Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878
Person
Found in 4 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
Henri Jean Mugler Diary and Memoir
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1335
Overview
Diary and memoir of a Confederate soldier, railroad laborer, and shop owner from Grafton. The memoir begins with Mugler's birth in Alsace-Lorraine in 1838, and covers his immigration to the United States; enlistment in the United States Army in 1851; military duty in New York, Boston, Rhode Island, Texas, California, and the Washington Territory where he participated in the expedition against the Yakima Indians as a member of Company B, Third Regiment, United States Artillery, under Phil...
Dates:
1838-1899
John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1366
Overview
Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.
Dates:
1824-1935
Jonathan M. Bennett (1816-1887) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0032
Overview
Correspondence and papers of a major political figure dealing largely with politics in Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia in the Confederacy. Bennett, a lawyer and legislator, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1852-1853; president of the Weston Branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia; auditor of Virginia, 1857-1865; member of the senate of West Virginia, 1872-1876; and a member of the commission appointed to adjust the Virginia debt question in 1871. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1785-1899
Filtered By
- Subject: Confederate States of America. X
Additional filters:
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- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 3
- Politics and government. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Secession 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- Account books 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Alsace-Lorraine (Germany) 1
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- Bourbon politics. 1
- California 1
- Canada 1
- Cemeteries -- National Cemetery (Grafton, W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Chambless 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Civil War - United States 3rd Artillery Regiment, Company B. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War battles - Mine Run. 1
- Civil War battles - The Wilderness. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elections 1
- Elmira (N.Y.) 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Genealogy 1
- Grafton. 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Keyser (W. Va.) 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mississippi 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- New York (State) 1
- Oakland (Md.) 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Postal service 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877 1
- Railroad workers. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Rhode Island 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Temperance 1
- Texas 1
- Transportation 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
- Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 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
- Virginia - General Assembly. 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Washington Territory 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
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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