Obituaries and death records.

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Letters of condolence received by Arthur S. Dayton and Mrs. Dayton on the death of Judge A. G. Dayton, 30 July 1920; an issue of The Philippi Republican, 5 August 1920, containing an Obituary notice; and nineteen envelopes of newspaper clippings and editorial comment from West Virginia newspapers on Judge Dayton's death.

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This collection consists of material from the Centerville Presbyterian Church including histories, correspondence, scrapbooks, programs, and papers about the women's auxiliary, missionary society work, finances, and social activities.

Overview Research papers compiled by David H. Sutton documenting the early history of Helvetia, West Virginia, including information regarding the work, recreation, and genealogy of Helvetia's early settlers. The collection includes family papers, letters, oral histories, genealogies, photographs, and other material, regarding the Schneider, Aegerter, Hofer, Favri, and other families. Of special interest are the oral histories conducted and compiled by David Sutton of Helvetia citizens who were...

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Photocopy of the obituary of James W. Wells (1917-2014), a specialist in rare books who was born and raised in West Virginia and briefly taught at West Virginia University. Most of his professional career was spent as a curator at the Newberry Library of Chicago. The obituary was written by Graydon Megan and published in the Chicago Tribune on 12 September 2014.

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Electronic file of obituary index for the Piedmont Herald newspaper, published in Mineral County, West Virginia. Includes 31,000 entries with first and last names for period 1888-2006.

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Transcriptions of six Revolutionary War pension applications from the Mason County Order Book 1828-1833. Also contains genealogies from Mason County families, including the Somerville, Edwards, Lemaster, Lewis, Long, etc. Contains numerous obituaries from Mason County. Several articles and newspaper clippings written about Mason County topics including the Battle of Point Pleasant, Presbyterian Church (Point Pleasant), the Silver Bridge Disaster, etc.