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CLINTON T. MCKINNEY, born 1856, son of David J. and Sarah (St. Clair) Mckinney, was married October 20, 1887, to Lucinda A., daughter of David and Susan Virginia (Williamson) Sturm. Children, Guy Everett, Way David James, Frederick Glenn. He is a Missionary Baptist, a Democrat, and a farmer, living on Sand Run, where he owns 110 acres. He was edu- cated at the West Virginia College at Flemington.
JONATHAN EMORY MEANS, born 1854 in Marion County, son of James C. and Mary (Case) Means, was married September 20, 1877, at Palatine, West Virginia, to Olive, daughter of Eugenus E. and Drusilla (Burner) Lyman. Children, Edna, Maggie, George Howard, Lelia, Bertha May and Sally. He is a member of the M. E. Church, an Odd Fellow, a Republican and a carpenter, residing at Philippi. He served three years in the Fed- eral army, and his father was a volunteer for the Mexican War, but was never called into service. His grandfather Means, was a native of Penn- sylvanian, born in 1800 and died in 1893; his father was born 1826, and his mother in 1830, and died 1889.
LAIR DAVIS MORRALL, born October 12, 1814, son of Samuel M. and Elizabeth (Davis) Morrall, was married 1843 to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Harper. Children, Elizabeth Virginia, Albina Louisa, Samuel Henry, Lucy Amanda. Mrs. Morrall was born in 1818, at the Burnt Bridge, above Beverly. Soon after their marriage they moved to the newly formed county of Barbour, and from that time until his death, Mr. Morrall was
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constantly identified with the county's interests, for the most of the time being an officer. A detailed account of his services in that capacity will be found elsewhere in this book. Mrs. Morrall, who died in 1893, was for ten years the only Presbyterian in Philippi; and she assisted in building the first church of that denomination in the county, which was erected at Bel- ington under the immediate patronage of Mrs. Jacob See. The ancestors of Mr. Morrall were early settlers in Virginia; his grandfather, Samuel, mar- rying in 1757, and having a family as follows: Elizabeth, Jane, John, Rachel, Samuel, Mary, Sarah, William D., James, Jessie, Esther. Of these, Samuel was the father of Lair D. Morrall, and was born in 1767.
JOHN C. MANN, born 1836 in Rockingham County, Virginia, son of Oliver and Harriett (Cathrea) Mann, was married May 2, 1867, at Meadow- ville, to Sally, daughter of William and Lydia (Wells) Johnson. Children, William M., Okey J., Anna A., Daisy E., J. Rush, Oliver, John Bassell. He is a member of the Baptist Church, of the Odd Fellows, a farmer and plasterer, and lives on the Beverly and Fairmont pike, one mile west of Philippi. He served four years in the Confederate army, seeing his first service at Philippi, June 3, 1861. At Rich Mountain he saw his next ser- vice, and from there fell back with the Confederates to the Alleghanies, and later fought Hunter at Lynchburg and was in active duty, surrender- ing at the close of the war at Harrisonburg. He was taken prisoner at Cold Knobb, Greenbrier County, in December, 1862, and was sent to Camp Chase. His son Rush, enlisted in the army in 1898 for the war against Spain. Mr. Mann's ancestors were English and Irish. Henry Mann, one of his ancestors, more than a century ago was apprenticed as a turner in London, and the article of indenture is still preserved by the family. On his mother's side, his grandmother, Sophia Lewis, daughter of Thomas Lewis, was a niece of Colonel Charles Lewis, who was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
SUSAN MONTGOMERY, born in Cove District, 1847, daughter of Sam- uel and Sarah (Sturm) Digman, was married December 20, 1863, to Adam, son of Samuel and Nancy (Edwards) Montgomery. Children, John, Sarah E., Clorinda C., Nancy J., Mary A., Samuel B., Bertie C. and William S. Mr. Montgomery was a member of the M. P. Church, and in politics was a Democrat, residing at Tunnelton, Preston County.
SABEUS MAIN, born in Green County, Pennsylvania, 1832, son of Jos- eph and Lydia (Mariner) Main, was married March 12, 1894, at Philippi, to Sarah Jane, daughter of William F. and Jane (Booth) Wilson. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and belongs to the G. A. R. He is a farmer, residing two miles south of Philippi, He was in the Union army three years. Mrs. Main's first husband was William M. Simpson, and they were married in 1847; her second husband was Henson L. Yoke, mar- ried in 1870. Mr, Main is her third husband,
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JETHRO MOORE, born 1857, son of William and Sally (Bennett) Moore, was married in 1878 to Ellen, daughter of H. and Sarah (Ramsey) Coonts. Children, Cora, Ernest, Lizzie, Walter, Frank, Charles, William, Mattie, Albina, Ada Dale. He is a member of the U. B. Church, of the Junior O. U. A. M., and in politics is a Democrat, and by occupation a miner at Junior. He was educated in the public schools, and in 1893 was constable.
SAMUEL ALBA MOORE, born 1870 near Meadowville, son of Jasper and Melissa (Holsberry) Moore, was married at Philippi, March 3, 1895, to Es- trella, daughter of Mrs. Laura A. Peck. Their daughter is named Mildred Margerie. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, is an Odd Fellow and a Mason, and by occupation a merchant at Philippi. Mr. Moore was raised on a farm, began teaching when fifteen years old, and taught three years in this county. Then he was traveling salesman in this State for three years, at the expiration of that time going to New York as general agent for the Brown Manufacturing Company. In 1893 he returned to Phil- ippi and took charge of the affairs of Moore & Holsberry, two years later succeeding to the business, and has continued in that capacity ever since, meeting with great success in his undertakings.
SANFORD MASON, born in 1822 in what is now Taylor County, son of Thomas N. and Lydia (Goodwin) Mason, was married December 5, 1839, near Pruntytown, to Rosanna, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Prunty) Fleming. Children, Emily, Edward J., Elmore, Perry P., Mary Etta, John F., Lydia Jane and Thomas N. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Republican, a farmer living on the waters of Pleasant Creek. Mr. Mason was one of the first superintendents of the Fairmont and Bev- erly pike, was three times elected Justice of the Peace. The grandfather, Thomas T. Mason, came from New Hampshire and settled in Harrison County, and the grandfather on his mother's side, Franklin Goodwin, came from England, and according to a custom of the time, was sold into servi- tude for a stated time to pay for his passage across the sea, and he after- wards settled in Harrison County, now Taylor. Thomas T. Mason was born in Taylor County in 1794, and his wife two years later. He fought in the War 1812. The subject of this sketch came to Barbour in 1847 and set- tled on the river where he lived till 1865. His Grandfather Mason's chil- dren were Nancy, Martha and Benjamin, and his father's were Sarah, Mary, Nancy, Sanford, Henson, Harrison and Thomas N. Pruntytown was named from the father of Nancy Prunty.
THOMAS BYRNE MASON, born 1833 in Maryland, son of William F. and Jane Mason, was married September 23, 1869, to Catherine, daughter of Nestor and Margaret (Stalnaker) Hardin. Children, William Nestor, Mar- garet Jane and Estella Blanche. He belongs to the M. E. Church, is a Mason, a Democrat and a farmer, living on Sandy Creek, where he owns 364 acres of improved land. He attended school at Garner Valley, and was
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a teamster in the Civil War, and for six years was a member of the county court. His father died 1878, and was a native of Preston County; his mother died 1872. They had five daughters and two sons.
REV. JOHN F. MASON, born 1850 near Philippi, son of Sanford and Rosanna (Fleming) Mason, was married December 28, 1876, at Pleasant Creek, to Margaret Martha, daughter of John and Mary (Zirkle) Lough. Children, Ida V., Leslie A., and Alley and Calley (twins). He is a minister in the Missionary Baptist Church, a farmer and stockraiser. He owns 233 acres of improved land, and was the first man in Barbour to engage exten- sively in the sheep business. For twenty-five years he has been in the ministry, laboring in Taylor, Harrison, Marion, Lewis, Tucker, Preston and Doddridge, having had charge of thirteen churches in all; marrying forty couple, adding 250 members to the church, and preaching 800 sermons.
ORESTES T. MARKS, born 1873 on Camp Run, son of Lemuel and In- diana (Talbott) Marks, was married on Pleasant Creek, August 18, 1895, to Adah, daughter of Lewis and Terrena (Woodford) Lough. Children, Lotus, Arnett D., Olen E. He is a Baptist and a farmer, living on Flag Run, Tay- lor County. He was educated at the West Virginia College, Flemington.
He was two years a member of the board of examiners for teachers. He taught six years in Barbour. On his father's side his grandfather was Benjamin Marks, and on his mother's side, Jesse Jenkins, a Revolutionary soldier.
SALATHIEL LANE O'NEAL, elected in 1896 to the position of County Surveyor, was educated at Hillsdale, Michigan. In politics he is a Demo- crat; he is an Odd Fellow and belongs to no church, although a believer in religion. He is noted for his inventive ability, and is the inventor of a platting, drafting and self-computing machine; a transit compass, and a telemeter for computing distances between distant objects, such as ships at sea or from one mountain to another. His district map of Barbour County was constantly consulted as the highest authority in compiling this history of Barbour. The map is on a scale of 200 poles to the mile, the largest yet made of the county.
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MELVILLE PECK (autobiography). The first sentence in David Cop- perfield is, "I am born." This was my introduction into the world, as I am informed, on January 3, 1855, in that beautiful and fertile portion of Barbour County, Virginia, (now West Virginia), known as Elk district, on Isaac's Run, one-half mile west of the Ebenezer Church. A small mansion house still marks the place. I received a limited education in the free schools, and the West Virginia College, began teaching at the age of eighteen, taught eight schools, entered the mercantile business as a clerk
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in February 1877, became the acting member of the firm of Crim and Peck in 1879, sold out the business in 1880, was admitted to the bar in December 1881, located at Clarksburg, entered the law department of the West Vir- ginia University, September 1882, received the degree of LL. B., June 1883, located in Philippi, July 4, 1883, where I still live and practice my profession. With J. H. Knapp, Esq., as a partner, on May 9, 1889, we issued the first number of The Tygart's Valley Star, a weekly newspaper, at Philippi. After a time Mr. Knapp retired from the firm, and his place was taken by my wife who superintended the office, and did much of the writing, till the plant was sold in 1891. This paper was aimed to be a leader, not a follower, of public sentiment. In 1892, I was elected Prose- cuting Attorney of this county, and held the office four years. During this term the two famous murder trials of Russell and Chambers were had in our circuit court, resulting in the acquittal of the former and the conviction of the latter. Twice it has been my lot to be Mayor of Philippi, and during my first term I was arrested by a constable, the only time in my life, for moving a saw-mill off the street. My course was fully vindicated by the courts from the two justices who tried me to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The second term was resigned because a majority of the councilmen held different views from me on the liquor question in the town. In the begin- ning of my law practice, I recorded deeds at twenty-five cents each, by the kindness of L. C. Elliott, Esq., Clerk of the county court, held the office of commissioner of accounts, and later commissioner in chancery, all of which were in due time given up for an increasing law practice.
My grand father, on the paternal side, Josiah Peck, was born in Vir- ginia, January 31, 1778, was married to Sarah Smith, a Virginia lady, Jan- uary 24, 1808, served as a captain in the War of 1812, died in Roane County, West Virginia, about the year 1874. Of this union five daughters and two sons were born. Nelson Peck, the elder son, married Hannah Means, of Logan County, Ohio; lived and prospered there to a ripe old age and died without children. Josiah Peck, Jr., was born in Augusta County, Virginia, June 13, 1819, was married to Laura A. Matheney, daughter of William and Jane (Grim) Matheney, and grand daughter of John and Elizabeth Grim, October 12, 1846, and to them were born nine children in the following order: Nelson, Henderson, George Washington, Melville, Columbus, Mar- cellus Ethelbert, Chesley R., Ira Aldus, and Estella Maud, wife of Samuel A. Moore. Two of the sons, Columbus and Ira A., are dead, two are minis- ters of the Gospel, two are physicians, and two are lawyers. Our mother was born January 24, 1829, and is still living. Father died April 13, 1880.
On August 4, 1876, I was united in marriage with Cora May Crim, only daughter of Hon. J. N. B. Crim and Almira J. (Hall) Crim, of Elk City, this County. On the paternal side my wife is the granddaughter of Michael Crim and Catharine (Strickler) Crim, and the great granddaughter of Peter
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Crim and Elizabeth (Shaffer) Crim, of Rockingham County, Virginia. On the maternal side, she is the granddaughter of Hon. John N. Hall and Harriett (Rightmire) Hall, and the great granddaughter of Samuel Hall and Elizabeth (Owens) Hall, and was born in Philippi, October 31, 1859. We have two sons and one daughter: MWood Crim, Herbert Cromwell, and Edna Gay, all of whom have completed their second year in college, this June '99, the sons at the West Virginia University and daughter, at R. M. W. C., Lynchburg, Va. We are members of the M. E. Church, South, at Dogget Chapel, Philippi.
CAPTAIN JOHN RILEY PHILLIPS, born August 24, 1839, near Meadow- ville, son of James and Osa (Johnson) Phillips, grandson of Jacob Phillips, great grandson of Isaac, and great-great-grandson of Moses Phillips, an Englishman who settled on the South Branch, and subsequently in Ran- dolph County. Isaac Phillips married Miss Kittle, of Randolph, and Jacob married Sarah Bennett. Osa Johnson was a daughter of John Johnson and granddaughter of Robert Johnson, a Scotchman. The subject of this sketch had one sister, Sarah Ann, and no brother. His parents were very poor, possessed but little education, married young and settled first in the eastern part of Barbour, then a wild region. Subsequently they moved to Clover Creek, which was still wilder, and again they moved, this time to Brushy Fork in Barbour, where they made a permanent home. £ John Riley Phillips was a man of unusually brilliant mind. Had he been educa- ted he would probably have gained a national reputation as a thinker and lecturer. He was an orator of unusual ability, and a careful reader of such books as came within his reach. His education was limited to the schools of the neighborhood. Among his teachers was William Furguson who made a deep impression upon the young man's mind. A literary society in that neighborhood, attended by Captain Phillips, Captain A. C. Bowman and others, was an association for good, and in point of intellectual strength its equal could be found in few rural districts anywhere.
Captain Phillips and Captain Bowman studied law at home, intending to go to Texas to enter professional life; but their plans never matured. The Civil War came on, and they espoused the cause of the South, were the very first in the field, marched to Grafton, retreated to Philippi, fled to Beverly, joined Garnett's army; were in that general's retreat from Laurel Hill, and were separated in the route. Phillips fought through the entire war, in some of the hardest battles, in victory and defeat. He received wounds from which he never recovered, although he lived till October 24, 1894. On March 7, 1867, he was married to Elizabeth E. Parks, and had one child, May. The lines of Gray can be applied with truth to Captain Phillips:
Full many a gem of purest rays serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
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SAMUEL ELLIOTT PHILLIPS, born in Randolph County, 1832, son of Eli and Mary (Kittle) Phillips, was married November 9, 1854, near Meadow- ville, to Sarah, daughter of James L. and Prudence (Phillips) Yeager. Children, Prudence, Elam H., Cordelia, Naomi, Louisa A., Irvin, Rebecca, Octava, Virginia J. and Joshua Corder, who was born December 15, 1875 and died April 20, 1899. He is a Democrat and a farmer, living on Glady Creek, where he owns 96 acres, nearly all improved, and partly underlaid with a three-foot vein of coal. There is an excavation and a ruin on his land which have been supposed to be traces of a furnace. It has been attributed to Indians. It should be borne in mind, however, that Indians were unacquainted with the process of smelting ores, and mined nothing except native copper, which they could hammer into shape. Therefore, if the ruin really was a furnace, it was probably made by the first white set- tlers, and the circumstances of its building have been forgotten.
WASHINGTON PHILLIPS, born 1846 on Glady Creek, son of William and Delila (Coonts) Phillips, was married on Gladys Creek in 1868, to Eliza, daughter of Samuel and Jemmia (Taylor) Wilmoth. Children, Charles L. and Ida May. He is a member of the German Baptist Church, in politics is a Democrat, and by occupation a farmer on Glady Creek, where he owns 160 acres, half improved. He has held the office of Constable eight years and Justice four years in Glade District, and has lived in Barbour all his life.
GRANVILLE PHILLIPS, born 1843, near Meadowville, son of George and Nancy (Mckinney) Phillips, and he was married December 17, 1865, to Julia Ann, daughter of John and Sarah (Hines) Sherman. Children, Rachel, Elizabeth, Ruhama, Catherine, George Monroe. He is a Baptist; in politics a Republican, and is a member of the G. A. R., and by occupa- tion is a farmer, living one mile below Philippi. He served eleven months in the Confederate army, then joined the Union army, and served till the end of the war, experiencing many hardships, both on the march and in the field. His great grandfather, Isaac Phillips, came from England and settled near Meadowville, and his grandfather, Noah Phillips, lived near the same place. On his mother's side, his grandmother was Peggy McKin- ley, of Irish ancestry. Mrs. Phillips' first husband was Henry Isner, and they had two children, James B. and Sarah Rosanna. The former married Virginia Poling. Rachel E. married Isaac Lantz, and Monroe married Mary Snyder. The Shermans were Germans and came to West Virginia from Virginia.
JAMES MARION PHILLIPS, born 1852, near Meadowville, son of Simeon and Susanna (Fitzwater) Phillips, was married March 14, 1876, to Masalona, daughter of Isaac and Mary Coonts, and was married a second time, Novem- ber 1, 1890, at Philippi, to Evaline, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Kittle) Boyles. Children, Gilbert H., Dota Susanna, Lummie Ruth, Burnett D.,
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Erca May. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a farmer, living near Calhoun, where his farm of 120 acres is nearly all improved. He introduced the variety of potatoes known as the Early Harvest into Barbour. He was educated in the public schools. On his father's side, his people were English and German; on his mother's side his grandfather, John Fitzwater, was a native of Hardy County, and came to Barbour at an early day.
THE POLING FAMILY. These people were very early settlers in Bar- bour, but all efforts to trace them to a common ancestor have been fruitless. They are connected with a family of the same name in Hampshire County, and it is said that they originally came from New Jersey and that the name was Poland, so called from the country from which they came to America. But this cannot be stated with certainty, for the evidence is not conclusive. In the early records of Randolph County the name was always spelled Poland. In 1806, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Poland, was married to John Johnson, by Robert Maxwell, a Justice of the Peace. In 1809, George Nestor was married to Millie, daughter of Martin Poland, by Simeon Harris. In 1810, Martin Poland was married to Mary, daughter of William Wilson, grandfather of Lewis Wilson. In 1815 the name is spelled Poling for the first time. In that year Jonas Poling was married to Phoebe, daughter of Cary Headley. Simeon Harris solemnized the ceremony. In 1816 Samuel Poling was married to Elizabeth Marks, and in the same year Andrew Fore- man married Rachel Poland, and Martin Poling married Annie, daughter of William Right.
ISAAC S. POLING, born 1832, died 1897, was a son of Barnett and Jen- nie (Sturm) Poling, and was married July 27, 1867, at Churchville, Virginia, to Louisa May, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Keshner) Rogers. Children, William B., Mary Jane, George Franklin, Lloyd, Lucinda, Luther, Minnie L., Susan Virginia and Appie. He was a member of the M. E. Church, was a Democrat, and a farmer living on Whitman Run, where he owned 126 acres, nearly all improved; and still in possession of his widow. He served three years in the Confederate army under Imboden, and took part in many battles. He was a prisoner of war six months. His grand- father came from Maryland. Mrs. Poling's people came from Holland and were early settlers in the Valley of Virginia.
REV. CYRUS POLING, born on the old Poling homestead, July 28, 1850, son of George and Rachel (Kelley) Poling, was married April 8, 1873, near Meadowville, to Loretta, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Stalnaker) Hud- kins. Children, May, born February 11, 1874; George Jacob Webster, born December 3, 1877; Lulu Braxie, born April 19, 1880; Odie Belle, born Dec- ember 11, 1883; Minnie Blanche, born April 23, 1888; Nora Beverly, born September 15, 1890. The subject of this sketch taught school thirteen years in Barbour County. He entered the ministey of the M. E. Church in
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1877, and since that time he has officiated in 113 marriages, and has received 3000 into the church. He has aided in the building of twenty-three houses of worship. Among the places of his labor are Webster, Sutton, Fremans- burg, Belington, Troy, Beverly, Elkins, Tunnelton, Pruntytown, Bridge- port, Farmington. He now resides at the latter place. He was educated at the West Virginia College at Flemington. He owns 165 acres, mostly improved and underlaid with coal. His son Webster owns 115 acres, devoted to graizing and fruit. His daughter May, married Dr. R. M. McMillan, of Wheeling. Rev. Poling's mother is a daughter of Samuel and Delila (Rolands) Kelley. She was married October 14, 1849. Rev. Poling's father was a son of Amos and Sarah Poling, born 1822, died 1895.
ALDINE S. POLING, thirty-two years old, son of Isaac and Elfenzine (Corder) Poling, was married at Philippi, to Lizzie W., daughter of Major Edward F. Grant. They have two children. Mr. Poling graduated at the West Virginia University, and soon afterwards began the publication of the Barbour Democrat, to which he has since given his attention.
WADE POLING, born 1869, son of Isaac and Jane E. (Elliott) Poling, was married October 9, 1895, to Rosa V., daughter of Josiah H. ani Sarah (Miller) Ekis. Children, Dellet T. and Cecil R. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, is a Democrat and a farmer, residing on Glady Creek, where he owns 303 acres, of which 285 acres are cleared. He cuts 35 stacks of hay, raises from 100 to 200 bushels of wheat, and from 500 1000 bushels of corn annually, which he feeds to his stock. He can graze thirty head of three-year-olds, and takes special interest in growing cattle and sheep. His farm is all underlaid with coal, and has a good ledge of limestone on the "Streets Farm," which adjoins his other lands. His father was born in 1836, son of James and Elizabeth (Vannoy) Poling, and was married (1865) to Elfenzie S. Corder, who died in 1867, leaving one child, Aldine S. Poling, editor of the Barbour- Democrat. In 1868 he married Jane E. Elliott, daughter of Colonel William Elliott, of Belington, from which union six children were born, viz .: Wade, Etta, Solomon, (deceased), Frona, Bertie, and Rebecca Elizabeth, who died in 1891.
ISAAC M. POLING, born 1833, near Valley Furnace, son of Jacob and Louisa Poling, was married near Calhoun, May 3, 1888, to Mary A., daughter of Marshall and Sarah J. (Galliher) Phillips. Children, Minnie Belle, Orange Glenn and Lulu Blanche. He is a member of the Christian Church, in politics is a Democrat, and by occupation a farmer and teacher, residing near Calhoun. He was educated in normal schools of Barbour County. In 1892 he was elected Assessor of Barbour County, (east side), and served four years. He taught twelve years in the public schools of, Barbour; now owns 66 acres of highly improved land, and is one of the lead- ing men of his part of the county, being an able advocate of enlightened methods of farming, and an influential member of the Democratic party.
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