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John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Town Council Journals

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Collection Number: A&M 1422
Overview Aside from routine municipal affairs these journals contain material on the development of internal improvements in the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area like the Wheeling-Parkersburg struggle for the western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the development of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and the demands for various river improvements. There are also a few references to Civil War military activities and the development of the oil industry in the Wood County area. Mayors...
Dates: 1826-1862, 1869-1874
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
Democratic National Convention 1
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Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Despard, C.S. 1
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 1
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837- 1
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1
Jackson, J.B. 1
Jackson, J.J. 1
Jackson, John J. 1
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 1
McGraw, John T. 1
McGraw, John Thomas, 1856-1920 1
McGraw, Rose. 1
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
Oglebay, Earl W., 1849-1926 1
Ohley, William A. 1
Parkersburg Town Council 1
Sturgiss, George C. 1
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 1
White, A.B. 1
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 1
Willey, William P. (William Patrick) 1
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 1
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