Wood County (W. Va.)
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs
Records collected by Paul Daugherty regarding family history. Includes materials documenting the Taylor, Broadwater, Lantz, Collins, Carmichael, and Ingraham families in the region of the counties of Ritchie, Doddridge, and Wood. The Taylors arrived in Ritchie County in 1842. The Broadwater family resided in Toll Gate, W. Va. in Ritchie County. There are family histories and genealogies, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material.
Peter F. Stout, Geologist, Report Regarding Oil Resources in Wood County, West Virginia
A report by Peter F. Stout, engineer and geologist, on oil-producing land near Parkersburg, West Virginia, commenting on available rail and water transportation, and production of nearby wells. The report was written to accompany a (lost) survey plat sent to the prospective buyer of the land.
Rathbone Family Papers
Clippings concern Parkersburg local history and the development of Burning Springs and other oil fields in the Wood County area.
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Samuel Spencer Stone, Compiler, Stone Family Papers
Shephard Family Papers
Stephenson Family Manuscript Journal
Microfilm of a manuscript journal of Edward Stephenson, and typescript copies of letters and reminiscences of John, Edward, and James M. Stephenson, of Wood County, West Virginia, including a journey in Mexico in the 1850s; also two photographs of the Stephenson home, built in 1812 in Parkersburg.