WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 17 Today's Topics: #1 Bio- Henry Fairbanks Warden- McDow [Joan Wyatt ] #2 Bio- WalterAllen Carr M.D.- McDowe [Joan Wyatt ] #3 BIO: WELCH, Richard A., Mineral Co [Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387E90C8.19749C5@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio- Henry Fairbanks Warden- McDowell Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society Inc. Chicago and New York Volume 11 Page 240 Bio- Henry Fairbanks Warden-McDowell Co. Henry is a young man who has shown fine executive and administrating ability in connection with the coal-mining industry in West Virginia, where he is a general manager of the Williams Pocahontas Coal Company at War, McDowell Co., besides being general manager also for the Orinoco Mining Co., Orinoco, on Pond Creek, Pike Co., Kentucky. His residence and official headquarters are maintained at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia. A scion of staunch Colonial ancestry in New England, Mr. Warden was born in the town of Monroe, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, on the 29th of May, 1893, and he is the son of Alexander and Susie (Fairbanks) Warden, both likewise natives of Monroe, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, where the father was a representative merchant and farmer and influential in political circles and public affairs of a local order. He died in 1908, at the age of seventy-four years. The first wife of Alexander Warden bore the maiden name of Lucy Flint, and his second wife, mother of the subject of this review, died in 1907, at the age of fourty-four years. Mr. Warden served as draft officer in his native country in the period of the civil war, and he represented his county in the State Legislature, served as its sheriff, was city clerk and postmaster at Monroe, and held other positions of trust. A man of inviolable integrity and mature judgment, he was a guide and counselor in his community and commanded unqualified popular confidence. He was one of the builders of the Methodist Episcopal Church edifice at Monroe, and was one of the most zealous and liberal members of the church. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. He passed the last seven years of his life in supervising his farms and other property interests. Alexander Warden was a member of a family of eleven sons and two daughters, and his father, Andrew Warden, was one of the substantial citizens of Monroe, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, at the time of hos death. Alexander and Lucy (Flint) Warden had one son, Oliver S. who is now owner and manager of the Great Falls Daily Tribune at Great Falls, Montana. Of the three children of the second marriage Henry F. of this sketch is the eldest. David R. is chief inspector and chemist in the employ of W.C.Atwater & Company at Bluefield, West Virginia. He was a student at Norwich University at Northfield, Vermont. In the World war period he was with the Near East Relief Commission in Turkey and Armenia, a service with which he connected eighteen months before his return to the United States. Ralph B., a youth of seventeen years(1922), resides with his brother, Henry F., at Bluefield. The early education of Henry F. Warden was acquired in the public schools of his native county and was supplemented by a four year's course at St. Johnsbury Academy, a leading preparatory school at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Thereafter he held a clerical position with Boston & Montana Smelting Co. at Great Falls, Montana, now a subsidiary of the famous Anaconda Smelting Co., and upon his return to the East he took a course in technical and industrial chemistry at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, in which institution he was graduate in 1913. Soon afterward he came to Bluefield, West Virginia, and took the position of chemist in the office of thePocahontas Coke Co. Eighteen months later he became chief inspector and chemist for William C. Atwater & Co., his duties involving inspection of coal mines and their products and the preparation of coal for market. He retained this position until he was made manager of the Williams Pocahontas Coal Co. and the Orinoco Mining Company's properties, owned by the Oriental Navigation Co., New York City, who are in a position to ship their coal from the West Virginia and Kentucky coal fields to all parts of the world. The Oracle, official publication of the Oriental Navigation Co., in one of its recent issues published a full-page portrait of Mr. Warden, who is probably the youngest general manager of coal-mining corporations to be found in West Virginia. In 1915 Mr. Warden married Miss Ethel Witt, daughter of J.F. Witt, of Bluefield, and the two children of this union are Henry Fairbanks, Jr., and James Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Warden are members of the Bland Street Methodist Church, South, and are popular in the representative social circles of their home city. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:07:51 -0500 From: Joan Wyatt To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387F1FA3.542E9FE@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio- WalterAllen Carr M.D.- McDowell Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published in 1923, The American Historical Society Inc. Chicago and New York Volume 11 Page 241 Walter Allen Carr, M.D. - McDowell Co. Walter Allen Carr, M.D. In the practice of his profession Dr. Carr is associated with Dr. David D. Hatfield, the former maintaining his headquarters at War and the latter at Yukon, both in McDowell Co. As partners the doctors have charge of the medical and surgical work at the mines of the following named corporations on Dry Fork and on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad: Warrior Coal Co., Williams Pocahantas Coal Co., War Creek Coal Co., DomesticPocahantas Coal Co., Yukon Pocahantas Coal Co., Buckhannon Coal Co., Dry Fork Coal Co., Sawyer Pocahantas Coal Co., Dry Fork Colliery Co., and Flat Top Coal Co. Each of these physicians also has a comprehensive and important private practice of general order. Dr. Carr was born at New Hope, Mercer Co., West Virginia, Dec. 9, 1882, and is the son of Edward B. and Mary (Ellison) Carr, the former of whom likewise was born at New Hope, in 1855, and the latter of whom was born in Grayson Co., Virginia, in 1862, a granddaughter of Rev. Matthew Ellison, a distinguished and revered clergyman of the Baptist Church in what is now West Virginia. Edward B. Carr was the third student to enroll his name at the Concord Normal School at Athens, and he has long maintained high prestige as a successful and popular teacher in the schools of this state, the while he has taken special satisfaction in inducing many of his pupils to attend his alma mater, the State Normal School at Athens. He has wielded large and benignant influence as an instructor and counselor of young men and women, his adiding sympathy and tolerance have been shown in human helpfulnesss, and he has ever been instant in the aiding of those in suffering and distress. It is pleasing to note that his son, Dr. Carr of this sketch, has shown the same gracious attitude and gives his professional service as well as other aid to those in need, just as willingly and earnestly to those who have no means of paying him as to those in affluent circumstances. Further than this, the Dr. attributes much of his professional success and advancement to the aid and goodly counsel of his honored father. Edward B. Carr taught in numerous rural schools in Mercer Co. and also at the normal school at Athens, where he and his wife now maintain their home. They are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he has been a teacher in the Sunday School for many years. He is independent in politics and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. His father, Col. Shannon Carr, who was born in Wythe Co. Virginia, represented the Old Dominion State as a gallant soldier and officer of the Confederacy in the Civil War, in which he was colonel of a regiment of Virginia infantry. He was a resident of Mercer Co., West Virginia, at the time of his death, and served many years as sheriff of that county. Edward B. and Mary(Ellison) Carr became the parents of five children: Dr. Edward S., a graduate of the University College of Medicine of Virginia, is a representative physician and surgeon at Narrows, that state; Mabel M. is the wife of S.C. Thornton of Princeton, West Virginia; Alice is(1922) a popular teacher in the public schools at War, McDowell Co.; Dr. Arthur B. graduated in the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, and is now a professional assistant of his brother, Dr. Walter A., who is the eldest of the children. Dr. Arthur B. Carr was a member of the Students Army training Corps during the period of America's participation in the World war. Dr. Walter A. Carr reverts with satisfaction that the major part of his preliminary education was acquired in schools taught by his father. Thereafter he continued his studies in the Concord State Normal School at Athens until 1902, after which he taught school one term in Mercer Co. In 1907 he graduated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and after thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he engaged in practice at Palmer, Braxton Co. Three months later he joined his brother Edward S. in practice at Narrows, Virginia, where he remained eighteen months. Since that time he has been doing admirable professional service in the coal fields of McDowell Co., West Virginia, where he now maintains his residence and office in the village of War. The doctor holds membership in the McDowell Co. Medical Society, West Virginia State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is independent in politics, and in the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with the Blue Lodge at Narrows, Virginia, and with the chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Northfork, McDowell Co. In 1909 Dr. Carr wedded Miss Hettie Altizer, daughter of William Altizer, of Harman, West Virginia, and her death occurred in Jan., 1913, one son, Walter Hatfield Carr, surviving her. In 1917 was recorded the marriage of Dr. Carr and Miss Elva M. Ward, daughter of George W. Ward, of Inez, Kentucky, and the two children of this union are a winsome little daughter, Betty May, and a baby boy, James Arthur. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 8:36:45 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <000114083645.496c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: BIO: WELCH, Richard A., Mineral County The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II. pg. 182 RICHARD A. WELCH. For considerably more than half a century the name Welch has been one of prominence in the Mineral County bar. The record is not quite continuous, since Richard A. Welch was not qualified to begin practice until about a year after the death of his father, who was one of the ablest lawyers and men of affairs in Keyser from about the close of the Civil war. The first American of this name came to this country in the colony of Lord Baltimore, and for several generations the family lived on the eastern shore of Maryland. Many states and localities have families descended from the original one in Eastern Maryland. The family supplied a number of soldiers to the Revolutionary war, and the ancestor of the branch of family in Mineral County was in the struggle for independence. Shortly after the close of that war he moved to Allegany County, Maryland. John Welch, grandfather of Richard A. Welch, spent all his life in Allegany County, Maryland, where he was a "gentleman farmer." William M. Welch, the pioneer lawyer of Mineral County, was born in Allegany County, Maryland, January 10, 1841. He attended the old Allegany County Academy and read law for a time under Judge Hunter at Cumberland. He was admitted to practice there in the fall of 1862, but soon afterward left the law to join the army as a Union man. He was commissioned a captain in the Quartermaster's Department, and for a time was stationed at New Creek, now Keyser, then at Wheeling, and finished his service at Clarksburg. He was mustered out soon after the surrender of General Lee. At the close of the war Mr. Welch came into Eastern West Virginia, about the same time as Judge Francis M. Reynolds, and both located at Romney, county seat of Hampshire County, which then included Mineral County, and they were together in practice. When the party was divided and Mineral created both these young lawyers destined for great prominence in the future, moved over to Keyser, the new county seat, and they continued to be associated until 1872. After that William M. Welch practiced law alone. He became widely known for his masterful handling of cases at trial, and was undoubtedly one of the best trial lawyers in Mineral County. His successful career in this profession continued until his death on September 5, 1898. His name was also well known in democratic politics. For seven different terms he represented Mineral County in the House of Delegates and was twice Speaker of the House. He was a delegate to two national conventions, that of 1876, when Samuel J. Tilden was named for President, and that of 1884, when Grover Cleveland was nominated. He was useful to his party and to his friends in a number of campaigns, but had no ambition for more of the political honors that were given him. He was not a member of any church, but was a Master Mason. William M. Welch married Virginia Adams, who was born at Clarksburg, on the same day of the month and the same year as her husband. She is now living at Keyser. Her parents were Josiah and Hannah (Moore) Adams. The Adamses were a Massachusetts family and the Moores came from Delaware. Josiah Adams settled at Clarksburg and secured a patent from Virginia for from 26,000 to 28,000 acres. He was one of the prominent farmers and land owners of that section. The Moore family came into that region about the same time. William M. Welch and wife had the following children: Mrs. T.P Smith, of Parkersburg; Mrs. Louise B. Martine, of Chicago; Mrs. Ida V. Rathbone, of Parkersburg; W.A., of Keyser; Richard A.; and Ralph P., of Holdenville, Oklahoma. Richard A. Welch was born at Keyser, April 17, 1878, and during his boyhood and youth he profited from the public schools, and after finishing high school took his academic work in the University of Virginia. He left there at the end of his junior year and enrolled in the law department of West Virginia, where he graduated LL. B. in 1899. He at once returned to Keyser and began practice, and a considerable part of his father's law business drifted to him. He has continued his professional work alone, and always in general practice. The law has abundantly satisfied him and he has permitted himself no diversion into the field of politics for the sake of office. However, he has done considerable campaign work as a democrat, and until state conventions were abolished he was one of the leaders of his party in this section of the state. He was a delegate to the Denver National Convention of 1908, and in 1912 was a member of the West Virginia delegation pledged to the nomination of Champ Clark at Baltimore, though personally he was a Woodrow Wilson man, and voted for Wilson as soon as the West Virginia delegation was released from its instructions. He also served as a member of the Democratic State Committee for eight years. While a good and loyal democrat, Mr. Welch cast his first presidential vote for Swallow, the prohibition candidate, declining to support the nominee of his own party. His practical public service has been given to his home town. He consented to serve seven consecutive terms as mayor. During these administrations a large amount of paving was done, sewers laid, concrete walks built, water works installed, and when these improvements had reached a satisfactory stage he felt that his obligations to the community had been discharged and he was satisfied to retire. During the World war he was chairman of the Legal Advisory Committee for Mineral County, of all of the Liberty Loan drives at Keyser, and member of the County Council of Defense. At Martinsburg, West Virginia, August 16, 1911, Mr. Welch married Miss Mary D. Edwards, a native of Martinsburg. her father, William G. Edwards, was a business man of that city, and by his marriage to Miss Roush had three children: William G. Edwards, Jr., of Chicago; Mrs. Welch, who was born October 5, 1887; and Mrs. Nell Sherpick, of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Welch have a family of four young children: Virginia, Mary, Louise and Richard A., Jr. Outside of his profession Mr. Welch has been interested in some business organizations that have contributed to Keyser's advancement. he was associated with Doctor Gerstell in the organization of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and is a director of and attorney for the bank. For a time he was a director for the Keyser Electric Light Company, and for many years was president and director of the Alkire Orchard Company. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:08:05 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <000114100805.496c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: BIO: BACHMAN, Wheeler H., Wheeling The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II. pg. 183 WHEELER H. BACHMAN for a number of years has been a power in the commercial and financial affairs of Wheeling, was formerly in the dry goods jobbing business, and is now member of the investment firm of Speidel & Bachman, Incorporated, of which he is president. Mr. Bachman, whose citizenship has been distinguished by the broadest cooperation in enterprises for welfare and charity, was born at Wheeling, March 22, 1870. His father, William Phillip Bachman, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1838, and was a boy of ten years when he accompanied some relatives to the Unites States. He reached Wheeling, the city destined to be his permanent home, about 1853, and in after years he achieved a position as a successful merchant, with associations with other business and banking affairs. He was a staunch republican. He died at Wheeling in 1918. William P. Bachman married Lucy Wheeler, who was born in Dudley Port, England, in 1845. Her father, Simmons Wheeler, was born in Dudley Port, was a shipyard owner there, and was killed when thrown from a horse. He married Martha Simmons, a native of Dudley Port, who came to the United States when her daughter Lucy was fifteen years of age. Thereafter she made her home at Wheeling, where she died. Lucy Wheeler Bachman, who died at Wheeling in 1919, was for nearly half a century an active member of St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church. She was the mother of two children, Jessie Martha and Wheeler H. The former is the wife of George Grant Ralston, a resident of Martin's Ferry, Ohio. Wheeler H. Bachman was educated in the public schools of Wheeling, attended Frazier's Business College until 1888, following which he spent seven years with a retail dry goods store, familiarizing himself with the detail of the business and at the same time making a close study of the jobbing phase of dry goods merchandising. In 1895 he embarked his experience and capital in a wholesale dry goods business, and was active in that line nearly twenty years, until 1914. As a jobber he had an extensive general trade through West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and in special lines he did a large volume of business over the United States, especially with jobbing houses in New York City and Chicago. Mr. Bachman became a member of the firm Speidel & Bachman, Incorporated, in 1914. This firm acts as underwriters and investment brokers, and the names of the partners are the highest guarantee of their financial integrity and reliability. The offices of this firm are in the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company Building. Mr. Bachman is president, Joseph Speidel Jr., vice president, and Jesse Speidel, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Bachman is a member of the executive committee and a director of the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company; is secretary of the Carr China Company of Grafton, West Virginia; a director of the United Dairy Company of Wheeling; a director of the Camden Coal & Land Company of West Virginia; and a director and assistant treasurer of the Arizona Mossback Mine Company of Oatman, Arizona. He is also a director of the Equitable Mortgage Company of Cleveland, director of the Fidelity Investment Association of Wheeling, vice president of the Union Mines of Wheeling, formerly secretary and treasurer of the Wheeling Stock Exchange of Wheeling for a period of three years and a member of the Advisory Board of the Lutz & Schraunn Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1908, at Wheeling, Mr. Bachman married Miss Edith Carr, daughter of Thomas and Alice (Stockwell) Carr, residents of Grafton, where her father is president and general manager of the Carr China Company. The Carrs were an old family of New York City, while the Stockwells run back into the Colonial history of Vermont. Mrs. Bachman was educated in public and private schools at Wheeling. They have one son, Wheeler Carr, born September 4, 1911. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Bachman have been closely associated with mutual interests and sympathies in many phases of broad and constructive charity and public spirit. They have helped support all the charitable organizations of the city without respect to creed. Mrs. Bachman is a member of the Board of the Aged and Friendless Women's Home, and is a member of one of the "Hospital Twigs," organizations for the purpose of raising funds for the hospitals. She is a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Bachman is one of the active supporters of St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church and is president of its Men's Bible Class and a vestryman of St. Matthew's Church. He is a republican, is affiliated with Wheeling Lodge No. 28, B. P. O. E., is a member of the Wheeling County Club, the Fort Henry County Club and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His home is a fine old residence at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. During the World war Mr. Bachman was active in the placing of Government securities, and was a working member of all the committees in the Red Cross, Liberty Loan and other drives.