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Oak Hill, I, 167 O'Brien, Adam, sketch of, I, 221
O'Brien, William S., III, 406 Oceana, I, 240 Oceana Looking Northwest (illustration) I, 497 O'Connor, Robert E., III, 556 O'Dell, Richard O., III, 378 Offner, John E., II, 54 Ogden, Chester R., III, 207
Ogden, Herschel C., II, 551 Ogden, Marshall W., II, 247 Oglebay, Earl W., I, 703
Mountain home in southeastern county, (illustration), I, 224
Mullens, I, 495
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Oglebay Hall, West Virginia University, (illustration), I, 646
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad (chartered 1848), I, 198
Ohio Company, I, 55, 56, 58
Ohio county, I, 92, 93, 252; early schools of, 288
Ohio River: influences of, I, 210-215; navi- gation of, 215-218; completion of Balti- more and Ohio Railway to, (1852), 216; resumption of steamboat communication with New Orleans (1867), 217, 218; navi- gation of, 234-237; steamboat travel on (1838), 237; railroads along, 464, 472 Ohio river homes, I, 215, 216
Ohio River Railroad, I, 469, 472
Ohio River Salt Company, I, 166
Ohio Valley, settlements in (1793-1862), I, 161-168
Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company, III, 346
Ohio valley outlaws, I, 214
Ohlinger, Fred A., II, 139
Oil development; general progress of, I, 499; record, (1826-1860), 500; first, caused by drilling of salt wells, 500; in Parkers- burg district, 501; production through- out the state (1876-1888), 503; production in 1889-1921, 509-510; statistics `of (1889-1920), 713
Oil fields, opening of, I, 505-509
Oil, gas and coal development, I, 499-523
Oil operators in West Virginia, I, 394
Oil pipe lines, laid from fields to seaboard, I, 510
Oil region (in 1864) a traveller's narrative of a visit to, I, 392-398
Oil wells at Rosedale (illustration) I, 502 Old Field Schools, I, 279, 282-284, 288
Old Morgan Homestead, Front Street,
Morgantown (illustration) I, 74
"Old Pack-horse Ford", I, 50 O'Neal, S. Lee, III, 499 O'Neil, Humphrey G., II, 317 Orange county, I, 53
Ordinance of Secession; vote of western members against, I, 339; signed by Rich- mond convention, 352, 353
Orlando (illustration) I, 481
Orr, James C., I, 357
Orr, Malcolm J., II, 504
Orr, Miles H., II, 117
Osborne, A. D., III, 227
Osborne, William, III, 580
Osburn, Reuben, II, 491
Osmond, Charles B., II, 494
Ott, Charles B., III, 78
Ott, Lee, II, 41 Overstreet, James W., II, 423
Owens, Harry K., III, 552
Oxley, Chilton K., III, 234
Oyster, Lamar C., III, 277
Pack Horse settlement, I, 50 Padbury, Fred D., III, 48
Page, Asa D., III, 413
Page, Lowry W., III, 434
Palmer, Benjamin H., II, 482
Palmer, John C., III, 601
Palmer, Samuel A., II, 618 Pancoast, S. A., I, 135 Panhandle Railway Company, I, 464 Parish (Episcopal) of Frederick, I, 258 Park, Joseph R., II, 578 Park, Thomas R., II, 577 Parker, Granville, I, 413
Parkersburg, I, 104, 109, 158; branch of Baltimore & Ohio completed to, 198; 242;
first newspaper at, 306; in 1864, 392; in- dustrial development of, 471; spectacular founding of, 501; first telephone at (1882), 538
Parks, Alexander, II, 633
Parks, John N., II, 634
Parks, Noah S., III, 296
Parriott, James D., II, 302
Parrish, Clair N., II, 387
Parrish, Clerc A., III, 447
Parrish, Ray M., III, 82 Parrish, Roy E., III, 251
Parrish, Richard B., II, 121 Parrish, Thomas J., III, 252
Parsons, Cornelius R., III, 590
Parsons, Don H., II, 427
Parsons, Earl V., III, 430
Parsons, James, I, 72
Parsons J. K., III, 199
Parsons, I, 476 Partridge, B. Waring, Jr., II, 137
Patsey, John, III, 300
Patterson, Carl J., II, 45
Patterson, Guy B., III, 104
Patterson, Samuel W., II, 62
Patterson, William E., III, 583
Patton, Floyd J., II, 485
Paulding, John T., II, 454 Pauley, Garfield L., II, 566
Paull, Alfred II, 614
Paull, Alfred S., II, 615
Paull, Harry W., III, 78
Paull, Judge James II, 614
Paull, James, III, 78
Paull, Lee C., II, 25
Paull, Samuel O., III, 78
Paxton, Alexander B., III, 563 Paxton, James, I, 355
Payne, Edwin J., II, 399
Payne, Jennie B., III, 471
Payne, John B., III, 362
Payne, Oscar F., II, 144
Payne, William B., III, 471
"Peace Conference" at Washington (1861), I, 335
Pearcy, Elizabeth T., II, 500
Pearis Family, II, 131
Pearman, Elbert W., III, 399
Peck, Joel E., II, 168
Peck, W. Shad, III, 597
Peery, Thomas E., II, 108
Peeryville, I, 490
Peirce, George L., III, 551
Pemberton, Robert L., III, 464
Pence, George L., II, 612
Pendleton, Daniel, III, 457
Pendleton, I, 54
Pendleton county, I, 54, 241, 252; first school house erected in, 285, non-Union, 371
Penitentiary, contest over superintendence of, (1873), I, 553, 597 Pennsboro, I, 159
Pennsylvania, boundary question, I, 621
Pennsylvania road, I, 67
Pentony, William H., III, 26
People's United Telephone System, I, 545
Perkins, Clarence L., III, 276
Perry, Arthur K., III, 453
Perry, Cecil H., III, 264
Perry, Lewis H., III, 534
Perry, Samuel W., II, 480
Perry, Thomas N., III, 423
Peterkin, George W., II, 440
Peterkin, William G., II, 440
Peters, Christian, I, 70
Peters, Clem E., II, 361
Peters, Elbert F., II, 157 Peters, Isaac T., III, 40
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Peters, James W., II, 59I Peters, Will HI., II, 473 Peterson, B. Walker, III, 14 Peterson, David M., III, 272 Peterstown, I, 90, 113, 239 Petroleum development, I, 16 Pettigrew, Bernard J., II, 94
Peyton, Thomas W., II, 289 l'etonia, I, 167
Peytonia Cannel Coal Company, I, 167, 517 Phelps J. Howd, III, 455
Phelps, S. H., III, 496
Phelps, W. S., II, 121
Phelps & Holloran, III, 495
Phelps Can Company, III, 455
Philippi, I, 146; bloodless engagement at, I, 240; 376, illustration, 456; indus- trial development of, I, 457 Philippi court house, storm center of wes- tern secessionism, I, 343 "Philippi Races," I, 377
Phillips, David R., III, 125
Phillips, Francis M., JI, 444
Phillips, George W., III, 505
Phillips, Samuel A., II, 91
Physicians, early, of Wheeling, I, 154
Pickens, Louis N., II, 460
Piedmont, I, 136, 206, 240
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway, I, 474
Pierce, Carleton C., III, 631
Pierpoint, Francis H., I, 293, 348 (illustra- tion), I, 349; 354, 355, 356, 383
Pierson, E. G., III, 639
Pierson, W. R., Jr., III, 268
Pifer, Clarence B., III. 534
Pifer, William C., III, 408
Pilcher, Hiram E., II, 267
Pine Bottom, I, 159
Piney branch, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, I, 439
Pinsou, Alonzo C., II, 587
Pioneer domestic life, I, 221-226
Pippen, C. Warden, III, I10
Pitt, William, I, 62
Pittsburgh, her rivalry with Wheeling, I, 200-209
Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railway, I, 197 Plattenburg, John R., III, 274
Pleasant county, I, 252; early schools of, 289
Pleasantville, I, 239 Plummer, Gideon T., III, 213
Pocahontas coal, I, 483
Pocahontas coal field, I, 489
Pocahontas county, I, 137, 252; non-Union, 369
Pocahontas Development Company, I, 440 Poffenbarger, Lydia S., I, 702
Poindexter, William B., II, 623
Point, Walter W., III, 475
Point Pleasant, I, 100, 160, 239
Point Pleasant, battle of (1774), I, 77-79 Point Pleasant Battle Monument (illustra- tion), I, 78
Point Pleasant National Bank, III, 417 Point Pleasant Register, I, 314
Point Pleasant-Ravenswood-Belleville toll line, I, 539
Poland, John R., III, 340
Poling, Aldine S., III, 580
Poling, Herman J., III, 350
Poling, Jay L., III, ISI
Political problems, recent, I, 595
Politics, history of State, I, 551
Polk Creek oil wells, Lewis county, I, 506 Polsley, Daniel, I, 355 Pomeroy, Samuel G., III, 22I
Pontiac, I, 64; sues for peace (1765), 65 Vol. III-77
Poole, Albinus II, 616 Poor, care of the, I, 598 Poor Fund, I, 290
Population; Marion county (1865), I, 139; Monongalia county, (1790-1830), 140-14I Western Virginia (1790-1860), 252, 253; census of 1850, 253; by color and con- dition (1860), 255; by towns, 256
Charleston (1778-1920), 436; Hunting- ton, 438; Wheeling, 467; Density of, by counties (1920), (map), 566; from 1860 to 1910, 567-568; by race, sex, nativity, age, education and social and domestic status, (1900-1920), 569-573; percent of increase or decrease, by counties, (1910- 1920), (map), 571; by counties, by towns and cities (since 1860), 574; by color and condition (1860), 575; negroes, by counties (1870-1920), 576; by sex, (1890-1920), 577; nativity and for- eign parentage (1860, 1870), 578; origin of native and foreign-born (1870), 579; foreign-born by counties (1860-1910), 580; foreign-born by country of birth (1870- 1910), 581; nationality of foreign-born (1870-1910) 582; nationality of foreign- born by counties (1870-1910), 583; country of birth of foreign-born white, for counties and cities of 10,000 or more (1920), 584; distribution of church mem- bers by principal denominations, (1890, 1906, 1916), 585; statistics of religious bodies (1916), 587; moral and religious life, 588; West Virginia, 1870-1912, 609; (1910-1920), 7II Porter, Fred G., II, 593
Porter, Henry L., III, 119
Porter, James B., III, 233
Porter, John, II, 593
Porter, J. Nessly, III, 233
Post, Arthur T., III, 98
Post, Cecil O., II, 583
Post, Howard, II, 299
Post, Melville D., I, 687, 688, 689, 694
Post, Wade H., II, 116
Post, William III, 453
Posten, Roscoe P., II, 76
Postoffice, Morgantown (illustration), I, 703 Postoffices, early, I, 14, first (1794), 232; (1797, 184I); 238, 239 Poteet, Lucian E., III, 163
Potomac Academy, I, 293
Potomac Company, I, President of, 95
134; Washington,
Potomac River, I, 33, 34
Potomac River below Harper's Ferry (illus- tration) I, 24 Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railway Company, I, 474
Potomac Seminary (Potomac Academy), I, 293
Powell, Grace M., III, 231
Powell, Harvey C., II, 8I
Powell, Jonathan C., III, 79
Powell, Samuel A., III, 184
Powers, August N., III, 74
Powers, Benjamin H., II, 288
Pownall, Thomas E., III, 400
Pratt, James I., III, 224
Pratt, Newell K., III, 68
Pratt, Samuel A., II, 556
Presbyterian church, I, 264-267; status in 1850, 274; in 1850 and 1860, 276
Presbyterian colony (1798), I, 110 Presidential election of 1864, 1, 373 Press (See Newspapers)
Preston, James M., III, 617
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Preston, John A., III, 616
Preston, Samuel P., III, 617
Preston, I, 146, 239 Preston Academy, I, 294 Preston county, I, 73, 102, 140, 143, 252; unusual beginning of local journalism (1839), 303, 461
Preston Railroad, Lumber and Mining Com- pany, I, 143
Price, Allen R., II, 164
Price, George E., I, 557, II, 250
Price, James W., III, 514
Price, John C., II, 169
Price, Samuel, sketch of, I, 415, 416; II, 626 Price, Samuel L., II, 626
Price, William H., II, 242
Prickett, John M., II, 631
Princeton, I, 240, 407, 495
Prindle, Reuben S., II, 36
"Prison bounds," I, 244
Prichard, Belvard J., III, 260
Prichard, J. Guy, III, 582
Pritchard, Alpheus W., III, 420
Pritchard, D. T., II, 29
Pritchard, Robert C., III, 48
Pritchard, Robert H., III, 175
Pritchard, William J., III, 48
Pritt, Thaddeus, III, 559
Pritt, Wayne K., III, 527
Prohibition amendment carried (1912), I, 422; ratified (1912), 595: legislation re- garding, 600 Prolific carly families, I, 220
Property, assessed value of (1919, 1920), I, 719
Prosecuting attorneys (Colonial), I, 47
Proudfoot, Milton II., II, 557
Prunty, Curtis E., II, 589
Prunty, Sylvester O., III, 62
Pruntytown, I, 195, 239
Public Health Council, I, 600
Public officers, salaries for, I, 421, 422
Public service commission, created (1913), I, 598, 717
Public Service, expenditure for (1912-1920), I, 619
Public school system, development of (see also Education); work of first superin- tendent, William R. White, I, 628, 629; first normal schools established, 629; old- time academies, 629, 630; State insti- tutes and schools, 630; high school era, 632; seliool statistics, 1918-21, 633; changes in State boards of education, 634; general development 1870-1920, 634-636; normal schools, 636-644; historical sketch of West Virginia University, 644-678
Public schools (see Education)
Publie whippings, I, 245
Pugh, Clyde C., II, 274
Pugh, Hngh, I, 104
Purdy, James A., III, 256
Pure fool law (1907), I, 595
Purinton, A. L., I, 638
Purinton, Daniel B., I, 648, 655, 661; II, 5
Putnam county, I, 110, 161, 252
Pyle, Joseph L., III, 219
Pyles, Bernard A., II, 549
Quakers, I, 63 Quarry Run powder mill, I, 142 Queen, Emery C., II, 426 Quimby, Will A., III, 535 Quinn, William J., III, 321
Raese, John, III, 481 Rafting, I, 230
Raiguel, Edward B., II, 30
Railroads; campaign against passes (1885-
87), I, 6; close out stage lines (1852-54), 173; first line in West Virginia (Balti- more & Ohio), 187-199; Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, 425, 426, 428-442; Balti- more & Ohio branches, 445-461; lumber, 450-453; along the Ohio, 464-472; vs. steamboats, 471, 472; Western Maryland Railway, 472-478; Coal and Coke Rail- way, 478-482; projected, that failed, 443- 445; vs. steamboats, 471, 472; Norfolk & Western Railway, 483-494; Virginia Rail- way. 494-498; exemption from taxation of, 557; value of properties (1919), 719 Rake, John D., II, 297
Raleigh county, I, 168, 252
Ralston, James, III, 132
Ramsay, Robert L., II, 313
Randal, Boyd, III, 209
Randolph Academy, I, 293
Randolph county, I, 103, 148, 149, 150, 151; Irish settlement on Roaring Creek, 149, 243, 252; remarkable industrial changes in, 472, 475 Ranson, Briscoe B., II, 396
Rateliff, John F., III, 170
Rathbone, Monroe J., II, 465
Rauschenberg, Emil C., II, 279
Ravenswood, I, 240
Rawn, Andrew B., III, 641
Ray, Charles A., III, 214
Raymond, Jerome H., I, 648, 650, 659, 660
Read, Benjamin J., II, 595
Real estate, re-assessments of, I, 615
Reardon, Norris H., III, 138
Rease, Frank P., III, 530
Reass, Joseph H., Jr., II, 48
Reay, David C., II, 194
Reay, Thomas P., I, 645
Reconstruction; first period of, I, 16; prob- lems and policies of, 399; conditions at close of war, 399-402; test-oath act, 402; registration law, 403; judges, lawyers and office holders, 403-405; suffrage reforms (1869-71), 406; State capital located at Charleston (1870), 410, 41I
Rector College, I, 195, 294
Red Cross Work, World's war, I, 708
Red Sulphur and Kauawha turnpike, I, 409
Red Sulphur Seminary, I, 295
Red Sulphur Springs, I, 240
Reed, Hannon, III, 416
Reed, Kelley E., III, 399
Reed, Lorelle V., III, 68
Reed, Miller W., II, 153
Reed, Oliver E., III, 516
Reed, Robert S., III, 13
Reed, William D., II, 566
Reeside, James, leading mail contractor, I, 170 Reger, Carl, II, 191
Reger, Earle, III, 180
Reger, William F., III, 301
Registration law (1866), I, 403, 406, 407
Rehobeth Church, first Methodist meeting house west of the Alleghenies, I, 269
Religion (see also churches and denomina- tions), I, 257, 569
Religious freedom, act of, I, 257
Renick, Felix, description of a trip by, I, 125, 126 Renshaw, W. C. Wickham, II, 79
Repair, John F., III, 586
Repairing damage on South Side Hill, near Charleston, winter of 1918 (illustration), I, 541
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Repository, Wheeling's first newspaper, I, 154 Reppetto, Harvey B., II, 339 Reppert, William, III, 411 Reps, Paulus, II, 283 Republican control, early, I, 551 Revised school code (1909), I, 716
Revolution; rear guard of, I, 81-93; forts at beginning of, 81, 82; forts erected dur- ing, 82, 83; military preparations and operations in Western Virginia, 83, 89; invasions during, 86-89; settlements and county creations during, 89-93 Reyman Memorial Farms, I, 532
Reynolds, Daniel W., II, 525
Reynolds, Francis M., III, 189
Reynolds, P. B., I, 648, 650, 657, 659, 661, 670
Reynolds & Reynolds. II, 525
Rhea, John L. Jr., III, 288
Rheumatism, treatment of, I, 251
Rice, Charles L., II, 212
Rice, Harold A., II, 451
Rice, Martin M., III, 487
Richards, Dell R., II, 360
Richards, Thomas M., II, 306
Richardson, J. Lynn, III, 494
Richardson, Thomas S., III, 493
Richmond, Simon P., III, 454
Richmond, Educational Convention at (1845), I, 282
Richmond Enquirer, I, 299 Rich Mountain, Union victory at, I, 379
Richwood, eastern portion (illustration), I, 45I
Richwood branch of Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road, I, 450 Rickey, John W., II, 548
Rife, Jay W., II, 481
Rife, Oscar J., II, 492
Rigg, John M., II, 57
Riley, Daniel D., III, 640
Riley, Isaac I., III, 579
Riley, Jesse E., III, 76
Rinehart, Claude W., III, 280
Riner, John H., II, 637
Ringer, Jeremiah, II, 574
Ripley, I, 240 Ripple, Josiah M., Jr., III, 66
Rissler, Robert C., II, 321
Ritchie, Thomas, father of Virginia jour- nalism, I, 299
Ritchie county, I, 106, 146, 159, 186, 252; early schools of, 289; first local paper in, 307
Rittenhouse, William T., II, 442
Ritter, Charles A., III, 96 Ritter, Charles D., II, 327 Ritter, C. L., III, 96
River transportation (1793-1872), I, 233, 234 Rivesville. I, 143 Rizer, O. Mortimer, II, 85 Roads, early, I, 14; (1786-1840), 232, 233 Roane county, I, 109, 252 Robbins, Isaac H., II, 297
Roberts, B. S., I, 387 Robertson, John E., III, 187
Robertson, Richard, II, 47 Robey, Howard L., III, 545 Robinett, John H., III, 467
Robins, Joseph E., III, 69 Robinson, Benjamin O., II, 532 Robinson, Henry C., II, 389 Robinson, Ira E., I. 564 Robinson, J. A., I, 664 Robinson, Jedediah W., III, 83 Robinson, John L., III, 183 Robinson, Paul M., III, 195
Robinson, W. W., III, 206 Robison, Charles C., III, 212 Robosson, Reginald P., III, 17 Robson, Houghton A., II, 568 Roby, Clarence, II, 10I Rodgers, William J., II, 29 Rodney, James S., II, 286 Roessing, Charles. III, 437
Rogers, George J., II, 20
Rogers, H. H., I, 494 Rogers, J. G., III, 599
Rogers, Paul M., II, 119
Rogers, William M., II, 119
Rogers, William W., II, 273
Rogers Pharmacy, II, 119
Rohrbough, Clark L., III, 327
Roller, Robert D., III. 217
Romig, Emerson V., III, 142
Romine, John W., II, 453
Romney, I, 239
Romney County Court House (illustration), I, 464
Romney Literary Society, I, 293
Ronecverte, I, 429
Roome, Harry H., III, 136
Rose, E. W., III, 506
Rosecrans, William, his campaign in West Virginia, I, 383, 384 Rosedale, oil wells at (illustration), I, 502
Rosier, Joseph, I, 628; II, 249
Ross, Donald J., II, 450
Ross, Howard J., II, 249
Ross, J. Shirley, II, 344
Round, Frederick L., III, 456
Roush, Charles, III, 395
Roush, Margaret V., III, 396
Rouss, Alexander H. S., II, 400
Royal, Kent T., III, 417
Row, Golden F., III, 307
Rowan, John M., I, 557
Rowlesburg, I, 240
Royall, Anne (Newport), I, 681
Ruby, William II., III, 549
Rudasill, Daniel J., II, 557
Ruddle, Isaac N., II, 324
Ruffner, David, I, 165, 166
Ruffner, Henry, I, 166
Ruffner, Joseph, sketch of, I, II0, 165
Ruffner family, pioneers of Kanawha salt industries, I, 165, 166
Ruffner Hotel, I, 180 Rumsey, James, I, 134
Rumseyan Monument, Shepherdstown (il- lustration), I, 96 Runner, Dayton P., III, 105
Rural schools, better day for, I, 631, 632
Rusmisell, Charles C., III, 284
Rusmisell, James A., III, 436
Russel, William, I, 51
Russell, Andrew S., III, 620
Russell, Bennie W., II, 488
Russell, H. W., II, 432
Rutherford, Albert G., III, 431
Ruttencutter, Charles F., III, 72
Rymer, John L., III, 54
Salaries of officials, expenditure for (1912- 1920), I, 619 Salem, I, 102, 145 Salt industry, I, 227
Salt Spring, I, 111
Salt wells (1864), I, 394
Salton, Russell A., II, 590
Samples, W. P., III, 259
Sanders, Harry, III, 62
Sanders, James C., III, 190
Sand Fort colony, of Irish settlers, I, 184 Sandridge, Clifton W., III, 306
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Sands, Harry S., II, 180
Sandusky-Richmond trail, I, 38
Sandy Valley, early settlements in, I, 168 Santerville, I, 240
Sapp, Hayes, II, 505 Sappington, Kenneth N., II, 326 Satterfield, Herschel L., II, 126 Savage, W. L., III, 238
"Savage Grant," I, II4 Savanna fort (Fort Union), I, 70 Saville, J. Burr, II, 82 Saw mills (1835), I. 230
Sawyers, William H., III, 602
Sayre, Greek, I, 257
Sayre, T. J., III, 505
Scaggs, E. Floyd, II, 553
Scanlon, Timothy S., III, 149
Schaeffer, John R., III, 208
Schaeffer, William M., II, 225
Schafer, Orman D., II, 153
Scherr, Arnold C., I. 562
Scherr, Harry, II, 243
Scherr, William B., II, 164
Schmeichel, Fred C., II, 436
Schmeichel, Frederick, II. 386
Schmidiger, August J., II. 197
Schmidlapp, John F., II, 266
Scholl, Lester E., II, 145
Scholz, Carl, III, 16I
School code commission, appointed (1918)}, I, 590 School Law of 1846, I, 282
School statistics, 1850 (see also Education), I, 296, 297 Schools (see Education)
Schools and the World's war, I, 706
Schools for the deaf and blind, I, 630
Schrader, Louis E., II, 206
Schwenek, Lawrence S., II, 56I
Science Hall, West Virginia University (il- Instration), I, 655
Seioto-Monongahela trail, I, 37
Seoteh-Irish, I, 13, 36, 52, 57, 63, 68, 69; their interest in education, 290
Scott, Charles M., II, 155
Scott, James P., III, 527
Scott, John S., II, 484
Scott, John W., I, 648, 662
Scott, Nathan B., I, 56I
Scott, Thomas, II, 300
Scott, Thomas H., II, 520
Scott, William W., III, 538
Scroggins, Frank R., II, 158
Seabright, Charles H., II, 254
Seal, Gordon S., II, 115
Seamonds, George R., III, 196
Sears, Roy O., III, 216
Secession, advocated by eastern Virginia (1850), I, 330
Second State Capitol, Charleston in Ka- nawha (1870-7I) (illustration), I, 405 See, LeRoy, III, 551
See, Ralph W., III, 510
Sehon, Edmund, III, 317
Seibert, Cleveland M., III, 371
Senate passes Australian ballot bill, I, 560 Seneca trail, I, 38, 68
Settle, Alfred L., III, 504
Settlements, first advance of, in eastern panhandle, I, 50; pioneer (1760-1776), 70- 74; New River region (1775-83), 90; in eastern panhandle (1787-91), 99; along the Kanawha (1791-1804), 100; in West Angusta district, 101, 102; delayed along the Big Sandy, 10I; in West Fort Valley, 102; upper Ohio, 104; south of the Great Kanawha, III; in the eastern panhandle, 134-136; Middle New River and Green-
brier, 136-138; the Monongahela valley, 139-152; along the Ohio, 152-161; along the Great Kanawha, 161-167; south of the Great Kanawha; 167-168; early, in Cal- houn county, 159; early, in Big Sandy Valley, 168 Sewell, Stephen, I, 55
Sewell Valley Railroad, I, 439
Shackleford, John N., III, 562
Shackleford, Leon, II, 288
Shackleford, Samuel A., III, 627
Shadle, H. Eugene, II, 213 Shaffer, E. Augusta, III, 439
Shaffer, Gustavus J., III, 438 Shaffer, Harry G., III, 479
Shanklin, William C., III, 492
Shannon, Frank E., III, 492
Shannon, William A., III, 26I
Sharp, Summers H., III. 539
Sharpuack, Joseph N., III, 62 Sharps, John A., III, 4II Shaw, A. Staley, II, 552 Shaw, Harry, II, 22
Shaw, Robert M., II, 536
Shaw, Stephen C., II, 536
Shaw, Thomas J., III, 3II
Shaw, William R., II, 620
Shawkey, M. P., I, 628, 636
Shawnee (Seneca) trail, I, 38, 68
Sheep, I, 530
Sheets, Harry W., II, 601
Sheet Metal Specialty Co., III, 256
Shelby, Reece, II, 246
Shell, Bernard, II, 571
Shenandoah Valley, first newspaper in, I, 299 Shepherd, Adam R., III, 494
Shepherd, David, I, 74, 86
Shepherd, Edward C., II, 187
Shepherd, Guy W., II, 140
Shepherd, Hiram F., II, 221
Shepherd, Thomas, I, 50
Shepherdstown, I, 89, 134, 239; Episcopal churches at, 258; normal school estab- lished at (1872), 589 Shepherdstown Academy, I, 292
Shepherdstown Register, I, 314
Shepherdsville, I, 239
Sherrard, Robert, I, 135
Sherwood, Reuel E., II, 637
Shewey, Thomas A., II, 596
Shields, Dudley L., II, 73
Shields, Grace M., II, 72
Shields, Thomas L., II, 72
Shildts, D. E., II, 564
Shinn, Chester C., III, 12I
Shinn, Fred L., II, 353
Shinn, Hugh B., III, 603
Shinn, James O., III, 442
Shinn, Reuben P., III, 422
Shinn Family, III, 12I
Shinnston, I, 145, 240
Shires organized (1634), I, 46
Showacre, William R., III, 275 Showalter, Howard W., II, 494
Showalter, Ulysses W., II, 314 Shomo, Benjamin F., III, 306
Shomo, Charles W., III, 309 Shomo, George W., III, 310 Short, John M., II, 342 Shorthorn cattle, I, 529
Shreve, John C., II, 303 Shriver, Frank C., II, 42 Shriver, John, II, 77 Shull, James W., II, 83
Shurtleff, Oliver, III, 292 Shuttleworth, Benjamin F., III, 389 Shuttleworth, Guy A., II, 4I
677
Shutts, Herman A., II, 226 Silver, Gray, II, 12 Simeral, Glenning D., II, 235 Simms, John T., II, 54 Simms, Meredith J., II, 62 Simon, Winfield S., III, 340 Simpson, John N., II, 75 Sine, Rezin W., III, 606 Sinnett, Charles W., III, 54 Sinsel, Charles A., III, 305 Sisler, E. B., II, 401 Sistersville, I, 109, 240 Sistersville oil field, I, 506, 510 Skeen, Herbert, III, 468 Skinner, John J., II, 399
Slack, Frank P., II, 268
Slack, Robert E., III, 518
Slaughter, Gibbon M., II, 250
Slavery, I, 247, 248, 315 Sloan, Herbert E., II, 389 Small, Alexander R .. III, 17 Smiley, Charles S., III, 122
Smith, Albin H., III, 36
Smith, Alton L., II, 374
Smith, Benjamin H., I, 413, 551
Smith, Carl C., II, 479
Smith, C. Harrison, III, 169
Smith, Charles A., III, 205
Smith, Charles B., III, 445
Smith, Charles D., III, 536
Smith, Charles G., III. 20 Smith, Claude L., III, 160
Smith, Dudley I., II, 157
Smith, Edward, II, 39
Smith, Edward G., III, 645
Smith, Edward M., II, 40
Smith, Ellis L., III, 464
Smith, Etley P., II, 482
Smith, Erwyn A., III, 635
Smith, Harrison B., II, 261
Smith, Harry F., II, 180
Smith, Henry, narrative of (1794), I, 118, 119, 222 Smith, Henry S., III, 76
Smith, Howard C., III, 596
Smith, Hugh G., II, 584
Smith, Isaac D., II, 394
Smith, Jackson, III, 139
Smith, Jacob D., II, 564
Smith, James M., III, 70
Smith, Joe L., II, 602
Smith, John M. L., III, 295
Smith, John W., III, 291
Smith, Joseph F., III, 26
Smith, Joseph H., II, 187
Smith, J. F., III, 148
Smith, J. R. Williamson, III, 282
Smith, Levin, II, 455
Smith, Oceola M., II, 393
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