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Lytle Evans
Harold Hulme
Luther Wyatt
John Camden Barnett
Lemon Letcher Hosey
Tunis Floyd Greene
Aaron Harrison Gum
Marshall White
Emory James Propst
Gus. Geo. Karakas
Earl Barnett
Edward Keener
James Addison Duffield
Sammy James Brohard
Samuel Brown, colored
Robert Gray
John Wesley Gillespie Brantie Cart
Emory Roy Cauger
Gen. Nathan Goff Tolley
Lewis Andrew Friend
Darius Martin Mealy
Thomas R. Stump
Patrick Murry Cauger
Willis S. Singleton
Guy Hosey Osear Greenlief
Lester Goff Ramsey
Thomas Henry Cutlip
William Raymond Pierson
Diar Franeis Sergent Danie Richard Moran
Clyde Emert Skinner
Jasper Ernest Coffindaffer
Lonnie Orr Gerwig
French John Barnett
Samuel James Mury, eolored
John Tilbert Taylor
Joseph Perry Elmer Striekland
Osear Lce Henlinc
Jarret C. Singleton Ormand Jerome Bourn Ceeil Huling Gillespie
Robert Seott, eolored Garrett Beeeher Knieely Edwin I. Dulin Herbert Pulliam
Alpheus Johnson Greathouse
Alpheus Long Grover Reip
Israel Allen Brown
Grodon McCumbers
Orville Doy Jackson
Charles E. Jaek
Adam Herman Carder
George Dulaney
Charley Smarr
Thomas P. Boggs
Murry Goad Keener
Guy Ellison
Worthy Burkhammer
Eddie Van Debar
Thomas J. Wayne, Jr.
Lora William Blake
John Conley Luke White
451
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
Ivan Herbert McElwain Lewis Barker Loyd W. Frame
Charles Everett Howell
Walter Cleveland Kuhn
Aubrey Lane Stalnaker
Warder William Tingler
Burr Sarber Skinner
John Fountaine Thomas
Lee Hampton Dent
Duffie Ray Ball
Asa Posey Harvey Perkins Luther Cutlip
Thurston Johnson
Charles Gibson Bird
Opha Byrne Friend
Howard Nottingham
Alva Freeman Woods
Everit Wade Barnett
Fane Henry Cosner
George Cemer Friend
Henry D. Stump
Eustice Ray Bennett
Yeager Dulaney
Darius Roy Townsend
Thurman Henry Crouser
Clarence Hobart Boggs
Ortho Joel Bush
Charles Everett Perkins
Olly Williams
Oscar Dwight Young
James Marshall Hosey
Willie Junie James
George Thurman Perrine
Troy Francis Hall
Van Buren Given
Orval Lee McQuain
Ira G. Dean
Archie George Steele
James Berna Jordan
Bennie Carter Joseph Knicely
Pat Gillespie
Earl Hines Luther Franklin Knight Elmer Lewis Prince Fleming W.vant
Worthy Hill G. Roy Holland Guy Harley Criss Leslie Herman Strader
Guy Stanley Hamric John Earl Krafft / Thurman Allen Salisbury
Floy Easton Westfall Horas R. Westfall Ward Jarvis Elbert Singleton
Frank Tracy Cutlip James Ernest Brady French McCumbers Ernest Ross Obid Davis
William Bruce Loyd
Charles Ellis Boggs
Okey Chapman
Francis Marion Straley
Edwin Myers
Worthy Lee Wilson
Samuel Amos Rollyson
Howard Ellison
Benjamin Harrison Eagle
John P. Price
James Ray Keith
Newton Marcellus Wilson
James Porter Hoard Demi R. Petry
Marvin Houghton Bernard Snodgrass
Burke Perkins
Gilbert Sanders
Thomas Emery Dean
Carl Knight Jesse Lee Jones
Eugene Victor Debs Singleton
Frank Piscionere Herman V. Fox
Charles V. Morrison
Joseph Adam Brady Homer Cunningham Fred Singleton
Ivan Byrne Stewart Oley Oren Eubank J. Condy Bright William Alva Cart Melvin Humphreys
Spurgeon Cook Okey Nottingham Custer Dobbins Abel Carr Percy C. Stout Ezra Nicholas Charles Posey Lata Barnett Charles Smith
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452
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
Chester Arthur Morrison
Ed Bird Bodkins Ira William Hyer
Burley Adam Brown
Solomon H. Brown
Noah Davis
Ira Meyers Ross Randolph Funk
Thomas Nichols
Charles Hudson Rawson
Alva Matheny
Harrison Mollohan Ware
James Oran Johnson
Ernie Cook Spurgeon Skidmore Jack Ratcliff
Oley Lake
John Horner
Russell Frederick Young
Maynard Dillon
Emery Booker Mullins
Levi Julius McQueen
John Patrick Conley
Ivan L. Petry
Samuel Isaac Stockwell
William Emery Heaton
Oscar James Rohrbough
James Boyce Skidmore
Roy Payne Okey Bright
Amos Peter Cauger
George Prince Fisher
Pleasant Burton Jenkins
Allan Granberry Thurman Harris
Odbert Asa Mollohan
Leslie Horner
Archie Columbus Williams
Oscar Exline
Freeman Lee Rollyson
D. M. Canter
Charles Lee Miller
Robert Howard Dent
George Russell Nesselrotte
Charles P. Bodkin
Harry Lee Crutchfield
Russell Claypool
Luther Bailey Perrine
Howard Queen
Joseph Ernest James
Johnnie Hefner
Albert James Morrison
Daniel Boone Friend
Criss Carr
John Byrne Given Edward Lee Gibson
Everctt S. Rogers
Russell Garland Rhea, colored
William Price Vaughn
Walter Eustace Duvall
Robert Lee Boggs
Ezekiel Marple Ware
Stanley F. Dobbins
John Morgan Skidmore
Virgil Franklin Rhea, colored
Homer David Ancell
Eustice Valentine Beamer
Aubrey Harris
Lester Clyde Young
David Everett Rollyson
Upton Matthews
James Elmer Hall
Harry G. Perkins
1
William Frymire
Seward Guy Knicely
Floyd L. Douglas
James Watson Walker
William W. Bullion
Arry Pierson Perrine
Charley Townsend
Letcher Sce
Charles Lacy, colored
Patrick Conlcy
James Belknap
Guy Lockart Roy Lee Bennett
James Morrison Hosey
Lee Vincent Scott Arthur Byrne Long
Coy Ezra Stout Isaac O. Perkins
Francis Harley Heater
Ur Okey Shock Oscar A. Strader Melvin Thayer
Hugh Hall Walter Malcomb Albert Peyton Dobbins
William George Whytsell Oscar Loyd Williams Edgar Slaughter Ophie Loyd Williams Edgar Slaughter Ophie Hamilton Keith
Raymond Wirt Gibson
Raymond Chamberlain
Albert Harris
453
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
Harvey Howard Riffle James W. Foley Emil Smarr Albert Gordon Carter
Ernest Hanse Johnson
Golden Patrick Woods
Alfred Morrison Rider
Frank Greene
Charles Lec Fincham
Okey W. Loyd
Everett Lawrence Williams
Herbert Basil Frame
Coy Kerns
Nathan Goff Carr
Letcher Carr
Esker Ray Powers
Henry Leodavid Cottrill
Benjamin Butler, colored
Jesse Franklin Boyles
Amos Allen Brady
Emery Lewis Leaseburg
Willis Cogar
Goff Frymire
Warder Martin Stout
Scott Belknap
Emery Workman
George Edward Crutchfield
Nobie Tonkin
James Marvin Young
Okey Ancell Tingler
Newton F. Ballengee
Everett Ernest Wyatt
James Mathew Rogers
Basil Knight
Thomas Bnekner
Tom Conrad
Luther Carl Duffield
Theodore Haymond Knight
Lee Weldon Shaffer
Oris Walter Barnett
William Lee Juergens
Wayne Bob Stanley
Roy Hamric
Arch Moffatt Howard Barnes
Vassay A. Mitchell
Homer Elliott Crutchfield
Marshall Fletcher Putnam
James Arnold, colored
Charles Alexander Barnett
William Benton Young
Henry L. Cutlip
Gaylord Wiant Stalnaker
R. B. Jackson Elot Cerello
Hoy Jason Kesling
Otto W. Prince Russell Hosey Fletcher Carr
Benjamin Harrison Barnhouse
Ray David Conley Lanta James Aubrey Messenger
George Earl Barrett
Worthy Dwight Meadows Roy Earl Foster
Virgil E. Carroll
Frank Riffle
Elmer Cart Roscoe C. Kitts
Abram Ward Exeline
Ezekial Curtis Belknap
Oliver Esau King S. Williams Taylor
Charles H. Gibson
Osborne White Herbert Camden Mollohan David Clowser
Clarence Cogar
J. Don Rusmisell
Spurgeon White
Ira R. Carder
Stark W. Louden
S. R. Brady
Truman Barnett
Arch Hamric
Golden Clyde Sands
Herbert Johnson, colored
Ernie Ray Kuhl
Luther Oliver Wimer
Lawrence Dow Douglass
Charley H. Singleton
John N. Perkins
Fay Ludwig Rogers
Emery Jackson Murphy
Arthur E. Lockard
Bernard Edward Bennett
Delbert Lee Luzader John Chapman French Young
Charles Nester Robinson Scott Boggs Russell Warrick Harper
Clyde Teter Wilber Coy Hudkins Oliver D. McPherson
454
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
Charles Henry Waggy Lester M. Prinee
Ernest Noah Meadows
Russell Carr
Arden David Swiek
Frank Clymer Rowe
Coleman Conley
Hezzie Holden Gregory
Eth E. Knight
Bert Malcomb
Earl Bland Tinney
Ray Heater
William Newlon Me Waine
Howard Cunningham
William Wesley Bodkins
Ott Freneh Mick
William Ernest Crutehfield
Frank Barrett
Walter Edward Posey
Bert Cogar
Clarenee William Heater Thomas Ignatius Feeney
Thomas Brown
Charles R. Brady
Nay Trough
Oscar I. Shaver
Perry R. Sponaugle
John Earl Pierson
Ira Edward Clifton
Alonzo Byrne Thayer
Charley Santy
Guy Carr
Wardie Gillespie
Samuel Miller
Luther Earl Boggs
Ceeil Morrison
Emery MeCauley Wyatt
Earl Jordan
John Earl King
James Coulter
Bert Prunty
Edgar Hyer Boggs
John Howard Dent
James Blaine Perkins
Lester R. Knicely
Charles B. Squires
Harry Cameron Baxter
George Perkins Victor Hines
Emmett Jaekson
John Preston Harper
James McCauley
Charles Otto Juergens
Senate Mason Cottrill
Oley Waitman Rollyson Burton Claypool
Linsey Earl Strader
Theodore Cogar
Lanta Diekey
Clarenee Don Thomason
William Freneh White
Everet Smith Facemire
Ashby W. Shaver
William Curtis James Minor Carpenter
Joseph Stranger Posey
Charles Edward Humphreys
Lonnie B. Riffle
Seott Barker
James Edwards, eolored John Westfall
Austin Johnson
William Edward Canfield
Charles Kenna Carroll
Johnie Tharp
William Thomas Cartright
Henry G. Eubank
Edward Frame
Charlie L. Hamilton Edward Murphy
C. Russell Gillespie
Arthur James Looman
Lanta Roscoe Brown James Martin Harris Robert Lee Damron
Loyd Martin Thurlow Shock
1 Russell Bragg Frank Hamrie
Earse Elihu Skinner
Harmon Franklin Gregory
George Beamer
Isaac Garber Lewis S. Heek
Charles F. Beamer Price Snyder
Wilfred Wilbert Johnson, eolored
Worthy Perrine
William Robert Carter Mertie J. Hinkle
Camden Luster Fulks Alvin Layton Furby Bartlett Brown Trumisere Guybelnio
Ward B. Perrine Roy L. Sergent
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SUTTON'S HISTORY.
Oran Wyatt E. Russell Skidmore
Roy Shaver Robert Buckner Isaac O. Gregory Byrne Carr
Roy Martin
James F. Lockard
Oley H. Gillespie
Jesse L. Gregory
Loyd Morris Knicely
George Bailey Rexroad
Jacob Stephen Smalley
Albert Long
Norman Marshall Frame
George Clarence Linger
Carl Earl Postalwait
William Lec Carr
Pete E. Blake
Arthur W. Gregory
William James Coleman, colored
Charles Dorsey Miller.
Dana Tonkin
Charley Newton Meadows
Ernest Houstin Harris
William Arthur Murphy
Bruce William Heck
Benjamin Harrison Brady
Clarence Lec Perrine
Osborne Brooks Roby
Jack Patterson, colored
Oley Morrison
Cicero Miller, colored
Archie Lec Ocheltree
Earl Albert Smith
John Robert Dennison
Charles Frederick Hawkins
John Gordon Goff
James Fletcher Simmons
Leland Douglas
Albert Benjamin Marks
French Stalnaker
Vance Mollohan
Tom Tancredi
William Fred Carr
Lanty Herbert Jones
Earle Burton Stout
Anise Berlin Dulaney
Charles Everett King
Cecil D. Kuhl Dane Williams Virgil Wyatt Knight Okey Bird Keener William Cain Rose John Andrew Absher
George Calvin Rogers John Redmond Barrett Burton Steel
Ira Virgil Knighton Jesse Conrad
Russell C. Currence
Luther Harrison Cochran
Burnie Allen
Perry Earl Hardman
Audrie Ray Skinner
Albert Bernard Shock
Arnett Hove Hacker
Kenna Bryan Hefner
Joseph Lawrence McCray
Willie J. Duvall
Hugh Byrne
Alonzo Singleton
Edward Oscar Brown
William Marshall Mick
Russell James Holt
Walter Jack Davis
Frank Lipps
Toy Heater
Clarence Everett Simmons
Clell Hamric
John O. Herndon
William Orn Heard
James Harvey Singleton
Ernest Queen
Dennis Howard Cutlip
George Everett Perrine
Earl Winfield Green
Harvey Lester Howell
Cecil Russell Miller
Jesse H. Berry Mckinley Kelley
Thomas Benjamin Snyder
Clarence Lee Hawkins
Earl Basil Skidmore
Benson Earl Helmick
Charles Jesse Coulter
Wilbert Roy Grose
Harel Payne
Cecil Guy Hudkins
Raymond Beamer
Evert Payne
Nahtan Mayberry Ocheltree ,
Samuel Jennings Butcher
Perry R. Rexroad Arthur Azotus Prince
Orval Dow White
455
456
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
Hurley Onel Thompson Nathan Slaughter John McQuain Luther Barnett
Peach Arlington Campbell Hobart Carter Clay Cole Stennie Brady Earl Losh
Berkley Douglass
Harry Edward Wilson
Roscoe Hurley Grimm
Wilbert Frame
Howard Smarr Russell Parish Moore
Carson Dobbins Monte Squires
Joseph Oliver Bleigh
Gordon Clay Frame
Walter Franklin Gum
Cecil Clay Cogar
Burley K. Kesling
Earl McCune
Lawrence Fleming Long William H. Harper
Okey Belknap
George Orville Canfield
Elton M. Stump
Russell H. Holland
Jesse Arhtur Gillespie
George Berry Vassar Arthur Edgar Dean Doy Francis James
William Glenn Fisher Frank Corbett Fisher Joseph Virgil Canfield Paul Moore . McNeill
Clarence Byrne
Claudie Otto Cutlip
Willam Newlon Davis
Charles Olen Gerwig Richard McCoy Brewster
Willie Juergens
BRAXTON COUNTY CASUALTIES.
KILLED IN ACTION.
Fred Singleton, Dutch
Roy B. Martin, Sutton
John P. Conley, Dutch
Luther H. Green, Sutton Solomon Brown, Burnsville Ira Singleton, Gem
Arch Hamrie, Braxton
DIED OF WOUNDS.
John E. Craft, Frametown R. F. D. Luke White, Dingy . Ophie Keith, Gem Leslie Horner, Davison
Jesse Fisher, Marpleton
William Knight, Marpleton
Ernest Gerald Hoover
Ira William Barnett John Wesley Knight Emery Lee Crites Charles Blaine Moore Charles Hayden Boggs Raymond Byrne Berry
William Spurgeon Berry
Raymond Franklin Lewis
Willis Raymond Skidmore William Henry Johnson
Karl Frederick Sommer Ray Ira Frame Percy Wade Bright
Kenneth Echols Hines
William Hal Boggs Thomas Justin Morrison
Lane Paul Lovett Elmer Leroy Juergens Grover Butler Stonestreet
Myrl Rudolph White Van Fitchew Hall Ernest Gilbert Rollyson Opha John Gerwig Benjamin Franklin Loyd
457
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
DIED OF ACCIDENT AND OTHER CAUSES.
Clarence H. Boggs, Gassaway
Oscar Exline, Strange Creek
William I. Cutlip, Holly
Edwin L. Dulin, Sutton Newton Wilson, Flatwoods William C. Robinson, Vernon DIED OF DISEASE.
James M. Young, Herold Guy Harley Criss, Little Birch James W. Foley, Heaters
DIED IN U. S. CAMPS.
Willis R. Skidmore, Sutton
Nobie Tonkin, Heaters
Harmon Gregory, Caress
Harvey L. Howell, Copen
Ola Loyd, Exchange
Clarence Robinson, Progress
John J. McQuain, Caress
Thomas Dobbins, Rosedale
Tom Buckner, Gassaway
William S. Taylor, Newville
David Clowser, Knapp . Willie Hacker, Bonnie
MISSING IN ACTION.
Raymond A. Woods, Jennings
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Lester C. Ramsey, Sleith
Ola B. Friend, Gassaway
Charles A. Bussey, Sutton
Homer E. Hewitt, Rosedale
Carl Bean, Gassaway
Willard B. Hickman, Strange Creek
Hugh Kitts, Sutton
Gordon MeCumbers, Rosedale
Claude Snyder, Sutton
Archie G. Steel, Copen
Everett B. Wyatt, Sutton
Warrick M. Knicely, Vernon
WOUNDED-DEGREE UNDETERMINED.
Alpheus Greathouse, Sutton James B. Blake, Orlando
Thomas Stump, Exchange
Harold Taylor, Burnsville
Walter Malcomb, Holly
Luther .Cutlip, Little Birch
Orvill Doyle Jackson, Sutton
Freeman L. Rollyson, Little Otter
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
Joseph A. Brady, Gassaway James A. Duffield, Sutton Levi J. McQueen, Flatwoods Garrett Beecher Knicely, Milroy Noah C. Beall, Gassaway
James Given, Strange Creek Okey E. Bright, Newville Worthy Burkhammer, Riffle
George Russell Nesselrotte, Sutton Jolm Conley, Orlando
Steve Jones, Bower
Claude H. Helmick, Hettie
458
SUTTON'S HISTORY.
PRISONERS-RETURNED TO FRANCE. Joseph F. Knight, Centralia CRAZED BY SHELL SHOCK. Orville Jackson, Little Birch
"To argue and refute, Wise counselors abound, But those to execute Are harder to be found."
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THE END.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
Page
Frontispiece, John D. Sutton.
Hon. Felix Sutton.
13
James H. Facemire.
23
Mrs. Delila Cogar
36
William D. Baxter
48
School House, erected before the Civil
War
53
John P. Byrne.
103
Dr. J. W. Kidd
108
Main Street, Gassaway
110
Simon Prince and his great, great grand
son
121
William Craig
123
Bryan, Lincoln and Ingall.
159
John D. Baxter.
178
John Brown
207
Andrew Skidmore
225
Rev. C. Warman.
228
Rev. Daniel H. Davis.
234
Rev. T. S. Wade
240
Brown Residence
245
Scene on the Elk River.
247
Large Fish
256
Store House in Nicholas.
273
Evans Family Milking Cows.
295
Burning of Riverview Hotel
300
The Felix Sutton Cemetery.
329
Kennedy Family
343
William Carpenter
360
Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher
448
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INDEX
A
Pages
Averell, General, Salem Raid. 168-169
Ansel, Col. Amos, Raid to Sutton 191
Article in relation to floods 217-219
Animals, power to reason 259-260
Anecdotes 312-325
I
B
Bison Range
18
Braxton County 36
Braxton and Adjoining Counties. 42
Braxton County Resources. 42
Braxton County Schools
48
Braxton County Court Records. 60
Braxtou County Commissioned Officers.
187
Braxton County Militia
188
Braxton Central
248
Braxton Democrat 248
Braxton County's First Fair 299
Basin Rocks
46
Birth Place of Man. 72
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. 97
Board of Supervisors- Election
139
Burnsville, Town of
108
Birch River, Town of.
114
Bulltown, Town of ..
116
Battle of Bulltown
172-174
Battle of Point Pleasant
164-167
Battle of Droop Mountain
190
Battle, near Three Forks of Cedar Creek
191
Battle, at Milton Frame's
192
Battle, at Andrew Ware's
193
Bear, last killed in county.
249
Buffalo, last killed in county.
250
Baptist, Church
237-239
Byrne, W. E. R. 105
Bryan, W. J.
159-160
Boone, Daniel
282-283
Brown, Col. John
312-319
Boggs, Francis C., Sheriff. 62
Boggs, James A., mill owner.
215
Baxter, Wm. D., License
to
celebrate
marriages
61
Baxter, Jolın D.
251
Baxter, Felix J., Prosecuting Attorney
138
Baxter, H.
A.
Elected Commissioner
Revenue
138
Barnett, William
251
Barnett, Nathan D., Death 190-191
Berry, P. B. 292
Berry, A. S., Resignation 129
Berry, Capt. James M. 184
C
Coal Lands, Northern part of State. 17
Convention of Virginia
24
Constitution
26
Counties of West Virginia.
32
County of Braxton
36
Caverns, Head of the Elk River. 46
Congress
54
Congressional Districts
58- 60
Cliff Dwellers
73
Central West Virginia
83
County : Clay
83
Calhoun
84- 85
Gilmer
86
Webster
88
Nicholas
90
Lewis
92
Upshur
92
Roane
116
Citizens of Sutton, at beginning of Civil
War
106
County Court
121-139
County History
150
Cowen, Town of
112
Centralia, Town of
113
Canfield, Town of
117
Corley, Town of
117
Constitution of West Virginia.
28
Confederate Soldiers
179-180
Cold New Year's 1863
193
Courts, respected during Civil War.
191
Commerce, Early
207-208
Central West Virginia, grazing section .. 211-212
Church, Methodist Episcopal
228-231
Churches,
231-233
Methodist Protestant
233-237
Baptist
237-239
Methodist Episcopal, South
239-243
Presbyterian
243-245
Capitals, National
167-268
Crow Roost
253-255
Cabin at Hominy Falls
272
Page
INDEX
Page
Catching Wild Turkeys 276
Cato, colored 278-279
Cane Raising 287
Cattle Raising
297-298
Cattle, Hornless
298
Civil War Incidents
189
Civility
331
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Casualties, Braxton County
456-458
Canden, Judge Draper.
319
Camden, L. D., mill owner. 214
Carpenter, Jeremiah, killed panther 250
Carpenter, Solomon
252
Cottrils
275
Cunningham, E. H.
172-174
Currence, Capr. Conrad
181-183
Cutlip, Perry, Shot
189
Cutlip, William, mill owner.
216
Cutlip, Dr. Samuel
216
D
Dedication
5
Dentists, Resident Sutton
106
Days of Reconstruction
205-206
Deer Hunt on Beaver
279
Drainage Basins, Central West Virginia
45
Doddrill, William
90
Dunn, Major, Raid
172
Dyer, Morgan, mill owner.
215
Davis, Henry G.
332
Duncan, Judge Edward S.
319
E
Eighteenth Century
22
Early Settlers in Central West Virginia 25
Elevation of West Virginia. 31
Early Settlers, Braxton County.
42
Elk River, The
43
Elk River Fish
256-257
Early Settlement
Election Held
85
Election
139
Explorers and Roads
95- 96
Erbacon, Town of
120
Early Commerce
207-208
Emancipation Paper,
Emigrants to Illinois and Kansas 270
Early and Late Marriages
281-282
F
First Constitution of West Virginia 28
Flint, Ledge of
47
Forts
65- 67
Page
First County Road 98
First Grand Jury 123
Flatwoods, Town of 107
Frametown, Town of
111
Federal Soldiers
178-179
Flax Raising
210-211
Fish of the Elk River.
256-257
Fence Rail Period
326-328
Families, Large
339-340
Five Generations
341-342
Frame, David, License to celebrate mar-
riage
61
Frame, Wellington L., mill owner.
216
Frame, Milton, Battle
192
Frame, James, mill owner.
216
Friend, A. P.
215-217
Friend, Joseph
252
Friend, I. J.
139
Friend, Israel A.
209
Fox, Samuel, mill owner
216
G
Governors
20- 31
Gauley River
44
Glenville Normal School
88
Grand Jury
123-128-134
Gassaway, Town of
110
Gillespie, Town of
113
Gilmer County, Federal Soldiers
186-187
Confederate Soldiers
187-188
Grand Army of the Republic.
189
Garnett, General, Last dispatch
190
Giuseng Industry
211-214
Great Floods
217
Goose, Wild
255-256
Generals of the Army.
268
Going to Mill
272
73
Golden Weddings
338
Generations, Five
341-342
Gregory, Isaac
89
Gil:son, Dr. Nicholas
191
Gillespie, Adam, mill owner.
215
Gillespie, Griffin
215
Gillespie, Jeremiah
252
H
History of County
150
Home Guards, 1861
175-177
History of the Tunnings
195
Formation of Braxton County.
36
Hog Stealing
:
208-209
Hoop Skirts
280
High Prices
344-345
INDEX
Page
Page
Hornless Cattle
298
Hyer, Town of 113
Heater, Town of 117
Hamric, William
90
Hall, Granville D. .
170-171
Hews, Col. David J.
138
Haymond, Luther
271-272
Haymond, Col. Johu, mill owner
215
Haymond, John
216
Haymond, William, mill owner
216
Huffman, Benjamin, mill owner.
215
Hyer, Adam J.
127
Hyer, Capt. N. M.
195-201
Hefner, Miss Phoebe
192
I
Indian Tronbles
73
Indians
77- 82
Incidents, Civil War
189
Irvine, Judge Robert
61
Iugall, Senator John J.
159-160
J
Judges
61
Jackson, John, mill owner
215
Jackson, Robert, mill owner
216
Jackson, David M., mill owner
216
Johnson, Jasper
191-192
Johnson, Milton
216
K
Kanawha Turupike
98
Kantner, Capt. Wm. H. captures Wiu. L.
Wilson
201-202
Kelly, Harrison, letter
94
Knicely, John
191
1.
List of Drainage Basins, Ceutral West Va. 45
Ledge of Flint
47
Legislature
54
License to Celebrate Marriages.
61
Lawyers of Sutton, Resident
106
Lawyers and Historian
278
Locust, Seventeen Year
271
Large Families
339-340
Logan and Tecumseh
279
Little Birch, Town of
115
Lincoln, A.
159-160.
Lincolns of Rockingham
283
Lincoln, Short Letter of Acceptance.
285-286
Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby
286
M
" Moccasin Tracks"'
22
Members First West Va. Legislature
29
Members Congress and Legislature .. 54
Mound Builders
64-65-67-72
Massacres
76
Mad Ann
76
Monument to Morris Children. 90
Morgan's Raid
170-171
Mail Delivery
101
Marriage License
151-157
Military Men of West Va.
188
Militia, Braxton County
188
Military Tragedies
202-205
Ministers, Native
231
Mountaineer, The
246-248
Meteorology
263-267
Monroe Doctrine, The
270
Marksmen
277
Majestic Child
332-335
Mollohou, Elliott, mill owner
216
Mollohon, Capt. William
184
Morrison, Morgan H., Sheriff.
61- 62
Morrison, John, crier of court
137
Morrison, John G., guard
139
Methodist Episcopal Church
228-231
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
239-243
Methodist Protestant Church
233-237
Mc.
McAnany Family Robbery
274
McAnany, Peter, bear killed
251
McCoy, William, owner of mill
215
McCunes
275-276
MeLaughlin, Col. Addison
312
N
Names of smaller streams of county.
40
North Western Turnpike
96
National and Stage Roads
101-102
Napier, Town of
117
Newville, Town of
114
Needmore, Town of
120
Negroes, Confederate
187
Native Ministers
231
Newlon, William
0
Officers Braxton County
.62-126-127-148-187
Old Mills
214-217
Officers of World War
249
INDEX
Page
P
Powell's Mountain 91
Postal Development in West Va. 100
Physicians, Resident of Sutton. 106
Promineut Military Men of West Va. 188
Prominent Men
220-221
Palmer, Town of
118
Panther, last killed iu county 349
Pigeons, wild
252-253
Pisgah's Top
335-337
Progressive Family
281
Presidents, Died in Office.
268-269
Presidents, Where Buried
269-270
Persons 100 years of age.
337-338
Presbyterian Church
243-245
Perkins, Charles
279
Quakers
226-227
R
Rich Lands, South Branch Valley.
17
River, The Elk
44
The Ganley 44
Representatives of Braxton County.
54- 56
Recorders of Braxton County.
61- 62
Roads
94- 99
Roads, National and Stage
101
Road Reviewers
127-128
Roads West of Mountains 95
Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio
97
Railroad in Central West Virginia.
102
Rural Mail Delivery
101
Rollyson, Towu of
117
Rosedale, Town of
119
Revolutionary War
161-162
Rock Oil
290-291
Rules of Etiquette
330-331
Robbery, McAnany Family 274
Rose, Wm., License to celebrate marriage.
61
Rhea, John L.
139
Riker, Rev. A. B.
335
S
Schools, Braxton Connty
48
School Commissioners 128- 51
School Honse
53
School, Glenville Normal
SS
Sheriff, Braxton county
150- 52
Surveyor Appointed
150-128
Senatorial Districts
56- 58
Salt Lick Bridge, Town of
118
Servia, Town of
116
Strange Creek, Town of
Page 115
Preface 11 Sutton, Town of 103-105 Soldiers, War of 1812 162-163
Braxton County Federal
178-179
Braxton County Confederate .. 179-180
Webster County Confederate 184 Gilmer County Federal 186-187
Gilmer County Confederate. 187-188
Soldiers of World War.
449-456
Spanish-American War
188-189
Sntton in the Civil War. 194-195
Sutton Burned, 1864
194
Stories of personal strength
221-226
Snake, Petrified
258-259
Settlement on Ware Mountain, First.
273
274
Shrewdness of Pioneers
Slave Holders
282
Sugar Makiug
287-288
Silk Factory
291
Salt Industry
292-293
Stock Raising
295
Silos
296-297
Seveuteen Year Locust
271
Small Streams of Braxton county.
40
Small Child
280-281
Small People
Sutton, John D., diary
43
Squires, E. W., Clerk
139
Squires, Asa
191-215
Sprigg, Capt. Jolın S.
181
Sprigg, Edward, mill owner
215
Short, Andrew, Battle Droop Mountain
190
Sprinkle, John
276
Sargeant, John, mill owner
215
Skidmore, Joseph, mill owner
214
Skidmore, Samuel, mill owner.
215
Skidmore, Felix, mill owner
216
T
The West Virginia Hills
35
Teahcers before Civil War
50
Townships
63
Town of Sutton
103-105
Flawoods 107
Burnsville
108-109
Gassaway
110-111
Frametown
111-112
Cowen
112-113
Centralia
113
Hyer (Gillespie)
113-114
Tesla
114
281
Sutton, Mrs. Bessie, tribute
329-330
INDEX
Page
Newville
114
Birch River 114
Little Birch 115
Strange Creek
115
Servia
116
Canfield
117
Corley
117
Napier
117
Rollyson
117
Heater
117-118
Salt Lick Bridge
118
Palmer
118-119
Rosedale
119-120
Erbacon
120
Needmore
120
Turkey Buzzards
257
Trees, Large and Wonderful 261-263
Tanneries and Shoe Makers
293-295
Tragedies
300-312
Timber and Oil Districts
289
Tribute to Mrs. Bessie Sutton
-330
The Tunnings, history
184-195
Taylor, G. F., Recorder
61
Triplett, Sennett
277-278
Virginia
15
Virginia and Revolutionary War
161-162
W
Bulltown
116
West Virginia Governors
31
West Virginia Counties
32
West Virginia Hills, The
35
West Virginia and Civil War.
174-175
War, Virginia and Revolutionary.
161-162
War, West Virginia and Revolutionary .. 163-164 War of 1812 162-163
War Spanislı-American
188-189
War, Fifth Foreign
344
World War Casualties, Braxton county .. 456-458
Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike.
95
Wild Goose
255-256
Ware, Andrew, Battle
193
Washington, George, Courtship
284-285
Y
Young, Henry
91
Young, Henry, killed
201-202
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V
BIOGRAPHY
Pages 345-448
FAMILY HISTORY.
A begins with John Adams
345
B begins with Solomon Baker
347
C begins with Samuel J. Clawson
355
D begins with Morgan Dyer
370
E begins with Charles D. Elliott
372
F begins with James H. Facemire
374
G begins with John A. Grose
379
H begins with Homer A. Holt
384
J begins with John Jackson
395
K begins with John Mac H. Kelly
398
L begins with Albert A. Lewis.
400
M begins with Mary McAnany
403
N begins with Heury Nace
411
O begins with Adam O'Brien
413
I' begins with Thomas Perkins
415
R begins with Samuel H. Rider
417
S begins with Felix Sutton.
122
T begins with Alexander Taylor
442
W begins with Ludrew M. Wade
4-15
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