Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers
Collection
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
Collection
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
Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers
Collection
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
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- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Elections 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Gas industry 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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