Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
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- Lumber trade 2
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 2
- Women's schools. 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War -- Bounty claims 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Diaries 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Northwestern Turnpike. 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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