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455
153
908
1883.
No. 10, in 1867, was divided between Nos. 9 and 11, and a new district was established in 1877.
No. 13 was formed in 1879; No. 16, in 1881 ; and No. 17, in 1882.
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DISTRICT.
Males[ F'm'les; Total
688
1869.
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753
CLAY DISTRICT.
STATISTICS OF CLAY DISTRICT.
VOTERS.
YEAR.
Horses.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Hogs.
Carriages,
i Buggies, &c.
Watches and
Pianos and
Melodeons.
White.
Colored.
1866
825
1,757 ,4,914
339
10
85
0
391
1
1867.
869
1,979 4,600
353
148
79
0
404
2
1868
859
2,077 |4,335
282
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80
0
392
2
1869.
847
2,211
4,226
288
145
84
1
408
2
1870 ..
864
2,437 3,142
546
24
328
1
423
1
1871
877
2,677
2,374
487
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1873.
879
2,536 2,714
370
35
313
3
431
2
1874
950
2,383 2.871
397
34
83
4
435
1
1875
933
2,466 3 391
392
31
80
5
444
1
1876
916
1.802 2,513
385
37
76
7
449
1
1877
914
2,082 2,094
503
84
10
454
0
1878
870
12,293 3,446
561
36
81
10
475
0
1879.
822
12,450;3,850
363
31
69
8
478
1880
791 2.192 5,813
374
43
83
10
483
1
1881
829
2,244 8,263
426
75
126
12
476
2
1882
792
12,180|7,631
403
239
331
12
475
0
1883
850
2,376 7,611
338
272
59
16
508
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ANDREW BROWN was the fourth son of Adam Brown who mar- ried Christina Statler (a sister of Jacob Statler), in 1784, and came from Fayette County, Penn., in 1796, to near the site of Brown's Mills in 'Clay District. Adam Brown was a grandson of Manus Brown, who, with his father, Wendell Brown, Judge Veech says in his history of the Monongahela Valley, were the first two white settlers west of the Alleghany Mountains. Adam Brown's children were : John, Abraham, Emanuel, Andrew, Terissa Anderson, Sarah Anderson, Catharine Tennant, Eve Minor, Elizabeth Hin- kins, Mary and Margaret.
Andrew Brown was born March 9, 1796, and was raised on a farm ; married, July 5, 1821, Miss Martha Worley ;* their children were :
* Martha Worley was a daughter of David Worley, of Greene County, Penn., and sister of Squire John Ingraham Worley, of Blacksville. David Worley was a son of Brice Worley (not Bruce, as written in the early land records of the county, and as printed on p. 38). Brice and his brother Nathan came to Blacksville from Philadel- phia, in 1766, when David was a little boy, and settled on lands, a part of which has descended in the family and is now owned by Squire John I. Worley. Brice married a Johnson, of Maryland. Nathan, who was unmarried, was killed soon after by the Indians, and was buried under a walnut tree a mile south-west of Blacksville, on the bank of Dunkard creek. David's children were: Brice; Martha, wife of Andrew Brown ; Elizabeth, wife of John Wells; William, who lives in Wood County; Jesse, 48
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Clocks.
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Dr. Alpheus W. (now president of the county court), Louisa J. Boughner (widow of the late Dr. J. V. Boughner), Melissa A .. Albert and Lee Roy J .; all deceased except Alpheus and Mrs. Boughner. Mr. Brown was a farmer and a miller. In 1832, he was appointed justice of the peace and served until 1851. In 1846. he was nominated by the Whig party as a candidate for the House of Delegates in the then strong Democratic county of Monongalia, and was elected. He was again nominated in 1859 against the ma- jority party, and was again elected. He died October 11, 1874. Mr. Brown was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was an ardent Whig; and, upon the breaking out of the Civil war, he took a strong stand against secession, and during the struggle was a firm and uncompromising supporter of the Union. He was a man of great industry and energy, and accumu- lated a considerable fortune. Of strict integrity, possessing much natural talent and strong common-sense, always taking an active part in public questions and enterprises, a reader and thinker, one of the leading men of his neighborhood, he was an eminently use- ful man to the community and the county, was known and esteemed throughout Monongalia, and died regretted by a large circle of acquaintances.
CAPT. ALPHEUS GARRISON is the gradson of Leonard Garrison, who came to Greene County, Peun., in Indian times. Leonard Garrison's son David married in Greene County, Penn., and his son Capt. Alpheus Garrison was born there on February 26. 1833. His parents moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, when he was small. He came to Monongalia County in the year 1842 ; was elected con- stable in 1856 : deputy sheriff in 1859-61 ; recruiting agent and pro- vost marshal 1862-63; and was internal-revenue assessor in 1864. He enlisted in Co. E, 17th W. Va. Inf., and was made second lieu- tenant. and soon after promoted to captain. In 1866, he was ap-
who moved to Ohio, then to Wirt County, where he died; Robert, who moved to Illinois, and died; David, who moved to Waynesburg, and was sheriff of Greene County, Penn., and is deceased ; Dr. Asbury, who lives at Washington C. H., Ohio ; and John Ingraham, who lives on the home farm, and who married Miss Maria Gor- don. Their children are: Sarah Ann, wife of Robert W. Dougan, of Waynesburg ; William Gordon, an attorney at law at Kingwood, Preston County, and ex-prosecuting attorney of that county ; David Robert, living in Kansas; Dr. Jesse Lee, of Washing- ton C. II., Ohio ; Alpheus Brown, of Blacksville, and Elizabeth Dora, wife of the Rev. James E. Mercer, of Clifton, Illinois.
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pointed assessor of the Western District of Monongalia County, and was elected at the end of that term. for another. He was elected to the legislature in 1868; and, in 1870, was elected sheriff for the term of four years, but served two years only, the termn hav- ing been thus shortened by the adoption of the new constitution in 1872. On October 27, 1873, he started his store on Pedlar's run ; and, in 1874, a post-office by the name of Pedlar's Run was established at his store, and he was commissioned postmaster, which position he still holds. In 1866, he brought what is believed to have been the first portable steam saw-mill ever in the county.
Capt. Garrison is affable, courteous and well-read, and always ready to impart any knowledge he possesses. In his many public positions he has formed the acquaintance of a great number of persons, and hence possesses a large circle of friends.
ASA TENNANT is a son of Richard Tennant, Jr., and a grandson of Richard Tennant, Sr. (the ancestor of the Tennant family.) He was commissioned a captain in the 178th Regt. Va. Militia, Au- gust 24, 1848; and, June 11, 1852, was commissioned lieutenant- colonel, to rank as such in the 178th Regt. from November 29, 1851. He was acting colonel of the regiment when the Civil war broke out. Gov. Letcher wrote him to organize the regiment for service in the Southern army, which instructions he did not obey, being loyal to the general government. Mr. Tennant has been constable, an overseer of the poor, and a school commissioner. He is the father of Nimrod Tennant.
RICHARD TENNANT came from Glasgow, Scotland, about 1760, selling his time for seven years to pay his passage. About 1769, he married Elizabeth Haught, who was of German descent, at Moore- field, Hardy County, Va. · He served as a drummer in Dunmore's War in 1774. Returning through Clay District, he was pleased with the country, and, after serving in the Revolutionary war for a time, came and settled on Jake's run. His brother-in-law, Peter Haught,* came with him. He raised a family of nine boys and four girls, viz .: Elizabeth, Peter, Mary, Richard (father of Asa), William, Alexander, John, Adam (father of Emrod), Abraham, Jacob, Catharine, Margaret and Joseph. From these nine sons
* There is a tradition that Tobias Haught was killed by Indians on Jake's run in an early day.
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sprang all the Tennants in Monongalia County and West Virginia, and, so far as is known, all the Tennants in the United States. By the census reports of 1880 for Monongalia County, there was one Tennant family in Grant District numbering five persons, one in Morgan numbering three, one in Cass numbering eight; there were twenty-six Tennants in Battelle, and two hundred and ninety- six Tennants in Clay, making a total of three hundred and thirty in Monongalia County. By the land-books of Monongalia for 1883, over one hundred tracts of land are owned by Tennants. Seven of Richard Tennant's sons were out in the War of 1812; and two, John and Adam, sent substitutes. Richard Tennant's father, whose name was Richard, was killed at Quebec under Gen. Wolfe.
STEPHEN ARCHER, a Revolutionary soldier, settled in Clay, and was buried, in 1825, on Jake's run, by soldiers in the War of '12.
MICHAEL CORE'S father (tradition says his name was John) was killed at the Doll run slaughter by Indians (pp. 65-67). Michael and his brother Christopher settled in Clay. Christopher married Hannah, daughter of Rudolph Snider (after whom Doll's run was named). One of their sons is Barton Core.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
BATTELLE DISTRICT.
Geographical Boundaries and General Description-Indian Occu- pation-Early Settlers-Murder of William Thomas and the Handsucker Family by Indians-Growth of the District-Civil List-West Warren Town-Mail Service-Roads-Mills-Relig- ious Denominations-Schools and School Officers-Statistics -A Venerable Couple.
BATTELLE DISTRICT is bounded on the north by Pennsyl- vania, on the east by Clay District, on the south by Marion County, and on the west by Wetzel County. In shape the district is nearly square. It was embraced in the western part of the Seventh (constabulary) District in 1801; and, in 1831, was the northern and north-western part of the Fourth District. In 1852, it was included in the Seventh (magis- terial) District, which took in Blacksville. In 1863, Bat- telle Township was created, and named for the Rev. Gor- don A. Battelle. In 1873, Battelle Township, by change of designation merely, became the present Battelle District.
The slope of the main portion of the district is to the north and north-east in the direction of its principal streams, Miracle run and other head-waters of Dunkard creek. Big Paw Paw rises in the south-western part of the district. The soil is rich and, with good culture, returns large crops. Wheat is said to average from 8 to 20 bushels per acre ; corn, 30 to 85; oats, 20 to 45; potatoes, 80 to 150. Vege- tables and small fruits do well, but apples are the leading crop of fruit. Plums, pears and cherries are raised. Grass
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HISTORY OF MONONGALIA COUNTY.
yields from 1} to 2} tons per acre. Timothy for meadows and blue grass for pastures do exceedingly well.
The heavy forests of timber which once covered the dis- trict, are mostly cut away. Oak, poplar and chestnut were most abundant, with hickory, walnut, ash, beech and other woods in less quantity. The heavy seam of coal passes under the district, but at what depth remains yet to be ascertained.
In an early day, the buffalo roamed here, and the bear, panther, deer and wild cat were enemies of the early set- tlers as well of the Indian.
INDIAN OCCUPATION.
The Indians occupied the district for hunting purposes, and they left on many a hill and by many a spring and stream indisputable evidences of their presence here, in , broken pieces of pottery, arrow heads, polished stones and mussel shells.
EARLY PIONEERS.
The following are among the pioneer settlers of Battelle District, from 1771 to 1775 :
1771-John March 1773-Alex. Clegg 1773-A. Hornback
1772-Phineas Killem 1773 -- Honsaker 1774-William Thomas
1772-Nicholas Shinn 1773- - Minor 1774 -- Smith
1772-George Shinn 1773-John Merical
INDIAN MURDERS.
Battelle settled up a little later than the other parts of the county, on account of its being nearer than the rest of the county to the Indian villages in Ohio. About 1780, William Thomas was killed by Indians in this district (p. 67). The last Indian raid in the county was into this district, in 1791, and on its western border, it is said, the Handsucker or Honsaker family was murdered (pp. 79-80).
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BATTELLE DISTRICT.
GROWTH OF THE DISTRICT.
Battelle's territory being the last of the county in settling up, lying a long distance from the county-seat, and, like the other parts of the county, depending chiefly on agricul- tural pursuits, for many years it naturally fell behind the other parts of the county. The building of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad almost upon the western border, brought an outlet to market very near to it. If a railway connect- ing with tlie above named railroad, were built through the district to the east, Battelle would make a great stride forward in the increase of her wealth and population.
With 2293 inhabitants in 1880, it was the third district in population ; and is third also in wealth, its assessed valua- tion being $592,496 in 1883.
CIVIL LIST-MAGISTERIAL OFFICERS, 1852-63.
1852.
JUSTICES. 1856.
1860.
James Wise
John Anderson
S. H. Shriver
W. S. Fletcher
Justus Garrard
John A. Wiley
Justus Garrard
Josephus Eakin
P. L. Rice
John Anderson
Philemon Rice
Justus Garrard.
CONSTABLES.
1852.
1856.
1860.
John S. Lemley
Jobn S. Lemley
Frederick Gump
Eugenius Harker
Eugenius Harker
John S. Lemley
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
1863-73.
JUSTICES .*
1863.
1867.
1871.
James Wise
Asbury Hough
William Woodruff
William Haines
William Minor, Sr.
I. C. Wise
CONSTABLES. 6 1867. 1871.
1863.
A. S. Core
A. S. Core
Silas Haught
A. Harker
A. Harker
Isaac Lemley
1865.
1869.
A. S. Core
J. H. Six
Kinsey Garrard
A. Harker
* To fill vacancy : 1865, A. J. Santee.
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SUPERVISORS.
1863-A. D. Haines
1866-S. H. Shriver 1869-James McKoo
1864-J. S. Lemley
1867-A. J. More 1870-S. H. Shriver
1865-S. H. Shriver .
1868-James McKee
1871-E. J. Eddy
INSPECTORS OF ELECTIONS.
1863-Thomas Wise David Lough
1864-J. E. Hi lery
1867-Thomas Wise 1870-A. Phillips
Thomas Wise
R. A. White Michael Shriver
1865-Thomas Wise
1868-Thomas Wise 1871-A. Phillips
J. G. White Joseph G. White
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
1865-Peter Eakin 1867-71-A. B. Tennant
1866-J. S. Lomley
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1868-E. Harker
1866-George Keefover 1870-S. White
1865 -- Wm. Kinney 1869-Geo. Anderson 1871-J. M. John TOWNSHIP TREASURERS.
1863-John McCoil 1865-P. L. Rice 1867-E. J. Eddy
1864-Jesse Stewart 1866-Jos. S. White 1869-J. H. Spragg
DISTRICT OFFICERS, 1873-1884.
JUSTICES.
*1873-P. A. Tennant 1876-Peter A. Tennant 1880-W. O. Hennen
Perry Henneu Silas Haught J. Anderson
*1873-Silas Haught
CONSTABLES. 1876-J. G. Haught 1880-J. G. Haught
Fred Gump S. Barnard S. Russell
PRESIDENTIAL VOTES, 1844-1884.
1844. Polk, 82 Clay, 29 Grant, 118
1852. Pierce, 205 Scott, 58
1872. Greeley, 133 Grant, 146
1856. Buchanan, 268 1876. Tilden, 222
Filmore, 23 Hayes, 149
1864. McClellan, 142
1880. Hancock, 259
Lincoln, 100 · Garfield, 211 ; Weaver, 2
WEST WARREN TOWN.
The only town in the district is West Warren, which is situated north of the center of the district, on the head- waters of Dunkard creek. It is on the Morgantown and
* Elected August 22, 1872, to take office January 1, 1873.
R. A. White
1866-Thomas Wise R. A. White Michael Shriver
1869-Thomas Wise
1863-A. B. Tennant 1864-T. Phillips
1868. Seymour, 16%
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BATTELLE DISTRICT.
Burton pike, about six miles northeast of Burton, a station in Wetzel County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. West Warren consists of a store, post-office (called Wades- town), a church and several houses.
MAIL SERVICE.
A bi-weekly mail runs from Morgantown to Miracle Run post-office, and then by Wadestown post-office (West War- ren) to Burton station in Wetzel County. St. Cloud post- office is in the extreme north-western part of the district; Wise post-office is on Dunkard creek, about three miles south of West Warren. Other post-offices are Cross Roads and Job.
ROADS.
The Dunkard Valley turnpike, generally called the Mor- gantown and Burton pike, runs through the northern part of the district. The Fairmont pike runs from West Warren south, through the district into Clay District, and on into Marion County.
MILLS.
The old Morris mill is below West Warren. It passed into the hands of Shriver and Santee, then to Woodruff, who contemplated putting steam to it. Lewis Fox's mill is on Miracle run," and the Thomas mill is near Job post- office.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.
Parks Methodist Episcopal church is at Miracle run post-office. Another M. E. church is at St. Cloud post- office, and another near West Warren. Highland M. E. church is in the south-western part of the district.
A Baptist church is at West Warren, and another is near
* Miracle run is said to get its name from a man by the name of Maracle or Mericale, an early settler.
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HISTORY OF MONONGALIA COUNTY.
St. Cloud post-office. Liming church belongs to the Dis- ciple or Christian denomination.
SCHOOL ITEMS.
Of the subscription-schools of the early days not anything could be obtained whatever. Nor have our efforts to get information of the schools of later years met with a much larger degree of success. A request made to the custodian of the records of the district, for the enumeration, names of school boards, etc., has elicited no response, and we are compelled to allow these pages to go to press without this data.
The names of the school commissioners of this district, from the beginning of the free-school system up to the year 1872, are subjoined :
1864-S. H. Shriver 1866-John Anderson 1868-Levi Stiles Jacob Wiley J. G. White 1870-J. S. Lemley J. G. White 1867-J.S. Lemley 1871-Levi Stiles 1865-J. G. White 1868-Ami Tennant Michael Barr
The enumeration of Battelle District in 1883, as furnished by County Superintendent Morgan, is as follows: White youth-males, 369; females, 350 : colored youth-males, 8; females, 5. Total youth, 732.
Paw Paw school-house was destroyed by fire on the night of December 17, 1875-" supposed by many to be the work of an incendiary," said Superintendent A. L. Wade in his report for the year 1876. A private house was secured, and the school was again opened one week after the fire. A new school-house was erected before the next school- term, upon the foundation of the former one.
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BATTELLE DISTRICT.
STATISTICS OF BATTELLE DISTRICT.
YEAR.
Horses.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Hogs.
Carriages,
Buggies, etc.
Watches and
Clocks.
Planos and Melodeons.
White Voters
Colo'd Voters
1873
719 1,979
2,813
288
16
335
1
363
1874
862 1,954 3,014
274
15
37
1
393
1875
.........
837
1,774 3,915
301
20
52
2
401
...
1876
810
1,504 3,675
318
16
56
21
413
1877
792
1,616
3,401
450
19
54
2
418
...
1878
779 1,680
4,244
373
27
59
2
442
...
1879
709 2,053 (4,627
333
35
59
8
434
...
1880
703|2,161 |4,617
249
37
59
4
462
...
1881
715|2,181
6,264
334
73
76
8
480
...
1882
706 2,135
6.249
358
196
206
11
462
1
1883
729 2,098 6,365
278
205
51
10
482
...
...
...
...
· A VENERABLE COUPLE .- There is living in Battelle Dis- trict, on Miracle run, five miles from Blacksville, perhaps the oldest married couple in Monongalia County. William Minor, who was born in 1797, married Margaret Lantz in January, 1818. Almost sixty-five years have they been liv- ing together as husband and wife.
· NOTE-Of the efforts which have been made to annex Battelle District to Marion County, reference is made on pp. 101 and 102.
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APPENDIX.
This Appendix contains matter supplemental to that given in the several chapters of this book. The facts herein recorded are such as were obtained after the printing of those portions of the book wherein they would have been inserted, was completed.
CHAP. XII .- INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The "Morgantown Gas and Water Company" was formed, October 19, 1883, for the purpose of supplying the town of Morgantown with gas and water. The incorpora- tors were : Willis J. Hulings, W. J. Young, Seth Hulings, Charles H. Duncan, W. H. Longwell and S. H. Lamberton, of Oil City, Penn .; capital stock, $20,000; shares, $50 each ; certificate filed at Wheeling, November 3, 1883, and re- corded in the county clerk's office of Monongalia County, November 5, 1883.
CHAPTER XVI .- AGRICULTURAL HISTORY.
William E. Watson is the statistical correspondent ap- pointed by the Department of Agriculture for Monongalia. His assistants are Shelby P. Barker, W. F. De Garmo and H. C. Baker. On the 1st of November, 1883, Mr. Watson reported the average crops of the county for 1883, as follows :
Corn, average to the acre, 23 bushels; Irish pototoes, 80; sweet potatoes, 70; hay, 1} tons.
CHAPTER XVIII .- POLITICAL HISTORY.
CENSUS ENUMERATORS .- The names of the men who were appointed to take the Federal census in Monongalia County, in 1880, are as follows :
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APPENDIX.
Battelle District, Dr. A. B. Mason, except sub-districts Nos. 7 and 10, which were taken by J. H. Showalter; Cass, G. C. Cole ; Clay, M. S. Garrison ; Clinton, Joseph H. Powell ; Grant, J. A. Thomp- son ; Morgan, W. W. Houston ; Morgantown, James H. Winger ; Union, J. T. McClaskey.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
Under this heading is given the Congressional districts of which Monongalia has formed a part, and the names of the men who have represented such districts in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, from the adoption of the Federal Constitution until the present time :
1789 TO 1792 .- The first census of the United States was taken in 1790. Until "such enumeration should be made," the Federal Constitution provided (art. 1, sec. 2) that Virginia should have ten members of the House of Representatives. The General Assembly, accordingly, laid off the State into ten districts, the counties of Berkeley, Hampshire, Shenandoah, Hardy, Monongalia, Ohio, Randolph and Frederick constituting the First District.
1792 TO 1802 .- After the first census, and after Congress had fixed the ratio of representation, allotting to Virginia nineteen Repre- sentatives, the General Assembly divided the State into nineteen districts ; and Monongalia, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton, Harri- son, Randolph and Ohio constituted the Third District.
1802 TO 1813 .- The second apportionment was made January 30, 1802, when the State was laid off into twenty-two districts. Monon- galia, Brooke, Ohio, Harrison, Wood and Randolph made up the First District.
1813 TO 1823 .- Virginia's Representatives were increased to twen- ty-three by the census of 1810. Monongalia, Brooke, Ohio and Harrison constituted the First District ; to which were added, Ty- ler (1814), Lewis (1816) and Preston (1818).
1823 TO 1833 .- Fourth apportionment : Monongalia, Brooke, Ohio, Harrison, Tyler and Preston, the Eighteenth District. The State's representation went back to twenty-two members.
1833 TO 1843 .- The fifth apportionment, made in 1833, divided the State into twenty-one districts, Monongalia, Preston, Tyler, Ohio and Brooke constituting the Twenty-first District ; to which were added, Marshall (1835), Marion (1843).
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HISTORY OF MONONGALIA COUNTY.
1843 ro 1852 .- The sixth apportionment was made in 1843, when the State was laid off into fifteen districts. Monongalia, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler, Marion, Randolph and Preston formed the Fifteenth District ; to which were added, that part of Barbour which was taken from Randolph, that part of Taylor which was taken from Marion, that part of Doddridge taken from Tyler, and the counties of Wetzel and Hancock.
For the subsequent apportionments and districts, see pp. 274-5.
TERMS OF SERVICE, NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES.
1789-93 -* Alexander Winite, Berkeley 1793-95-tJoseph Nevilie, Hardy 1795-97-John G. Jackson, Harrison 1797-99-$ James Machir 1799-10-John G. Jackson, Harrison 1810-11-William Mckinley, Ohio 1811-13-THOMAS WILSON, Monongalla 1813-17-John G. Jackson, Harrison 1817-20-James Pindall, Harrison 1820-23-Edward B. Jackson, Harrison 1823-27-Joseph Johnson, Harrison 1827-29-Isaac Leffier, Ohio 1829-32-$Philip Doddridge, Brooke 1833-33-Joseph Johnson, Harrison 1833-35-EDGAR C. WILSON, Monongaila 1835-39-WM. S. MORGAN, Monongaila 1839-45-Lewis Steenrod, Ohio
1845-49-Wililam G. Brown, Preston 1849-31-IThomas S. Haymond, Marion 1851-52- George W. Thompson, Ohio 1852-53-Sherrard Clemens, Ohio 1853-57-Zedekiah Kidweil, Marion 1857-60-Sherrard Clemens, Olio 1861-63-William G. Brown, Preston [West Virginia.] 1863-65-William G. Brown, Preston 1865-67-George R. Latham, Upshur 1867-68-B. M. Kitchen, Berkeley 1868-72-James C. McGrew, Preston 1822-74-J. MARSHALL HAGANS, Monongaiia 1874-76-Chas. Jas. Faulkner, Berkeley 1876-81-Benj. F. Martin, Taylor 1881-83-John Blair Hoge, Berkeley 1883- - William L. Wilson, Jefferson
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