Monongalia County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:
Lewis Johnson Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2259
Overview
Biographical and genealogical information relating to Lewis Johnson of West Liberty, Ohio County, WV, (1776 July 19-1820 ca) and his descendants. The information was supplied and compiled by Thomas A. McCammon, a descendant of Johnson, and Audra Wayne of Wheeling, WV. Wayne provided McCammon with a photocopy of a contract between M.D. Lewis and the English Day School in West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV. Included among these works, "The Demise of Lewis Johnson" by James Armstrong...
Dates:
1985
Lynn Hastings Monongalia County Schools and Local History (Typescript)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1375
Overview
"Monongalia County Schools and Local History, 1864-1960," compiled by Lynn Hastings, includes lists of various county and school officials, rosters of teachers and students, and organizational data of the school system.
Dates:
1864-1960
Marmaduke Dent Ledgers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0733
Overview
Daybooks for the practice of Dr. Marmaduke Dent (1801-1880), a physician in Monongalia County, and for a general store in Granville.
Dates:
1855-1891
Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3131
Overview
The microfilm collection contains 10 diaries and inserted supplementary letters, clippings, and photographs kept by Presbyterian missionary Mary Behner during her years as the first director of The Shack, a settlement house in the Scotts Run Area of Monongalia County. In addition to the microfilm, there is an addendum to this collection dating from 2006. It includes a photograph album kept by Anna Santore DeLancy, who was a Sunday School teacher at the Shack, a Presbyterian neighborhood...
Dates:
1928-1937
Max Mathers Collection Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2386
Overview
Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical...
Dates:
1821-1957
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Mercer Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3161
Overview
A family history and genealogical record of the Mercer family of Monongalia County, WV with mention of the allied families of Brown and Campbell. Robert Mercer was the first of the family to settle in what is now West Virginia near Morgantown in 1766. He was the son of Gideon Mercer and the grandson of John Mercer, the earliest known family member in America. John Mercer was a Quaker merchant of New York City and an extensive landowner of Manhattan Island. Also noted is the movement and...
Dates:
1988-1995
Meredith Kiger, Collector, Shuttlesworth Family Documents and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3601
Overview
Digital copies of paper documents regarding the Shuttlesworth family of Virginia.Includes:
1) Land grant to Philip Shuttlesworth of 537 acres in Monongalia County; signed by Virginia Governor James Wood (3-7-1798);
2) Plat of 205 acres of land from Patrick, Edward, and John Kearns to John Austin; surveyed by Sam Hanway (8-10-1816);
3) Bond of Samuel and Juliet Muckleray to Joseph Shuttlesworth (12-19-1828);
4) Summons of Joseph, John, and Archibald Shuttlesworth...
Dates:
1798-1849, undated
Michael K. Johnson, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2345
Overview
Correspondence, business records, legal papers, and miscellaneous papers of the Haldeman, Baldwin, and Smith families of Monongalia and Preston counties in West Virginia and of Greene, Fayette, and Washington counties in Pennsylvania. The major portion of the collection relates to the business dealings of the Rev. T.A. Haldeman, who built and repaired carriages, wagons, and buggies at a shop in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and also dealt in fruits and vegetables. There is genealogical material...
Dates:
1830-1958
Mildred Arnett-Reed Morgantown Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3333
Overview
Photocopy facsimile of scrapbook assembled by Mildred Arnett-Reed (11' x 16'; 95 pages). Includes photographs, letters from her sister and friends, newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera documenting Reed's activities in the Morgantown, West Virginia area during her high school years (1924-27). There are also clippings and letters regarding her wedding in 1931, and greeting cards for her 25th wedding anniversary. Photographs include candid and portrait shots of Mildred's family (William...
Dates:
1924-1956