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
Waitman T. Willey Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0003
Overview
Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), lawyer, senator, and founding father of West Virginia. A resident of Monongalia County, Willey was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, the Secession Convention of 1861, the First Wheeling Convention of 1861, and the Constitutional Convention of 1871. He was U.S. Senator from the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) and Senator from West Virginia (1863-1871). Includes several thousand pieces of incoming correspondence to Waitman...
Dates:
1820-1917
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 3
- Secession 3
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 2
- Temperance 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 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
- 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
- Diaries 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
- 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
- Politicians -- United States 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
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 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 -- Campaigns 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- Washington Territory 1
- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
∨ more