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* In the vicinity of Morgantown, terraces of transported material occur at the following approximate (measured by barometer) elevations :
First terrace.
Feet above river. Feet above tide. 30 830
Second terrace
75 865
Third terrace
175 965
Fourth terrace
.200 990
Fifth terrace .:
275 1065
From this measurment of Prof. White, we see the first terrace is 30 feet, second 45, third 100, fourth 25 and fifth 75 feet.
The first terrace is principally fine sand, gravel and mud.
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Prof. White says it "seems to possess some respectable antiquity, however, since Mr. Walter Hough, one of my students, dug some teeth and bones from five feet below its top, which were identified by Prof. O. C. Marsh, as the remains of a species of peccary, an amimal that has not inhabited the region in question within the American historic epoch. All of the other terraces have thick de- posits of transported material. * * ** The fifth terraco of this Morgantown series marks the height to which the pre-glacial valley of the Monongahela was silted up, par- tially or entirely during the existence of the glacial dam at Cincinnati."
Morgantown is situated in North latitude 30° 37' 57" from Greenwich, Eng., and in 44' 5" North latitude from Washington, and in 2º 39' 30" West longitude from Washing- ton. It is 792 feet above sea level at the wharf. Its streets run at right angles. Front Street is 66 feet wide, next High Street, 66 feet, and then Spruce Street, 40 feet. These streets are crossed by North Boundary Street, 33 feet, Walnut, 66 feet, Pleasant, 49} feet, and Foundry Street, 40 feet. Its alleys are Long, Poplar, Court, Cherry, Kirk, Plum, and South, each 12 feet wide; Maiden, 13 feet, and Bumbo Lane, 20 feet.
EARLY SETTLERS.
The Deckers were undoubtedly the first white men who visited the site of Morgantown. See page 35. The Bor- der Warfare says: "In the fall of 1758, Thomas Decker and some others commenced a settlement on the Mononga- hela River at the mouth of what is now Decker's Creek." This account would make their settlement on the site of Morgantown. A tradition, current among old people,
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makes Decker, escaping from the massacre of his colony by Indians, in 1759, to jump into a rattlesnake den, where he was bitten to death, and locates the affair at the Harner place, some miles up Decker's Creek.
Frontier history and tradition agree in making David and Zackwell Morgan the next settlers after the Deckers, on the site of Morgantown, in 1768, and the first owners ; but sur- vey book No. 1 in the Court house makes Isaac Lemasters the first owner,* settling in 1772, and selling to Zackwell Morgan the site of Morgantown.
Zackwell Morgan, supposed to be a relative of Gen. Dan- iel Morgan, was here in 1766, by Colonel Crawford's sworn statement. Wither's Border Warfare makes David Mor- gan to have come in 1768, and also Zackwell. The tradition in the Morgan family makes David to have come first, and Zackwell, his brother, to have followed in 1772 or 73, when David Morgan left Zackwell in possession of the place and removed to the vicinity of Prickett's Fort (Marion County), where, when sixty years of age, he had
* "April 29th, 1 81. Surveyed for Zackquil Morgan, assignee of Isaac Lemasters, 220 acres of land in Monongall i County, on Decker's Creek and the river Monongalia, in- clu ding his settlement mile thereon in the year 1772, agreeable to and in part of a cer- tificate for 400 acres from the commissioners for adjusting claims to unpatented lands
. in Monongalia *
* James Chew asst to " [John Madison, surveyor]. * * * * * * This certificate was issued to Lemasters Feb. 26, 1780.
Grants of waste and unappropriated lands in 1705 in Virginia, were, first upon Im- portation Rights, second Treasury Rights, third lapsed and escheated lands. Grants were made to the Ohio Company, in 1748, the Loyal Company in 1749, and the Green- . brier Company in 1751 : but they never granted any lands in Monongalia, neither were any military grants of 1754 laid in the county. Proof of residence before 1778 gave & right to 400 acres in Monongalia. Now, Morgan was living here before 1772, by Col. Crawford, when Lemasters came; then why did he not put in his own claim instead of getting the land through Lemasters' claim ? Was Lemasters here as a tenant for Morgan in 1772, while Morgan may have been away, and then did Morgan, to prevent any claim of Lemasters, have him (Lemasters ) assign the land to him (Morgan)? No one knows. Morgan is not the only instance of this kind. Col. John Evans (by rella- ble evidence) was here before 1765 and made improvements like Morgan did, and then went back for his family and came back about 1770 or 72; yet he acquires the title for his land as the assignee of Samuel Owens. Numerous cases like Morgan and Evans are to be found in the county.
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his celebrated fight with the Indians. He married Sallie Stephen, and among his children were Stephen (father of Hon. W. S. Morgan and Col. Chas. Morgan), James, "Mod," Evan T. (the last Revolutionary soldier in the county), Zackwell (the grandfather of Smallwood G. Morgan), and Sallie Burris. Zackwell Morgan was of Welsh descent, came from Berkeley County, Virginia, settled for a time on George's Creek, in Pennsylvania, and then came to the site of Morgantown. His first wife was a Paxton. They had three daughters-Nancy Pierpont, Temperance Cochran and Catharine Scott. His second wife was Drusilla Springer (said to have been a sister of Col. Zadoc Springer, of Penn- sylvania). Their children were: Levi, the noted border scout, who died in Kentucky; Uriah, who was in Indian warfare and died in Tyler County; James, an Indian fighter and soldier on the frontier ; Zadoc, who died young; Mor- gan Morgan, or "Mod," of Indian fame, who died in Tyler County; Capt. Zackwell, who was the largest of the family, and died at Bladensburg, in the War of 1812; Hannah, who married David Barker; Sally, who married James Clelland ; Rachel, and Drusilla, who married Jacob Swisher.
Isaac Lemasters and James Templin were here as early as 1772, but of them we have no further account.
Michael Kerns was a small, heavy set man, weighing about 170 pounds. He came from Holland and was at the site of Morgantown in 1772. He married Susan Weather- holt, a widow, in Westmoreland County, Penn. Their children were : Michael, Jr., who married Catharine Criss ; Christina Jones, Susan Stealy and John. After the death of his wife, Michael Kerns married a widow Riffle. Kerns's Fort was on his land. He built the first mill in the county, and had a boat-yard at the mouth of Decker's creek, to
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accommodate emigration to Kentucky. His remains lie buried back of the fair ground.
TRADITIONAL BLOCKHOUSE.
A tradition among some of the older people, is to the effect that on the site of Thornton Pickenpaugh's livery stable, a small log block-house was built by the early set- tlers, on account of a splendid spring of water being there. This spring has lately been deepened into a well.
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
After the improvised court house of Phillip's carpenter shop had been surrendered to Pennsylvania, courts had been held at Col. John Evans's and other points until 1782, when the house of Zackwell Morgan was to be used until a court house was built. Some time between 1782 and 1789, a frame court house* was built. Its timbers are said by F. A. Dering to be in the stable of the Franklin House. This court house stood somewhere between Laishley Weaver's store and the present court house. Between 1800 and 1802, a two-story brick court house, about 40x30, was built on the site of the present one. The court room and two clerk's offices were on the first floor, and a broad flight of steps led to the second story, which was divided into three jury rooms. Its successor was the present court house, built between 1846 and 1848. It is a two-story brick, with two clerks' offices, and an unused court room on the first floor, and a broad flight of stairs leading to the second story, occupied by the court room and two jury rooms. The con- tract was let to build it August 24, 1846, to Joshua H. Zinn, for $5,695, and $300 extra for a pediment by Martin Callen-
· This court house and & jail cost about 50 pounds or $250, and were standing in 1781. These facts are established by the record of the suit of Harrison County vs. Monongalia County. See page 820.
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dine, Wilson Crowl and W. T. Willey. Extra allowances were afterwards made.
On August 20, 1851, the statue of Patrick Henry was placed on the dome of the court house. The statue was proposed by L. S. Hough, who raised by subscription the neccessary funds, and E. Mathers did the work.
Jails .- The jail used in 1789," of which James Daugherty was appointed jailer, has faded from record, memory and tradition, as to nature and location. In May, 1793, Thomas Butler advertised in the Pittsburgh Gazette to sell out, in June, the building of a stone jail, to be 44x20, and 13 feet high, to be completed in a year. This is likely the stone jail the old people remember, standing on the site of Laishley Weaver's store, corner of Walnut and High Streets. This jail was succeeded by the "Old Log Jail," which was built, probably, about 1820 or 25. It was a two- story log house, composed of blocks of wood, sawed about 2x4 feet, and put together with iron bolts. It was about 25x35 feet. The lower part, divided into two rooms, was used to accommodate the prisoners. The jailer and his family occupied the upper part. This jail stood on a por- tion of the site of the present one. Between 1848 and 1850, a two-story brick jail was built on the corner of Wal- nut Street and Long Alley. It is said to have been modelled after the Winchester jail. It was used till 1881 as
* Prison rules ordered May 4, 1789: " Beginning on the Monongahela River, at the end of Pleasant Street, in Morgans-Town, and running with and including the same south 58 east 100 poles into Decker's Creek, and up the said creek N. 32 east 3 poles, N. 58 W. 29 poles to Spruce Street, and along and including said Spruce Street N. 32 E. 13 poles to Walnut Street, along and including Walnut Street N. 58 W. 13 poles to High Street, along and including said High Street N. 32 E. 33 poles N. 58 W. 20 poles crossing Middle Alley and along and including it S. 32 W. 33 poles to Court Alley along and including it N. 58 W. 36 poles into the said river and up the said river to the beginning." These bounds were for persons confined for debt. They dared not go beyond them.
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a receptacle for prisoners-several of whom escaped. It is now used as a dwelling house. Fielding Kiger and George Kramer superintended its building. The county records show nothing definite as to the time of the completion of these jails or court houses, nor of their cost.
The present fine and splendid stone jail was built in 1881. It is said to be as fine a jail as can be found in West Vir- ginia. A fine two-story brick is attached for a jailer's resi- dence. The jail is a two-story structure. Iron cells are on the first floor for dangerous criminals, and strong and secure rooms are fitted up in the second story, for the reception of other prisoners. The present jailer is Charles Merrifield, succeeding William I. Protzman. The cost of the jail, when completed and furnished, was estimated at $18,000.
TOWN ESTABLISHED.
The General Assembly, in October, 1785, established Morgans-Town by an act reading as follows :
"Be it enacted by the General Assembly that fifty acres of land, the property of Zackquell Morgan, lying in the county of Monon- galia, shall be, and they are hereby, vested in Samuel Hanway, John Evans, David Scott, Michael Kerns and James Daugherty, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them or any three of them laid out in lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, which shall be, and the same are hereby, established a town by name of Morgans- town."
The lots were to be sold at a public auction, which was to be advertised two months previous in the Virginia Gazette. The purchaser of each lot was to build upon it within four years, a house eighteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney. Any lot already sold or conveyed by Morgan was not to be re-sold. On December 4, 1789, the General As- sembly, in view of representations "that Indian hostilities and other causes" prevented house-building, extended the
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time three years; and, on November 2, 1792, five years longer time was granted the lot-holders to build, "from the difficulty of procuring materials."
Trustees for Morgantown were provided for by act of As- sembly, passed February 7, 1810. These trustees were to be five in number, and elected by the freeholders. This act was amended, January 6,1816, and January 4, 1822. These trustees had the right to levy a tax not to exceed a fixed rate.
Incorporation .- Morgantown was incorporated on the 3d of February, 1838, as "The Borough of Morgantown," and seven trustees, to be elected annually, were to administer its municipal affairs. March 20, 1860, an amended charter was secured from the Legislature of Virginia, providing for the election of a mayor, sergeant, five councilmen and & recorder. The boundaries of the borough were declared to be as follows : "Beginning at the mouth of Decker's creek and running down the Monongahela River with its mean- ders 96 poles, to where a Spanish oak and sugar tree [stood], the lower corner of Morgan's survey; thence with a line of the same, N. 77}°, E. 48} poles to where a black oak* stands, now in the North Boundary street ; thence along said street S. 57}°, E. 92 poles, crossing the Deep Hollow run, to said Morgan's line, and with same S. 352°, W. 4 4-10 poles to & white oak, his corner, and corner to Michael Kern's; and with their lines S. 89° 7', W. 31 poles to a white oak on a point S. 15°, W. 16 poles to the mouth of the aforesaid Deep Hollow run at a high rock ; thence down Decker's creek with its meanders, and binding therewith, 200 poles to the beginning."
* In the old recorded survey it reads " to where a black stood," &c.
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OFFICERS. No borough records can be found until 1860, so no full list can be given until that year.
TRUSTEES.
1816
J. E. Fleming
1857.
J. A. Shackleford
J. R. Drabell
I. Scott
Rawley Evans
D. H. Chadwick
D. Fordyce
A. Werninger
E. P. Fitch
D. H. Chadwick
John Shisler
D. B. Lynch
H. Dering
N. B. Madera 1828.
M. Chalfant 1855.
John Wallace 1858.
Mathew Gay Alex. Haves
J. H. McGee
Michael Shisler
C. W. Finnell
E. M. Wilson
I. Scott
L. S. Hough
J. A. Shackelford
Daniel Fordyce
Manliff Hayes
N. B. Madera
Jacob Kiger A. C. Dorsey
1851.
James Odbert
F. Madera
Elias Stillwell
E. P. Fitch 1856.
R. L. Berkshire 1859.
J. E. Fleming
James Shay
I. Scott
M. Callendine
H. Daugherty
E. P. Fitch
F. A. Dering
J. R. Drabell
P. Rogers
Alex. Hayes
D. R. Lynch
R. P. Hennen
D. H. Chadwick
R. L. Berkshire
James Odbert
W. A. Hanway
1853.
Daniel Fordyce
R. L. Berkshire
I. Scott
Jacob Kiger
M. M. Dent
BOROUGH OFFICERS-1860-1883.
MAYORS.
1860. Philip Rogers 1867. John C. Wagner 1876-77. W. C. McGrew
1861. Isaac Scott 1868. F. W. Thompson 1878-79. Jos. Moreland
1862-3-4. John G. Gay J. J. Fitch
1871. John H. Hoffman 1881-82. Manliff Hayes
1865, Wm. Lazier
1872-3-4. Jos. Moreland 1883. Manliff Hayes 1875. E. Shisler
RECORDERS.
1860-1-2. Manliff Hayes 1869. G. W. McVicker .1875-6, W. W. Dering 1363-4-5. Manliff Hayes 1870-1. F. A. Derring 1877-8-9-80. J.W.Madera
1866-7. Manliff Hayes 1872-3. Chas. MeLane 1881-2. Wm. Moorehead
1868-James A. Davis # 1874. C. W. Finnell, Jr. 1883. Wm. Moorehead
SERGEANTS.
1860. A.C. Pickenpaugh 1868. Alph. Jenkins 1875. Uriah Rider
1861. John S. Dering 1869. Alonzo Finneil 1876. Chas. Chalfant
1862. James Johnson Joseph Dawson
1877. Wm. N. Bricker
1863. James F. Snyder 1870. Jacob S. Shisler F. K. O'Kelly John Watts
1864. James F. Snyder 1871. Jacob Kiger
1865. N. S. Evans James Odbert
1866. James M. Shank 1872-3. James Odbert 1867. John W. Madera 1874. Jacob Kiger
TREASURERS.
1868. T.F.Pickenpaugh 1875. Geo. C. Sturgiss 1881. N. N. Hoffman
1869. Wm. N. Jarrett 1876. Jos. Moreland 1882. N. N. Hoffman 1870-1. F. M. Durbin 1877. F. W. Thompson 1883. N. N. Hoffman 1874. E. Shisler 1878. George W. John
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1878-9. C. A. Madera 1880. C. M. Chalfant
1881-2. Alfrey Carraco 1883. Jas. R. Hopkins Ass't Chas. Shisler
1866. J. M. Hagars
1869-70. J. M. Hagans 1880. Jesse J. Fitch
E. P. Fitch
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1860
1868. 1876.
David H. Chadwick
Frederick A. Dering L. S. Hough
Wm. H. Hanway
Wm. N. Jarrett
W. A. Robison
Robt. P. Hennen
John Protzman
Frank W. Thompson
Matthew Gay
Robt. P. Hennen
Joseph Moreland
George Kiger 1861.
Thornton Pickenpaugh H. W. Broek 1869.
1877.
David H. Chadwick
Jacob Kiger
Frank W. Thompson
Wm. H. Hanway
Lewis S. Hayes
Henry S. Haves.
Robt. P. Hennen
James Shanks
Albert Madera
Frederick A. Dering
Wm. N. Jarrett
Samuel Sears
George Kiger 1862.
James C. Wallace? 1870.
1878
S. Pickenpaugh*
Frank W. Thompson
Gec. W. John
Wmn. A. Hanway
L. S. Hough
George W. McVicker
Robt. P. Hennen
J. J. Fitch
F. K. O'Kelley
Frederick A. Dering
George C. Sturgtss
N. N. Hoffman
George R. Dering 1863. David H. Chadwick
Frank W. Thompson
Geo. W. John
Wm. A. Hanway
L. S. Hough
Geo. W. McVicker
Robt. P. Hennen
F. M. Durbin
F. K. O'Kelley
Frederick A. Dering
Jacob Kiger 1864.
David H. Chadwick 1872.
Benj. M. Dorsey
1880.
James C. Wallacet
David H. Chadwick
F. K. O'Kelly
F. S. Dawson
L. S. Hough
Frank W. Thompson
F. M. Durbin
F. M. Durbin
Benj. M. Dorsey
Henry M. Morgan
Frank W. Thompson
Henry S. Hayes
George W. Johnson 1865.
Wm. N. Jarrett 1873. David H. Chadwick
Thornton Pickenpaugh
Win. H. Staggers
L. S. Hough
Benj. M. Dorsey
Alex. Hayes
Wm. N. Jarratt
E. W. S. Dering
Jacob Kiger
Ed. Sbisler
N. N. Hoffman
Henry D. McGeorge 1866.
Geo. W. MeVicker 1874.
1882.
Henry M. Morgan
David H. Chadwick
Joseph A. McLane
George C. Sturgiss
L. S. Hough
Benj. M. Dorsey
N. B. Madera
Matthew Hennen
Thornton Pickenpaugh
L. S. Hayes
Ed. Shisler
E. W. S. Dering
John C. Wagner 1867.
H. W. Brock 1875.
N. N. Hoffman
1883.
Frank W. Thompson L. S. Hough
Joseph A. McLane
Jacob Kiger
E. H. Coombs]
Thornton Pickenpaugh
Daniel Fordyce
W. A. Robison
E. W. S. Dering
James A. Davis
George C. Sturgiss
N. N. Hoffman
James M. Sbank
H. W. Brock
F. A. Hennen
MILLS.
From 1785 to 1873, Morgantown depended upon the Rogers mill for grinding. This mill, just beyond the bor-
* In place of D. II. Chadwick, who declined to serve.
+ In place of D. H. Chadwick, who declined. # In place of J. P. Shafer.
§ In place of E. W. Dering. I' In place of Matthew Hennen.
In 1877, there was a tie between E. H. Coombs and T. Pickenpaugh ; in 1881, between J. A. McLane and Joseph Allender.
Benj. M. Dorsey
F. M. Durbin 1871.
1879.
Henry M. Morgan
N. N. Hoffman
Manliff Hayes 1881.
George M. Haganst
COUNCILMEN.
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ough, on Decker's Creek, was bought by H. N. Mackey in 1867, and is known as the "Morgantown Mills." The first mill ever in the borough was the "Eureka Mills." This steam flouring mill was started by Col. Francis Thompson in the fall of 1873, at the river wharf, at the foot of Walnut Street. It is run by an engine of 56 horse-power, and its grinding capacity is nine bushels of grain per hour. . During the summer of 1883, E. C. Allender (who was born in Mor- gan County) built the "Victor Mills." The building is three stories high, 50x34, with an engine house 20x34. It is equipped with the latest improved milling machinery, and is run by an engine of 60 horse-power. It uses the gradual reduction system of making flour. Estimated cost of building and machinery, $10,000.
POSTMASTERS.
The following list of postmasters from 1794 to 1864, and the dates of their appointment, was compiled at Washing- ton, in 1876, by R. H. Chinn, for the Post :
Peregrine Foster, 1794 James Shay, April 6, 1853
Hugh McNeely, 1795
Charles Wallace, June 16, 1860
Enos Daugherty, April 8, 1803 Francis Madera, May 13, 1861
Alex. Hawthorne, Nov. 10, 1817 Frederick A. Dering, Feb. 11, 1864
Nicholas B. Madera, Mar. 6, 1822 Charles Shank, Deputy, July 6, 1882
STORES.
The first store in Morgantown, it seems, was in 1783 or 84, according to one of a series of letters written in 1842 by Wm. Haymond, Jr., to his nephew, Luther Haymond. In this letter, describing early times when he was a boy, he says :
"Thomas Laidley had brought (1783 or 84) a store to Morgan- town. My father bought a bear skin coat, as he had to go to Wil- liamsburg to be examined [for surveyor of Harrison County]. The morning before he started, Laidley and Means, his storekeeper, came to our house, and with, I believe, twenty half Joes, in all $200 in gold, to send to Richmond to buy land warrants."
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The next account of any store is in 1810-N. Webb & Co., boots and shoes. In 1815, Ralph Berkshire and Eli B. Swearingen had a store, which ran till 1821. They also had a store at Wheeling. Evans & Dering, Henry Lazier and Scott & Daugherty had stores before 1815. In 1816, Jo- seph Lowry succeeded Scott & Daugherty. In 1815, a store was kept by some one in what is now the Franklin House. In 1820, R. Berkshire and J. Rogers & Co. were keeping, and Alex. Hawthorne, then postmaster, had a stock of goods. In 1821, Somerville & Moore had a store.
The following list of merchants between 1821 and 1847, and the length of time they were engaged in mercantile business, has been carefully and painstakingly compiled from diaries, newspapers and personal information :
MERCHANTS FROM 1821 TO 1847.
Somerville & Moore. 1821-22 | C. & F. Madera .. .1835-36
Goff & Chadwick 1823-25
McNeely & Dering 1835-37
George McNeely 1825-35
Chadwick & Sons 1835-37
McGee & Griffey. 1826-29
Chadwick & Son. 1837-39
Massie & Boyers 1828-29
H. & F. A. Dering. 1837-47
Nathan Goff ... 1829-31
Haymond & Perry. 1837-39
Wm. Lazier & Co 1829-31
John H. McGee.
1829-32
Henry & Morgan 1829-33
John W. Thompson 1829-31
Wm. Griffey. 1829-33
James Chadwick & Co 1840-42 Chadwick & Pickenpaugh ... 1840-42 Perry & Billingsley 1840-41
Isaac Cooper 1840-41
I. & J. F. Cooper 1841-44
Postlewaite, Cragan & Co .... 1841-42
Elisha Moss 1830-33
Bayard & Lamb 1831-33
Massie & McGee 1832-33
Martin Calendine. 1832-47
George Kramer & Son 1842-46
Moore & Buckingham 1832-33
D. C. & J. C. Chadwick 1842-47
J. H. McGee & Son. 1832-35
N. Pickenpaugh ..... .. 1842-43
Chadwick & Alexander 1832-39
W. & E. C. Lazier 1842-46
Henry S. Wilkins. 1833-35
George D. Evans & Co .... 1844-47
Edward Billingsley 1833-35
George M. Hagans & Co. 1845-47
L. H. Dorsey ... 1833-44
Lazier, McLane & Co. 1846-47
E. & U. Billingsley 1835-38
George Kramer .... 1837-42
I. & J. F. Cooper . 1837-40
Wm. Lazier. 1737-39
Thomas J. Massie. 1830-31
Baker & Glasscock 1830-31
R. & W. Berkshire 1830-31
Chadwick & Watts. 1830-32
Madera & Watts 1841-42
Haymond & Madera 1842-47
Richard Serpell ... 1842 .. 44
Though strange it may seem, yet it has been found im- possible to continue this list from 1847 to 83, so as to pre- sent it accurate and complete.
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MORGANTOWN BOROUGH.
The Johns building, on lot No. 87, corner of High Street and Maiden Alley, was built by Ralph Berkshire, and among the merchants occupying it have been Berkshire, Nathan Goff, William Lazier, the Chadwicks, Carraco's grocery, Thornton Pickenpaugh (1868-74), G. W. John & Co. (1874- 82), and since Dr. John's death, in 1882, his son, George John, and his son-in-law, William Moorhead, have conduc- ted the business. The building occupied by Shisler and Hayes was built by E. W. Tower, about 1849. Shisler's room was occupied by F. H. Oliphant, as an iron store, suc- ceeded by L. S. Layton (1865-68), Coombs and Dering (1868-73), W. W. Dering (1873-80), and in 1880, E. Shis- ler, the present occupant, bought it. His salesman is W. T. Kern, and it has always been a hardware store. Hayes' room was occupied by E. W. Tower, Fitch & Chalfant, Bunker & Finnell and J. J. Fitch, as a drug store. Since 1872, it has been Henry H. Hayes' grocery and jewelry store. The "Commercial Building," on lot No. 88, corner of High and Walnut Street, was built by George M. Hagans in 1852, and has been occupied by George M. Hagans & Co., Hagans & Rude, Jonathan Stahl, George M. Hagans, and since 1874, by W. C. McGrew, whose salesman is U. J. Sheets. Weaver's store room, corner of High and Walnut, was built by George McNeely, and among its occupant- merchants have been George Kramer, Leeroy Kramer (1850), A. Haymond & Co. (1850-51), Haymond & Pick- enpaugh (1851-53), A. Haymond, Rogers & Fogle, - - Hughes, A. J. Clark (clothing), T. J. Meeks & Co. (1874), Ray Willey (grocery), and by Laishley Weaver since 1881 (grocery). A. E. Lazier's room, on lot No. 26, corner of High Street and Court Alley, was built by George D. Evans, about 1845. McLane's Liver Pills were manufactured
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