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Andrew Summers Rowan (1857-1943) Papers and Memorabilia

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Collection Number: A&M 1780
Overview Burial flag, cord, pictures, and correspondence, 1963-1964, concerning disposition of these items. There is a resume of Rowan's life after 1922 and information on his military service, which included a mission in Cuba prior to the Spanish-American War, which was glorified in Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia. There is a resume of Rowan's life, most notably his U.S. Army career, 1881-1909. An 1881 graduate of West Point, he served on the frontier against Indians...
Dates: ca. 1940-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Bradford Noyes (b.1860) Typed Document

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Collection Number: A&M 1906
Overview

Various subjects discussed include Indian attacks, turnpikes and taverns, the first telegraph system, natural gas illumination, Civil War manufacture of saltpeter, schools and economy in post-Civil War Charleston, salt and chemical industries, carrier pigeons, steamboats on the Kanawha River, and the coming of the railroad to Charleston. Persons mentioned include M.F. Maury, Jr., J.P. Hale, and J.Q. Dickinson.

Dates: 1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Donley L. Stiles, Reminiscences of Monongalia County

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Collection Number: A&M 3032
Overview The boyhood memoirs of an elderly Monongalia County resident, entitled, "Our Daily Bread" relating rural life in the early years of the twentieth century. There is mention of home remedies, farming, country stores, school, church, holidays, transportation and folkways. He describes in detail seeing the first automobile in the western part of the county. Also contains some genealogical notes on William White and family, White is the surveyor who named that portion of the county, Battelle...
Dates: 1910-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1244
Scope and Contents Historical and genealogical typescripts, clipping scrapbooks, copies of family and court records, and personal recollections of the Guyandotte Valley area of Cabell, Wayne, and Lincoln counties compiled by F.B. Lambert. Several typescripts deal with the religious institutions of the area, the development of road, river, and rail transportation, and the spread of education in the valley. Other materials deal with the frontier and Indian history of the Guyandotte country and the collection...
Dates: ca. 1819-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0348
Scope and Contents Collection includes family correspondence of the Bowman, Veach, and Leeper families. Manuscripts include a recounting of the Civil War event known as "Jones' Raid." In another document Nathaniel Cochrane, an ancestor of Thomas Leeper, recounts his capture and imprisonment by indigenous people, along with a biography of Cochrane. Daily life for that time is captured in "Home Life of the Leeper Family." Other typescript histories include "Monongah," Thomas Leeper's diary regarding heavy rains...
Dates: 1779-1915
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J.B.F. Yoak, Jr., Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1759
Overview

Histories and recollections of churches, schools, and early settlers in Mercer, Wayne, Jackson, and Lewis counties, by W.M. King. Communities or areas covered include Athens, Wayne, Cow Run, Antioch, Cherry Grove, and Smith Run. There is also an article on Aracoma Lodge, No.99, A.F. and A.M.

Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J.C. Sanders, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2034
Overview

A collection of court records, genealogies, historical sketches and other materials relating to Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia and surrounding areas in Virginia and Maryland. Subjects include a naturalist description of the area and an early history of the region including Indians, white settlement, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. There is material on the Civil War and World War I and World War II veterans.

Dates: ca. 1700-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County, White Day Creek History

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Collection Number: A&M 3316
Scope and Contents Records regarding the history of the White Day Creek region of Marion County, WV. There are also photocopies of primary sources of information supplementary to the White Day Creek book, including: letters and financial ledger of the Watson family (1820-1890); essay titled "Smithtown Local History" (1922); business ledger of George Washington Stevens, a cobbler (1890s); deeds and estate sale documents of William Morris (1854); grist mill business ledger of Sam Smith (1894); financial ledger...
Dates: 1820-1997
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Martha Bratton Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 2930
Overview

Bratton was born, ca.1838, and lived in the town of Millboro Springs, Bath County, Virginia, where she married Townley Cauthorn, ca.1860. Correspondence is to Martha from other women friends, dealing with courtship, marriage, education, and domestic life Some are letters from Virginians pioneering in Illinois and Missouri, detailing the hardships of their new lives; and others are love letters from suitors.

Dates: 1854-1894
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1528
Overview Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook....
Dates: 1774, 1822-1943
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Rowan, Andrew Summers 2
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Aracoma Lodge, No.99, A.F. and A.M. 1
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 1
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 1
Barboursville Common Council 1
Beirne family 1
Bowman family 1
Bratton, Martha 1
Brody, John. 1
Brown family 1
Burnside family 1
Caldwell family 1
Cary, J.H. Oley. 1
Cass, Lewis. 1
Cauthorn, Townley B. 1
Cauthorn, Townley. 1
Cochran family 1
Cochran, Nathaniel. 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Bryan's Battery 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Wise Legion. Company B 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 25th. Company H 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 2nd 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Company A 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 31st 1
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
Craig family 1
Crawford family 1
Curry family 1
Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914 1
Dawson, William M.O. 1
Dennis, Thomas H. 1
Devault, Levi. 1
Dickinson, J.Q. 1
Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Echols, John, 1823-1896 1
Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Company 1
Farmers Bank of Virginia 1
Feemster family 1
Ferrell, Ethel. 1
Gilliam family 1
Glendening family 1
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
Greenbrier Independent 1
Greene, Daniel. 1
Greene, John. 1
Greene, Richard. 1
Guyandotte Navigation Company 1
Guyandotte Turnpike Company 1
Hale, J.P. 1
Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934 1
Haymond, Creed, 1836-1893 1
Haymond, W.C. 1
Haynes family 1
Hopkins House (Liberty, Va.) 1
House of Burgesses - Hampshire County Representatives. 1
Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1
Hughes, John, 1797-1864 1
Humphreys, Milton. 1
King, W.M. 1
Lambert, Fred B., 1873-1967 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Leeper family 1
Leeper, Harry T. 1
Leeper, Thomas M. 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 1
Lewisburg Female Institute (Lewisburg, W. Va.) 1
Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (Lewisburg, W. Va.) 1
Lewisburg Seminary (Lewisburg, W. Va.) 1
Loomis, F.B. 1
Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886 1
Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary 1
Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company 1
Matthews family 1
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1849-1886 1
Maxwell, H. 1
Meadville Seminary 1
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) 1
Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. 1
Monongah High School (Monongah, W. Va.) 1
Moreland family 1
Moreland, Ethel B. (Finnicum) 1
Moreland, James R., 1879-1955 1
Moreland, Joseph. 1
Moreland, William A., 1916-1986 1
Morgan, George 1
Morris, William. 1
Nichols family 1
Noyes, Bradford (b. 1860) 1
Noyes, Bradford. 1
Ohio Company. 1
Ohio University 1
Old Lewisburg Academy (Lewisburg, W. Va.) 1
Pare and Son 1
Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 1
Reeder, Benjamin. 1
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