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Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923

 Person

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2265
Overview

One common pleas book, and two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of A.B. Fleming, plus a genealogical record of the Fleming family.

Dates: ca. 1880-1905

Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0040
Overview Papers of the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of...
Dates: 1784-1924

Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0568
Overview Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923), the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of...
Dates: 1784-1924

Brooks McCabe, Compiler, Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming and Records of Charles Ward Engineering

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Collection Number: A&M 3697
Overview Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming, Governor of West Virginia (1890-1893), and records of the Charles Ward Engineering Works of Charleston, West Virginia, compiled by Brooks McCabe. The A.B. Fleming papers include: Fleming's notes pertaining to cases from his career as a lawyer and circuit court judge (1878-1888); photographs of Governor Fleming and others (4 items, ca.1890-1920); papers regarding the A.B. Fleming estate and its heirs (1923-1952); genealogical and historical information related...
Dates: 1878-1952; Majority of material found within 1878-1942

Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview

Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.

Dates: 1861-1947 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928

Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0544
Overview Correspondence of A.F. Haymond and A. Brooks Fleming, Fairmont attorneys. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, G.D. Camden, J. Carlile, Henry Mathews, and F.H. Pierpont mentioning politics, separation from Virginia, the Arthurdale community development, and routine legal business. Included are land and legal papers, 1760-1797, from Hampshire, Monongalia, and Ohio counties, mentioning Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. Also in the collection are: a leather billfold; estate papers and marriage...
Dates: 1760-1936

John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948

Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0007
Overview Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his...
Dates: 1845-1908

Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates: 1898-1965

Marion County Circuit Judges, Biographical Sketches

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2319
Overview

Brief biographical sketches of the sixteen men who served as circuit judges in Marion County, West Virginia, 1842-1965, compiled by Judge Frank C. Haymond.

Dates: 1842-1965

Additional filters:

Subject
Politics and government. 8
Coal mining. 5
Land. 5
Lawyers - letters and papers. 5
Railroads 4
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Lumber trade 3
Petroleum industry and trade 3
Politicians -- United States 3
United States -- Politics and government 3
West Virginia - Governors. 3
Coal mining - coal companies. 2
Genealogy 2
Judges - letters and papers. 2
Marion County (W. Va.) 2
Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
Politicians 2
Rivers and river valleys. 2
Transportation 2
West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
Academies (Private schools) 1
Agriculture 1
Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
Charles Town (W. Va.) 1
Elections 1
Estate settlements. 1
Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
Gas industry 1
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
Judges -- West Virginia 1
Judges -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
Land - controversies. 1
Logan County. 1
Maps. 1
Marion County - Judges. 1
Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 1
Virginia 1
Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
West Virginia - politics. 1
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Women's schools. 1
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