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. GRANT TRUMAN HOWELL, born 1861, son of Nehemiah and Rebecca (Limbers) Howell, was married October 18, 1893, to Anna Belle, daughter
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of Eldridge and Darothy (Bartlett) Golden. Children, Eva Maude, Harold George and Jessie. He is a member of the M. E. Church; of the A. O. F. A., is a farmer and lumber dealer, owning 164 acres near the old homestead mostly improved. He was educated in the public schools of Barbour. The great grandfather came from Scotland and settled near Philadelphia, and Nehemiah Howell was born in Preston County 1815, and died 1885. Nehe- miah's father's name was John, and he was born in 1792. The grandfather, John Limbers, was born in France, and with his parents settled in Green County, Pennsylvania, about 1835. Rebecca Howell was born 1823. Wil- liam Howell, brother of Nehemiah, was in the Union army under Averell, and was in the battle of Droop Mountain and at other places, dying of a wound received at Cedar Creek in 1864. The children of Nehemiah and Rebecca Howell, were as follows, with the dates of their births: Sarah, 1841; John, 1843; William, 1845; David, 1847; Lewis, 1848; . Rachel, 1850; Martin, 1852; James, 1854; George, 1856; Samuel, 1858; Grant, 1861; Mattie E., 1865.
R. B. HAYES HOWELL, born 1877 in Barbour County, son of John and Mary (Brown) Howell, was married October 9, 1898, at Philippi, to Lummie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and is a farmer and stock raiser, living near Clements. He is in partnership with his father in the fertilizer and machine business. When he was only fifteen years of age he began transacting business, and soon developed a judgment and knowledge which enabled him to compete successfully with men who had the experience of years. The most of the stock handled by him is of improved varieties.
THE HOLSBERRY FAMILY. The great-grandfather of John D. Holsberry came to Pennsylvania from Germany when sixteen years of age. All the people in this county of that name are descended from him. He had three sons, Samuel, Conrad and John. Samuel married in Pennsylvania but died without children; Conrad and John went to Ohio and bought land near Zanesville. Other settlers, from New Jersey, located there about the same time. The locality proved unhealthful, and after much sickness the col- onists arranged to return to the East. They arrived in Barbour and settled among the foothills of Laurel Hill in Glade District. Among the families so settling was one named Poling, and Margaret Poling belonged to the family. Before she left Ohio John Holsberry became acquainted with her, and desirous of possessing so estimable a young lady for a wife, he sold his land for almost nothing (it afterwards became very valuable) and followed the Poling family to Barbour, where he was soon successful in winning the hand of the charming girl. They built their house where Kalamazoo now stands. When the War of 1812 began, John Holsberry volunteered, and became a commissioned officer and went to Norfolk; but on account of sick- ness in his family he resigned before the close of the war. His family con-
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sisted of six children, all of whom married and now have descendants living in Barbour County. The children were Rachel, who married Andrew Stal- naker; Nancy, who married John Regan; Samuel, William, Catherine and Martha, who is now the only one living.' John Holsberry died in 1862 at the age of eighty-two, and was laid to rest in the M. P. White Oak Cem- etery by the side of his companion who had gone on before. The descend- ants of Conrad Holsberry drifted from Ohio down the Mississippi and are now in Texas.
JOHN D. HOLSBERRY, born 1848, son of Samuel and Magdalena (Dig- man) Holsberry, was married in Randolph County in 1870 to Marietta, daughter of Thomas and Bashaba (Nutter) Schoonover. Children, French S., Leroy Virgil, Della, Granville Cicero, Hattie and Chloe Rue. He is a member of the M. E. Church South, a Democrat and a farmer, owning 215 acres in Barbour County, principally cleared, and a half interest in 1050 acres of woodland in Tucker County. He lives at Kalamazoo. His father was born in 1810 and died 1878; and his mother was a daughter of Charles Digman, who was drowned on Hunter's Fork of Teter Creek. Their child- ren who are living are, Nicholas, Nancy, who married Wilson Stalnaker; Malissa, wife of J. E. Moore; Amanda, wife of Lemuel Nestor; the subject of this sketch; and Johnson, who died in youth.
LEROY VIRGIL HOLSBERRY, born in Glade in 1873, son of John D. Holsberry. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, in politics is a Democrat, and by profession an educator. In 1896 he graduated from the State Normal School at Fairmont, and soon afterwards was elected Superinten- dent of the schools of Barbour County. Such time as he can now spare from the duties of his office he spends in the West Virginia University as a student.
JAMES K. HOLSBERRY, born 1849 on Teter's Creek, son of William and Rebecca 7H (Vannoy) Holsberry, was married in 1868 n on Teter's Creek to Elizabeth C., daughter of George and Mary (Stalnaker) Howder- shelt. Children, Liona, Devilla F., Will- LEROY VIRGIL HOLSBERRY. iam W., Effie M., Sophronia F., Nora V., Howard F., E. G. and Tracy H. He is a member of the German Baptist Church, a Democrat, a farmer and a stockman, residing on Teter's Creek, where he owns 750 acres. William Holsberry was born at Kalamazoo in 1819, and was a farmer and miller, owning the Holsberry Mills on Teter's Creek. His father was John Hols- berry, born near Pittsburg in 1780, and came to Barbour about 1800 and,
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settled near Kalamazoo. On the farm of James K. Holsberry, on April 24, 1865,, Captain M. F. Haller, Lieutenant Nestor and William Martin, Home Guards, were killed by Confederates.
THOMAS HAWKINS, born 1851, son of John and Mary Hawkins, married Elizabeth, daughter of Silas and Sarah (Mckinney) Talbott. Children, Arta Frank and Astley Silas. He is a Missionary Baptist, a Republican, a farmer and miller, living three miles east of Philippi. He has been a mem- ber of the board of education. The Hawkins family came from Virginia to West Virginia in early times. They are descended from Lord John Haw- kins of England. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan early in life and made his own way. He is a progressive farmer and an influential man in the community.
A. F. HAWKINS, born July 6, 1876, near Philippi, son of Thomas E. and Elizabeth (Talbott) Hawkins. He is a member of the Baptist Church, is an Odd Fellow, in politics is a Democrat, and by occupation a teacher. He attended the public schools; entered, in 1893, the West Virginia Cenfer- ence Seminary at Buckhannon, and graduated in 1897. He had begun teaching when sixteen years of age. The year after his graduation he was elected principal of the Beverly school, in Randolph County, and the summer following he taught a private Normal school at that place. He was then appointed principal of the Public School at Parsons, in Tucker County; and in 1899 he was chosen as principal of the public schools at Philippi, thus each year gaining promotion in grade and salary. In the spring and summer of 1899 he assisted in collecting material for this history of Barbour County, his work being done chiefly in Philippi, Elk and Pleasant Districts. His people, on one side, are related to the Talbotts the first settlers of the county, and on the other side, the Hawkins family originated in England where the name is frequently met in the history of that country.
MARION FRANCIS HALL, born in 1844, in Preston County, son of William K. and Elizabeth (Simpson) Hall, was married in 1893, to Mary Martha, daughter of Milton Hart. Mr. Hall is a member of the M. E. Church, a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and is a merchant at Philippi. Further mention of him will be found in this book.
JAMES E. HALL, son of John N. and Harriet (Rightmire) Hall, was born on Elk Creek, November 27, 1841, and on August 19, 1869, at Philippi, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis and Annie (Keyes) Wilson. Their only child, Lillian, was born October 6, 1870, and is the wife of Charles F. Teter, of Barbour County. Mr. Hall is a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Democrat, a member of the Masonic Order, and by busi ness is a coal operator, residing at Philippi. The first members of this family came from England about 1745, and Samuel Hall was one of the
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first settlers in Barbour, and his son, John N. Hall, was born here and was identified with public affairs. Both he and his wife were born in 1815, and she was a daughter of John Rightmire, a merchant. Their children were, Julia, Allie J., wife of Joseph N. B. Crim; Emma I., wife of Colonel N. J. Coplin, Clarksburg; James E. and Jasper L., who died in New Mexico. The subject of this sketch was educated in the Ohio University. He entered the Confederate army, became adjutant of his regiment and was in much of the fighting up to Gettysburg, where he was wounded and taken pris- oner, and was confined at Fort McHenry, Fort Delaware and Point Look- out, and near the close of the war he was exchanged, and reached the Confederate lines in time to be included in Lee's surrender. After the war he returned to Barbour and engaged in farming and other business. In 1878 he moved to Philippi. For five years he was manager of the Grafton and Greenbrier railroad, and was, and still is, interested in enterprises look- ing to the development of the county's resources.
JAMES E. HEATHERLY, born near Mt. Olive Church 1853, died 1897, - son of Samuel J. and Helen A. (Corder) Heatherly, was married at Philippi, February 8, 1877, to Laura E., daughter of John R. and Susan (Sinsel) Williamson, children, Rissa Dale, Grace Lucile, Wayne Williamson. - His wife is a member of the Baptist Church. He was a Democrat, a farmer and stock dealer living three miles east of Philippi. He was educated at the West Virginia College at Flemington. In 1880, at the age of twenty-seven, he was elected Sheriff of Barbour County, being the youngest Sheriff in the State. In 1888 he was again elected, but on account of failing health he was unable to fulfill the duties of his office, and the County Court appointed a successor. Before his election to the office of Sheriff he had been largely engaged in farming and stockdealing, and during his term of office he was extensively identified with the mercantile business at Philippi. A consider- able block of stock of the Grafton and Greenbrier railroad was owned by him. During the latter years of his life he devoted his energies solely to farming and stock dealing, handling annually as many as 10000 sheep and 2000 cattle, and raising thousands of bushels of grain, on his highly im- proved farm of 1000 acres. It is all underlaid with coal. The first tele- phone in Barbour County is said to have been introduced by him. Mr. Heatherly was killed by lightning July 18, 1897 while taking shelter in a barn during a rainstorm. Commodore Strawderman was killed at the same time, and the barn was set on fire. Therg bodies were carried from the barn by James Phillips before the building was consumed. Since Mr. Heatherly's death, his wife has successfully managed the large property, making it highly remunerative. His daughter Rissa Dale graduated with high honors from Broaddus College and is now a teacher in that institution.
JAMES M. R. HOVEY, born 1825 in Lawrence County, Ohio; son of James and Maticta Hovey, was married in 1842 in Meiggs County, Ohio, to
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Lucy Brown, daughter of William and Cynthia Stevens. Children, Mar- gurita, Ida, Francilla, William, Franklin and Edmond. He is a member of the Baptist Church, of the G. A. R., and a carpenter, living at Hall. He was educated at Rutland, Ohio, and served three years in the Federal army, holding the office of corporal. In 1870 he made his home in Barbour County. At his second marriage he married Sarah E. Kinney, and their children are, Harvey I., Cassie, Dora, Henry, James, Elijah, Manser and Maggie.
JOHN P. HATHAWAY, son of Eppa and Hannah (Woodford) Hathaway, was born near Pleasant Creek in 1853. On September 2, 1875, he married, near his present home, Rachel E., daughter of David R. and Eunice (Kelley) Poling. Children, Homer G. and Birdie E. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of the county, is a member of the M. E. Church, is a farmer and a carpenter, at the latter trade having worked twenty-five years, frequently superintending extensive work. He owns 37 acres of land, underlaid with coal and largely improved, three miles east of Philippi.
JOHN I. HOFFMAN was born near the mouth of Laurel Creek in 1841, son of Israel Putnam and Anna (Black) Hoffman. On September 30, 1869, he was married to Elizabeth A., daughter of Andrew and Barbara (Marple) Trimble. Children, Lunetta, Barbara, Arthur D., Almeda Belle, Ida M., Delbert M., Okey, Irskene and Bliss. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the G. A. R., is a farmer and lives near Arden, which town he named. He spent seven years in the mercantile business, and six years of the time was post- master. John Hoffman, his grandfather, was a German and came from Loudoun County, Virginia, and settled near Meadowville in 1797, when the father of the subject of this sketch was six or seven years old. Daniel Hoffman, brother of Israel, was in the War of 1812. John Black, the grand- father of the subject of this sketch, on his mother's side, came from what is now Garrett County, Maryland, and settled near Meadowville. John Hoff- man joined the Union army and fought with Averell in all his campaigns. At the battle of Rocky Gap, when the rebel bullets came like hail, Mr. Hoffman took shelter behind a stump, but immediately discovered that he was in a yellow jacket nest. The Confederates made the attack hot in front and the yellow jackets made a bayonet charge in the flanks. Mr. Hoffman had his choice: stay where he was and stand the yellow jackets, or get out and face the bullets. He was not long in deciding that he preferred bullets in front to yellow jackets in the rear, and out from behind the stump he came.
GEORGE A. HARRIS, born 1872, son of Gideon Draper Camden and Rachel (Hosseflute) Harris, is a Democrat in politics, by occupation a farmer and teacher residing on Sugar Creek, where he owns 131 acres, nearly all improved. He has taught six terms in Barbour County. Rev. Simeon Harris, the well-known preacher, was his great grandfather.
WILLIAM TANDY HULDERMAN, born 1845, in Pleasants County, West
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Virginia, son of Amasa and Mary E. (Jones) Hulderman, was married October 12, 1873, in Barbour County, to Laura E., daughter of William and Matilda (Bailey) Sharps. Mrs. Hulderman is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and the subject of this sketch is an Odd Fellow, a Demo- crat and a hotel keeper in Philippi, proprietor of the Valley House. He attended the public schools. His father's children were, John E., Martha A., James E., Amariah H., Salathiel T., Charles A., Nathan S., William T. and Coleman L. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was John Hulderman, born about 1770, in Germany, settled at Shinnston, in Harri- son County, and died at the age of ninety-nine years. His children were, Henry, Amariah H., Absalom, William and Jane.
GILBERT SIMEON HYMES, born 1842, in Barbour County, son of John and Malinda (Phillips) Hymes, was married January 4, 1866, to Susan Malinda, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Harris) Fitzwater. Children, Thomas Jackson, (died 1886) Laura and Sallie Matilda. He is a Democrat and a farmer, owning 146 acres in Barbour and 97 in Randolph, of which 170 are improved. He is also engaged in stock raising. He was educated in the public schools. In 1884 he was elected Assessor in the eastern part of Barbour for four years. He was in the Confederate service under General Imboden from 1862 till the close of the war, and was wounded in the left leg at the battle of New Market, and was slightly wounded at Williamsport. He was orderly sergeant in Captain Hannibal Hill's Com- pany, 62d Virginia.
FLOYD TRIPLETT HOLDEN, born 1869, on Beech Lick of Elk Creek, son of John Benton and Columbus (Chenoweth) Holden, was married June 17, 1897, at Philippi, to Harriet Columbia, daughter of Nathan Harmon - and Mary Ellen (Jarvis) Taft. He is a member of the Baptist Church, is a Mason, Knight of Pythias and a Democrat. He is a teacher, residing at Philippi, and was educated at the Fairmont Normal School and at the Conference Seminary at Buckhannon. The name in the Norse language was Olden, and the family came from Normandy to England about the time of William the Conqueror (1066.) They were possessed of property, and well to do for six hundred years, when they met financial reverses and came to America, where Benjamin settled in New Jersey and became the ancestor of the Holdens in West Virginia, and probably of those in the West also. He had three sons, Alexander, Benjamin and one whose name is lost. The two sons were American soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and subsequently moved to Ohio, where Alexander served in the legisla- ture and in other offices. Later the brothers returned to West Virginia and bought and inherited land in Harrison and Barbour Counties. Benja- min's descendants live in Harrison County. Alexander had three sons and one daughter. The eldest was John Chamberlain Holden, born 1791, and a soldier under General Harrison in the War of 1812. In 1813 he married,
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and in 1815, settled on a farm of 730 acres on Beech Lick, Isaac's Run and Elk. He had two children by his first wife who died soon after, and in 1819 he married Prudence Kittle, of Randolph County, and to them were born fifteen children, one of whom was John Benton, born in 1841, who was in the Confederate army. On February 3, 1869, he married Columbia Chenoweth and they had three sons, the youngest dying in childhood. The second son, William L., born 1873, married Ella Findley, October 21, 1894, and two children were born to them, Otto F. and Stella E. The mother of these children died 1898. William L. afterwards married Ethel Schurman. The wife of John B. Holden was a daughter of Newton Chenoweth, and granddaughter of John Chenoweth, of Hampshire County, and a Ravolu- tionary soldier. The Chenoweths are of a very ancient family of Welsh origin. The name was originally Trevelisich; but one of them having built Chenouth Castle, the family took the name of the castle. The family settled in Maryland very early, and one branch intermarried with the family of Lord Baltimore, and another with the Cromwells, thereby becoming related with the great Oliver. The Holdens, now wide-spread, have always been men of prominence and culture, filling chairs in educational institutions, seats in the legislative bodies, and pulpits in churches. They have usually been Baptists, and seven of Benjamin Holden's descendants have been preachers of that denomination, among them being Rev. L. W. Holden, Rev. Alexander Holden and Rev. Charles Horace Holden still living.
ADOLPHUS HAMILTON; born in Monongalia County, on Decker's Creek, 1839, son of John J. and Matilda (Castola) Hamilton, was married January 3, 1867, in Barbour County, to Elizabeth S., daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy (Irons) Harvey. Children, Wade Hampton, Okey Johnson, Maude, George, Agustus F. He is a member of the United Brethern Church, a Democrat and a farmer, residing on Sandy Creek. He attended school at Evansville, Preston County. His wife died in 1892. He served in the Union army as a wagoner, from 1861 to 1864, when he was taken prisoner by Mosby's men and was incarcerated in several southern prisons, including Andersonville. In the latter part of the year he was exchanged and came home in broken health. He worked on the railroad for one year and then began farming.
JOHN FRANKLIN HEWITT, born 1872, son of Joel and Hulda (Hayes) Hewitt, was married March 20, 1898, to Margaret, daughter of Andrew and Emily (Wiseman) Monehan. Their child's name is Lily. Mr. Hewitt is a Republican, and a teacher and artist, living on the waters of Hanging Rock Run. He was educated in the public schools.
RYLAND G. HASKINS, born 1860, son of G. W. Haskins, was married August 30, 1883, in Mineral County, to Josephine, daughter of Joseph Pen- nington. Children, Earl, Effie, Fairfax and Letta. He is a Knight of Pyth-
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ias and a Mason; in politics a Republican, and by occupation a superintend- ent of mines and a merchant at Junior. He formerly lived at Davis, in Tucker County. He has held the position of post master, and was educated in the public schools.
GEORGE ELAM HALLER, born 1859, son of Eli Francis Morrison and Catherine (Nestor) Haller, was married April 8, 1883, near Nestorville, to Generva Palestine, daughter of Henry and Hannah (Vannoy) Stalnaker. Children, Gay and Ottis Roy. Mrs. Haller died in 1896, and two years later he married Mrs. Bludel Stemple, daughter of Anthony and Sally (Stalnaker) Poling. His child by the second marriage is Genevi Pearl. Mr. Haller is in business with Wesley Bennett and Lee Poling at Nestorville, where they have a roller process flouring mill and a planer. He owns 75 acres of land, all cleared, and two houses and lots in Nestorville, and is also engaged in general farming and stock raising, and takes a special interest in sheep and hogs. His uncle Captain Michael Haller, was killed near Holsberry's Mill near the close of the war.
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JUDGE WILLIAM T. ICE, born March 9, 1840, in Marion County, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Alexander) Ice; was married in 1866, to Columbia,_ daughter of Rev. Solomon Jarvis. Children, Lizzie B., Robert B., Maggie J., William T. jr., Nellie M., Grace and Columbia V. Of these, Robert died in 1880; Maggie J. was married to Fred O. Blue, a lawyer of Philippi, in 1895; and William T. jr., is now partner of his father in the practice of law, at Philippi, having graduated from the West Virginia University in 1897, and the next year was graduated from the law department of the same institution. The Ice family is English, and the great, great grandfather of Judge Ice was one of the pioneers in West Virginia, the locality now Mar- ion County, and he assisted in defending the early settlements against the Indians. He was a farmer. The Alexanders were Scotch and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia, where they were merchants and farmers. Judge Ice's mother died in 1848 and his father in 1885, a member of the Christian Church. In early life the subject of this sketch worked on his home farm and obtained such an education as was within his reach. When twenty years of age he began reading law with Fenton Smith and remained in Mr. Smith's office four years, when he was admitted to practice, and soon after- wards located in Philippi which has been his home ever since, and where he has always enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. Soon after locating in Barbour he was elected Prosecuting Attorney; in 1875 he was elected to the legislature and served two terms. In 1880 he was elected Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Taylor, Tucker, Bar- bour, Preston and Randolph, and served eight years. He has always been a Democrat, and has exercised an influence with his party. He owns a
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handsome residence in Philippi, several town lots, an improved farm, and in Randolph County he owns valuable timber lands. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
MARTIN ICE, born 1862, son of Daniel and Emily (Poling) Ice, was mar- ried November 6, 1887, to Mary Belle, daughter of Henry and Eliza Ridge- way. Children, Minnie Olive, Everett Earl, Alley Dale, Okey J. He is a member of the State Grange, a Democrat and a farmer, and was educated in the public schools.
JAMES B. ISNER, born near Meadowville, 1858, son of Henry and Julia Ann (Sherman) Isner, was married September 29, 1881, at Hezekiah Pol- ing's on Bear's Run, to Sarah Virginia, daughter of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Poling. Zora Emma, their child, was born May 31, 1886. He is a member of the M. E. Church; a Republican and a farmer, living on the head of Sand Run, where he owns 85 acres of finely improved land. He was edu- cated in the public schools of the county. His father was captured by Fed - eral soldiers and sent to prison at Camp Chase, where he died.
HON. I. V. JOHNSON. The following biography of Mr. Johnson was published in the Charleston Mail, while he was Auditor of the State:
"Isaac Vandeventer Johnson, Auditor of West Virginia, was born in Randolph, now Barbour, November 15, 1837. His father, Col. William Johnson, was a farmer and tanner and was a prominent and influential cit- izen, representing Barbour County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1859 to 1865. The subject of this sketch received a limited education in the public schools of that day which was supplemented by a year and a half at Emory and Henry College. He entered the Circuit Clerk's office of Bar- bour County at the age of sixteen as deputy clerk, and continued in that position until the breaking out of the war, with an intermission of the years 1857 and 1858, which years he spent in Illinois. Espousing the cause of the South, he assisted in organizing early in April, 1861, the " Barbour Grays," of which he was elected Second Lieutenant (the late lamented Thomas A. Bradford being the Captain.) He was badly wounded in the knee at the battle of Allegheny Mountain on the 13th day of December, 1861. At the reorganization of the army in 1862, he was elected First Lieutenant of his company, the 31st having become a part of "Stonewall" Jackson's com- mand. Finding toward the close of that campaign that he could not, on account of his wound, stand the infantry service, he resigned his com- mission and attached himself to the Brigade of General Imboden, where he was assigned to duty by the Secretary of War in the Quartermaster's de- partment, where he continued until the close of the war, when he returned to his home in Barbour County. In 1866 he entered the service of the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad Company, where he was employed as brakeman, baggage-master and clerk in the Parkersburg railroad office until 1870. In the latter year he returned to Barbour County and engaged in farming and
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