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| 17801 | It is not known what relationship, if any, this Margaret Gaston had with any of the other Gastons in this genealogy. Given the times and locations, however, it is likely that there was some connection. | GASTON, Margaret (I6653)
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| 17802 | It is only speculative that we report William J. Maulsby as a son of Elizabeth Ogden Maulsby. We have found no record of his birth, and no record that identifies his parents. He was born three years after the death of Elizabeth's husband Lawson Maulsby, and could also be a son of one of Elizabeth's two older daughters. But it was with Elizabeth that he appeared in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses. We have been unable to locate either of them in the 1880 Census, the first census that states the relationships of household members. | MAULSBY, William J. (I113047)
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| 17803 | It is unclear whether her name was Simons, Simonds, or Simmons. | SIMMONS, Martha (I72732)
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| 17804 | It is unclear whether his given name was Judge or Judson, as both were used over the years, but never together. 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jul 30 1870: S. R. Jones, 76, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100, cannot write; Rutha, 56, cannot read/write; Judge N, 22, farm laborer, cannot write; Nancy, 19, cannot write; Lafayette, 20, cannot write; Frances, 21, cannot write. NOTE: Nancy and Frances were the wives of Judge and Lafayette, respectively. 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880: Nelson Jones, 32, farm laborer, cannot write; wife Nancy, 28, cannot write; nephew Adam Richards, 12, cannot read/write. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900: Jedson (sic) N. Jones, 52, b. Aug 1847, farmer, can read, cannot write, married 30 yrs; wife Nancy E, 48, b. Sep 1851, can read, cannot write, married 30 yrs, no children; adopted daughter Sarah J. Leggett, 15, b. Nov 1884, attending school. 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 20 1910: Judson Jones, 62, farmer (working out), married 48 yrs; wife Nanny, 57, married 48 yrs, no children. 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 17 1920: Judge N. Jones, 72, farm worker (working out), can read, cannot write; wife Nancy E, 68, cannot read/write; lodger Clarence E. Husk, 14, farm laborer (working out). NOTE: According to his death record and obituary, Clarence Everett Husk (1905-1958) was a son of Newt Husk and Rebecca Reed. We have found neither a birth record nor an entry for him in the 1910 Census. Nancy died of tuberculosis at Summers on Jan 27 1925. Informant on her death record was Nelson Jones, Oxford. (The postal address of Summers community at that time was Oxford.) In the 1930 Census of Doddridge County (Central District), enumerated on Apr 25 1930 at the Doddridge County Infirmary, one of the 19 "inmates" enumerated was: Nelson Jones, 82, widowed, no occupation. NOTE: The County Infirmary, also known as the County Poor Farm, was located at Sunnyside on old Route 50. Judson Nelson Jones died there in 1937 and was buried in the Infirmary cemetery. | Family: Judge Judson Nelson JONES / Nancy Ellen "Nanny" STEWART (F23427)
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| 17805 | Item appearing in the Local News column, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Feb 10 1916, in its entirety: "AUTOMOBILES: The undersigned is agent for the famous Dodge Bros. $785 car, for Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel. Write for descriptive circulars and terms. Clyde L. Spurgeon, Auburn, W.Va., R. 1." | SPURGEON, Clyde L. (I55925)
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| 17806 | Item from listing of Doddridge County Circuit Court cases, Doddridge County Record, April 3, 1914, quoted in its entirety: "State of West Virginia vs. Vance Ice, bastardy. Recognizance in the penalty of five hundred dollars." Local news item from Center Point in the "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, October 7 1914, in its entirety: "Vance Ice came home recently from Clarksburg where he had been employed on the Maxwell farm wells. We regret to state that about a month ago, Mr. Ice met with a serious accident while working on a well, through a defect in the bandwheel. He was just in the act of stepping over the bull-rope when the wheel blew up and the rope struck him with such a force that he was thrown to the roof of the rig; and when he fell back on the rope, came dangerously near being dragged into the bull-wheels. His right leg is seriously injured, and he was confined to the hospital for two weeks before he was able to return home." | ICE, Vance Minor (I87227)
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| 17807 | Item in "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Feb 24 1916, in its entirety: NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION The partnership heretofore existing between Otto Bever and C. E. Shannon, doing business under the name of the Bever & Shannon Transfer Company, is this day dissolved by mutual consent; the business having been purchased in its entirety by C. E. Shannon. Otto Bever C. E. Shannon Feb. 21, 1916 | SHANNON, Charles Ellsworth (I56042)
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| 17808 | Item in "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 22 1940, in its entirety: NOTICE My wife, Dollie Stout, having left my bed and board, I will no longer be responsible for her acts and deeds. Joseph A. Stout | Family: Joseph Abner STOUT / Dolly Roxine ABLES (F59639)
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| 17809 | Item in "West Union Herald," Thursday, Feb 24 1916, in its entirety: NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC This is to notify the public that I will not be responsible for any debts that my wife, Ida James, or any of my children may contract or enter into. As I am the head of the family and will support them as long as they are at my home. (signed) M. L. James | Family: Merton Lawrence JAMES / Ida Myrtle MONTGOMERY (F35416)
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| 17810 | Item in a column titled "News of the Week Forty Years Ago" in the May 4 1916 issue of the "West Union Record": "B. W. Carroll caught a short time ago in one day's fishing 29 bass. Who can beat it?" | CARROLL, Benjamin W. (I78738)
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| 17811 | Item in a column titled "News of the Week Forty Years Ago" in the May 4 1916 issue of the "West Union Record": "James I. Foley contemplates moving to Shirley this spring. We trust he will change his notion before the time comes round and remain with us, as Jim is one of our best 'boys.'" | FOLEY, James I. (I8795)
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| 17812 | Item in a column titled "News of the Week Forty Years Ago" in the May 4 1916 issue of the "West Union Record": "Messrs. G. S. Smith, Dudley Smith, Silas P. Smith, Claude Shannon and Chas. A. McConnell started to Fairmont on the 24th to attend the Normal school. You have our best wishes boys." Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jun 22 1916, in its entirety: "The Hornor-Gaylord Company announces that they will given in addition to the prizes already offered, one-half barrel of Springola flour from Shannon's Store, and one-half barrel of Sweet Melody (flour) from Stephen Stutler's store, to the respective contestants in the automobile and foot-races here on the Fourth." | SHANNON, William Claude (I99311)
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| 17813 | Item in a column titled "News of the Week Forty Years Ago" in the May 4 1916 issue of the "West Union Record": "Messrs. G. S. Smith, Dudley Smith, Silas P. Smith, Claude Shannon and Chas. A. McConnell started to Fairmont on the 24th to attend the Normal school. You have our best wishes boys." News item from a column entitled "News of the West Virginia Oil Fields" in "The Fairmont West Virginian," Wednesday, Feb 24 1909, in its entirety: "Near Smithfield station, West Union district, Doddridge county, the Hope Natural Gas Company's old gasser on the C. A. McConnell farm is now producing a small quantity of oil." Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 3 1924, in its entirety: "The funeral of C. A. McConnell of Smithton had to be postponed from Thursday until Friday at 2 p.m., on account of inclement weather and high water." | MCCONNELL, Charles A. (I98088)
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| 17814 | Item in a column titled "News of the Week Forty Years Ago" in the May 4 1916 issue of the "West Union Record": "Our genial friend Geo. S. Martin, who lately sold his drug store to Dew & Charter, left Monday for Kingwood, Preston Co., where he will engage in his chosen avocation. He leaves many friends who lament his departure. He was a good business man and an exemplary citizen. May success attend you, George, in your new home." | MARTIN, George S. (I56075)
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| 17815 | Item in Doddridge County Republican, Thursday, March 18 1915: NOTICE To whom it may concern: I will not be responsible for any contract or debt that my wife, Mrs. Eva Prunty, makes, she having left my bed and board without just cause. Russell Prunty, Folsom, R. 1 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 2 1920: Russel Prunty, 29, teamster in coal mine; wife Eva, 23; dau Geraldine, 6; dau Pearl, 2; dau Justine, 2 months. 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 at Shinnston-Middlebourne Pike: Russell O. Pruny (sic), 40, coal miner; wife Eva (absent), 38; dau Pearl P, 13; dau Justine H, 11. In the 1940 Census of Lewis County, WV, Russell Prunty, 47, married, was listed as an attendant at the Weston State Hospital for the Insane. On a separate page, his wife Eva Prunty, 45, married, was listed as one of many inmates at the institution. | Family: Odda Russell PRUNTY / Eva Blanch RICHARDS (F47060)
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| 17816 | Item in the "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 11 1917, in its entirety: LOST One stock certificate for one share of the capital stock of the Peoples United Telephone system, issued to Henry Krenn, has been lost and application made to the company for a duplicate certificate to be issued, which being done, said lost certificate will be null and void. A. J. GAINS St. Clara, W. Va. | KRENN, Henry (I55714)
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| 17817 | Ivanhoe | COX, James A. (I32588)
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| 17818 | Ivy's first husband, Delbert Ash, died when a boiler exploded, killing him and two other men. She was left with Claire, 3, and Glayde, 6 weeks. Ivy's parents, Robert and Rebecca, built her a house close by so they could help. About 3 years later, Ivy married John Williams, and they had Lorraine & Harry. Harry was killed when some boys playing in the woods stepped on a dynamite cap left there by the oil company. | HOSKINSON, Ivy Elizabeth (I10513)
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| 17819 | Izetta Jewell Brown (November 24, 1883-November 15, 1978) was born Izetta Jewell Kenny in Hackettstown, New Jersey. She came to West Virginia in 1914 as the bride of Congressman William Gay Brown of Kingwood. Already a well-known actress and an activist for womens rights, during her West Virginia years Brown blazed the way for women in politics. When her husband died in 1916, just three months after the birth of their daughter, she took over management of their Preston County farm and established a modern dairy operation. Active in farm organizations, she attended the first farm womens camp at Jacksons Mill and later served on a committee to improve wool production in the state. Brown became the first woman to second a presidential nominee in a major party nominating convention as she seconded West Virginian John W. Davis for the Democratic nomination in 1920. She seconded Davis again in his successful quest for the nomination in 1924 and herself received an honorific nomination for vice president. She was the first woman south of the Mason-Dixon line to run for the U.S. Senate, as she battled Matthew Mansfield Neely for the Democratic nomination in 1922 and lost by only 6,000 votes. Brown lost to William E. Chilton in another narrow race in 1924. In 1925, she married Hugh Miller, dean of the school of engineering at George Washington University. They moved to New York where she ran for Congress in 1930, became the commissioner of public welfare in Schenectady in 1931, and later served as a regional administrator with New Deal relief agencies, occasionally visiting West Virginia. She died in La Jolla, California. This Article was written by Jerry Bruce Thomas Last Revised on September 27, 2012 Source citation: Thomas, Jerry Bruce "Izetta Jewell Brown." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 27 September 2012. Web. 01 July 2023. | KENNEY, Izetta Jewel (I136832)
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| 17820 | J.R. Lehew was involved with the WCGLLS, WVSSAC, West Virginia Little League and Pony League and The Elite Umpires League. He was an active member of the Cranny Open Golf Tournament for the past five years and also involved in several other golf tournaments. | LEHEW, James Russell "J.R." (I119493)
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| 17821 | Jack entered civilian life after the war working in the oil and gas industry with his father Charles W. Cunningham, who owned the Murdy-Bickel Torpedo Co., Inc. in Cairo. As the years progressed, fracturing of oil and gas pay sands became available for increasing oil and gas flows in well sands, and the Cunninghams became involved in equipment for servicing and producing wells, as the Torpedo business was slowing. There were very few calls for new well shooting by the time Jack's father passed away in 1972. [obit] | CUNNINGHAM, Jack Monroe (I131023)
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| 17822 | Jack Wilson was employed at Corning Glass Works as a gaffer and union steward, retiring in 1989 with 39 years of service. After retirement, he went to China to serve as a consultant on a joint project between Corning Glass and the Chinese government. He was also the owner and operator for many years of the Ashland Oil Service Station (formerly Esso) on Emerson Avenue in Parkersburg. | WILSON, Jack Warren (I42531)
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| 17823 | Jackie was an active thespian in the Capital District and performed in over 50 productions at various theaters throughout the years. Schenectady Light Opera, SCT, ACT, Family Players, Park Playhouse and her most favorite, Matinee Theater Players. | LIEBL, Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" (I79785)
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| 17824 | Jacks long career in education began with teaching and coaching in New Martinsville, WV where his football team won the 1964 state championship in AA Football. While in Wetzel County Jack served as president of the county education association. He was a principal, a superintendent, and then a college professor a career that spanned fifty years. He was an author of numerous books, on education, most notably Managing School Indebtedness A Complete Guide to School Bonding. He also wrote many articles for numerous publications. After many years in West Virginia school systems, Jack moved to Western Kentucky Bowling Green before coming to Clemson University in 1989. In his final 20 years Jackson taught in Clemson in educational leadership with emphasis on school law and finance. He taught numerous students in South Carolina and throughout the area focusing on superintendency and principalship, and the PhD leadership program. | FLANIGAN, Jackson L. "Jack" (I137216)
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| 17825 | Jackson Mill Road | RHODES, Arthur (I72532)
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| 17826 | Jackson Mill Road | GOFF, James (I87619)
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| 17827 | Jacob and Judith Westfall had eight children. On December 4, 1764, Jacob and Judith leased 140 acres along Lunice Creek near present Petersburg, West Virginia. In 1772, they moved to Tygart's Valley and established the town of Edmonton, which is now Beverly, West Virginia. In 1774, Jacob built the Westfall Fort and son Joel was made town sheriff. Joel died in 1778 and his brother George became sheriff. Jacob served as a colonel in the militia. Jacob and Judith died in about 1795 and the children moved away. Jacob junior went to Kentucky in 1792; George went to present Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1795; William and James went to Kentucky in 1795, then relocated to Hamilton County, Ohio in 1798. Bio credit: Dennis Peterson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67640271/jacob-westfall | Family: Jacob WESTFALL / Judith HORNBECK (F56079)
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| 17828 | Jacob B. Hinzman Birth: Jan. 11, 1824 Virginia, USA Death: Mar. 8, 1863 Lewis County West Virginia, USA Here is a GREAT page for the Hinzman family: Descendants of Rebecca Means. <<=== http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~conniesfamily/rebeccameans.html also poss buried in a Buckhannon Cemetery Lewis Co. WV _______________ Jacob Hinzman, son of Abraham "Abram" Hinzman (17951870) and Rebecca Means, married 1851 Elizabeth Starcher (18301912). CHILDREN: William G. 1852-1914, Morton 18531853, Martin 18541863, Margaret A. 18551880, Amanda J. (Swisher) 18551928, Mary Magdaline (Morrison) 18571932, Olivia B. 1862) and Charles Lewis 18651934 - HINZMAN. (rec'd from Anonymous II. Family links: Spouse: Elizabeth Starcher Hinzman (1830 - 1912) Children: William Granville Hinzman (1852 - 1914)* Amanda Jane Hinzman Swisher (1853 - 1928)* Margaret A. Hinzman (1855 - 1880)* Mary Magdeline Hinzman Morrison (1857 - 1932)* Charles Lewis Hinzman (1862 - 1934)* *Calculated relationship Note: (#3457) Burial: Hinzman Hill-Bonnett Cemetery Berlin Lewis County West Virginia, USA Created by: God Bless ¸.??Sa... Record added: Oct 14, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 118701366 | HINZMAN, Jacob (I54030)
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| 17829 | Jacob Bradford was wounded and captured at the Battle of Cloyd Mountain on May 9, 1864. Most military records indicate that he died on May 30,1864 in "a rebel camp." Circumstantially, the location was Andersonville Prison in Georgia, and he was probably buried there as well. The headstone for him at Indian Creek Cemetery in Washburn, Ritchie County, was placed there many years later by historian Brad Spiker out of respect for his service. | BRADFORD, Jacob (I44513)
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| 17830 | Jacob Israel had no children. His will, probated in Washington County on Apr 16 1783, directed that much of his land in Ohio (West Augusta) County, Virginia, be given to his nephews Isaac and Jacob Israel, sons of his brother Isaac. Much of that land was located in present-day Doddridge County, West Virginia. | ISRAEL, Jacob (I103161)
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| 17831 | Jacob Smith was born in 1827, the son of John Smith and Betty Seaton Boreman. It is unclear exactly when his parents came from Greene County, Pennsylvania to settle on Nutters Fork in Doddridge County, but we know that they were living here prior to 1830. During the Civil War, Jacob was made Captain of Company A, 14th W.Va Infantry, a unit comprised almost entirely of soldiers from Doddridge County. Below is an excerpt from Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick Dyer: "Many of the company officers performed deeds of heroism that are worthy of record. Capt. Jacob Smith, of Co. A, is deserving a medal for gallantry in the following episode. In the spring of 1863, the captain with his company was ordered to Greenland Gap, W. Va., to reinforce a company of the 23rd Illinois Infantry. The two companies were stationed in two log houses at the cut. The Confederate General Jones, with his command, appeared on the scene. He charged the two companies, and was driven back. He charged again and again, but was as often driven away by the well-directed fire of the two companies, with considerable loss. Jones demanded the surrender. The Illinois captain who ran short of ammunition, did surrender, he, being the senior officer, ordered Captain Smith to do likewise. But Captain Smith replied, "I have some ammunition left," and continued to fight. Jones threatened to blow the house to fragments, but Smith was resolute and continued to fight. Under cover of the large chimney, the Confederates approached the house and set it on fire. Still Smith declined to surrender, nor did he until his last cartridge was gone, when the gallant captain and his men left the burning building, now half consumed, stacked arms and gave themselves up as prisoners." From this article we can see that Jacob Smith served an invaluable and heroic service to his company and his country. However, Jacobs brother, James, was not so fortunate. Private James S. Smith died in 1863 from dysentery while in service of Company A, 14th W.Va. Infantry, under command of his very own brother. Jacob Smith died in 1875 and is interred at Freeman-Coleman Cemetery at Crystal Lake. Near him lies the body of his brother, James S. Smith. Many of Jacob Smiths descendants are still found in Doddridge County, including those of surnames Smith, Cottrill, Corathers and Montgomery. SOURCES: Researched and written by Jennifer Wilt. Originally printed in "The Doddridge Independent," May 20 2016. https://wvcivilwar.com/union-regiments/14th-west-virginia-infantry/ | SMITH, Jacob (I29697)
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| 17832 | James "Jim" Reed retired from the U. S. Navy in 1972 after 20 years of service. Jim was a member of Post #2408 VFW West Union. He served as West Union's policeman for six years and was a deputy sheriff. He retired from the W.V. Department of Highway. He was instrumental in starting Doddridge County T-Ball as well as Doddridge County Little League. Jim was a basketball coach for grades school 7th & 8th grades and won the division in 1986. He served as President of the Doddridge County Band Boosters for many years, during that time he was instrumental in a community fund raising event to enable the band to travel to Walt Disney World two times. | REED, James Lee "Jim" (I100148)
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| 17833 | James and Letitia Strong were cousins. | Family: James STRONG / Letitia STRONG (F1180)
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| 17834 | James Blaine Smith and Nellie Gladys Smith were first cousins. | Family: James Blaine SMITH / Nellie Gladys SMITH (F24458)
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| 17835 | James Davis from Clark County, Ohio, in a sworn deposition, said that he and William Davis served in 1794 in the Harrison County Woodrangers under Col. William Lowther, Capt. Cornelius Bogard and Ensign Jonathan Coburn for 9-1/2 months. | DAVIS, William "Bottom Billy" (I37790)
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| 17836 | James E. Steel and Elizabeth A. McClain were not married. They were listed as the parents in Barbara Steel's birth record, for which the informant was listed as "Nancy McClain, grandmother." | Family: James E. STEEL / Elizabeth A. MCCLAIN (F55709)
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| 17837 | James Edison Husk identified some of the people in attendance at the wedding of his parents, Robert Fredrick Husk & Ila Ester Davisson, as: Grandfather Bob Davisson, step-grandmother Cora Davisson, uncle Hart Davisson, aunt Alice Brown (i.e., his father's younger sister Laura Alice Husk), uncle Hayse Brown (i.e., Alice's husband John Haze Brown), and uncle Ray Davisson. It was not clear as to which generation the Davisson uncles belonged. | HUSK, Robert Fredrick "Fred" (I836)
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| 17838 | James Edward Davis was an experimental filmmaker. As well as filming the estate of his friend Frank Lloyd Wright, he made films of the light refractions caused by his plastic sculptures He spent much time in Paris in the twenties where he studied art under Andre Lhote, a notable cubist who was known as one of the great art teachers of the time. At this point in time Davis was a painter, drawer, and sculptor. He brought back a cubist influence to New York and was a friend of one of the first American abstract painters, John Marin. In 1945 he met Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, who had been a Professor at the Bauhaus, another important artist and great teacher. Moholy-Nagy was very taken with Davis' work at the time and the influence was joint. Davis believed himself to be in a long line of great artist working with and understanding light. He was a filmmaker of light in a time when few others were (a notable exception being Oskar Fischinger), and was a great influence on another friend of his, Stan Brakhage. Brakhage dedicated his film, "Text of Light" to Jim Davis. Whilst Jim Davis was arguably one of the great American abstract filmmakers, he was a very publicity-shy man and therefore failed to get much distribution and critical attention. What remains of his work we have to thank Stan Brakhage for bringing to the public attention. Source: IMDb Mini Biography By: Matthew Scott http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4691462/ * * * * * Obituary, New York Times, September 21, 1974, page 32: http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/21/archives/james-davis-dead-abstract-artist-73.html Obituary/memorial, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Vol. 75, Dec 3 1974, page 26: https://books.google.com/books?id=JRVbAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA16&ots=xiS4GBGtfa&dq=james%20edward%20davis%201974&pg=RA2-PA16#v=onepage&q=james%20edward%20davis%201974&f=false In-depth biography and appreciation: https://modernarmada.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/the-genius-history-forget-james-edward-davis-jim-davis/ A collection of James Edward Davis' papers (consisting of correspondence, photographs, drawings, sketches and designs, typescripts, exhibition announcements and clippings) is held at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/james-edward-davis-papers-7390 The collection held by the Smithsonian includes a transcript of a tape-recorded interview with James E. Davis on August 10, 1971 as part of an oral history project. The interview was conducted at James E. Davis' home in Princeton, New Jersey by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The entire transcript can be viewed online at https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-james-edward-davis-12463#transcript The opening part of the interview, dealing with James E. Davis' background in West Virginia, was as follows: PC: PAUL CUMMINGS JD: JAMES DAVIS PC: It's August 10, 1971, Paul Cummings talking to James Davis in his house in Princeton, New Jersey. Could we start with where you were born and some kind of family background and how you happened to come to Princeton, and so on? We don't have all of that. JD: I'm a hillbilly from way back, a hillbilly from West by God Virginia. PC: From where again? JD: West by God Virginia. Most people seem to confuse Virginia and West Virginia as the same thing. And I tell them that they are very different. The Virginians look down their noses at us. We're the unfashionable Virginians. And I always make it clear that I am a hillbilly. PC: Where were you born, then? JD: Clarksburg, West Virginia, on June 4, 1901. I had my seventieth birthday this year so I joined the Methuselah club. Now as to how I happened to come to Princeton: One of my great, great, great, great-grandfathers (I don't know how far back) was John Horner. He was one of the six white men who first rode in here on horseback when Princeton was still a wilderness. He had a pottery down here at the other end of town, the east end. It's still called Jugtown after the Horner pottery. He made the bricks for Nassau Hall and gave some of his land to Princeton. My father's mother is a Horner. She was always talking about the Horners and she always wanted somebody to go to Princeton. My branch of the Horners had gone West after the Revolution and they settled in western Virginia. They lived in this little town called Lumberport. There were so many of the Horners out there that they tell a story about one Christmas (they were all Baptists) they had a Christmas celebration with a tree and lots of presents for everybody. At the Christmas celebration they were giving out the presents -- John Horner, Mary Horner, Jimmy Horner, Paul Horner. Finally some old farmer in the back piped up and said, "Cut down the damn tree and give it to the Horners." That was typical. They were all over. So I think that's the reason I came to Princeton. Now on my mother's side the family names was Holmes. They were Scotch-Irish. My grandfather Holmes had gone to China in the 1960's. Actually his brother, who was my great-uncle, had gone before that as a missionary. The Chinese world had been opened up. So my great-uncle wrote and said, "Come on over. You can make some money over here." So my grandfather went over. This was during the time of the Tonkin Rebellion. So I was then afterwards always brought up to consider . . . my grandfather Holmes said, "A Chinese gentleman is so far superior to any other human being that there's no comparison." And the more I have learned from taking George Rowley's teaching in Chinese art and everything I have come to the conclusion that he was quite right. Chinese painting is still my favorite of all of the arts of the past. | DAVIS, James Edward (I118626)
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| 17839 | James Edwin Willis and Julia Ann Davis raised a family of fourteen children, eleven sons and three daughters, eleven of whom survived them both, nine sons and two daughters. 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District): James E. Willis, 31, farmer; Julia A, 27; William S, 9; Joseph, 8; Alfred W, 6; James G, 5; John K, 2; Robert L, 1. 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District): James E. Willis, 41, farmer; wife Julia A, 37; son William S, 20; son Joseph J, 18; son Alfred W, 17; son James G, 15; son John K, 13; son Robert L, 11; son Lewis P, 7; son Francis E, 5; son Ora C, 1. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District): James E. Willis, 61, b. Apr 1839, married 40 yr; wife Julia A, 57, b. Sep 1843, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Ora C, 21, b. May 1879; dau Elizabeth I, 18, b. Dec 1881; dau Minnie J, 15, b. Oct 1884; dau Dollie G, 12, b. Aug 1887; son Lewis P, 26, married 2 yrs; dau-in-law Vertie, 26, b. Jan 1874, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Miles M, 1, b. Nov 1898. | Family: James Edwin WILLIS / Julia Ann DAVIS (F7437)
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| 17840 | James Estep Gaston's second wife, Catherine Estep Atkinson, was a widowed cousin who had two daughters of her own. | ESTEP, Catherine C. (I50352)
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| 17841 | James Everett Leggett grew up in Doddridge County, volunteered for the Navy in 1944 and served in the South Pacific. He graduated from Glenville State College in 1949 with majors in biology and general sciences and was employed as a science teacher in St. Marys County, Md., for two years prior to his entry into graduate school at the University of Maryland. There, he completed his MS degree in soils and a Ph.D. in plant physiology. Everett worked for 17 years at the USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Md., conducting research on plant nutrition before joining the staff at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., in 1970. At U.K., Everett served as a professor and director of graduate studies in plant physiology and was the research location leader in the USDA Agriculture Research Service. During his tenure there, he was elected to be a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During the 1976-1977 academic years, he was a visiting professor in the School of Agriculture at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He also lectured at the Universities of Oxford and Leeds in England. Upon his retirement in 1986, he returned to the family farm in Oxford, W.Va., where he raised Black Angus cattle, was a volunteer reader in the local schools, was active in the West Fork Soil Conservation District as well as the local School Improvement Council and Academic Partners. His main focus was to expand the educational opportunities for underprivileged students. On Oct. 19, 2007, he received national recognition as a "Daily Point of Light" for his work as a founding member of the Doddridge County Community Foundation. At a program held at the Doddridge County Park on October 12, 2019, Everett and his wife Hattie were posthumously honored as Doddridge County Citizens of the Year. | LEGGETT, James Everett (I16019)
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| 17842 | James Fleming was the founder of the town of Flemington in Taylor County, WV. | FLEMING, James (I40358)
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| 17843 | James G. Wilson's first wife, Mary Jane Yeager, having died and leaving him with daughter Matilda, he remarried Angeline Wilson in Ritchie County in 1858. 1860 Census, Tyler County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on July 26, 1860: James G. Wilson, 41, miller, value of real estate $500, value of personal estate $191; Angeline, 23; Matilda J, 7, attended school within the year; Mary A, 3; Rymer, 1. All born in Virginia except James, born in Pennsylvania. 1870 Census, Hickory County, Missouri (Center Township, Hermitage Post Office), enumerated on August 9, 1870: James G. Wilson, 51, carpenter, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $50, father of foreign birth; Angeline 31; Matilda, 15; Mary A, 13; Annas (female), 9; Jasper N, 8; Thomas B, 6; Henrietta, 5; John, 3. All born in West Virginia except James, born in Pennsylvania. James was indicated as being a "Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, whose right to vote is denied or abridged on other grounds than rebellion or other crime." NOTE: A nearby household was that of Angeline's married sister's family, Eliza J. & William J. Shinn and their seven children, all born in West Virginia. William Shinn was also indicated as having his voting rights denied or abridged. | Family: James Graham WILSON / Angeline WILSON (F59441)
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| 17844 | James Gaston and son Oliver, then residents of Alabama, visited their friends in New Jersey in 1858 when they came to New York to witness the first laying of the Atlantic cable. | GASTON, James (twin) (I3101)
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| 17845 | James Goodine in the 1840 United States Federal Census Name James Goodine [James Goodwin] Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Harrison, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 3 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture 1 No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write 1 Free White Persons - Under 20 3 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2 Total Free White Persons 5 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 5 Note (1) The adult female was possibly James' Goodwin's first wife, rather than Ann Dotson, who he married in 1848. However, one of the daughters in this census would be Angeline (b. Nov 1839), who identified her parents in her marriage record as James & Ann Goodwin. Her sister Rulana, one year younger, also identified her parents as James & Ann Goodwin in her marriage record. Note (2) Based on other households included in this enumeration, the location was clearly in present-day Doddridge County. 1850 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on July 17, 1850: James Goodin [sic], 38, laborer; Ann, 29, cannot read/write; Angaline, 12; Rulany, 10; Richard, 8; Margaret V, 5; Edward M, 4; Elizabeth M, 3; Mary E, 3; James W, 8 months. All born in Virginia. 1860 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on July 24, 1860: Ann Goodwin, 40, was living alone. No one appearing to be a relative of hers is found in any nearby household. James Goodwin was not found in this or any subsequent census. This was also the last record found pertaining to Ann. | Family: James GOODWIN / Ann DOTSON (F11704)
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| 17846 | James H. Cunningham, Jr., was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries suffered when his ship, the U.S. Navy destroyer Hammann ( DD-412) was sunk on June 6, 1942, while aiding the Yorktown at the Battle of Midway. In 2003, he was the keynote speaker at the Midway Battle Commemoration. | CUNNINGHAM, James Harrison Jr. (I42310)
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| 17847 | James H. Dennison enrolled in Co A, 14th W.Va. Infantry, on Jul 28 1862 in West Union. He mustered in as a Private on Aug 23 1862 in Wheeling. His military file states that he died of typhoid fever in a hospital at New Creek on May 15 1863. Actual cause and circumstances of James H. Dennison's death may have been quite different than reported, according to information in the 91-page file pertaining to his widow's pension application, summarized as follows: Lt. E L Wade [Elijah Luark Wade (1836-1910)] testified 14 Aug 1866 that James Dennison complained of one of his knees hurting him on 15 Nov 1862. Wade took Dennison to the surgeon, but was told that nothing was wrong with him and ordered him back to duty. Dennison remained in pain all winter, sometimes able to perform his duties and other times confined to his tent. Wade took Dennison back to the surgeon on 1 May 1863 because he was complaining very much about the pain in his knee. He could only move about with the aid of a cane. Wade took him to the surgeon several times, but was always refused treatment on the grounds that there was nothing wrong with Dennison. Finally the surgeon threatened to report Wade for punishment if he brought Dennison back in for another examination. Dennsion was ordered back to duty. Wade did not make him report for duty, but took him back to his tent. Dennison died about 36 hours later. Wade says that Dennison did not die in the hospital as reported, but rather died in his tent. | DENNISON, James H. (I21244)
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| 17848 | James H. McClure was a top fuel Harley Davidson engine designer and manufacturer with his son at their business in James City, Virginia. He was a global manufacturer and distributor of the Overkill Engine and parts for nitromethane-powered Harley-Davidson drag bikes. In 1995, he became the first person to go 200 mph in the quarter-mile on a normally aspirated Harley-Davidson drag bike. His many other achievements included 19 national and world drag bike championships. He was inducted into the National Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001. | MCCLURE, James Harlen (I59233)
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| 17849 | James Hamilton Rose's two wives were first cousins to each other. | ROSE, James Hamilton "Ham" (I113745)
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| 17850 | James Henry Clark Birth: 1779 Virginia, USA Death: 1812 (aged 3233) Overton County, Tennessee, USA Burial: Clark Mountain Cemetery, Moodyville, Pickett County, Tennessee, USA Memorial #: 170795276 Bio: Info from Bruce York web site Spouse Eliza Warren - 1777 - Va, Children Robert Staford C lark -1808- Ga. James Finley -1828- Tn. Family Members Spouse Eliza Warren Clark 1785-1859 Children Robert Stafford Clark 1803-1857 William L. Clark 1807-1880 Maintained by: imagal49 (47223808) Originally Created by: william campbell (47441959) Added: 2016-10-02T14:04:19.000Z URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170795276/james_henry-clark | CLARK, James Henry (I140113)
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