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(III) Chesley R., son of Josiah (2) and Laura Ann (Matheny) Peck, was born October 12, 1863, in Barbour county, now West Vir- ginia. He received his preparatory education in the public schools,
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and at the age of sixteen became a teacher. At eighteen he obtained a position as clerk in the retail store of Smith, Brown & Company, of Clarksburg, and while serving in this capacity pursued a course of med- ical study under the guidance of his brother, Dr. Nelson Peck. In 1 889 he took his first course of medical lectures in Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1893 graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Peck immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Meadowville, a village in Barbour county, whence in a short time he removed to Tyrconnell, now Rosemont, in Taylor county, and after- ward to Bridgeport, West Virginia, where he remained fifteen years. At the end of that time he came to Clarksburg, where he has since re- mained, and where he enjoys the reputation of a skillful practitioner and a close student of his profession, progressive in his ideas yet wisely and far-sightedly conservative in his application of new theories. As a citizen Dr. Peck is truly public-spirited, taking a generous interest in his neighbors and ever lending his aid and influence to any project which he deems will further the advancement and welfare of his home city. He has been a stockholder in the Union National Bank of Clarks- burg since the organization of that institution. A member of the Masonic fraternity, he affiliates with Late Lodge, No. 63, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bridgeport, West Virginia. This lodge was named in honor of Dr. W. M. Late, a physician of eminent skill and exalted character. Dr. Peck is peculiarly identified with the organiza- tion, having filled every station in the lodge. He is enrolled with the Democrats, but has never taken any active part in politics, neither seek- ing nor accepting office. He is a member of the Christian church.
Dr. Peck married, August 31, 1890, Hattie, born October 27, 1871, near Rosemont, Taylor county, West Virginia, daughter of Silas P. and Almira Bailey. Silas P. Bailey was born February 27, 1816, and was a farmer and an influential citizen, whose advice was much sought by his neighbors notwithstanding the fact that he was never the incum- bent of any public office. He died November 6, 1888. Dr. and Mrs. Peck are the parents of one daughter: Chesley Janice, born June 2, 1907, in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
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Haymond Maxwell, a descendant of one of the early MAXWELL pioneer families of this section of West Virginia, members of which have been highly educated, pros- perous, refined in manners and leaders socially and otherwise, was born in Clarksburg, Harrison county, West Virginia, October 24, 1879.
(I) Levi Maxwell, the first of the line here under consideration, was a resident of Lewis county, West Virginia, where he pursued farm- ing and carpentering. Plain and unassuming in his manners, possessed of a character that was above reproach, he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his friends and neighbors. He married Mary Haymond, and his children were Edwin, see forward; Rufus, John, Mary Jane.
(II) Edwin, son of Levi Maxwell, was born July 17, 1825, died February 5, 1903. He was a lawyer of Clarksburg, in which city he early made his home, and during his professional career won a reputa- tion for honesty, truthfulness and high moral purposes. He was elect- ed a judge of the supreme court of appeals of West Virginia, in which high office he served efficiently and wisely, and was a member of the first legislature of the state, and forty years later was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. He was a Republican in politics, one of the most popular men in Harrison county, and was an active factor in every movement that had for its object the welfare of the community. He married Loretta, daughter of Captain John H. Shuttleworth, a native of Harrison county, who served as captain of federal troops during the war of the rebellion.
(III) Haymond, son of Edwin Maxwell, attended the common schools of the neighborhood, then entered the classical department of the State University, from which he was graduated in 1900, and from the law department of the same institution in 1901. In the same year he began active practice in Clarksburg, continuing to the present time, and during the intervening years it has steadily increased in volume and importance. He has taken an active part in Republican politics, and was elected a member of the house of delegates in 1905, appointed judge of the criminal court of Harrison county, May 7, 1909, and is recognized as one of the representative public men of this section of the state. He is a director in the Merchants' National Bank; he is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Judge Maxwell married, in Harrison county, West Virginia, June
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28, 1905, Carrie Virginia, born in Harrison county, daughter of Por- ter and Columbia (Post) Maxwell, the former of whom is a farmer and stock raiser of Harrison county, and the latter is deceased, her death occurring in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell are the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, namely: Edwin, Haymond Jr., Carrie Virginia, Emily Frances.
DOHENY Captain John Doheny was born in Tipperary county, Ireland, in 1842, died May 1, 1912. In 1888, at the time of the new development in railroad building in West Virginia, Captain Doheny came to this state from Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He immediately rose to an important position in the engineering work that was being done on what was then known as the West Virginia Central railroad which was organized by ex-Senator Henry G. Davis and the late Senator Elkins. In this work he acquitted himself with credit, having had the charge of some of the most difficult feats of engineering that had been met with in the construction of the road. After this he worked on the roads in which Senator Cumden was interested. Later he carne to Fairmont, where he carried two important contracts. One of these was the holding of the traction line for Governor Fleming and the Watsons. He also had charge of numerous works of public utility, doing everything he under- took with such care as to win the confidence of the whole community. He was a man of magnetic personality, having an influence over all with whom he came in contact. His relations with his equals and with his men were always marked by friendliness and cordiality. He mar- ried Katherine Caine, near Winchester, Virginia; she was born about 1846. Children : Edward, Patrick, James, Frank, William Thomas, Margaret, Emma.
(II) William Thomas, son of Captain John Doheny, was born near Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1884. His early education was gained in the public schools of his native town. Leaving school he went into business in the manufacture of glass and was engaged in this for about nine years. Later he settled with his parents in Fairmont, West Virginia. He there entered into the liquor business, making a specialty of high grade liquors for medicinal and family purposes. His conscientious and upright conduct of business
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have placed him among the most esteemed and prominent citizens of Fairmont. His place in the community is an enviable one, winning as he has done the confidence and respect of all with whom he has come into contact. Mr. Doheny is a Democrat in political affiliation. He is a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of the Order of Elks, Lodge No. 294. He is also a member of the Cham- ber of Commerce. Mr. Doheny is unmarried.
McINTIRE The family of which Isaac McIntire, of Worthing- ton, is an honored representative, is of Scotch-Irish descent and ranks among the most respected in this section of the state, its members bearing well their part in all walks of life, performing their varied duties in a highly commendable manner. (I) Enoch McIntire, the first of the line of whom we have definite information, emigrated to this country from the north of Ireland, locating in Harrison county, Virginia, now West Virginia, where he took up a tract of land, which he cultivated and improved, and in due course of time became the owner of extensive tracts of land in Marion, Harrison and Lewis counties, from which he derived a goodly profit. He was the father of six children among whom was Isaac, see forward.
(II) Isaac, son of Enoch McIntire, was born in what is now Grant district, Marion county, West Virginia, then Harrison county, Virginia, and his death was the result of being thrown from a horse in Fairmont, West Virginia, prior to the civil war, at the early age of thirty-eight years. The accident occurred at one of the famous musters of the militia, he taking an active part in the organizing and drilling of the state militia of Virginia. He married Rohanna, daughter of Richard Moore, an influential and prominent resident of Harrison county, where he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. Children : Minerva, married Alfred Tetrich, a farmer of Harrison county; Cas- par O., married Sophronia Anderson; Lewis H., see forward.
(III) Lewis H., son of Isaac and Rohanna (Moore) McIntire, was born in Harrison county, Virginia, now Marion county, West Vir- ginia, February 27, 1836. He was reared on the old homestead, attended the common school of the neighborhood, and his farming operations yielded him a fair return for his labor, enabling him to pro- vide for his family and to accumulate sufficient capital to support him
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in his declining years. He is a Democrat in politics. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Frank Hardesty, of Fayette county, Pennsyl- vania. Children: Thornton Fleming, Everal, Isaac, see forward; Luella.
(IV) Isaac (2), son of Lewis H. and Mary Ann (Hardesty) McIntire, was born in Grant district, near Worthington, Marion county, West Virginia, July 9, 1871. He was reared on the old McIntire homestead, and his education was obtained in the common schools of the district and at the State Normal School at Fairmont. He worked on his father's farm until August 3, 1895, when he purchased an inter- est in the mercantile business at Worthington, the firm conducting busi- ness under the style of McDaniel & McIntire, which connection con- tinued for three years, and later Mr. McDaniel disposed of his share of the business to Everal McIntire, brother of Isaac, and the name was changed to that of I. McIntire & Brother. This partnership continued up to the year 1901, when Isaac purchased his brother's interest and has since managed it alone, his patronage being now quite extensive, steadily increasing year by year, the result of straightforward dealings and capable management. Aside from his business he takes an active inter- est in public affairs, and in 1910 was elected mayor of Worthington, in which capacity he is serving at the present time ( 1911), having been the candidate on the Democratic ticket. He holds membership in St. John's Lodge, No. 24, Free and Accepted Masons, having been made a Mason, February 22, 1907, and appointed junior warden in 1911; Orient Chapter, No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, of Fairmont; Crusade Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar; Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Wheeling; Evergreen Lodge, No. 19, Knights of Pythias, in which he passed through all the chairs, and Rathburn Uniform Rank, of Shinnston.
Mr. McIntire married, June 11, 1893, Hattie L., daughter of Commodore B. Tetrick. Children : Lewis Blake, born May 23, 1894; Beatrice Anna, born December 28, 1896.
This was originally a Maryland family of English MUMFORD extraction, but has in recent years been transplanted into West Virginia, where the name has become synonymous with well directed enterprise, sound business ability and good citizenship.
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(I) Thomas Mumford came from England early in the nineteenth century and settled in Frederick county, Maryland. He married Nancy -, and their children were: John H., born March 12, 1819; Anna R., December 15, 1822; Catharine S., October 2, 182 -; Mary Ann, March 8, 1827; Margaret, September 19, 1828; Minerva, Octo- ber 29, 1830; Esau Marshall, mentioned below.
(II) Esau Marshall, youngest child of Thomas and Nancy Mum- ford, was born June 15, 1837, in Frederick county, Maryland. He was by trade a tanner, but has now retired from business. On August 18, 1862, he enlisted in the union army, serving in the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, first under General Warren and afterward under General Philips. He belonged to the regimental band and participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Gettysburg, Petersburg and other great engagements, amounting in all to thirty-nine. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged, being mustered out of service June 15, 1865, at Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Mumford is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Independent Methodist church. He married Charlotte Gunlock. Children: Charles Edward, mentioned below; Anna Ella, wife of William Lowman; Rosa Emma, married Louis Mussbauer; Walter S., married Mary Flynn. Mrs. Mumford, the mother of the family, died in 1894.
(III) Charles Edward, eldest son of Esau Marshall and Charlotte (Gunlock) Mumford, was born September 25, 1873, in Frederick, Maryland. He received his education in the public schools of Balti- more, and in 1890 commenced to learn the plumber's trade. In 1901 he came to Fairmont, West Virginia, and for one year was employed by the Fairmont Plumbing Company, deciding at the end of that time to go into business for himself. He had little capital, but great pluck and determination, and soon gained a reputation for efficiency. The name of his firm was the Mountain City Plumbing Company, but he was practically the "company" himself, as he had only one associate, and at the end of the first year purchased his partner's interests, thereafter conducting the business alone. In 1909 the name of the business was changed to Charles E. Mumford, Plumber and Electrical Contractor. Mr. Mumford has executed the plumbing in some of the finest resi- dences in the city; also in some of the leading business establishments, including the office building for the Fairmont Mining Machinery Com-
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pany. In addition to the general plumbing business, Mr. Mumford has for some time been doing electrical work, having hung all the chan- deliers in the new building of the Fairmont Young Men's Christian Association and in the residences of Mr. A. T. Watson and Mrs. L. L. Malone. His unfailing courtesy and strict integrity have from the be- ginning been potent factors in his success.
Since embarking in business for himself Mr. Mumford has occu- pied different sites on Jackson street, and he has recently erected a three-story brick building on the corner of Jackson and Barney streets. On the first floor there is a large display room, the finest of its kind in the city, and also the office and brass room and large stockroom. The basement is well equipped for service in the plumbing business, and the appearance of the whole establishment furnishes convincing proof of what can be accomplished in a growing town by a man of Mr. Mum- ford's ability and energy. Coming to Fairmont with only thirty dollars capital, he has made his way to the front, and is to-day easily worth fifteen thousand dollars, the recognized head of his trade in his adopted city. He is a member of the First Baptist Church.
Mr. Mumford married (second) June 3, 1904, Lubela Florence, born October 31, 1879, in Carroll county, Maryland, daughter of Ezra D. and Minerva (Fleagle) Stuller. Mr. Stuller is a farmer and veter- inary surgeon of Carroll county. Mr. and Mrs. Mumford are the parents of two children : Carroll Norman, born May 15, 1905, at Fair- mont, West Virginia; Charles Edward, born June 25, 1908.
HAYMOND The Haymond family, through its five generations in America, has been one whose different lines have furnished many men of national and state fame, especially is this true of the second generation to which Major William Haymond Sr. belonged. The sturdy pioneer band felt the touch of their hands; the early American armies know of their bravery and tact in handling men at critical times in war; they were known, too, in days of peace as law-makers, surveyors and county officials. They left the impress of true manhood and womanhood upon their fellow country- men.
(I) John Haymond was the first to come from England, the native
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country of the family, to American soil, the date of his settlement in Maryland being prior to 1734.
(II) Major William Haymond, son of the English emigrant, John Haymond, was born January 4, 1740, in Frederick county, Mary- land, near Rockville, died at Quiet Dell, Harrison county, Virginia, November 12, 1821. At the age of fifteen years William Hay- mond was with General Braddock's army on the march to Fort Duquesne (defeated on the Monongahela river, July 9, 1755), and was with General Forbes in 1758, in a successful expedition against Fort Duquesne. In 1759 he enlisted in a Virginia company command- ed by Colonel George Washington (later General). The company disbanded at Fort Lewis, near Staunton, Virginia, February 24, 1762. The following is a copy of the army discharge granted to Major Hay- mond, in 1762, by Colonel Adam Stephen, commander of the Virginia regiment :
These are to certify that William Haymond sergeant in captain Byrd's company is hereby discharged according to an act of the assembly, made for that purpose. He has duly served for three years and has behaved like a good soldier and a faithful subject.
Given under my hand at Fort Lewis, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1762. ADAM STEPHEN, Colonel V. R.
In May, 1773, he moved from Maryland to district of West Au- gusta, Virginia, settling at what is now Morgantown, Virginia. When Monongalia county was formed in 1776, he was appointed justice of the peace, deputy surveyor, coroner and sheriff. He remained in that county until 1784, when he removed to Clarksburg, Harrison county. At the commencement of the revolution he was appointed captain of a militia company, serving at Prickett's Fort, 1777, promoted to major, 1781, which office he held until the close of the war. He married (first) Cassandria Clelland, born October 25, 1741, died December 23, 1788. Four sons: John, died in Kanawha county; William, of whom further; Thomas, died near Clarksburg; Daniel, died in Ritchie county. He married (second) Mrs. Mary Powers, née Pettyjohn.
(III) William (2), son of Major William (1) Haymond, was born in 1772, near Rockville, Maryland, died at "Palatine Hill," Marion county, now West Virginia, July 8, 1848. He was engaged in
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the latter part of the Indian wars, along the Monongalia frontier. He married Cynthia Carroll, born March 29, 1774, near the Bull Run battlefield. Her mother was a Miss Heath, of Virginia, and her father was James Carroll, of Maryland, of the well known Carroll family, and a relative of Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Children : Thomas S., of whom further; William Calder, Hiram, Jonathan, Octavius, Augustus, Marcus, all now deceased.
(IV) Thomas S., son of William (2) Haymond, was a member of congress. He married Harriet -, and had issue including Alpheus F., of whom further.
(V) Judge Alpheus F. Haymond, son of Thomas S. and Harriet Haymond, was born at what is known as "Palatine Hill," in Marion county, West Virginia (then Virginia), December 15, 1823, died in Fairmont, December 15, 1893. He was reared in his native county, and after attending the common schools and Monongalia Academy, at Morgantown, entered William and Mary College at Williamsburg, Virginia, which he left at the end of one term to engage in the study of law with Edgar C. Wilson, of Morgantown. After completing his required course of reading, he was admitted to the bar in 1842. Upon the very threshold of the practice of his profession he was called into politics, and ten years later was sent as a representative of his county to the general assembly at Richmond. He served a second time in that responsible body, in 1857 and in 1861, and was a member of the con- vention called to determine what part the state of Virginia should take in the impending struggle between the states. Throughout the stormy session of that memorable convention, Mr. Haymond by voice and vote opposed the plan of secession, but finally that body was carried in favor of withdrawal from the Union, and the protests from the minor- ity were unavailing. When the great war came on Mr. Haymond, like "Stonewall" Jackson and General Lee, was impelled by a sense of allegiance due his state, and a duty of obedience due her laws, and entered the military service of Virginia in 1862. For nearly four years he served as field commissary in Early's brigade, Jackson's army corps. His family had been compelled to leave Fairmont and became refugees, within the confederate lines, while the husband and father endured suffering, privations and hardships as all southern soldiers endured, yet was more anxious for his family than he was to escape hunger, thrist
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and nakedness that was his lot in common with the men of North Vir- ginia.
When the war closed he was paroled and returned to Marion county, and there found nearly every avenue to obtain a livelihood closed against him. The lawyer's test oath debarred him from practice, but his old time friends and many others who desired his legal service, united in a petition to the legislature in 1868 asking the passage of an enabling act in his favor. It was passed and was the first of the special acts adopted for this purpose, prior to 1870, when the test oath was repealed. He soon regained his extensive practice of former years, and when the Democratic party came into power Mr. Haymond was elected a delegate to the constitutional convention from the second senatorial district. He served as chairman of the committee that prepared the article on the legislative department, and no member of the conven- tion had greater influence in shaping the constitution of 1872 than Mr. Haymond, whose legal ability and extensive civil and political experi- ence rendered him especially fit to devise the many excellent provisions which he suggested and which were embodied in the different articles of the instrument. At the election which resulted in the adoption of the new constitution, he was elected as one of the four judges of the supreme court of appeals, and by lot was assigned one of the four terms. At the expiration of his term, Judge Haymond was reelected for the full term of twelve years, over his highest competitor, by a majority of fifteen thousand and four hundred votes. For six years of his second term he served upon the bench of the court of last resort in the state, and at the close of 1882 resigned his office to return to the practice of his profession at Fairmont. But public life closed not with Judge Haymond with his withdrawal from the bench, and two years later, in obedience to the wish of the people of his county, he allowed the use of his name as a candidate for the legislature, being elected and served as chairman of the judiciary committee.
Never defeated as a candidate, he always enjoyed the confidence of his fellow citizens, with whom he was popular on account of his integ- rity and many intellectual and social qualities. He never disappointed public expectation, and was always true to every private trust reposed in him, measuring up to the highest standard in every field in which he labored, yet his influence in the constitutional convention and his opin-
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ion on the supreme bench will constitute the chief impression to be left by Judge Haymond on the state of West Virginia. While on the bench he was president of the supreme court of appeals for several years, and his opinion on many new questions arising out of the adop- tion of the constitution of 1872 and its code of laws will settle the prac- tice and establish the rule in the state as long as the constitution and the code endures. Cautious and firm as a legislator, righteous and able as a judge, of highest honor as a man, Alpheus F. Haymond was of signal ability in his profession and rich in experience, and was also large- hearted, of great energy, and faithful in all his relations, being above fear and beyond reproach.
Judge Haymond married, November 18, 1847, Maria F. Boggess, a member of the large and influential Boggess family of West Virginia. Issue : Eleven children.
ALEXANDER John Alexander, the first of this family, was a member of an old and greatly respected family of Greene county, Pennsylvania. They had been accounted people of worth, moral, industrious and thrifty. John Alex- ander was a man of education, having been a teacher. He married and had a son George.
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