Cather, Fabricius A.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Brinkman, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1086
Scope and Contents
The papers include 36 volumes of business and other records, such as the ledgers of the George W. Brinkman merchandising firm, the Mutual Building Company, minutesof the Grafton Rotary Club; journal and statistical report of the Grafton Baptist Church, 1897-1906; and a mas. history of Taylor County in various American wars, and extracts from the Civil War diary of Fabricius A. Cather. Also included are 2 boxes of financial records, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, a partial index to...
Dates:
1868-1938
Charles Brinkman, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0111
Scope and Contents
The papers received from Mr. Brinkman in 1938 include manuscripts, typescripts, and printed items, and general merchandise account books. The manuscript items are mainly letters, receipts, account statements, and certificates concerning the general merchandise business of George Brinkman in Grafton, Grafton Gas Works, Charles Brinkman's History of Grafton, history of the first memorial service and the location of the National Cemetery in Grafton (Box 13), and stock in the Grafton &...
Dates:
1852-1952
Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0122
Scope and Contents
Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
Dates:
1834-1945
Fabricius A. Cather, Soldier, Civil War Diaries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3633
Overview
Civil War diaries authored by First Lieutenant (later Major) Fabricius A. Cather from Flemington, Taylor County, West Virginia, records his experiences in the military and political conflicts of the Civil War. The six diaries, and a transcribed copy of the original 1864 and 1865 diaries, contain entries for the years 1860 to 1865 regarding western Virginia's grassroots efforts to secede from the Confederacy and establish a new state, and of the first battles and skirmishes such as Rich...
Dates:
1860-ca. 1960; Majority of material found within 1860-1865
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- Taylor County (W. Va.) 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Account books 2
- Baptists 2
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 2
- Broadsides. 2
- Builders and contractors. 2
- Cemeteries -- National Cemetery 2
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Grafton 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- General stores 2
- Grafton. 2
- Lewisburg (W. Va.) 2
- Memorial Day 2
- Pruntytown (W. Va.) 2
- Railroads 2
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Transportation 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- Civil War - Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November) 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - Valley Expedition. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Cavalry. 1
- Civil War -- Mosby's Rangers 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Appomattox 1
- Civil War -- Home Guards 1
- Civil War -- Military discharge 1
- Civil War battles - Cedar Creek. 1
- Civil War battles - Corrick's Ford. 1
- Civil War battles - Jones' Raid. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Sailors Creek. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County W.Va. - education 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown (W. Va.) 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia - Wheeling Conventions of 1861-1863. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1 + ∧ less
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