Allen family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2257
Overview
Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (1813/12/03 - 1875/07/16), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant...
Dates:
1766-1933, undated; 1833-1933
Kanawha County Genealogies
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0933
Overview
Family genealogies in this collection include: Allen, Anderson, Ashley, Bower, Bowling, Durry, Franklin, Glover, Johnson, Kincaid, Mathews, Overholt, Pennell, Rader, Savage, Settle, Stephenson, Ten Eyck, Thornberry, and Young. Material covers the years 1711-1955.
Dates:
1956
Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0740
Overview
M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books....
Dates:
1907-1945
Ruffner R. Payne, Collector, Genealogical Materials
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1914
Overview
Collection is chiefly composed of genealogical materials compiled by Ruffner R. Payne. It contains various types of genealogical information for different West Virginia families from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Documents include charts, notes, letters, certificates, pamphlets, narrative histories, and legal documents, and date from 1805 to 1943. Materials are loosely arranged in alphabetical order by family name and vary in number and format for each family. Families for whom...
Dates:
1805-1943
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