McCausland, John, 1836-1927
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2848
Overview
Papers regarding West Virginia statehood and the history of Wheeling and Ohio County compiled by Judge Gibson L. Cranmer (1826-1903) of Wheeling, West Virginia, who served as secretary of the Wheeling Convention that repudiated Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861. Series 1 includes manuscript narratives and correspondence describing events of the West Virginia statehood movement, written by eyewitnesses at the request of Gibson L. Cranmer. Manuscript authors include John S....
Dates:
1787-1895, undated; Majority of material found within 1822-1881
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
Filtered By
- Subject: Wood County (W. Va.) X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Canada 1
- Chambless 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Enslaved persons 1
- Genealogy 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Maps. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Postal service 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Transportation 1
- Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
- Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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