Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
Person
Found in 8 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
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
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
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
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Collection
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
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
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
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- Politics and government. 7
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Coal mining. 3
- Land. 3
- Politicians -- United States 3
- Railroads 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Genealogy 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politicians 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Transportation 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Agriculture 1
- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 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
- Lumber trade 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 - Monongahela River 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
- 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
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