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* A Lough whose first name is lost came from the north of Ireland to this district. His sons, John, Joseph and James, came with him. Joseph settled where Eugene Snider lives. He married Jane Wiley. Among their children were Matthew, Andrew, Joseph, David, Nancy, Jane, Anna and Mary.
John Lough married for his second wife Annie Clelland, and settled where Curtis Arnett lives. Their children were Sarah Cordray, Julia Arnett, Mary Jones and Matthew.
James married Sarah Basnett; their children were John B. Lough, Nancy Neely, Mariah Wilson, Mary A. Wells and Samuel, now in Marion County.
John B. Lough married Rhoda Lynch; their children are : Sarah J. Michael, James 8., Samuel C., Maggie M. Toothman, Nancy E. Boice, William E., Belle Hess, Mattie (a. medical student at Philadelphia), and Newton T. John B. Lough served as justice from 1852 to 1864; was in the legislature in 1853, 63, 64, 70, 71 and 74, and sat in five different State-houses ; was recording stewart of the Granville and_Monongalia cir- cuits, M. E. church, from 1847 to 1882.
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1876, and built his present steam flouring-mill which he named the "Wagner Mill" for William Wagner, of Mor- gantown.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.
Zoar Baptist church was organized in 1852, with twelve members, by the Rev. G. F. C. Conn, who served it as pas- tor for twenty-four years. Of the first twelve members were : Garrett Lynch, Wilson Crowl and wife, Nancy Dent, Amelia Barker, Ann A. Barker, Ann Martin, James Arnett and wife and Ann Arah Arnett. The Rev. Conn baptized about 300 persons here. An Anti-Mission Baptist church is on Big Indian creek ; it is called Mt. Tabor ; was organ- ized nearly a hundred years ago, and has about twenty-five or thirty members.
Methodist Episcopal .- The territory of Grant was em- braced in Monongalia and Marion circuit, which was formed some time between 1830 and 1840, and continued until 1847. Grandville circuit was formed August 21, 1847, embracing Grant, Cass and the southern part of Clay. Richard Jor- dan was minister in charge. Morgan L. Boyers was a local preacher. Henry Jones and James Arnett were exhorters. Class leaders : John B. Lough at Cold Spring, Morgan Tucker at Huggins's (now Mt. Hermon in Clay), Joseph W. Snider at Snider's (now Georgetown), Elijah Snider at Lau- rel Point, Sanford S. Scott at Grandville. Besides these charges were four others; Union (at Flickersville), Bend of the River, Arnett's (at Arnettsville), and Bethel. From this circuit Monongalia circuit was formed, August 19, 1848. The charges were :
Mt. Hermon Bethel Ft. Martin
Hawkins Grandville Cold Spring
Cassville
Wade's school-house Laurel Flat (1851)
Peter's Temple (1855) Sugar Grove (1853)
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The preachers in charge were :
1848-J. W. Regar 1852-J. L. Clark 1855-T. H. Trainer
W. Fribley Philip Green T. C. Hatfield
1849-Thos. H. Monroe 1853-G. J. Nixon 1856-T. H. Trainer
1850-T. H. Monroe A. Loughridge Nixon Potts S. King 1854-G. J. Nixon 1857-R. M. Wallace
1831-J. L. Clark Chas. McLane T. R. Wilson
1858-R. M. Wallace, J. Sharp
About three years ago Monongalia circuit was divided, and Arnettsville circuit was formed from it. The charges are as follows :
Monongalia Circuit.
Arnettsville Circuit.
Granville Laurel Point
Cassville Wade's
Ft. Martin Bethel
Arnetsville Union
O'Neal's (Bend of River )
Cold Spring Mt. Hermon Pt. Pleasant (Hawkins's)
The ministers on the Arnettsville circuit have been :
1880-Jacob T. Eichelberger* 1881-2-G. J. Martin
1883-John Conwell
Cold Spring church was organized in 1849. The first class was John B. Lough (leader), Charles and Sarah A. Bayles, Allen and Malinda Stevens, Aaron and Marion Barker, William N. Stewart ; Thos. R., Leander B., Sarah A., James G. and Isabella Wilson; Dudley and Nancy Miller ; Charlotte F., Christina, Isaac S. and Joseph N. Cox; David Herrington, John J. Kern, Hannah Wince, Stephen G. and Mary A. Snyder, Felix E. Bayles, Sarah Youst, Joseph and Adaline Lough-total, 27. Present member- ship, 35. They first met in the school-house, which con- tinued the place of meeting until it burnt. The present frame church was erected about 1864. The class-leaders have been : John B. Lough, Aaron Barker, Charles Bayles
* Rev. Jacob T. Eichelberger is now on the Jollytown (Penn.) circuit. He is well ac- quainted with the history of the M. E. church, and also is very familiar with the early history of Northwestern Virginia.
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(for a short time) and John B. Lough again, who is still serving.
Presbyterian Church .*- Stewart's Run church, now called . Sugar Grove, was organized August 1, 1835. The members were :
William Stewart and Elizabeth his wife, Evan Stewart and Jane his wife, John Stewart and Elizabeth his wife, John Lough, Isaac Cordray, John Pratt and Hannah his wife, Isaac Cox, Mary Kelley, Areli Stewart, Malinda Cordray, Elizabeth Lough, Nancy Barrack- man, and Asa Hall and Elizabeth his wife.
The Rev. C. B. Bristol was the first pastor, and William Stewart, John Lough and John Stewart were the first ruling elders.
Abstract from the session book :
"The Rev. Cyrus Beecher Bristol, a missionary under the Assem- bly's Board, commenced preaching on Stewart's run in December, 1831. From time to time a few members were added to the church of Middletown. In 1835, a church was organized, as may be seen from the sessional records."
This organization worshiped alternately at William Stew- art's and Major John Lough's. Their communion services were generally held in the grove on Stewart's run and in Major Lough's barn-now Curtis Arnett's. William P. Harshe, of Fairmont, succeeded the Rev. Mr. Bristol as pastor, in 1845 or 46. The Rev. James Davis, of Morgan- town, became pastor in 1846, since which time it has been under the care of the pastors of the Morgantown church in the order named :
1856-64-H. W. Biggs 1870-Robert White 1879-J. B. Dickey
1866-W. A. Hooper
1872-A. A. Jemison
1883-S. L. Finney
Sugar Grove meeting-house was built about 1848 or 49. The ruling elders elected since 1836 are : Isaac Cordray, Matthew Lough, Charles I. Brand and J. Marshall Lough. Three of the
* By S. C. Stewart.
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original members are still living, namely : Isaac Cordray, Malinda Lough (nee Cordray) and Mary Kelley, The church now has about forty members.
SABBATH SCHOOLS.
In 1850, six Sunday-schools were organized by the Rev. T. H. Monroe on Monongalia circuit. One of these was at Cassville; and another at Fort Martin church. In 1854, they had increased to nine, with 350 scholars.
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Of the subscription schools we have but little account beyond what is given in Chapter XX.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, 1864-1873.
1864-G. F. C. Conn 1868-S. P. Barker 1871-S. W. Fleming
Eugenius Shafer J. S. Coogle J. L. Jones
D. E. Miller J. H. Hoffman Wm. H. Arnett
1866-John B. Lough 1869-S. P. Barker 1872-J. L. Jones
J. H. Hoffman J. S. Coogle S. W. Fleming
G. F. C. Conn J. L. Jones
J. W. Stevens
1867-J. S. Coogle 1870-S. P. Barker
J. L, Jones J. S. Coogle
J. H. Hoffman J. L. Jones
BOARDS OF EDUCATION, 1873-1884.
1873 -* Jobn L. Jones, S. W. Fleming, J. W. Stevens.
1875-Ulysses Camp, E. W. Brand, Curtis Arnett.
1877-Ulysses Camp, I. C. Rich, Ambrose Walters.
1879-Ulysses Camp, S. C. Stewart, S. P. Barker, I. C. Rich, S. W. Hare.
1881-E. W. Brand, J. S. Lough, H. C. Miller.
1883-J. A. Thompson, A. S. Wisman, J. P. Thorn.
SECRETARIES OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
1864-Michael Shank 1866-D. C. Shafer 1871-84-Garrett Conn
1865-Jeremiah Barb 1867-George Barb
Grant District is divided into fourteen sub-districts, viz .: No. Name.
Established. No. Vame.
Established.
1. Granville. 1864
8. Union. .1864
2. Stony Point
9. Bend of the River 66
3. Sugar Grove 66
10. Laurel Point.
4. Cool Spring
11. Harmony Grove 66
5. Peter's Temple.
. . 12. Barb's.
6. Arnettsville.
13. Stewart's. 1871
7. Laurel Flat.
14. Georgetown. 1882
* The first named member of the board for each year was the president.
SCHOOL ENUMERATION BY YEARS.
The following table exhibits the enumeration in each sub-district (except No. 14, established in 1882, and for which no statistics could be had) from 1864 to 1883 ; and the enrollment and average daily attendance in the schools in contrast with the enumeration of the sub-districts, for cer- tain selected years.
DISTRICT.
YEAR.
SUB-DISTRICTS. No.1| No.2 No.3| No.4| No.5 |No.6 No.7 No.8 No.9 No.10 No.11 No.12 No.13
Males; F'm'les | Total
57
47
63
69
45
48
79
1864.
410
413
823
67
65
65
81
66
67
97
70
39
85
76
52
1866
64
65
61
72
61
1867.
59
51
61
96
67
51
17
45
36
72
51
54
....
55
69
83
63
52
76
45
31
72
52
....
....
...
...
...
...
59
52
64
93
69
72
98
49
41)
52
44
65
56
45
46
...
...
...
68
67
18
84
55
82
84
74
72
51
38
65
56
53
34
401
70
43
49
85
51
74
51
76
.86
50
48
58
63
40
43
410
348
758
1876
68
46
54
74
51
76
86
50
48
59
63
40
43
413
41
44
412
318
730
1878.
71
36
48
76
47
69
1879.
67
36
50
67
43
63
0
50
54
49
29
37
346
.
367
341
708
1881
...
..
..
...
.. .
...
.. .
...
....
....
....
. .
..
379
325
704
1883.
70
43
49
85
51
74
72
51
38
56
53
401
..
...
47
33
44
47
57
58
38
34
52
42
10
27
#1872.
-
35
26
33
51
36
. . .
...
. . .
68
50
54
,4
61
76
86
50
48
58
63
40
43
410
348
758
46
40
46
71
42
70
62
60
47
50
35
47
38
.. .
...
#1876.
1
21
21
32
38
31
42
45
32
33
29
23
27
27
...
...
67
36
50
67
43
63
70
50
54
72
49
29
37
346
274
686
64
36
44
39
42
62
45
32
48
60
45
27
36
175
421
30
36
30
36
51
32
28
32
38
28
19
29
239
.
* The first line of figures gives the enumeration ; the second, the enrollment in the schools; the third, the average attendance in the schools.
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76
30
...
707
34
62
61
15
30
....
382
400
782
381
333
716
1868
...
1869
46
....
...
1870
1872
68
50
54
1877
36
46
76
47
69
15
42
57
65
57
65
54
41
44
402
725
274
686
1880
--
-
--
...
.. .
...
30
27
28
23
667
407
600
*1880.
49
70
60
1871
54
42
. .
..
....
87
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HISTORY OF MONONGALIA COUNTY
School district No. 2 was first called Battle Ground ; No. 12 was first called Half District, and next denominated New District, and then Barb's. At Georgetown, in 1882, Richard E. Fast introduced the county and other newspapers in the school, which is said to have been their first introduction into the schools of the county.
COST OF TUITION PER PUPIL.
1868-$3.92 1875-$5.54 1876-$4.24 1877-$4.67 1880-$2.23
In 1866, there was but one school-house in the district which was fit to keep school in; now there are fourteen frame houses.
STATISTICS OF GRANT DISTRICT.
VOTERS.
YEAR.
Horses.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Hogs.
I Carriages,
Buggies, &c.
Watches and
Clocks.
Planos and
Melodeons.
White.
Colored.
1866
764
1,621
5,470
295
28
91
3
413
4
1867
772
763
4.817
327
165
101
3
416
3
1868.
777
2,048
4,109
253
182
105
3
429
1869.
768
2,168
2,937
275
181
103
4
432
7
1870 ..
819
2,311
2,394
360
35
382
Q
453
10
1871
830
2,549
1,524
151
38
116
2
461
14
1872
806
2,358
1,980
341
50
396
20
461
10
1874.
858
2,176
1,803
350
53
127
7
457
13
1875
873
2,162
1,576
446
60
109
6
469
11
1876
845
1,883
1,471
299
62
109
10
481
10
1877
862
1,864
1,439
395
75
100
11
490
9
1878
774
2,173
1,297
422
77
102
12
497
10
1879
709
3,015
1,805
314
90
97
10
490
6
1880
682
2,089
2,509
295
96
88
15
462
8
1881
687
2,223 3,277
345
117
177
18
474
1882
682
2,447 3,302
348
294
408
21
485
5
1883
682
2,691 3,3081
327
315
102
20
484
...
.....
....
....
...
.....
1873.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
SHELBY PINDALL BARKER is the great-grandson of Joseph Barker who came with his two brothers, John and James, from Delaware to Redstone, Penn., and, in 1775, they came to Monon- galia. John died here and James died on Buffalo creek. Joseph married Catharine Carpenter. Their children were : Aaron, David, Joseph, James, Moses, Catharine wife of James Scott, and a daughter who married Morgan Scott. Of these children, all left the
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county, except Aaron, who bought the homestead where Alfred C. Barker lives. Aaron married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Scott, whose wife was a daughter of Zackwell Morgan. Their children were : Jacob, Joseph, Drusilla wife of Gen. E. S. Pindall, Benjamin H., and Alfred C., the only one now living. Benjamin H. married Rebecca, daughter of Zackwell Morgan, who was a son of David Morgan. Their children were : Catharine wife of Ira Hall, Shelby P., Zackwell M., Sarah, Drusilla Ralphsnyder, Aaron, and Linah M. McElroy.
Shelby P. Barker, son of Benjamin H. Barker, was born July 8, 1835, and was raised on a farm with but little advantages of schools. When a young man he visited the West, and traveled over several States. He returned and, in 1859, married Mary, daughter of Philip Lowe. Their children are Rebecca, Ida J., Laura C., Charles, Lula M., Sarah, Aaron, Benjamin H. and Hugh M. On July 18, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 1st W. Va. C. He was captured at the second battle of Bull Run and taken to Richmond, where he was kept in Libby Prison two days, and then removed to Belle Island and kept thirteen days. He was then paroled and was soon exchanged. He was in the battles of Romney, Winches- ter and second Bull Run ; was in Averill's raids, and was mustered out of the service July 16, 1865.
In 1876, he came to the site of Georgetown and erected his steam mill, naming it the "Wagner Mill," for William Wagner, of Morgantown. Mr. Barker served as school commissioner in 1868-70 and 1879; as justice of the peace in 1873-6 ; as county commissioner, and at the expiration of his term as such in 1882, he was re-elected for another term of six years. Mr. Barker is plain and unassuming, yet of good judgment and firm and decisive in doing what he thinks is right. He is a great reader, and has collected quite a store of information in the time he has been able to devote to books from his business.
SAMUEL CALVIN STEWART, youngest son of Williamn and Elizabeth Stewart, was born on the farm where he now resides, on Stewart's run, in Monongalia County, July 1, 1832. He is a descendant of the old Stewart family at Stewarttown described on page 673. He was brought up to farm work, and enjoyed only the limited advantages furnished by the subscription schools of that period. He was by
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no means satisfied with his school facilities, but having no better within his reach, he applied himself to reading and study-a habit which he has continued to the present time. Having a taste for surveying, he applied himself to the study of this subject, and made himself an expert in the practice of this art. Few men of his age, in this State, have so extensive a practice in surveying and in executing decrees for the partition of lands. In 1869, he received a commission from Governor Boreman, as Notary Public ; and, being an expert penman, he has done an extensive business in the writing and executing of agreements and deeds and in other duties pertaining to said office.
In religion Mr. Stewart is a Presbyterian, in politics a conserva- tive Democrat, and in education an ardent friend of free schools. He is a prominent member of the church of his choice; served for somne time as a member of the board of education ; was.ten years a member of the Democratic executive committee for Grant Dis- trict ; was chairman of the county delegation at the State conven- tion at Martinsburg, in 1880 ; was a member of the committee on basis of representation for this senatorial district ; and acted as commissioner to re-assess the real estate, of the second district of Monongalia County, in 1882.
Mr. Stewart has been twice married. In 1860, he married Mary E., daughter of Jaines T. Hess, deceased. She died in 1865, without issue. Hemarried, in 1866, Emeline Cox, daughter of Dr. B. B. Cox, deceased, a woman of considerable culture. They have four children, named, in the order of their ages, Olney B., Gilbert W., Mary E., and Edwin Ray. The writer of this sketch is responsible for the assertion, that Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are healthful and temperate, and, as a result, their offspring are sound in both body and brain.
Mr. Stewart has long been a liberal supporter of newspapers, and was among the first in this county to declare himself in favor of newspapers as educators. His contributions to local and State papers and agricultural journals, prove that he wields a ready pen.
Ben Adham wished to be remembered as one who loved his fellow mnen ; Thomas Jefferson wished posterity to know him as the author of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of the University of Virginia ; but Mr. Stewart desires to be espe- cially regarded as the patron of the press.
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GRANT DISTRICT.
ALPHA RALPHSNYDER .- The Ralphsnyder family made its ap- pearance in America about the beginning of the Seventeeth Cen- tury, emigrating from Germany to South-eastern Pennsylvania. The family, excepting an infant named Aaron, were lost in a river while attempting to cross it to attend worship. Aaron was left with an aunt, and was reared among his friends, and thus the name was perpetuated. He married and settled at Martinsburg, Va., and had two sons and nine daughters, namely .: Elizabeth, who married Abraham Guseman, and after his death she married John Foster; Christina, the wife of Jacob Snider; Catharine, wife of Michael Smell; Magdalene, who died unmarried; Mary, wife of Michael Ache ; Rachel, wife of Jacob Kline ; Sarah, who died in infancy ; Susan, wife of Frederick Brenner ; Sallie, wife of Joseph Debolt, and, after his death, married John Stine; Peter, the elder son, never married ; John M .. the younger son, came to Monongalia and purchased land on Indian creek, and became one of the most extensive farmers of his day in that section. He mar- ried Elizabeth Riffle, of Pennsylvania, and had eight children-four sons and four daughters. Aaron, the eldest son, received the ad- vantages of a good education, attending old Monongalia Academy and at a select school in Pennsylvania. He acquired considerable property and died unmarried, and with the reputation of being one of the best scholars in the county. William and Alpha are leading farmers and stockmen in Monongalia, handling some of the finest blooded stock in the county. Franklin is a prominent farmer in Marion County. The four daughters are: Jemima Brand, Elizabeth Yost, Catharine, and Mary Ann, who died in infancy.
Alpha, the subject of this sketch, was born April 26, 1821, and received a common-school education, and spent the early part of his life as a farmer. In later years he turned his attention largely to stockgrowing. He married Christena, daughter of the late Isaac Cox, Esq., and sister to Capt. Joseph F. Cox, of Kansas. He has three sons dead : John M., Marion A. and Richard I. Mr. Ralphsnyder has three sons living, namely : Isaac Cox, who mastered the normal course at Fairmont, and then completed the post-graduate course under Dr. Blair. He stood very high in the literary society ; in 1879, was elected principal of the Kingwood
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school ; was re-elected in 1880, teaching a normal school between the two terms ; read law with James Morrow, Jr., of Fairmont; was examined by Judge Brannon, and by Judges Haymond and Fleming of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State ; and was admitted to the bar at Kingwood, October 8, 1880, and has been practicing law there since that time. George M. and William, the other two sons living, entered the normal school at Fairmont, and left there to enter the West Virginia University, to receive the full benefit of the best education the State can bestow.
Alpha Ralphsnyder, during the civil war, was a member of a company that did an extensive business in shipping hogs, sheep and cattle to eastern markets. He also dealt in land and wool, and, from 1867 to 1871, was engaged in the ship-timber business. He is now completing a fine dwelling house in Grant, in which he hopes to spend his days in quiet. In religious belief he is a Meth- odist ; politically, he is a Democrat. He is ever alive to and always aids every enterprise calculated to benefit his county or his State.
JOHN JAMISON came from Greene County, Penn., and engaged in stock business. Two of his sons are practicing physicians at Bruceton, Preston County : Dr. W. C. Jamison, a graduate of Jef- ferson Medical College, and Dr. J. A. Jamison, a graduate of the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons.
PETER FOGLE (name originally was Vogel) came from Ohio, and was a stone-mason and brick-layer. He built the old stone jail at Kingwood. He married Ann Arah, daughter of Capt. John Dent. Of their children, Dr. Garrett T. graduated at Starling Medical College, and is a druggist at Alliance, Ohio ; Dr. G. D. is at Grays- ville, Ohio ; Dr. James B. graduated at Starling Medical College, and is located at Terra Alta. (Cranberry), Preston County ; R. Bruce is a druggist at the same place ; John T. died while mayor of Henry City, Illinois ; Imlah M. is a merchant at Bridgeport, Ohio; William W. is a farmer in Calhoun County ; Evan D. read medicine, but died. Five of them were in the Federal army, viz .: G. T., William W., R. B., J. B., and Evan D. Of these five, R. Bruce was taken prisoner after being in the battles of Ft. Donald- son and Pittsburgh Landing.
MARSHALL J. KNox, born in 1846 ; enlisted in Co. E, 17th W. Va. I. and served through the war; elected justice of the peace in 1880;
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parents were James P., who died in 1856, and Sabina A., still living, aged 73.
JAMES GALLAGHER, born at Uniontown, Penn., 1797 ; moved to this county about 1839; died in 1864, aged 66; his wife is still living, aged 74.
WILLIAM A. JENKINS, born 1837; married Sarah J. Gallagher; enlisted in Co. A, 7th W. Va. I. and died Nov. 2, 1864, from wound received at Hatchet run.
WILLIAM WALLACE was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1848; was twice married; had six children by first wife and one by last; was in Co. D, 79th Penn. Vol. Infantry.
E. E. STEWART, born 1844; was a teamster during the war; mar- ried twice, first to Caroline M. Tichnor, then to Eliza E. Waters; his grandfather, William, came to this county in Indian days.
I. J MCELROY, born 1861; parents were William and Ellen McEl- roy; the family was among the early settlers.
JOHN ALEXANDER, born 1842; married Caroline Conn in 1867; children-George M. and Clyde; elected justice of the peace 1876, · and again in 1880, for the term ending in 1884.
JOHN M. BRAND, born 1826; married Sarah Conn in 1855; children -William C., George C. and Harvey, living, and Alice, dead. Mr. Brand was elected sheriff of this county in 1863, and served four years; was a constable before the war.
JONATHAN FRUM, born in 1848; married Iantha Wright in 1867; children-Allenia May, Frank, James, Lillie, Earnest, Annie and Harry; was a teamster during the war.
BENJAMIN CHESNEY, born in 1820; married Linda E. Barb, of Upshur County, in 1845; children-Moses W., (who belonged to Co. G. 1st W. Va. C., and died in 1866, from disease contracted in the army), and David; has been a member of board of education, and merchandised at Cassville for several years.
EZEKIEL Cox came from Maryland and settled on Little Indian creek.
GENERAL NOTES.
George W. Willfong for ten years has been in charge of the White Day ferry, which was originally Thorn's ferry.
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738 HISTORY OF MONONGALIA COUNTY.
Three attorneys have gone from the district-Isaac C. and George M. Ralphsnyder and Ledrew M. Wade .*
On Stewart's run, (which is one of the finest farming sections in the county,) about 70 years ago, Robert Cunningham had a sınall store. It was about 200 yards across the run from where S. C. Stewart's residence now is. He also manufactured bowls from poplar wood.
On July 5, 1877, in the afternoon, a terrible hailstormn passed over the head-waters of Stewart's run, and broke into two water-spouts, one on the head-waters of Stewart's run and the other on Indian creek, where the storm hurled logs against Silas Hawkins's house and damaged it greatly.
In Grant District lives Smallwood G. Morgan, who is a grandson of David Morgan whose desperate fight with two Indians, (just · beyond the county line in Marion County,) near Prickett's Fort, has passed into history. But the historians are undoubtedly in error in stating that David Morgan skinned the two Indians whom he killed. With that he had nothing to do.
* The ancestor of the Wade family was George Wade, who married Nancy Howard, and settled in Cass, on Smith's Mil! run near where it empties into Dunkard. Among their children were: George, Jr., Thomas, Hezekiah and Wennen. George, Jr., married Annie Luark; their children were: Jane Wilson, Joseph, Selby, George (father of A. L. Wade, and of Lieut. Elijah L. Wade, an ex-sheriff, now in Washington Territory), John, Thomas, and Denune, grandfather of Ledrew M. Wade who is now practicing law in Braxton County.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CLAY DISTRICT.
Geographical Boundaries and General Description-Indian Occu- pation-Pioneers and Early Settlers-Indian Invasions and Murders-Settlers' Forts-Statler's Fort-Growth of District -- Civil List-Towns : Blacksville, New Brownsville, Brown's Mills, Mooresville, McCurdysville, Ponetown-Mills-Roads- Mail Service-Religious Denominations-Oil Borings-Schools and School Officers-Statistics-Biographical Sketches.
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