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Marion County Circuit Judges, Biographical Sketches

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Collection Number: A&M 2319
Overview

Brief biographical sketches of the sixteen men who served as circuit judges in Marion County, West Virginia, 1842-1965, compiled by Judge Frank C. Haymond.

Dates: 1842-1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County Civil War Payroll, Letter, and Deeds

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Collection Number: A&M 2927
Overview

Two Marion County deeds: one dated 1873-74 is between a Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Robertson; the other dated 1892 is between two different Hawkes. Civil War items: a muster debt payroll dated between 1863 and 1866; a letter from an L. Simpson of Newburg dated July 18, 1861 describes Union troop movements through the vicinity, the local war time manpower shortage, and mentions early battles in the area.

Dates: 1861-1892
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County Coal Industry Histories

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Collection Number: A&M 2764
Overview Typescripts: "A Short History of Mountaineer Coal Company," WMMN Broadcast, July 21, 1962; ""The Anatomy of a Mine Disaster,"" by Engle L. Hall, May 24, 1963; typed letter signed, C.J. Urbaniak, President, District #31, UMWA, to Dr. Wayne Smith, Fairmont State College, 1963 May 6 regarding gains for Marion County miners in wages and benefits since 1939; packet of handwritten notes on the history of the coal mining industry in Marion County, West Virginia. For photographs related to this...
Dates: 1962-1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County, Coal Lick School, History

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Collection Number: A&M 3006
Overview A manuscript volume of a study of Coal Lick School, Marion County, WV, 1920-1922. The work was prepared in 1984-1985 by 20 survivors of the one room school which is located in the Mannington District. The study was initiated by Margery McIntire Norton, a student, and the West Augusta Historical Society. The manuscript includes a historical and descriptive discussion of the school; biographical information regarding Berlin B. Chapman, teacher of Coal Lick Schoolhouse, 1920-1922; original and...
Dates: 1984-1985
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County Death Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0865
Overview

Typescript carbon copies of early Marion County, (West) Virginia death records from 1848-1860. The information given varies. In addition to name and date of death, survivors are sometimes given as well as how death occurred, and where funeral was held, minister in charge, and text of sermon.

Dates: 1848-1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County, McGuffey Memorial Society, Notebook and Minute Book

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Collection Number: A&M 2421
Overview

Minute Book of the Marion County McGuffey Memorial Society, 1934-1938, 87 pages. A notebook of quotations and writings kept by S. Corder Musgrave.

Dates: 1934-1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion County School Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0452
Overview

Report of J.N. Prickett, secretary of the Houltown Sunday School, 30 August 1868; a monthly report of the Mount Harmony School, 1877; a term report of the Boothsville School, 1879; and registers from various schools, 1871-1881, showing pupils' names, attendance records, teachers' salaries, books used, and number of students studying various subjects.

Dates: 1868-1881
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

Marion Jones Arthur, Author, Family History, Descendants of James and Sarah (Ravenscroft) Jones

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Collection Number: A&M 4173
Overview Collection contains one disc, which includes a PDF file containing 496 scanned pages of the book Some Descendants of James and Sarah (Ravenscroft) Jones: Including Separate Sections of the Connecting Families of Ravenscroft, Collins, Hickman, Richards and Cain, by Marion Jones Arthur (Mt. Lookout, West Virginia: M.J. Arthur, 1992). James Jones was born in 1762, Charles County, Maryland and died November 10, 1850 in Ritchie County, (West) Virginia. His wife,...
Dates: 1992-2007
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marion Tapp, Genealogist, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0501
Overview

The papers of a locally noted genealogist, Miss Marion E. Tapp, including family and local histories and articles about fraternal historical organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1940-1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 251
Politics and government. 224
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 114
Universities and colleges 101
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Rivers and river valleys. 91
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
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Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 75
Taxation 73
United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
General stores 66
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
Surveyors and surveying. 65
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 60
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 55
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Marion County (W. Va.) 51
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Kanawha County (W. Va.) 42
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 42
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
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West Virginia - Governors. 38
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Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
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New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
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Virginia 32
Indians of North America 31
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
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Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
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Environmentalism 28
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
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United Mine Workers of America 52
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 43
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
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United States. Congress. Senate 38
West Virginia University. President 35
West Virginia University. Library 32
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 31
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 31
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
West Virginia. Legislature 28
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 27
West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service 26
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 25
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Byrd, Robert C. 23
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 22
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 21
West Virginia University. Department of History 21
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 21
Smith family 20
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 18
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 18
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 18
West Virginia University. College of Agriculture 18
Davis family 17
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 17
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 17
Brown, John. 16
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 16
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 16
United States. Army 16
West Virginia (Ship) 16
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 15
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 15
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 15
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 13
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 13
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 13
Hayman family 13
Meadows, Clarence W. 13
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 13
Patteson, Okey L. 13
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 13
Weston State Hospital 13
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
Moore family 12
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 12
Barron, W. W. 11
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 11
Consolidation Coal Company 11
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 11
Gore, Howard M. 11
Jackson family 11
Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 11
Washington, George, 1732-1799 11
West Virginia University. College of Pharmacy 11
West Virginia University. Department of Biology 11
West Virginia University. Extension Service 11
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Dayton, Spencer 10
Evans family 10
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 10
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
Cuthbert, John A. 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
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