Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1674
Overview
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...
Dates:
ca. 1840-1955
Charles Mortimer Bishop (1827-1896) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0008
Overview
Papers of a Preston County farmer, merchant, and licensed exhorter of the Methodist Episcopal Church who served in the state legislature in the years 1870-1876. There are letters of H. Davis and William Ewin regarding land and coal properties in Preston County. Also included are minutes of the incorporators' meeting of the Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad, 1873, as well as scattered items relating to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingwood; the Northwestern Turnpike at St. George; the...
Dates:
1857-1897
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- Subject: Preston County (W. Va.) X
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- Account books 1
- Agriculture 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War -- Bounty claims 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Editors - letters and papers. 1
- Election of 1856. 1
- Election of 1884. 1
- Elections 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Gas industry 1
- General stores 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Northwestern Turnpike. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Preston County Herald. 1
- Preston County Journal. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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