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In 1788 Uriah Gandy sold to Christopher Armentrout 131 acres on Gandy Creek, Randolph County. The name was spelled in the conveyance Hermantrout.
THE BOSWORTH FAMILY.
The Bosworth Family. The first of the Bosworth family to locate in what is now West Virginia were Joshua and a brother whose name is now not known. The brother after a brief sojourn in Virginia, moved farther west and located at Marietta, Ohio. Joshua Bosworth married in Massachusetts a Miss Squire and to this union were born, in the native State, the following children : Joshua, Amaziah, Squire, Parley, Har- riet, who married John Phillips, of French Creek, Upshur County ; Delaney, who married Alpheus Rude and moved to Illinois : Rhoda, who married a Mr. Allen and moved to Ohio.
Squire Bosworth was born in Montgomery, Massachu- setts in 1785 and died at Beverly, West Virginia, in 1870. He married Hannah, daughter of Peter Buckey, in 1816. Unto this union were born John W., Squire Newton, George W., Elam B., Rebecca, who married Rev. C. S. M. See : Lucy, who married Capt. T. A. Bradford ; Harriet, who married Charles See ; Martha, who married McGuffin, Christina, who married William Brown ; Mary, who married Adam Crawford.
Dr. John W. Bosworth married Mattie Dold. Child, Annie, who became the wife of Dr. Chas. Williams.
Geo. W. Bosworth married Mary, daughter of John and Ann (Conrad) Currence. Children, Drs. John L., Albert S. and Perry.
Joshua Bosworth came to Virginia with the New Eng-
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land colony that settled on French Creek. He located on Tur- key Run, near the Upshur-Harrison line. Among the families that comprised that settlement were the Goulds, Burrhs, Mor- gans, Phillips, Brooks, Sextons and the Phillips. They were well educated and devout Christians and were of the best ma- terial for a new country.
DR. SQUIRE BOSWORTH.
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Dr. Squire Bosworth after teaching school for a time in Parkersburg and Beverly studied medicine under Dr. Dolbear and attended lectures in Richmond, Virginia. He was for nearly half a century the only physician in Randolph. He was clerk of the county court of Randolph as well as deputy for a number of years under Archibald Earle. He also repre- sented Randolph and Tucker in the Virginia Assembly prior to the Civil War.
Dr. J. L. Bosworth married Rachael, daughter of Ran- dolph and Katherine (Hutton) Crouch. Children, Mary, who married Tracy Fling, of Gilmer County, and Hallie and John Woodbridge.
Dr. Perry Bosworth married in Pocahontas County, Lucy, daughter of Joseph Samuel and Abigail (Curry) Smith.
Dr. A. S. Bosworth married in 1882, Julia M., daughter of Geo. W. and H. Keziah (Boyers) Davis. Children, Stella M., who married Blake Taylor. Mrs. Bosworth died in 1885. He married his second wife, Miss Eleanor, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Snyder) Weisgerber, of Baltimore, in 1894. One child, Stanley, has been born of this union.
The original home of the Bosworths in England was in Leicester County, an inland town. Bosworth Field and Bos- worth Market are historic places in Leicester. Benjamin was perhaps the first of the name to come to America in about 1630, settling at Highham. Massachusetts. The Bosworths in New England intermarried with the Mortons, Childs, Stur- devants and Mathers.
Squire N. Bosworth, son of Dr. Squire and Hannah (Bucky) Bosworth, was born in 1841, married (1867) Florence A., daughter of Bernard L. and Mary (Daily) Brown. Chil- dren, Lutie Lee, Florence A., Mary Eva, Ada, Charles B., Carroll L., Hellen, Nina and Willie.
Mr. Bosworth served through the war as a Confederate soldier, belonging to the Thirty-first Virginia Infantry, of which company he was Sergeant. He still has in his posses- sion the flag of his regiment, presented by Stonewall Jackson, May 5, 1862. The flag was pierced by a shell.
Mr. Bosworth was for many years postmaster of Beverly.
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THE BAKER FAMILY.
Isaac Baker was the first representative of this family to locate in Randolph, coming here from Pendleton about 1825. He married Naomi (Morgan) Stalnaker. The children of this union were, Isaac, Harriett, Eli, Catherine, Ellen, John and Daniel R.
Isaac, son of Isaac and Naomi (Stalnaker) Baker, was born in 1833, and died in 1910. In 1859 he married Harriet, daughter of Zirus Weese. One child, Stark L. Baker, was the result of this union.
Stark L. Baker was born in 1860; married Mable S., daughter of J. J. and Margaret (Stuard) Burns. One child, James. Mr. Baker was educated in the public schools and the Fairmont Normal, from which institution he graduated. He was deputy collector of Internal Revenue from 1889 to 1893; chairman of the Republican County Committee sixteen years ; was U. S. District Court Commissioner and represented the Tenth District in the State Senate, being elected in 1898.
Eli Baker, son of Isaac, born 1835, died 1898; mother's name, Maria Stalnaker; married in 1862, Upshur County, Re- becca J., daughter of William Sexton. She died in 1867. One child, Jessie B., who married Clay Daniels, was born of this union. His second marriage was to Maggie E. Sexton. She died in 1916. The issue of this marrige were Wm. E., Chas. C., George C. and Anna G.
Mr. Baker was postmaster at Beverly 24 years.
Anna Greta married L. R. Fowler. Children, William, Richard and Baker.
Dr. Geo. C. Baker married Katherine, daughter of J. Bier Wells, of Baltimore. Children, Frances Margaret, Katherine, Elizabeth and Virginia.
Wm. E. married Martha Davidson, of Evansville, In- diana. Children, Janet Davidson.
Charles C. married Hattie, daughter of A. D. and Bell (Russell) Barlow. Children, Charles Baker, Margaret Bell.
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William E., son of Eli and Margaret (Sexton) Baker, was born February 25, 1873. He was educated at Wesleyan University and State University, where he received the de- grees of A.B. and L.L.B. He was admitted to the bar in 1896. He is a director and a member of the finance committee of Davis Trust Company of Elkins. On March 28, 1906, he mar- ried Martha, daughter of William Davidson, of Evansville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one child, Janet Davidson.
Daniel Randolph Baker, son of Isaac and Maria (Stal- naker ) Baker, was born in 1846. He married, in 1868, Mar- garet Christina, daughter of Lemuel and Nancy (Hart) Chen- oweth. Children, Nora Lee, who married F. A. Parsons. Children, Margery, Hallie, Christina, Sally, Randolph and James who is dead: Hattie Maria, who married Dr. H. Yo- kum. Children, Baker, Virginia, George, Christine, Gertrude and Katharine are dead : Edgar D., Bernard L. and John Ulys- ses, who married Lena Mae (Schuyler) of New York. Chil- dren, Rosalind Randolph, Margaret Christine and Daniel Randolph.
The Westfall Fort stood on Baker's farm near the mouth of Files Creek.
THE BOOTH FAMILY.
The Booth Family. The names of Isaac, William, James and David Booth appear in the records of Randolph prior to 1796. Isaac Booth was sheriff in 1813. James Booth was married to Pheobe Osborn in 1797. William Booth married Debora, daughter of Edward Hart, in 1803.
GEORGE E. BOND.
George Elmer Bond, son of Wm. II. and Rebecca (Judy) Bond, was born May 11, 1866: married Ida J., daughter of C. S. and Amanda (Jeffries) Bowers.
Mr. Bond has been chief of police at Huttonsville two vears, assistant chief at Elkins for one year, and chief at Whit- mer seven years. He is now a farmer and poultry raiser at Whitmer.
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THE BOGARD FAMILY.
The Bogard Family. This family moved to Randolph at a very early day. The Bogards and Pettys came together from Pennsylvania. The exact date is not known. Samnel Currence son of the first William, married Elizabeth Bogard, daughter of Cornelius Bogard in 1795. Cornelius Bogard en- tered land on Glady Fork in 1789. He was assessor of Ran- dolph in 1783 and sheriff in 1796.
THE BUFFINGTON FAMILY.
The Buffington Family. Jonathan and William Buffing- ton were early settlers of Randolph. They located on Leading Creek. The Buffingtons, Rooneys, Hornbecks and Doughertys were neighbors on Leading Creek, in the vicinity of the pres- ent village of Gilman. The Buffingtons came to Randolph from Hampshire. Johnathan Buffington's wife and children were murdered by the Indians in the Leading Creek massacre of 1781. Ile escaped to Friends Fort. Mr. Buffington mar- ried for his second wife Madaline, daughter of Jacob Helmick, in 1801.
THE BLAIR FAMILY.
The Blair Family. Wm. Blair came from Eastern Vir- ginia prior to 1789, as in that year the County Court ordered the sheriff to pay Mr. Blair his pension for the years from 1786 to 1789. He received a pension of $33.331/3 for wounds received in the battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774.
THE BUCKEY FAMILY.
The Buckey Family. The Buckey family was one of the pioneer family of Randolph. Peter Buckey immigrated from Germany to Maryland. After a few years residence at Hagers- town, that State, he moved to Beverly, a short time after the formation of the county. He was a tailor by trade, but there being no demand in a pioneer community for an individual of his occupation or trade he engaged in the hotel business and for more than a century his descendants were engaged in that business in Beverly, or as long as it was the county seat of Randolph.
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Peter Buckey married a daughter of Wm. Marteny. Chil- dren, George, William, John, Marteny, Eunice, Hannah, Chris- tina and Mary. Eunice married a man by the name of Carter ; Hannah married Dr. Squire Bosworth ; Christina married Da- vid Goff ; Mary married Archibald Earle ; Wm. Buckey moved to Sydney, Ohio; John moved to Knoxville, Tennessee; Dan- iel, son of Peter, married Virginia Ball; Marteny Buckey never married ; Geo. Buckey, son of Peter and. (Marteny) Buckey, married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Hart. Chil- dren, John, Alpheus, Emmett, Eugene, Daniel, Edith.
Wirt Buckey, son of Alpheus and Rebecca (Chenoweth) Buckey, was born in 1860; married Eliza Alice, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Currence) Earle. Children, Wilbur, Clara, Stella and Lena R.
Mr. Buckey is a great grandson of Peter Buckey, one of the pioneers of Randolph. Mr. Buckey was was many years foreman of the painters crew on the Western Maryland Railroad.
THE BUTCHER FAMILY.
The Butcher Family. This family became indentified with Randolph County in 1790, when Samuel Butcher moved from Loudon County, Virginia, to Randolph, locating on a farm where the Odd Fellows Home now stands. Samuel Butcher had moved to Virginia from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in about 1750. The Samuel that located in Randolph was the youngest son of the first Samuel. Samuel Butcher lived in Randolph until 1815, when he moved to Wood County, where he resided until his death in 1846, in the 92nd year of his age.
Samuel Butcher had three sons: Ely, Thomas and Balis G. Balis G. married Patsy McNeil, of Pocahontas County. Their first born, Oscar G., became a prominent physician of Ran- dolph. (See chapter of Physicians and Surgeons.) Ely Butcher married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Hart, in 1804. Chil- dren, Creed W., Fountain and Baxter.
THE BROWN FAMILY.
Brown Family. Bernard L. Brown was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, near White Hall. His ancestors came to
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Virginia as early as 1621. They were men and women who were prominent in the early affairs of the colony > most of them settling in Hanover County, and in and near Richmond ; but when the County of Albermarle was formed, and settlers began to flock to that locality, Benjamin Brown and Sarah (Thomp- son) Brown his wife, with their large family, removed from
MR. BERNARD L. BROWN.
Hanover County as early as 1747, and entered the land on both sides of Moorman's River in Albemarle County-more than six thousand acres-twenty miles from Charlottesville. This land was divided among his sons, and all builded homes except one, William or Benjamin, Jr., who had his home in Hanover or Louisa County. Some of these homes are still owned and occupied by their descendants, and the neighborhood was and is still known as Brown's Cove.
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Benjamin Brown, the father, had his home called "Trini- dad," at the head of this valley, and his sons had theirs along the sides of the stream known as Moormans River.
Bernard, Sr., married Elizabeth Dabney, daughter of Gen. John Dabney, a Revolutionary soldier, and granddaughter of Cornelius Dabney or D'Aubigne. (The name has been angli- cized to Dabney). His second wife, grandmother of Eliza- beth, was Sarah Jennings. The mother of Elizabeth was Anne Harris Dabney, daughter of Major Robert Harris, mem- ber of the House of Burgesses from Hanover County, 1736, 1738, 1740, 1742. His wife was Mourning Glenn. He was born 168 .... , died 1765. He was a son of William Harris and Temperance Overton, his wife, who was a daughter of Wil- liam Overton. William Harris was the son of one Robert Har- ris of Wales, and his wife who was Mrs. Mary Rice, a widow, daughter of William Claibome and his wife Elizabeth (But- ler) Claibome. This Robert Harris was born in 1630, died 1700. William Claibome was born in 1587, died 1676. He came to Virginia with George Wyant in 1621, was secretary of the Colony of Virginia, 1625, 1635, 1652, 1660: treasurer, 1642, 1660; surveyor general, 1621. 1625: J. P. York & North- umberland, 1653 : member of the Council, 1623 : commanded an expedition against the Indians. 1629, again in 1644. In the Northumberland records April, 1653, is an order referring to the Worshipful Col. William Claibome Deputy Governor.
Bernard Brown, Sr., husband of Elizabeth Dabney and grandfather of Bernard L. Brown, was a soldier in the struggle for American Independence whose duty was to carry dis- patches from New York to Charleston, South Carolina. He was born January 28th, 1750, died February 26th, 1800. His wife, Elizabeth Dabney, was born June 18th, 1751, died June, 1826, 75 years of age. Bernard Sr. and Elizabeth, his wife, had twelve children, one of whom, Bernard M., married Mi- riam Maupin, also of French descent.
Bernard L. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was their son. Their home was near White Hall, at or near the home of the first Bernard. (The name had been given to father and son through three generations and is still given to one child in almost every family of the descendants.) Bernard L. Brown
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was left an orphan at the age of nine years. He was the sev- enth of nine children. The others were, Thompson, Sarah Pyrena, Sidna, Allen Smith W., Elizabeth Dabney, named for her grandmother, the wife of Bernard Sr. The youngest was James Dabney, who distinguished himself at the battle of Manasses, carrying dispatches from Beuregard to Jackson through such a heavy fire that four horses were shot down nin- der him while he escaped unhurt and received an honorable parole from his General Beureguard.
Bernard L. Brown was born August 9th, 1816. After the death. of his parents, both dying almost within a year, he lived with his uncle, Thomas H. Brown, in Albemarle, until he ob- tained a position as clerk in a store with a Mr. Moore in Scottsville, Virginia, and afterward moved to Beverly, Ran- dolph County, in company with John S. Carlisle, the politican, with whom he was in partnership in a store for sometime. He was licensed to practice law in 1840. On account of loss of hearing he was compelled to relinquish the profession of law.
Bernard L. Brown was county surveyor of Randolph and clerk of the Circuit Court for about twenty years prior to the Civil War. At the beginning of the Civil War he returned to Albemarle County, Virginia, where he remained until the close when he returned to Beverly to find his home demol- ished. He was of a very ingenious turn and was therefore enable to furnish his family with various conveniences during the war.
When Wm. J. Jackson made his raid into Beverly he captured the records of the office of the Circuit Court and took them to Brownsburg, Virginia, where Col. David Goff and Judge Gideon D. Camden resided. They notified Mr. Brown that they were there and requested him to come and get them. He took his daughter, now Mrs. Earl, with him. They met a colony of their old friends, viz: Col. Goff and family, Judge Camden and wife, B. W. Crawford and family, Absolem Craw- ford and family, Elam Bosworth and family and Eli Cheno- weth and wife. They took the records to Albemarle County .. At the close of the Civil War he returned to Beverly with a large amount of wild mountain land his only possession. Un- able to hold office on account of the "Test Oath" which he was
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unable to take conscientiously, he found it hard to provide for his large and helpless family, and although one of his Union friends, John B. Earle, who was Circuit Clerk at the time, had him appointed deputy under himself, it was still a struggle. Broken down in health and spirits, he died February 10th, 1868 at the age of 52 years. He married March 4th, 1842, Mary Elizabeth Dailey, daughter of Hugh Dailey of Louden County, Virginia, and Edith Butcher who was the daughter of Eli Butcher, of Beverly, West Virginia, and Elizabeth Hart, his first wife, who was a daughter of Edward Hart and Nancy Stout, his wife, and a granddaughter of John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey.
Mary Dailey Brown, wife of Bernard L. Brown, was born January 20th, 1825. Long after Mr. Brown's death she mar- ried her cousin, Summers McCrum, of Aurora, Preston Coun- ty, West Virginia, and died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Page R. McCrum, May 18th, 1907.
The children of B. L. Brown and Mary Dailey his wife were, first, Edith who died in infancy. Second, Adeliza who married Archibald Earl, Jr., of Fort Worth, Texas. (Both liv- ing at Fort Worth.) Three children, Bernard, Charles and Clay, deceased. Third, Florence, married S. N. Bosworth, Beverly, West Virginia ; nine children, Mrs. E. D. Talbott, El- kins: Mrs. Dr. L. W. Talbott, Elkins: C. Bernard Bosworth, Beverly : Mrs. Clare Harding, Elkins and Beverly ; Mrs. Helen Harding, Elkins; Carroll L. and Miss Nina Bosworth, Bev- erly ; Florence and Miller, dead. Fourth, Laura Sidna, died when 13 years of age. Fifth, Oscar L., died 1888. Married Edith Dailey of Illinois. Two children, Bernard L. and Jesse Harold, of Pomona, California. Sixth, Lucy B., married Page R. McCrum, Aurora, West Virginia. Two children living, Summer D., Aurora, and Harold Bernard, Fairmont, West Virginia. Clare and Paul deceased. Seventh, Edwin A., who died in infancy .. Eighth, Charles Bernard, of Clinton, Iowa, married Mary Smith, of Albany, Illinois. Four sons, Earl F., Clarence, Leonard and Alva. Ninth, Clarence Hugh Dailey, died unmarried. Tenth, Alice G., married Porter, of Chariton, Missouri. Two living children, Clarence R. and Mrs. Edith Vedder, of Seattle. One child, John, died in infancy. Elev-
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enth, Roberta L., married Erastus Williamson, Cordora, Il- linois. Two living children, Mr. Augusta Simpson, Cordova ; and Ray Brown, Williamson. Two children, Frederick and Al- ma died in infancy.
THE CROUCH FAMILY.
The Crouch Family. Three brothers by the name of Crouch immigrated to the American colonies from Wales in 1750. Their names were John, James, and, perhaps, Andrew. James Crouch, in 1780, in company with a number of men who were escorting John and William Warwick to their homes in Greenbrier County, was ambushed by the Indians as related in another chapter of this book. Prior to this time Andrew Crouch was living in the vicinity of Haddan's Fort and it is known that his son, Joseph, was a man of maturity at that time. It is therefore probable, coupled with the fact that their lands were among the choicest in the county, that they came with the general rush to the Valley in 1772-4. The Crouch brothers were neighbors of the Warwicks, Haddans, Cur- rences and Whites.
John Crouch had three sons, John, Jacob and Andrew. Andrew is known to have had one son, Joseph. James Crouch escaped immediate death at the hands of the Indians in the tragedy near Haddan's Fort, but whether he finally recovered or died of his wounds is not known. John Crouch, the pioneer, died from the effects of a snake bite. He lived at the time on his farm a mile or so below Huttonsville on the east side of the river, near the mouth of Shavers Run.
John, son of the first John, married Judy Westfall. Their children were, Isaac, Abraham, Andrew, Marshal and one daughter whose name is not known.
Andrew Crouch, son of John the pioneer, married Eliza- beth Hutton. Their children were Johnathan Jacob, Kitty, Moses, John and Abraham.
Johnathan, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Hutton) Crouch, married, in 1830, Delilah, daughter of Adam and Christian (Harper) Haigler. Children, Dorothy, Almira, Cy- rus, Martha, Christina, Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, Eli H. and Henry Clay.
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Abraham Crouch. The Crouch family, one of the wealth- iest and most prominent in the county, was first represented by three brothers, John. James and Andrew. Abraham Crouch, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Hutton) Crouch, was born in 1832 and died in 1901. He married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of John and Harriet (Lockridge) McNeal. Children, Lee. Ada, Lina, Bettie, May, Grace and Jackson. Abraham was
ABRAM CROUCH.
the grandson of John and the great grandson of John, the pi- oneer. He was a member of a family that has been identified with the county from its earliest settlement to the present time. A family that has been prominent in every movement of interest and stands today in the front rank of prominent and substantial families.
Abraham Crouch typified a class of an earlier day citizen, the greatest asset and product of any community, who sought neither place nor prominence, whose exemplary lives were ent- bittered neither by poverty nor encumbered by wealth, whose
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counsels were invaluable and whose only ambition was to live honestly, serve their fellow man and leave the heritage of a good name.
Lee Crouch, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (McNeal) Crouch, was born in 1859, married Amanda, daughter of John and Mary (Blake) Wallace. Children, Mary E., Wallace M., Maude and Eva.
Mr. Crouch was deputy sheriff under A. J. Long and War- wick Hutton. He was elected county clerk in 1896 and re- elected in 1900, but resigned to accept a position as cashier of the First National Bank of Elkins, which place he held until 1916 when he succeeded Hon. Henry G. Davis as president of that institution.
THE COLLETT FAMILY.
The Collett Family. This was a pioneer family in Ran- dolph and Pendleton. Thomas Collett was the first of the name to locate in Pendleton. He had two children, Thomas and Gabriel. Thomas Collett lived in Buffalo Hills in Pendleton in 1780. Gabriel Collett was constable in Pendle- ton in 1788. Thomas Collett is mentioned among the tithables of Pendleton in 1790. Thomas Collett in 1782 rendered a claim for material, food, etc., furnished the American troops in the war of the Revolution. Thomas Collett was on the muster rolls of Pendleton in 1794.
Rev. Thomas Collett, the pioneer Baptist minister of Ran- dolph, was the son of Thomas Collett and perhaps the grand- son of Thomas Collett. He married Nancy, daughter of Henry Pedro. Rev. Collett died December 31, 1870. His wife Nancy Pedro Collett died during the Civil War.
Parkison Collett, son of Rev. Thomas and Nancy ( Pedro) Collett, was born in 1828, married 1866, Anzina, daughter of Alba and Emily (Wilmoth ) Chenoweth. Children, Zan, Mit- tie, Thomas J., Emma, Louise Alba and Florence, who died in infancy.
Mr. Collett was in the Confederate service and partici- pated in the battle of Gettysburg and other important engage- ments. He was First Lieutenant in McClanihan's battery. He
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was four times assessor of Randolph, twice prior and twice subsequent to the Civil War.
A. J. Collett, son of Rev. Thomas and Nancy (Pedro) Collett, was born in 1837, married (1868) Xantippe, daughter of B. W. and Anzina (Earle) Crawford. Children, Beulah, who married Geo. W. Leonard; Susan, who married Dr. Thompson ; Ora, who married Geo. Curtis; Katherine Ward, who married John Emmart; Albert, Bushrod C., and Howard L,, and Laura, who is a graduate of Jefferson College Hospital Training School for Nurses, Philadelphia.
Calvin C. Collett, born in 1818, son of Rev. Thomas and Nancy (Pedro) Collett, and died in 1880. Married (1859) Louise, daughter of William and Emaline (Vandevander ) Hyre. Children, Columbus, Christina, Florence, May, Lena, Birdie and William Thomas.
Alba, son of Parkison and Anzina (Chenoweth) Collett, was born in 1882. On November 20, 1916, he was united in marriage to Nina, daughter of S. N. and Florence A. (Brown) Bosworth. Mr. Collett is descended from three prominent pi- oneer families of Randolph, the Colletts, Chenoweths and Pedroes. He is at present with the H. L. Manning Drug store, Elkins, West Virginia.
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