Box 1

Scope and Contents This series includes Virginia Haymond's original journal/diary as well as typed and handwritten excerpts copied from it. Virginia C. Haymond (January 20, 1834 - August 18, 1865) lived near Fairmont in Marion County, [West] Virginia. Her father was Colonel Thomas S. Haymond, who served as a representative to the Virginia House of Delegates and the US House of Representatives before serving the Confederacy during the Civil War. Alpheus F. Haymond was her brother. Virginia's journal begins in...