West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 49 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: Robert DUNLAP, Kanawha County [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: George P. ALDERSON, Kanawha C [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: Samuel STEPHENSON, Kanawha Co [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: S. G. BACKUS, M.D., Kanawha C [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: Henry Platt BRIGHTWELL, Kanaw [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: John Thomas JACKSON, Kanawha [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: Edward Boardman KNIGHT, Kanaw [SSpradling@aol.com] #8 BIO: J. Wiliam PRITT, Kanawha Coun [SSpradling@aol.com] #9 BIO: Columbus Jackson TURLEY, Kana [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: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:03:54 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <16eed97c.251f114a@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Robert DUNLAP, 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. 419 ROBERT DUNLAP, who conducts a general store at Mammoth, was born in Washington District, Kanawba County, March 5, 1864, and is a son of Frank and Sarah (Davis) Dun-lap, and a grandson of Rev. Thomas Davis, who, at one time owned the valley of Davis Creek. Frank Dunlap was a well known farmer on Davis Creek, in Loudon District and owned the property that now belongs to his son, Rome E. Dunlap. His death occurred in 1891 at the age of fifty-four years. He married Sarah Davis, who survived to the age of seventy-three years. They had the following children horn to them Peter C.; Emma E., who is the wife of Leonard Holstein; and Robert, Stanhope F., Andrew J., Rome E., Golden H., Alice and James B. Alice married Hubert Martin. Robert Dunlap remained on the home farm until he was sixteen years of age, in the mean-while attending the local schools. He then became a miner for the Black Band Iron and Coal Company, which work he followed for ten years on Davis Creek. From there he went to the Winifrede Coal Company for four years, and from there to the Campbell's Creek Coal Company, with which lie continued until 1897, when he opened a store, on a small scale, at Mammoth, his bill of goods amounting to $82. Later he moved his stock to Campbell's Creek, but in October, 1907, returned to Mam-moth and bought his present store building and subsequently erected his comfortable resi-dence. He also owns stock in some coal and timber land in MaIden District on Campbell's Creek, which is very valuable. He is one of the prosperous business men of the place. Mr. Dunlap was married July 2, 1892, to Miss Mary Stone, a daughter of William M. and Ursly (Nelson) Stone, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have one son, Marcus Talmadge. In politics Mr. Dunlap is a Republican. He is a member of Lodge No. 242, Odd Fellows, at Mammoth, and Haddoth Lodge No. 170, Knights of Pythias, at Putney, W. Va. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:07:54 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: George P. ALDERSON, 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. 419-420 GEORGE P. ALDERSON, a well known member of the Kanawha County bar, residing in Charleston, was born at Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 1879, and is a son of Irving N. Alderson, whose death occurred in our subject's childhood. The latter has since then resided with his uncle, Col. J. Coleman Alderson, formerly of Wheeling, W. Va., but now a prominent citizen of Charleston. Irving N. Alderson was born in Amherst County, Va., in 1845, a son of Rev. Louis A. Alderson. George P. Alderson in his boyhood attended a preparatory school in Garrett County, Md. He then entered Columbia College and was subsequently a student at George Washington University, both institutions of Washington, D.C. Graduated with his degree in law in 1905, be was admitted to the bar in Washing-ton, D. C., on January 1st of the following year and later became a member of the bar of Kanawha County, W. Va., and is now located in the Alderson-Stevenson Building. He is a man of recognized ability in his profession, a good citizen having at heart the interests of his adopted city, and in politics is a Democrat. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:13:59 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Samuel STEPHENSON, 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. 420-423 SAMUEL STEPHENSON, vice president of the Kanawha Valley Oil and Gas Company, and one of the proprietors of the Holley Coal and Coke Company, is largely interested in coal, gas and lumber and land enterprises in this part of the country. He was born March 10, 1859, in Nicholas county, W. Va., and was reared in Clay county, a son of Andrew J. and Mary Jane (Forsythe) Stephenson, the former of whom was born in Nicholas county and the latter at Staunton, Va. Andrew J. Stephenson was a son of David and Nancy (Rader) Stephenson, and was born April 29, 1829. David Stephenson was also a native of Virginia and died in Nicholas county at the age of fifty years, and his widow at the age of seventy years. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Andrew J. Stephenson spent his life in Nicholas and Clay counties, Virginia, was a lifelong Democrat and for thirty-two years was clerk of the county and circuit courts. His death occurred Octo-ber 31, 1903, at the age of seventy-four years. He married Mary Jane Forsythe, a daughter of Abraham and Jane (Whight) Forsythe, who were prominent people near Staunton, Va. Abraham Forsythe was a man of large estate before the Civil War and owned many slaves, but his fortune was much depleted on account of his having signed bonds for a county officer, which were invalidated. With his wife he belonged to and liberally supported the Methodist Episcopal church. Seven sons and two daughters were born to Andrew J. Stephenson and wife, namely: Glendora, who married T. B. Stephenson, a distant relative, residing in Clay county, and they have three daughters; Forsythe, who is a lumberman, residing at Charles-ton: Samuel; Elijah L., who is a merchant and miller residing at Clay Court House, married Missouri Young and they have one son and two daughters; Albert, who is a farmer in Clay county and holds the office of assessor, married a Miss Salisbury, now deceased; Florence, who is the wife of John E. Carden, a merchant at Covington, Va., and has six sons and two daughters; Homer, a wholesale dealer in feed residing at Clendenin, Kanawha county, also a farmer and miller, who married Lydia Nichols and has two sons and three daughters; Ben-jamin L., who died when aged six months; and Eston Byrne, who is a retired physician. Dr. Stephenson is a member of the State Board of Control, having been appointed by Governor Glasscock in 1910. He married Lydia Downey. Samuel Stephenson is one of the representa-tive and able business men of Kanawba county but he enjoyed only public schopl educational advantages. He has been a resident of Charleston for ten years and prior to that time was engaged in a timber and lumber business in Clay county. He also engaged in the lumber business for some eight years in Boone county. In association with other capitalists he is concerned in many large enterprises:is an extensive operator in oil, coal and gas in West Virginia. Mr. Stephenson was married in Boone coun-ty, W. Va., to Mrs. Cynthia Dell (Vickers) Sayers, widow of the late Ira G. Sayers, w'ho was survived by two children: Ira G., who resides at Charleston; and Nona B., who is the wife of Dr. Sharp, of Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson have two children, Bvron Jackson and Rebie Dell, both of whom are stu-dents in the public schools. Mrs. Stephenson is a member of.the Methodist Episcopal church, south. Mr. Stephenson is not only an influential man in the business circles of Charleston and Kanawba county, but he is also efficient and valuable as a citizen. In 1893 he was appointed deputy revenue collector for the southern district of West Virginia, and performed the duties of this office for two years and then resigned. He has served in his second term as a member of the city council, elected on the Democratic ticket, of which party he is a leading factor in this section. He is a Ma-son of advanced degree, belonging to the Blue Lodge, at Clay, W. Va., the Chapter, Commandery and Consistory at Charleston and also to Beni-Kedem Shrine, at Charleston. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:23:50 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <98a6f0cc.251f15f6@aol.com> Subject: BIO: S. G. BACKUS, M.D., 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. 423-424 S. G. BACKUS, M. D., physician and surgeon in active and successful practice at South Charleston, W. Va., was horn in 1874, in Nicholas County, W. Va., a son of B. F. and Albina (Dorsey) Backus. The father of Dr. Backus was twice married, first to a Miss Carolina Grose and three of their four children survive. Mr. Backus died on his farm in Nicholas County at the age of seventy-four years. Eight children were born to his second marriage. S. G. Backus attended the public schools and then commenced the study of medicine, com-pleting his medical course in the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, 0., where he was graduated in 1904. He immediately engaged in practice at Sunimersville, in Nicholas Coun-ty and remained there until 1909, when he came to South Charleston, where he built his present well equipped office near the C. & 0. Railroad depot. His practice comes from a wide surrounding territory. He is special surgeon for the South Charleston Crusher Company. Dr. Backus married Miss Araminta S. Maynor, a native of Fayette County, and daughter of John A. and Martha Maynor, the former of whom is deceased. They have one daughter, Juanita Frances, who is now five years old. They attend the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Backus is a Republican in politics, and he belongs to the fraternal order, Knights of Pythias. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:25:49 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4748a23d.251f166d@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Henry Platt BRIGHTWELL, 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. 424 HENRY PLATT BRIGHTWELL, who holds the responsible position of secretary to the Hon. William E. Glasscock, governor of West Virginia, is one of the rising young public men of the state. He was born- in Prince Edward County, Va., about thirty-five years ago, and is a son of Henry C. and Elizabeth (Pollard) Brightwell. His father died in i888; his mother is now over sixty years of age and is a resident of Bedford City, Va. Their children were as follows: Carrie B., who is the wife of J. W. Hopkins, resides in Bed-ford, Va., and has three children; Maude, the wife of Robert Lee Quarles, is also a resident of Bedford City, and has three children; Hen-ry Platt, who is the direct subject of this sketch; and Edward Walker, cashier of the Capital City Bank, of Charleston, who is a graduate of Randolph Macon Seminary, and is unmarried. Henry Platt Brightwell was reared and acquired his early education in Bedford City, Bedford County, Va. He completed his literary education in the Randolph-Macon Academy, which he entered while yet in his "teens;" and soon afterwards became identified with the banking interests of his native state, being thus engaged there from 1893 to 1896, and acquiring a good knowledge of financial meth-ods. In the year last mentioned he came to Charleston, W. Va., becoming associated with the Charleston National Bank of Charleston. A few years later he organized the Richwood Bank and Trust Company, at Richwood, W. Va., which was the first bank in that place, he becoming its cashier and manager. This institution proved a success and has since pros-pered. After three years, however, Mr. Bright-well resigned his position with the bank to become assistant cashier of the Kanawha Banking and Trust Company of Charleston, W. Va., which position he resigned in January, 1910, to become assistant banking commissioner of the -State of West Virginia, the duties of which office are to make periodical examination of the condition of the various state banks, making it a very responsible position. After' filling it capably for six months, he resigned in order to become bank exami~ner of national banks for the United States government, mak-ing his reports directly to the comptroller of currency at Washington, D. C. In this position also he proved his ability and gained more valuable experience in financial matters. He resigned as national bank examiner December 1, 1910, to assume the duties of secretary to the governor. In this position he has once more proved himself equal to high responsibility, handling intricate situations with the skill of a real diplomat, showing everready tact and efficiency, and relieving the Governor of much arduous labor. Mr. Brightwell was married in Morgantown, W. Va., December 3, 1903, to Frances Russell White, who was born in that place. Mrs. Brightwell was educated in her native town, at LaSalle Seminary, Boston, Mass., and at National Park Seminary, Washington, D. C. With her husband, she is prominent in the social circles of Charleston and is affiliated religiously with the Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Brightwell are the parents of two children-Frances Pollard, born December 29, 1905, and Elizabeth Morehead, born January 28, 1907. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:29:54 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: John Thomas JACKSON, 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. 424 JOHN THOMAS JACKSON, a member of one of the well known families of Kanawha County, is a representative business man of Clendenin, W. Va. He was born at Osborne's Mills, October 12, 1867, and is ason of Al-marine and Rosanna (Atkinson) Jackson, and a grandson of Thomas H. Jackson, the father now living retired at the age of seventy-four years. After his school days ended, John Thomas Jackson, then eighteen years old, started to teach school, and taught for thirteen terms in Roane and Kanawha Counties, where he was also engaged in farming for five years. In 1903 he came to Clendenin, where he conducted a grocery store for three years, when he lost his stock by fire. Since 1907 he has been associated with his brother in the feed business and is also considerably interested in oil and gas in this vicinity. He is one of the solid and representative men of the town, taking a good citizen's interest in everything but desiring no po-litical office. He is a Democrat. Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Effie B. Young, who was born in 1879, a daughter of James'A. and Josephine (Swan) Young, and they have two children: Glenn and Clair, aged respectively eight and six years. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:37:18 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Edward Boardman KNIGHT, 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. 424-425 EDWARD BOARDMAN KNIGHT, formerly a prominent member of the Charleston bar and a citizen held in high esteem, was born in Hancock, N. H., August 22, 1834, son of Asa and Melinda (Adams) Knight. He graduated at Dartmouth college in the class of 1861. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1863, and practiced for a short time in New London, N. H., and also in Dover, N. H. In March or April, 1865, he came to Charleston, W. Va., and entered into a partnership for the practice of the law with Col. Benjamin H. Smith under the firm name of Smith & Knight. In a very few years Col. Smith retired and his place in the firm was taken by his son, Mr. Issac N. Smith, the firm name remaining as before. Mr. Isaac N. Smith died in the fall of 1883 and in 1884 Mr. Knight and Mr. George S. Couch entered into a partnership under the firm name of Knight & Couch, which continued until Mr. Knight's retirement from practice January I, 1892. Mr. W. S. Laidley says of him: "From almost any point of view Mr. Knight was a strong lawyer, and when he knew he was right always succeeded in impressing the court and jury with the fact, and generally distinguished himself in important cases by his clear-cut, forceful and convincing argument, sticking very closely to the evidence and the truth and therefore to the point. With an apparent seriousness of mind withal he had a remarkable vein of wit and humor when occasion called for an expression of this temperament and was a favorite master of ceremonies, or toastmaster at bar association meetings." Speaking of his strong manly and moral character, his old law partner, Isaac Smith, said that he was the purest-minded man with the highest moral ideas he ever knew. Mr. Knight was very fond of outdoor life and spent his summers mostly in the beautiful hills around Sunnipee Lake, New Hampshire, and was an enthusiastic fisherman. Mr. Knight was a member from Kanawha County of the Constitutional Convention of 1872, but never held any other political office. He was, how-ever, for a number of years city solicitor of Charleston. In politics he was always a Democrat. He married on September 15, 1854, Hannah Elizabeth White, of Newport, N. H., who died November '4, 1878. On February 13, 1882, he married Mary Elizabeth White, who with three children by his first wife Edward Wallace, Harold Warren, and Mary Ethel (now Mrs. George W. McClintic)-survived him at his death on December 16, 1897. Edward Wallace Knight, son of Edward B. and Hannah Elizabeth Knight, was horn April 30, 1866. He graduated from Dartmouth college in the class of 1887, read law in the office of Knight & Couch, and was admit-ted to the bar in May, 1889. January 1, 1892, he entered into a partnership for the practice of law with Messrs. James F. Brown and Mal-colm Jackson, who had theretofore been in partnership under the name of Brown & Jackson, the style of the new firm being Brown, Jackson & Knight. The present members of the firm, in addition to those named above, are Messrs. V. L. Black, John Wehrle, Angus W. McDonald, George S. Couch, Jr., and Oscar P. Fitzgerald, Jr. Mr. Knight has been general counsel of the Deepwater, Tidewater and Virginian Railways since 1902. He served in the common council of the city of Charleston from 1891 to 1894, but has held no other office. He married, January 25, 1893, Mary Catherine, daughter of J. E. Dana, and they have three children-Edward Dana, born March 23, 1894; Elizabeth Swift, horn August 3, 1897, and Mary Ethel, born July 22, 1911. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:40:16 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <821688c.251f19d0@aol.com> Subject: BIO: J. Wiliam PRITT, 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. 425 J. WILIAM PRITT, postmaster at Derrick, W. Va., and manager of his father's farm of 256 acres, which is situated on Derrick Creek, Poca District, Kanawba County, W. Va., was born in this district, May 8, 1871, and is a son of John H. and Mary E. (Samuels) Pritt. John H. Pritt was born February 14, 1853, in Virginia, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. After marriage he set-tled first at Sissonville on Poca River, where he lived with his brother, J. M. Pritt two years and then moved to what is known as Dave Dick's Branch, above Sissonville. From there he moved to Beane Bridge, on the Poca River, and from there to the farm above mentioned. He married Mary E. Samuels, who is a daughter of John G. and Nancy Emeline Samuels, natives of Kana-wha County, and the following children were born to them: J. William; Henrietta, who is the wife of R. S. Pritt, who resides at the head of Derrick Creek, and they have five children-George, Susa, Alice, Ethel and Esther; T. F., who married Roxie Witt, a daughter of R. F. Witt, and they have five children-Herman D., John Fletcher, Will-iam Roy, Atlee and Clara Ethel; Julia Ann, who is the widow of Frank C. Miller, has three children-Opa, Emmazetta and Ottmer; Edward G., who resides on Derrick Ridge between Derrick and Allen Fort Creek, married Ora Witt, and they have three children-Hazel, Oran and Li! Ii e; J. M., who is deceased; Lizzie Jane, who is the wife of Vallie Older, resides on Poca River above the mouth of Kelleys' Creek; E. C., who lives at home; D. B., who resides on Froggs' Creek, married Chlora Jones and they have one child, Ruby; and E. A., who is deceased. The Pritt men are all Republicans and are leading factors in the political life of Poca District. J. William Pritt is the only one, however, who is filling any political posi-tions having been appointed postmaster at Derrick on April 8, 1907. Mail arrives at this point from Sissonville, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 02:48:44 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <57e3b704.251f1bcc@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Columbus Jackson TURLEY, 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. 425-427 COLUMBUS JACKSON TURLEY, general merchant, doing business on the south side, Charleston, W. Va., was born April 13, 1862, in Washington District, Kanawha County, and is a son of Christopher Columbus and Susan (Glispie) Turley, and a grandson of John Turley, who was one of the earliest settlers of Washington District. When John Turley came to Kanawba Coun-ty and settled in what is now Washington' District, he found a wilderness which was but little changed from its virgin state. After selecting his land he erected a log cabin and began to clear up his property. It was the custom of that time for other settlers to unite and assist the newcomer and John Turley found this neighborly sentiment prevailing as men came on horseback, a distance of thirty miles, to help him in his log-rollings, some of them having to travel for two days in order to reach the place. Subsequently he performed the same kind service for others. John Turley was a cooper and a boat builder and was able to construct his own boats on which he would convey his barrels down the Coal River to the Kanawha, and thence to the Licks, now Malden. He died in 1865, at a goodly age, and had been a Union man throughout the Civil War. Three of his sons served in a northern regiment. He was one of the founders of the Baptist church in his neighborhood and his descendants have continued in the same faith. He married a sister of A. M. Smith, who was once a - large land owner and a prominent man of his day in Kanawha County. A large family was born to this marriage and three of their sons-John H., Jackson B., and Christopher Columbus, served in the Federal Army during the Civil War. Christopher Columbus Turley was born April 30, 1829, in Washington District, Kana-wha County, where he still resides, his home being with a son, Oscar B. Turley. During his active years he was a farmer and also a river man, working both flat-boats and steam-boats for a number of years. During the Civil War he served for one enlistment in the 7th Vol. Cav., of West Virginia. He is a strong supporter of the Republican party and still takes a deep interest in its affairs and keeps posted concerning the leading events of the times. He was married in Washington Dis-trict to Susan Glispie, who was born in 1843 and died in 1899. She was a devoted member of the Baptist church and a wise and tender wife and mother. They had seven children, all of whom reached maturity, married and had children. Francis M., John C., and George S. are deceased. The survivors are: William H., who has charge of an ice plant at Mont-gomery, W. Va., married twice; Jene, who is the wife of Cornelius Pickens, a general merchant at Charleston; Columbus Jackson; and Oscar S., who is a general merchant in Washington District, and married Jennie Chandler. Columbus Jackson Turley has been looked upon as a successful man, prosperous and well informed, for many years, but it required a hard struggle in his boyhood and youth to secure an education and to gain a foothold in business. He recalls conditions as they were at that time, with the old log school buildings separated many miles from each other and as many from the homes of the pupils. He was very ambitious as a student and held a foremost place in his class one winter when he was obliged to walk two miles to school. On one ocassion his father bought him a pair of brogan boots, but they did not fit and the father had to make a week's trip in order to change them for another pair. Snow was on the ground but nevertheless the lad attended school even when it necessitated his going back and forth in his bare feet. This spirit of courage and perseverance continued with Mr. Turley and has been a useful asset. In 1887 he began work as a mechanic in railroad construction in the southern states, becoming a contractor, and continued in this line until 1892, when he re-turned to Kanawha County and engaged in merchandising at the Forks of Coal River, remaining there until 1896. He then went to Danville, Boone County, W. Va., where he conducted a mercantile business under the firm name of Pickens & Turley, also engaged in milling and operated the only planing mill in the county. In '1901 Mr. Turley purchased his present business from John A. Carr, who was formerly a partner in a produce company and built the store building in 1897. Mr. Tur-ley has made many substantial improvements since he became owner and has put in a large stock of goods. He carries on a general store trade and deals in the wholesale line in feed and flour, and retails groceries and vegetables. He also deals in corn, ship-stuff, middlings, salt, lime, straw, meal, bacon, etc. Mr. Turley was married January 30, 1890, at Birmingham, Ala., to Miss Almeda Byers, who was born August 16, 1866, at Sterrett, Shelby County, Ala., a 4aughter of Robert and Ann H. Byers, who reside at Sterrett. As was Mr. Turley, Mrs. Turley was reared in the Baptist faith. They reside in their beautiful residence which is so situated at Charleston as to overlook the Kanawha Valley. In politics Mr. Turley is a Republican. He is identified fraternally with the Masons and Odd Fel-lows, also being a Shriner. 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