Sommerville, William.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Capt. William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1750
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and genealogical materials related to the William B. Edwards family of King George County, Virginia, and the Capt. William Sommerville family of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. These families were joined when Elizabeth Sommerville (1812-1886), daughter of the Revolutionary War veteran, married William B. Edwards (1810-1888), a Methodist clergyman from a planter family, in 1833.Collection...
Dates:
1799-1888
Sommerville Family of Berkeley County, Family History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4035
Overview
Material regarding the Sommerville family of Berkeley County, mainly concerning Robert A. Sommerville and his son Obed W. Somerville. Includes a family history narrative (folder 1), transcript of a journal (folder 1), copies of legal documents (folder 2), and colored copies of photographs and portraits of Sommerville family members and of artifacts associated with the family (folders 3 and 4). Material regarding Robert A. Sommerville includes a transcription of family and personal memoranda...
Dates:
1852-2013
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- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Church buildings 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elections 1
- Genealogy 1
- General stores 1
- Martinsburg. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Postal service 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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