Parkersburg.
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Marcia Louise Sumner Phillips, Journal of an Upshur County Resident Regarding the Civil War
Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers
Microfilm copy of a loose leaf note book with Mrs. Johnson's articles on "Your Famous Forefathers," published serially, 1953-1954 in Hampshire Review; also clipping on early Parkersburg history.
Mary McKendree Johnson, Collector, Papers
The collection consists primarily of genealogical notes on a number of Virginia and West Virginia families. There are also lists of war pensioners, copies of county and parish records, historical news clippings on Virginia and West Virginia, one box of newsclippings and other material relating to Wood County history and a folder of John J. Jackson papers, 1837-1884.
Northwestern Turnpike Association Records
Correspondence, minutes, and membership cards which reflect the Association's lobbying efforts on behalf of preserving and rebuilding the Northwest Turnpike which ran from Capon Bridge to Parkersburg and is now part of U.S. Route 50.
Ohio Valley Floods, Papers
Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.
Parkersburg Town Council Journals
Rathbone Family Papers
Clippings concern Parkersburg local history and the development of Burning Springs and other oil fields in the Wood County area.
Rector-Hiett-Hall Families, Records
Rector-Hiett-Hall Families, Records
This collection includes a typescript entitled “Enoch Rector, his Fore-fathers and Descendants”, by Thomas Rector (undated); a typescript entitled "The (Reynear) Hall Family," by D.B. Hall (1925); a short historical sketch of the First Baptist Church of Parkersburg, at which Enoch Rector was pastor (ca. 1958); and the family record from James Hiett's Bible. Also included are 12 photographs of members of these three related lines.
Richard L. Woodyard Papers
Sermons, essays, lectures, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of a Methodist preacher who served in Clarksburg and Sutton, West Virginia; Louisa, Kentucky; and along the Ohio River from Ashland, Kentucky, to Parkersburg.