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William Bartlett, the eldest of the seven brothers, was born about 1755 in Loudoun County, and in 1777 married Elizabeth Hathaway who was born and raised near Alexandria. They had eleven children, seven boys and four girls and their names and marriages are as follows: Thomas married Malinda, daughter of Robert Bartlett; Eppa married Rebeca Barron of Fair- fax County, Virginia; It is not known whom William married; James mar- ried Catherine Strother; Robert married Lydia Wells, of Randolph County; Josiah married Abigail Goff of Clarksburg, aunt of Judge Nathan Goff of that city; Benjamin married Mary Goff, sister of Abigail Goff; Cynthia died young. At the time of her death she was engaged to Samuel Selvy. Sarah married Mr. Lister; Dolly married Samuel Selvy, to whom Cynthia had been engaged at the time of her death; Hulda married Samuel Powell.
Each of the above marriages resulted in a numerous progeny. Thomas, Eppa and James enlisted for the War of 1812, but peace was declared before they reached the front. Ten children were born to Eppa and Rebecca Bart- lett. Their names and marriages are as follows: Daniel married Sarah Cole: William P. married Edith Bailey; John G. married Nancy Goodwin; Thomas T. married Jemima Bartlett; James married Hannah Cole; Eppa died at the age of fourteen; Hamilton Goss married Catherine Mckinney; Sarah married John Goodwin; Mary married William A. Cole; Nancy mar- ried John McDonald, and is the only survivor of the family. (1899).
Thirteen children were born to William P. and Edith (Bailey) Bartlett. Seven died early in life; three are still living, Thornbury B., John N. and Lydia. The names and marriages of the six who reared faimilies are as follows: Thornbury B. married Rhoda Ann Hudkins; Gideon Martin mar- ried Rebecca Marple; John N. married Ann Belle Corder; Rebecca married John Flint; Mary E. married Marshall Pepper; Lydia married William Jud- son Bartlett.
Thomas Bartlett, grandson of William Bartlett, the first, and son of
named Bartlett where he lived some years, and finally adopted the name of his bene- factor, The tradition probably originated in that incident.
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William the second, married Malinda Bartlett, and became the father of six boys and three girls, and following are their names and marriages: Sam- uel married Mary Fleming; William married Miss Hustead; John married Sarah Fleming; Thomas married Viar Bartlett; James married Sarah Bart- lett; Elijah married Rebecca Bartlett, Susan married Thomas St. Clair; Emily married Rev. Richard Marshall; Sarah married Mr. Meeks. Six children were born to John and Sarah (Fleming) Bartlett, and their names and marriages are as follows: Thomas married Nancy Pepper; Lorenzo died young; James V. married Elizabeth Newlon; William Judson married Lydia Bartlett; Jemima married Calvin Tyson; Emily Ann married Mere- dith Powell.
GIDEON MARTIN BARTLETT, born in Taylor County in 1843, died May 10, 1899, son of William P. and Edith (Bailey) Bartlett, was married in Harrison County, May 21, 1876, to Rebecca, daughter of Amos G. and Siba (Chrislip) Marple. Their son's name is Morton B. Mr. Bartlett was a Baptist, a Democrat, a farmer and stockdealer, living on the waters of Simpson Creek where he owned 240 acres, nearly all improved. His grand- father was Eppa Bartlett.
WILLIAM JUDSON BARTLETT, born in Taylor County 1838, son of John and Sarah (Fleming) Bartlett, was married September 27, 1860, to Lydia, daughter of William P. and Edith (Bailey) Bartlett. Children, Cora, Edith, Lora A., Ervin Lee and Bertha. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Democrat, and a farmer living on Laurel Creek. For four years he held the office of Justice of the Peace; for six years member of the Board of Education, and two terms was a member of the Board of Supervisors, and was defeated by only three votes as Democratic candi- date for County Commissioner. He was a charter member of the Silent Grove Missionary Baptist Church, and was its clerk from its organization in 1875 until his death, 1899. He owned 305 in Philippi District, and a house and lot in Parsons, West Virginia.
BENJAMIN B. BARTLETT, born in Taylor County, in 1847, son of Thomas F. and Jemima Bartlett, was married near Pleasant Creek, in 1868, to Rebecca Jane, daughter of William and Mary Cole. Children, Mary Alsona, Lora May, William Thomas, Otis, Ina May, Jemima Pearl. Mr. Bartlett is a Missionary Baptist, a farmer and stockdealer residing on Pleasant Creek where he owns 280 acres of highly improved land, under- laid with coal. On the paternal side his grandfather was Eppa Bartlett and on his mother's side Benjamin Bartlett. William A. Cole, Mrs. Bart- lett's father, was born in 1812.
HAMILTON CREED BARTLETT, born on Pleasant Creek in 1866, son of Hamilton G. and Catherine (Mckinney) Bartlett, was married January 16, 1890, on Baker's Run, to Victoria, daughter of Franklin J. and Zep- porah Yowell. Children, Ercel C., Aubrey Randall, Gladys and Otis. Mr.
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Bartlett is a Democrat and an Odd Fellow; and his farm of 61 acres on Pleasant Creek is underlaid with coal.
GEORGE WESLEY BARNES, born at Cumberland, Maryland, November 3, 1853, son of George W. and Mary Constantine (Lentz) Barnes, was mar- ried at Clarksburg, September 16 1880, to Ida A., daughter of Corbin B. and Nancy (Woodford) Bradford. Children, Taisa E., George C., William C., Annie E., Pearl E. and Nettie May. He is a member of the M. E. Church, an Odd Fellow, K. of P. and K. of M. He is a Republican, and a farrier and smith, living in Philippi. He was educated in Barton and Cresaptown, Maryland. His paternal great, great grandfather came from England, and settled in Pennsylvania; and his great grandfather and grandfather (Abraham Barnes) were soldiers in the Revolution, fought through the war, and the latter was wounded in the neck and knee and drew a pension. He had three houses, on the same site, burned by Indians, and had three children killed by them, on Sideling Hill Creek, Pennsyl- vania. Mrs. Barnes' father fought in the Mexican War. The grandfather Lentz came from Baden Baden, Germany, 1828. He settled in Maryland. The mother of the subject of this sketch was then eight months old. Mr. Barnes came to Barbour in 1881. He has patented a brake-lever known by his name, and has other patents pending.
DANIEL BOLYARD, born in Barbour in 1826, son of Jacob and Sarah (Poling) Bolyard, was married in 1849 to Sarah, daughter of Gilbert and Nellie (Goff) Boyles. Children, Ann Eliza, John Wesley and James. He is a Democrat, living on Sugar Creek, where he owns 76 acres, nearly all im- proved. When sixteen years of age he injured his right leg by jumping off a fence, and it became necessary to amputate it five years later, and he learned the shoemaker trade. He worked in Philippi eighteen months and received as pay a set of shoemaker's tools, consisting of one hammer and a pair of pincers. He then worked a few months near Rowlesburg, and then went to Fellowsville. He afterwards married and settled at Gourdtown, now Kalamazoo, where he worked till the close of the war and then moved to where he now lives, and has been working ever since. "Uncle Dan Bolyard's " shoes and boots are very much in demand. His daughter, Ann Eliza, married Bedford Bryan; John W. married Genettie Sturm, and moved to Tucker County in 1893, and three years later was elected Justice of the Peace on the Democratic ticket; James married Elizabeth Hersh, and spent four years in the West before marrying, and after his return en- gaged in threshing, having bought the first new steam thresher east of the Valley River, in the county. His children are Gilbert, Maude, Claude, Cayton, Elcey and Walter. He owns 58 acres, all cleared.
DANIEL BOOTH was one of Barbour County's earliest settlers, and he lived near Belington. Few facts concerning him are now known. He was lieutenant of militia in 1787, and he and his wife were buried at Belington.
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He had six children, Isaac, James, William, John, Stephen and Jane. All of the sons were soldiers in the War of 1812, and John and Stephen died while in the army at Norfolk in 1814. Jane Booth married William F. Wil- son; William Booth married Deborah, daughter of Edward Hart, in 1803; in 1804 he was Constable in Randolph, and he subsequently moved to Illi- nois. James Booth married Phoebe, daughter of Terah Osburn, in 1797, and died on the Felton place below Philippi. He was an ensign of militia in 1798. Isaac Booth was the most prominent of the family. He was born January 1, 1796. He lived on the farm now owned by Rev. Robert Dun- ham, near Belington, and died March 14, 1858, and at his death owned 1700 acres, and had formerly owned twice that much. He had two children, Peyton C. and Eliza, who married Oliver Shurtliff. He was buried in a field a quarter of a mile northwest of Belington, and his grave is now unknown. In 1801 he was a Justice of the Peace in Randolph, in 1805 a major of mili- tia, in 1813 Sheriff. He always took a prominent part in military affairs, and for years attended every muster, riding a large gray house. He served twenty-one years in the Virginia Legislature. He was a colonel in the War of 1812, and after the close of the war was appointed brigadier general. Peyton Booth, son of Isaac, married Harriet Phillips. Their son John married Rachel R., daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Deems) Coyle, and their children were Isabel, Emma, Cicero, Washington I., Frederick, Ella M. and Mattie.
ROBERT M. BIBEY, born 1877, son of William M. and Mary Elizabeth (Cade) Bibey, is a member of the U. B. Church, of the Junior O. U. A. M .. and in politics he is a Democrat and by occupation a clerk at Junior, and was educated in the common schools. In 1899 he was chosen to repre- sent his lodge in the State meeting at Morgantown.
JOSEPH PERRY BROCK, born 1850 in Pennsylvania, son of John A. and Jane (Kiger) Brock, was married September 1, 1872, to Mary, daughter of Seth and Drusilla (Swisher) Harris. Children, Florence, Frank, Birdie, Nellie and Nita. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, an Odd Fel- low, member of the Knights of Pythias, a Democrat, and a merchant resid- ing at Philippi. He attended school at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and be- gan teaching school when sixteen years of age, and taught six years in Marion and Monongalia Counties. He came to Barbour County in 1896 and became the owner, in succession, of a drug store iu Philippi, one in Beling- ton, and a general store in Philippi. He owns 114 acres of land in Green County, Pennsylvania, underlaid with coal and oil. He also owns oil inter- ests in West Virginia. His father, John A. Brock, was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1807; his grandfather, Joseph Brock, was born in Ohio; and his great-grandfather, William Brock, was of German extraction, but was born in England, and emigrating to America, settled on the Muskingum River, in Ohio, being one of the pioneers. The wife of the subject of this sketch
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was born in Marion County, and belongs to the family of Swishers who were early settlers about Spring Hill, then Augusta County, Virginia.
FREDERICK O. BLUE, born 1872 at Grafton, son of George F. and Mary Martha (See) Blue. On November 26, 1895, at Philippi, he was mar- ried to Maggie J., daughter of Judge William T. and Columbia A. (Jarvis) Ice. Their son Frederick William was born June 29, 1897. Mr. Blue is a Baptist, in politics is a republican, belongs to the Masonic order, and by profession a lawyer, residing at Philippi. He was educated in the Grafton schools.
THOMAS ARMSTEAD BRADFORD, born August 30, 1825, in Orange County, Virginia, son of Alexander and Hannah (Burton) Bradford, was married in Randolph County, August 4, 1859, to Lucie M., daughter of Dr. Squire and Hannah (Buckey) Bosworth. Their children were two, Stella V. and Alexander S. Mr. Bradford was one of the California pioneers in the days of the gold excitement, but subsequently returned to his native State, studied law and located in Pocahontas County, where he was elected prosecuting attorney. In 1856 he removed to Barbour and ever after made it his home, dying of paralysis in 1888. He was one of the foremost of the many able men of Barbour County. In the Civil War he advocated the cause of the South, assisted in organizing the Virginia forces in this part of the State, and was present in Philippi and acting captain of a company under Colonel Porterfield at the time of the Philippi fight, June 3, 1861. He went south with the retreating Confederates and did not re- turn till the close of the war. He then came home to find his law practice ruined, his library scattered, his property of little value, and himself de- barred from many of the former rights of citizens, because of his participa- tion in the rebellion. A portion of his library had been saved by Spencer Dayton, and after the war it was restored to him. He and Mr. Dayton, although as opposite in politics as it was possible for men to be, were always warm personal friends. Mr. Bradford speedily regained his lost practice, and to the end of his life he was regarded as among the ablest and most conscientious lawyers of the State. In 1872 and 1879 he was elected to the West Virginia Legislature, and was at different times prominently con- sidered as a candidate for congress; but the selection of that candidate is often determined more by geographical lines than by the fitness of the men, and Mr. Bradford's time never came.
ALEXANDER STUART BRADFORD, born 1861, at Tinkling Spring, Au- gusta County, son of Thomas A. and Lucy Marie (Bosworth) Bradford, was married December 8, 1898, at Belington, to Emma, daughter of Truman T. and Lummie (Lynch) Elliott. Mr. Bradford is a Presbyterian, belongs to the Masonic Order and to the Independent Order of Red Men. In poli- tics he is a Democrat, and resides at Philippi. In 1891, in connection with
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Edward S. Taft, he founded the first daily paper at Newport News, Vir- ginia. He sold his interest three years later.
REV. STANBERRY BARB, born near Morgantown in 1845, son of Peter and Sarah (Lynch) Barb, was married November 17, 1864, to Mary A.,
daughter of Robert B. and Nancy (Hamilton) Tallman. Children, Silas Columbus, Philip G., William H., Robert P., George Clarence, Elza Lee, Flora B., Rosa M. and Roscoe. He is a Baptist minister and a Democrat, residing at Hall. His education was obtained in the country schools, and he has held the office of member of the Board of Education. The grand- father, William Barb, was a Virginian, but emigrated at an early date to West Virginia. His ancestors were German and Irish. Rev. Barb has organized more churches of his denomination than any other preacher in Barbour County, having been in the active service twenty-five years, and now has charge of five congregations.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BOLTON, born near Philippi in 1850, son of William and Clarinda (Jones) Bolton, was married March 31, 1870, to Louisa, daughter of Garrett, and Elizabeth (Thompson) Johnson. Chil- dren, John O., Ella B., Edna, Myrtle and Lula May. He is a.member of the M. E. Church, and is a Republican and farmer, living on the waters of Bill's Creek. His grandfather and father were- natives of New York, and came to West Virginia at an early date. Mr. Bolton traveled a ycar in the West making his headquarters in Nebraska; but he returned to West Vir- ginia to make his home. He moved to Monongalia County in 1893, but the next spring returned to Barbour.
WILLIAM T. BOLTON, born 1856, son of James A. and Druzilla (England) Bolton, was married January 1, 1878, to Christina, daughter of John and Mary (Spearga) Wagner. Children, Morris, Delbert, Atlee Burpee, Lillie, Winnie (namesake of the "daughter of the Confederacy"-Winnie Davis) and Dessa Helma. He is a Baptist, a Democrat and a farmer, living on a spurr of Laurel Hill where he owns 344 acres, one-third improved, a portion of the Payton C. Booth farm. Since the building of the town of Elkins, . eight years ago, he has sold large quantities of fruit in that market. In 1894 his second son, Delbert, aged 14, was killed by a falling tree while fighting a forest fire on Laurel Hill. The boy had been a member of the Baptist Church eighteen months and was deeply religious. Mr. Bolton raises English Berkshire hogs, one of which in 1898, when 31 months old, weighed 810 pounds, which was probably the largest hog ever in Barbour County.
CHARLES S. BENNETT, born near Burnersville, 1870, son of Levi and Malinda (Campbell) Bennett, was married December 28, 1892, near Mounds- ville, to Clara, daughter of William and Nancy (McCombs) Finsley. Chil- dren, Walter and Nora Blanche. Mr. Bennett is a member of the Chris- tian Church, and is a farmer and stonemason, living near Mt. Zion, His
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great grandfather Bennett came from Ireland, while on his mother's side his ancestry was English.
SYLVESTER L. BROOKS, born 1857 near Clarksburg, son of F. M. and Martha (Whiting) Brooks, was married in September, 1883, at Clarksburg, to Nannie T., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Randolph) Thompson. Chil- dren, Howard T. and Samuel B. Mr. Brooks is an Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Modern Woodman of America; a Democrat, a merchant, a member of the firm of Brooks & Jackson, at Belington, in Barbour County. He was educated in the common schools and in the West Virginia College at Flemington.
ENOCH W. BÆEHM, born 1868, son of Henry H. and Sarah (Minear) Bæhm, is a member of the M. E. Church, and a teamster residing on Ford Run. His ancestors were German, his grandfather, Jacob Bæhm, coming to West Virginia from Virginia in early times, first settling in Pendleton County. Jacob Bæhm's wife's names was Margaret Mouser. The subject of this sketch owns, in partnership with his mother, 27 acres of coal land.
JOHN T. BROCK, born 1850 in Pocahontas County, son of Andrew and Nancy (Smith) Brock, was married in Braxton County, July 26, 1871, to M. E. Dillon, (born in Rockbridge County, February 24, 1851,) daughter of Joseph Dillon whose wife's maiden name was Moss. Mr. Brock is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church, South, is a Democrat, and a jeweler, residing in Philippi.
JAMES M. BURGESS, born 1847, at Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, son of Addison and Mary A. (Utterback) Burgess, was married September 17, 1868, at Richmond, Virginia, to Mary S., daughter of William B. and Jane (Lee) Lewis. His second marriage was to Maude M., daughter of George and Florence (Fleming) Utterback. Children, Ora L., William A., James Edwin, Charles L and Nela, the last named by his second mar- riage. He is a minister in the Baptist Church, and an Odd Fellow, and resides in West Philippi. He was educated at Bethel Academy, Virginia, and at New Baltimore, same State, and spent three years in the Confeder- ate army, belonging to the artillery branch of the service, and took part in the battles at Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Brisbane Sta- tion, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court-house, Hanover Court-house, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, New Market Heights, Dutch Gap and many skirmishes. Although he had many narrow escapes, and was in the hard- est fighting of the war, he escaped without a wound. Near the last days, he was taken prisoner. His great, great grandfather Burgess was a Scotch- man who settled in Virginia, and on theother side, his grandfather, Stephen Tompkins, was an Englishman and also settled in Virginia. Mr. Burgess taught school fifteen terms, seven of them as principal of the Flemington school, and has been in the Baptist ministry seventeen years. In 1874 he came to West Virginia, and spent twelve years at Flemington where he had
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charge of four churches, and eight years at Philippi, where he had charge of six churches. He is an earnest advocate of education.
R. B. BURNER, born 1853 near Greenbank, Pocahontas County, son of Henry and Sarah (Kerr) Burner, was married at Vannoy's Mill, December 28, 1873, to Sarah Margaret, daughter of William H. and Ann (Pfau) Dougherty. Children H. Burt, Lloyd, Gennettie Belle, Robert Brady, Clarence Truman. Dora May, Iva Grace, Silva Gertrude. He is a member of the Christian Church, is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a farmer, living near Jerusalem where he owns 140 acres, mostly improved. He was edu- cated in the public schools. Willis Burner, his great grandfather, came from Ireland and settled in Pocahontas County and was drowned in Green- brier River. Joshua Kerr was grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Lieutenant R. D. Kerr, who served in the Spanish-American War, gradu- ated at West Point, and is a cousin of R. B. Burner. William H. Dough- erty, Mrs. Burner's father, served in the Confederate army, and was eightcen months a prisoner at Camp Chase. His father, Joshua Dougherty, came from Ireland and settled in Rockingham County. The sons, Burt and Lloyd Burner, are teachers.
DAVID F. BYRER, born 1826, son of Frederick and Susanah (Cobaugh) Byrer, was married in 1850 to Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Cris- well) Lewis. He was a tanner in Philippi, and further mention of him will be found in this book.
DANIEL BOYLE, born on Teter's Creek, 1829, son of James and Cath- erine (Watring) Boyle, was married in 1851 to Joanna, daughter of William and Martha Smith, and after her death he married Harriet, daughter of Elisha and Lucinda (Waldo) Kittle. Children, James D., Louisa, Evaline, Dama, Randolph and Truman. Mr. Boyle is a member of the M. E. Church of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a farmer near Calhoun where he owns 140 acres, underlaid with coal and mostly improved. Mr. Boyle attended subscription schools. Gilbert Boyle was his grandfather, and was a soldier in the War of 1812, dying 1835. He was one of the early set- tlers in Cove District. John Watring, Mr. Boyle's grandfather on his mother's side, came from Germany and settled in Preston County. Mr. Boyle was a Union soldier, and had six brothers in the Union army, a record seldom equalled. He was lieutenant in Company F., 15th W. Va. Infantry, and saw much hard service. His wife's grandfather was Dr. Waldo.
BARNET BOYLE, born near Vannoy's Mill, 1831, son of James and Catherine (Watring) Boyle, was married in 1857 to Sally Ann, daughter of John and Mary (Yock) Kelley. For a second wife he married Sarah Amanda, daughter of Andrew and Barbara (Marple) Trimble. Mrs. Boyle died in 1892. The children by his first marriage werc, Mary Catherine, William Posten, John Wesley, Amanda Alice, James Oscar; by the second marriage, Truman, Loretta, Dowden, Armora, Belle, Charles, Armintie,
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Joel Lyman. Mr. Boyle is a Republican and a farmer, living two miles northeast of Philippi. He attended public schools, was in the Federal army, and saw much service as a scout. His great grandfather came from Ireland and settled on Teter's Creek. He owns 44 acres, mostly improved, in the Kelley Coal Field. .
JOHN IRWIN BOYLE, born 1860, son of Samuel and Delilah Ann (Upton) Boyle, was married October 16, 1879, to Cordelia Jane, daughter of Ste- phen and Elizabeth (Delawder) Strawderman. Children, Jerome Calvin, Lily Dana, Bertie Ann, Bessie L. He is a member of the M. E. Church, a Republican and a farmer, living on the head of Bear Run where he owns 20 acres, underland with coal. His great-grandfather came from Germany, and his father was a Union soldier.
CHARLES WILLIAM BOYLE, born May 9, 1863, near Tacy, son of Mar- shall and Mary A. (Hushman) Boyle, was married December 31, 1883, to Almira Belle, daughter of Peter G. and Mary C. (McGuffin) Poling. Chil- dren, James Delbert, Melvin P., Lily Atlantic, Zora Lee, Zella May, Min- nie Gay and Herbert M. Mr. Boyle is a Republican, a farmer and a car- penter, residing near Laurel Creek Bridge at Dantown, where he owns 90 acres, mostly improved and underlaid with coal. He was educated in pub- lic schools. His father was a member of Haller's Home Guards; and his · grandfather on his mother's side was Dr. Abraham Hushman, a noted phy- sician of Virginia who came to West Virginia half a century ago. O
ELDER JOSHUA SIMMONS CORDER is of English and Irish descent. His grandfather, Joseph Corder, came from England and settled in Vir- ginia about the close of the Revolution. He had four sons and four daugh- ters. The sons were James, Joseph, William and John. James moved to Ohio and settled near Circleville; John located near Logansport, Indiana; Joseph crossed the Blue Ridge in 1838 into western Virginia; and William, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born March 29, 1785, in Fred- erick County, now Fauquier, Virginia, and on September 14, 1811, was · married to Sarah Cole, of Loudoun County. She was of German descent. Three years after their marriage they set out for West Virginia. They crossed the Alleghanies and penetrated the wilderness beyond. Mr. Corder was a man of energy, industry and honor; but he came with few of this world's goods. The habits of thrift, which he possessed, he transmitted to his descendants. In December, 1814, he arrived in what was then Harri- son, now Barbour, with his wife and two small children, and bought fifty acres of land, for $450, of Peter Robinson, on Hacker's Creek. He built a small cabin of unhewn logs, and took up his abode within its walls, sur- rounded by forests.
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