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Bennett family

 Family

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Bennett and Related Families Genealogy and History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3182
Overview Articles and charts of genealogy of the Bennett and allied families of Campbell, Dentzer, Dyer, Ellsworth, Fast, Forinash, Hinkle (Henkle/Henckel), Layman, McCally, Skidmore, Wagner and Weaver. Often mentioned names are John Bennett, Joseph Bennett, Levi Bennett, William Bennett, James Campbell, Moses Ellsworth, Anthonius Jacobus Henckel, John Justus Henckel, John Skidmore and Levi Skidmore. There are articles on the Bennett Coat of Arms, James Campbell, John Justus Henckel and Hinkle's...
Dates: 1992
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Bennett Family Genealogy Research Notes

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3458
Overview

Genealogy research notes (54 pages) compiled by donor Ralph Bennett relating to the Bennett and allied families. The notes provide general information on the earliest Bennetts in Virginia and traces the family in Virginia and West Virginia (Barbour, Taylor, and Randolph Counties).

Dates: 2002-2004
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Louis and Sallie Bennett, Papers of a Lewis County Family

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4198
Overview

Papers of Louis Bennett, a wealthy lawyer, and of his wife, Sallie Bennett. This collection is minimally processed. Includes letters, a few photographs, and other material. There are records regarding the Glenville Normal School (including reports, correspondence, and advertising from publishers of school books) where Mr. Bennett was a principal (1870s); and letters authored by Sallie Bennett to her husband Louis (1880s). This collection is largely unprocessed.

Dates: ca. 1870-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion Tapp, Genealogist, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0501
Overview

The papers of a locally noted genealogist, Miss Marion E. Tapp, including family and local histories and articles about fraternal historical organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1940-1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Minnie McWhorter, Compiler, Genealogies

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0928
Overview Family genealogies in this collection include: Alderson, Alkire, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ball, Barnes, Barnet, Bartlett, Bassel, Benedum, Bennett, Blake, Bonnett, Boughman, Brake, Burr, Bush, Carber, Carpenter, Carroll, Casto, Champe, Cheuvront, Chrislip, Cookman, Coplin, Corder, Couch, Cummins, Cunningham, Curry, Custis, Cutright, Davidson, Davis, Donnally, Douglass, Dyer, Eagan, Eastwood, Fairbank, Farnsworth, Fell, Flesher, Gaston, Gates, Girty, Goff, Goodloe, Hacker, Hagerman, Hall,...
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert G. Bennett, Compiler, Genealogy Research Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3813
Overview

Notebooks of genealogy research records compiled by Robert G. Bennett regarding the Bennett family of Nicholas County, West Virginia, including information on the Grahm, Grose, Lively, Malcom, and Neil families. There are 17 notebooks. Family histories are for the period ca. 1700-1970. There are also a few photographs.

Dates: ca. 1950-1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates: 1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Genealogy 2
Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
Academies and Institutes. 1
Accounting 1
Bridges -- West Virginia 1
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Charleston (W. Va.) 1
Diaries 1
Fortification 1
Fortification -- West Virginia 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Genealogy - Nicholas County. 1
Hinkle's Fort. 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
Nicholas County (W. Va.) 1
Ohio River Valley -- History 1
Pendleton County (W. Va.) 1
Pharmacy -- History 1
Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
Railroads -- West Virginia 1
Revolutionary War. 1
Rivers -- West Virginia 1
Roads -- West Virginia 1
Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
Schools 1
Slavery -- West Virginia 1
Steamboats 1
Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
Valleys -- West Virginia 1
West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
West Virginia - Church history. 1
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
Women's history -- 1951-present 1
Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
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