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On the 29th day of May, 1864, on the Curry farm, one-fourth of a mile distant from Hamlin, in Lincoln county, an engagement took place between a detach-
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ment of the 3d West Virginia Cavalry and a body of Confederates commanded by Major John Chapman. The Federals had marched from Hurricane Bridge, in Putnam county, and were proceeding up Mud river when they were fired upon by the Confederates, who were concealed on the opposite side of the river. The Federal commander at once ordered a charge, and the Confederates retreated without loss. The Federals had one killed-Mathias Kayler, of Raleigh county- and two wounded.
A slight engagement took place in 1864, at the mouth of Coon creek, a tributary of Trace Fork or Mud river, now in Lincoln county, between Captain Carpenter's Company and Company K, of the 3d West Virginia Cavalry. The latter retreated with the loss of Lieutenant Henry A. Wolf, who was killed at the first fire.
About the Ist of August, 1864, a detachment of Confederate cavalry, under command of John A. McCausland, attacked a body of Federal troops sta- tioned at New Creek. The latter made a gallant stand, and the Confederates withdrew to Morefield, where, on the 7th of the same month, they were attacked by a body of Federal cavalry under General Averill.
In the autumn of 1864, General John H. Oley, of the Federal Army, who was then in command of the Kanawha Valley Department, sent a detachment of the 7th West Virginia Mounted Infantry to Winfield, the county seat of Putnam. Here a rifle pit was soon constructed around the encampment. Late in Septem- ber Colonel Witcher, with a Confederate force known as Witcher's Brigade, was stationed in the Mud River Valley. From here, with four hundred men and Colonel
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Thurman second in command, he proceeded to Win- field, where a night attack was made. Colonel Thur- man led the charge, and just as he reached the Federal position he fell mortally wounded. The firing, now general on both sides, continued about an hour, during which several were killed or wounded on both sides. The Confederates having secured a number of horses, withdrew and returned to Mud River Bridge.
On the 28th of November, 1864, the Confederates, this time commanded by General Rosser, again attacked New Creek, and succeeded in capturing the place. A number of prisoners were taken, and, after doing con- siderable damage to the railroad, the entire force returned to the Shenandoah Valley. This, together with the surrender of a small Federal force at Beverly, in Randolph county, a few days later, put an end to active military operations in the State.
According to the report of the Adjutant-General of the State for the year 1865, it appears that West Vir- ginia furnished to the Federal army 36,530 troops. No official data exist to show the number that went from the State into the Confederate army, but a fair estimate would not be far from 7000. This makes a total of 43,530 men from the State who served in the two armies during the war.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
THE STATE UNDER THE FIRST CONSTITUTION.
The First Session of the Legislature-Roll of Members of the Same-Election of First United States Senators-Counties without Sheriffs or Other Revenue Collectors-Committee on State Seals-First Congressional Districts-Congratu- latory Resolution relating to Citizens of East Tennessee-Rolls of Members of each Legislature from 1863 to 1872, inclusive-Contested Seats in each Branch -Virginia's Proposition to Reunite the Two States-West Virginia's Rejection of the Same-Second United States Senators Elected-The Constitutional Con- vention of 1872-Roll of Members Composing it-The Second Constitution --- Important Changes in the Organic Law of the State.
As elsewhere stated, the Restored Government on the 20th of June, 1863, surrendered its jurisdiction over all the territory embraced in the new State and with- drew to Alexandria, now exercising its authority in but four counties-Accomack, Northampton, Fairfax and Alexandria-the last the smallest in Virginia. The public funds at that time amounted to $225,280.07, of which $215,342.21 were turned over to West Virginia, and $9,937.86 retained by the retiring Government.
The Constitution of the new State, while differing widely in many of its provisions from that of Virginia, was yet similar to it in many respects. The Governor was elected for a term of two years, as were the other State officers; the office of Secretary of State was an elective one. Members of the State Senate were chosen for two years, while those of the House of Delegates were elected for one; the Legislative branch of the Government was denominated the Legislature instead of the General Assembly as in Virginia, and the enacting clause was changed to comply therewith.
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The following were the Senatorial Districts, which, with slight changes, continued the same until 1872 : That is to say, First District-Counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall ; Second-Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Taylor ; Third-Marion, Harrison, Barbour ; Fourth-Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Ritchie, Doddridge, Gilmer ; Fifth-Randolph, Upshur, Lewis, Braxton, Webster, Nicholas; Sixth-Wood, Wirt, Calhoun, Roane, Jackson, Clay; Seventh-Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Fayette ; Eighth-Cabell, Wayne, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh; Ninth-Poca- hontas, Greenbrier, Monroe, Mercer, McDowell ; Tenth-Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan ; Elev- enth-Berkeley, Jefferson.
On the day of the organization of the New Govern- ment, the Legislature convened in the Lindsey Institute at Wheeling. The following shows who composed it, together with data relating to each :-
FIRST LEGISLATURE.
Convened at Wheeling, June 20, 1863. Adjourned December 11, 1863.
SENATORS.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
John H. Atkinson
43
Manufacturer
Ohio
First. Tenth.
Aaron Bechtol
53
Stage man
Virginia
John B. Bowen
45
Farmer
Eighth.
John J. Brown
38
Lawyer
66
Third.
Edward C. Bunker
35
James Burley
62 |Farmer
Pennsylvania
Second.
James Carskadon William H. Copley
44
43
Merchant
New York
Sixth. Second.
Daniel Haymond
.
76
Virginia
Fourth.
Chester D. Hubbard
15
Banker
Connecticut
First.
Edward S. Mahon
47
Farmer
Maryland
Fifth.
Edwin Maxwell . .
| 35 Lawyer
Virginia
Fourth.
D. D. T. Famsworth Aaron ITaw kins
65
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Tenth.
Virginia
Eighth.
43
New York
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SENATORS .- CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
Thomas K. McCann
38
Contractor
New York
William D. Rollyson
26 |Land Agent
Virginia
Greenbury Slack . 55
Farmer
|Seventh.
William E. Stevenson
45
Pennsylvania
Fifth.
Samuel Young
35
Minister
Virginia
Nintb.
John M. Phelps
42
Seventh.
JOHN M. PHELPS .
President.
ELLERY R. HALL
Clerk.
EDMUND KYLE .
Sergeant-at-Arms.
W. M. DUNNINGTON
Doorkeeper.
DELEGATES.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Lewis Ballard
37
Merchant
Virginia
Monroe.
John S. Barnes
47
Farmer
Marion.
James I. Barrick
30 Merchant
66
Hampshire.
Ephraim Bee
60
Farmer
66
Doddridge.
John Boggs
49
66
Putnam.
Lewis Bumgardner
47
61
¥
Wayne.
William L. Crawford,
36
Hancock.
H. N. Crooks
62
Pennsylvania
Wood.
H. W. Crothers
43 Merchant
Ohio
Brooke.
L. E. Davidson
40 Farmer
Virginia
Taylor.
S. R. Dawson
39
Minister
Maryland
Ritchie.
W. S. Dunbar
40 Carpenter
Virginia
Raleigh.
Michael Dunn
48 Merchant
Marshall.
S. S. Flemming
50
Harrison.
Alfred Foster .
43
¥
Wirt.
John C. Gillian
43 Farmer
Greenbrier.
Nathan Goff
65 Banker
New York
Harrison.
Benoni Griffin
49 | Farmer
Virginia
Pocahontas.
Robert Hagar
53 Minister
Boone.
P. M. Hale
36 | Hatter
Lewis.
J. H. Hinchman,
45
Farmer
Logan.
Isaac Holman
53
Pennsylvania
Marion.
D. J. Keeney.
40 Merchant
Jackson.
Cyrus Kittle
43 Farmer
Randolph.
Le Roy Kramer
44 Merchant
Pennsylvania
Monongalia,
Daniel Lamb
53
Lawyer
Ohio.
Thomas Little
45 Farmer
Virginia
Mercer.
J. B. Lough
50
6
Monongalia.
A. W. Mann .
=
Greenbrier.
J. C. McGrew
Merchant
Preston.
J. M. Mc Whorter
35 Clerk of Court
«
Roane.
John Michael
46 |Farmer
"
Hardy.
Pendleton.
George C. Bowyer.
31
Mason.
Thomas Copley
29 48
Virginia .‹
Ninth. Sixth.
.
HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
DELEGATES .- CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Anthony Rader
52
Physician
Virginia
Nicholas. Wetzel.
A. F. Ross
47
I Teacher
Ohio.
Lewis Ruffner
66
Manufacturer
Virginia
Kanawha.
G. W. Sheetz .
39
Carpenter
Hampshire.
W. W. Shriver
54
Maryland
Ohio.
Felix Sutton
61
Farmer
D. Columbia
Braxton.
Daniel Sweeney
53
Minister
Penr sylvania
Tyler.
Joseph Teter, Jr.
35
Farmer
Virginia
Barbour.
Jacob Teter
37
Upshur.
Joseph Turner
53
Marshall.
P. G. Van Winkle .
55 Lawyer
New York
Wood.
J. S. Wheat
60
Farmer
Virginia
Morgan.
W. T. Wiant.
30
Merchant
Gilmer.
E D. Wright
52
Farmer
Cabell.
W. B. Zinn
65
Flour Merchant
Preston.
Spicer Patrick
70
Physician
New York
Kanawha.
SPICER PATRICK
Speaker.
GRANVILLE D. HALL
, Clerk.
SYLVANUS W. HALL
Assistant Clerk.
S. G. W. MORRISON
Sergeant at Arms.
W. W. HOLLIDAY
Doorkeeper.
On the third day of the session, a Committee on State Seals was appointed, those on the part of the Senate being Farnsworth, Maxwell and Slack. On the 26th of September it made the following report, which was adopted :-
The disk of the Great Seal to be two and one-half inches in diameter. The obverse to bear the legend, "State of West Virginia," the constitutional designa- tion of our republic, which, with the motto' "Montani semper liberi "-" Mountaineers always free"-is to be inserted in the circumference. In the centre a rock with ivy, emblematic of stability and continuance, and on the face of the rock the inscription, "June 20, 1863," the date of our foundation, as if "graved with a pen of iron in the rock forever." On the right of the rock a farmer clothed in the traditional hunting shirt,
S. I. Robinson
37
Farmer
Pennsylvania
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peculiar to this region, his right arm resting on the plow handles, and his left supporting a woodman's axe, indicating that while our territory is partly cultivated, it is still in process of being cleared of the original forest. At his right a sheaf of wheat and-a cornstalk. On the left of the rock, a miner, indicated by a pick-axe on his shoulder, with barrels and lumps of mineral at his feet. On his left an anvil, partly seen, on which rests a sledge hammer, typical of the mechanic arts, the whole indicating the principal pursuits and resources of the State. In front of the rock and the figures, as if just laid down by the latter and ready to be resumed at a moment's notice, two hunters' rifles, crossed, and surmounted at the place of contact by the Phrygian cap or cap of Liberty, indicating that our freedom and inde- pendence were won and will be defended and main- tained by arms.
The above to be also the legend, motto and device of the less seal, the disk of which should have a diame- ter of an inch and a half.
The reverse of the great seal to be encircled by a wreath composed of laurel and oak leaves, emblematic of valor and strength, with fruits and cereals, produc- tions of our State. For device a landscape. In the distance, on the left of the disk, wooded mountain, and on the right, a cultivated slope with the log farm-house peculiar to this region. On the side of the mountain a representation of the viaduct on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in Preston county, one of the great engineering triumphs of the age, with a train of cars about to pass over it. Near the centre a factory, in front of which a river with boats, on the bank and to the right of it nearer the foreground, a derrick and a
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shed, appertaining to the production of salt and petro- leum. In the foreground a meadow with cattle and sheep feeding and reposing, the whole indicating the leading characteristics, productions and pursuits of the State at this time. Above the mountain, etc., the sun emerging from the clouds, indicating that former ob- stacles to our prosperity are now disappearing. In the rays of the sun the motto "Libertas et Fidelitate " ___ Liberty from Loyalty -- indicating that our freedom and independence are the result of faithfulness to the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the National Constitution.
August 4th, the House proceeded to elect two United States Senators. Waitman T. Willey, of Monongalia county ; Peter G. Van Winkle, of Wood; Archibald W. Campbell, of Ohio, and Benjamin H. Smith, of Kanawha, were placed in nomination. Willey was elected on the second ballot and Van Winkle on the thirteenth. The former drew the short term, that of two years.
The seat of Ephraim Bee, delegate from Doddridge, was contested by J. H. Dis Debar, but without effect.
The Committee to examine Auditor's office reported, September 28, that the counties of Braxton, Berke- ley, Clay, Cabell, Fayette, Gilmer, Hampshire, Hardy, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, Randolph, Tucker and Wayne, were without sheriffs or other collectors of the revenue, " because of the danger incident thereto."
The Governor, in his message, informed the Legis- lature that the State would be entitled to three members in the next Congress, and on the roth of September the first Congressional Districts were defined to be as follows :-
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
First District .- Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Wood, Wirt, Gilmer, Calhoun and Lewis.
Second District .- Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Pres- ton, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley and Morgan.
Third District .- Kanawha, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Cabell, Clay, Wayne, Logan, Boone, Braxton, Nicholas Roane, McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Mer- cer, Monroe and Greenbrier.
The following joint resolution, adopted September 17, presents a strange contrast after the lapse of more than twenty years of peace : "Resolved, That we have heard with delight the cheering news of the recent triumph of our arms in the South and Southwest, and especially do we hear with unbounded joy the tidings of the deliverance of our suffering loyal brethren of East Tennessee from the despotism of the so-called Southern Confederacy."
The body having completed the work of a busy session adjourned December 11, 1863.
SECOND LEGISLATURE.
Convened at Wheeling, January 19, 1864. Adjourned March 3, 1864.
SENATE.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
W. E. Stevenson
45
Farmer
John H. Atkinson
44
Manufacturer
Pennsylvania Ohio
Fifth. First.
Aaron Bechtol
54 Stageman
Virginia 66
Tenth.
John B. Bowen .
46
Farmer
Eighth. Third.
John J. Brown
39
Lawyer
Edward C. Bunker
36
New York City
James Burley .
62
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Second.
James Carskadon
44
Virginia
Tenth.
William H. Copley .
44 | Merchant
Eighth.
·
.HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
431
SENATE .- CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
William S. Dunbar
40 Carpenter
Virginia
D. D. T. Farnsworth
45 Merchant
New York
Ninth. Sixth.
Aaron Hawkins
65
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Second.
Daniel Haymond .
76
Virginia
Fourth.
Chester D. Hubbard .
40 Banker
Connecticut
First.
Edward S. Mahon
47 Farmer
Maryland
Fi:th.
Edwin Maxwell
36 Lawyer
Virginia
Fourth.
John M. Phelps .
43
| Minister
Seventh.
William D. Rollyson
26 Merchant
Sixth.
Greenbury Slack
56 Farmer
Seventh.
Samuel Young
36 |Minister
Ninth.
WILLIAM E. STEVENSON
President.
ELLERY R. HALL
Clerk.
ALPHEUS D. HAGANS .
Sergeant at-Arms.
THOMAS L. BOGGESS
Doorkeeper.
DELEGATES.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Le Roy Kramer
44
Merchant
Pennsylvania
Monongalia. Marshall.
James I. Barrick
32
Merchant
Hampshire.
John Boggs
49
Farmer
Pendleton.
Lewis Bumgardner
47
Mason.
Charles W. Burke
41
Ohio
5th Del. Dist.
William Cassady
59
Virginia
Fayette.
Jesse II. Cather
42
Samuel A. Childers
48
Carpenter
Mitchell Cook
46
Farmer
6th Del. Dist.
Thomas Copley .
61
Wayne.
William L. Crawford
37
Hancock.
Horatio N. Crooks David Cunningham Samuel R. Dawson
62
Pennsylvania
Ist Del. Dist.
60
Virginia
Marion.
J. H. Dis Debar
43 Farmer
France
Doddridge.
Abijah Dolly .
46
Virginia
Hardy.
Michael Dunn
49
Merchant
Marshall.
Solomon S. Fleming . Alfred Foster
51
Harrison.
Nathan Goff, Sen
New York
Harrison.
Benoni Griffin
50 Farmer
Virginia
4th Del. Dist.
Robert Hagar
54
Minister
Boone.
James H. Hinchman Henson L. Hoff
46
Farmer
Logan.
Isaac Holman
Pennsylvania
Marion.
David J. Keeney
Virginia
Jackson.
William II. King
38
Carpenter
Preston.
Daniel Lamb .
54 | Lawyer
Pennsylvania
Ohio.
.
39 Minister
Maryland
Ritchie.
William Alexander
49
Farmer
Virginia
Taylor. Cabell.
Wirt.
43 66 Banker
58 54 40 66 Merchant
Barbour.
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
DELEGATES .- CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Thomas H. Logan
36
Merchant
Pennsylvania
Ohio.
John B. Lough
Farmer
Virginia
Monongalia. 2d .Del. Dist.
James C. McGrew
50
Merchant
Preston.
Dudley S. Montague
63
Hotel Keeper
Putnam.
Enos W. Newton .
68 Editor
Vermont
Kanawha.
Aaron D. Peterson
49
Farmer
Virginia =
Lewis.
Anthony Rader .
53
Physician
3d Del. Dist.
Samuel I. Robinson
37
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Wetzel.
Andrew F. Ross
47
Teacher
Ohio.
Lewis Ruffner
67 Manufacturer
Virginia
Kanawha.
Charles F. Scott
26 Lawyer
Brooke.
George W. Sheetz
39 Carpenter
Hampshire.
Abraham D. Soper
68 Lawyer
New York
Tyler.
Henry Stump
47 Surveyor
Virginia
Roane.
Felix Sutton
62 Farmer
D. Columbia
Braxton.
Alva Teter
42
Virginia
Upshur.
Joseph S. Wheat
61
Morgan.
James W. Williamson
50
66
Wood.
LE ROY KRAMER
. Speaker.
GRANVILLE D. HALL
Clerk.
WILLIAM P. HUBBARD.
Assistant Clerk.
S. G. W. MORRISON
Sergeant at Arms.
WILLIAM W. HOLLIDAY
Doorkeeper.
The work of this Session consisted chiefly in the passage of Acts relative to military affairs. The first Board of Directors of the Hospital for the Insane made its first Report. The members held their appointments from the Governor, and were as follows : Minter Bailey, Elias Fisher, H. Daugherty, John P. Peterson, J. Woofter, and E. M. Tunstill.
THIRD LEGISLATURE. Convened at Wheeling, January 17, IS65. Adjourned March 3, 1865. SENATORS.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
John II. Atkinson .
45
Bricklayer
Ohio
First.
Aaron Bechtol
55
Stageman
Virginia
l'enth.
John B. Bowen
47
Farmer
Eighth.
John J. Brown
39
|Lawyer
Third.
-
51
A. J. McDonald
36
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
SENATORS .- CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
James Burley .
63
Farmer
Pennsylvania
William F. Chambers
65
Virginia
Sixth.
William S. Dunbar
41
Carpenter
Ninth.
D. D. T. Farnsworth 45
¡Merchant
New York
Sixth.
Aaron Hawkins 65
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Second.
Daniel Haymond
77
B. M. Kitchen
52
¥
Maryland
Fifth.
Edwin Maxwell
37
Lawyer
Virginia
Fourth.
Daniel Peck
66
Vermont
First.
John M. Phelps
44
Minister
Virginia
Seventh.
William Price
60 Farmer
Pennsylvania
Third.
Greenbury Slack
57
66
Virginia 66
Eighth.
W. E. Stevenson
46
¥
Pennsylvania
Fifth.
WILLIAM E. STEVENSON .
President.
ELLERY R. HALL
Clerk.
A. D. HAGANS
Sergeant-at-Arms.
THOMAS L. BOGGESS
Doorkeeper.
DELEGATES.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Le Roy Kramer
45
Merchant
Pennsylvania
Monongalia. Hampshire.
William Alexander
50
Farmer
Virginia
Marshall.
John S. Barnes
48
¥
Marion.
John Boggs
50
64
60
Fayette.
39
Jackson.
Jesse H. Cather
44
Taylor.
Joseph A. Chapline George K. Cox
43
Farmer
2d Del. Dist.
63
Pennsylvania ¥
Ist Del. Dist.
Lewis Dyche .
42 Laborer
Virginia
Morgan.
James II. Ferguson
49 |Lawyer
Cabell.
Solomon S. Fleming . Jacob T. Galloway .
52 Farmer
Maryland
Tyler.
40 Merchant
Maine
Mason.
69 Banker
New York
Harrison.
39 Clerk
Ohio.
Adam Gregory .
33 Farmer
14th Del. Dist.
Benjamin Hagar
51 Minister
Boone.
Joseph W. Hale
James II. Hinchman
48 | Farmer 49 66
Connecticut Virginia
Wirt.
Logan.
30
Lawyer
Jefferson.
Horatio N. Crooks O. D. Downey
50 Hotel Keeper
Hampshire.
52 Merchant
Harrison.
Baptiste Gilmore Nathan Goff, Sen Theodore N. Gorrell .
Maryland Virginia
Seventh.
E. D. Wright
54
66
Virginia
Fourth.
Tenth.
E. S Mahon
49
Second. Ninth.
James M. Corley
55
Thomas P. Adams
40 Claim Agent
Ohio
Pendleton.
Greenbury D. Bonar . William S. Cassady . Nicholas Casto
Ohio.
434
HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
DELEGATES-CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGK.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Isaac Holman
55
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Marion.
Harvey F Hyer
.
..
..
Braxton.
John Keller
57
Farmer
Virginia
Barbour.
William H. King
39
Carpenter
Pres on.
George Koonce .
46
Merchant
Ohio
Jefferson.
Edmund Kyle
33
Farmer
Virginia
Wetzel.
Daniel Lam») .
55
Lawyer
Pennsylvania
Ohio.
Thomas Little
46
Farmer
Virginia
Mercer.
John B. Lough
52
Monongalia.
William Mairs
36 Physician
Ohio
Karawha
John Michael .
48
Farmer
Virginia
Hardy.
Joshua S. Morris
48
Merchant
€6
Preston.
Henry C. Mc Whorter
28 Clerk
Ohio
Roane.
Abel B. Parks
57
Farmer
Virginia
Doddridge.
Spicer Patrick
72
Physician
New York
Kanawha.
Aaron D. Peterson
50 Farmer
Virginia
Lewis.
Jesse F. Phares
30 Merchant
66
5th Del. Dist.
David S. Pinnell
52
Physician
66
Upshur.
Eli Riddle
60
Farmer
Ritchie.
Charles F. Scott
27 Lawyer
Connecticut
Wayne.
Buckner J. Smith
44
Brick Maker
Ohio
Hancock.
William Smith
45
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Berkeley.
Benj. L. Stephenson .
40
Virginia
3d Del. Dist.
Thomas H. Trainer .
48 Minister
Marshall.
Rathbone Van Winkle
30
Lawyer
New Jersey
Ist Del. Dist.
Meredith Wel's
47
Farmer
Virginia
6 h Del. Dist.
William Wilen
45
Merchant
Maryland
Berkeley.
LE ROY KRAMER .
Speaker.
GRANVILLE D. HALL
Clerk.
WILLIAM P. HUBBARD
Assistant Clerk.
S. G. W. MORRISON
Sergeant-at- Arms.
JOSEPH S. WHEAT
Doorkeeper.
The Governor, in his message to the Third Legislature, said : "The history of the past year is full of interest to every patriot. Prosperity has attended every branch of business, and, were it not for this unfortunate rebellion, we would be the happiest people on the face of the earth."
January 31, Waitman T. Willey was re-elected as the successor of himself, to a seat in the United States Senate, receiving fifty-three votes, the whole number cast being sixty-nine. It will be remembered that when elected in 1863, he drew the short term of two years.
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Brooke.
Abel Segur
55
Farmer
Putnam.
James C. McGrew
51
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HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
435
FOURTH LEGISLATURE.
Convened at Wheeling, January 16, 1866. Adjourned March 1, 1866. SENATORS.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
DISTRICT.
William E. Stevenson
47
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Fifth.
James Burley
64
66
Second.
John S. Burdett
47
Merchant
Virginia
Third.
William F. Chambers
65
Farmer
Ninth.
Joseph A. Chapiine
31
Lawyer
Tenth.
James M. Corley
56
Farmer
Sixth.
D. H. K. Dix
38 |Minister
Seventh.»
I. H. Duval
41
Merchant
First.
Robert Hagar
56 |Minister
Eighth.
Aaron Hawkins .
66 | Farmer
Second.
Daniel Haymond
78
Virginia
Fourth.
B. M. Kitchen
53
Maryland
Fifth.
Edwin Maxwell .
38 Lawyer
Virginia
Fourth.
Emmet J. O'Brien
46 Mechanic
Sixth.
Daniel Peck
67 Lawyer
Vermont
First.
William Price.
61
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Third.
Greenbury Slack
58
Virginia
Seventh.
E. D. Wright .
55
66
Eighth.
WV. E. STEVENSON
President.
ELLERY R. HALL .
Clerk.
E. W. S. MOORE
Assistant Clerk.
ALPHEUS D. HAGAN
Sergeant-at. Arms.
RICHARD G. MAHON
Doorkeeper.
DELEGATES.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
D. S. Pinnell .
53
|Physician
Virginia
Upshur.
John C. Ballard .
47
Millwright
Monroe.
Ephraim Bee
63 | Farmer
Doddridge.
Jacob C. Beeson
52 |Merchant
Marion.
Joseph Bell
46 |Manufacturer
Ohio.
John Bennet
49 |Minister
2d Del. Dist.
Jacob H. Bri-tor
31 |Teacher
Pennsylvania
Taylor.
Alfred W. Brown
42 |Farmer
Virginia ..
Monongalia.
Richard P. Camden .
55 Banker
Lewis.
Tohn S. P. Carroll
36 |Farmer
Wayne. Fay ette.
James S. Cassady . Henry S. Combs Mitchell Cook
45
47 Ironmaster
Monongalia.
48 Farmer
6th Del. Dist.
Samuel Cooper .
45 Merchant
Hampshire.
David Cunningham
62
Farmer
66
Marion
William B. Curtis . . Peter Darnel .
44 |Merchant
Maryland
Ohio.
50 |Millwright
Virginia
Mason.
27
Tenth.
E. S. Mahon
50
Pennsylvania
, 436
HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
DELEGATES-CONTINUED.
NAME.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
NATIVITY.
COUNTY.
Henry G. Davis
41 Merchant
Maryland
Hampshire.
Abijah Dolly
49 Farmer
Virginia
Hardy.
Lewis Dyche
43 Laborer
Morgan.
Solomon S. Fleming
53 Merchant
Harrison.
James F. Given .
47
Blacksmith
Braxton.
Nathan Goff, Sen. .
68
Banker
New York
Harrison.
Harrison Hagans
69 Merchant
Vermont
Preston.
James H. Higgens .
38
Wheelwright
Pennsylvania
Jackson.
Ulysses Hinchman Abram Hinkle
30 Merchant
Pendleton.
George Hooker .
50 Farmer
Ohio
Brooke.
Jacob Hornbrook
53 Merchant
England
Ohio.
Daniel D. Johnson John Kellar
58
Barbour.
George Koonce .
47 Merchant
Ohio
Jefferson.
Edmund Kyle
36
Farmer
Pennsylvania
Wetzel.
Thomas Little
47
Virginia
Mercer.
M. L. Lockhart
30
Clerk
Wirt.
William Mairs
37 Physician
Ohio
Kanawha.
Rufus Maxwell
37
Farmer
Virginia
5th Del. Dist. Roane.
Charles H. McCurdy
44
Farmer
Jefferson.
A. R. McQuilkin
48 Merchant 66
Berkeley.
H. C. McWhorter
29 Lawyer
Ohio
Kanawha.
Anthony Rader
55 Physician
Virginia
3d Del. Dist.
Eli Riddle
61 Farmer
Ritchie.
Buckner J. Smith
44 Brickmaker
Ohio
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