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here. In 1869, E. C. Lazier opened as a merchant, followed by E. C. Lazier & Co., E. C. Lazier (1873), and A. E. Lazier since 1880; salesman, Ira Gregg. H. F. Rice's room has been used as a grocery by R. & N. Berkshire, Lewis Hayes, Carraco, George Hayes (1869), Basnett, James Low, Debolt & Mackey, Shean & Rice (1877), and H. F. Rice (1883). The Wallace store room, on lot 81, was built by J. Hanway, and occupied by Carr, Smith & Co., Carr, Han- way & Co. (1853-57), Callendine & Nye (1857), Carr, Han- way, Nye & Co. (1860), Hanway & Lorentz (1865), W. C. McGrew (1870-74), Lazier, Finnell & Co. (1879), and by E. J. Rinehart since 1882 ; salesman, Richard Hayes.
The Morris building, corner of High and Walnut, on lot No. 80, was built and occupied by Martin Callendine, suc- ceeded by Rogers & Fogle, A. L. Nye & Co. (1861-2), Jona- than Stahl, Nye & Chadwick (1869-71), Hall & Basnett, and groceries by Ray Willey, L. Weaver (1879-81), and A. L. Wright & Co. since 1882. The Dering building, corner of High and Walnut, on lot No. 37, and now owned by Carraco, was used by Derings for a hotel and store. Carraco, since 1873, has used one of the rooms as a grocery, and the other room, used by Derings for a store room until 1856, is now occupied by D. H. Chadwick & Co. The Durr building was built by J. K. Durr, on lot No. 38, and the frame part has been occupied for mercantile purposes. Hirshman's room was used by Dr. John, for a store, by H. F. Rice and G. W. McVicker, for groceries, by J. M. Wood as a store and by S. D. Hirshman as a clothing store since 1879. Reed's room was used by J. J. Fitch as a book and drug store, who sold to J. M. Reed, the present occupant, in 1881, who pre- vious to that time was with Dr. H. B. Lazier. Pickenpaugh's building, corner Walnut Street and Long Alley, was built
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by Frank Demain and opened as a store by Thornton Pick- enpaugh, in 1874. His salesmen are: A. L. Nye, J. S. Swindler, George C. Steele and Clark McVicker. Judge Dille's building, on the same lot, has been used for a gro- cery by John Good, and at present by Barringer & Shaw. Hayes' jewelry and grocery store, corner Walnut Street and Long Alley, on lot No. 25, was built by Frank Demain, and used for a grocery by him and L. S. Hayes and J. S. Picken- paugh. In 1870, it was occupied by George C. Hayes & Co., jewelry, notions and groceries ; clerk, H. A. Christy.
The following merchants and firms have been here besides the ones above given :
William Lazier & Co. 1849
D. C. & J. Chadwick 1843-48
Fleming & Guseman. 1849 Chadwick & Brother. 1849-51
Lazier, McLane & Co. 1849 D. H. Chadwick & Co 1851-53
E. C. Lazier. .1850 D. H. Chadwick 1853-56
W. A. Guseman & Co 1850
Chadwick & Nephew. 1856-73
J. A. Rogers. 1866
William Lazier. 1858-62
W. Basnett & Son. .1869
Chadwick & Son. 1873-78
Bowman & Basnett.
1871 |D. Chadwick & Co 1878-84
Groceries .- Susan Chalfant, 1842; Frank Demain, John K. Shean, Shean & Rice, James Shay and William Durbin, 1852; F. L. Hix, Henry Reed, 1865; Robert Powell, 1869. H. H. Hayes was on Walnut Street from 1866-7, on Court House Square from 1867 to 1872, and from that time in his present establishment. G. W. Mc Vicker was in the grocery business from 1868 to 1871.
About 1848 or 49, Thomas Purinton kept a book store. Since then, among the book and drug stores have been : John E. Fleming, H. N. Carr & Co., E. W. Tower, Fitch & Chalfant, Carr, Hanway & Co., Reuben Finnell, F. M. Chal- fant, H. B. Lazier, J. J. Fitch and J. M. Reed. Dr. Henry B. Lazier's book and drug store is on Court House Square, and has been occupied by him since 1866; clerk, George Morgan.
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Clothing stores : D. H. Stine, 1854-61, Isaac Hollander, A. J. Clark, S. Freudenberger, and S. D. Hirshman.
PHYSICIANS.
The first visiting physician seems to have been Dr. Absalom Baird, from Washington, Penn., and the first resident physician seems almost beyond doubt to have been Dr. Enos Daugherty, who was postmaster in 1803, and is mentioned as a physician in 1805.
We have found the following physicians to have been at Mor- gantown between 1785 and the present :
Absalom Baird, 1785 Lord
*H. W. Brock, 1852-82
H. N. Mackey, 1852-84
* Enos Daugherty, 1803-26
A. C. Miller, 1854
John Nicklin, 1804
L. F. Campbell, 1855
Daniel Marchant
B. C. Brooke
Thomas Hersey, 1810-12 Wells
M. L. Casselberry. 2855-84
*Charles McLane, 1823-78
*B. R. C. O'Kelley, 1824-48
Thomas Laidley
Samuel Kelley, 1859-65
Daniel Gettings
F. H. Yost, 1863-65
Colostian Billingsley
P. D. Yost, 1864-5
Thomas Brooke
E. E. Cobun, 1865-6
*Caleb Dorsey, 1833-55 S. T. Taylor
L. S. Brock, 1870-84
Joseph A. McLane, 1841-84
*G. W. John, 1871-83
Isaac Scott
Thomas H. Price, 1876-81
F. G. Howell, 1877-79
*Joseph Eidson, 1849
R. E. Brock, 1879-80
A. J. Bowman, 1849 *M. Y. Willey, 1849
J. J. Hall, 1882-84
Thomas Dunn
James P. Fitch, 1882-84
J. Sigsworth Guyer, 1850-51 John Lacey
Dorsey P. Fitch, 1882-84
Dr. O'Kelley was educated in and came from Ireland. Dr. F. H. Yost came from Fairview, Marion County, where he died in 1872. P. D. Yost, his nephew, is a lecturer in the American Med- ical College, St. Louis. Dr. Samuel Kelley died at Grafton, a sur- geon in the army.
JOSEPH A. McLANE, M.D., read medicine with his father, attend- ed Jefferson and graduated at the Pennsylvania Medical College at Philadelphia, in 1841, since which year he has practiced in Mor- gantown.
* Died at Morgantown.
G. M. Dorsey, 1856
W. H. Ravenscraft, 1857-58
E. H. Coombs, 1859-84
James Way,
Watson Carr, 1849
W. C. Kelley. 1882-84
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DR. HORATIO N. MACKEY read medicine with Dr. Smith Fuller, of Uniontown, Penn .; attended Jefferson College in 1852, and came to Morgantown; was 1st Lieutenant and Surgeon in the First West Virginia Cavalry in 1861-2; graduated at Rush Medi- cal College, Chicago, in 1872, and at Bellvue Medical College, New York, in 1879-80.
DR. MELVILLE L. CASSELBERRY, a graduate of a medical college, came from Pennsylvania, where he practiced, and associated him- self with Dr. A. C. Miller ; he became a partner of the present firm of Casselberry and Coombs in 1871.
DR. ELISHA H. COOMBS was born in Maryland, attended the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania in 1857, and graduated in 1860 ; came to Morgantown in 1859, and became a partner of Dr. Casselberry's in 1871.
DR. LUTHER S. BROCK read medicine with his brother, L. S. Brock; graduated at Jefferson Medical College, 1874; practiced at Arnettsville, 1868-70, and at Morgantown since 1870.
DR. W. C. KELLEY, son of Dr. Samuel Kelley, was born in West- moreland County, Penn .; read medicine with Dr. T. H. Price ; graduated at the University of New York in 1882, since which time he has practiced in Morgantown.
DR. JESSE J. HALL read medicine with Dr. John D. Hall, of Kingwood ; graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, in 1882, and began practicing with Dr. Mackey in 1882.
DR. JAMES P. FITCH read medicine with Dr. H. N. Mackey ; graduated at Bellvue Hospital College in 1881, was with Dr. Mackey in 1879-80, and opened his present office in 1881.
DR. DORSEY P. FITCH read medicine with Brock Bros .; attended lectures at Jefferson College in 1879-80, holds a certificate from the State Board, and has been with Dr. L. S. Brock since 1880.
Medical Students .- Spencer S. Wade, attending Jefferson College, and J. H. Lawhead and D. H. Courtney reading medicine.
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HOTELS.
In 1783, Zackwell Morgan was returned on an assessor's list for that year as having license to keep an ordinary (the name for a tavern). From 1783 to 1796, we have nothing to show who ad- ministered to the hunger and thirst of the public. In 1796, William Tingle received license to keep an ordinary in Morgans- Town. He kept till 1799. Hugh McNeely kept from 1897 to 1801. Alexander McIntyre, 1797 to 1799; Thomas Chipps, 1798 ; Jacob Pindall, 1799 to 1802, succeeding McIntyre ; Samuel Swear- ingen, 1800 to 1802, succeeding William Tingle. In 1802, Bar- tholomew Clark and George R. Tingle kept ordinaries.
On the site of the "Commercial" stood the old "National," built in 1798, by Isaac Hite Williams (who came from Eastern Virginia, and returned and died there in 1828). It was a large frame, and the county court once viewed it while building with an intention to purchase it for a court house. It is said Hugh McNeely and Elihu Horton kept tavern in it. Nimrod Evans bought it in 1807, and lived in it until he died. John Addison opened a tavern in it, and named it the "Old Dominion," and was succeeded by Jesse Holland in 1844, Adam Myers in 1846, and Addison S. Vance in 1847, who called it the "National." In 1851, John Wallace succeeded him and kept till 1867. George C. Hayes kept in 1869, J. P. and F. H. St. Clair in 1870-73, and Benjamin Ryan in 1874. J. Keener Durr bought the building, tore it down and erected the "Commercial," which he opened March 9, 1878. He rented it to Dr. G. W. John in 1879, and re- sumed possession in 1880. Henry Dering kept in a log building on the site of Carraco's, which burned in 1796 ; then he built the present building and kept until his death in 1807. He was suc- ceeded by his widow, Rebecca Dering, until her death in 1846. John Derring kept a short time, and the house was closed upon F. A. Dering coming into possession.
Capt. William N. Jarrett was keeping a tavern in 1805, in a
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frame building on the site of the Wallace House (lot No. 71). After his death in 1828, the house was kept by his widow, Mary Jarrett, * until her death in 1849. John Hanway bought the prop- erty, tore down the house and erected the present brick building, which was bought in 1866, by John Wallace, whose son James C. Wallace opened the present "Wallace House" in 1871. The Franklin House was built by Fauquier McRa, and in 1797, we find record of his keeping in it for many years. Francis Billingsley bought it and lived in it. Alex. Hayes bought the property in 1841, and kept tavern in it until 1853. - Finnell next suc- ceeded, and kept from 1855 until 1876, when James Hopkins, a native of Eastern Virginia, came from Southern West Virginia and purchased the property and opened the present "Franklin House," which was so named by Alex. Hayes. The St. Clair House, on lot No. 23, was built by Nicholas B. Madera. It was opened and kept by J. W. Saer. He was succeeded by David F. Camp- bell, John J. Pierpont, John Devore, Samuel Darnell, N. N. Hoff- man (1866-69), and Stephen Snyder in 1869, when it was known as the "Virginia House." In 1873, F. H. St. Clair opened the present "St. Clair House." Susan Chalfant kept, in 1842, where Mrs. Kelley lives on Front Street, and about 1852, Thomas Evans kept where John H. Hoffman's residence stands. Isaac Cooper kept where Chancery Row is, on Court Alley, in a frame. He called his house the "Cross Keys." In 1840, John Addison kept where George C. Sturgiss lives. John kept once close to N. N. Hoffman's. Michael Kerns, Jr., kept next to Isaac Franks', on Front Street, about 1833, and was succeeded by Enos D. Morgan about 1836, Charles Wolverton and William N. Jarrett, when the house burnt.
* From a day book of Captain Jarrett, now in possession of John H. Smith, we find that from 1805 to 1810, in Morgantown they sold whiskey, bounce, wine bitters, peach and apple brandy, at 25 cents a pint, while gin and French brandy brought 50 cents ; porter was worth 58% cents a bottle; a bowl of punch or a glass of toddy was half a dollar. Entries are made of whiskey lost at whist, on foot races, on bets, etc. The following quaint entry appears on one page: « - -- , Dr. 1 gallon bottle broke in the bar, so the wife says, 4-6."
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MORGANTOWN SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
This splendid structure, 610 feet in length, spans the river be- tween the foot of Pleasant Street and West Morgantown. The Morgantown Bridge Company was incorporated March 11, 1850,* with a capital of $18,000. On March 5, 1851, this was in- creased to $28,000. The company met and organized July 5, 1851. The State took three-fifths or 672 shares of the stock, and individuals 448 shares. Each share was $25. At a meeting held on May 2, 1853, the contract for building the bridge was awarded to Morgan Kelley and William Kennett, of Fairmont. E. W. Tower was appointed superintendent. On February 28, 1854, the State subscribed $8,000 worth of additional stock, which was to be six per cent preferred stock of the total stock, now $36,000 in amount. Money in addition to this was borrowed, and on the 16th of December, 1854, the bridge was finished, at a cost of $43,000, which included $2,600 paid to Mercer for his ferry franchise and land on the west side. The cost of repairs on the bridge from 1854 to 1880, was $24,000. On December 15, 1881, the company contracted with J. W. Shipman, of Buffalo, New York, for repairs which cost $12,000, and, in addition to this, put $4,000 more in repairs upon the bridge. The total cost of the bridge building and repairing is but little short of $90,000. The first board of directors were: E. C. Wilson, W. T. Willey and James Davis, and John Rogers, Nicholas Pickenpaugh and Guy R. C. Allen appointed by the State. The present board is : George C. Sturgiss, A. W. Lorentz, J. M. Hagans, L. S. Hough, S. G. Chadwick and W. C. McGrew. The presidents have been : E. C. Wilson, E. W. Tower, D. H. Chadwick and George C. Sturgiss. The first toll collector was M. L. Chalfant ; the present one is Charles Chalfant. Samuel Sears was for many years toll collector.
* This date, and the amount of cost, $43,000, differs from the date, March 5th, and $30,000 cost, given on page 133 of this work, which were taken from a newspaper account published in 1854. The bridge company's record is as above given.
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MORGANTOWN GYMNASIUM.
The Gymnasium was organized in 1859, and met over T. Pick- enpaugh's store room ; lasted about two years. It had a member- ship of about thirty, among whom were the Hon. J. M. Hagans, Maj. Lowrie McGee, J. M. Heck and A. C. Pickenpaugh. It gave a couple of creditable public exhibitions.
MORGANTOWN LECTURE ASSOCIATION.
This association was formed in December, 1867, and lasted two years. The first series of lectures was delivered in 1868, by Alex. Martin, J. M. Purinton, S. G. Stevens, J. W. Scott, Alex. Patton, F. S. Lyon, H. W. Brock, J. R. Weaver, O. W. Miller, John A. Dille and J. B. Blakeney. The next series was in 1869, of which we have obtained no account.
On September 11, 1883, a meeting was held to organize another lecture association. William P. Willey was elected president, T. E. Hodges secretary, and J. M. Lee corresponding secretary. This association arranged with Melville D. Landon-Eli Perkins- to open the course on October 24, 1883.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.
In order of age the Methodists seem to have been first at Mor- gantown. As early as 1785, they had preaching. In an early day Michael Kerns built a small church for all denominations. The next church built, and the first Methodist Church (as recollected by the oldest citizens), stood in the old[M. E. grave-yard, It was a frame church.
In 1819, Joseph A. Shackelford, Rawley Evans, John Stealey, Henry Lazier, Elias Bruin, Nicholas B. Madera and William Berkshire were trustees of the church, and bought lot No. 27, upon which a brick church was erected. It burned in 1849, and on its site the present large and commodious brick church was erected. It is 48x72, and was dedicated by Bishop Janes, October 1, 1850. Estimated cost, $7,000. No records of the church can
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be found back of 1837. In that year, Hugh Austin, J. W. Tucker, Lydia A. Mathers, Nancy Watts, Nancy Durbin, Agnes Durbin, Drusilla Morgan, Elizabeth Griffith and Susanna Kern were received as members. In 1847, large accessions were made to the church, and, in 1868-9, an extensive revival occurred. The parsonage is situated on Spruce Street. The board of stewards are, John J. Brown (recording steward), William Wagner, George C. Sturgiss, D. C. Hoffman, D. G. Chadwick, A. W. Lorentz, E. Shisler, Cephas Jacobs and S. P. Huston.
Morgantown is in the Morgantown District, which is one of the nine districts into which the State is divided. The following are the presiding elders of this district since 1847:
PRESIDING ELDERS-MORGANTOWN DISTRICT.
1846-78. Simon Elliott 1859-62. Jas. Drummond 1874-77. Sam'l Steele 1848-51. W. D. Lemon 1862-66. G. W. Arnold 1877-81. J.W. W.Bolton 1848-55. H. Z. Adams 1866-70. J. B. Blakeney 1881-84. D. H. K. Dix 1855-59. Gideon Martin 1870-74. J. W. Webb.
The elders from 1787 to 1813 are given on page 445, but from 1813 to 1847 no list could be'secured. The ministers from 1787 to 1833, when Morgantown became a station, are given on page 443. Since 1833, the following have been the ministers : .
MINISTERS-MORGANTOWN STATION.
1833. Jas. Drummond 1649-51. J. S. Patterson 1868, Oct. E. T. Pitcher 1834. Mills 1851-3.S.G. Worthington 1868-70. E. T. Pitcher
1835-37. Wm. Holmes 1853-55. Wm. Hunter 1870-73. W.M.Mullenix
1837. H. Gilmore 1855-57. T. H. Monroe 1873-76. E. W. Ryan
1841. W. D. Lemon 1857-59. Jas.Drummond 1876. J. R. Thompson
1843-44. J. R. Coil 1859-61. G. Martin 1877. W. R. White 1844-46. Edw'd Burkett1861-63. J. B. Blakeney 1877-78. Samuel Steele 1846-47. S. B. Dunlap 1863-64. D.T.Daugherty 1878-81. W.C.Snodgrass 1847-48. I. McClaskey 1864-67. Benj. Ison 1881-83. T. B. Hughes
1848-49. J. D. Cranier 1867-68. J. D. Onins
Thomas B. Hughes was born in 1836, in Fayette County, Va. (now W. Va.) His father was a relative of Jesse and Elias Hughes. The Rev. T. B. Hughes is closing his twenty-sixth year in the ministry-a portion of which time was spent in Wheeling. In 1876, he was presiding elder of the Buckhannon District.
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The Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school was organized May 17, 1837, and the following have been the superintendents :
.M. E. SUNDAY-SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1837-47. W. T. Willey 1858. Ed. C. Bunker 1870. Adam W. Lorentz
1847-51. Wm. Wagner .1859-61. Wm. Lazier 1871-74. G. M. Hagans
1851-54. Wm. Lazier 1862. Thos. Daugherty 1875-78. Geo. C. Sturgiss
1854. Geo. M. Hagans 1863. William Wagner 1878. William Wagner
1855. William Wagner 1864-7. Wm. Lazier
1879-82. Geo. C. Sturgiss
1856. William Lazier 1867. John J. Brown 1882-84. Ed. Shisler
1857. Henry Dering 1868-70. G. C. Sturgiss
The school numbers 175 scholars. The infant department is under D. C. Hoffman and Miss Hattie J. Hagans. The treasurer is William Wagner; librarian, Samuel Pickerpaugh ; secretary, U. J. Sheets.
Presbyterian Church .- There was Presbyterian preaching in 1788, and the church was organized in 1790 (see page 446). In 1819, the members of this church, in connection with the members of the Protestant Episcopal denomination, began to build a church. When the walls were up and the roof on, they became discour- aged. The women took up the enterprise and worked up wool and flax into cloth, and from its sale realized a thousand dollars, which, with a gift of $100 from a kind friend in the east, was suffi- cient to finish the church, Mrs. Phebe Hayes (then Miss Phebe Davis), who is still living, was one of the little band that worked and wove this cloth.
The trustees appointed (by common consent) to erect this church in 1819, on "Sepulchre lot," were Thomas Wilson, John Stealey, Samuel Hanway, Nimrod Evans, Augustus Weringer, John Rogers, Mathew Gay, Michael Kern, Jr., and Ralph Berk- shire. They received $1,863.93 subscriptions, as shown on the trustees' book now in posession of Thomas Rogers. Esther McCleery gave "in behalf of the Female Society" $150; Rebecca Dering gave $25; Gasper Orth, two stoves, and Andrew Oliphant, of Pennsylvania, "$40 in iron for erecting pulpit." On the 29th of March, 1822, the church, 45x55, was completed, and the pews
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were sold from $4 to $10 each per year. The first members are unknown. In 1819, Lucy Hite, Eliza McNeely and Mary Conner were examined, and Jonathan Prentice was a member. In 1820, Mrs. Fanny Cox was received ; in 1822, Margaret Gay, Jennett Ray and Sarah Hanway; in 1827, Moses Cox; in 1829, Ann E. Prentice (now Parsons, of Kingwood), Elizabeth Robinson and Jane J. Martin. In 1867, the Presbyterians commenced their pres- ent fine church edifice, which was dedicated November 8, 1868. Its estimated cost was $10,000. The membership at the present time is sixty-eight, and the following are the ministers and Elders:
MINISTERS IN CHARGE.
1788-9-Joseph Patterson*
1832-3-James McDougal
1790-1-Robert Finley
1837-55-James Davis
1804-6-James Adams*
1855-65-Henry N. Biggs
1816-Jacob Greent
1865-68-W. A. Hooper
1817-27-Ashbel Fairchild*
1868-John Creath*
1830-31-Joel Stoneroad*
1869-71-Robert White
1831-Rezin Brown*
1871-78-A. A. Jimneson
1832-Thomas Martin*
1878-83-J. R. Dickey
1883-S. L. Finney*
RULING ELDERS.
1834. 1860.
William Robe
George D. Hill
Jesse Duncan
Robert Hill
1837. - Byrne
Absalom Little
Edgar C. Wilson
Smith
1804.
1842.
1868.
Wm. McCleery
Robert Robe, Jr
John Hare
Josiah Robe
James Caldwell
S. G. Stevens
Robert Knox
James McGlaughlin 1848. Isaac J. Newkirk 1872.
1870.
Robert Robe, Sr 1822. Gasper Orth
Edwin W. Tower
James Robison
John McFarland
John A. Dille
E. M. Wilson
Aaron Baird
1878.
1832.
James S. Stewart
Samuel Brand
1858.
J. E. Brand
1833.
Leeroy Kramer
1881.
Moses Cox
Jaseph Sandusky
Joseph Reiner
Deacons : 1878, A. L. Nye and H. B. Lazier.
· These ministers served as stated supplies.
t Jacob Green was a missionary and Dr. Fairchild was pastor installed for the last five years.
1790.
1845. Wm. K. Fear
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The Presbyterian Sunday-school was organized in 1837, but no records are to be found. Among the superintendents have been E. W. Tower, W. A. Hanway, A. A. Jimeson, John A. Dille, J. S. Stewart and J. McM. Lee (1883). Librarian, A. L. Nye; treas- urer and secretary, Walter Hough. There are about sixty-five scholars, and the average attendance for years has been remark- ably good.
Morgantown Protestant Episcopal Church .- Members of this church were in Morgantown before 1819. In that year, John Rodgers and other members united with the Presbyterians in building the church that stood on the site of the. present Presby- terian Church. Morgantown was embraced in Guy Allen Parish in 1860, and on February 12, 1876, became a part of Trinity Parish (see page 447). Services of the church are held in the old Monongalia Academy. In 1860, the Rev. H. S. Kepler was Rec- tor, and from 1876-84, the Rev. George A. Gibbon.
The following vestrymen were elected in 1876: Thomas Rog- ers, Robert C. Berkeley, D. R. Rogers, Augustus Haymond, John I. Harvey and C. N. Hayes.
Morgantown Methodist Protestant Church .- This church was organized in the spring of 1830, by Revs. Cornelius Springer and W. N. Marshall. The organizing members were the Rev. Joseph A. Shackelford and Nancy, his wife; Rev. Asby Pool* and Chris- tina, his wife ; William Lazzell and wife, and Mrs. Sarah Miller. In 1841-2, a brick church, 35x50, costing $2,500, was erected on Long Alley, which burned down in 1874. The present handsome brick church on Walnut Street, rapidly nearing completion, was be- gun in 1879. It is 36x56 ; estimated cost, $4,000. Of the sixty-five members belonging in 1842-3, only the following are known to be living : George M. Reay, Peter Davis, Anne Pool, Rebecca Hurry, Caroline Stewart, Jeptha Tucker, Elizabeth O'Kelley, Eliz-
· Rev. Asby Pool, born in Hampshire County, 1787, was an itinerant M. E. minister in 1810; joined M. P. Church, 1830; died, 1867. He had three sons who were ministers : W. L., of the M. P. Church ; George A., who died a Presbyterian minister, and John, a Baptist minister.
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abeth A. Watts, Elisha Swisher, Julia A. Rice, Bexy Gray, Elizabeth Cox, Alcinda Shay, Mary J. Cox, Henrietta Kines, Evaline Howell, Hannah Reynolds, Jane Ricketts, Elizabeth Reay and Greenbury A. Compton. The present membership is stated to be seventy. The present trustees are : George M. Reay, H. D. McGeorge, James Wallace, E. C. Bright, George Hall, James Wright and J. L. Robe. Stewards : George M. Reay and W. C. Kelly.
The Morgantown church in 1842, was a part of the Mor- gantown circuit, which embraced the followed organiza- tions :
Name. No. Members. 1 Name. No. Members.
New Frame (Penn.) 110 Henry Clay (Furnace) 35
Woodgrove 30
Ore Banks, 30
Pierpont's. 90 Ochiltrees (Preston) 15
Rock Forge
70 Smithfield (Penn.) 16
Zion ....
75 Stewarttown 30
Morgantown
50
Burgess's. 25
Frum's ...
11
There is no record to be found of the M. P. ministers serving at Morgantown. The following list is furnished by George M. Reay, from recollection :
METHODIST PROTESTANT MINISTERS.
1829. Wm. Marshall
1836. Wm. Dunlap 1861. Samuel Young
1830. John Lucas 1840-42. Samuel Clawson- Wm. Wragg
Wm. Dunlavy Jacob Bisher 1864-65. Daniel Davis
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