Watson family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jolliff Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3241
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of photographs, publications, letters, and newspaper clippings regarding the Jolliff and Watson families. Jolliff family history is highlighted in photocopies of the publication, Family Record and Genealogy of the Jolliff Family, From the Year 1760 to 1878 Inclusive by Oliver P. Jolliff and James S. Watson (1878). A photocopy of the Journal of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Encampment, Department of West Virginia, Grand Army of the...
Dates:
1878-1954
Watson Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0630
Scope and Contents
Personal papers of the Watson family in Marion County, including a genealogy of the Watson and Haymond families, newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, social and business activities, and European travel. Mention is made of coal mining development in Marion County, strikes, labor meetings, conservation, and improvement of farming practices. There is material on politics, industrial development, early iron mining, Marion county history, the Barrickville covered bridge, Beverly-Fairmont...
Dates:
1869-1953
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- Account books 1
- Agriculture 1
- Barrackville Covered Bridge. 1
- Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike. 1
- Church buildings 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Covered bridges 1
- Environmentalism. 1
- Europe 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
- Land. 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Photography 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Travel accounts. 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1 + ∧ less
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