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Box 8

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Newspaper Clippings -- Biographies and Genealogies, folder 1 of 3 (includes facsimiles of biographic and genealogical clippings on a variety of subjects [see Scope and Content]; 20 items), 1927-1961, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents Includes facsimiles of biographic and genealogical clippings on: John Henry and writing of the ballad; Judge Ben Wheeler Moore; Lydia Boggs [Shepherd] Cruger/Kruger [also includes typescript]; John Henry Shaw; J.E. Hanger; Caroline Beeghley; Captain Jackson Everson [Apperson]; William Henry Tappey Squires; [Josias] Hanson Link [family] [includes Captain Leib's description of Clarksburg during Civil War period]; Colonel Benjamin J. Wilson; Donnally family; Clendennin family; Huddleston...
Dates: 1927-1961, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Newspaper Clippings -- Biographies and Genealogies, folder 2 of 3 (includes facsimiles of biographic and genealogical clippings on a variety of subjects [see Scope and Content]; 20 items), 1924-1961, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents Includes facsimiles of biographic and genealogical clippings on: Willa Hood Strickler [first female pharmacist in the state]; Prof. Milton W. Humphreys; S.B. Elkins; Boyd Stutler; Hu Maxwell; Nathan Goff Jr.; Renick family and Calvin Brown Renick; John Champe; General Hugh Mercer; and Francis Marion Franklin Smith [typescript]. Also includes miscellaneous topics, such as: West Virginia newspaper editors and publications; reburial of Chief Cornstalk's remains; Jama Shamoon, Fairmont resident...
Dates: 1924-1961, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Newspaper Clippings -- Biographies and Genealogies, folder 3 of 3 (contains originals of previous two folders; 40 items), 1924-1961, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 31
Dates: 1924-1961, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Civil War Letters [Autographed Letters Signed], folder 1 of 2 (includes original manuscript letters [1859-1863], a commission for Captain James Casady signed by John Letcher, Governor of Virginia [1860], and a recommendation for a Lieutenancy for John Sharp signed by John Echols and J.A. Early, among others [1861]; correspondents include J.L. Reno, J.M. Bennett, J.D. Cox, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, John Echols, William McKinley [separated to A&M 435], and John Esten Cooke; 9 items), 1859-1863, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 32
Dates: 1859-1863, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Civil War Letters [Autographed Letters Signed], folder 2 of 2 (includes manuscript letters [1863-1892], commission for First Lieutenant and Aid de Camp William A.M. Patton signed by James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, Confederate States Army [1863], a blank Form of Oath [1863], and typescript notes [undated]; correspondents include S. Bassett French, Rutherford B. Hayes, George McClellan, John Mosby, Daniel H. Hill, and William Cumming [original manuscript letters from Hayes, McClellan, and Mosby separated to A&M 435]; 10 items), 1863-1892, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 33
Dates: 1863-1892, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Barney Family Papers (includes clippings, pictures, letters, and short biographical sketch of Marie Louise Barney; 7 items), 1924-1937, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Dates: 1924-1937, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Aunt Jane Bennett's Diary (includes accompanying letter from Mrs. Mary Holt of Weston, WV [1961]; two typescripts of diary of Jane Bennet [Bennett], which cover 1860-1865 and 1889-1890 [undated]; and a manuscript note with excerpts from W. Bennett diaries for 1877 and 1885 [undated]; 4 items), 1961, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Dates: 1961, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Boyle-Cook-Jackson Family Genealogy (includes typed letters and genealogies pertaining to the Cook, Boyle, and Jackson families [1957-1958, undated], as well as typescript bio sketches of Lucinda Bassel and Thomas Hughes, Sr. [undated]; maps pertaining to the Jackson family [undated]; and a manuscript memo book. The memo book includes: birth and death dates for members of the Waldo, Jackson, Bird, Cook, Arnold, Williams, and Camden families; genealogical information on the Jackson family; and information on Jackson's Mill [undated]. 6 items), 1957-1958, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Dates: 1957-1958, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Broun Family Papers (includes a letter from E.B. Fred [owner of the original Broun letters and former President of the University of Wisconsin; 1956]; typescript copies of letters from Thomas Broun dating from 1861 and 1865, written from Confederate camps in Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam, and Boone Counties [undated]; and a biographical sketch of Catherine Barbara Hopkins Broun [undated]; 7 pages), 1956, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Dates: 1956, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Burner Family Papers (contains typescript copies of deposition regarding Henry Burner giving information about the family [from 1839]; and Revolution pension declarations for Abraham Burner from 1819, and Mary Burner from 1839; 4 items), ca. 1959

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Dates: ca. 1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers