McGraw, John T.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Jacob Williamson Marshall (b.1830) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0054
Overview
Papers of a livestock broker, farmer, and merchant of Mingo Flats, Randolph County, who was associated with John T. McGraw in the development of Marlinton and the purchase and sale of land, coal, and timber in neighboring Pocahontas County. There are some items of Civil War interest, while the bulk of the correspondence relates to the marketing of ginseng, beeswax, wool, venison, animal pelts, and farm machinery. There is significant correspondence relating to state politics and railroads....
Dates:
ca. 1840-1900
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
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- Coal mining. 2
- Land. 2
- Lumber trade 2
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- Alsace-Lorraine (Germany) 1
- American ginseng 1
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- California 1
- Cemeteries -- National Cemetery (Grafton, W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 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
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elmira (N.Y.) 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Fur trade 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Keyser (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Livestock 1
- Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
- Mingo Flats. 1
- New York (State) 1
- Oakland (Md.) 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877 1
- Railroad workers. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Rhode Island 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Temperance 1
- Texas 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Washington Territory 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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