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HISTORY OF KANAWHA COUNTY
Operator, East Bank Mining Company ; mine, East Bank; postoffice, East Bank.
We append herewith an approximate state- ment of the coal and coke shipments of Ka- nawha county from 1883 to 1910, inclusive :
COAL AND COKE OUTPUT OF KANAWHA COUNTY (2,000 POUNDS PER TON)
Year
Coal
Coke
1883
622,695
16,645
1884
+ .. . ...
t.
. .
1885
*724,640
t.
1886
*850,080
+ .. ...
1887
*944,450
1888
1, 100,187
945
1889
1,093,650
2,258
1890
1,143,95I
5,637
1891
1,354,512
+. ....
1892
1,316,416
+. . ...
1893
1,256,359
2,732
1894
1,280,86I
455
1895
1,319,643
4,928
1896
1,219,385
+ .. . . .
1897
1,167,874
20,132
1898
1,358,720
21,578
1899
1,448,236
10,983
1900
1,631,717
32,665
190I
1,934,369
30,722
1902
2,086,992
29,722
1903
2,104,202
25,789
1904
3,127,127
9,547
1905
3,501,835
19,993
1906
4,576,434
31,527
1907
5,181,233
12,287
1908
5,066,588
12,124
1909
4,136,213
+. . . . .
1910
6,444,91I
21,908
Totals
57,993,280
312,577
No complete record of the quantity of coal mined in Kanawha county has been kept in the office of the Chief of the Department of Mines prior to the year 1883.
The total available coal tonnage of Kanawha county, as previously stated, is about 6,000,- 000,000 tons, so that the total coal mined dur- ing the past twenty-eight years is less than one per cent of the total available coal in the county.
During the year 1910 there was shipped a total of 6,444,91I tons of coal and 21,908 tons of coke. At this rate of mining, it would take more than nine hundred years to exhaust the total available coal in the county.
Of the total quantity of coal shipped in Kanawha county for the year 1910, 4,854,377 tons were shipped by rail and 1,380,642 tons shipped by river. There was used at the mines 99,053 tons and sold locally 79,266 tons, and 28,173 tons were made into coke, showing that less than three per cent of the total amount of coal mined was consumed in the state, and nearly ninety-seven per cent was shipped be- yond the limits of the state.
The number of lives lost during the year 1910 was twenty-six out of 7,495 employees, or 3.5 per thousand employed. Eighteen of these fatal accidents were due to falls of slate. Loss of life, as a rule, occurs singly, but amounts in the aggregate to alarming figures. It is the belief of the writer that fully fifty per cent of these accidents are avoidable by the rigid enforcement of the Mine Law, and this can only be done by fully instructing the em- ployees, and by maintaining the strictest dis- cipline.
We append herewith table showing the order of Kanawha county in the production of coal since 1897, in comparison with other coal producing counties of the state :
ORDER IN THE PRODUCTION OF COAL, 1897-1910
Counties
1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Fayette
I
I
I
I
I
I
2
I
2
2
2
2
2
2
McDowell
2
2
2
2
2
2
I
2
I
I
I
I
I
I
Marion
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
Kanawha
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
Mercer
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6 7
Harrison
9
9
8
7
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Tucker
6
6
7
5
7
7
7
8
8
8
IO
IO
IO IO
Mingo
8
8
9
9
9
8
8
7
7
7
7
9 9
Mineral
7
7
6
8
8
9
II
II
I2
I3
14
7 I3
II
I3
*Estimated.
+No record.
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Counties
1897 1898 1899 1900
1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Preston
I3
II
IO
IO
IO
IO
9
IO
IO
9
9
II
13
II
Taylor
IO
IO
II
I]
II
II
14
I6
16
I6
17
I5 I3
II
8 18 21
2I
I5
Mason
I4
14
I5
20 I6
20 18
20 19
23 19 22
22 20 18
17 22 19 20 18 24
17 21
16 22 20
I5 22 20 9 19 25 27 26 30 23 29 24 28 3I 32 33
22 20 7 18 26 30 27 25 23 28 24
29 32 3I 34 33 603,148
Kanawha County stood fourth in the State in order of production from 1897 to 1902. At that time the production fell off some, and in 1903, stood fifth, but in 1904 became third; but she again dropped back to fourth in 1905, and in 1906 she became third again, which place she still holds.
West Virginia stands second State in the production of coal in the United States, and will soon become first in the production of bi- tuminous coal.
The following table gives the production of coal in West Virginia from 1863 to 1910, as compiled from the records of the United States Geological Survey.
Tons of
1884
3,369,000
YEAR
2,000 Lbs.
1885
1863
444,648
1886
1864
454,888
1887
4,881.620
1865
487,897
1888
5,498,800
I866
512,068
1889
6,231,880
1867
589,360
1890
7,394,654
1868
609,227
1891
9,220,665
. .
. .
. .
I4
I4
18
12
12
IO
9
12
I5 I6 18
I5 19
Brooke
I7
18
18
I3 I5
I5 16
I3 I5 17
I2
13
I3
12
II
II
Raleigh Putnam Ohio
16
I6
I6
19
I7
I2
I3
I5
15
20
20
2I
2I
2I
22
23
2I
27
Braxton
.
.
Wayne
.
Upshur
.
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
32
..
.
.
27
I869
1870
608,878
187I
618,830
1872
700,000 1,000,000 I.120,000
1874
1875
1,120,000 896,000 1,120,000
1877
1878
1,120,000
1879
1,400,000
1880
1,829,844 1,680.000
1882
2,240,000
1883
2,335,833
Gilmer
Wyoming
Boone
. .
. .
..
. .
.
. .
. .
. 18
.. I7 20
I7 21
23
25
Lincoln
.
. .
.
. .
. . 24
25 24 23 . .
. .
. 26
24 23 25 26 27 28
I2 19 23 24 25 30 26 29 27 28 3I
19 18
Logan
Monongalia Hancock
20
I7
19
17
19
Clay
Nicholas
. .
I2
I2
12
I3
I6
I3
I4
14
I5
I7 18 I9
16
I5 I6
Marshall
Randolph
14 14
Barbour
19
19
I7
I3 14
. .
. .
. .
. .
9 I5 21
IO 14 22
14 I2 12 8 I6 8 17 2I
I2 6 I7 20 18 22 21 8 19 24 30 26 28 23 29 25 32 33
Greenbrier
..
Lewis
3I 34
1873
1876
1881
3,369,062 4,005,796
Grant
20
18
II
I4
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1892
9,738,755
1882
No Record
1893
10,708.578
1883
614,818
1894
11,627,757
1884
736,843
1895
11,387,96I
1885
712,493
1896
12,878,296
1886
714,465
1897
14.248,159
1887
929,025
1898
16,700.999
1888
804,025
1 899
19,252,995
1 889
1,076,872
1900
22,647,207
1890
966,462
1901
24,068,402
1891
1,030,454
1902
24,570,826
1892
1,071,5II
1903
29.337.24I
1893
919,320
1904
32,406.752
1894
1,032,304
1905
37,791,580
1895
879,304
1906
43,290.3=0
1896
922,000
1907
48,091,583
1897
848,600
1908
49,000,000
1898
784,000
1899
942,800
1900
1,240,680
190I
1,370,180
1902
937,880
1903
1,333,920
1904
1,094,700
1905
1,460,680
1906
1,176,300
1907
1,667,000
1908
965.000
1909
1,065,680
1910
1,248,040
GRAND TOTAL
29,500,534
The above table represents the coal mined from Fayette, Kanawha and Putnam Coun- ties ; but possibly sixty to seventy-five per cent of the same was mined in Kanawha County.
COAL SHIPMENTS ON THE GREAT
KANAWHA RIVER
YEAR
COAL
Tons of
2,000 Lbs.
1875
161,932
1876
200,962
1877
207,236
1878
No Record
1879
No Record
1 880
No Record
188I
385,148
1909
49.697,018
1910
59,274.708
GRAND TOTAL
592,181,265
Dr. I. C. White, State Geologist, in Volume II (a), Page 693, estimated the total avail- able coal in West Virginia to be 60,800,000,000 tons. It is interesting to note that of this to- tal quantity, Kanawha County contains nearly ten per cent or 6,000,000,000 tons, mak- ing it one of the richest counties in the coal area in the State.
The following table gives the list of river shipments on the Kanawha River since 1875, as compiled from the records of the U. S. En- gineer's Office at Charleston, West Virginia : 1
It is evident to the writer, from the statis- tics and facts at hand, that the coal industry is yet in its infancy. It has only taken a per- manent growth in the last ten years, but the future development in the State will each year grow more rapidly than in the past, and the coal shipments will increase proportionately. Kanawha County will not only keep apace with this increased growth and keep her place as the third of the coal producing counties in the State, but will gradually push forward to the first place.
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Thickness SOFA CORL
Thickness +OF- INTERVAL
PITTSBURG
17
INTERVAL
400 TO 500
BAKERSTOWN
16
INTERVAL
100 TO 200
UPPER FREEPORT
15
INTERYAL.
AOTO200
N25 BLOCK
14
INTERVAL.
30 TO 50
CLARION- BROOKVILLE
12 .. TO 4
13
INTERYAL.
JO'TO50 2'TO 4'
12
INTERVAL .
STOCKTON- LEWISTON
11
INTERVAL
30'TO 100
COAL BURG
INTERVAL
25 TO100
10
WINIFREDE
9
INTERVAL
AO'TO7.5'
CHILTON
INTERYAL
20 TO 40
THACKER
.3.ro.z.
INTERVAL
2.50' TO 300'
7
CEDAR GROVE INTERVAL
401080
6
PEERLESS
-20TO60'
5
Nº2 GAS
2 .10. 9
4
INTERVAL
.SOTO 60
POWELLTON
'?" TO.7'
3
INTERVAL
12. TO 8'
EAGLE
INTERVAL.
20TO 30'
2
LITTLE EAGLE
1210.4'
1
DIAGRAM SHOWING DIFFERENT COAL SEAMS
IN KANAWHA COUNTY, W. VA.
100'TO120
INTERYAL
I?''TO_3'.
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BLACK FLINT LEDGE
CHAPTER XX
THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY
Efforts which Have Been Made to Rescue and Preserve the History of West Virginia-West Virginia Historical Society-The Trans-Allegheny Historical Society-The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society-The State Department of Archives and History- Transfer of Title and Removal-The Museum, etc.
EFFORTS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE TO RESCUE AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA
The New State was, indeed a land of his- toric achievement, of military renown and civic growth; and soon after the close of the Civil War, thoughtful men saw the necessity of col- lecting and placing in enduring form the annals and records of the new born State; thus saving its history of pioneer and more recent times for those who were to come after them. This move- ment received its first impulse at Morgantown, whence a call for action was sent out.
THE WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The date was Thursday evening, September 30, 1869-thirty-seven years ago-and the place of meeting was the Hall of the Colum- bian Literary Society in one of the University buildings. The assemblage was a remarkable one. Hon. Waitman T. Willey was chosen chairman, and John J. Brown was made Sec- retary. The Chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to consider the propriety of establishing an organization to be known as "The West Virginia Historical Society."
After a brief discussion of the advantages to result from such an association, a committee of three was appointed to prepare a plan of or- ganization.
The report of this Committee, as adopted, was as follows :
Whereas we, Alexander Martin, Waitman
T. Willey, J. J. Stephenson, George M. Ha- gans, S. G. Stevens, H. H. Pierce, F. M. Wood, F. S. Lyon, John A. Dille, Hugh W. Brock, Ralph L. Berkshire, George C. Sturgiss, Joseph A. McLane, and John J. Brown, citi- zens of Morgantown, West Virginia recognize the importance of a properly organized Society, for the purpose of preserving a well authenti- cated history of West Virginia: Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we do hereby assume the responsibility of taking steps towards the founding of an organization to be called "The West Virginia Historical Society."
A second resolution provided for the ap- pointment of a committee on Constitution and By-Laws, and H. H. Pierce, H. W. Brock and John J. Stephenson were appointed.
A third resolution provided for a Committee on Charter, and Ralph L. Berkshire, F. W. Wood, and John J. Brown, were named.
A fourth resolution provided for the ap- pointment of a committee of five with power to choose forty citizens of West Virginia, to act as founders of this organization. As such committee the Chairman named Alexander Martin, S. G. Stevens, George M. Hagans, Joseph A. McLane, and George C. Sturgiss.
A Second Preliminary Meeting was held at Grafton December 30, 1869, and among those who had not attended the first meeting but who now appeared as Founders were Dr. Thomas H. Logan, Hon. William E. Stevenson, Hon.
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Francis H. Pierpont, Hon. Alpheus F. Hay- mond, Hon. Benjamin F. Martin, Gen. David H. Strother, Col. J. Loomis Gould, Gen. Thomas M. Harris, and Hon. Chester D. Hub- bard.
A Constitution and By-Laws were adopted and an order of business presented. Then the Committee on Founders reported the names of persons consenting to become such, as follows : Prof. W. K. Pendleton, Dr. John Hupp, Dr. E. A. Hildreth, W. J. Bates, Dr. Thomas H. Logan, Hon. William E. Stevenson. Hon. Francis H. Pierpont, Hon. Alpheus F. Hay- mond, Hon. James C. McGrew, J. H. Lock- wood, Hon. Benjamin F. Martin, Gen. David H. Strother, James Logie, Hon. Henry G. Davis, Hon. Joseph T. Hoke, Col. Luther Hay- mond, James M. Jackson, Hedgeman Slack. Dr. A. E. Summers, Hon. Lewis Ruffner, J. Loomis Gould, Prof. W. W. Harper, Hon. Arthur I. Boreman, Samuel Billingslea, Hon. Daniel D. T. Farnsworth, Hon. William Ry- land White, Gen. Thomas M. Harris, Hon. Chester D. Hubbard, Hon. Joel McPherson, and J. W. Workman. Such were the men- statesmen of the time-who, regardless of po- litical affiliation or views respecting the recent war, united in an effort to preserve the history of West Virginia.
An organization was then effected by the election of Dr. Thomas H. Logan as President ; Gen. David H. Strother, Judge Gideon D. Camden, Prof. W. K. Pendleton, Hon. Joel McPherson and Hon. Lewis Ruffner Vice- Presidents ; Samuel G. Stevens, Corresponding Secretary; John J. Brown, Recording Secre- tary; Hon. Chester D. Hubbard, Treasurer; John J. Stephenson, Curator ; and Hon. Fran- cis H. Pierpont, Hon. Joseph T. Hoke, J. Loomis Gould, Judge R. L. Berkshire, Dr. A. E. Summers, Dr. Alexander Martin, Hugh H. Brock, William A. Hanway and F. S. Lyon, an Executive Committee.
The regents of the State University tendered the Society the use of a room for its collec- tions and this was accepted with thanks. The by-laws prescribed two regular meetings an- nually, one at Morgantown, in June, the other wherever the Legislature should hold its ses- sions, or at such place as the Society should
determine. Then the following named gentle- men were elected to resident membership, viz: A. W. Lorentz, A. M. Poundstone, Prof. A. L. Wade, D. H. Chadwick, William Wagner, Archie W. Campbell, Hon. Peter G. Van Win- kle, Rev. Loyal Young, Hon. Harmon Sinsel, Johnson N. Camden, William Meigs, C. C. Cole, W. H. Travers, Hon. William G. Brown, F. A. Cather, Hon. John Marshall Hagans, William Mallonee, A. H. Thayer, James Evans, Elisha H. Coombs, O. W. Miller, Hon. Dan- iel Lamb, J. H. Diss DeBar, Judge Samuel Woods, M. C. C. Church, Nathan Goff, Jr., A. F. Barnes, Henry C. Parsons, William H. Ed- wards, and Joseph Johnson. After this, cor- responding members in other states were elected as follows : J. A. Lintner, Albany, New York; Prof. F. H. Smith, Lexington, Vir- ginia; Edwin D. Sanborn, Hanover, New Hampshire; George Livermore, Boston, Mas- sachusetts; and James Veach, L.L. D., Pitts- burg, Pa.
The Third Meeting .- This was held at Wheeling, February 9, 1870, Dr. T. H. Logan presiding. It was a session of much interest ; the leading features being the reading of two papers, the first entitled "Historical Studies," by Dr. Alexander Martin, first President of the West Virginia University ; the second, "An- nals of the Pan-Handle," by President W. K. Pendleton, of Bethany College. One hundred and nineteen gentlemen were elected to resident membership. Dr. J. S. Newberry and John Lothrop Motley were made honorary mem- bers; and Dr. Alfred Creigh of Washington, Pa .; Dr. George P. Hildreth, of Marietta, Ohio, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes of Boston, Mass. ; and Henry G. Hanks, of San Francisco, Cal., were elected corresponding members.
The Fourth Meeting .- This meeting was held at Morgantown, June 15, 1870, Dr. Thomas H. Logan in the chair. The Curator made an interesting report of donations to the Cabinet and Library; among these being : "Eighty-seven Original Patents for West Vir- ginia lands; Commission to Lieutenant Evans, of Monongalia District, 1792; Pay-roll of Monogalia Rangers for 1778; a large number of Original Surveys of West Virginia lands together with many interesting and valuable
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papers." Hon. J. W. Patterson and Dr. Jo- seph L. Leidy were elected honorary members. Carlton Hughes, Washington, D. C .; L. J. Deal, Philadelphia, Pa .; and William Ewing, of Canonsburg, same State, were elected cor- responding members. Hon. George M. Beltz- hoover, N. N. Hoffman, J. W. Webb, W. C. McGrew, Rev. R. White, J. L. Simpson, J. B. Solomon, J. S. S. Herr, Jacob Waugh, Rev. J. H. Flanagan, James B. Hague, A. D. Wil- liams, James Carskadon, George A. Fitch, Rev. J. M. Nourse, C. H. Hodgson, Rev. Jacob Bird, Geo. W. Moredoch, Joseph E. McCoy and P. H. Keck were elected resident members. General David H. Strother-"Porte Crayon" -was elected President; Prof. William K. Pendleton, first Vice-President : John J. Brown, Recording Secretary and Hon. Chester D. Hubbard, Treasurer.
The Fifth Meeting .- This meeting was held at Charleston, in February, 1871. It was an interesting session; General Strother, the President, read a valuable paper, the subject of which was "Historical and Descriptive Notice of Berkeley Springs." L. G. Olmstead, of New York City, was elected a corresponding member. C. W. B. Allison, Judge Robert S. Brown, Dr. A. J. Vosburg, Hon. John Mor- row, Jr., Colonel James L. McLean, C. F. Scott, John Brannom, C. M. Travers, Spencer Dayton, Colonel Sam A. Miller. John T. Cot- ton, Colonel John L. Cole, Dr. John P. Hale, Gen. J. W. M. Appleton, G. Bier, Hon. Pere- grine Hayes, Judge Charles P. T. Moore, J. H. Oley, Hon. Madison Laidley, Albert G. Davis, E. G. Cracraft, J. Brisben Walker, D. WV. Emmons, and W. A. A. Alexander were elected to resident membership. The Society adjourned to meet at Morgantown, June 14. 1871.
The Sixth Meeting .- This meeting was held. as per adjournment, at Morgantown, June 14, 1871, Gen. Strother presiding. Forty mem- bers were present. David H. Leonard. of Wirt County. A. F. Mathews, of Greenbrier, John S. Lincoln, W. P. Guthrie, of Mason, and Rev. J. M. Warden, of Calhoun, were elected resident members. Henry J. Amour, of Car- lisle, Pa., was made a corresponding member. Hon. Waitman T. Willey read a highly in-
teresting and valuable paper entitled, "Geo- graphical History of Monongalia County, West Virginia." No change was made in the officers. The Executive Committee was di- rected to proceed with the publication of the "proceedings" of the Society and money was appropriated for this purpose. This volume was soon after issued under the title of "The Proceedings of the West Virginia Historical Society, Vol. I, Part I," printed by Morgan and Hoffman, of Morgantown. As the title implies, it contains the proceedings of the So- ciety from its organization to the date of pub- lication, with nearly all the papers read before it and a roll of the names of one hundred and sixteen members with their postoffice addresses. It is among the rarest and yet one of the most valuable historical publications ever issued in the State. Unfortunately, it was the last pub- lication of the Society.
As said before, this Society was a remark- able one. Its membership represented every part of the State and included the leading edu- cators, scholars. lawyers, physicians, clergy- men, and business men of the time. They. many of them, had been in active life for years before the Civil War. They had been divided in that struggle. But when it was past they were united in an effort to save from oblivion the history of the new born State-West Vir- ginia. But all grew old, many died, and their mantles descended to others who had not been history-makers like themselves and when four- teen annual meetings had been held, the last on the IIth of June, 1884, the West Virginia Historical Society ceased to exist.
THE TRANS-ALLEGHENY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Many people who remembered the interest in the history of the State aroused by the old Society, and the good it had accomplished, sought to bring it back to life again. Some of these. on the 19th of June, 1901, sent out a call headed: "Proposed Reorganization of the West Virginia Historical Society under the Name of the Trans-Allegheny Historical So- ciety." This call was signed by eighty-seven persons, the greater number of whom were professional and business men of Morgantown,
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the others scattered throughout the northern and eastern sections of the State, among them being Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, Hon. Steven B. Elkins, Hon. A. G. Dayton, Hon. Henry G. Davis, Judge John J. Davis, Prof. Frank B. Trotter, Frank Staunton, Myron C. Lough, Hon. B. L. Butcher, Col. Alexander Campbell, Charles E. Wells, Eugene Somerville, and C. W. Maxwell. Among these signers residing in Morgantown were Mr. Hu Maxwell, Prof. Richard E. Fast, Hon. W. E. Glasscock, Prof. P. B. Raynolds, Hon. James H. Stewart, Prof. Thomas E. Hodges, Hon. Frank Cox, Hon. E. M. Grant, Hon. Joseph Moreland, Prof. Waitman Barbe, Judge Okey Johnson, Prof. L. L. Friend, Hon. Thomas C. Miller, Prof. S. B. Brown, Prof. T. C. Atkeson, Hon. George C. Sturgiss, Dr. I. C. White, Hon. John WV. Mason, Prof. A. L. Wade, Prof. W. P. Willey, and Prof. St. George T. Brooke.
The meeting for reorganization assembled June 19, 1901, in the lecture room of the Agri- cultural Experiment Station of the West Vir- ginia University and was called to order by Prof. R. E. Fast, who was chosen temporary President, with Clarence Poe as Secretary. The purpose of the meeting was explained; the constitution of the old West Virginia Histori- cal Society was adopted and the President ap- pointed, as a committee to revise its by-laws, Hon. Joseph Moreland, R. E. L. Allen, J. F. Nelson, Hu Maxwell, and Prof. A. D. Hop- kins. After the transaction of miscellaneous business, the body adjourned to a later date for permanent organization. This was effected De- cember 5, 1891, when a representation of the membership assembled in Room No. 10, Mar- tin Hall of the University. The temporary organization was made permanent. The Com- mittee on Revision of By-Laws reported, and an Executive Council consisting of Myron C. Lough, of Fairmont; Frank Staunton, of Wheeling; and Dr. I. C. White, of Morgan- town, was appointed. It appears that this re- organization did not last long ere it went the way of the parent society. During its con- tinuance, its organ was the "Trans-Allegheny Historical Magazine," seven numbers of which appear to have been issued.
THE WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL AND ANTI- QUARIAN SOCIETY
In January, 1890, at the beginning of the session of the Legislature, Virgil A. Lewis, of Mason County, went to Charleston, where he circulated a call for a meeting, the object of which was declared to be the organization of a State Historical Society. This, when signed, was as follows :
"A Call-We invite all West Virginians feeling an interest in History of their State, to meet with us in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, on Thursday at 7:30 P. M., for the purpose of organizing a West Virginia His- torical and Antiquarian Society." This was signed by Dr. E. M. Turner and Prof. A. L. Wade, of Monongalia County; Dr. John P. Hale, Colonel John L. Cole, Judge Thomas D. Houston, Colonel J. B. Peyton, Hon. C. B. Snyder, and Dr. D. Mayer, of Kanawha County; Hon. B. L. Butcher, of Marion County ; Hon. Daniel B. Lucas and Colonel R. P. Chew of Jefferson County; Colonel Charles' B. Hart, of Ohio County; Hon. L. W. New- man, of Hancock County; Dr. William H. Mc- Clung, of Greenbrier County ; Dr. M. S. Bryte, of Preston Co .; Gen. I. H. Duval, of Brooke County; Hon. P. W. Morris, of Ritchie County ; Hon. Samuel L. Flournoy, of Hamp- shire County, and Virgil A. Lewis, of Mason County.
On the next day, Thursday, January 30, 1890, on motion of Senator P. W. Morris, the use of the Senate Chamber was granted for the purpose, and at 8:00 P. M. that day the meeting was called to order by Major Thomas L. Broun, on whose motion Dr. E. M. Turner was made temporary Chairman; and on motion of Judge Thomas D. Houston, Virgil A. Lewis was chosen Secretary. The object of the meet- ing was explained and the name, "West Vir- ginia Historical and Antiquarian Society," adopted for the organization.
The following named gentlemen were pres- ent and enrolled as members of the Society, viz: Dr. E. M. Turner, Dr. John P. Hale, Judge Thomas D. Houston, Dr. Daniel Mayer, Major Charles Hedrick, Major Thomas L. Broun, Hon. Alvaro F. Gibbons. Hon. David WV. Shaw, Dr. M. S. Bryte, Colonel John L.
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Cole, C. Homer Morrison, Hon. W. H. Jack, Hon. Presley W. Morris, Hon. B. L. Butcher, Prof. A. L. Wade, Hon. J. G. Kitchen, Hon. Joseph Snyder, Hon. J. W. Parish, Governor E. W. Wilson, Hon. Braxton D. Gibson, Hon. G. F. Webber, and Virgil A. Lewis.
A permanent organization was effected by the election of Dr. John P. Hale as President; Dr. E. M. Turner and Colonel A. F. Gibbons as Vice-President; Virgil A. Lewis, Secretary, and Major Thomas L. Broun, Treasurer. An Executive Board was appointed consisting of Governor E. W. Wilson, Major Thomas L. Broun, Hon. Braxton D. Gibson, Judge Thomas D. Houston, and Dr. John P. Hale. Yearly meetings of the Society were provided for while those of the Executive Board were monthly, it having power to elect members. The Secretary was directed to procure a char- ter of incorporation and the Board of Directors to prepare a constitution and by-laws for its government and that of the Society as well. Then the body adjourned to meet on the third Tuesday in January, 1891.
On the IIth of February, 1890, the Sec- retary of State issued a charter of incorpora- tion to the Society, making it a body corporate under the laws of the State, the charter mem- bers being Alvaro F. Gibbons, Daniel Mayer, John L. Cole, E. W. Wilson, Jacob F. Cork, Virgil A. Lewis, Braxton D. Gibson, Thomas L. Broun, John P. Hale, and David W. Shaw.
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