History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens, Part 85

Author: Laidley, William Sydney, 1839-1917. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co
Number of Pages: 1066

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James S. Young was born on 2-Mile creek. in Elk district, Kanawha county, in August, 1822, a son of John B. Young and a grandson of Charles Young, who was one of the oldest settlers in Elk district. James S. Young was a farmer, lumberman and teacher, a well known man and a worthy representative of this old and honored family. He married Mary E. Griffith, who was born December 17, 1831, in Elk district. a daughter of William and Ma- hala ( King) Griffith, the former of whom was born December 25. 1797. in Kentucky and the latter in 1808, in Nicholas county. Va. Of his parents' children. Jasper Young was the oldest. the others being: Minnie, who is the wife of William S. Brawley, of Clendenin : Laura, who is the wife of J. H. Belcher, of Clendenin; Cora M., who is the wife of J. R. Snyder, of Queen Shoals, Va .: P. J., who is a resident of Clendenin; B. G., who lives in Clay county ; and P. S., whose home is at Clendenin. The father of the above family died in 1867.

Jasper Young was only fifteen years old when his father died and heavy responsibilities fell on him as the eldest of the family. He

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continued to manage the home farm and still pursue his studies but when nineteen years of age became a teacher and continued to teach school until 1901, being then the oldest teacher in point of years of service, in Kanawha county, For some four years he was a salesman but in 1905 became bookkeeper and assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Clendenin, where he has remained. Few men are better known in all parts of the county and Mr. Young has a wide circle of friends. Politically a Democrat, he has served by the will of that party in num- erous' offices, has been councilman of Clen- denin and also secretary of the district board of education.

Mr. Young married Miss Henrietta A. King, who was born October 16, 1884, in Clay coun- ty, a daughter of Ralph and Mahala (Griffith) King. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and for some years Mr. Young was superintendent of the Sunday- school. He has passed all the chairs in the local lodge of Odd Fellows, belongs to the order of Rebeccas and also to Clendenin lodge of Amer- ican Mechanics.

HENRY BRADFORD LEWIS, cashier of the Kanawha Banking and Trust Company, at Charleston, W. Va., belongs to an old Vir- ginia family that originated in France, but took refuge in Ireland from the persecutions which followed the assassination of Henry IV of France. The first of the name that came to America was John Lewis, who settled in Au- gusta county, Va., where he left children at death, his sons bearing the names of Thomas, Andrew, William, and Charles.

Thomas, the eldest, represented the county of Augusta for many years in the House of Burgesses, was a member of the convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States and afterwards formed the Constitution of Virginia. Andrew, William and Charles were soldiers in the Revolutionary War and took part in the battle of Point Pleasant, now West Virginia, Andrew having rank as a gen- eral in command. William was an officer also.

William Lewis, the great-great-grandfather of Henry Bradford Lewis, died at Sweet Springs, Monroe county, Va., leaving seven 36

children, one of whom was Alexander, the father of James Alexander Lewis. James A. Lewis, the grandfather, was born and married in Virginia, and then came back to the Kana- wha Valley, subsequently locating at the point that is now the capital city, it then being known as Kanawha courthouse. He was postmaster for sixteen years. He took part in the War of 1812 and was always a loyal and patriotic citi- zen. His death occurred at Charleston in 1860 and his widow survived him for seven years. They were strict members of the Presbyterian church. In politics he was a Democrat.

James F. Lewis, son of James A., and father of Henry Bradford Lewis, was born at Charleston, August 3, 1830, and died in this city January 31, 1908. He served through the Civil War as a private in the Confederate Army and was with his brother, John Lewis, at the battle of Winchester, when the latter was killed. After the close of the war he returned to Charleston and embarked in the mercantile business, his time being so occupied and with the duties pertaining to civic offices until his death. With his family he was a member of the Episcopal church, in which he had been a vestryman for twenty-five years. James F. Lewis was married at Charleston to Miss Anna M. Bradford, who was born November IO, 1836, in Putnam county, and now resides at Charleston. Three children were born to them, namely : Comyn, Henry Bradford and Sue. The eldest son was born at Charleston in 1871 and is engaged in business here as a manufac- turer. He married Nannie M. Peyton and they have three sons and two daughters : Wil- liam Peyton, Anna, Comyn, Jr. (who died in infancy) ; Nannie Mann, James Frederick and Madison. Sue, the youngest, was educated at Staunton, Va., and is the wife of John Hen- shaw, of Fairmont, W. Va.

Henry Bradford Lewis was born at Charles- ton, July 22, 1873, and was educated here. Almost his entire business life has been con- nected with banks and banking. He began as a clerk in the Charleston National Bank, where he remained for three years and then became identified with the Kanawha National Bank, where he continued for some years more until 1901, when the Kanawha Banking and Trust

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Company was incorporated and he became cashier. He is favorably known in financial circles and his business rating is high. He is active in many local avenues and is a member of the Country Club.

Mr. Lewis was married at Charleston, to Miss Anna Johnson, who was born in 1875, at Baltimore, Md., and was educated (in private schools, a cultured and accomplished lady. She is a daughter of Alexander T. and Louise (Duy) Johnson, the former of whom was a successful merchant in that city. Mrs. John- son survives and resides at Charleston.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have one son, Henry Bradford, Jr., who was born at Charleston, May 6, 1904. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were reared in the Episcopal church. They belong to the pleasant social life of the capital city and have a wide acquaintance and many friends.

JAMES H. WILKINSON, general farmer, residing fifteen miles north of Charleston, WV. Va., where he owns eighty-seven acres of valu- able land, situated in Poca District, is one of the well known men of Kanawha County and was born June 7, 1832, in Union District. He is a son of David and Nancy (Thomas) Wil- kinson.

David Wilkinson was born in Bedford County, Va., was reared there and was mar- ried to Nancy Thomas, daughter of a neigh- bor. They remained in Bedford County for some years and then came to Kanawha County and settled in Union District, on Frogg Creek, where Mr. Wilkinson acquired 350 acres of land. He remained on this place during the rest of his life, his death occurring at the age of fifty-nine years. He followed both farm- ing and lumbering. Although he voted the Democratic ticket he was never active in pol- itics, being a man of quiet life and never will- ing to hold an office. Both he and wife at- tended the Methodist Episcopal church and reared their children carefully and uprightly. Four of these were born in Bedford County : Ambrose, Susan, Joseph and William, all of whom are deceased. After reaching Kanawha County four more children were born: James H., Almagraw Ransom and Zibia, the last two being now deceased. The death of the

mother preceded that of the father by three years.

When he was a boy, James H. Wilkinson at- tended a subscription school in Union District and afterward was employed on the home farm until his marriage in 1858, and remained on the homestead until the next year when he purchased fifty-one acres on the Sissonville and Charleston turnpike road, which farm he sub- sequently traded for his present one in Poca District. Here he had the larger part of improv- ing to do, which included the erection of the farm buildings. He has everything very com- fortable about him and has carried on a gen- eral farming line and raises some cattle.

Mr. Wilkinson was married March 4, 1858, to Miss Mary Kelly, who was born in Fayette County, W. Va., a daughter of Will- iam Kelly, and they have had the following children : . Sarah Jane, who is the wife of James Shivedaker, residing in Poca District, and has seven children-Perry, William, Verda, Ernest, Tressie, Oscar and Violet ; Alice and Katherine, both of whom are deceased; Malissa, deceased, who was the wife of Melton Bibbs, of Fayette County, (they had one daughter, Annie ) ; Eliz- abeth and William, both of whom are deceased ; Jack, who is a resident of Charleston, mar- ried Myra Holmes and has one daughter, Ruth; Alvera, who resides at Charleston is the wife of Solomon Bailey and has one son, Ray; and Victoria, who is the wife of Robert Stewart, residing in Poca District. They have six chil- dren : Goldie, Dewey, Esther, James, Vira and Clark. Mr. Wilkinson casts his vote with the Democratic party. He has seen many changes take place in this section during his long and busy life and many of the old families have passed away. He is the oldest resident on Der- rick Creek.

JAMES D. WOODROE, president of the American Company, dealers in stocks, bonds and real estate, which company was established and incorporated in May, 1909, is one of the most active and enterprising young business men of Charleston. He was born in 1875, in Texas and is a son of Joseph I. and Elizabeth (Foyles) Woodroe.

The parents of Mr. Woodroe were born in

CHARLES I. HUBBARD

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North Carolina, to which state the Woodroe family moved from Pennsylvania, and the Foyles emigrated from Scotland to North Caro- lina. The Woodroes of the older generations were merchants, and planters in the mother's side, and the family religion has been Baptist. Joseph I. Woodroe died at the age of thirty- five years but his widow survived to the age of sixty years. There were three sons in the fam- ily: James D .; Edgar F., who died in Wil- mington, N. C., at the age of twenty-four years ; and Clarence, who died when aged nine years.

James D. Woodroe attended school in his native state and later the National University at Washington, D. C., where he was graduated in the class of 1903, and in 1904 was admitted to the bar of West Va., after which he became a law partner of Walter L. Ashby, and con- tinued his law practice until he became inter- ested in his present enterprise, of which he has since been president, with J. M. Woodroe as vice president and Hugh W. May as sec- retary and treasurer.

Mr. Woodroe was married at Savannah, Ga., to Miss Jane Welles May, who was born in Georgia and attended the High School in Savannah. She is a daughter of Dr. William F. and Catherine (Cohen) May, the former of whom is a medical practitioner at Savannah. The mother of Mrs. Woodroe died at the age of sixty years, the mother of five children. Mr. and Mrs. Woodroe have three children: Eliz- abeth Newcomb, William May and Clarence Foyles. They are members of the Episcopal church. Mr. Woodroe is a Democrat in pol- itics but has never taken a very active interest in political matters.

CHARLES I. HUBBARD, who enjoys the distinction of filling the first appointment as city sergeant appointed under the new char- ter. at Charleston, W. Va., has been identified with public affairs here for a number of years and has efficiently served in numerous offices. He was born in 1869, in Alleghany county, Va., and is a son of Robert A. and Elizabeth (Wolf) Hubbard, and a grandson of Samuel Hubbard.

Grandfather Samuel Hubbard was born in Franklin county. Va. He went into Ohio and

became an enlisted soldier in the Federal army. At the close of the Civil War he came to Malden, W. Va., where he died, his burial being at Spring Hill cemetery, Charleston.

Robert A. Hubbard, father of Charles I. Hubbard, was born in 1828, at New Castle, Craig county, Va., and died in 1889 and was buried in Alleghany county. He was a car- penter and cabinetmaker. He married Eliza- beth Wolf, who was also born in Craig county in 1830, and died in 1885, aged fifty-four years. Both she and husband were members of the Christian church. Her father, Isaac Wolf, was a well known resident of Alleghany county. Charles I. Hubbard was the eldest born of his parents' children and he had one sister, Carra B., who was born in 1871 and died in 1888. She was the wife of Madison Simmons and was survived by one daughter, Maybell, who is the wife of George Parr, re- siding in Virginia, and they have a daughter.

Charles I. Hubbard was reared on a farm and later learned practical mechanics and painting. He obtained his education in the public schools. In 1892 he came to Charles- ton and has been a resident here ever since and is numbered with the useful and public spirited citizens. For some years he engaged in contracting but later duties of office have engaged the larger part of his time. He has served as peace officer, for twelve years was a member of the city's committee that acts for the election board, and in 1908 was appointed city sergeant by the Charleston Board of Af- fairs, which office makes him collector of all delinquent taxes.

Mr. Hubbard was married first in 1893. to Miss Barbara Seafler, who was born in 1871. in Kanawha county, who died in the same year, leaving an infant son, Charles E., who survived only six months. Mr. Hubbard was married second in 1895, at Lowmore, Va., to Miss Nettie R. Gillespie, who was born in Rockbridge county, Va., in 1873. She is a talented and educated lady and prior to her marriage was a teacher in the public schools. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard have three children : Helen E., who was born September 24, 1894: Robert D., who was born June 19, 1900; and Nellie E., who was born December 21. 1907.

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Mr. Hubbard is active in several fraternal or- ganizations and belongs to Keuka Lodge No. 26, Knights of Pythias, and to Lodge No. 5719, M. W. A.

C. A. GRISHABER, whose fine farm of 113 acres is situated in Loudon District, Ka- nawha County, W. Va., two miles south of Charleston was born on the old Judge Summers farm, at Glenwood, Kanawha County, Va., June 27, 1860, and is a son of Edmund and Elizabeth (Pendell) Grishaber.

Edmund Grishaber was born in Germany, where he followed gardening prior to 1853, when he came to America. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean on an old sailing vessel that required six weeks to make the voyage but was safely landed at New York, his brother, on another vessel, which landed him at New Orleans, being on the water as many months. From New York he went to Philadelphia and then made his way across the state to Pittsburg, when, from motives of economy, he walked from Wheeling to Charleston. It was winter time and he found no work and traveled on until he reached St. Louis, where he remained until 1856, when he returned to Charleston and entered the employ of Judge George Sum- mers, with whom he continued until the open- ing of the Civil War, when he was employed in the commissary department. In 1865 he pur- chased property on Lewis Street, Charleston, where he lived until 1875, when he bought a farm on the south side of the city and oc- cupied it until 1896, when he returned to his Lewis street home, which he subsequently sold to the C. & O. Railroad, which corporation erected its depot on the site. He then re- turned to the south side, where his death oc- curred June 19, 1903, and his burial was in the Spring Hill cemetery. He married Eliz- abeth Pennell, of Charleston, and eight chil- dren were born to them, as follows: C. A .; Irvin, who lives at Indianapolis, Ind .; Ella, who married William H. Lewis, is a resident of South Side Charleston; Ida, who is de- ceased, was the wife of Peter Young; Emmie, who is a trained nurse, is following her profes- sion at Panama; George A., who lives in Washington State; and Edmund and Walter,

both of whom are deceased. The mother of the above family survived until November 28, I900.

C. A. Grishaber obtained his education in the schools of Charleston and afterward was employed on steamboats until 1890, when he bought his present farm, which he has greatly improved, having built a handsome residence and other substantial structures. He carries on general farming and is in the enjoyment of well earned prosperity. He married Miss Anna Kidd, of Lincoln County, W. Va., and they have had seven children : Edmund, Margaret, Irene, Gladys, Thelma, Theodore and Bertha, the youngest being deceased. Mr. Grishaber is a Republican in his political af- filiation.

CHARLES E. STUMP, M. D., physician and surgeon at Clendenin, W. Va .. bears the distinction of being one of the oldest accredited men of medicine in Kanawha County and has been a resident of this pleasant village since 1902. Dr. Stump was born in Kanawha County, July 29, 1847, and is a son of Henry and Permelia (Welch) Stump.

Henry Stump was born in what is now Lewis County, W. Va., a son of Michael Stump, who came with three brothers from Germany to America and settled in Gilmer County, Va. Henry Stump came to Kanawha County and opened a store on the bank of the Elk river, about 1846, on the present site of Clendenin, and was the first merchant here. Three years later he moved to Jackson County and en- gaged there in a mercantile business for fifteen years, and then to Roane County, where he died in 1909, aged eighty-seven years, having been retired for some years. He married Per- melia Welch, a daughter of John and Eliz- abeth (Arnold) Welch. She died also in 1909. They had the following children: Irvin C., who is an attorney in the city of New York; Melvina, who is the wife of Isaac Jones, of Roane County ; Lavina, who is deceased ; Mary, who is the wife of Henry Taylor: Louisa, who is the wife of L. D. Osborne, of Roane County ; Lulu, wife of P. Osborne, of Clendenin, and Charles E.

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ward assisted his father in his store until he was twenty-three years of age. In 1869 he en- tered the Louisville Medical College, where he completed the required course and afterward devoted his life to medical practice. During the early years his practice through Roane and Jackson Counties was an arduous one and Dr. Stump had many very interesting experiences. In 1902 he came to Clendenin, where he still practices to some extent but is ready to retire from professional effort after this long career of usefulness. He is a member of the Kanawha County Medical Society, belongs to the Masonic lodge at Clendenin, the Knights of Pythias at Charleston and the Odd Fellows in Roane County. Dr. Stump is identified with the Re- publican party and has ever been an inter- ested citizen and in 1909 served in the village council. He is a stockholder in the First Na- tional Bank of Clendenin.

Dr. Stump married Miss Elizabeth Hughes, a daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Hughes of Pennsylvania, and the following children have been born to them: Irwin, who is a . physician and is superintendent of a mine in Big Sandy District; Rudolph, who is a mer- chant in Roane County, is married and has four children ; Benjamin, who is associated with his father ; Dennie E., who is a merchant, mar- ried Dolly Young and has one child; Harry C., who is a clerk; Homer C .; Lula, who is the wife of T. R. Simmons, of Roane County; Cora, who is the wife of School Superintendent T. L. Davies, and has one child; and Kittie, who is the wife of Eugene Engle, of Clendenin and has two children. Dr. Stump and family are members of the Baptist church.

ALBERT P. RAND, a representative and reliable business man of Charleston, W. Va., who is interested in the lumber industry, being an exporter of logs, was born in Iowa City, Ia., October 2, 1844, and is a son of Christopher C. and Nancy (McArthur) (Pines) Rand.

William Rand, the grandfather of Albert P. Rand, was born in 1776, at Westminster, Mass. The Rands came originally from England and the first record in the American colonies was of Robert Rand, whose birth took place probably in 1599. The family is still perpetuated in New

England. William Rand, born July 13, 1776, was married in 1798, in Massachusetts to Lucy Jackson, who was born January 25, 1780. In 1800 they moved to Rutland, Vt. They had the following children: Jacob, born February 26, 1799, at Westminster, Mass., became a well known educator; Christopher C., born at Rut- land, Vt., in September, 1800; Louise (I), born in 1805, died in infancy; Louise (2), born in 1807; William J., born in 1809; and Chauncy and Alexander Hamilton, twins, born in 1811, the former of whom died in infancy and the latter, in New Orleans, at the age of eighteen years.

Christopher C. Rand came to Charleston in 1819 and went into business on the south side of the Kanawha River, as a salt maker, when this industry was yet conducted along primi- tive lines. He also engaged in merchandising at Malden and after retiring from the salt business went into partnership with Ennos S. Arnold and William Rand, in general mer- chandising. Other interests called him to Iowa but he returned to Charleston about 1845 and died in this city in July, 1865. He opposed the secession of his state at the opening of the Civil War, but when he found such action was inevitable, joined his fortunes with the people with whom he had lived so many years in friendship and business connection. He was married at Charleston, W. Va., April 23, 1833, to Nancy McArthur Pines, who was born at Lexington, Ky., in 1815, and died at Charles- ton, in 1894. She was a member of the Meth- odist Eiscopal church, while her husband was a Presbyterian. They had ten children, the survivors being: Lucy, who is the wife of Edward Bibby; Albert P .; Virginia, who re- sides at Charleston with her children, the widow of James M. Gates; Nannie, who married John C. Roy, and they have four children.

Albert P. Rand was quite young when his parents returned to this section from Iowa and he was educated at Charleston. In 1866 he went to New York city and for eighteen years was a traveling salesman for the firm of Clark Brothers, after which he came back to Charles- ton and embarked in a general mercantile busi- ness, under the firm name of A. P. Rand & Co., which later became Rand & Goshorn. In

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1896, Mr. Rand sold his interest and since then has been engaged in the exporting of log lum- ber.

In 1877 Mr. Rand was married at Charles- ton, to Miss Mattie C. Goshorn, who was born and reared here, a daughter of John H. and Bettie A. (Cowey) Goshorn, who were prom- inent people here for many years. Mrs. Rand is a member of the Presbyterian church, as were her parents, and Mr. Rand has been an elder for some years. In his political views he is a Democrat.

JAMES M. HANSON, a general farmer residing in Elk Creek District, Kanawha County, W. Va., was born in Greenbrier County, now West Virginia, March 29, 1846, and is a son of John and Mary Jane (Shuck) Hanson, and a grandson of William C. and Martha Hanson.

John Hanson was born in Greenbrier County and after learning the carpenter trade com- bined work at it with farming. In 1865 he moved to Elk District, Kanawha County and bought what remained of the homestead, on Mill Creek, and there he died at the age of eighty-two years. He married Mary Jane Shuck, whose death preceded his by but two weeks. Her parents were Moses and Rachel Shuck and the older generation belonged to Greenbriar county. Eight- children were born to John Hanson and his wife, as follows: Charles A., who is a farmer on Two-Mile creek; James M .; Franklin M., who lives near Mill creek; George C., who lives in Elk dis- trict; Ruth A., who is the wife of Rev. George Spangler, a Baptist minister residing at Charleston; Harvey E., who resides on Two- mile Creek; John Floyd, who lives on Elk river and one who died young.

After his school days were over, James M. Hanson engaged in farming on the home place, moving after his marriage to a tract on the Elk river and from there one year later to near Two-mile creek. Four years afterward he lo- cated on Elk river again for a year, and then bought his present valuable property on Mill creek. He carries on farm industries and works as a carpenter, a busy, practical and suc- cessful man.

Mr. Hanson was married to Miss Martha Scott, who was born in 1848, in Kanawha county, a daughter of James Scott, originally of Elk river. He retired to Charleston where he fell a victim of cholera during the epidemic. He married Mary Jane King, also deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Hanson the following child- ren were born: Charles E., married Lucy Car- ter and they have five children; Wesley, who is in business at Mill creek married Virgie Matheny and they have nine children; Sarah, who is the wife of R. W. Morris, a farmer of Elk river, and they have nine children: John Luther, who is a farmer in Clay county, mar- ried Lizzie Matheny and they have five child- ren: Hezekiah and Joseph, both of whom reside at home: Thomas, who lives in Clay county, married Virgie Morton; and Philip, who lives on Elk river. married Irene Clay. Mr. Hanson and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he has been class leader and superintendent in the Sunday- school. A Republican in politics, he has taken a good citizen's interest in district affairs and has served as a trustee.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens, Part 85

Author: Laidley, William Sydney, 1839-1917. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co Number of Pages: 1066

Author: Laidley, William Sydney, 1839-1917. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co
Number of Pages: 1066