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Smith, Parks J., III, 640
Smith, Roscoe C., III, 462
Smith, Roy C., II, 93
Smith, Samuel G., III, 579
Smith, Waitman T., II, 457
Smith, William D., II. 526
Smith, William F., III, 322
Smith, William H., II, 467
Smith, William J., III, 182
Smith, William L., Jr., III, 219
Smith, William L., Sr., III, 218
Smith, William W., III, 321
Smith, Winfield S .. III, 283
Smithfield, 1, 54, 239 Smithville, I, 159, 240
Smoot, Charles S., II, 459
Smoot, Edgar W., III. 119
Smoot, James R., II, 410 Smoot, J. Ray, II, 411
Smootsville, I, 240 Snedegar, Clyde II., III, 320
Snee, William J., II, 127
Sneed, Noble K., II, 269
Snider, Millard F., II, 357 Snodgrass, Wilford B., III, 608 Snow, Walter A., II, 389 Snow Hill furnace, I, 166 Snyder, Berlin E., III, 356
Snyder, George, III, 158
Snyder, Harry L., II, 374
Snyder, J. P., III, 463
Snyder, William S., III, 114 Social history (see population)
Somers, William H., II, 496
Sommerville, James B., II, 394
South, Walter H., II, 167
South Branch country, I, 53
South Wheeling, I, 240 Southern, John C., III, 196
Southern Bell Company, I, 540 Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, I, 539, 541 Southeru West Virginia (Colton's map of), I, 400 Spaur, W. Kirk, III, 177
Speer, Noah Q., III, 210
Spelman, Harold J., II, 295
Spence, Horatio M., II, 527
Spencer, Arthur B., III, 303
Spencer, I, 240, 303
Sperow, Wilson P., III. 115
Sperry, Clarence B., II, 365
Spiker, Calvin F., III, 382
Spiker, Jacob, II, 103
Spiker, William H., III, 507
Spindler, Bruce, II, 220
Spindler, Charles, III, 265
Spindler, William, II, 614
Splash Dam in the Kanawha River (illus- tration), I, 448 Sponseller, George J. E., II, 185
Spotswood, Alexander, sketch of, I, 49, 50
Sprigg, Melvin B., III, 174
Springer. A. Glenn, II, 486
Springfield, I, 99, 238, 239
Squires, John H., III, 588
Squires, Milton E., II, 468
St. Albans, I, 436 St. Albans High School, III, 640
St. Clair, Alexander, II, 160
St. Clair, Frank B., III, 376
St. Clair, Wade H., II, 159
St. George, I, 93, 476
St. Boom and Manufacturing
Company, I, 429 St. Marys, I, 157, 240
St. Mathew's (Episcopal) Church of Wheel- ing, formed (1819), I, 260
Staats, Coleman A., III, 186
Staats, Edgar R., II, 536
Staats, Enoch, III, 542
Stafford, John L., II, 588
Stages, on National Road, I, 170; first be- tween Baltimore and the Ohio river, 170; fares, 177 Stalnaker, C. Burton, III, 460
Stalnaker, Garrison J., III, 328
Stalnaker, Randolph, III, 604
Stalnaker, Thomas E., III, 462
Stanard, Oscar L., II, 373
Standard Oil Company, purchases holdings, I, 511
Stansbury, Harry A., II, 167 Stapp, Harry R, II, 216 Starkey, John, III, 641 Starksville, I, 240 Starling, Edmund A., III, 77
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INDEX
State Agricultural Experiment Station, or- ganized (1888), I, 532
State and State School levies (rates) (1863- 1913), I, 609
State Board of Agriculture, organized (1891-1912), I, 532; created (1891), 602 State Board of Children's Guardians, estab- lished (1919), I, 717
State Board of Education, created (1908), I, 590; ereated (1919), 647
State boards of education, I, 634
State Board of Embalmers, created (1899), I, 600
State Board of Health, created (1881), I, 555
State budget, I, 716
State Bureau of Roads, created (1913), I, 717
State capital; contest between Wheeling and Charleston, I, 433; vote by counties for Charleston, Clarksburg and Martins- burg, 434; returned to Wheeling (1875), 553; permanent removal to Charleston (1885), 556
State Capitol Building, first (illustration), I, 368; Charleston (destroyed by fire, January, 1921) (illustration) I, 591; burn- ing of, 719
State Department of Agriculture, ereated in 1913, I, 717
State Department of Mines, TI, 64
State depository law, I, 604
State election, time of, changed, I, 556
State Executive Council of Defense, World's war (1917), I, 698
State expenditures, huge expansion of sinee 1912, I, 618-620
State government, development of, I, 590- 604
State highway inspector, abolished, I, 602
State highways, honded indebtedness au- thorized for (1920), I, 422
Statehood, achievement of; Seeession eon- vention, I, 335-337; anti-Union sentiment and action, 338; ordinance of secession adopted, 339-341; United States proper- ties seized, 342; Union meetings in west- ern Virginia, 342, 343; first Union con- vention at Wheeling, 345-353; second con- vention and promulgation of new State, 353-356; recognized by Congress of the · United States, 356; first constitutional convention of West Virginia (November, 1861), 357; name and boundaries adopted, 358; constitution (1861), 358-362; ratified, 362; admitted into the Union, December 31, 1862, 365; begins legal existence, June 20, 1863, 366; State seals adopted, 367, 368; United States senators elected, 368; choice of permanent capital, 369; Non- Union counties during Civil war, 369-373; presidential election, 1864, 373
State indebtedness, 1876-93, I, 613 State institutions, I, 594
State militia, organization of, I, 603
State Normal school, first, I, 636
State Normal School, West Liberty, Admin- istration Building (illustration), I, 637 State officers, salaries of, I, 594, 595, 717
State police created (1919), I, 603; estab- lished (1919), 717 State politics (see Politics)
State prison (see penitentiary)
State Road Bureau, ercated (1913), I, 547, 549 State Road Commission, I, 547, 549; expen- diture for, 619
State roads and highways, system of (1920), I, 603
State roads, system of (1920), I, 717
State Tax Commission, report of the first, I, 614
State tax commissioner ereated (1904), I, 562, 602
State taxes (1920, 1921), I, 719
State treasury; receipts and expenditures of (1863-1912), I, 606, 607; receipts and expenditures (1913-1920), 608
Stathers, Madison, II, 150
Stathers, Walter E., III, 569
Stathers, William G., II, 387
Statue of Ethan Allen, Public Library, Wheeling, III, 14
Statutes of the State, revised by aets of 1881 and 1882, 1, 555
Staunton, I, 54
Staunton and Parkersburg Pike, I, 137, 181- 184
Stayman. Joseph W., II, 111
Stealey, Robert T., II, 462
Steam-propelled machinery; introduction to saw mills, I, 230
Steamboat; influences of, I, 215, 216
Steamboat freight rates, I, 236
Steamboats (1811-60), I, 235-237
Steamer and railroad cooperation, I, 216
Stebbensville, I, 239
Steel, Charles W., III, 83
Steele, Byron W., III, 397
Steele, Hugh H., III, 34
Steele, Lonzo E., II, 234
Steele, S. Charles, II. 612
Steele, William, I, 270
Steinmetz, Christian, II, 177
Stemple, David C., II, 408
Stemple, Lloyd M., II, 53
Stenger, William S., II, 66
Stephenson, Buren, III, 564
Stephenson, James M., I, 336; II, 254
Stephenson, Samuel, III, 236
Stepp, Ervin P., II, 596
Steubenville and Pittsburgh Railway, I, 207
Stevens, E. W., I, 155
Stevens, George W., I, 428
Stevens, Luther C., III, 297
Stevens, Wilkin B., III, 23
Stevenson, John E., II, 328
Stevenson, William E. (illustration), I, 349, 406, 551, 590; II, 432
Stewart, Austin B., III, 206
Stewart, Charles O., ITI, 206
Stewart, E. C., III, 206
Stewart, James H., I, 659; III, 288
Stewart, James S., II, 77
Stewart, Niek L., III, 206
Stewart, Samuel A., III, 206
Stewart, William B., III, 204
Stewart Brothers, III, 206
Stifel, William F., III, 11
Stiles, Samuel B., II, 516
Stiles, William C., I, 503; II, 515
Stinson, J. Taylor, II, 297
Stockert, M. F., III, 426
Stoke & Stockton (National) road line, I, 171 Stokeyville, I, 158
Stollings, Floyd D., II, 110
Storek, Lonis, II, 514
Storer, John, I, 630
Storer College, I, 630
Stone, Elijah J., II, 65
Stone, Frank, II, 472
Stone, James G., II, 418
Stonestreet, Washington W., II, 179
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Stoops, Lowry M., III, 272 Stotts, Elmer C., III, 162 Stout, Okey J., II, 73 Stout, Ross F., II, 537 Stout, W. Frank, II, 353 Stout, Walter E., II, 453 Stove foundry, first, I, 143 Stover, Kreider H., Il, 94 Strader, George S., II, 106
Straight, Jacob F., III, 12 Straley, George E., III, 425
Straley, Henry J., III, 57 Straton, Joseph B., II, 587 Streams, pollution of, 1, 399 Strickland, Charles W., III, 174
Striekler, Alexander G., III, 364 Strieby, Cyrus O., III, 488 Stroehmann, Fred G., II, 543
Strosnider, Homer, II, 352
Strother, David H., I, 241, 681
Strother, Walton L., III, 197
Stuart, Alexander H. H., I, 337
Stuart, John, II, 625 Stuck, James W., III, 39 Stuck, William B., III, 84
Stuck, W. Frank, II, 500
Stump, Waynefield L., II, 449
Sturgiss, George C., II, 6
Sturm, Harold T., III, 411
Stutler, Boyd B., III, 472
Sublette, Samuel J., II, 382
Suddarth, F. S., III, 81
Sudduth, Walton, II, 448 Suffrage question (1869-71), I, 406 Sugden, Walter S., III, III Summers, C. B., III, 58
Summers, Fred E., III, 501
Summers, George, I, 129; sketch of, 162, 163 Summers, Lewis, journal or diary of (1808), I, 129-133; sketch of, 162, 163 Summers, Thomas, I, 163 Summers county, I, 252; non-Union, 370, 408; formed, 409, 429 Summerville, I, 239
Sunday School associations, I, 588
Suspension bridge, Morgantown (erected 1852) (illustration), I, 138
Suspension bridge at Wheeling opened (July, 1856), I, 208 Sutherland, George E., III, 344
Sutherland, Howard, I, 564
Sutton, John D., I, 129
Sutton, William L., II. 376
Sutton High School, III, 292
Sutton, first B. & O. train to (May, 199I), I, 449
Suttonville, I, 239 Swaney, Alice, III, 224
Swearingen, Thomas, I, 50
Sweeney, Andrew J., II, 26
Sweet, Clarence B., II, 401
Sweet Springs, I, 112 Swiger, Basil E., III, 155
Swint, Benjamin H., III, 347
Swint, Charles P., III, 178
Swint, J. J., III, 611
Swisher, Charles W., I, 562
Swisher, Howard L., III, 176
Swiss immigrants, found Helvetia (1869), I, 593 Switzer, Charles K., III, 293 Switzer, Philip A., III, 335 Swope, Bernard O., III, 250 Sybert, Merton A., III, 82 Sydenstricker, Edward W., II, 640 Sydenstricker, John M., II, 640 Sydnor, Frank M., III, 615
Sydnor, John T., III, 188 System of state roads (1920), I, 717
Tabler, Carlton L., III, 394
Tabler, Daniel C., II, 124
Tabor, McHenry, III, 22
Tabor, Robert A., II, 316
Talbott, Elam D., III, 585
Talbott, Ezbai W., III, 33
Talbott, Richard E., III, 468
Talbott, Robert, III, 59
Talbott, Waitman T., III, 90
Talbott, William E., III, 186
Talbott, W. Bruce, III, 337
Talkington, Sanford J., II, 577
Tamburini, Moses, III, 44I Tanneries, early, in Hampshire county, I, 135
Tanner's Cross Roads (New California), I, 109
Tarnay, Charles II. 626
Tarnay Collieries Company, II, 626
Tavenner, Lewis N., II, 604
Taverns, I, 243, 244
Tax assessment, reform in, I, 561, 562
Tax commission, second (190I), I, 616 Tax commissionership, created (1904), I, 595
Tax law, first general (1863), I, 613
Taxable property, inadequate assessment of, I, 556
Taxable wealth (1870-1910), I, 609
Taxation; reform in (1901), I, 595; devel- opment of, receipts by State treasury (1863-1912), 606; expenditures from State treasury (1863-1912), 607; receipts and expenditures in 1913-1920, 608; State school levies, taxable wealth and all taxes (1863-1920), 609; average rate of levy and classified taxes, 610; period from IS61-70, 61I-613; State indebtedness, 1876- 93, 613; period from 1870 to 1880, 613-614; period from 1880 to IS90, 614-616; period from 1900-1910, 616, 617; conditions, ten- dencies and needs in 1912, 618; period since 1912, 618-620
Taxes, in thousands and per capita (1904- 1912), I, 609; classified, 610
Taylor, Charles T., II, 70
Taylor, Charles W.,III, 607
Taylor, Everett R., II, 198
Taylor, Jesse H., II, 372
Taylor, Marcellus N., II, 562 Taylor, Marvin L., III, 201
Taylor, Milton H., II, 6II
Taylor, Walter L., III, 292
Taylor, W. B., II, 285
Taylor, Zachary, I, 172
Taylor county, I, 194, 252; first paper pub- lished in, 304 Tazewell, Littleton W., I, 315
Teachers, higher standards for, I, 631 Teays, Stephen, I, 100
Teays clays, I, 32, 33
Telephone and telegraph companies, valua- tion of their properties in West Virginia (192I), I, 545
Telephone department, I, 59S
Telephone service; first, in State (1880) and extensions, I, 538; chief operating companies, 539-545; valuation of tel- ephonie and telegraphic properties, 545, 546
Telephone toll line, first, in West Virginia, I, 538
Temporary taxes (1871-74), I, 614 Tennant, Odell S., III, 581 Terminal bridge at Wheeling, I, 465
680
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Terraces, I, 33 Terrell, Joseph Z., II, 300 Test oath, I, 404 Teter, Floyd, III, 325 Teter, Granville, III, 507 Teter, James M., II, 213 Teter, Jesse H., III, 279
Teter, Philander K., III, 157
Tetrick, Willis G., III, 577
Thacker Coal & Coke Company, Tipple No. 11 Operation (illustration), I, 520 Tharp, Phineas R., III, 257 Tharp, Sarah C, III, 258 Thatcher, William R., III, 481
Thayer, Garland T., III, 542
Thayer, John R., III, 94
Third State Capitol, crected by City of Wheeling (illustration) 1875-76, 1, 554 Thoenen, David E., III. 418
Thomas, Charles H., III, 374
Thomas, Evan, II, 595
Thomas, Jeremiah, III, 377
Thomas, John E., II, 263
Thomas, Saul, II, 299
Thomas, Vestus, III, 375
Thomas, William H., II, 190
Thomas, William J., II, 109
Thomas, William L., III, 48
Thomasson, Reuben M., III, 448
Thompson, Edwin B., II, 578
Thompson, Frederick E., III, 566
Thompson, George B., III, 483 Thompson, George W., II, 499
Thompson, George W., II, II, 500
Thompson, George W., III, II, 500
Thompson, Judge George W., II, 499
Thompson, Herbert H., II, 530
Thompson, John R, I, 648, 655, 662
Thompson, J. Frank, II, 638
Thompson, Lewis H., III, 113
Thompson, Philip, I, 161 Thompson, Stephen B, III, 446 Thompson, Robert, I, 104 Thorn, Charles P., II, 56
Thornburg, Thomas C., III, 99 Thornbury. Joseph W., II, 154 Thorne, Metta V., III, 420 Thornhill, James W., III, 492
Thornton, Clark M., III, 44 Thornton, David H., II, 158 Thornton, Frank R., III, 44 Thornton, John T., II, 53 Thornton, R. Edward, III, 43 Thrift and war saving stamps, I, 710
Thrush, Henry C., II, 136 Thrush, Richard W., II, 348 Thurmond, I, 432 Thurmond, Walter R., III, 64
Thurston, David W., III, 535 Tickle, Thomas G., III, 63 Tidler, James O. T., III, 525
Tierney, James A., III, 176
Tilton, William, I, 106
Timber industry and lands, I, 534, 535 Timothy, T. R., III, 207
Tipples at Micco, Logan county (illustra- tion), I, 507 Titlow, C. R., I, 704
Titus, G. L., II, 645 Toler, Buren H., 1II, 567 Toler, J. Albert, III, 239
Toll bridges, I, 233
Toll lines (telephone) established and con- solidated (1894-1920), I, 540-545
Tolls, regulation of (1809), I, 175; freedom from (1825), 176; increase of (1831), 178 Tomahawk (homestead) rights, I, 69, 74
"Tomahawk rights" men, I, 4 Tompkins, Grant E., II, 602 Tompkins, Harold P., III, 498 Tonkin, H. Glenville, II, 623 Toompas, Edward K., II, 615 Toothman, James G., II, 575 Topography, I, 25, 26 Topping, C. L., II, 38 Torregrosa, Manuel F., III, 49
Tory conspiracies, I, 84-86 Towers, George, I, 293
Towns, incorporation of (1762-1858). I, 230, 240; statistics in 1850, 253; in 1860, 255; population of (1860), 256; population since 1860, 568
Towns and cities, uniform system for gov- ernment of (1911), I, 595
Township system, abandoned (1872), I, 418 Trade, early, I, 226, 228
Trails, I, 14, 36-39, 67, 68; in upper Tygart's Valley, 146
Trainer, George H., II, 613
Trans-Allegheny, struggle for control of, I, 57-65; advance guard of, I, 66-80; routes to, 66-68; early migrations to, 68- 74; rear guard of the Revolution, I, 81-93 Trans-Allegheny region; Washington 's
faith in, I, 94
Trans-Allegheny settlements, encouraged by Virginia (1752), I, 56
Trans-Appalachian region; pioneer settle- ment of, I, 13-15
Transportation (see highways, railroads, roads and trails)
Transportation (1864), I, 397, 398; (1912- 1919), 715
Travelers' records, glimpses from, I, 115- 133
Trembly, Charles E., III, 314
Trent, William, I, 58; surrenders, 59
Triadelphia, I, 93, 240
Trimble, Stanton, III, 314
Trippett, Karl H., II, 502
Tropf, Fred, III, 277
Trotter, Frank B., III, 6
Trotter, J. R., I, 636, 705
Troxell, Leander, III, 13
Trump, Charles S., III, 115
Tuberculosis sanitaria, expenditure for
(1912-1920), I, 619
Tuberculosis sanitarium, I, 597
Tucker connty, I, 73, 151, 252, 475; remark- able industrial changes in, I, 472
Tunnelton, I, 193
Turner, E. M., I, 648, 657, 658, 666
Turner, Francis W., III, 519
Turner, James D., II, 234
Turner, James J., III, 600
Turner, Thomas M., II, 475
Turnpikes, early (1836-56), I, 137; early (1840-56), 142, 147, 158; minor (1827-50), 180; ravaged by Civil War, 181, 233
Tuscarora Presbyterian church, built in 1730 (illustration), I, 265 Tutwiler, Herman L., II, 272
Tygart, David, I, 55, 56 Tygart's Valley, Randolph County, I, 31, 71
Tygart's Valley settlements, I, 93
Tyler, Emory L., II, 182
Tyler county, I, 109, 252; early schools of, I, 288
Tyler County High School, III, 35 Tynes, Buford C., II, 274 Tyree, Edward T., II, 133
Tyree Stone Tavern near Cliftop (illustra- tion), I, 172
681
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Ulfert, William G., III, 27 Union, I, 112, 237, 239
"Union Society" of Methodist Episcopal church, I, 271 United Mine Workers, I, 519, 523, 714 United War Work Council, World's war, I, 709
University enrollment of candidates for de- grees (1909-21), I, 716 University library, I, 651, 652 University of Henrico (1619), I, 277 Upshur County, I, 148, 183, 252; early schools of, I, 285, 286
Valentine, A. Jay, III, 529 Valleyton, I, 240 Vance, Charles E., III, 421 Vance, Fred W., III, 229 Vancluse, I, 157
Vancouver, Charles, I, 101 Vancouver tract, I, 101
Vandalia, proposed colony of (1771), I, 79
Van Devender, Charles E., II, 491
Vandervoort, James W., II, 441 Van Hoose, Harvey G., III, 16
Van Horn, Moses H., III, 201
Van Meter, Isaac, extracts from diary of (1801), I, 126, 127
Van Meter, John, I, 52 Van Scoy, Howard W., II, 403 Van Tromp, Homer O., 1II, 414
Van Voorhis, Morton, III, 586
Van Winkle, Peter G. (illustration), I, 349, 355, 368 Van Winkle, Walling W., II, 3
Varner, Harry V., III, 202
Varney, Riley, II, 205
Varney, William P. T., II, 588 Vass, Thurman E., II, 156
Vaughan, Robert R., II, 502 Venable, Harry M., III, 187 Vest, Alton H., II, 543 Via, George O., II, 58
Vick, Clyde W., II, 506
Vickers, Carroll L., III, 290
Vickers, E. H., I, 605, 618, 650 Vienna, I, 239 Vieweg, George B., II, 166 Vines, Oscar P., II, 645
Viquesney, Jules A., III, 490 Virgin forests (1880) (map), I, 534
Virgin forest (1913) (map), I, 535
Virginia, institutional heritage from, I, 40- 48; first constitution of, 317; public debt of (1861), 626
Virginia Central Railroad, I, 424
Virginia debt, West Virginia's portion of, I, 554, 561; West Virginia's liability for, 617; question of, 623-627, 719; settlement of (illustration), 624
Virginia Debt Case, final adjudication of, I, 619-620 "Virginia Debt Commission," I, 626 Virginia Free Press, I, 314 Virginia land office grants, I, 111, 112 Virginia laws; applied to West Virginia (be- fore 1863), I, 244-246
Virginia-Pennsylvania boundary dispute, I, 74, 75, 92 Virginia road, I, 67 Virginia sectionalism, I, 315-317 Virginia Warriors Path, I, 36 Virginian Railway, I, 494-498 Virginias, proposed reunion of the, I, 403 Virginius, I, 239
Waddell, Alexander G., III, 625 Waddell, Edward L., II, 275
Waddell, George, III, 624 Waddell, Lynne, II, 378 Wade, B. F., I, 363 Wade, Forney, II, 245 Wade, Spencer S., II, 359 Waggener Family, II, 510 Waggoner, Chauncey W., II, 89
Wagner, Arch C., III, 91 Waldie, William J., III, 443
Waldschmidt, Edward, II, 518
Walker, Joseph M., II, 317
Walker, Lanty H., III, 313
Walker, Robert L., III, 373
Wallace, George S., I, 697
Wallace, Samuel B., III, 539
Wallcutt, Thomas, extract from journal of (1790), I, 119-121
Walls, George A., III, 129
Walpole, Thomas, I, 79
Walton, French D., II, 174
Walworth, R. H., I, 203
Wampler, Avis L., II, 610
Ward, Charles E., II, 623
Ward, Columbus M., III, 137
Warden, Alfred R., II, 469
Warden, Henry F., II, 240
Wardensville, I, 240
Warder, Hugh, III, 294
Ware, J. Blackburn, III, 336
Warfield, I, 168
Warm Springs and Huntersville Turnpike, I, 137 Warren, Walter H., III, 171 Warth, Henry C., II, 263 Warwick, Jacob, III, 599
Washington, George, I, 4, 6; surveys Fair- fax grant (1747-48), 53; 58, 59; as guar- dian of the West, 61, 63; prophet of the West, 94-97, 101, 106; his lands for sale (1802), 312, 526
Washington, I, 526
Washington Hall, Birthplace of West Vir- ginia (illustration), I, 344
Washington's headquarters in 1747 as boy surveyor for Lord Fairfax (illustration), 1, 52 Waters, Jesse W., II, 529
Watkins, Charles H., Jr., II, 282
Watkins, W. Merle, III, 583
Watson, Charles E., II, 202
Watson, Charles W., III, 457
Watson, Clarence W., I, 563
Watson, Edgar H., III, 354
Watson, Elmer E., III, 630 Watson, Gilbert L., II, 12 Watson, John A., III, 227
Watson, John B., III, 39
Watson, Roger E., III, 110
Watson, William E., III, 455
Watson, I, 239
Watsontown, I, 99
Watts, Cornelius C., I, 561 Watts House, Morgantown 1800 (illustration), I, 141
(Built about
Waugh, Charles S., III, 70
Waugh, Harry M., II, 205
Waugh, H. Roy, III, 607
Waugh, Webster W., III, 469
Way, Fred E., III, 199
Wayne, Anthony, I, 97 Wayne, I, 492
Wayne county, I, 168, 252; early schools of, 289
Wayne County Coal Company, I, 517 Weaver, Roy L., III, 363 Webb, Harry E., III, 407 Webb, Jonathan W., III, 198
Webster county, I, 109, 252
682
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Webster Springs (illustration), I, 452 Weddings and marriage regulations, I, 225, 226
Wedgwood, John W., II, 495
Weed, Henry, sketch of, I, 265
Weidler, Wellington E., II, 38
Weights and measures, legislation, I, 600, 601
Weimer, Lewis H., II, 360
Weimer, Wilford E., III, 483
Weir, D. M., III, 477 Weir, E. T., III, 476
Weir, James W., III, 537
Weirton Steel Company, III, 476
Welch, I, 490
Welch, Richard A., II, 182
Welch, Ulysses S., 11, 552
Wells, Henry C., II, 39
Wells, W. E., III, 585
Wellsburg, I, 104, 156, 157, 239 Wellsburg Bank and Trust Company, II, 233
Wellsburg Herald, I, 314
Wellsburg National Bank, The, III, 601
Wemple, Charles E., II, 417
Wertz, William W., I, 690
West (post-Revolution), awakening of the, I, 94-114
West Columbia, I, 240
Western Central Telephone Company, I, 545
Westernford, I, 151
Western (up country) democracy, I, 316
Western Maryland Railway, I, 472-478
Western Virginia; population of (1790- 1860), I, 252; counties and dates of forma- tion (1754-1895), 252; composition and condition of population and town sta- tistics (1850), 253; agricultural statistics (1850), 254; destiny of, 317; community life in (1864), 395-397
Western Virginia Educational Society, I, 294
Westfall, Ira B., III, 412
Westfall's Fort, Tygarts Valley, Beverly, built 1774 (illustration), I, 71
Westfield, I, 239
West, George M., III, 108
West, Jolın T., II, 74
West, Olandus, III, 633
West, William H., III, 376
West Fork valley, I, 102
West Hamlin, I, 441
West Liberty, I, 104, 239; normal school established at (1867), I, 589
West Milford, I, 71, 145
West Union, I, 185, 239
West Union Academy, I, 295
West Virginia; destined for separate State- hood, I, 12-19, 36; erection of, as a State (1861-62), 15; pioneer settlers of, 55; mother counties of 1790 (map), 98
West Virginia's greatest primeval forest, death knell of, I, 476
West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad, ab- sorbed by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, I, 449
West Virginia Brick Company, II, 158 West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Rail- way Company, I, 474
West Virginia Children's Home, I, 598
West Virginia Colored Institute, I, 630, 637 West Virginia Compensation Law, I, 598, 599
West Virginia Dairy Association, I, 534 West Virginia Demonstration Packing School, I, 532
West Virginia Good Roads Federation, or- ganized (1919), I, 603
West Virginia Horticultural Society, I, 534 West Virginia Humane Society, I, 597 West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, I, 597
West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls, I, 597
West Virginia Livestock Association, I, 534 West Virginia Immigration and Develop- ment Association, I, 594
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, I, 441, 476
West Virginia Sheep Breeders' and Wool Growers' Association, I, 534
West Virginia Telegraph and Telephone Company, I, 539
West Virginia Traction and Electric Com- pany, I, 468 West Virginia State Poultry Association, I, 534
West Virginia University, department of history, I, 8; College of Agriculture, 531; sketch of, 590; foundation laid, 644-647; evolution of college departments, 650-651; buildings, equipment and library, 651, 652; policies and politics; 652-661; co- education, 661-669; chapel exercises, 669- 670; recent conditions and extensions, 670- 673; student registration (1912-1920), 673; enrollment (1867-1921), 674, 675; en- rollment College of Arts and Sciences (1906-21), 676; attendance of women (1906-22), 677; enrollment in College of Agriculture, 678; appropriations (1920- 21), 678
West Virginia University, Commencement Hall (illustration), I, 650 West Virginia University, Oglebay Hall (illustration), I, 646 West Virginia University, Science Hall (illustration), I, 655
West Virginia University, Women's Hall (illustration), I, 660
West Virginia Wesleyan College, III, 430 Weston, I, 102, 183; first B. & O. train to reach (September, 1879), I, 447, 453
Weston, showing hospital at left (illustra- tion), I, 596
Weston and Elk River Railroad Company, I, 449
Weston College, I, 294
Westrater, Amos A., II, 184
Wetherell, James A., II, 458
Wetzel county, I, 104, 252; early schools of, 288
Wharton, William E., III, 156
Wheat, James S., I, 355
Wheat, Joseph S., III, 419
Wheeler, Benjamin B., II, 597
Wheeling, earliest known settlement of, I, 73; 104, 152-156; first newspaper, 154; first trains into (1853), 193; in 1820, 214, 238, 239; first regular preaching in (1812), 265; Methodist churches of, 269; news- papers of, 305, 306; a center of Unionism, 344; meeting of second Union convention at 353; in 1870 (illustration), 371; as State Capital, 369; contest with Charles- ton for State Capital, 433; government, population and banks of, 467; institution of, 468, 469; first telephone exchange at (1880), 538
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, I, 201
Wheeling and Kanawha packet line, I, 206 Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Company, I, 465 Wheeling Bridge case, I, 200-209
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Wheeling bridge, old (blown down May, 1854), I, 208
Wheeling Daily Register, seized by United States government (1864), I, 373 Wheeling Electric Company, II, 25
Wheeling Female Institute, I, 294
Wheeling Fire Insurance Co., III, 12
Wheeling Improvement Association, I, 468 Wheeling Intelligencer, I, 314
Wheeling, Parkersburg and Cincinnati (Ohio River) Railroad, I, 470
Wheeling-Pittsburgh rivalry, I, 200-209, 217 Wheeling Register, I, 314
Wheeling Sanitary Manufacturing Co., III, 465 Wheeling Traction Company, III, 460
Whelan, A. F., III, 158
Whelan, F. V., I, 184
Whelan, Michael E., III, 536
Whitaker, George P., II, 641
Whitaker, Nelson E., II, 64I
Whitaker, N. Price, III, 420
White, Albert B., I, 561; II, 17
White, Alexander, III, 606
White, Edward E., II, 133
White, Everett E., III, 348
White, George E., III, 182
White, Israel C., I, 32; his scientifie oil in- vestigations, I, 503-505, 713; II, 1
White, James G., II. 547
White, James W., III, 88
White, John B., III, 238
White, Luke, III, 478
White, Oliver P., III, 177
White, Robert, II, 635
White, William L., Jr., II, 406
White, William R., I, 637, 638; sketch of, I, 628
"White man's party, " I, 406
White Sulphur Springs, I, 180, IS1, 240, 241, 271, 429 Whitehair, Edmond, III, 339
Whitehair, F. Arch, III, 104
Whitehair, Joshua, III, 103
Whitehead, Richard S., III, 63
Whitehill, Alexander R., I, 657; II, 508 Whitehill, Mary S., II, 508 Whiteside, Samuel M., II, 92
Whiting, Charles T., II, 466
Whiting, Richard F., III, 393
Whitlow, Millard G., II, 637
Whitmore, George A., II, 445
Whitmore, Samnel P., II, 184
Whittaker, Daniel R., III, 343
Whittaker, John W., III, 335 Whitten, Charles O., II, 219
Whyte, William W., II, 540 Wickham, William C., I, 424 Wieneke, Charles F., II, 304 Wikel, Chester M., III, 236 Wilbourn, Russell A., II, 153 Wilcox, Clay A., II, 137 Wilczek, Andrew, III, 254 Wilen, John A., III, 395 Wilkin, William S., II, 315 Wilkinson, C. E., III, 382 Wilkinson, Jasper N., III, 331
Wilkinson, Robert J., II, 58 Willey, Waitman T., I, 342; (illustration), I, 349, 356, 368 Willey, William P., I, 332, 333, 656 "Willey Amendment" to State Constitu- tion (1862), I, 363 Willfong, Frank J., II, 122 Williams, Charles B., III, 337 Williams, Edgar H., III, 538 Williams, Glenn F., II, 351 Williams, Harry G., II, 61 .
Williams, Isaac, I, 74; sketch of, 105
Williams, Jesse F., II, 310
Williams, Joe., II1, 36
Williams, John C., III, 477 Williams Odie C., III, 303
Williams, Perry C., II, 598
Williams, Raymond H., II, 33
Williams, Richard, III, 341
Williams, William A., III, 390
Williams, Willie J., III, 309
Williamson, I, 491, 492
Williamson, Carl E., III, 472
Williamson, Samuel G., III, 90
Williamson, W. J., II, 619
Williamson, William T., III, 578
Williamsport (Pruntytown), I, 195
Williamston, I, 105 Williamsville, I, 239
Willis, Carson A., II, 326
Willis, Dennis M., III, 38I
Willis, Floyd T., III, 278
Willis, Jane Charlotte W., III, 137
Willis, Marsh H., II, 513
Willis, Nathaniel H., III, 137
Wilmoth, Bernard E., III, 329
Wilson, Benjamin B., III, 472 Wilson, Chape, II, 459
Wilson, Charles L., II, 45
Wilson, Edwin A., III, 560
Wilson, E. Willis, I, 555, 556, 558
Wilson, Gay E., II, 220
Wilson, George W., III, 39I
Wilson, Gustavus H., II, 222
Wilson, James B., III, 58 Wilson, James E., II, 60I
Wilson, James W., III, 173
Wilson, Jesse D., II, 484
Wilson, Merritt, III, 644
Wilson, Newton V., III, 276
Wilson, Robert A., II, 343
Wilson, Scott H., II, 220
Wilson, Stanley B., III, 634
Wilson, Thomas O'J., II, 106
Wilson, Willard A., II, 242
Wilson, William A., II, 52
Wilson, W. A. & Sons, II, 52
Wilson, William H., III, 528
Wilson, William L., I, 648, 655
Wilson, William P., II, 52
Wilson, William R., II, 490
Wilson, Willis, I, 6
Wilson, W. G., III, 368
Wilson, Winfield S., III, 358
Wilt, James B., III, 487
Wiltshire, Gustav B., II, 345
Winans, Ross, I, 192
Winchester, I, 54 Windon, James W., III, 418
Windsor, Charles R., II, 233
Windsor, Walter A., III, 638 Winfield, I, 161 Wingerter, C. A., I, 249
Wingrove, Thaddens K., III, 414 Wirt county, I, 109, 252 Wise, Henry A., I, 316, 328, 338, 341, 382; defeated by Rosecrans at Gauley Bridge, 383
Wiseman, Homer, II, 157
Wiseman, Roy E., III, 193 Withers, Emma, I, 693 Withers, Herbert H., III, 513
Withers, John S., III, 301
Wolf, William M., III, 386
Wolfe, Fred D., III, 469
Wolfe, James W., III, 38I
Wolverton, John M., III, 567
Women's Hall, West Virginia University (illustration), I, 660
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Wood, Amos de R., II, 131 Wood, D. Robertson, III, 625 Wood, Edward J., II, 404 Wood, Jean H., II, 549 Wood, Walter S., III, 215 Wood, William W., III, 49 Wood county, I, 108, 158, 252 Wood Family, II, 130
Woodburn Female Seminary, I, 645
Wooddell, Bantz S., III, 86
Wooddell, James W., II, 598
Wooddell, Will L., III, 86
Woodroe, James D., III, 144
Woods, Frank, III, 319
Woods, IIomer B., III, 259
Woods, J. Hop, III, 319
Woods, Katherine P., I, 691
Woods, Samuel, III, 318
Woods, Samuel V., III, 317
Woodson, Thomas L., III, 602
Woodyard, Harry C., III, 571
Woodyard, William, III, 571
Woofter, Emery J., III, 200 Wool growing, early, I, 228 Woolf, William B., II, 449
Woore, Arthur J., III, 295
Woore, Fredda M., III, 295
Workman, Siegel, III, 499
Workmen's Compensation Fund, I, 598, 618 Workmen's Compensation Law (1913), I, 595
World's war: elective draft registration, I, 697, 698; State Councils of Defense, 697- 700; war legislation, 701, 702; Liberty Loan drives, 702, 703; production and con- servation of food, 703-705; fuel adminis- tration, 705; school and the war, 706; the Four Minute Men, 707; Red Cross work, 708; Allied War relief, 709; other war ac- tivities, 710 World's war industries, I, 715
World's war legislation, I, 701, 702
World's war taxes (1917), I, 619
Worrell, Grover C., II, 599
Wotring, Daniel L., III, 151
Wotring, Thomas J. J., III, 18
Wright, C. Frank, II, 498
Wright, John E., III, 465
Wright, John H., II, 132
Wright, Roy T., II, 94
Wright, Russell, II, 71
Wright, William E., III, 474
Wriston, Robert, III, 355
Writers, early, prose, I, 680
Wyatt, John B., III, 342
Wyckoff, Ole E., III, 84
Wylie, Charles B., II, 357
Wyoming county, I, 168, 252; early schools of, 289 Wysong, Thomas J., II, 564 Wysong, William S., II, 88
Yantis, Solomon V., II, 395
Yoke, Frank R., III, 176
Yoke, French A., III, 529
York, William, II, 648
York county, first county west of the Sus- quehanna, I, 68
Yost, Ervin H., II, 507
Yost, Henry S., II, 248
Yost, Herschel R., II, 248
Yost, Jorier, II, 249
Yost, Lucian N., II, 383
Yost, Paul, II, 249
Yost, William M., II, 76 Youghiogheny county, I, 92 Young, Charles B., III, 250
Young, Egbert E., II, 35
Young, Guy B., III, 93
Young, Houston G., I, 627
Young, John Russell; his narrative of a visit to West Virginia oil region (1864), I, 392-398 Young, Laco L., II, 364
Young, Philip S., III, 517
Young, Ulysses G., III, 407
Young, W. Branch, III, 499
Zane, Ebenezer, I, 53, 73, 152, 153
Zane, Elizabeth, I, 88
Zane, Noah, I, 269
Zane, Silas, I, 73
"Zane's Trace," I, 53; opening of (1796) 152 Zearley, David S., III, 377
Zeller, Charles, II, 574
Zickefoose, Blaine, III, 409
Zickefoose, H. A., III, 428
Zihlman, Edward L., III, 148
Zimmerman, Charles F., III, 349
Zimmerman, Joshua S., III, 524 Zirkle, John H., III, 112
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