Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates:
1898-1963
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
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- Bourbon politics. 1
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- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
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- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Epidemics 1
- France 1
- Huntington. 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Mississippi 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Secession 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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