History of West Virginia old and new, Volume 2, Part 109

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EDWARD COOEY is manager of the Benwood Branch of 1. Covey-Bentz Company, one of the largest furniture uses in the Upper Ohio Valley. Mr. Cooey is a son of . R. Coocy, president and one of the founders of this isiness. He is one of Wheeling's prominent young busi- iss men, and has manifested many admirable qualities e a public-spirited citizen, ever ready to enlist his time and iluence in behalf of every worthy cause.

Edward Coocy acquired a public-school education at "heeling, where he was born November 7, ISSS, attended 13 Wheeling Business College, and had some experience ad training in several positions. Beginning in 1905 he .. 9 for six years connected with the Art Tile China & intel Company, of Wheeling. He has been with the oey-Bentz Company since 1911, and on the first of igust of that year was appointed manager of the Ben- od branch. He is also a director of the company and a director of the Bank of Benwood. Mr. Covey is a mocrat, a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of heeling, Nelson Lodge No. 30, F. and A. M., Wheeling tapter No. 1, R. A. M., Osiris Temple of the Mystic .rine, Wheeling Lodge No. 28, Benevolent and Protective eder of Elks, and Evening Star Lodge No. 18, Knights Pythias, at Benwood.

December 6, 1911, at Wheeling, he married Miss Myrtle arnock, daughter of Walter and Matilda (Bellville) Marnock, residents of Wheeling. Her father is a carriage inter by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Cooey have one son, Iward William, born October 16, 1914. Mr. Cooey is a sident of Benwood.

Throughout the period of the World war he put patriotic ty first and business second, and in fact largely neglected 3 business in order to discharge his responsibilities as a ider in the various campaigns. He was president of the onwood Chapter of the American Red Cross. Ile was pasurer for all the war funds collected at Benwood, was airman of the five Liberty and Victory Loan drives. le of these drives exceeded the quota by 500 per ceut, id Benwood never failed to surpass her quota in every ive. He was also chairman of the War Savings Stamps immittee of Benwood. During the influenza epidemic he as head of the Emergency Hospital at Benwood.

HENRY DICKINSON CAUSEY, M. D., has gained inviolable ace as one of the able and successful representatives of s profession in Marion County, where he is established in actice at Fairmont, the county seat. He was born at ilford, Delaware, October 14, 1881, and is a son of ter Foster and Jane (Dickinson) Causey. Peter F. lusey likewise was a native of Milford, where he was rn in February, 1841. He was a son of Hon. Peter oster Causey, and Anna (Richard) Causey, and that his ther was one of the honored and influential citizens of elaware needs no further voucher than the statement that served as governor of that state from 1858 to 1866, his Iministration having covered the climacteric period of e Civil war. For a number of years Peter F. Causey, Jr., ther of the doctor, served ae United States federal in- rnal-revenue inspector, and his death occurred in 1911, s wife having passed away in 1909. Mrs. Causey was rn at Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 1841, a daughter of enry and Francis (Hunter) Dickinson, natives respec- vely of Tennessee and North Carolina, the latter having en a daughter of General Hunter, a gallant officer in the .triot army in the War of the Revolution.

In 1899 Dr. Causey was graduated in the high school Milford, Delaware, and for three years thereafter he was student in Wilmington Military Academy. When that

school closed he found employment in his nativo city, and three years later he entered the medical department of the University of Maryland, in which he was graduated in 1911, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Ile served as a hospital interne for nine months thereafter, and then took effectivo post-graduate work at the great Rockefeller Institute and the New York Post-Graduate Medical Col- lege. Thereafter he was engaged in the active practice of his profession until the nation entered the World war, when he promptly subordinated all personal interests to enter service in the medical corps of the United States Army, his commission as captain having been received June 10, 1918. On the first of the following September lic was assigned to duty at Camp Lec, Virginia, where he remained until November 10, when he was assigned to oversens service and sent to Newport News for embarkation. The signing of the historic armistice caused revocation of the sailing order, and on the 4th of February, 1919, the doctor was granted his honorable discharge. Ile then returned to New York for further post-graduate work, but in the same year he came to Fairmont, where he has since been engaged in successful practice. He is retained as mine surgeon for the Consolidation Coal Company, the Virginia & Pitts- burgh Coal Company, the Arkwright Coal Company and the Hudson Coal Company. In his profession Doctor Causey specializes in traumatic surgery. He is a member of the Marion County and the West Virginia State Medical so- cieties, American Medical Association and the Association of Baltimore & Ohio Railway Surgeons. He has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite of the Masonic fraternity, and is affiliated with the Mystic Shrine, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Maryland Lodge Knights of Pythias, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a loyal and progressive member of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce.

August 28, 1912, recorded the marriage of Doctor Causey to Miss Ethel Wyman Wyaetnan, who was born in Vir- ginia, in 1883, a daughter of Charles and May (Carrow]) Wyaetnan, natives respectively of Virginia and Maryland. Doctor and Mrs. Causey are earnest communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. They have one child, Vir- ginia Tyler, born May 21, 1913.

EDMUND D. JUDY. The impression seems well founded that among the sturdy upbuilders of the region comprised by Grant County such accessories as ancestors or family traditions count for little as a community asset. There is something about the conformation of the country that makes an individual desire to rely upon himself, to develop his latent forces and to relegate to a respectful distance the deeds of his forefathers, which might overshadow or inter- fere with the workings of his own individual destiny. Nev- ertheless, no class of men are more appreciative of credit- able forefathers or more ready to do honor to the qualitics which brought them to the front in the times in which they lived. An instance at hand is Edmund D. Judy, of Peters- burg, a man of wide experience and pronounced usefulness, an intelligent, wide-awake factor in the life of his com- munity, and one of the most successful farmers and stock- raisers in Grant County.

Mr. Judy belongs to one of the ancient and honorable families of this section of West Virginia, the history nf which as residents of what is now Pendleton County dates back several generations. Ile was born near Fort Seybert, Pendleton County, February 10, 1870, a son of Manassah Judy, who was a stockman and farmer on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River for some years. but later changed his residence to the country near Peters- burg. There he secured possession by purchase of the Cunningham farm, a mile and one-half east of the town, where his death occurred. Manassah Judy was born March 24, 1821, in what was then Hardy County, Virginia, but a part of which is now Grant County, West Virginia. While his educational advantages were confined to the rudiments of the "three R's," he learned to read, write and cipher acceptably and his inherent business qualities, which could not have been learned from a book, were such that he was able to carry on his enterprises in an entirely successful

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way. While he raised a number of products on his farm, his chief business was that of a stockman, and in that field of endeavor he became well and favorably known. He died in 1886, when his community lost a good. citizen and one who had always been a supporter of education, re- ligion and good citizenship. lle was a democrat in politics, but not an office seeker, although he was ever ready to ac- cept and discharge any responsibility. Mr. Judy was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Dyer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dyer. Mrs. Judy, who was born April 22, 1833, survived her husband a number of years, dying in 1910. She and her husband were the parents of the following children: Mary Virginia, the wife of Andrew Trumbo, of Bedford County, Virginia; William Andrew, of Petersburg, one of the successful farmers of Pendleton County for many years; Henry Seymour, of Petersburg; George Franklin, who died near Petersburg, in Grant County, leaving a family by his wife, who was formerly Mattie Sites; Josephine Margaret, who married John Koler and died at Monterey, Virginia; Rebecca Lee, who married Jared Hiner, of Doehill, Virginia; Edmund Dyer, of this review; and Manassah Parron, of Brunswick, Indiana.

Like his father, Edmund Dyer Judy had only a limited schooling, which was of a very common kind. In later years, however, he has made use of his powers of observation and these, with much reading, have given him an education of a practical nature. He never had a desire to leave the parental roof in his youth, accompanying his parents from Pendleton County to the vicinity of Petersburg when he was a youth of fifteen years, and here settling down to the business of assisting his father in the daily duties of the home place. Under the excellent teaching of the elder man he learned the stock business thoroughly, from every view- point and angle, from the bottom to the top. When he was ready to begin operations for himself, therefore, he was fully prepared to make the most of his efforts. His early independent ventures were conducted on the parental estate, and there he continued to make his home during all the time that he was active as a farmer. These operations he continued to personally supervise until the year 1913, at which time he built a home and moved to Petersburg, where he has since resided. However, he still owns his property in the country, where he is identified with the stock business, winteriug, feeding and fattening heavy cat- tle, which he sells to shippers in the Baltimore market, and his light cattle he sells locally over a wide territory to lo- cal butchers for home consumption. His property comprises more than 2,000 acres, and may be called an all-purpose farm, with 200 acres under cultivation. He has installed the latest improvements, has erected modern buildings, con- duets all his operations along modern lines, and in addi- tion to being a stock raiser, grows all kinds of grain, con- duets a dairy and operates all other departments of farm work. His reputation in business circles is an excellent one, and his word has been said to be fully as good as a bond. Mr. Judy has had no active part in community matters in a business way, his time for the most part be- ing devoted to his personal affairs. However, he shows the interest maintained by every good citizen in the welfare of his community, and is a co-operator in worthy movements. He has never held nor aspired to office, and in political matters is inclined to act independently in local affairs, al- though nationally he supports the democratic ticket. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church and he has no fraternal affiliations. Physically Mr. Judy is a man weighing 225 pounds, being a trifle larger than the members of his family usually are.

Near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, May 15, 1900, Mr. Judy was united in marriage with Miss Wiltie M. Huffman, who was born in Rockingham County, a daugh- ter of Elijah and Susan (Bowman) Huffman, and the ninth in a family of ten children. No children have come to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Judy. They lent their sincere aid in the World war movements, purchasing bonds and con- tributing to the Red Cross drives and other enterprises. Their home at Petersburg is one of the conspicuous resi- dences of the county seat, containing eight rooms, gener- ous in proportions and well-appointed in equipment, an

ideal place for spending years of retirement hy those v) have labored hard and well.

GLENN J. MOOMAU. Among the energetic public (. cials of Pendleton County, one who has established especially creditable record for efficient and conscienti performance of duty is Glenn J. Moomau, tax assess! The incumbent of this office since 1916, he has evidend a painstaking desire to discharge faithfully the resp sibilities that have devolved upon him, and that his am. tion has been realized is evidenced by the esteem al confidence in which he is held by those who recogn) and appreciate capability in public positions.

Mr. Moomau was born April 12, 1884, in Pendlen County, and is a son of Dr. Fred and Etta (Johnsc Moomau, and a representative of a family founded a settled here among the early pioneers of the region. ] great-grandfather, Frederick Moomau, was of French st and in his youth learned the trade of hatter, which followed for a number of years at Franklin, where deatlı occurred July 5, 1845. He married Catherine Jo! son, and they became the parents of five sons and th daughters: John Bean, Mary J., Caroline H., Jacob George W., Catherine J., Samuel J. and Dr. James P.

John Bean Moomau, the grandfather of Glenn J., v born in Pendleton County, May 1, 1821, and died Ju 24, 1864. He was educated at the Virginia Military : stitute, and at the beginning of the war between 1 states organized a company at Franklin which enter the Confederate service. Early in the struggle betwe the North and the South he was taken a prisoner, a while he was later released by exchange he never ov came the disease contracted in the army, and died Staunton, Virginia. Ile had been a lawyer by professi practicing at Franklin until he enlisted and gave his i for the Lost Cause. Mr. Mooman married Hannah Di a daughter of John Dice. The eight children born Mr. and Mrs. Mooman were: Jacob Dice; Bean; Scot John; Fred, the father of Glenn J .; Catherine, who marri L. A. Orndorff, of Woodstock, Virginia; Bettie, who m. ried Mr. Wisman, of South Carolina and passed her 1: in the Palmetto State; and Mary, who married Milt Swink and died at Murat, Virginia.

Dr. Fred Moomau, the father of Glenn J., was bo at Franklin, April 27, 1858, and spent practically ] entire life at that place. Ilis literary education car from the public schools, and after he had engaged in teac ing school for several years he took up the study of mer cine at the University of Maryland and the Universi of New York, from which latter institution he was grad ated in 1881. He then entered upon the practice of I profession at Franklin, where he ministered to ailing } manity for many years with great success, became o of the most beloved physicians of his county, and die honored and respected, May 21, 1915. He was one the church-builders at Franklin, and for many years w a member of the Board of Stewards of the Method: Episcopal Church, South. In national matters he cast l ballot in favor of the candidates of the democratic part but in local matters was inclined to be independent. Doct Moomau married Miss Etta Johnson, who was born a farm near Franklin, January 3, 1861, a daughter Jacob F. and Clara B. (Maupin) Johnson. Mr. and M) Johnson had nine children, all of whom reached matu years: James W., who was afflicted with blindness fro birth, but gained an excellent education and taught the schools of Pendleton and adjoining counties for half a century; Howard H., who was also blind, and ove came his infirmity, being one of the founders of the De: and Blind Institution at Romney, West Virginia, in whi he was a teacher for many years; Sue, who married Osc: Dyer, and after his death, Mr. Hobb, and is now a res dent of Raton, New Mexico; Catherine, who is the wi of J. T. McMullen, and resides at Barstow, California Charles, of Jamesport, Missouri; Delius O., of Phoeni Arizona; Etta, who became the wife of Doctor Moomal Patrick Henry, assistant district attorney of Los Angele California; and Arthur, of Ray Arizona. To Doctor ar

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s. Moomau there were born the following children: enn Johnson, of this review; and Miss Lynn, a resident Franklin.

Glenn Johnson Moomau acquired his primary education the graded and high schools of Franklin, following ich he pursued a course at the Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal, Virginia, where he spent a year. He then ered West Virginia University, at Morgantown, where toek the agricultural course, and in 1906 graduated om that institution with the degree of Bachelor of grieulture. When he left the university Mr. Moomau plied bimself to scientific agriculture, and ten years ntinueusly was identified with the work of farmers' ititutes, lecturing and demonstrating, particularly in the I'd of animal husbandry. In the meantime he continued I carry en his own farming enterprise near Franklin, tere the success of his experiments has testified un- quivocally to the value of scientific training in farming. . Moomau has always given his attention to whatever tended to improve his locality and lead it into the Iht, and before he became a candidate for his present uee be was active in political party affairs merely as a pod citizen. As a democrat he east his maiden vote in half of the candidacy of Mr. Bryan in 1908, supported lesident Wilson in 1912 and 1916, and followed the for- ties of his party four years later. He was elected county Lessor in 1916, winning the nomination in the county jimary against competition, and in the election had a publiean competitor. In 1920 be encountered opposition i his own party in the primary, but won the election theut a fight from the other side. Mr. Meemau was a amber of the committee of the American Red Cross and Ecommitteeman during all the war drives made in the cınty. He registered for active service, but his classifiea- ta had not been made when the war elosed. As a fiternalist he is a Master Mason and a Modern Wood- z.n. He is a consistent member of the Methedist Epis- pal Church, South, in the werk of which he has been give, and at the present time a member of the building cnmittee directing the remodeling of the home ehurel e fiee.

MARTIN KENNY BOGGS. In seeking for individuals of vorous and foreeful character whe have taken important Ed prominent part in the affairs of men, the biographer i,not expected to deal only with the lives of valiant and I rtial heroes, for in the world of seienee and arts, the pfessions and politics, and commercial and industrial la of the present day are found men of action, eapable &d earnest, whose talents, enterprise and energy com- ind the respeet of their fellow men and whose lives are vrthy examples and objects to be emulated. In this cineetion it is appropriate to review the career ef Martin Inny Beggs, one of the old-time merchants of Franklin, Tere he has resided since 1876, and a native of Pendle- tı County. Mr. Boggs was bern in Union District, Deeem- tr 27, 1857, and is a son of John Boggs.

The paternal grandfather of Martin K. Boggs, John }ggs, the elder, was born in Ireland and there married hrgaret Key. Not long after their union they immigrated t the United States and settled in Virginia, but later I ved to what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia, ttling on the North Fork of the Potomac River, where 1. Boggs reunded out his career in agricultural pur- Ets. There were five children in the family of John &I Margaret (Key) Boggs: Aaron; Joseph; John, the 1.her of Martin K .; Catherine, who married Perry Law- Tice and moved to Lewis County, West Virginia; and Abella, who married a Mr. Lewis.

John Boggs the younger, father of Martin K. Boggs, is born in Virginia, but spent the greater part of his e in Pendleton County, where he carried on agricultural ]rsuits on the banks of the Potomae River until bis colining years, when he retired from active pursuits. He ud at the age of eighty-four years, respeeted and esteemed all who knew him. He served Pendleton County in capacity of sheriff for one term and made a good icial, energetic and conscientious, and his republican

sentiments made him an adherent of that party. During the war between the states his sympathies were with the Union, and he aeted as captain of the Home Guard recruited in his locality. He was a believer, but never joined any church, nor was Mrs. Boggs what was known as a churchwoman, although a real Christian who lived her faith in her daily life. She passed away when eighty-six years of age. They were the parents of the fol- lowing children: Joseph, whe spent much of his netive life in Ohio, where he was married and where his death oceurred; Isaae I'., who spent his life in Pendleton County, where at varions times he was clerk of the court and sheriff, and died at Franklin, leaving a family; Aaron, who was a miller ou the North Fork of the Potemae River, where he died and left a family; Henrietta, who married John R. Dolly and resides in the North Fork locality of the county; William H., who is a farmer in the same locality; his twin, Martin K., of this review; and John .A., who for some years followed the vecation of farming in the vieinity of his birthplace, but is now a resident of Showell, Maryland.

Martin K. Boggs spent the first eighteen years of his life at his birthplace, and left the old home with an educa- tion obtained from attendance at the old country school. lle is one of the men whose schooldays were passed for a time in a log cabin schoolhouse, where they sat on back- less benches of wood, ciphered ou a slate and did not dream of the conveniences that were to be provided for the later generations. After he came to Franklin he went to school for two terms, and then entered the circuit clerk's office under his brother, remaining in that capacity for a period of four years. On leaving the Court House temporarily Mr. Beggs became a gauger and eolleeter for the United States Revenue Department, a position in which he spent four years during the administration of l'resident James A. Garfield. With the termination of this service he established himself in a general merchandise business at Franklin, being a partner with W. B. Anderson in the firm of W. B. Andersen & Company. Two years later Mr. Andersen retired, and Mr. Boggs continued the business under his own name for ten years. He then sold an interest to a nephew, Byron Boggs, and the firm name was changed 10 M. K. Boggs Company, this continuing until a third partner was admitted, Wilbur Delly, when the style was changed to Boggs & Dolly. Byren Beggs and Mr. Delly retired from the business finally and were sueceeded by another nephew, Gordon Boggs, and the old name of M. K. Boggs & Company was resumed. The Boggs establish- ment has always been a general merchandise store and is the sceond oldest mercantile house at Franklin. A con- plete line of up-to-date goeds is carried, and a special study of the needs and wishes of the community has enabled the proprietor to cater to his patrons in a way that gains their appreciation and support. A man of the strietest integrity, his fair reputation and honorable deal- ing have made his name synonymous with honesty and prohity, and his good business management, at the same time, has allowed him to make a success of his venture.

Mr. Boggs was one of the original stockholders of the Franklin Bank, and is now a member of its Board of Directors. He has participated to some extent in the official life of Franklin, having served two terms as re- corder, has been commissioner of chancery of the Cireuit Court since 1882, and at present is likewise commissioner of accounts of the County Court. In polities a republican, he east his maiden presidential vote for James A. Garfield in 1880, and has missed but ene national election since. Very little of his time has been spent in party conventions as a delegate. He is a Protestant in religious belief, but is not identified with any especial denomination or church, nor is he a member of any fraternal organization. As a patriotic and loyal citizen during the World war Mr. Boggs bought liberally ef bonds and stamps and gave freely ef his means in support of the American Red Cross, Young Men's Christian Association and other auxiliary work.

In April, 1892, in Pendleton County, West Virginia, Mr. Beggs was united in marriage with Miss Kate Skid- more, daughter of James and Barbara (Beverage) Skid-

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more, and a granddaughter of James Skidmore, who was a saddle-maker during the greater part of his life. Joseph Skidmore passed his career as a farmer in Pendleton County, and he and his worthy wife were the parents of four children: Kate, who became Mrs. Boggs; J. Burton, a farmer near Franklin; James W., of that place; and Rebecca, who is unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs have one daughter, Sylvia, who after attending the public schools of Franklin had two terms in the Southern Seminary at Buena Vista, Virginia.

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