WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 18 Today's Topics: #1 BIOS: WESTRATER, Amos Asbury, DDS, [Vivian Brinker ] #6 Bio- William H. Price M.D.- Mingo [Joan Wyatt ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:29:13 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <000114112913.496c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: BIOS: WESTRATER, Amos Asbury, DDS, Martinsburg The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II. pg. 184 AMOS ASBURY WESTRATER, D. D. S. In his native city of Martinsburg, judicial center of Berkeley County, Doctor Westrater has built up a practice that marks him as one of the representative members of his profession in this section of the state. He was born at Martinsburg on the 31st of December, 1878, and on the paternal side is of Holland Dutch lineage. His father William Westrater, was born in the city of Rotterdam, Holland, and was a boy at the time of the family immigration to the United States, the parents becoming pioneer settlers in the fine colony of their countrymen established at Holland, Michigan, in the early period of the history of that state. At the time when the Westrater family thus settled in Ottawa County, Michigan, that section was virtually a forest wilderness, with deer, bear and wolves much in evidence. The father of William Westrater purchased a large tract of land and reclaimed and improved a productive farm. Both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives in Ottawa County, and their children were five in number, two sons and three daughters. William Westrater was a sturdy young man at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, and promptly tendered his services in defense of the Union. He enlisted as a member of Company K, First New York Cavalry, known as the Lincoln Cavalry, and took part in the many engagements in which this gallant command was involved, including a number of major battles. Incidental to his military career he participated in the campaign in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and was so favorably impressed with the country in this section and in West Virginia that after the war he settled at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, where he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He was soon promoted to the position of train conductor, and he continued as a valued employee of the company for nearly forty years. He was finally retired, with a pension from the company, and he continued his residence at Martinsburg, a well known and highly honored citizen, until his death, at the age of seventy- seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Katherine Ringer, was born at Martinsburg and here passed her entire life, her death having occurred in 1919. They became the parents of six children, namely: Martin W., A. Leo, Charles C., Albert E., Amos Asbury, and Mina (Mrs. Charles Vine). Dr. Amos A. Westrater gained his early education in the public schools at Martinsburg and under the direction of a private tutor. In preparation for his chosen profession he entered the department of dentistry in the University of Maryland, and in this institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1901 and with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He opened an office at Martinsburg in the same year, and his technical ability and his personal popularity in his native county have resulted in his building up a large and representative practice. He has the most modern equipment and accessories in both the operative and laboratory departments of his office, and has kept in close touch with the advances made in his chosen profession. Doctor Westrater is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 94, A. F. and A. M.; is a past high priest of Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.; and a past high exalted ruler of Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, B. P. O. E. He is actively identified with the West Virginia State Dental Society and the National Dental Association. Both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church in their home city. On the 22d of January, 1910, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Westrater and Miss Ethel Smoke, who was born in Frederick County, Virginia, a daughter of Joseph E. and Sarah (Payne) Armstrong. Doctor Smoke was born on the family homestead, Rosedale Farm, in Frederick County, Virginia, a son of John and Lucy (Krebs) Smoke. John Smoke removed from Ohio to Frederick County, Virginia, where he became a most successful agriculturist and stock-grower and where he passed the remainder of his life. His wife was born and reared in Virginia and was a daughter of Conrad Krebs, who was a young man when he came from his native Germany and established his home in Frederick County, Virginia, where he became a successful farmer. Dr. Edward B. Smoke graduated from the Virginia Medical College at Richmond as a member of the class of 1869, and at Whitehall, Frederick County, that state, he built up a large and important practice that marked him as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of that section of Virginia. Dr. and Mrs. Westrater have no children. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:43:36 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <000114124336.496c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: BIOS: WHITMORE, Samuel Paxton, Martinsburg The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II. pg. 184 SAMUEL PAXTON WHITMORE showed in all of the relations of life the same fine spirit of loyalty that marked his service as a valiant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, and he was one of the substantial and honored citizens of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, at the time of his death, when about sixty-five years of age. Mr. Whitmore was a native of the historic Old Dominion State and a scion of a family that was there founded in the Colonial period of our national history, the lineage tracing back to sterling English origin. he was born and reared in Loudoun County, Virginia, as were also his parents, George and Rachel Priscilla (Wright) Whitmore. George Whitmore was the owner of a large and valuable plantation in Loudoun County, and in the operation of the same he retained a large number of slaves. He was sixty years old at the time of his death, and his widow attained the venerable age of eighty-five years. The early education of Samuel P. Whitmore was gained under the direction of private tutors, and he was reared under the influence of the fine old Virginia regime prior to the Civil war. When the great fratricidal conflict between the states of the North and the South was precipitated on the nation, Mr. Whitmore promptly manifested his loyalty to the state and the institutions under the influence of which he had been reared, and in the Virginia Confederate regiment in which he enlisted he was commissioned a first lieutenant of his company. The regiment became a part of the command of Gen. Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson, and Mr. Whitmore lived up to the full tension of the conflict, as he participated in many major battles, as well as minor engagements, and continued in service until the close of the war. After the war he resided for a time in Logan County, West Virginia, and after his removal to Morgan County he there operated a saw mill about one year. He then removed to Martinsburg, judicial center of Berkeley County, where he had various business interests and where he continued to reside until his death. He married Miss Phoebe Ann Beach, who likewise, was born and reared in Loudoun County, Virginia. Her father, John Beach, was born in England and was a young man when he came to America and settled in Loudoun County, where he purchased land and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was sixty years of age at the time of his death. The family name of his wife was Cullison, her father having come from England to Virginia and having purchased a large plantation in Loudoun County, where he owned a goodly contingent of slaves. The closing years of life were passed at Martinsburg, West Virginia. mrs. Phoebe Ann (Beach) Whitmore died at the age of forty years. Her children were eight in number, namely: Ann Elizabeth, George A., Mary Kathleen, William Jasper, Sarah A., Samuel J., John Ashley and Clara Paxton. Mary Kathleen resides at Martinsburg and is the widow of George D. Lambert, whose biography follows. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:44:44 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <000114124444.496c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: BIOS: LAMBERT, George Dallas, Martinsburg The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II. pg. 185 GEORGE DALLAS LAMBERT came to Martinsburg, Berkeley County, shortly after the close of the Civil war, in which he had given specially gallant and faithful service as a soldier of the Union for over three years, and in this city he passed the remainder of his life, a substantial business man and a citizen whose sterling character gave him inviolable place in the confidence and good will of his fellow men. Mr. Lambert was born on the old family homestead at the end of Patrick Street in Frederick City, Maryland, and was a son of Frederick and Catherine Lambert, of whom more specific mention is made on other pages of this work, in the personal sketch of his brother Walter. In the schools of his native city Mr. Lambert acquired his early education, and when the Civil war was precipitated on the nation he forthwith manifested his loyalty and patriotism by enlisting in a Maryland regiment of volunteer infantry that entered the Union service. He was with his command at in many important battles and innumerable minor engagements marking the progress of the great conflict, he and his brother William having been captured and having started on their way to a Confederate prison further in the South, but he managed to escape, passed through the Confederate lines at Harper's Ferry and rejoined his command. His brother William, was not so fortunate, and died in Libby Prison. For several years after the close of the war Mr. Lambert was engaged in the feed and provision business at Martinsburg, a portion of the time in partnership with his brother Charles and later with Andrew Grazier. He here continued his residence until his death, which occurred when he was well advanced in years. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, and he was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Grand Army of the Republic. His first wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Grazier, and who was a daughter of Andrew Grazier, died at the age of thirty years. For his second wife Mr. Lambert wedded Miss Mary Kathleen Whitmore, a daughter of the late Samuel Whitmore, to whom a memoir is dedicated on other pages of this volume. Mrs. Lambert still maintains her home at Martinsburg, where her circle of friends is coincident with that of her acquaintances. She has no children. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:22:50 -0600 From: Vivian Brinker To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <000114162250.496c@RAVEN.CCC.CC.KS.US> Subject: BIOS: SPONSELLER, George Jacob Edward, M.D., Martinsburg The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II. pg. 185 GEORGE JACOB EDWARD SPONSELLER, M. D. With his home at Martinsburg for twenty years, Doctor Sponseller has performed professional services that constitute an enviable reputation both as a doctor and a citizen in this prosperous section of West Virginia. Doctor Sponseller was born at New Market, Frederick County, Maryland, May 7, 1873, son of George F. and Sarah (Roberts) Sponseller. His paternal grandfather was Jacob Sponseller and his maternal grandparents were Edward and Rachel (Houck) Roberts. Doctor Sponseller on his maternal side is of Quaker ancestry. He was the second in a family of five children, the others being Clifton, Adelaide, Roy L. and William R. Doctor Sponseller was educated in Quaker Schools, and acquired his professional training in the Louisville University, where he graduated in medicine in 1894. Doctor Sponseller practiced medicine at Hedgeville for five years, and since 1902 has been in active practice at Martinsville. In June, 1910, he married Miss Nellie R. Reddig, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Doctor Sponseller is president of the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society, the West Virginia State and American Medical Association, and fraternally is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M, Washington Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias and Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Martinsburg Rotary Club. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 20:04:06 -0500 From: Joan Wyatt To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387FC784.15712F6@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio-James D. McLaughlin 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 241 Bio- James D. McLaughlin At Kermit, Mingo Co., Mr. McLaughlin is the efficient and popular general manager of the Earlston Coal Company, one of the important producing companies of this district. Mr. McLaughlin was born at Perrysville, Ohio, September 11, 1885, and is a son of Rev. Harvey McLaughlin and Maria (Glasgow) McLaughlin, both of sterling Scotch lineage. Rev. Harvey McLaughlin was born in what is now Braxton Co., West Virginia, where he was reared on the farm of his father, and after attending Dennison University, in the State of Ohio, he completed a divinity course in the theological seminary in the City of Louisville, Kentucky, his ordination to the ministry of the Missionary Baptist Church having occurred when he was twenty-five years of age. While pastor of a church at Perrysville, Ohio, his marriage to Miss Maria Glasgow was solemnized, she being a representative of an old and well known Ohio family. After his marriage Mr. McLaughlin held his pastoral charges in Ohio, and in 1893 he returned to West Virginia and became pastor of the church atAlderson, Greenbrier Co., where he remained for four years. Thereafter he held various charges in the coal districts of the state. He was sixty-six years old at the time of his death, in October 1917, his wife having died when their son James D., of this review was a child. After the death of his mother James D. McLaughlin was taken into the home of his maternal grandfather at Perrysville, Ohio, where he continued his studies in the public schools until his graduation from the high school in 1903. Thereafter he attended a preparatory school at Wooster, Ohio, and after leaving this institution he was for two years a student at Dennison University, his fathers alma mater. In 1910 he graduated as a civil engineer from Ohio State University, and for two years thereafter he was professionally associated with the firm ofClark & Krebs at Charleston, West Virginia. He passed the next year in the service of the Milburn Coal & Coke Company on Paint Creek, and from 1913 to 1919 he was with the New River & Pocahantas Consolidated Coal Co., in the engineering department, at Berwind, McDowell Co. He then took charge of the Earlston Coal Co., of which Henry E. Harmon in president, and as general manager he has developed the Earlston plant from a wagon mine into one of the best equipped in this field. He is a republican in politics and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. In 1919 was solemnized the marriageMr. McLaughlin and Miss Louise Stealey, daughter of John E. Stealey, of Clarksburg, she being a graduate of the university of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin have one child, Miriam Louise. ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:20:57 -0500 From: Joan Wyatt To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38802DE6.B6D68552@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio- William H. Price M.D.- Mingo 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 242 Bio- William H. Price, M.D.- Mingo Co. With headquarters in the vital industrial village of Chattaroy, Mingo Co., Dr. Price finds ample demand upon his time and attention in connection with his official professional service as mine physician and surgeon for The Buffalo Thacker Coal Co., Fall Branch Coal Co. and Wygart Coal Co., all of which are operating in this immediate vicinity. Dr. Price was born at Montvale, Bedford Co., Virginia, October 7, 1879 and is a son of Dr. Samuel H. Price and Francis (Harris) Price, the latter of whom died in the year 1898. Dr. Samuel H. Price was born in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, is now (1922) sixty-nine years of age, and has long been a representative physician and surgeon in Bedford Co., that state, where he still maintains his home at Montvale. He was graduated in the medical department of the University of Virginia in 1875, and he is one of the honored and influential citizens of Bedford Co., of which he has served twenty-one years as treasure, and prior to his election to that office he had been for five years a member of the County Board of Supervisors. He is a staunch democrat, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, has been for forty years an elder in the Presbyterian Church and is interested in many business enterprises. Of the children two sons and one daughter are living. Dr. Samuel O. was engaged in the practice of his profession at Maybeury, McDowell Co., West Virginia, at the time of his death, when twenty-six years of age, he previously having been connected with hospitals at New-port News, Virginia, and Huntington and Welch, West Virginia. Dr. Howard E., another of the sons, is a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, and is now engaged in the practice of dentistry at Altavista, Virginia. Mary Ross Price, the one surviving daughter, is the widow of Dr. Walter S. Slicer, who received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Medicine and who was engaged in the practice of his profession at Cripple Creek, Virginia, when he entered the medical corps of the United States Army for services in the World War, he having held the rank of captain and having died while in service. His widow is now a resident of Roanoke, Virginia. Dr. William H. Price graduated from a college academic course when he was seventeen years of age, and for the ensuing year he was employed in the store conducted by his father at Montvale, Virginia. In 1898 he entered the medical department of the University of Virginia, and in the same he graduated as a member of the class of 1901. Since thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he has taken effective post-graduate courses in the celebrated New York Polyclinic. The doctor initiated practice by establishing his residence at Caperton, Fayette Co., West Virginia, where he became physician and surgeon in connection with the mines of George L. Wise & Company. He next removed to Eckman, McDowell Co., one year later he engaged practice at Big Creek, Logan Co., and since June 1909, he has maintained his residence and professional headquarters at Chattaroy. Dr. Price is a member of the Mingo Co. Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Though he was reared in the faith of the democratic party, he is aligned in the ranks of the republican party, as is also his wife, and both are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery organizations of the Masonic fraternity, as well as the Mystic Shrine at Charleston, and he is a member also of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. November 29, 1916, recorded the marriage of Dr. Price and Miss Lucy Fowble Millendor, daughter of Cornelius F. Millendor, of Huntington. The two children of this union are Francis and Margaret.