Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Davis Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1946
Scope and Contents
One box of material including original and typescript copies of letters exchanged between Anna Kennedy and J.J. Davis for the period 1860-1862. Also included is material on the Chapin family, Davis and Steen family genealogy and Reed family Bible.
Correspondents are J.J. Davis, Anna Kennedy, J.W. Davis, Phineas Chapin, Rev. Asa Brooks, and J. W. Wayland.
John W. Davis' certificate of Admission to practice before the Supreme Court of West Virginia dated 1896. His sponsor was Melville...
Dates:
1800-1941
John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1366
Overview
Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.
Dates:
1824-1935
Waitman T. Willey Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0003
Overview
Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), lawyer, senator, and founding father of West Virginia. A resident of Monongalia County, Willey was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, the Secession Convention of 1861, the First Wheeling Convention of 1861, and the Constitutional Convention of 1871. He was U.S. Senator from the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) and Senator from West Virginia (1863-1871). Includes several thousand pieces of incoming correspondence to Waitman...
Dates:
1820-1917
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- Account books 2
- Churches -- Presbyterian 2
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 2
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 2
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- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Secession 2
- Bourbon politics. 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Harrison County 1
- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Diaries 1
- Elections 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Harrison County (W.Va.) - history - Civil War 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Mississippi 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Supreme Court of West Virginia 1
- Temperance 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
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