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Byrne, John, III, 285


Byrum, Royal J., III, 80


Cabell, Charles A., III, 589 Cabell county, I, 114, 252; early schools of, I, 289


Cacapon Furnace Stack near Wardensville, Hardy County (illustration), I, 231


Cain, George E., III, 326


Caldabaugh, Harry E., II, 254


Caldwell, I. Waymou, III, 327


Caldwell, James L., II, 160


Caldwell, Joseph R., II, 276


Caldwell, Mason B., II, 545 Cale, C. Floyd, III, 502 Calhoun, Harrison M., II, 391


Calhoun county, I, 109; county seat contest in, 159, 252 Callahan, James M., I, 650; III, 648


Callanan, James T., Jr., II, 489 Callanan, James T., Sr., II, 489


Callihan, Alfred D., III, 137


Callison, Jacob F., III, 237


Calvert, John, II, 503 Camden, G. D., I, 183


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Camden, Harry P., III, 2 Camden, Johnson N., I, 551, 552, 553, 557, 560; III, 3 Camden, R. P., I, 183 Cameron, I, 196, 238


Camp, William C., III, 467


Camp meetings, early, I, 270, 27I


Campbell, Alexander, 1, 295


Campbell, Alexander R., II, 257


Campbell, A. W., I, 314, 349


Campbell, Charles L., III, 258


Campbell, Charles W., III, 450


Campbell, George, III, 247


Campbell, Harold W., II, 257


Campbell, James A., II, 621


Campbell, John H., III, 153


Campbell, Myron G., III, 521


Campbell, Thomas D., III, 398


Camper, Harry G., III, 29


Canaan Valley, native spruces in field of Blue Grass, (illustration) I, 525 Cannelton, I, 431


Caperton, Allen T., I, 553, 554


Caperton, George H., III, 216


Caperton, Hugh, I, 99


Capitation taxes, I, 618


Capon furnace, I, 231


"Captive watercourses," I, 34, 35 Carfer, William H., II, 462


Carlile, Johu S., I, 330, 341, 343, 347; (il- lustration) 349, 356, 362


Carlin, William, III, 52


Carmichael, David, II, 461


Carmichael, Wilbert F., II, 461


Carpenter, Nicholas I, 105


Carper, John S., III, 105


Carr, Hugh H., II, 51


Carr, Louis A., II, 338


Carr, Robert S., I, 558, 559


Carr, Walter A., II, 241


Carrigan, Charles E. III, 487


Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, I, 189 Carskadon, George T., III, 193 Carspecken, Henry L., II, 172


Carter, Absalom L., III, 247


Carter, David J., II, 582 Carter, Hugh L., III, 642


Carter, James G., I, 636


Carter, John J., I, 511; II, 246


Carter Oil Company, The, II, 246


Casey, John N., III, 87


Caskey, Luther H., II, 456


Cassville, I, 240, 492


Catawba war-path I, 37


Cather, Lawrence A., II, 487


Catholic Church, I, 272, 273; status in 1850, 274; in 1850 and 1860, 276 Catholic Church of Weston, III, 611


Cats vs. Rats, I, 51


Cattle raising, early, I, 228


Causey, Henry D., II, 329


Central District Telephone Co., I, 539


Central Land Company of West Virginia, I, 430


Central Telephone Co., I, 545


Ceredom, I, 168 Chafin, Don, II, 579 . Chafin, John L., II, 345 Chafin, Lafe, II, 593 Chamberlin, Jonas B., III, 18 Chambers, Arthur L., III, 53 Chambers, Chester C., II, 356 Chambers, Elbert B., II, 469 Chambers, John A., II, 296


Chaplin, Benjamin M., II, 333


Chapman, C. Edgar, II, 278 Chapman, Frank A., II, 290


Chapman, George, I, 104 Chapman, Warner W., III, 131


Charleston, (Wellsburg), I, 71, 99, 100, 104, 110, 161-165; in 1854 (illustration), 164, 239; newspapers of, 307; as State capital, 369; State capital located at, 410, 411; Constitutional convention at (January- April 1872), 414; Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- way opened to, 425; history of, since in- corporation (1861), 432, 433; contest with Wheeling, for State capital, 433; becomes permanent State capital (1885), and its subsequent development, I, 433-436; Central portion (birdseye view of), 484; birdseye view of, 488; business section (birdseye view), 490; early telephone service at, 539


Charleston, Clendennin and Sutton Railway, I, 478


Charleston division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, (see Coal and Coke Rail- way)


Charleston Hotel, I, 180


Charleston Lumber Company, III, 238


Charleston, Ripley and Ravenswood Turn- pike Company, I, 180


Charleston-Sutton Weston telephone line, I, 539


Charles Town (1740), I, 51


Charlestown, I, 239


Charlestown Academy, I, 293


Charlestown Free Press, I, 314


Charlestown Spirit of Jefferson, I, 314


Charlton, Harry, II, 446


Charlton, James D., II, 486


Charter, Lathrop R., III, 643


Charter, Lathrop R., Jr., III, 644


Chase, James S., II, 642


Cheat River View, near Squirrel Rock (il- lustration), I, 23 Cheat settlements, I, 103


Chenoweth, Worthington, III, 355


Chesapeake and Ohio canal, completed


(1850), I, 135


Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Railway, I, 442


Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, I, 331, 424, 425; opened to Charleston and Hunting- ton (1873), 425; Irish settlers along, 426, 428-442; development of, to 1920, 428, 429; founding and growth of towns and cities along, 429-442; branches into tim- ber and mineral regions, 439; extensions in 1910, 1921, 441, 442; extension since 1890, I, 438-442


Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, I, 556


Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany (Bell System), I, 540


Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany, I, 541


Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany of West Virginia, I, 542; operations of (1920-22), 543, 544; location of offices of (map), I, 548


Chester Plant, American Sheet & Tube Com- pany, III, 207 Chesterman, A. D., I, 638


Chew, Roger P., II, 32I


Chief mine inspector, office of, created, I, 600


Children's Home, expenditure for (1912- 1920), I, 619 Chilton, William E., I, 563, 564; III, 517 Chinaware Manufacture in West Virginia, III, 584 Chitwood, O. P., I, 40, 697


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INDEX


Chorpenning, Walter E., II, 362 Chrislip, Albert G., III, 353 Chrisman, C. B., III, 313 Christian, Charles R., I, 693 Christian Church, I, 273, 276; in 1850 and 1860, I, 276 Christie, Frederick R., II, 112 Christopher, Effie E., II, 428 Christopher, Irvin, II, 427


Churches (see also Religion and Denomina- tions); chief, supported in Western Vir- ginia (1850), I, 274; (1860), 275, 569; in 1916, 715


Cities, population since 1860, I, 568


Cities and towns, uniform system for gov- ernment of (1911), I, 595 Citizens Bank of Follansbee, II, 43


Citizens Bank of Hinton, I, 430


City and County Bank of Moundsville, II, 307


City streets, brick and concrete, I, 550


Civil war operations; strategic Monongahela region, I, 374; Confederates invade West Virginia, 375; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad falls into control of Federal troops, 376; McClellan's 20,000 Union troops cross the Ohio at Parkersburg and Wheeling, 376; McClellan's headquarters at Grafton (June, 1861), 377; strategic points, 377, 378; Union victory at Rich Mountain, 379; McClellan called to command the Army of the Potomac and Lee sent to recover West Virginia, 380; railroad com- munication reestablished between Balti- more, Washington and Wheeling (April, 1862), 381; great transportation feat of the Civil war, 381, 382; Confederates lose the Kanawha Valley (382 and per- manently pushed over the Alleghenies, 383; Confederate raid down the Kana- wha Valley (1863), 385; other Confed- erate raids, 386-389 Clark, David C., II, 98


Clark, Frank W., III, 622


Clark, Friend E., II 152


Clark, George R., I, 77


Clark, Hyre D., III, 510


Clark, James M., III, 498


Clark, John A., II, 384


Clark, Luther H., II, 634


Clark, Walter E., III, 329


Clarke, George R., expedition into Indian country (1779), I, 87


Clarksburg, I, 5, 71, 102 144, 145, 239; educa- tional convention in (1841), 281; first newspaper published in, 303; free school convention at (1841), 317; the most im- portant military post in State, 377; in- dustrial development of, 458; educational convention at, 589


Clarksburg Telegram, I, 314


Clarks Gap, I, 496


Clay, Buckner, III, 238


Clay, C. C., I, 429 Clay county, I, 252


Claypool, George R., II, 572 Claypool, John, II, 571


Claysville, I, 240 Clelland, Calvin M., II, 416


Clements, Bernard S., II, 540 Clendenin, George, I, 99, 100 Clifford, James P., II, 579


Clifton, John B., III, 366


Clifton Mills, I, 73


Clifton Sewer Pipe Yard, New Cumberland, (illustration), I, 466


Cline, Warren D., II, 586 Clinton, James B., II, 479 Close, James B., III, 524


Clouse, Harry T., II, 388


Clover Bottom, I, 90 Clovis, Cassius E., II, 575


Clovis, Elijah E., III, 308 Clovis, William E., III, 38


Cloyd Mountain, battle of, I, 388


Coal and Coke Railway, I, 478-482


Coal, formation of, I, 29 first in the Kana- wha Valley, 517


Coal development, progress of, I, 500; es- timated amount of deposits, I, 515; ex- ploration and experimental development, 517; production in 1863-1920, 517, 518; notable production (1913-1915), 520, 521; employes in 1920, 521; coal lands owned by great corporations, 521, 522


Coal industries; along the Kanawha (1839- 60), I, 167


Coal lands monopolized, I, 521, 522


Coal mines, regulation of, I, 501


Coal mining, I, 17; Virginia Railway in con- nection with, 496; production (1900- 1920, 713 Coal mining industries, I, 489, 491


Coal River branch, Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- way, I, 439 Coal Valley, I, 431


Coalsmouth, I, 161


Coalter, C. C., III, 497


Cobun, Sanford L., III, 385


Cochran, Mrs. Joseph G., I, 704


Cochran, Nathaniel, I, 219


Cochran, Philip J., II, 90


Cochran, William T., II, 465


Coffman, Charles G., III, 364


Coffman, Eugene, III, 486


Coffman, Harry F., III, 192


Coffman, Ira W., III, 626


Coffman, Tenman J., III, 196


Cogar, John S., III, 91


Cohen, Isadore, II, 352


Coke, first produced in West Virginia (1843), I, 518


Coke industry, I, 517


Coke Ovens, Norfolk and Western Railway, (illustration) I, 518


Cokeley, Harlin Rex, II, 487


Colcord, Edward C., Jr., III, 521


Colcord, Edward C., Sr., III, 521


Cole, Clyde A., II, 599


Cole, Harry O., III, 128


Cole, Henry M., II, 615


Cole, Irving D., II, 311


Cole, John L., I, 110


Cole, J. W., III, 60


Cole, William J., II, 156


Colebank, H. Freeman, III, 526


Colebank, John L., III, 375


Coleman, Herbert M., II, 471


Colerider, Moses K., III, 503


College of Agriculture, West Virginia Uni- versity, I, 531 Collins, Jairus, III, 64


Collins, Walter, III, 575


Collison, Frank J., II, 518


Colonial Councillors, I, 41


Colonial judiciary, I, 41-45


Colonial militia, I, 46


Colonial sheriffs, I, 46


Colonnade Bridge, B. & O. R. R. Ruins of, (illustration), I, 192 Colored Institute (at Farm) established (1891), I, 590


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Colored schools, established (1866-67), I, 589


Coltrane, Joseph N., III, 515


Commencement Hall, West Virginia Uni- versity (illustration), I, 650


Commercial fertilizers, I, 528


Commercial orchard, first, planted (1851), I, 526


Commission of pharmacy, established (1881), I, 600


Commissioner of immigration, created (1864), I, 593


Commissionership of statistics and labor, created (1889), I, 600


Community life, early, I, 219-252


Compensation Commissions, expenditure for (1912-1920), I, 619


Compulsory school law passed (1901), I, 589 Comuntzis, George P., II, 483


Conaway, Calvin D., II, 253


Conaway, Orrin B., III, 35


Conaway, Wickliffe M., II, 338


Concord Church, I, 407, 408


Concord College, II, 630


Concord Normal School, II, 630


Concord State Normal School, Athens, (il- lustration), 1, 639


Conestoga wagons, I, 179


Conley, Ellis C., II, 424


Conley, Rollo J., 11I, 42


Connelley, Martin L., II, 539


Conner, Frank E., II, 435


Conner, Laura Y., II, 395


Conner, Theodore M., II, 395


Connolly, John, I, 75


Conservative Life Insurance Company, II, 362


Consolidated Light Heat and Power Com- pany, III, 346


Consolidated Telephone Company, I, 541


Constitution; first, I, 317, 318; of 1830, 323; of 1851, 328-330; of 1861, 358-362; of 1872, 413-423; of 1872, amendments to, 420-423; proposed new, 423; good roads amendment to, 547, 550; of 1872, 552; amendments to, 716, 717


Constitutional convention, first (1861), I, 357


Constitutional convention, first (January- April, 1872), I, 413-417


Constitutional convention of 1872, members of, (illustration), I, 412


Constitutional problems, early: conflict be- tween eastern and western Virginia (up country Democracy), I, 315, 316; inequal- ities of county representation, 319, 320; convention at Richmond, 320-323; consti- tution adopted by popular vote (April, 1830), 324; discussion on State division, 324, 325; struggle of western against eastern Virginia continues, 325-328; con- vention of 1850-51, 328; constitution of. 185I ratified, 330; endeavors to unify eastern and western Virginia, 331; cleav- age more fixed (186I), 333, 334 Convicts, use of, on public works, I, 603 Cooey, Edward, II, 329 Cooey, William R., II, 328


Cook, Elmer W., III, 498


Cook, H. Ingram, II, 527


Cook, Ward, III, 138 Cook, William C., II. 244


Cook, William E., II, 529 Cooke, Cosby C., II, 110 Cooke, Philip P., I, 683 Coontz, William J., III, 331


Cooper, Edward, III, 41 Cooper, Fred V., II, 155 Cooper, Victor F., III, 60


Cooper, William G., II, 517 "Copeley" oil well, I, 506 Copeman, Fred, III, 383 Copeman, Frederick P., III, 384


Coplin, James A., III, 134


Coppock, Daniel H., II, 281


Corbin, John E., II, 337


Corbly, L. J., I, 638 Cord Tire Corporation (The), III, 219


Corder, James S., III, 594


Corder, Waitman D., III, 564


Corder, William A., 111, 593


Cordray, T. L., II, 381 Core, Charles E., II, 149


Core, Charles H., II1, 147 Corliss, Charles, III, 235


Corn, I, 528


Cornstalk, Chief, I, 77; murdered, 84


Cornwell, John J., I, 523, 561, 564, 565, 693; III, 234 Corwin, A. F., I, 5II


Coston, Isaac J., II, 587


Cottrill, Alvin L., II, 466


Coulter, John L., 11, 428


Council of National Defense, World's war (1916), 1, 698


Counties; formation of early (1727-89), I, 278; formation and population of (1776- I830), 318; represented in Wheeling con- ventions (maps), 360; non-Union during Civil war, 369-373; foreign-born by (1870- 1910), 583


County and Parish of Frederick (1744), I, 258


County court system, re-established (1872), I, 418; established (1872), 553


County fair, first in state, I, 228


County Farm Bureau, J, 533


County government, I, 595


County representation, inequalities of, I, 318, 319 Courtney, David H., III, 164


Covert, Orra F., II, 539


Covingtou & Ohio Railroad, I, 181, 424


Covington & Ohio Railroad Company, I, 612 Cowgill, Ira V., III, 59I


Cowl, Ralph M., III, 580


Cox, Artimus W., III, 492


Cox, A. W. Department Store, III, 492


Cox, Frank, II, 16


Cox, Howard D., III, 305


Cox, J. Frank, III, 97


Cox, Joseph B., III, 159


Cox, Stanley R., II, 17


Cox, William A., III, 304


Coyle, George F., III, 494


Coyle & Richardson, II1, 493


Craddock, Bantz W., III, 70


Craddock, Joe N., III, 359


Cragg, Harry E., III, 166


Crago, F. H., I, 638 Crago, Lee R., II, 273


Craig, Arden L., III, 419 Craig, Charles A., II, 142


Craig, James S., III, 419


Craig, Thomas D., II, 129


Crane, Cloyd M., III, 25


Crane, Frank W., II, 140 Cranmer, Gibson L., I, 354


Crawford, Herbert M., III, 350


Crawford, J. Pressley, II, 461


Crawford, J. U., I, 474


Crawford, William A., Sr., II, 461


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INDEX


Crawford & Son, II, 461 Creager, William A., III, 23 Creel, Alexander H., I, 157


Cresap, Michael, I, 75, 76, 77 Cresap's war, I, 75, 76 Crigger, Martin V. B., III, 17 Crites, Iverson W., III, 279 Crockett, George P., II, 108 Crogan, Hubert G., II, 217 Crogan, John F., II, 501 Crogan, Patrick J., III, 614


Davies, Garfield, II, 175


Davin, Harlow A., II, 169


Davin, John Wysor, III, 367


Davis, Emma K., II, 284


Davis, George G., III, 270


Davis, George H., III, 257


Davis, George L., II, 371


Davis, Henry G., I, 136, 406, 472, 473, 474, 552, 554, 556 Davis, Ivan, II, 129


Davis, J. Hornor, III, 601


Davis, John J., I, 336; II, 284


Davis, John R., III, 159


Davis, John W., II, 284


Davis, Luther C., II, 484


Davis, Moses H., III, 59


Davis, Raymond M., III, 66


Davis, Rebecca Harding, I, 684


Davis, Robert, I, 285


Crozet, Claudius, I, 185


Davis, Sydney H., III, 141


Cruise, William B., III, 95


Davis, Thomas E., I, 560


Crummett, Harlen S., III, 448


Davis, Thomas J., III, 282


Davis, William H., III, 57


Davis, William O., III, 349


Cumberland (see also National) Road, I, 169, 216


Cummings, Thomas, II, 348


Cunningham, Albert B., I, 690, 694


Cunningham, Arthur, II, 343


Cunningham, Claude F., III, 528


Dawson, William M. O., I, 561


Cunningham, Don, III, 266


Dawson, William N., II, 201


Cunningham, Ekana F., III, 528


Cunningham, Lawrence M., II, 251


Cunningham, Robert T., II, 146


Cunningham, Roy H., II, 56


Cunningham, R. Lindsay, II, 252


Dean, J. S. W., I, 663


Cunningham, Thaddeus S., II, 332


Cuppett, David E., III, 523


Cushing, John W., III, 13I


Cushwa, Harry S., II, 450


Cutright, Ishmael G., III, 432


Cutright, Lemuel R., III, 579


Cutright, Parley E., III, 413


Cutright, Ralph G., III, 605


Dailey, Robert W., II, 84


Dailey, Robert W., Jr., II, 81


Dailey, William F., II, 560


Dairy and beef industries, I, 529


Dairying, I, 529, 530


Dakan, Robert G., III, 32


Dalton, A. J., III, 45


Delbridge, Frederick, III, 6.


Delfino, Diego, II, 287


Dement, William H. F., II, 115


Democratic control (1870-1896), I, 551-561 Democratic-Republic, I, 240


DeMoss, Amos L., II, 170


Dennis, Robert F., I, 425


Dennis, Thomas H., III, 622


Denominations, distribution of membership by (1890, 1906, 1916), I, 585, 588; statis- tics of (1916), 587


Department of Agriculture, expenditure for, I, 619


Department of Archives and History, Charleston, created (1905), I, 593; expen- diture for (1912-1920), 619


Department of Health, expenditure for (1912-1920), I, 619


Department of Mines, created (1907), I, 601; expenditure for, 619


Department of Public Safety, expenditure for (1912-1920), I, 619 Detroit, expedition against, I, 84 .


De Van, R. P., II, 163 Dickerson, George J., III, 215 Dickey, (Miss) M. L., I, 638 Dickey, William O., II, 162


Dana, John S., III, 99


Dancer, Robert C., III, 233


Dandridge, Danske, I, 692


Dangerfield, A. H., III, 163


Dangerfield, William S., II, 204


Danks, Walter L., II, 69 Darkesville, I, 239


Darnall, Harry A., III, 427


Darnall, Harry H., III, 240


Darnall, Robert A., III, 412 Darst, J. S., I, 627


Dasher, Manasseh, II, 350


Daugherty, G. F., II, 44


Davenport, Henry B., II, 166 Davidson, Curtis, II, 475 Davidson, Edwin L., II, 44I Davidson, F. E., II, 441 Davidson, George S., II, 98 Davidson, Harry A., II, 270 Davidson, Henry A., II, 98 Davidson, Walter D., III, 637 Davidson, William J., II, 475 Davidson Brothers, II, 98


Decker Creek Iron Works, I, 142


De Foe, Abisha G., III, 384


De Forest, Clayce R., II, 302


De Forest, William C., II, 301


De Forest, William E., II, 302


Deegans, William E., II, 422


Deem, Fred B., III, 205


Deepwater, I, 494, 495


de Gruyter, Julius A., III, 50


Deitz, Emerson E., II, 298


Daly, Adrian D., II, 605 Damascus, I, 240 Dana, John, II, 533


Dean, William, III, 395


Deardorff, Edgar N., II, 379


Debar, J. H. Diss, I, 367, 593


Debendarfer, Uriah H., III, 202


Deck, James J., III, 512


Day and Night Bank of Williamson, II, 589


Dayton, Alston G., III, 403


Dayton, Arthur S., III, 404


Deahl, J. N., I, 650


Davis and Elkins College, III, 623 Davisson, Ed G., III, 490


Dawson, John W., III, 615


Dawson, J. Louis, II, 294


Dawson, J. Ralph, III, 437


Culbertson, Andrew, 1, 55


Cumberland county, I, 69


Crook, George, defeats Confederate force (1864), I, 385 Crooks, Edwin W., II, 463 Crosfield, William, II, 434 Cross Roads, I, 99 Crouch, Lee, III, 560


Crowder, Enoch H., I, 697 Crowl, Malissa, I, 277


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Dickinson, J. L., I, 625 Dickinson, Penn E., II, 375 Diddle, Fred, III, 200


Dieckmann, John, II, 369 Diehl, Henry T., III, 165 Dille, Clarence B., II, 307 Dille, John A., II, 307 Dille, Thomas R., II, 201 Dils, Henry H., II, 478


Dils, Hugh P., II, 453


Dils, James W., II, 455


Dils, Sherman, II, 453


Dingess, Joe W., II, 292


Dinsmoor, James D., III, 161


Dinwiddie, I, 66 Dinwiddie, Robert, I, 58, 59, 61 Diphtheria, I, 251


Disher, Henry W., II, 480


Disher's Drug Store, II, 480


Diss DeBar, J. H., I, 367, 593


District of West Augusta (map), I, 91


Division of child welfare and public health nursing, I, 600


Division of vital statistics, I, 600


Dixon, Earl, II, 226


Doctor's saddle bag, I, 251


Doddridge, Joseph, sketch of, I, 259, 680, 681, 682


Doddridge county, I, 186, 252


Doddrill, W. C., I, 690


Dodge, Charles F., II, 563


Dolbeare, Benjamin, sketch of, I, 249


Dollar Savings & Trust Company, III, 14


Donehoo, Robert S., III, 361


Donley, Edward G., II, 176


Donovan, Hugh, Jr., II, 485


Dorsey, Dennis B., I, 354


Dotson, James J., III, 647


Douglass, Andrew M., III, 373


Dow, Lorenzo, I, 271


Dower, John J., III, 450


Dower, William H., III, 647


Down Draft kilns at the Crescent Yard, New Cumberland, Hancock County (illus- tration), I, 465


Downey, George F., Jr., II, 350


Downs, Harry A., II, 472


Downs, William S., I, 548; II, 95


Doyle, James E., II, 577


Doyle, Joseph N., II, 64


Drane, Robert M., II, 80


Draper, C. Lyman, I, 4


Driehorst, W. A., III, 146


Droop Mountain, battle of, I, 387


Dudley, George L., II, 461


Dudley, John W., II, 73


Duffield, Charles A., III, 312


Duffield, Emery B., III, 316


Dugan, Robert L., III, 43


Dunaway, Perry C., III, 407 Duncan, E. S., I, 317


Duncan, George L., II, 583


Duncan, James W., III, 490


Duncan, Porter O., III, 172


Dunham, Frank C., III, 429


Dunham, Robert J., III, 485


Dunham, Robert W., III, 537 Dunkard Bottom, I, 73 Dunkle, B. F., III, 574


Dunlap, Robert F., II, 602


Dunlap, William M., II, 27


Dunmore's war, I, 75-79


Dunn, Hugh A., II, 635 Dunn, Luther A., II, 205


Dunn, Thomas L., II, 354


Dunsford, Ensor R., III, 569 Duthie, George H., II, 388 Duty, Michael K., III, 57


Duval, Harding H., II, 311 Duval, Isaac H., II, 310 Dyer, Edmond Roger, III, 334


Dyer, Osceola, II, 508 Dyer, Vernon L., II, 214


Dysentery, treatment of, I, 250


Eades, James B., II, 519


Eagle, Edward C., II, 607


Eagle Manufacturing Company, III, 78


Eakin, John W., III, 171


Early, Carl B., II, 211


Early, Robert L., III, 242 Early market towns, I, 526


Easley, Frank S., II, 109 East India School (1621), I, 277


Eastern panhandle, settlements of, I, 99; settlements in (1800-66), 134-136; Wheel- ing, chief town of (1818), 154; Confed- erate operations in (1861), 389; railroads in, 464 Eastwood, Harry, III, 616


Eberts, Carl H., II, 364


Echols, Louis F., III, 127


Edelen, Charles W., II, 475


Edelen, Robert, II, 475


Edgar, Glenn R., III, 351 Edgell, Ellis E., III, 439


Edmonds, Harry J., III, 629


Edmondson, Richard H., II, 431


Education (see also schools), I, 17; tradi- tion of, 277; interest of English Church in, 278; public schools established by Vir- ginia General Assembly (1796), 279; Western Virginia champion of free educa- tion (1817-45), 280, 281; school statistics by counties (Western Virginia) in 1833, 281; school law of 1846, 282; Old Field schools, 282-284; early schools in counties and sections, 285-291; free school systems in only three counties (1863), 291; acade- mies incorporated (1797-1860), 291, 292; academies and seminaries, 291-296; school statistics (1850), 296, 297; Western Vir- ginia champions free schools, 316, 317, 588; development of public (1863-1908), 590, 591; rates of State school levies (1863-1913), 609, 628-644; schools and the World's war, I, 706; statistics of (1918- 21), I, 715, 716


Education Association, first meeting, I, 636 Edwards, Seymour, I, 563


Edwards, Walter A., III, 180


Elizabeth (Moundsville), I, 104, 239 (1864), 393 Elizabeth, Wirt county (illustration), I, 446


Elizabethtown, I, 239


Elk River, I, 34, 35


Elkhorn tunnel, I, 483


Elkins, I, 475, 476, 477


Elkins, Davis, I, 563


Elkins, Everett J., II, 567


Elkins, Stephen B., I, 461, 473, 561


Elkins, Stephen F., III, 155


Elkins-Beverly county seat contest, I, 477, 478 Elliott, Charles, S., II, 641


Elliott, Felix, II, 141


Elliott, Mahala J., II, 117


Elliott, William J., III, 46


Ellison, John L., III, 629


End of the World Cliff, Elk River (illustra- tion), I, 28 England, C. McDonald, II, 235


England, Edward T., II, 407 Engle, James W., II, 286


English Church, its interest in education, I, 278


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INDEX


English money system used (1803), I, 223 Enslow, Frank, III, 646 Epidemics, I, 251 Episcopal church, I, 257-261; status in 1850, I, 274 Estep, Charles L., III, 482 Ethel I, 441


Eureka-Belmont oil field, I, 506


Eureka pipe line, I, 510


European steamship lines, 1, 331


Evans, Charlotte M., III, 29


Evans, Edward H., II, 506


Evans, Erasmus S., II, 279


Evans, Frank L., III, 449


Evans, Hugh, III, 30


Evans, Jesse S., III, 254 Evans, Robert C., III, 254


Evans, Thomas E., II, 36


Evansville, 1, 185, 240


Everly, Enoch M., II, 176


Everly, J. A., II, 412


Everly, John L., III, 608


Everly, William II., II, 415


Exline, Frederick M., III, 354


Fair, Irvin E., III, 219 Fairfax, John M. G., 1I, 367


Fairfax, Thomas (Lord), sketch of, I, 53


Fairfax grant, surveyed by Washington (1747-48), 1, 53


Fairfield, I, 239


Fairmont, I, 102, 143, 144, 240; industrial development of, 459, 460, 462; normal school established at (1867), I, 589 Fairmont Academy, I, 294


Fairmont Male and Female Seminary, I, 294 Fairmont State Normal School (illustra- tion), I, 641 Fairmont State Normal School, II, 249 Fairview, I, 104, 168


Fairview oil fields, I, 505


Falls of Grassy Creek over Lower Guyandot Sandstone (illustration), I, 30


Falls of Hominy Creek, Nicholas County (illustration), I, 37 Faloon, George, 11I, 238


Faris, Mary, III, 357


Faris, Samuel S., III, 356


Farland, Richard A., JII, 75


Farley, Hiram H., ITI, 603


Farley, Rush F., 1I, 545


Farley, Thomas, I, 55


Farley, Thomas J., II, 134


Farley, William F., II, 576


Farm implements and machinery, I, 531


Farmers' institutes and other organizations, I, 533 Farmers State Bank of Wellsburg, II, 285




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