public schools and for some years was connected with his >father in the brick industry. He is identified with a number of fraternal >organizations, including the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, >the Eagles, and others. In politics, like his late father, he is a Democrat. >He has given good satisfaction in the office of city recorder, as is >evidenced by his election for a third term and is personally esteemed and his >family respected throughout this section. He is a member of the Baptist >church. Mr. Ross resides with his widowed mother in Charleston. > > >==== WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************** >WV-FOOTSTEPS/USGENWEB NOTICE: >These messages 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. >********************************************************************** > ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:37:33 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Noyes S. BURLEW, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 372 NOYES S. BURLEW, a leading business man at Charleston, W. Va., conducting a general hardware store, was born at Sheldrake, Seneca County, N. Y., and is a son of James A. and Sophia (Wood) Burlew. The parents of Mr. Burlew were natives of New Jersey and came of French stock. They moved to Seneca County, N. V., and there the father died at the age of seventy-five years. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church and liberal supporters of the same. The father even went to the extent of erecting a church edifice in his own neighborhood at his own expense. Ten children were born to James A. Burlew and wife, six of whom survive and two sons are residents of Charleston, Noyes S. and Abraham, the latter of whom is a 'yell known attorney here. Noyes S. Burlew remained on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age. He was educated in the local schools and at Cazenovia College and afterward practiced dentistry for seven years at Ovid and other points in New York state. In 1872 he came to Charleston and engaged in the lumber business for two years and then was appointed a revenue collector, an office he resigned in 1876 in order to engage in business. He established himself in the hardware line, first on Capitol Street, and in 1877 came to his present location, No. 712 Kanawha Street. He has made many property investments since he became a resident of Charleston, and some twenty-one years since erected the Burlew Opera House, of which he has been owner and manager ever since. In politics he has been quite active, early identifying himself with the Republican party. In his first administration, former Governor Dawson appointed Mr. Burlew adjutant-general of the state, and he was reappointed later by Governor Glass-cock, and continued in office until 1910, when he resigned and has accepted no public office since. Mr. Burlew was married at Charleston to Miss Lizzie Rand, who was born and reared here, and is a daughter of William J. and Ella (Noyes) Rand, who spent their long lives at Charleston. They were members of the Pres-byterian church, to which religious body Mr. and Mrs. Burlew also belong. Mr. Burlew is very prominent in Masonry and for the past ten years has been high priest and prophet of Beni-Kedem Shrine, at Charleston, of which he is also Past Potentate. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:46:14 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3b9c0ac9.251972c6@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Addison Moffat SCOTT, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 372-376 ADDISON MOFFAT SCOTT-The subject of this sketch, Addison M. Scott, civil engineer, the son of Chauncey L. Scott, a New York farmer, was born in Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y., February 20, 1843. He is of mixed Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. His mother, Margaret L. Moffat, was a daughter of Samuel Moffat, a man of considerable promi-nence in the early history of Dryden, N. Y.; his father, the Rev. John Moffat, was a Presbyterian minister. This revefend ancestor of our subject graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton College) in 1749; he was settled for a time at Middlesex, N. J., and later in Ulster and Orange counties, N. Y. Samuel Moffat, the grandfather of the Rev. John Moffat, was a Scotch Covenanter and fought at the battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679. After this historic defeat he fled to Ballylig, Ireland. afterwards emigrating, with his fami-ly, to America and settling in New Jersey. Mr. Scott's grandmother, flee Ann Shaw, on the maternal side, was also Protestant Scotch-Irish. Her parents, John and Isabella Shaw and family came from County Antrim, Ireland, in i8oo, and settled in Cayuga county, N. Y., Mrs. John Shaw was Isabella Tennent, daughter of a member of Parliament and owner of large landed estates in northern Ireland. The subject of this sketch in his boyhood worked on his father's farm in Dryden and went to the district school. At about sixteen. ayid for several years after, he attended the Ithaca Academy, at Ithaca, N. Y., directing his studies in large part to mathematics and surveying. While attending the academy he generally taught school during the winters. In the spring of 1866 he made a trip to the Northwest and at St. Paul joined a party then organizing there under Gen. G. K. Warren of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, for a survey of the upper Mssissippi river. Upon the disbanding of this party at St. Louis late in i866, Mr. Scott returned home and renewed his studies at the Ithaca Academy. While at school in the fall of 1867, General Warren offered him a position as assistant engineer oh the improvement of the upper Mississippi, then getting under way. This position he accepted with much hes-itation, as it broke in on his plan of study, which included a course at college. He remained on the Mississippi work for several years. the latter three years of the time he was employed as assistant engineer on the construction of a large railroad and highway bridge built by the United States across the Mississippi river at Rock Island and Davenport. He was on this work from the first survey for the location of the bridge until its completion in the spring of 1873. On the completion of the bridge General Warren, who had been transferred to the East with headquarters at Newport, R. I., tendered Mr. Scott a position under him there. This would have been accepted but for another; and what appeared a more promising offer, made about the same time. In that year, 1873, the United States Gov-ernment undertook the improvement of the Great Kanawha river, which was in the Ohio River Department, then in charge of Col. William E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, with head-quarters at Cincinnati, and Mr. Scott was placed in local charge as resident engineer. Through the several changes that took place in the organization of the river improvement force, Mr. Scott was continuously retained in his position as chief assistant or resident engineer. During his long service here, he devoted himself with persevering zeal and energy to the duties of his professional position, mastering thoroughly the theory and practical details of the Chanoine movable dams which the Government adopted in the improvement of the Great Kanawha river. The first movable dams in America were built in this river. For a full description of the Chanoine dams and a history of the improvement of the Great Kanawha river, see a separate article elsewhere in this volume. To all his subordinates Mr. Scott was always courteous and kind, winning their respect and esteem, while he himself possessed the unhounded confidence and kind regards of superior officers. In his profession he has achieved an enviable reputation for capacity, skill, and executive ability. In his general intercourse with the public Mr. Scott is a modest, unassuming, courteous gentleman. He is accurate, prompt, and thoroughly reliable in all business engagements and transactions. Mr. Scott remained in local charge of the Great Kanawha River Improvement uitil the fall of 1901, when he resigned, making a continuous service of over twenty-eight years on that work and of thirty-four years as civil en-gineer in the U. S. Corps of Engineers. A reference to his professional service should not omit the following tribute paid him by the distinguished engineer officer, the late Gen. William P. Craighill under whom he served for twenty-one years, a period embracing the beginning and nearly the entire completion of the lock and dam system of the great Kanawba. As noted elsewhere, Gen. Craighill gave up command of the Baltimore Division of River and Harbor works, which included the Great Kanawba Improvement, in 1895, when promoted to the highest office in his corps, the Chief of Engineers of the Army. In an article on the Kanawha Improvement, that appeared in the "Engineering Record" of June 17, 1899, General Craighill says: "I desire also to call attention in the most emphatic way to another member of the American Society of Civil En-gineers, who has for more than twenty-five years been connected with this important im-provement which has been most successful from a commercial as well as an engineering standpoint. I refer to Mr. A. M. Scott, who was principal engineer on this work when I took charge of it for the United States in 1874; he has remained on it up to the present time when it is completed. The conduct of the work has been most economical, wise and excellent in every way. Mr. Scott has exhibited an unusual degree of skill as a designing and constructing engineer in the management of the improvement and in dealing with the many perplexing problems, which have presented themselves for solution in its progress. To him is due, more than to any other person, the success of this work. I say what I know, and it gives sincere pleasure thus to bear record to the merit of a most faithful and deserving man."Mr. Scott has continued to make Charleston his home since giving up active work in the river improvement. He had faith in the future of the city and valley from the first, and proved it by early and judicious investments of his sav-ings in real estate here, that have made a fair provision for his declining years. He has been a member of the American Society of Civil En-gineers since 1886; and is Vice President of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce; he is a Mason of long standing-past High Priest of Royal Arch Masons, and past Eminent Commander of Knights Templar of the Charleston Commandery. Though not a member of any church, he has been identified with the Kanawha Presbyterian since first coming to Charleston, and is a member of the board of trustees of that church. He was married in 1907 to Miss Florence L. Jeroloman, a daughter of Judge John Jeroloman of New York City. Mr. Scott has always been a democrat, and though never prominent in politics, he takes a real interest in all public matters, and, as indicated above, is active in various lines of civic duty. Note: The above sketch is made up, in part, from extracts taken from the pen of the late Dr. John P. Hale (History of the Great Kanawha Valley 1891), and others as noted in the text. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:49:34 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <39a10a47.2519738e@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Frank MAYER, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 376 FRANK MAYER, farmer in Elk District, Kanawlia County, W. Va., was born in Beaver County, Pa., Novemher 20, i86o, and is a son of Felix and Dorothy (Ryder) Mayer. Felix Mayer was born in Wurtemberg, Germany. and came to the United States when a young man and foun(l work at his trade, that of a painter. at Cincinnati, Ohio. From there lie went to Economy, Pa., and there married Dorothy Ryder, who had also been born in Germany and had been brought to America by her parents when she was five years old. In 1871, Felix Mayer with his family moved to what is now called Mink Shoal, Elk District, and was one of the earliest settlers. The country at that time was wild and uncleared, but he possessed the industry, energy and thrift that enabled him to clear his land and develop it into one of the most productive farms of this section. He died May 30, 1892, at the age of sixty-four years. His widow survives and lives with her son Frank. Eleven children were born to Felix Mayer and wife and Frank is the eldest of the nine survivors, the others being: Minnie, wife of W. Broadhag, of Charleston; Ldtiisa, wife of John Alman, of Seattle, Wash.; Bertha, wife of M. Gatewood, of Charleston William, a farmer in Elk District; Anna and Clara, both at home; Ida, widow of I. Wil-hams; and Lottie, wife of Edward Lory, of Charleston. After his school days were over, Frank Mayer assisted his father and soon became manager of the farm, and after the father's death he bought the interests of the other heirs and now owns the whole estate. He carries on general farming and stock raising and is one of the most prosperous agriculturists of this district. He is a charter member of the Lutheran church at Charleston. In politics he is a Democrat but has never been willing to accept office. ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:56:39 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Peter YOUNG, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 376-377 PETER YOUNG, grocery merchant at Charleston, W. Va., and one of the representative business men of the city, was born in what is now Union District, Kanawha County, W. Va., April 2, 1843, and is a son of Rev. Robert Young and a grandson of Mathias Young. Rev. Robert Young was born in Greenbrier County, Va., April 11, 1816, and died at Charleston, November 19, 1892. He was a son of Mathias Young, who was of German parentage, but was reared in Green-brier county, what is now Fayette County, Va. He there married a Miss Hickman, and later moved into what is now Roane County, W. Va., where his wife died at the birth of their youngest child, who is Rev. Henry Young, the only survivor of a family of seven sons and six daughters. All of the thirteen children married and all but one daughter had children, the family being a prolific and vigorous one, although the mother died when about forty-three years of age. At a later date Mathias Young moved to Kanawha County, settling in Union District and was there married to Maria Tate, who survived him and married again, dying at the age of sixty-five years. Mathias Young was fifty-seven years old at the time of his death and had four children born to his second marriage. He was a Whig in politics and his business life was entirely agricultural. Robert Young was the fifth in order of birth in the family of thirteen children. He became the owner of 700 acres of excellent farm land and for twenty-five years was interested with his son in the grocery trade at Charleston, being a silent partner. At the age of thirty-five years he became a Baptist minister and continued in unity with that religious body during the remainder of a long and eminently useful life. He married Anna Wallace, a daughter of Alex-ander Wallace, Esq., the latter of whom was a justice of the peace for sixteen years in what is now Poca District, Kanawba County, and was very prominent in other ways. He laid out one of the first roads in Kanawha County, and for years was foreman for the Ruffner's, early gardeners in the Kanawba Valley. Mrs. Young was born April 23, 1823, and she still survives, re-taining all her faculties. Her memory is quite remarkable. She is a devoted member of the Baptist church and has always been beloved and esteemed for her womanly virtues. To Rev. Robert Young and wife ten children were born, three sons and seven daughters, all of whom married and nine of whom survive. Mrs. Young resides with her widowed daughter Mrs. Mary Duley, No. 242 Kanawba Street, Charleston. Peter Young was the eldest born of his parents' family and he remained on the home farm until 1867, when he came to Charleston and in association with his father opened a grocery store at No.247 Kenawba Street, he being the active member of the firm. The business was continued at the above stand until 1905, when removal was made to the present commodious brick building at No. 233 Virginia Street, where a large stock of staple and fancy groceries is carried. Mr. Young was married in Union District, Kanawba County, W. Va., to Miss Lorena Casdorph, who was born there March 14, 1846, a daughter of Ezariah and Mary Casdorph, natives of Kanawha and Monroe County respectively. Both of them died in Union District, the father at the age of eighty-four years and the mother aged sixty-seven years. They had thirteen children, all married but one and all are deceased but two. One brother of Mrs. Young, William Harrison Casdorph, who was a private in the Federal Army, serving as a faithful soldier in the 7th W. Va. Cav., was captured by the Confederates in the Lynchburg, Va., raid, and died in Libby Prison. Mr. and Mrs. Young have had eight children: Anna Laura, who married Henry Cohers, and dies at the age of thirty-two years; David, who resides at home; Walter, who is associated with his father, married Anna Smith and they have a son, Lawrence; Alvin, who is associated with his brothers in operating a laundry; Minnie, who is the wife of Mordica Wallace, a druggist at Ft. Worth, Tex., and has two children; Clarence, who is in the laundry busi-ness at Charleston, and is also money-order clerk in the post-office; and Cora and Charles. Mr. Young is a Republican in politics and is serving as councilman of the Third Ward. He belongs to Kanawha Lodge No.25, Odd Fellows. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 08:20:46 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <142d3b7b.251a239e@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Michael Evans HENNESSY, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 103-104 MICHAEL EVANS HENNESSY The Hennessys are of Irish descent. Those of that family living in Greenbrier county are descendants of Patrick and Mary (Costello) Hennessy, whose son, Edward, was born in Ireland, in 1833, and came to America when fourteen years of age. After bringing his father and mother to this country, he settled in Virginia. Edward Hennessy, on May 17, 1865, married Miss Margaret Steers. She was born in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1844. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth, born June 6, 1866; Alice, August 21, 1867, died March 22, 1872; Margaret Ellen, April 23, 1868; Michael Evans, September 9, 1870; Joseph Edward, September 23, 1873; Johanna, July 2, 1875; John Isaac, Decemher 7, 1877; Juliette, July 2, 1879. Mr. Hennessy, procuring a position with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company, moved, with his family, to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Michael Evans Hennessy, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and with the other children of the family, was schooled in the White Sulphur district. When twenty years of age he went West, and was for some time connected with the Western Dredge and Improvement Company in the construction of the Lake Michigan and Mississippi Canal, between Chicago and Joliet Later, he returned to West Virginia and accepted a position with the transportation department of the Cheasapeake & Ohio Railroad Com-pany, in which department he served for a number of years. Resigning, he accepted a position with the White Sulphur & Huntersville Railroad Company, which company he now serves as su-perintendent. Mr. Hennessy is also interested in the drug business in White Sulphur Springs. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and is known as a genial companion and worthy citizen of his community. On May 5, 1915, Mr. Hennessy married Margaret, a daughter of William Henry and Mary Greene. Her grandparents, on both sides, came from Ireland. Mr. Greene was a teacher in West Virginia for a great many years. He reared a family of nine children, seven of whom, Mrs. Hennessy included, were teachers. In 1912 Mr. Hennessy erected a commodious home one-half mile north of White Sulphur Springs, in which he and his wife reside. They are members of the Catholic church.