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W. SCOTT NESTER, born in 1851, is of German descent ; he married Mary, daughter of Levi Hill, and his children are: Jacob A., Ledora A., David W., Ida S., Martha A. and James W. He owns 700 acres of land on Hile Run, nine miles from St. George. He is a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith and surgeon.
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JOHN O'DAY, born in Ireland, 1856, and raised in London; married Mary A. Healey, Texas, Md. Children : Andora Alice and Margaret Eliza. By trade he is a boiler-maker, but is keeping a boarding house on the West Virginia Cen- tral and Pittsburgh Railway.
J. S. OTES, living on the railroad near Thomas, was born 1859, and is of German and Irish descent. By trade he is a carpenter.
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ANDREW S. PHILLIPS, born 1857, son of Elijah Phillips; was married in 1875, to Alice S. Nester. Their children are Prissilla, Sarah, Milla, Bedford and Dicy May; owns a farm of 96 acres, with 35 acres improved; lives 10 miles from St. George, on Indian Fork of Clover.
WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS, born 1852, son of J. W. S. Phillips ; married in 1870 to Sarah M., daughter of Jacob J. Nester; 30
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children : Mathew B., Arnold W., Jacob J., Bertha J., J. Elwood and baby; is a farmer owning 110 acres, with 50 acres improved. He lives 8 miles from St. George, on Clover.
ELIJAH PHILLIPS, son of Isaac Phillips, born 1821, in Barbour County. At the age of 20 he married Louisa H., daughter of John Valentine. Their children are, Isaac J., Absalom, Almarine, John W., Jane, Andrews, Sylvenas and John. He has been a prominent man in the county since its formation. He came to Tucker in 1830, and has since been a farmer and merchant. He owns 212 acres of land 100 acres of which is improved. He lives on Brushy Fork, 10 miles from St. George.
SYLVENAS PHILLIPS, son of Elijah Phillips; born 1859, and married in 1880 to Mary J., daughter of R. T. Griffith. Children : Florida, Cora May and Bertha. By occupation he is a farmer and owns 162 acres of land, 50 acres of which is improved. He lives 10 miles from St. George.
JAMES R. PHILLIPS, son of Eli Phillips, born 1835, in Barbour County, of English descent; married in 1859 to Ellen, daughter of William Phillips. Children : Angerretta, Franklin, Letcher, Truman and Cora. His wife died in 1871, and in 1872 he married Abagail, daughter of Waldo J. Bennett, of Barbour County. He is a farmer of 41 acres of land, with 30 acres improved; been in Tucker County · since 1883. His second family of children are Burnetta, Robert D., Emerson, Roxa N., Hider M. and Dora A .; lives six miles from St. George, on Texas Mountain.
ISRAEL PHILLIPS, son of John J. Phillips, born 1816, in Bar- bour County, of French and German descent; married in 1837 to Sarah, daughter of Moses Kittle. Elihu Phillips
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is their son. He is a farmer of 200 acres, with 70 acres im- proved ; lives 7 miles from St. George, on Texas Mountain ; was justice of the peace 4 years, sheriff 4 years, and has been a member of the board of education.
ELIHU PHILLIPS, born 1838, married in 1858 to Martha Yoakam; lives on a farm 7 miles west of St. George; was postmaster for 30 years, and held the office of secretary of the board of education. Children: Salina E., Mary A., Nancy E., Rachel A., Eliza O. and Sarah J.
ARNOLD PHILLIPS, son of J. W. S. Phillips, of English de- scent, was married to Emily A. Yoakam. His farm of 131 acres, 60 of which is improved, is 9 miles from St. George, on Brushy Fork. Children : John L., Virginia, Jehu, Irwin, Coleman B., Idela and Stella J.
JOHN L. PHILLIPS, son of Arnold Phillips, was born in 1863; owns 39 acres of land, 15 improved, 9 miles from St. George; is a school teacher, on a No. 2 certificate, having taught schools Nos. 4, 5 and 7, Clover District.
ISAAC POLING was born in 1860; married, 1883, to Rena M., daughter of H. W. Shahan ; he is a farmer and lives on Licking, 8 miles from St. George.
J. M. PITZER, son of J. M. Pitzer, was born 1853 in Bar- bour County ; married, in 1883, to Margaret C., daughter of Joseph Martin ; lives 7 miles from St. George, on Licking. He has but one child, Lodema.
WILLIAM PLUM, born 1848 in Preston County, of English descent; married, in 1871, to Saralı A., daughter of Martin S. Stemple; he is a farmer, blacksmith and carpenter; his farm of 137 acres is one-fifth improved; lives 10 miles from St. George on Long Run. Children : Martha A., Tabitha E. and Harry M. He has been in Tucker since 1878.
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D. S. PIFER, son of Andrew Pifer, of German descent, was born in 1855; married in 1875 to Sarah, daughter of Jacob Shafer. In 1878 his wife died, and the next year he mar- ried Mattie, daughter of Joshua Shahan, of Preston County. His farm is on Texas Mountain, 5 miles from St. George, and contains 68 acres, 50 of which is improved. Children : Verna and Claudius.
COURTLAND PHILLIPS, son of Jehorah Phillips, of Barbour County, was born in 1842, and married in 1869 to Manda, daughter of Simeon Harris. His children are, Loretta H., Gilbert L., Malissa O., Ginnie D., Ira E, and Icson J .; his farm of 100 acres, with 15 acres improved, is 12 miles from St. George, on Haddix. He did four years of service in the Confederate army, under Edward Johnson, Stonewall Jackson and General Early. He was at Winchester at the time of Banks' defeat, was in the battles of Cold Harbor, Gettysburg (where he was wounded), was captured and sent as a prisoner to David's Island, N. Y .; was sent home on parole and exchanged. He was also in the fight at Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville, Fredericksburg, Bull Run, German- town and Strasburg. He was twice a prisoner, and suffered 8 months imprisonment at Point Lookout, Md.
WESLEY PHILLIPS, son of Elijah Phillips, born 1850; mar- ried in 1869 to Lucinda Yoakam; is a farmer of 79 acres, 35 improved, 10 miles from St. George on Clover. Children : John M. R., Elijah, Mary Ann, Uriah and Eliza.
ISAAC PHILLIPS, brother to Wesley, and 8 years older, and married 7 years sooner to Melvina, daughter of Samuel Stal- naker, lives on Clover, 10 miles from St. George, on a farm of 145 acres, 40 acres improved. Children : Truman A., Luisa Belle, Marietta, Sylvester, Almarine and Savilla.
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MARION PHILLIPS, son of Moses Phillips, was born 1852, and married at the age of 20 to Martha A., daughter of John Jones. He lives 4 miles from St. George, on Clover, and has 25 acres of cleared land, and 50 acres of woods. He was constable 8 years. Children : Eunice L., Tasy C., Henrietta, Joy D. and Zalma.
ABSALOM PHILLIPS, Elijah's son, was born in 1844; mar- ried in 1868 to Louisa M., daughter of William Jefferies ; farmer of 70 acres, 25 acres improved, on Clover, 10 miles from St. George ; also in the mercantile business. Melissa is his only child.
ALBERT G. PHILLIPS was born in Barbour County in 1841; married in 1865 to Almarine, daughter of Elijah Phillips. Children : Elijah, Jerome, Celia, Dama and Martha J .; farmer of 102 acres, 30 acres improved, 7 miles from St. George, on Clover. He was in the Confederate army, and passed through a number of battles unhurt, although his clothes were cut seven times by bullets. He was with Garnett at Corrick's Ford, and was in the battle of Gettys- burg and on James River.
HAMILTON POLING, son of Samuel Poling, was born in 1840; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Ramsey, of Barbour County, 7 miles from St. George; is a farmer of 100 acres, with 20 of it in shape for farming. He has been in the county since 1882. Children : Phillip, Martha, John W., Samuel E., Sarah F. and Margaret J.
SALATHIEL PHILLIPS, son of Jacob P., of Barbour County, was born in 1831, married in 1854, to Anice, daughter of Eli Phillips. In 1864 his wife died, and the next year he married Elizabeth J. Hewit. Ten acres of his farm of 73 acres is under cultivation, and is 7 miles from St. George,
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on Clover Run. He came to Tucker when 3 years of age. Children : Mary C., Loretta J., Savilla R., Emily M., James A., Robert E. and Margaret O.
ROBERT PHILLIPS, son of Jacob Phillips, was born in 1826, of German descent. In 1847 he married Malissa, daughter, of John Valentine, of Barbour County ; lives 6 miles from St. George on Clover. His farm of 50 acres contains 47 acres of wild land. He has been road surveyor 20 years, member board of education 18 years. He killed a bear when he was only 12 years old, by shooting it in the throat; has killed more than 200 deer. He was Captain of militia before the war. Their children are, Anna, Mette C., Malinda J. and John Riley.
MOSES PHILLIPS, son of Isaac Phillips, was born in Bar- bour County, January 19, 1830. When he was 16 he came to Tucker, and lived in a house that had no floor, door, chimney or window. A log was cut off, and the family crept in at this hole. In 1851 he married Lamira, daughter of William Phillips. Children : Marion J., Bede, Catharine, Barbara M., Columbia J., Melvina, Laura E., Abraham F., Adaline and M. C. Bernard. He owns a farm of 100 acres, 60 is cleared land, 5 miles from St. George, on Texas Moun- tain. He was eight years justice of the peace. During the war his sympathies leaned toward the South, and in McChes- ney's raid, Phillips was one of the fifty infantry that followed toward Hannahsville, but who did not arrive in time to take part in the fight. He saw the battle of Corrick's Ford, but was not in it .*
ISAAC PHILLIPS was born 1804 in Barbour County, was a son of Joseph Phillips, and was of English and Dutch de-
*See previous chapters of this book for other matters relating to Moses Phillips.
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scent. He came to Tucker in 1836, and was the first settler in Clover District. He was in the Corrick's Ford battle, and saw the whole affair. It was his opinion that many Union men were killed. He is one of the oldest citizens of the county, and one of the pioneers. His children are: Elijah, Enoch, Diana, Christina, Moses, Barbara, Aaron, George W., Samuel H., John and Eliza Jane.
P. J. PHILLIPS, son of Jackson Phillips, was born 1853, married 1875 to Malinda J., daughter of Robert Phillips. He is a farmer with 10 acres of cleared land on a farm of 62 acres, 10 miles from St. George, on Clover. His children are Nily M., Adaline F., Charles J., and Alba J.
LEONARD PHILLIPS, son of John W. S. Phillips, born 1845, in Barbour County ; married 1865 to Hannah J., daughter of John Jones. Children : Lavina Ann, John Jones W. S., Mary E., Richard C., Martha A., James M. and Thomas W. H .; lives on Brushy Fork, 9 miles from St. George, on a farm of 54 acres, with 20 acres improved. He has been road sur- veyor, overseer of the poor and president of the board of education. He served two years in the Confederate army, under Imboden, Fitz Hugh Lee, Jackson and others. He was in the battle of Gettysburg and Williamsport. At Wil- liamsport his regiment suffered terribly. Of 1100 who went into the fight, only 250 could be found able to bear arms when the battle was over. Phillips became separated from his men, and a company of cavalry charged on him. He flung himself in a fence corner and opened fire on the ap- proaching enemy, who fired in return, knocking thousands of splinters from the rails all about him. He fired eight times, and held them in check until reinforcements came to his rescue. At Gettysburg he was in the hottest fight, and
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saw 600 wagons hauling wounded men to the rear. He was with Imboden in some of his most daring raids. In theone down Gauley River, Phillips went six days with only one meal, and that scanty. It rained on them at night, and Phil- lips lay on low ground with his blanket over him. So fatigued was he that he did not awaken until the water was nearly over him. Then he got up and sat on a log till morn- ing. In the war he never shrunk from an undertaking, no matter how hard or dangerous.
MAGARGA PARSONS, son of Thomas S. Parsons, born 1858, married 1883 to Florence E., daughter of Hu P. Collet ; lives on a farm 11 miles from St. George, on Black Fork ; his farm contains 95 acres, of which 15 acres is improved. He is overseer of poor.
ADONIJAH PHILLIPS, born 1829, in Barbour County ; mar- ried 1849 to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Phillips; lives on a farm 12 miles up the river from St. George. Children : Mary, Samuel E., Minerva, Catherine, Thomas J. and Amanda.
NATHANIEL PENNINGTON was born 1829 in Pendleton County, of English descent ; married 1861 to Susan, daughter of Solomon Carr; farmer of 200 acres, 50 acres improved ; lives 14 miles from St. George on Red Run ; belonged to the Home Guards during the war. Children : Solomon, John, Nathaniel J., Esau, Adam, Robert H., E. Elizabeth, Catharine and Martin.
JOHN PENNINGTON, son of Nathaniel Pennington, was born in 1860, was married in 1878 to Mary H., daughter of D. S. Hern, of Greenbrier County. Children : Samuel S. and Lnella.
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SOLOMON J. PENNINGTON, brother to John, born 1856, married Phœbe C. Hartley, of Pendleton County, lives on a farm 19 miles from St. George, on Dry Fork. Children : Oliver, Zella, Mary and Martha.
HIRAM PHILLIPS was born in 1826, in Barbour, son of William Phillips ; lives on a farm of 165 acres, with 60 acres improved, on Black Fork, 7 miles from St. George ; been in the county since 1849, and has caught two bears. In 1849, he married Mary, daughter of Sarah Sargent, of Preston County. Children : Sarah M., Susan E., William L., Henry G., James A., Harriett, Draper C., Teretha, Anna F., Walter C., Ida J. and Haymond H .; he works in the cooper business to some entent.
SAMUEL L. PHILLIPS, son of Adonijah Phillips, was born 1852; married 1877 to Minerva Weese, of Randolph. He is a farmer, living on rented land, 5 miles from St. George, on Wolf Run. Children : Floyd, Plumber B., William Cayton Democrat and Olive B.
A. J. PASE was born in 1863, in Pennsylvania ; been in Tucker since 1879; son of Jacob Pase, lives at Thomas, 15 miles from St. George; he is a laborer.
S. T. PURKEY was born in 1848 in Barbour County, son of L. A. Purkey, of German descent. Children : Frank, Charles, Samuel Tilden and Lulu B. In 1871 he married Sarah C. Ash; he was formerly a shoemaker, but is now a farmer, living 6 miles from St. George, on Location Ridge, where he owns 185 acres of land, of which 35 acres is under cultivation; lived ten years in St. George ; was ap- pointed and then elected constable, was member of the board of education, road surveyor and overseer of the poor, and deputy sheriff under A. C. Minear. In his
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younger days he was passionately fond of driving cattle, and in that occupation traveled over a large portion of the State.
S. J. PARSONS was born in 1848, in the Horse Shoe, is a son of James W. Parsons, of English descent. In 1869 he married Emma Parsons, daughter of Squire Job Parsons. Children : Prentis M., Hattie, Arthur Wilbur and Marvin ; is a farmer, living one-half mile east of St. George, and has 100 acres of land well improved, and 300 not so well culti- vated. He was one of the best hunters in the county, while lie followed the sport. He, C. L. and S. E. Parsons, killed 31 deer in the fall of 1870.
He met with an accident while hunting, and which came near ending fatally. He, with C. L. Parsons, was hunting on the bluff near Sims' Bottom, and he accidently fell over a cliff; fell 85 feet at two falls, on sharp rocks, and then rolled 200 feet further into the river. He was uncon- scious from the first and has no recollection of the occurrence.
C. L. PARSONS, was born in 1841; married in 1877 to Sadie, . daughter of J. M. Jenkins. Children : Boyd M., Bertie R. and Delton. He is a farmer, living 3 miles from St. George, on Jonathan Run, on a farm of 160 acres, of which 70 acres is improved. He lost his left arm in 1874, in a threshing machine. He was one of S. J. Parsons' comrades the fall that 31 deer were killed. He was with him when he fell over the cliff, and he saved him from drowning.
JOSEPH PARSONS, son of William R. Parsons, and owner of the old Horse Shoe Farm, was born in 1842 and married in 1872 to Margaret J., daughter of Adam H. Long. Children : William R., Florence M., Minnie and Bascom. Mr. Parsons
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is one of the most extensive farmers in the county. He has 500 acres under improvement, and nearly that much unim- proved; lives in the Horse Shoe, three miles from St. George. He attended the West Virginia University 8 months, was county superintendent one term and county surveyor two terms. During the war he was taken prisoner by Kelly and carried to Wheeling, but was soon liberated. He was a school teacher in his younger days.
I. C. POLING was born in 1850 in Barbour County, son of Israel Poling, of English, Irish and German descent ; married in 1870 to Anna, daughter of Robert Phillips. Children : Fannie B., John W., Ida M. and Laura Etta ; is a farmer, owning 63 acres, 7 acres improved, 6 miles from St. George, on Clover Run. He has been in Tucker since 1868.
HENRY G. PHILLIPS, son of Hiram Phillips, was born in 1855, married in 1881 to Winnie A. Somerfield, of Randolph County. Children : Granville T. and Hiram J. He lives 10 miles from St. George, on Black Fork.
WILLIAM R. PHARES, was born in 1854, son of J. W. Phares, of Randolph County, of Irish and German descent ; married in 1878 to Phobe F., daughter of Solomon Ferguson. Chil- dren : William H., John F. and Mary J .; farmer of 150 acres, 30 acres improved, on Clover Run, 8 miles from St. George. He has been in Tucker since 1881.
LEVI H. PASE, of Pennsylvania, was born in 1857, son of Jacob Pase, of German descent; married, 1883, to Lizzie, daughter of Joseph Miller ; he has one child, William H., and lives at Thomas.
GEORGE W. PASE, son of Jacob Pase, of Pennsylvania, born, 1856; married, 1881, to Margaret Mullenax ; he lives
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at Thomas, and is a laborer in the mines and on the rail- road. Their child's name is Maud.
FRANK PIFER, son of Andrew Pifer, was born 1852. He is of German descent, and is a mechanic and farmer; spent several years in the city of Parkersburg, and in 1880 went West to Kansas City and stayed a few days. He has trav- eled to a considerable extent over the States east of the Missouri River.
A. B. PARSONS,* son of W. W. Parsons, born 1844, of English descent; married Rachael, daughter of W. R. Parsons. In his early life he followed farming, then school teaching and then the profession of the law. He has been school commissioner, secretary of the board of education, county surveyor and prosecuting attorney ; was a mem- ber of the St. George town council, and held other small offices ; was elected prosecuting attorney in 1876. In 1882 he was elected to represent Tucker and Randolph in the legislature. He is a Democrat, and is a prominent leader of the factional politics of his county. He owns property in different parts of the county, and has valuable. lots and houses in St. George, where he resides.
S. E. PHILLIPS, born 1860, son of J. U. S. Phillips, of English descent ; married, 1878, to Mary E., daughter of Wesley Channel ; is a farmer, owning 47 acres of land. Children : Hattie M., Risse, Zona Jane, and James Elliott.
S. E. PARSONS, son of J. W. Parsons, was born 1838 in the Horse Shoe where he now resides, near the site of the old stockade fort of Indian times. He is a descendent of the Parsonses who first came to the Horse Shoe. Capt. James
* See Ilistory of the St. George Bar, in this book, for further notice of Mr. Parsons.
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Parsons, the ancestor of one branch of the family, was mar- ried several times. The last marriage was when he was near 80 years of age. Dr. Solomon Parsons was a son of James Parsons by this last marriage. Dr. Solomon was the grandfather of S. E. Parsons.
S. E. Parsons was married 1864 to Adaline Parsons. His children are : Etta Irene, Edgar J., and James M. He is a farmer and stockman. His Horse Shoe farm is the oldest and one of the very finest in the county. Part of it has been under cultivation over one hundred years. It contains 174 acres, of which 150 acres is highly improved. His resi- dence stands on an elevation overlooking the river bottoms on three sides, and on the fourth side, half mile away, rises the high ridge, called Sims' Mountain. The spot is one of great beauty. The Horse Shoe is seen in all its greeness in the summer time, and fine farms extend on every side. Besides his Horse Shoe farm, he has nearly 4000 acres of land, some wild and some improved, in different parts of the county. He has always been a man of influence in the county, having been justice 7 years, commissioner of schools several years, president of the county court four years, and held other offices of trust and profit. In the war he was a supporter of the Union cause. The men who came with McChesney, took him prisoner as they returned, after Mc- Chesney had been killed. They took him to Rich Mountain, and when Garnett retreated, he carried Parsons along, hav- ing tied him and William Hebb together. The night that the army passed up Hog Back, Parsons untied himself and leaped over a bank to escape. Several shots were dis- charged at him, but he escaped. He belonged to no military organization during the war. He lives three miles from St. George.
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C. S. PARSONS, brother of A. B. Parsons, of St. George, was born in 1845, and married in 1876 to Sarah R. Miller, daughter of David Miller. Children : Leland W. and Hester A. He is a farmer and lives four miles from St. George, on a farm of 67 acres, with 40 acres improved.
JESSE PARSONS, son of W. R. Parsons, was born in 1825, and in 1847 married Catharine, daughter of Solomon Par- sons. Children : William L., Mary Samantha, Eliza, George T. and Melvin W .; is a farmer and owns 532 acres of land, with 80 acres improved, four miles above St. George, in the lower part of the Holly Meadows; he was the first sheriff of Tucker County, having been elected twice in the same year to that office. In the war he was southern in his inclina- tions, and he was taken prisoner by Nathaniel Lambert and was carried to Wheeling on some pretended charge. After he had lain in jail one day, he was sent home, to be again arrested by Frank Purinton. This time he was taken to Clarksburg, and had to lie in jail five days.
JOB PARSONS is a son of Solomon Parsons, and was born in 1820. In 1841 he married Jemima Ward, daughter of Adonijah Ward; his wife died in 1853 and he married Eunice J., daughter of James Long, in 1872. Children : Analiza, Martha Jane, Solomon A., James W., Mary Jemima, Alice, Ward and Perry. He lives in the Holly Meadows, 6 miles from St. George, where he owns 700 acres of land, of which 160 acres is under cultivation. He has been a county officer and held office in Randolph before the formation of Tucker ; he says that quite a num- ber of wounded Union soldiers were in Washington Par- sons' house after the battle of Corrick's Ford, which goes to substantiate the belief that their loss was greater than their account makes it.
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WARD PARSONS, born 1827, son of Solomon Parsons, was married 1848 to Sarah H., daughter of William R. Par- sons. Children : Lloyd, Burnitte, Carrie, Elizabeth and Lemuel W. He is a farmer, living on Shafer's Fork, 8 miles from. St. George. His farm of 1000 acres has 375 acres im- proved. His personal property was all destroyed by Yan- kees during the war, and 100 of Latham's men tried to cap- ture him, shooting at him, and the balls throwing sand over him. He was elected sheriff in 1876.
GEORGE M. PARSONS, son of Isaac Parsons, was born in 1800. When he was 21 years of age he walked to Ohio with William Losh, Nicholas Parsons and Daniel Du- mire .* He crossed the Ohio at Sistersville. He remained 6 months, got the ague and came back. He went again, on horseback, in 1844. He owns 1600 acres of land, with 400 acres improved. He lives at the mouth of Coburn Run, 5 miles from St. George. He and N. M. Parsons are in partnership.
JAMES D. PROPST, son of W. H. Propst, born 1852 in Green- brier County, of English and German descent; married 1875 to Eliza A., daughter of Thomas J. Bright. He owns 50 acres of land, half improved, 14 miles above St. George. Children : Austin H., and Rosa Dell.
THOMAS PARSONS, born 1834, died 1873, son of James Par- sons. His farm of 330 acres was in the Holly Meadows, 5 miles from St. George. Children: Signora D., Magarga, Isabel, Cyrus Haymond, Rufus Maxwell, Irona Jane and Rebecca E.
JAMES R. PARSONS, born 1814, 4 miles from St. George ; married 1837 to Mahala, daughter of Joshua Mason. Chil-
* See another chapter of this book.
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dren : Cornelius, Susana, Marsilla, Nancy, Luther, Joshua, Thomas, Robert, Harriet and Emily. He is a farmer living 14 miles from St. George on Shafer's Fork. He owns 345 acres of land, of which 150 acres is improved. While Tucker belonged to Randolph he was justice four years and consta- ble eleven years.
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