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| 20751 | News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 5 1943, in its entirety: SUFFERS SEVERE LACERATION The four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert West of Oxford suffered a severe laceration on the abdomen when she lost control of a tricycle which she was riding and crashed into a cement culvert. She was treated at the office of Dr. A. Poole at West Union and returned to her home. Mr. West is employed at a defense plant in Baltimore. | WEST, Helen N. (I24219)
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| 20752 | News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 8 1915, in its entirety: SAVED PRESIDENT; IS DEAD "Capt John W. Smith, 91 (sic), pioneer conductor of the West Virginia & Pittsburgh division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, who drove stage coaches before the road was built, is dead at his home at Weston. Capt. Smith rescued Zachary Taylor from Ohio River ice floes when the latter was enroute to Washington to take oath as President. "The deceased was at one time a resident of this town and was connected with the stage coach line on the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike; many of our older people remember him; when the narrow gauge road was built from Clarksburg to Weston, he quit the stage coach line which he was running between these two towns, and became the first passenger conductor on the road, and retained in that position until after the B. & O. R. R. Co. bought it and widened it to a standard gauge, and until he was retired on account of old age." (Note: Several minor punctuation and typographical errors in this article were corrected for ease of reading. President Zachary Taylor took office on Mar 4 1849 and died unexpectly of an undetermined digestive ailment on Jul 9 1850. There has been some question among researchers as to John W. Smith's date of birth, although it is certain that he much younger than the 91 in this article and much older than the 71 in his death record. Since his age was given and 16, 26 and 36 in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses, he was most likely born in or about the year 1834, which would make his age 81 at the time of death. The 1900 Census clarifies the issue by specifying his birth date as Oct 1833, age 66. Age 83y 1m 10d in his obituary would put his birth date at Oct 21 1832, apparently off by one year.) | SMITH, John Walter (I102899)
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| 20753 | News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jul 22 1943, in its entirety: SUFFERS BROKEN LEG FROM HORSE KICKING Claud Maxwell, of Baltimore St., suffeed a broken leg one day this week while using a hay rake, when the horse that was pulling the rake kicked back, striking Maxwell's right leg. The accident occurred near Blandville. | MAXWELL, Claud Brent (I68563)
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| 20754 | News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, July 17 1947, in its entirety: WORK IS PROGRESSING ON FLOOD LIGHTS HERE J. Burlin Bates, maintenance supervisor for the Doddridge County Board of Education, reports that the work is progressing satisfactorily on the flood lights at the high school athletic field at West Union. They have 75% of the material on hand at present, and the concrete basses for the poles have been completed. The field will have eight 50-foot poles, with eight flood lights on each pole, making a total of 64 flood lights. Plans are to have this work completed by the first of September. News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, March 10 1949, in its entirety: COUNTY BUS GARAGE MOVED TO OLD HOPE OFFICE IN WABASH J. Burlin Bates, school maintenance supervisor, has reported that the Doddridge County school bus garage has been moved from Doe Run site into the building vacated by the Hope Natural Gas Co., on Rt. 18 in Wabash. The Doe Run location will be used for the new cannery. A building has begun already on this project in an effort to complete the work as quickly as possible. | BATES, James Burlin (I66147)
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| 20755 | News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jun 13 1912, in its entirety: HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE The house and most of it contents, including some money, belonging to Fred Hyatt was destroyed by fire Saturday. Mr. Hyatt was badly injured while trying to same some things from the fire that were in an out building. Mr. Hyatt lived at Morgansville. Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Oct 26 1916, in its entirety: "The many friends of Fred Hyatt, the popular B & O foreman who was injured in cleaning up a wreck some months ago, are glad to see him out once more. It will be remembered that Mr. Hyatt sustained a broken leg from a tie falling from the top of a car and striking him as it bounded from the side of the track. Fred was here Monday, and while his right ankle bothers him quite a bit yet, he is able to walk very nicely with the aid of a cane." | HYATT, Fredrick Ashberry (I92157)
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| 20756 | News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 3 1918, in its entirety: "L. W. HUSK INJURED "Leander Husk met with a serious and painful accident last Saturday. He and William Hufford were riding in a buggy, and their team backed their vehicle into a fast freight. The rear of the buggy was demolished and Mr. Husk was thrown to the ground, sustaining severe injuries about the face and head. Dr. Wetzel was summoned and administered medical aid, and Mr. Husk is now getting along very nicely. Mr. Hufford was unharmed." | HUSK, Leander Wilson (I801)
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| 20757 | News article, "West Union Record," Friday, May 13 1910, in its entirety: RETURNED TO HOME AND FRIENDS Mrs. F. R. Clark, accompanied by her husband, arrived here from Boulder, Colorado, last Thursday evening and was taken to the home of her brother S. L. McClain. Mrs. Clark, who is seriously afflicted with lung trouble, went to Colorado last July for her health. The change seemed to benefit her and she was greatly improved until a few weeks ago, she took a relapse, since which time she has been much work. She expressed a strong desire to see her home folks, and her wish was gratified. Mr. Clark removed her to their home at Salem Monday. | MCCLAIN, Iva C. (I97215)
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| 20758 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 24 1916, in its entirety: INFANT CHILD DROWNED "On Monday of last week, the child of S. T. Weekley and wife, of near Petroleum, aged two years, was drowned in some manner which their friends have not learned. The mother is a sister to Ira Lewis, of West Union." | Family: Saul Thomas WEEKLEY / Inez LEWIS (F45528)
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| 20759 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 3 1916, in its entirety: FIVE TEACHERS IN ONE FAMILY "William Brissey will teach the New Milton school the coming winter. His brothers and sister are employed to teach at the following schools: -- Thurman, at Smithburg; Grover, on Buffalo Calf; Miss Elsie, at Market; all in Doddridge County, and Reuben at his home in Ritchie County. What family has more active teachers? -- Salem Express." | Family: George William BRISSEY / Permelia VANHORN (F22177)
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| 20760 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 23 1915, in its entirety: SUSPENSION BRIDGE IS BEING ERECTED AT GLASS FACTORY The Doddridge County Glass company is erecting a bridge across Middle Island Creek from the factory over to the pike, so that the employees may go to and from their work without having to cross the railroad bridge. The most of the timber is on the ground and part of the heavy timbers have been put in place. News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 23 1915, in its entirety: MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF BOARD WALK JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN ON BLOCK HOUSE HILL During the last few muddy days, many complaints have been heard from people living up the pike beyond Block House Hill, of the bad condition of the board walks, or lack of board walks just outside the corporation limits on Block House hill. There is a space for about 100 feet, where the boards are few and far between. It has been stated that as soon as the Doddridge Window Glass company's bridge is completed, the glass company will see that the board walk is repaired. There are a number of school children who have to come in over this place every day, and last week for several days the mud was almost impassable. Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 6 1916, in its entirety: "J. P. Davisson has just completed a big foot bridge for the Doddridge Window Glass factory, that is quite a convenience to many of the employees, rendering it possible for them to reach town without crossing the railroad bridges as heretofore." Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 13 1916, in its entirety: "Contractor J. P. Davisson has just completed the foot bridge for the Doddridge Window Glass factory, which makes it possible for the employees to go to and from their work without crossing the railroad bridge. This is quite a convenience. It is understood that as soon as the weather will permit, the walk from the bridge to the pavement on Block House hill will be put in first class condition." Excerpt from biographical sketch of Lathrop Russell Charter Jr, "The History of West Virginia, Old and New, Vol. III," 1923, p. 644: "For over twenty years he has been identified with banking in Doddridge County. He became cashier of the newly organized Doddridge County Bank at West Union, and has been in the service of that institution, of which he is now president. Mr. Charter is a Republican in polities, and has been a loyal citizen in every phase of the development of West Union.": http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/bios/charter.txt | CHARTER, Lathrop Russell Jr. (I52072)
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| 20761 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 23 1915, in its entirety: SUSPENSION BRIDGE IS BEING ERECTED AT GLASS FACTORY The Doddridge County Glass company is erecting a bridge across Middle Island Creek from the factory over to the pike, so that the employees may go to and from their work without having to cross the railroad bridge. The most of the timber is on the ground and part of the heavy timbers have been put in place. News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 23 1915, in its entirety: MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF BOARD WALK JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN ON BLOCK HOUSE HILL During the last few muddy days, many complaints have been heard from people living up the pike beyond Block House Hill, of the bad condition of the board walks, or lack of board walks just outside the corporation limits on Block House hill. There is a space for about 100 feet, where the boards are few and far between. It has been stated that as soon as the Doddridge Window Glass company's bridge is completed, the glass company will see that the board walk is repaired. There are a number of school children who have to come in over this place every day, and last week for several days the mud was almost impassable. Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 6 1916, in its entirety: "J. P. Davisson has just completed a big foot bridge for the Doddridge Window Glass factory, that is quite a convenience to many of the employees, rendering it possible for them to reach town without crossing the railroad bridges as heretofore." Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 13 1916, in its entirety: "Contractor J. P. Davisson has just completed the foot bridge for the Doddridge Window Glass factory, which makes it possible for the employees to go to and from their work without crossing the railroad bridge. This is quite a convenience. It is understood that as soon as the weather will permit, the walk from the bridge to the pavement on Block House hill will be put in first class condition." Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, July 20 1916, in its entirety: "Contractor James P. Davisson is getting along very nicely with the big J. B. Dotson business house joining the Doddridge County Bank. The excavation is completed and the brick work of the basement is nearing completion." Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 17 1916, in its entirety: "The J. B. Dotson brick building is being put in shape for the brick work for the second story. The studding of the main floor is laid and covered with the rough floor and steam engine and elevator installed to hoist the material. The lumber for the frames, etc., is on the ground and several car loads of brick are on hand ready to be laid. The brick for the front of the building is a handsome yellow brick. This building will no doubt be one of the nicest in our city when completed." | DAVISSON, James Preston (I78009)
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| 20762 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 30 1915, in its entirety: JAMES GRANT INJURES ARM IN BASKETBALL GAME "In the basketball agme which was played last Saturday night, James Grant got his left arm painfully infjured just at the close of the game, when he in some way struck it. He had his arm hurt several weeks ago while working in the glass factory at Grafton, and he struck it where a small lump had formed on the bone. It was thought at first that the bone was fractured, but an Xray examination at the hospital at Clarksburg Monday showed that the bone was not injured beyond the small callous. While the injury is not serious, it will cause Jim to lose some time from work, and he will probably be out of the game the rest of the season." | GRANT, James Simpson (I93658)
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| 20763 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 11 1917, in its entirety: SALEM PAPERS COMBINE The Salem Express and the Salem Herald have grown tired of two papers trying to occupy room for only one, and have combined, Wade Pepper buying a majority of the stock and becomes the editor. | PEPPER, Wade (I111431)
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| 20764 | News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 20 1916, in its entirety: EVERETT STEWART PURCHASES STORE OF L. T. MCCLAIN By a deal which was closed last week, Everett Stewart, of Wilbur, became the owner of the confectionery which has been owned for some time by L. T. McClain. This is the first venture of Mr. Stewart in the business world, and he has the best wishes of all for his success. He is an industrious you man and deserves to make good at his new undertaking. He is a son of A. L. Stewart, of Wilbur. Mr. McClain is assisting Mr. Stewart for a few days to get an understanding of the business. He does no know just what he will do yet. Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 20 1916, in its entirety: "Everett Stewart, an energetic young man of Wilbur, purchased the L. T. McClain Confectionary on Main Street and will conduct the business in the same place. Mr. Stewart is a son of A. L. Stewart of Wilbur and a brother of Irwin Stewart, one of the valued employees of the West Union Wholesale Company. We wish him success in his new undertaking." Local news item in the "Wilbur News" column of the "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Aug 31 1916, in its entirety: "Everett Stewart, the West Union confectioner, was here Tuesday evening in his new Ford car." | STEWART, Everitt (I73751)
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| 20765 | 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. Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 24 1918, in its entirety: "Glen L. Ford, deputy sheriff, went out Monday on his annual tour collecting the taxes for the year 1918, and will sit at the various points as advertised in the town papers." | FORD, Glen Levi (I47147)
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| 20766 | 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. | MCCUE, Anthony Fielding (I109867)
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| 20767 | News article, "Wheeling Daily Register," Tuesday, June 18, 1867, in its entirety: MAN KILLED ON THE RAILROAD On Saturday morning Mr. Albert Wright met with a fatal accident at West Union, Doddridge county, on the Northwestern railroad. Mr. Wright attempted, at West Union station, to jump upon the "way freight" train, while in motion, which had one passenger car attached. In jumping, his foot struck the side of the step on the car and was caught between that and the platform of the depot, and he was thereby thrown upon the track, several cars passing over his body. The unfortunate man survived about three hours. He was a young man, had no family, and was an employe of the road. | WRIGHT, Albert (I99376)
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| 20768 | News article, "Wheeling Intelligencer," Wednesday morning, March 22 1871, in its entirety: THE DODDRIDGE COUNTY MURDER We gave a brief account of a murder committed recently in Doddridge County, in Monday morning's paper. We find the following particulars of the affair in the Clarksburg "Telegraph" of yesterday: We are informed that a most horrible and cold blooded murder was committed in the vicinity of Central Station, Doddridge County, on Wednesday evening last. the murderd man's name was Mr. --- Rogers, a well-to-do citizen of the county. The horrible deed was committed, report says, by a Mr. Owens. It seems that Owens has been indicted by the Grand Jury of Doddridge County, sometime ago, for arson, for which offense he was going to be tried at the approaching term of the Circuit Court of that county, and that Mr. Rogers was the principal witness against him. The body of Mr. Rogers, when found, was lying in one of the fields where he was murdered, and had two bullet holes through it -- one through the neck and the other through the abdomen. We given the above as related to us, and await further developments. * * * * * * * * * * News article, "Indiana (Pa.) Weekly Messenger," Wednesday, July 5 1871, in its entirety: A WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDY [From the Wheeling (West Va.) Register, July 4] On last Friday afternoon there was enacted, near Central Station, Doddridge County, the last scene of a terrible tragedy, Noah James, Esq., member of the West Virginia Legislature in 1868, and a man of wealth and influence in his neighborhood, having committed suicide to escape the penalty of the law. The particulars of the crime are as follows: Last March a man named Rogers, formerly living on the edge of Tyler County, was found lying dead in the woods near his own house. He had received a bullet wound in his abdomen, and another in the neck, neither of which would have proved fatal. -- By various circumstances suspicion was directed against Isaac Owens, a desperado in the neighborhood, who was then under indictment in Tyler County on the charge of having burned property of the murdered Rogers. Owens was arrested on the charge of murder. -- The evidence was mainly circumstantial, but was sufficiently conclusive as to his guilt. He was convicted on the 29th of April last, and a few days later sentenced to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life. Soon after Owens' arrest, some suspicion of complicity in the murder of Rogers was directed against Noah James. -- There was a long standing and bitter feud between the men; they had had several lawsuits, and James had been heard to say that Rogers ought to be shot. Up to the time of his arrival at Penitentiary, Owens had preserved a stubborn silence with regard to the murder. A few days after his incarceration, however, he made a full and circumstantial confession of the crime. He stated that on several occasions Noah James had said that Rogers ought to be shot; that on Friday, March 10, he was engaged, in company with his son, in grubbing a field for Mr. James, when the latter came to him in the field, took him a short distance apart from his work, had a long talk with him about Rogers, and offered to give him $25 if he would keep Rogers from appearing against him (James) in a case then pending in the Doddridge County court; that he objected to the proposition at first, but James then offered to give him $25 and lend him $50 more if he would kill Rogers. Furthermore, James agreed to get him some powder, lead and caps, and promised that if he was arrested he (James) would take care of his family, go his bail, get him lawyers, pay his witnesses, and swear him out of the scrape, and finally agreed that he would himself assist in the contemplated murder. Owens consented. On Wednesday, March 15, Owens was returning from mill when he discovered Rogers coming along the road on his way home. Hastening home as rapidly as possible, Owens went over to Noah James and told him that Rogers was coming along the path toward his house, when they immediately hastened to the woods and placed themselves in ambush to await the arrival of Rogers. Noah James fired the first shot from his rifle, the ball taking effect in Rogers' body, who then turned screaming from the path and started to run. Owens then fired his pistol, the ball taking effect under Rogers' right jaw, when he immediately fell, and in a few moments died. After Owens' arrest and some surmises of James' complicity in the crime began to be circulated, the latter refused to have anything to do with Owens, to furnish him any money or give him any assistance whatever; on the contrary, furnished some evidence against him at the trial. But he failed to put to rest the suspicions that had been circulated concerning him in the neighborhood. -- Public opinion had been aroused, on circumstance after another came to light, all tending to weave a web of guilt about the unhappy man. At length it was thought that sufficient evidence had been found to authorize his arrest as an accessory to the murder of Rogers, and on last Saturday the warrant was to be served. On last Friday, Noah James, who lived about two miles from Central Station, ate very little dinner and complained of feeling unwell. Soon after dinner, he took his gun and proceeded up a little run that flows through a ravine near his house. He had only been absent a few minutes when his wife heard the report of the gun, and sent one of the children to see what had been shot. The child returned in terror, with the dreadful news that its father was dead. It was found that James had taken off the boot and sock from one foot, and placing the muzzle of the rifle to his eye, pulled the trigger with his toe, and sent the bullet through his brain. * * * * * * * * * * News article, "Cincinnati Daily Times," July 6 1871, in its entirety: DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W.VA. [Correspondence of the Times and Chronicle] Cloverdale, W.Va., July 4 THE RODGERS MURDER The Owens tragedy is still being more fully developed. As before stated, it will be remembered that Noah James was thought to have incited Owens to the killing of Joseph L. Rodgers [sic], of Doddridge County, West Virginia, and that suspicion had strongly attached to James as really being a party to the murder. At the last term of the Doddridge County Court, Owens was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to the State's prison for life. A few days after this, Owens made a partial confession, in which he stated that James had shot Rodgers from behind the stump before referred to, and that he (Owens) was stationed a short distance from James, along the little path leading to Rodgers' house, and that when James fired upon Rodgers with his rifle, Rodgers ran a distance of about forty yards, while he pursued him and shot him the second time, with a revolver, through the head. This confession was made after Owens was convicted and sentenced, and therefore people did not attach as much importance to it as if the confession had been made before his conviction. This confession seemed to weigh heavily upon James. Had he been quiet and said nothing, people would have paid little attention to what Owens might have said, but from James's conduct, people were led to believe that he was in some way connected with the awful crime of putting an end to his neighbor's life. SUICIDE OF JAMES On Sunday, June 25th, James stated in class meeting (he was a class leader in the United Brethren Society) that he had prayed for God to take him out of the world. On the afternoon of the same day, he tried, it is said, to drown himself, but did not succeed because of the shallowness of the water. On the following Friday, James sent his little son into the garden to work. His wife was in her room asleep at the time. His little daughter was also sent out of the room on some errand; and when they had all left the room, James took out his rifle and ran a distance of three hundred yard across the meadow, pulled off his right boot, cocked the gun, and placing the muzzle to his right eye, pulled the trigger with his toe, blowing out his brains. He fell backward, the gun falling across his legs, and died without a struggle. On the following day, he was buried. Hundreds of people collected to see the body of Noah James for the last time, but the coffin was kept closed, and the morbid curiosity of the multitude was not gratified. HIS (illegible) James was a man of good property, was a good neighbor and a clever man. He was, until his late connection with the Owens murder, quite a popular man, and held various offices in the county, and had at one time been a member of the West Virginia Legislature. But he is gone, and as there is no positive proof of his guilt, we will hope at least that he was not guilty of the awful crime of participating in the murder of Joseph L. Rodgers. | JAMES, Isaac Noah (I57316)
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| 20769 | News article, "Wheeling Intelligencer," Wednesday morning, March 22 1871, in its entirety: THE DODDRIDGE COUNTY MURDER We gave a brief account of a murder committed recently in Doddridge County, in Monday morning's paper. We find the following particulars of the affair in the Clarksburg "Telegraph" of yesterday: We are informed that a most horrible and cold blooded murder was committed in the vicinity of Central Station, Doddridge County, on Wednesday evening last. the murderd man's name was Mr. --- Rogers, a well-to-do citizen of the county. The horrible deed was committed, report says, by a Mr. Owens. It seems that Owens has been indicted by the Grand Jury of Doddridge County, sometime ago, for arson, for which offense he was going to be tried at the approaching term of the Circuit Court of that county, and that Mr. Rogers was the principal witness against him. The body of Mr. Rogers, when found, was lying in one of the fields where he was murdered, and had two bullet holes through it -- one through the neck and the other through the abdomen. We give the above as related to us, and await further developments. * * * * * * * * * * News article, "Indiana (Pa.) Weekly Messenger," Wednesday, July 5 1871, in its entirety: A WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDY [From the Wheeling (West Va.) Register, July 4] On last Friday afternoon there was enacted, near Central Station, Doddridge County, the last scene of a terrible tragedy, Noah James, Esq., member of the West Virginia Legislature in 1868, and a man of wealth and influence in his neighborhood, having committed suicide to escape the penalty of the law. The particulars of the crime are as follows: Last March a man named Rogers, formerly living on the edge of Tyler County, was found lying dead in the woods near his own house. He had received a bullet wound in his abdomen, and another in the neck, neither of which would have proved fatal. -- By various circumstances suspicion was directed against Isaac Owens, a desperado in the neighborhood, who was then under indictment in Tyler County on the charge of having burned property of the murdered Rogers. Owens was arrested on the charge of murder. -- The evidence was mainly circumstantial, but was sufficiently conclusive as to his guilt. He was convicted on the 29th of April last, and a few days later sentenced to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life. Soon after Owens' arrest, some suspicion of complicity in the murder of Rogers was directed against Noah James. -- There was a long standing and bitter feud between the men; they had had several lawsuits, and James had been heard to say that Rogers ought to be shot. Up to the time of his arrival at Penitentiary, Owens had preserved a stubborn silence with regard to the murder. A few days after his incarceration, however, he made a full and circumstantial confession of the crime. He stated that on several occasions Noah James had said that Rogers ought to be shot; that on Friday, March 10, he was engaged, in company with his son, in grubbing a field for Mr. James, when the latter came to him in the field, took him a short distance apart from his work, had a long talk with him about Rogers, and offered to give him $25 if he would keep Rogers from appearing against him (James) in a case then pending in the Doddridge County court; that he objected to the proposition at first, but James then offered to give him $25 and lend him $50 more if he would kill Rogers. Furthermore, James agreed to get him some powder, lead and caps, and promised that if he was arrested he (James) would take care of his family, go his bail, get him lawyers, pay his witnesses, and swear him out of the scrape, and finally agreed that he would himself assist in the contemplated murder. Owens consented. On Wednesday, March 15, Owens was returning from mill when he discovered Rogers coming along the road on his way home. Hastening home as rapidly as possible, Owens went over to Noah James and told him that Rogers was coming along the path toward his house, when they immediately hastened to the woods and placed themselves in ambush to await the arrival of Rogers. Noah James fired the first shot from his rifle, the ball taking effect in Rogers' body, who then turned screaming from the path and started to run. Owens then fired his pistol, the ball taking effect under Rogers' right jaw, when he immediately fell, and in a few moments died. After Owens' arrest and some surmises of James' complicity in the crime began to be circulated, the latter refused to have anything to do with Owens, to furnish him any money or give him any assistance whatever; on the contrary, furnished some evidence against him at the trial. But he failed to put to rest the suspicions that had been circulated concerning him in the neighborhood. -- Public opinion had been aroused, on circumstance after another came to light, all tending to weave a web of guilt about the unhappy man. At length it was thought that sufficient evidence had been found to authorize his arrest as an accessory to the murder of Rogers, and on last Saturday the warrant was to be served. On last Friday, Noah James, who lived about two miles from Central Station, ate very little dinner and complained of feeling unwell. Soon after dinner, he took his gun and proceeded up a little run that flows through a ravine near his house. He had only been absent a few minutes when his wife heard the report of the gun, and sent one of the children to see what had been shot. The child returned in terror, with the dreadful news that its father was dead. It was found that James had taken off the boot and sock from one foot, and placing the muzzle of the rifle to his eye, pulled the trigger with his toe, and sent the bullet through his brain. * * * * * * * * * * News article, "Cincinnati Daily Times," July 6 1871, in its entirety: DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W.VA. [Correspondence of the Times and Chronicle] Cloverdale, W.Va., July 4 THE RODGERS MURDER The Owens tragedy is still being more fully developed. As before stated, it will be remembered that Noah James was thought to have incited Owens to the killing of Joseph L. Rodgers [sic], of Doddridge County, West Virginia, and that suspicion had strongly attached to James as really being a party to the murder. At the last term of the Doddridge County Court, Owens was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to the State's prison for life. A few days after this, Owens made a partial confession, in which he stated that James had shot Rodgers from behind the stump before referred to, and that he (Owens) was stationed a short distance from James, along the little path leading to Rodgers' house, and that when James fired upon Rodgers with his rifle, Rodgers ran a distance of about forty yards, while he pursued him and shot him the second time, with a revolver, through the head. This confession was made after Owens was convicted and sentenced, and therefore people did not attach as much importance to it as if the confession had been made before his conviction. This confession seemed to weigh heavily upon James. Had he been quiet and said nothing, people would have paid little attention to what Owens might have said, but from James's conduct, people were led to believe that he was in some way connected with the awful crime of putting an end to his neighbor's life. SUICIDE OF JAMES On Sunday, June 25th, James stated in class meeting (he was a class leader in the United Brethren Society) that he had prayed for God to take him out of the world. On the afternoon of the same day, he tried, it is said, to drown himself, but did not succeed because of the shallowness of the water. On the following Friday, James sent his little son into the garden to work. His wife was in her room asleep at the time. His little daughter was also sent out of the room on some errand; and when they had all left the room, James took out his rifle and ran a distance of three hundred yard across the meadow, pulled off his right boot, cocked the gun, and placing the muzzle to his right eye, pulled the trigger with his toe, blowing out his brains. He fell backward, the gun falling across his legs, and died without a struggle. On the following day, he was buried. Hundreds of people collected to see the body of Noah James for the last time, but the coffin was kept closed, and the morbid curiosity of the multitude was not gratified. HIS (illegible) James was a man of good property, was a good neighbor and a clever man. He was, until his late connection with the Owens murder, quite a popular man, and held various offices in the county, and had at one time been a member of the West Virginia Legislature. But he is gone, and as there is no positive proof of his guilt, we will hope at least that he was not guilty of the awful crime of participating in the murder of Joseph L. Rodgers. | OWENS, Isaac (I109966)
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| 20770 | News article, West Union Herald, Thursday, 7 Nov 1946, front page, in its entirety: TO GET DISCHARGE T-5 Marvin E. Chedister, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chedister of Smithburg, who has been in the service 22 months, 14 of this overseas, in Japan, has arrived home and will be honorably discharged this month. Another son, M/Sgt Carroll E. Chedister, who has been in the service 8 years, is stationed in France with the Army Air Force. | CHEDESTER, Carroll Eugene (I86478)
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| 20771 | News article, West Union Herald, Thursday, 7 Nov 1946, front page, in its entirety: TO GET DISCHARGE T-5 Marvin E. Chedister, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chedister of Smithburg, who has been in the service 22 months, 14 of this overseas, in Japan, has arrived home and will be honorably discharged this month. Another son, M/Sgt Carroll E. Chedister, who has been in the service 8 years, is stationed in France with the Army Air Force. | CHEDESTER, Marvin E. (I86480)
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| 20772 | News article, West Union Record, Friday, November 2, 1900, in its entirety: HE HELPS ROUT THE BOXERS AT PEKING A. S. Moran, late private Co H, U.S. Volunteer Infantry, was born in Doddridge County, W.Va., enlisted at Grafton May 8, 1899, embarked on the transport Sheridan June 24th, and sailed the same day via Honolulu. He landed in Manila July 24th, took quarters in Cuartel de Malata Aug. 5th, left for Baccor to Imus, performed outpost duty Aug. 13th, left for Zapote Bridge, participated in an engagement at Big Bend, Imus, October 2nd, Bacayan Oct. 3 and 6, Zapote Bridge November 3 and 25, took station at Mancaban December 7, performed outpost duty to Dec 24th, marched toManila on that day and performed police duty at Cockpit Station, Sampaloc. The widowed mother of Albert S. Moran lives at 1320 Latrobe Street, Parkersburg, with her brother, James F. Jones. Pekin, China, Sept 7, 1900. Dear Mamma: I thought I would write you a few lines to let you know where I am and how I am getting along. We left Manila July 14th for China and landed at Taku Aug. 1st. We left Taku the same day for Tien Tsin. We went by train from Taku to Tien Tsin, getting there about 4 o'clock. We stayed at Tien Tsin three days and left there August 4 for Peking. On the 5th the English and Japanese opened on the Chinese about 3 o'clock in the morning and fought until 8 o'clock, then we marched about six miles and camped that night. On the 6th we marched about six miles and found three or four thousand Boxers entrenched, and about ten o'clock we opened upon them with artillery. The English were in front of us and we were support for the English, and chased the Boxers out of their trenches. After we had run the Boxers out of their trenches, the Russian artillery, thinking we were Boxers, began shelling us, and one shell lit in a squad of men and killed three and wounded eight. We had in that fight 68 killed and wounded. We did no more fighting until the 14 of August, when we scaled the walls of Pekin. I don't know now how many men were killed in that fight, but we fought all that day until late in the afternoon we reached the place where the missionaries were, and they were the happiest people I ever saw. They had been inside this wall for 54 days, and had had nothing to eat most of the time but horsemeat. They had only three horses left for about 1,000 people when we got there. I would have written sooner, but I could not get any writing paper, and I had to run all over Peking to find this stuff. I do not know when we will leave here. I think we will leave for Tien Tsin in less than fifteen days, and I think we will come back to the States. About half of the regiment are in the hospital now. I think they are trying to condemn the regiment so we will go back to the States. I have no mail from you since June, so please write as soon as you get this. Your son, A. S. Moran ================== https://www.history.com/topics/china/boxer-rebellion https://www.britannica.com/event/Boxer-Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion https://youtu.be/U8NNAPh8u2A | MORAN, Albert Steven (I131524)
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| 20773 | News article: "Mrs. Stella Knight of Canton, near West Union, has received word from the War Dept. that her grandson, Lieutenant Ancil Warner Knight, who recently received a Silver Star for gallantry in action, had been killed in action in Germany. Lieut. Knight received his Silver Star for flying a liaison plane that was in danger of Nazi artillery fire to a safety zone. Although he had never soloed a plane before, he took it off and landed without incident, later returning it to its original quarters. Lieut. Knight's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ancil Knight, reside in Oklahoma. They were residents of Canton before going to Oklahoma a few years ago. He is a nephew of Henry Knight of Wilsonburg, and Mrs. Lena Digman of Center Point." | KNIGHT, Ancil Warner (I78606)
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| 20774 | News Interview Of Sarah Elizabeth (Carroll) Brown (1841-1931), Part 1 Celebrating Sarah's 90th birthday the next day, an article was published in the West Virginia Sunday Exponent-Telegram newspaper on P. 4, May 17, 1931 entitled "West Virginia Women of Century Ago Underwent Hardship and Privation." Sarah was born 18 May 1841 in Harrison Co, Virginia to Godfrey and Mary (Gray) Carroll. On 30 Aug 1858, she married Samuel Van Buren Brown, a farmer, the son of David and Deborah (Stalnaker)Brown. They had one child, Laura Emorgee Brown, who was born 25 Jan 1863 in Holbrook, WV, and who married Byron James Hudkins, a doctor, the son of John and Rebecca (Stout) Hudkins. Laura died 20 March 1917 of surgical complications. Both she and her mother, Sarah, a nurse, had divorced their husbands. Sarah died 16 July 1931 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, West Virginia. The picture of Sarah which accompanied this news article appears elsewhere on [external link] and was put there by Carol Hurst whom I wish to thank for sending me this article. http://www.ancientfaces.com/photo/news-interview-of-sarah-elizabeth-carroll-brown-18/386418 | CARROLL, Sarah Elizabeth (I56081)
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| 20775 | News item in "The (Baltimore) Sun," March 6 1855: "Site of the post-office at McElroy, Doddridge County, Va., is changed, and Zadock M Frum appointed postmaster, vice Charles F Mick." 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 1 1860: Z. Frum, 25, farmer, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $300; Eda, 22, cannot read/write; L. (male), 3; C. (female)(sic), 1. 1870 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Flemington District), enumerated on Jul 20 1870: Z. M. Frum, 40, farmer, value of real estate $5,860, value of personal estate $3.000; Edy, 30, cannot read/write; Lemuel, 13; Chastine (male), 11; Albert, 9; Absalom, 7; Leona B, 5; Plezzora, 2. | Family: Zadok M. FRUM / Edith Ann ASH (F17566)
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| 20776 | News item in "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 8 1949, in its entirety: NEW STORE OPENS James Doak, Crandall Doak and James Thomas are partnership owners of the new store known as "The Crystal," which opened Thursday, Dec. 1. The store was formerly known as Hickman's Confectionery. James Vanscoy is employed as manager and Miss Rosemary Helmick of Greenwood, as clerk. | HELMICK, Rosemary V. (I45638)
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| 20777 | News item in "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 8 1949, in its entirety: NEW STORE OPENS James Doak, Crandall Doak and James Thomas are partnership owners of the new store known as "The Crystal," which opened Thursday, Dec. 1. The store was formerly known as Hickman's Confectionery. James Vanscoy is employed as manager and Miss Rosemary Helmick of Greenwood, as clerk. | DOAK, Crandall Kelder (I86059)
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| 20778 | News item in "West Union Herald," Thursday, June 17 1915, in its entirety: "Mrs. Bruce Smith, who was formerly Tracy Waughaman and was a former resident of this city, died on the 9th inst., at the home of her parents at Meadville, Pa. She had been at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., for some time prior to ther death, and her last request was to be taken to her old home." | WAUGAMAN, Tracy LaBurr (I99039)
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| 20779 | News item in "West Union Record," Friday, Dec 18 1914: "The County court convened on Monday, and the trial of Hezekiah Meek, the aged citizen who wishes to commit matrimony, is now involving its attention and attracting wide interest. Mr. Meek is 87 years of age, and in taking a bride he wishes 'on thee to bestow all my goods,' and the children object to this; hence the effort to restrain him. The family are said to be a highly respected one, and they naturally feel that such a proceeding is not only unfair to the father, but unjust to them. So the outcome will be awaited with much interest. Berk S. Strathers, of Weston, is the lawyer for the prosecution, and J. V. Blair and A. F. McCue for the defense." News item in "West Union Record," Friday, Dec 25 1914: "The Hezekiah Meek case, which was before the county court last week, was dismissed. Mr. Meek, though eighty-seven years of age, is still active and appears much younger, and doubtless the account of his marriage will soon add interest to our columns." News item of Circuit Court proceedings, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, July 29 1915: "M. A. Meek, plaintiff, vs. Hezekiah Meek, defendant, upon petition to inquire into the condition of the mind of the defendant, and to appoint a committee for him. Drs. A. Poole and E. T. Wetzel were examined and stated that they found nothing indicating insanity in the said Hezekiah Meek and the court being of the opinion that the evidence fails to sustain the allegation of plaintiff's said petition doth find for the defendant that he is sane and discharged him from further inquiry, and also ordered that M. A. Meek pay the costs incurred by him in this proceeding, including sheriff's, clerk's, stenographer's and physicians fee, for which the defendant may have execution." | MEEK, Hezekiah (I48289)
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| 20780 | News item in "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 6 1916, in its entirety: SMITH-KNIGHT "Altho C. H. Smith and Miss Pauline Knight were married here by Rev. John D. Runkle, pastor of the local Baptist church, November 19, 1915, it was not generally known until the last few days, and as the contracting parties did not wish it made public for a time, the newspapers have not published it before. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, the bride is one of West Union's best known and popular young ladies. The happy couple are visiting in the east. The Record extends congratulations." 1920 Census, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania (Borough of Midland), enumerated on Jan 9 1920: Cecil H. Smith, 38, b. WVa, construction foreman; wife Pauline, 25, b. WVa; son George, 3y 8m, b. Pa; dau Bessie O, 2y 7m, b. Pa. 1930 Census, Volusia Co, Florida (Glencoe Precinct), enumeration date blank: Cecil H. Smith, 34, b. WVa, temporarily absent - on visit, age 34 at time of first marriage; wife Pauline, 35, b. WVa, age 20 at first marriage; son George, 13, b. Pa; dau Betty, 13, b. Pa; brother-in-law Bruce Knight, 40, b. WVa, single, no occupation. 1935 Florida State Census, Volusia County, New Smyrna (outside city limits): C. H. Smith, 52, b. WVa, laborer; wife Pauline, 40; son George, 18, b. Pa; dau Bettie, 17, b. Pa. 1940 Census, Volusia Co, Florida (Village of Glencoe), enumerated on May 16 1940: Cecil H. Smith, 58, b. WVa, carpenter (building construction); wife Pauline, 54, b. WVa; dau Betty, 21, single. | Family: Cecil Hull SMITH / Pauline KNIGHT (F34769)
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| 20781 | News item in a column titled "News Items from Smithton" in the "West Union Herald" of Thursday, July 3 1913, in its entirety: "Charles and Emmet McConnell were in Parkersburg last week to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Emma Steele." | MCCONNELL, Emma Louise (I99347)
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| 20782 | News item in issue of Nov 7 1957, in its entirety: "Get Word of Son's Death Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Ireland have received information of the death of their eldest son, Blair, at St. Regis Hotel, New York City. Death resulted from pneumonia. Arrangements are being made for return of the body to West Union for burial." | IRELAND, M. Blair (I75329)
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| 20783 | News item in the "Doddridge County Republican" of Thursday, Sep 12 1918, in its entirety: SOLDIER WRITES FROM ITALY The following letter is the first we have received from a Doddridge boy on the far Italian Front. It was written to Mrs. Gay Conley, Blandville, R.1, and is from her son Pvt Ray V. Conley, Co E, 332nd Inft, American E.F., Italy, Zone di Guerra: Dear Mamma: I mailed you a card from a city in Italy while through on my way here. We arrived here last Saturday and are billeted in a small town. Italy is a very nice country and the climate is warmer than that of France. We passed through the Alps on our way here and the scenery was certainly great. The peaks of some of the mountains are covered with snow and extend above the clouds. Some of the towns are very old. There is a Coliseum in a town near here that was built in the year 200 and there are buildings in other towns here that were erected 400 years before the Christian Era. I got your letter before I left France; it was 35 days coming. Ray =========== Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 16 1919, in its entirety: "Mrs. Gay Conley of Cove is another mighty proud mother, having heard last week from her son, Ray V. Conley, after many anxious weeks of waiting. "Ray was sent to Italy with a small American contingent, far back in the summer, and was actively engaged in one of the most gigantic drives of the Great War -- that in which the Austrian Army was crushed and beaten -- driven from the Plave, far back into their own country. "When he wrote, Ray said he was near the Montenegro border on the lower eastern coast of the Adriatic and that he was well and O.K., but had had no opportunity to write for a long, long time." | CONLEY, Ray Vaughn (I121512)
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| 20784 | News item in the "West Union Record," Friday, January 19, 1900: WILL GO TO CLARKSBURG J. A. Tierney has purchased the City Hotel building in Clarksburg and will move to that place and engage in the Hotel business. He has sold his saloon outfit here to W. H. Gallien, who has closed out his business at Grafton and will return to this place. | GALLIEN, Walter Hamilton (I89569)
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| 20785 | News item in the West Union Herald, January 10, 1946: "Sgt. Joe Summers, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Summers, has arrived home from the E.T.O. and has received his discharge after serving almost four years in the Army. He served two years of this time in England and France with the Engineers Supply Division. "Sgt. Summers and wife, the former Mary Freeman, are spending some time in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dunbar." (NOTE: Next door neighbors of the Summers family in the 1940 Census of West Union were Robert Dunbar and his wife and daughter.) | SUMMERS, Joseph Porter Jr. (I56593)
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| 20786 | News item in West Union Herald, Thursday, Feb 23 1911: "NARROW ESCAPE Ruby, one of the little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Grant, received a severe burn on the left arm and narrowly escaped death Friday. While playing with some paper, she stuck it in the fire and it ignited the clothing of the little one. Fortunately the blaze was quickly extinguished." | GRANT, Ruby Beatrice (I93657)
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| 20787 | News item in West Union Record, Thursday, Oct 7 1915, in its entirety: ROLLER SKATING RINK WILL BE OPENED SOON Council Monday night granted a permit to Ray smith to erect and operate a roller skating rink on the site where the old Garrison hotel formerly stood near the west end crossing. Mr. Smith is making preparations to begin the erection of the building at once, and will have the skating rink in operation in the near future. It is possible that the rink will be so constructed that in can be used for basketball. Local news item reporting proceedings of the Oct 18th Doddridge County Court, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 28 1915: "Ordered that Ray Smith, who having presented to the Court a permit from the town council of the town of West Union, be granted a state license to conduct a skating rink in the new building now being erected by William Smith, at the West Railroad crossing in West Union, for the remainder of the license year ending June 30th, 1916." | SMITH, Raymond Chester (I19774)
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| 20788 | News item under the heading "County Court Proceedings" in the "West Union Herald," Thursday, August 5 1915, in part: "A regular session of the County Court was held in the Court House commencing July 19, present M. O. Young, B. F. Greathouse and P. M. Williams, Commissioners. ... License to keep hotel: Andrew Helmick at Center Point, L. G. Chapman at Grove, C. C. Wentz at Smithton, J. W. Keister and G. W. Gray in the New Columbia Hotel, West Union." Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 7 1915, in its entirety: "Ledren G. Chapman and son Holt of Grove were guests of the Columbian Friday." Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Apr 13 1916, in its entirety: "L. G. Chapman of Grove was a guest of the Columbian Sunday night." Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, May 11 1916, in its entirety: "L. G. Chapman, the Grove merchant, is enlarging and repairing his hotel, which when completed will be one of the finest shopping places in the county." Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Sep 28 1916, in its entirety: "H. C. and L. G. Chapman, of Grove, were registered at the Columbian Saturday." | CHAPMAN, Ledru G. (I56139)
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| 20789 | News item under the heading "County Court Proceedings" in the "West Union Herald," Thursday, August 5 1915, in part: "A regular session of the County Court was held in the Court House commencing July 19, present M. O. Young, B. F. Greathouse and P. M. Williams, Commissioners. ... License to keep hotel: Andrew Helmick at Center Point, L. G. Chapman at Grove, C. C. Wentz at Smithton, J. W. Keister and G. W. Gray in the New Columbia Hotel, West Union." | HELMICK, Andrew (I81686)
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| 20790 | News item, "The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer," (Wheeling, West Virginia), Tuesday, 18 Feb 1868, Page 4 , in its entirety: "The case of Waldo P. Hitchcox vs. Aveline V. Hitchcox, from Ritchie county, was argued by Judge Lee for the appellant, and Messrs. Stanton and Allison for the appellee. The case was submitted to the Court." In the 1870 Census of Ritchie County, Waldo P. Hitchcock and two of his siblings appeared in the household of his widowed mother. Waldo's wife was not present. His wife was aslo in the 1870 Census of Ritchie County, listed as A. V. Hitchcox, 37, value of real estate $2,000, value of personal estate$176. With her were her four children from her first marriage: Mollie Flynn (17), Margaret E. Flynn (15), Thomas T. Flynn (13), and Angel Flynn, (10). | Family: Waldo P. HITCHCOCK / Arah V. FLYNN (F52689)
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| 20791 | News item, "Clarksburg Telegram," Friday, Aug 20 1897, reprinted from the "West Union Record": "There was quite an excitement here Wednesday over the elopement of Lulu, the 17-year old daughter of Ai Drain, and Alvin Smith, son of Harmond Smith, of Kenton. A friend was on hand with constable Gain when the 1:05 train pulled in, but failed to produce a warrant, the boy and his friends in the presence of 150 people snatched the girl from the officer and placed her on the train amid the cheers of the multitude. They tried to head them off at Grafton, but they were smart enough to get off at Clarksburg where they got a team and started for Maryland, where they have no doubt been made one before this time." | Family: James Alvin SMITH / Lulu Mae DRANE (F7438)
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| 20792 | News item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Apr 8 1915, in its entirety: RUSH GOLDEN STRICKEN Rush Golden, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Beech Lick, suffered a stroke of paralysis on last Saturday while riding along the public road, fell from his horse, and is still in a serious condition at his home. He is unable to talk and takes nourishment only iwht the greatest difficulty. Dr. R. J. Nutter of New Milton is the attending physician. Mr. Golden is one of the very best citizens in the community, an industrious, honorable, upright, God-fearing man, and many friends are praying for his recovery. | GOLDEN, Rush W. (I36973)
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| 20793 | News item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, July 4 1918: Corp. Mitchell Edward Snider, Batt A, 314 F. A., American Exp. Forces via N.Y., writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Snider of Cove: "Arrived safely; had a fine trip. What I have seen of France, is a very beautiful country. All the boys you know are well and in good spirits. The people here sure treat the soldiers fine." | SNIDER, Mitchell Edward (I116468)
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| 20794 | News item, "The Clarksburg Telegram," Friday, 15 May 1903, in its entirety: "ALL OFF FOR ONEIL" - YOUNG BLAND JUMPS The first ride Worthy Bland, of Avon, Doddridge County, ever took on a railroad train proved quite disastrous to him and almost fatal. He was coming from his home Monday morning to the O'Neal coal mine, one mile west of Wilsonburg, to accept a position there. The ride was an experience to him and he was considerably interested in the running of the train. But be failed for some reason to notice that the train stopped at the way stations before the passengers alighted, and, when the train approached O'Neil, the brakeman, as is the custom, called out the name of the station. The brakeman had no sooner said "ONeil" than young Bland rushed out of the rear to the platform between two coaches and jumped off a point about 300 yards west of the station. The train was running at the rate of fifteen miles an hour at least. He fell to the ground within five feet of the track. Passengers saw him jump and they notified the brakeman. The train came to a hurried stop and the trainmen and several passengers ran back to him to find him unconscious. He was picked up, carried to the baggage car and brought to tho Harrison county hospital here on the same train, the morning accommodation east, from which he jumped. Soon after he was picked up he was restored to consciousness, and talked freely about the incident, relating in full his intentions in jumping. He appeared to think that that was the way all people got off trains. An examination showed that his left leg was broken just above the ankle. His face and head were also frightfully cut. He is a son of Mrs. Nancy Bland and is 16 years of age. He has an uncle residing here, James Sheets. | BLAND, Worthy James (I117505)
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| 20795 | News item, "The Clarksburg Telegram," Jun 18 1897, in its entirey: "Daniel Rollins, recently appointed postmaster at Central Station, Doddridge county, is a deaf mute, the only to ever hold such a position in the State." Local news item in the column "Important News Items from Central" in the "West Union Herald" of Thursday, Feb 1 1906, in its entirety: "Daniel Rollins has recently sold his grocery store to Grant Smith; they invoiced Thursday. Dan will go to Parkersburg." News item, "West Union Record," Thursday, August 12 1915, in its entirety: POST OFFICE AT CENTRAL STATION IS ENTERED Thursday night of last week, the post office at Central Station was entered and a lot of mail broken open. There were only ten cents in the office. These with foru or five razors belonging to the postmaster, Daniel Rollins, were taken. A night or two prior to that, the post office at Wick, in Tyler County, was entered. It is reported that about $50 were taken there. | ROLLINS, Daniel (I81160)
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| 20796 | News item, "The Clarksburg Telegram," May 13, 1898: "Rev. L. F. Randolph, of Hopkinton, R.I., is here taking treatment of his brother P. F. Randolph for stammering. Rev. Randolph has been in the ministry for twenty-five years or more and during that time there were portions of the scripture that he could not read publicly on account of not being able to speak various words and names. After taking treatment for four weeks he is so far improved that he can read with ease words that had been difficult for him before. He verily believes that a perfect cure will be effected." | RANDOLPH, Preston F. (I57949)
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| 20797 | News item, "The Fairmont West Virginian," Thursday, July 1 1909, in its entirety: SUICIDE WAS DELIBERATED MARY MAXWELL CARRIED BARREL TO TREE TO WHICH SHE HUNG HERSELF CLARKSBURG. W. Va.. July 1 -- Particulars of the death by hanging of Miss Mary Maxwell, 15-year-old daughter of Leeman Maxwell, of Bluestone, Doddridge county, show the act to have been one of deliberate suicide. The girl carried a barrel from the barn to the apple tree from which she hung herself late Monday afternoon. She also got some nails and drove two in a limb of the tree. Her mother asked her what she was doing and she replied that she was preparing lo pick some apples. That night, after the family had gone to bed, she sat up reading. It is supposed she slipped out of the house about midnight, went to the appIe tree, climbed upon the barrel, placed the rope around her neck and then jumped from the barrel. A note was found pinned to her dress which contained the request that the family not grieve over her and to take a trip to Mount Clare, this county, the following day as they had planned. The coroner decided her death was a case of suicide. No cause is assigned by the family for the act. The girl was in her usual health and appeared to be cheerful and lively. | MAXWELL, Mary Frances (I94842)
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| 20798 | News item, "The Weekly Register," Point Pleasant, W.Va., Thursday, Dec 22 1870, in its entirety: "Edward Stuart, father of Judge Stuart, of Doddridge, died at an advanced age, a few days since, in Elk township, Harrison county." | STUART, Edward (I83696)
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| 20799 | News item, "The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer," Feb 7 1882, in its entirety: "Sleighing Accident Yesterday Prosecuting Attorney C. H. Scott, of Randolph county, accompanied bv Miss Susie Maxwell, the charming daughter of Senator Maxwell, of Doddridge county, decided to take advantage of the sleighing and enjoy a pleasant ride. At the corner of Maret and Twelfth streets several teams were massed together and Mr. Scott found it necessary to turn off sharp, and in doing ao he upset the sleigh and Miss Maxwell was thrown out. She fell on her left side and was considerably braised, besides having her left arm dislocated. She was so frightened that she was almost thrown into convulsions, but on being removed to her room at the Stamm House, had her arm set and was made comfortable, although she will be obliged to remain in her room for about, a week. Mr. Scott managed to jump so as to alight on his feet." | MAXWELL, Susan Alice "Susie" (I34262)
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| 20800 | News item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 18 1955: SUFFERS BROKEN BACK Edward Wilson, 37, of Salem, an employee of the McBride Glass factory, suffered a broken back Sunday, Aug. 7, when a porch roof broke through with him while he was installing a TV antenna at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jozwick on Black Lick, near Long Run. Mr. Wilson and family are cousins of the Jozwicks, and Mrs. Mary Kinney of West Union is his mother-in-law. | WILSON, Samuel Edward "Buzz" (I64506)
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