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Tyler County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Obituaries of Ritchie and Tyler County Residents

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4287
Scope and Contents

Digital copies of obituaries from local newspapers for Ritchie County residents, 1947-2013, and for Tyler County residents, 2014. File titles include the names of the deceased.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1947-2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert Fonner, Collector, Records regarding Tyler County

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3385
Overview Records collected by Robert Fonner regarding Tyler County, West Virginia (WV) and also the Civil War. There are clippings (1958-94) regarding the histories of Middlebourne (WV), Marietta (Ohio), and Tyler County High School. Civil War papers include three letters (1862), one short note (1863), short supply list (undated), discharge for John Brady of Ohio (1866), and three pension documents (1875-79). There are also over 60 Tyler County appointments and commissions documents (1815-1860s); and...
Dates: 1862-1994
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook Regarding Ohio River History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1443
Overview

A scrapbook containing a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry in Tyler and other counties and states; a stock certificate of the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike Company, 1853; bills of lading for Ohio and Muskingum River steamers, 1855-1934; and a list of steamboats operating on the Muskingum River, 1830-1890

Dates: 1855-1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Shephard Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3147
Overview Isaiah Shephard of Ritchie and Wood counties was the progenitor of this family which frequently corresponded with one another. Many of the letters were received by Roxie Shephard, as a young woman, from her friends and suitors. Much of the collection deals with Hiram W. Shepherd including correspondence while he was in World War I. Pvt. Shephard served in France attached to the A.E.F. General Headquarters 1st Army Motor section as a chauffeur. While a soldier he comments much about his...
Dates: 1874-1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sistersville Brewing Company Photograph and Clipping

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4114
Overview

Black and white photograph of the Sistersville Brewing Company, which operated in Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia from 1905 to 1908. Also includes a 2014 news article from the Tyler Star News regarding the history of the brewery.

Dates: ca. 1905; 2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sistersville, City Council, Minutes

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1479
Overview

City Council minutes of the town of Sistersville in Tyler County, incorporated 2 February 1839. Included in the reports are town ordinances, bylaws, orders, resolutions, elections, poll books, town improvements, and other municipal affairs dealt with by the Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1846-1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Browse Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3532
Overview Papers of the Thomas Browse family documenting immigration from England to the Ohio River region in the vicinity of Ohio, western Virginia, and Kentucky (1830); farming in Pleasants County, West Virginia in the vicinity of St. Marys on the Ohio River (ca. 1830s-1900); and the acquisition of and royalties from oil lands in Pleasants County from the region of "Fish Pot" (ca. 1880s-1910). Includes diaries of Thomas Browse (1830-1878) and diaries of his daughter Mary E. Browse (1855-1910,...
Dates: 1785-1942; Majority of material found within 1830-1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Topographic Maps of West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 4046
Overview Structural and topographical maps of various locations in West Virginia. Most maps were created by the West Virginia Geological Survey. Counties depicted include Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Hancock, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Marshall, Mingo, Nicholas, Ohio, Roane, Tyler, Wetzel, and Wirt County. Geological and geographical features depicted include coal, oil, gas, iron ore, and limestone areas; Berea grit/sand and Injun Sand; state roads; railroads; and virgin and...
Dates: 1909-1924, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Tyler County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0434
Overview

Circuit and county court papers including minute books, order books, witness books, rule books, execution books, and trial dockets. There are poll books for state and federal elections (1816-52).

Dates: ca. 1788-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Tyler County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0433
Scope and Contents

Records of appearances in Tyler County court between 1826 and 1833.

Dates: ca. 1817-1833
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center