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| 18101 | Laureldale Community | STRALEY, Carl Franklin (I1577)
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| 18102 | Laureldale Community | MCGUINNESS, Wanda Permelia (I9947)
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| 18103 | Laverney Jane Hughes was born on Dec 31 1856, according to testimony provided by her mother in her Civil War widow's pension application. But her birth date was given in the 1900 Census as Jan 1858, while her death record states Dec 21 1857. Death record also gives birthplace as Greenbrier, W.Va., presumably referring to Greenbrier District in Doddridge County rather than Greenbrier County. | HUGHES, Laverney Jane (I45430)
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| 18104 | Lawrence Monroe's wives Audra Bailey and Ava Bailey were first cousins to each other. | MONROE, Lawrence Everett (I83130)
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| 18105 | Lawson Yates in the 1840 United States Federal Census Name: Lawson Yates Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 9 1860: Sarah Yates, 29; John Yates, 2; E. Gatrell (female), 35. All born in Virginia. 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumeraed on Jun 9 1870: Sarah Yates, 40, cannot write; Annie B. Yates, 8; James Yates, 11. All born in Virginia. | Family: Lawson YATES / Sarah GATRELL (F57512)
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| 18106 | Lawyer, State Senator. He was a member of the West Virginia State Senate from 1923 to 1927. He was also a United States Representative from West Virginia from 1933 to 1951. He served the 15th District. John was born in Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1897. On September 7, 1926 he married Maude Elizabeth Frazier, who would succeed him as U.S. Representative after winning a special election to replace him after his death and served until 1965. She in turn was succeeded by their son, James Kee, who served until 1973. [Bio by Findagrave contributor Shock] | KEE, John (I121018)
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| 18107 | Lee Rollins was enumerated twice in 1910, once with his parents and family in Tylere County, and again in the household of his brother Sherman in Clarksburg. His wife and daughter were with him in Clarksburg, but not in Tyler. | ROLLINS, Archie Lee (I59872)
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| 18108 | Left an orphan, Eli lived with the Lewis Maxwells for seven years. His first teacher was Lewis Maxwell's cousin Williams Maxwell, whose daughter Mary Frances he married. The Maxwells were prominent early settlers in what is now Lewis County, WV, and acquired large tracts of land in Harrison and Doddridge Counties as well. Eli and Mary's first home was on a farm Eli bought at the head of Sheep Run. That farm served as a nucleus for other acreage including the Wesley Smith property on Arnold's Creek - "Woodlawn." The family later moved to "Bluestone," the former Franklyn Maxwell home which his son Leeman inherited. Eli served as Doddridge County Sheriff 1912-1916. News item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, March 20 1913, in its entirety: "Besides our present sheriff Eli Nutter, ex-Sheriffs John M. Gribble, Joseph Freeman, W. B. Gribble, W. B. Allen and J. E. Trainer were all at the Court House at one time Tuesday, as well as several of their respective deputies; it is not necessary to state that the very best of order prevailed." Local news item, "West Union Herald," May 29, 1913: "Sheriff Eli Nutter is on the South Fork of Hughes River this week shearing his sheep. He has about one hundred and sixty head to shear." Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Dec 14 1916, in its entirety: "Sheriff Nutter has rented the B. W. Foley property on Court Street. Sheriff-elect Ford will take charge of the county jail, January 1st." News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 4 1917, in its entirety: RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS CAUSES SEVERAL REMOVALS The shifting of county officers has caused some changes in locations of individuals in the last week. Sheriff Nutter has vacated the sheriff's residence and will occupy the Foley property on Court Street, while Glenn Ford, office deputy for the new sheriff, will live in the county residence. Prosecuting Attorney A. F. McCue turns his office in the court house over to the new prosecutor, J. O. Wilcox, and will expound Blackstone from his old office in the Doddridge County Bank Building, while Mayor J. Clyde Jones has taken as a law office the rooms in the Stuart building occupied by Mr. Wilcox. | NUTTER, Eli Marion (I6038)
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| 18109 | Left motherless in infancy and her father having quickly remarried, Margaret Debolt was enumerated in her maternal grandparents' household in 1920 and 1930. | DEBOLT, Margaret Lorraine (I117140)
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| 18110 | Legal notice, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, March 12 1914: "DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP This day by mutual consent, the firm of Powell & Stuck have dissolved partnership. D. E. [sic] Powell succeeding to the business and has assumed all the indebtedness of the said firm of Powell & Stuck and will collect all claims due the firm. West Union, W.Va., Mar. 7, 1914 D. C. Powell R. N. Stuck" | STUCK, Russell Neal "Jake" (I56466)
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| 18111 | Legal notice, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 22 1918, in its entirety: NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC My wife Jennie Barker having left my home without legal excuse, this is notice that I will not be responsible for any bills or expense she may make. W. L. Barker | Family: William Lemuel BARKER / Jennie JENKINS (F28931)
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| 18112 | Legibility of the weather-worn headstone is poor. Birthdate, though appearing to be Apr 26 1856, could possibly be Apr 28 1858. Inscription reads "Hugh, son of J. H. Gaston, born April 26 1856, died Aug 18 1904." | GASTON, Hugh (I961)
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| 18113 | Lelia worked in the late 1940s for the G.C. Murphy Co., in the late 1960s for the Reidbord Brothers Clothing, and had briefly operated the cafeteria in the Myers Clinic. She was a member of the Mansfield United Methodist Church and Philippi Chapter 41 O.E.S. She was a past president of the Town & Country Lamplighters Homemakers Club and was a director emeritus of the Barbour County Fair Association. She was a gifted seamstress and dressmaker, and was known by many for her raised doughnuts. | THOMAS, Lelia Ann (I13514)
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| 18114 | Lemuels Run | KERBY, Rufus Edward (I32041)
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| 18115 | Lena L. Hart, b. Aug 1880, appeared in the 1900 Census of Doddridge County WV (Central District) as a hired housekeeper in the home of Samuel H. Douglass and his two adult children, David and Mary. | HART, Lena Leota (I6395)
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| 18116 | Length of military service given in obituary as eleven years. | BODE, John Edward (I22749)
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| 18117 | Leo Monnie Snider Henline November 9, 1915 - September 6, 2021 Leo Monnie Snider Henline, 105, of Verona, VA, (and previously of Lewis County), passed away in the comfort of her home on Monday, September 6, 2021. She was born in Gilmer County on November 9, 1915, a daughter of the late Aubra Allman Snider and Bessie Alltop Snider. In addition to her parents, Leo was preceded in death by four siblings: Lillian Zickafoose, Clifford Snider, Jake Snider, and Mike Snider; and one nephew, Donald Zickefoose. Forever cherishing their memories of Leos hardworking nature are several nieces and nephews. She grew up on a 100-acre farm where she learned the values of hard work and continued them throughout her life. Leo was a member of Broad Run Baptist Church in Jane Lew, but for the last seven years, she lived with her niece, Mary Lou Nestor and husband, Buddy, in Virginia. She cherished her time with them and was grateful for all their assistance. When she left the family farm to move to Jane Lew, Leo worked at the Jane Lew Glass Factory until her retirement. She was always looking for ways to help others in any way possible. Although she never had children of her own, Leo was a wonderful aunt and loved her family dearly. Family and friends will gather for Visitation at Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service located at 144 Hackers Creek Rd. in Jane Lew from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, September 12, 2021. Graveside Services will be held at Green Lawn Memorial Park located at 410 Limestone Run Rd. in Clarksburg at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 13, 2021, with Evangelist Steve Snider officiating. Interment will follow. We, at Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service, are honored and privileged to serve the family of Leo Monnie Snider Henline. Online condolences may be expressed at www.PatBoyleFuneralHome.com. https://www.patboylefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Leo-Monnie-Snider-Henline?obId=22303945 | SNIDER, Leo Monnie (I112826)
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| 18118 | Leola Williams Andrews gives birthdate as 1816 | BENEDUM, Sarah Ann (I10509)
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| 18119 | Leola Williams Andrews, Jupiter, FL | Source (S1008)
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| 18120 | Leona owned and operated the Oxford General Store. After selling the store, she worked for the Doddridge County Senior Citizens. She was a member of the Oxford Community Grange and the Doddridge County Farm Woman's Club. As grandchildren of Charles P. Broadwater and Sarah M. Lowther, Forest & Leona Broadwater were first cousins. | Family: Forest Ronald BROADWATER / Leona L. BROADWATER (F10739)
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| 18121 | Leonard Hedrick Birth: 10 Jan 1810 Death: 20 Jan 1864 (aged 54) Burial: Nelson Family Cemetery, Riverton, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA Memorial #: 144547367 Family Members Parents Frederick Hedrick 1765-1846 Mary Elizabeth Fisher Hedrick 1776-1856 Spouse Melvina Flinn Hedrick 1820-1900 Siblings Elizabeth Hedrick Teter 1794-1857 Phoebe Hedrick Hinkle 1796-1874 Susannah Hedrick Miller 1798-1879 Anna Hedrick Wood 1800-1865 Christian Hedrick 1800-1860 Adam Hedrick 1803-1857 Michael Hedrick 1811-1894 Lucinda Hedrick Long 1820-1878 Children John W. Hedrick 1842-1864 Mary Elizabeth Hedrick Thompson 1844-1923 Charles E. Hedrick 1848-1916 Cynthia Jane Hedrick Raines 1850-1890 Martha Ann Hedrick Nelson 1853-1941 Benjamin Franklin Hedrick 1855-1923 Susan P. Hedrick Bland 1858-1925 Phoebe Catherine Hedrick Judy 1862-1944 Created by: Phil (48166062) Added: 3 Apr 2015 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144547367/leonard-hedrick | HEDRICK, Leonard (I133671)
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| 18122 | Leslie L. Biffle was a national Democratic Party official from Arkansas. After serving as secretary for Arkansas congressional officials in Washington DC, Biffle became the Democratic Party secretary and finally the secretary of the U.S. Senate, serving from 1945 to 1947 and 1949 to 1953. Leslie (or Les) Biffle was born on October 9, 1889, in Boydsville (Clay County) in northeastern Arkansas. His parents were William B. Billie Biffle, who was a local Democratic Party official, and Minnie Ella Turner Biffle. The family soon moved to Piggott (Clay County), and many today continue to cite Piggott as Biffles birthplace. Biffle attended schools in Piggott and Little Rock (Pulaski County). In 1909, he moved to Washington DC to be secretary for U.S. Representative Robert Bruce Macon until 1912 and for U.S. Senator James Paul Clarke until 1916. From 1917 to 1919, Biffle served in France as an auditor for the U.S. War Department with the American Expeditionary Force. Returning to Washington, he continued his work in politics. He was a Methodist and a Freemason. Biffle married Mary Glade Strickling of West Virginia in 1921. In 1925, the Democratic leader of the Senate, Joseph Taylor Robinson, helped Biffle become the assistant secretary for the Democratic senators. Biffle then became the Democratic senators majority secretary in 1933. According to Life magazine, Robinson supposedly told Biffle, Keep your eyes and ears open and your damn mouth shut, while the Arkansas Gazette claimed Robinson had said, Keep your mouth shut and your bowels open. As the majority secretary or pair clerk, Biffle arranged pair votes between absent Democratic and Republican officials. A bill before Congress sometimes lacked the necessary number, or quorum, of officials in attendance to be considered for a vote. As the majority secretary, Biffle would set up a pair vote in which an absent Republicans vote was placed against an absent Democrats vote. This system ensured that bills received the necessary number of votes, while the pair vote canceled the two absent officials votes. With the volume of New Deal proposals, Biffles time as the majority secretary gave him invaluable experience navigating Washington politics and crafting national legislation. In 1935, Biffle began a friendship with Missouri senator Harry S. Truman, and Biffle helped secure Trumans nomination for vice president during the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. In 1945, the Senate unanimously elected Biffle as secretary, an unprecedented move among both Democrats and Republicans. When Republicans took the Senate majority in the 1946 elections, Biffle served as the Democratic Policy Committees executive director. During Trumans 1948 election campaign, Biffle traveled through the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Oft-repeated accounts allege that Biffle dressed as a chicken farmer and drove a truck to poll voters, and Biffles analyses boosted Trumans confidence during the close election. From 1949 to 1953, Biffle again served as the secretary of the Senate. Due to his experience and relationships with Truman and congressional leaders such as J. William Fulbright, Biffle gained a reputation as a congenial and bipartisan political leader. As Senate secretary, he notified senators of congressional business, passed information among senators, relayed messages from the White House and congressional leaders, supervised congressional clerks and records, and assigned desks to congressional officials. Articles appeared on Biffle in Newsweek, Fortune, Life, and the Washington Social Register, and magazines credited Truman with saying, Les is worth ten votes on a roll call. Anecdotes highlighted his offices direct phone line to the White House and his walking the Senates aisles while whispering to congressional officials without moving his lips. In 1949, Piggott leaders honored Biffle by naming that years Piggott Fourth of July Picnic Les Biffle Day. Attendees included Fulbright, Governor Sid McMath, and various federal and state officials. At the event, Vice President Alben W. Barkley debuted a bronze bust of Biffle, sculpted by Felix Weihs de Weldon, known for having sculpted the Iwo Jima Monument in Washington. The bust of Biffle stands at the Piggott Post Office. Upon leaving the Senate, Biffle worked as a political consultant until he died on April 6, 1966. He is buried in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Maryland. For additional information: Biffle: Remembering the Man beyond the Bronze. Clay County Times-Democrat, February 15, 2006. Online at http://www.cctimesdemocrat.com/story/1374673.html (accessed May 21, 2015). Butterfield, Roger. Leslie Biffle. Life, June 10, 1946, pp. 6572. Ex-Secretary of Senate Dies. Arkansas Gazette, April 7, 1966, pp. 1A, 2A. Leslie Biffle, Truman Confidant and Ex-Senate Official, Is Dead. New York Times, April 7, 1966, p. 39. Leslie Biffle Papers. Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, Missouri. Leslie Biffle, Secretary of the Senate, 19451947; 19491953. United States Senate. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Leslie_Biffle.htm (accessed May 21, 2015). McClellan Adds Praise For Biffle. Arkansas Gazette, April 7, 1966, p. 1A. Aaron Coy Moulton Fayetteville, Arkansas SOURCE: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=8437 ================================================================================== Leslie Biffle, Secretary of the Senate, 1945-1947; 1949-1953 This secretary of the Senate became nationally famous for his well-timed poll of chicken farmers. He also grabbed news headlines for exercising a function of his office that had fallen to few of his predecessors and none of his successors: he presided over the Senate. Among his most intimate friends was the president of the United States. Born in 1889, Leslie Biffle grew up in Piggott, Arkansas, the son of a local Democratic official. He attended business school in Little Rock and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1909 as secretary to Representative Robert Macon. When Macon retired four years later, Biffle secured a patronage post in the Senate folding room. In 1925, Senate Democratic leader Joseph T. Robinson, a fellow Arkansan, named Biffle assistant party secretary. When the Democrats took control of the Senate in 1933, Robinson advanced Biffle to the role of majority secretary. The dapper and diminutive five-foot-seven-inch secretary excelled as a legislative vote counter and political operative. At once gregarious and poker-faced, the blue-eyed Biffle won and kept confidences among senators of both parties. A master of the Senate's obscure folkways, Biffle regularly assisted new Democratic senators, including Harry S. Truman, who entered the Senate in 1935. The two men, close in age, political views, and modest demeanor, developed a deep friendship. Biffle played a major role at the 1944 Democratic national convention in securing the vice-presidential nomination for Truman. In February 1945, Republicans joined the Democratic majority in unanimously electing Biffle secretary of the Senate. He also took on duties as the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's secretary-treasurer and the Democratic national convention's sergeant at arms. Nine weeks later, Biffle's considerable influence soared when Harry Truman succeeded to the presidency. Summoned to the White House to be told of President Franklin Roosevelt's death, the new president made his first phone call to Biffle to ask that congressional leaders come at once. On the following day, Truman drove to Capitol Hill for a luncheon in Biffle's back office (S-224) with seventeen of his closest former congressional colleagues. Room S-224 soon became a favorite watering hole -- "Biff's Diner" -- for members, lobbyists, and others seeking to a back channel to the president's attention. Relying on Biffle for his accurate and frank political counsel, Truman maintained a special White House phone that rang directly to the secretary's desk. This earned the secretary nicknames that ranged from "the man who runs the Senate" and "the secretary of politics," to the "prince of wire-pullers." He was also known as the processor of "Biffle's Tomato Juice," a concoction from his rooftop garden that was widely valued as an antidote for hangovers. On May 25, 1946, President Truman asked a special joint session of Congress for "temporary emergency" legislation to draft striking railroad workers into the armed forces. During Truman's speech, as members shouted their support of the president's drastic request, Secretary Biffle dramatically entered the packed House chamber, marched to the dais, and presented the president a slip of red paper that had just arrived from the White House. Truman glanced at it and announced, "Word has just been received that the railroad strike has been settled on terms proposed by the President." The chamber exploded in thunderous ovation. Skeptics later accused Truman and Biffle of staging this little drama to the president's advantage. When the Republicans took control of the Senate in 1947, they elected their own secretary -- a move that led the Democrats to name Biffle executive director of the Democratic Policy Committee. Before leaving as secretary, however, he got to exercise a unique responsibility of his office. Senate Rule I authorized the secretary to perform the duties of the chair in the absence of a vice president and pending the election of a president pro tempore. With the office of vice president vacant and the former president pro tempore's Senate term expired, Biffle presided during two days of procedural maneuvering over the seating of a senator. As soon as it resolved that matter, the Senate elected its president pro tempore and Biffle relinquished his office. As professional pollsters branded Truman the underdog in the 1948 presidential campaign, the president welcomed signs of support from the "common people." Disguised in the soiled overalls and straw hat of a chicken buyer, Biffle set out in a old pickup truck to sample opinion throughout the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Returning from his six-week journey, he advised Truman that he had a "fighting chance." The 1948 elections confirmed Biffle's optimism by returning Truman to the White House, a Democratic majority to the Senate, and Biffle to the Office of Secretary. Four years later, in January 1953, a Republican sweep brought Leslie Biffle's forty-four-year congressional career to a close. Among the many who wished him well were three hundred members of the Washington press corps who gathered at the National Press Club to honor his service. He worked as a consultant until his death in 1966. Columnist Doris Fleeson attributed Biffle's success to the fact that his "esteem for Senators is so intense [that] he is always forgetting himself and doing favors for Republican Senators too." The New York Times cited his ability "to whisper without moving his lips, enabling him to transmit confidential information to Senators without fear of being overheard by anyone else." SOURCE: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Leslie_Biffle.htm ======================================================================================= Profile in Life Magazine, June 10, 1946 https://books.google.com/books?id=xkkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA65&ots=Xez7xmYWeG&dq=leslie%20biffle&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q=leslie%20biffle&f=false ======================================================================================= | BIFFLE, Leslie L. (I120474)
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| 18123 | Lester McNemar's natural father is believed to have been a Hatfield. 1930 Census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (City of Johnstown), enumerated on Apr 8 1930: Lester McNemar, 31, married, age 25 at first marriage, born in W. Va., both parents born in W. Va., occupation laborer in steel mill; wife Ethel M, 27, age 21 at first marriage, born in Pa, both parents born in Pa; son Edward L, 5 yrs 7 mos, b. in Pa; son Robert P, 3 yrs 6 mos, b. in Pa. 1940 Census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (Croyle Twp, community of Rockville), enumerated on Apr 17 1940: Lester McNemar, 41, shovel operator in road construction; wife Ethel, 36; son Edward, 15; son Robert, 13; son Thomas, 9; dau Audrey, 6. (Note: There is currently no community named Rockville in Cambria County. Previously, however, there were two coal operations named Rockville located at South Fork in Cambria County: Rockville Coal & Lime Company and Rockville Mine. http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/camindexr.html ) | MCNEMAR, Lester (I6024)
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| 18124 | Letter to the Editor, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jun 6 1918, in its entirety: LETTER FROM CAMP LEE Camp Lee, Va. 5-31-'18 Dear Editor, We arrived at Camp Lee Tuesday May 28th at 10:30 A.M. feeling very tired and sleepy but in good spirits. All the Doddridge boys are together in Co 58. The First Segt says we are the best company he hasever had. We feel proud of that. We hope to break the record and get the Kaiser sure. If this letter misses the waste basket, I will write again. Here is wishing the Record and its many readers happiness and success. Lewis E. Williams 58th Co, Barrack B 15th Prov. Rec. Bn. Camp Lee, Va. | WILLIAMS, Lewis Emmett (I32185)
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| 18125 | Letter to the Editor, titled "From Gilmer County," appearing in the "Weston Democrat," May 3 1879: Editor Democrat: Last October Rev. Eli Martin, of the U. B. Church, assisted Rev. S. J. Graham, of Troy charge, in a series of meetings at Stewards Creek. In one of Mr. Martin's sermons, he related an incident which occurred several years ago at Buckeye Tunnel, where a young man, on the night of his conversion, handled the hot stove and red hot cinders. The statement has been paraded before the people of this county as a base falsehood, and Mr. Martin the originator of it. I send you an abridgement of a sworn statement by the father of the young man, in relation to the matter, and an abundance of other evidence to the facts of the case can be obtained in the same community: BUCKEYE RUN, W.VA. This is to certify that I, Isaac Stutler, father of A. H. Stutler, was present when my son handled the red hot cinders. I was sitting against the pulpit; the back part of the stove was red hot, and had been red hot all over a few minutes before. Some young men had promised by son to go forward to the altar with him, but failed to do so, and when he professed religion, he went back to them in the congregation and they cursed him, saying that there was no such a thing as religion. My son got down before them and prayed, asking God to give him more faith, when he turned around and took hold of the stove, and then reached down into the stove and took out the red hot cinders, holding them in his hands and presenting them at the same time to the people in attestation of his conversion. I took hold of his wrists and turned his hands over, and the cinders fell out upon the floor, and they were so hot that the smoke arose from the floor. I supposed that his hands would be so burnt that they would have to be amputated, but not so; there was not a mark of fire upon his hands. /signed/ Dr. Isaac Stutler Sworn and subscribed to before me, this, the 11th day of December, 1878. W. M. Riggs, Justice of Grant District, Doddridge County, West Virginia /signed/ W. M. Riggs Now, Mr. Editor, while we may not be able to explain this phenomenon, yet we have no right to berate an aged minister of the gospel for simply relating the circumstance to an audience. A certain character has been making himself very conspicuous in the matter by saying that Mr. Martin told a lie in the pulpit, and called upon Mr. Graham to verify it. We have simply written this statement in defense of the above named gentleman, whose truthfulness cannot be impeached. The father of the young man also sends the following statement in a note to the writer: "There are several persons who are ready to be qualified to the fact that I have sworn to." We hope if anyone hereafter is to be branded with falsehood, that the person doing so will please say that the father of boy lies, not Mr. Martin. JUSTICE http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038198/1879-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=1&rows=20&words=Dr+Isaac+Isaac.Stutler+Stutler&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Dr.+Isaac+Stutler&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 | STUTLER, Isaac (I41038)
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| 18126 | Lettice Bond Gorby had one of the first sewing machines in the area. (From History of Nutter's Fork) | BOND, Lettice (I40481)
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| 18127 | Levi Cox in the 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Levi Cox [Levi C J] Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Election District 4, Washington, Maryland Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 2 Free White Persons - Over 25: 1 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4 | Family: Levi COX / Nancy Ann HART (F32011)
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| 18128 | Levi Douglass was born possibly in Virginia, but more likely on the eastern shore of Maryland in present-day Wicomico County. His date of birth is generally accepted as being around 1750, but may have been as late as about 1760. In about 1777, just prior to his 1778 marriage to Nancy Anne Merrick in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Levi Douglass signed a petition for the formation of Harrison County, which came about in 1784. In May 1785, a survey for Levi Douglass was recorded for 400 acres in Harrison County on the Brushy Fork of Elk Creek, adjoining the land of Benjamin Coplin. | DOUGLASS, Levi (I38490)
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| 18129 | Levi Nutter enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 1 1862 in Calhoun County, serving in Co A, 3rd Virginia State Line (Moccasin Rangers), although post-war rosters show his enlistment as Dec 6 1862. Muster rolls show him in Co A, 19th Virginia Cavalry, as of Feb 28 1863. Further enlistment in Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co, WV on Mar 1 1863, but not stated if present or absent on muster-in-roll dated March 1863. | NUTTER, Levi (I25868)
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| 18130 | Lewis & Molly also raised his niece, June Purcell. | RIDER, Lewis Calvin (I19878)
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| 18131 | Lewis changed the spelling of his name from Critchfield to Crichfield. | VAN CRITCHFIELD, Lewis (I13637)
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| 18132 | Lewis County | PHILLIPS, Forrest Clarence (I77809)
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| 18133 | Lewis County birth records show that an Alma Gaston of Doddridge County gave birth to a daughter, Elenor Lee Gaston, on Aug 21 1921. The space for the father's name contains the entry "Refused to give this information." This is presumably the same Alma Gaston. | GASTON, Alma Gay (I263)
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| 18134 | Lewis County Death Records (Book 12, p. 151) give date of death as Dec 31 1994. But Social Security Death Index reports death date as Dec 15 1994. | GASTON, George Norman (I3165)
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| 18135 | Lewis County marriage records contain two entries for this marriage, one showing a marriage date of Dec 9 1850, and the other showing a date of Dec 12 1850. | Family: Peter Gaston SWISHER / Margaret Mary HINZMAN (F2271)
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| 18136 | Lewis County Marriages show that Salathiel Hardman married R. A. McNeamer on Apr 21 1857. This is likely to be this Rebecca A. McNemar. | MCNEMAR, Rebecca A. (I29054)
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| 18137 | Lewis D. Cook, p. 753, gives death date for Susannah Matthews Smith as 1695, but that is clearly incorrect. She had children in 1699 and 1702, and was listed as a survivor when her husband died in 1702. | MATTHEWS, Susannah (I6058)
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| 18138 | Lewis Davis was not descended from Rev. William Davis, the progenitor of the Davises who settled in Salem, WV. 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia): Lewis Davis, 31, farmer; Harriet, 25; John, 8; Samuel, 6; Rezin, 4; Richard, 2. (Note: Birthplace for all given as Virginia, although Lewis and Harriet are known from the 1860 Census and other records to have been born in Maryland.) 1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia): Lewis Davis, 44, b. Maryland, farm laborer; Harriet A, 38, b. Md; John E, 19, b. Virginia; Samuel H, 15, b. Va; Richard J, 12, b. VA; Mary E, 8, b. Va; Matthias M F, 4, b. Va; Eliza J, 1, b. Va. 1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile Twp), enumerated on Aug 11 1870: Lewis Davis, 55, b. Maryland, farmer; Harriet A, 48, b. Md; Matthia, 13, b. Va; Jemima A, 6, b. WVa; Richard J, 21, b. Va, farm laborer. | Family: Lewis DAVIS / Harriet Ann DEAN (F21500)
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| 18139 | Lewis Gaston Leary Jr. was an English professor and scholar. He taught English at the University of Miami, 1935-1941; Duke University, 1941-1951; Columbia University, 1951-1968, serving as department chairman, 1962-1968; and was William Rand Kenan Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968-1976. | LEARY, Lewis Gaston Jr. (I77022)
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| 18140 | Lewis Harvey Pigott wrote his will on Feb 11 1898. It was probated on Apr 24 1898. [Doddridge County Will Book] | PIGOTT, Lewis Harvey (I28760)
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| 18141 | Lewis Maxwell was a member of Congress from 1827 to 1833. A wealthy man for his time, he was a surveyor who entered large tracts of land all over his region of the state. Childless, he left no heirs, so much of his fortune fell to his nephew, Franklin Maxwell. Specifically, his will "gave his widow her dower, and divided the residue of the estate equally between the sons of his nephew Franklin one-half, and the other one-half equally among the sons of his brothers and half-brothers; Franklin Maxwell, under the Will, received $2,000 for settling the estate, and Judge Edwin Maxwell and the Judge's brother Rufus Maxwell received his Library." ["History of Ritchie County," p. 603, by Minnie Kendall Lowther] ["The Lowther Family of Doddridge County, West Virginia," p. 1, by Lathrop Russell Charter] The 1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jun 1 1860, contains the following entry: Slave owner: Lewis Maxwell Description of slaves: 1 black female, age 70 1 black male, age 29 "MAXWELL, Lewis, (1790 - 1862) MAXWELL, Lewis, a Representative from Virginia; born in Chester County, Pa., April 17, 1790; moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800; completed a preparatory course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Weston, Va. (now West Virginia); member of the State house of delegates 1821-1824; elected to the Twentieth Congress; reelected to the Twenty-first Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee; died in West Union, Doddridge County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 13, 1862; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000269 Background Information: Lewis Maxwell was born either in Colrain Township of Lancaster County or in Chester County, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1790, and was the son of Thomas Maxwell and Jane Lewis . As a child, he moved with his mother to Lewis County, Virginia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and became a member of the State House of Delegates 1821-1824. He was served in Congress from 1827 to 1833, after which he resumed the practice of law, was a surveyor and land speculator. He married Sophronia Wilson in 1844, and later, in 1859, Jane Pritchard, who survived him. He was one of the largest landholders in the region, a founder of Weston, (West) Virginia and the founder of Jane Lew, a town named after his mother. He died in West Union, Doddridge County, (West) Virginia on February 13, 1862 and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Childless, his fortune ultimately descended to his nephew Franklin Maxwell, son of his older brother Abner. http://www.historybyhand.com/Document%20Descriptions/DM4045.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Maxwell (NOTE: This report of Lewis Maxwell's burial at the Odd Fellows Cemetery is incorrect, as that cemetery did not exist until 1899. His monument is located in the nearby Old Seventh Day Baptist section of what is now known as Blockhouse Hill Cemetery. The other two Blockhouse Hill Cemetery sections are the former IOOF Cemetery and the Catholic section.) | MAXWELL, Lewis (I34201)
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| 18142 | Lewis Oscar "Bull" Smith (August 20, 1880 - May 1, 1928) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played from 1904 to 1911 for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Washington Senators. In 1911 Bull was asked to "teach the finer points of the game" as a coach for the Washington Senators. Bull was given an official at-bat for the big club for his services. He took a walk. Smith attended West Virginia University, where he played four seasons (1900-1903) of college baseball for the Mountaineers. Outside of baseball, Smith played football in 1905 for the Canton Athletic Club. He remained with the team in 1906 as they were renamed the Canton Bulldogs. Smith and Canton played in the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the National Football League. Smith played halfback for the Bulldogs in 1906 when a betting scandal involving Canton and their rival, the Massillon Tigers, arose. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Smith http://wvustats.com/sport/football/player/1545 Much more interesting and well-researched information can be found at: https://bullthemovie.wordpress.com/ Note that this excellent blog clarifies that a widely circulated photo purporting to be Lewis O. "Bull" Smith is actually that of a contemporary baseball player, Harry "Bull" Smith, also known as Bull H. Smith. | SMITH, Lewis Oscar "Bull" (I135788)
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| 18143 | Lexie Cumberledge Buskirk was a charter member of the Friendship Temple II Pythion Sisters of Anchorage and served as past most excellent chief. She then joined the Nomads of Parkersburg, W.Va. She also belonged to the Anchorage Rock and Mineral Club, the retired Federal Employees Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Buskirk was an avid bowler. She had a permanent membership in the Anchorage Women's Bowling Association. She was inducted into the Anchorage Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame during the 1978-79 season. She belonged to the Anchorage 500 Club, the State 500 Club and the National 500 Club. Mrs. Buskirk also had a WIBC Championship Tournament lifetime pass. She bowled on the Big Ten League for many years, plus many other leagues. Mrs. Buskirk participated in 32 WIBC National Championship Tournaments. Her last national tournament was in 2001 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., when she was 92. She was preceded in death by her infant twin sons and second husband, Herman Buskirk. | CUMBERLEDGE, Lexie Merle "Alexis" (I96074)
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| 18144 | Liberty Addition | GUM, Brennan Duane "Dick" (I18924)
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| 18145 | Liberty Corners | KING, John (I3733)
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| 18146 | Liberty Street | KELLEY, James Robert (I102840)
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| 18147 | License issued and marriage recorded in Harrison County, residence of bride. | Family: Dale Ervin GRUBB / Mary Adeline ASHCRAFT (F49936)
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| 18148 | License only. No minister's return. | Family: Chester Leroy HUMPHREY / Goldie Lou DAVIS (F62245)
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| 18149 | Lick Creek, WV | DEMPSEY, Elizabeth Ann (I62087)
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| 18150 | Lick Run | DUCKWORTH, Charlotte (I106652)
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