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HENRY BENJAMIN BODKIN, born 1845 in Pendleton County; son of Joshua and Barbara (Propst) Bodkin; German parentage; in 1873, in Pen- dleton, he married Nellie E., daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Stone) Puf- fenbarger; children, Clara Virginia, Susan, Samuel Pleasants, A. Gilbert, Wilbur Jackson, Minnie Jane, Chlodie Elva, Pearlie Viola; farmer; moved to Randolph in 1888; was in Southern army, 62d Va., under Lang; was in battles of New Market and about Richmond, and in several skirmishes; was wounded at Beverly and also at New Market.
ISAAC L. BODKIN, born 1866, son of Michael; in 1880 he married Sa- annah, daughter of John Cunningham; children, Nathan S., Myrta M., James E.
WILLIAM H. BOSELY, born 1846; son of Henry and Hannah (Bosely) Bosely; English; married 1874 to Mary E., daughter of G. H. and Nancy O. (Armstrong) Herren; children, Bruce J., Loren E., Viola T., Addie M., William H., Lavineyard P .; was in Union army; captured in 1864 at Key- ser by Rosser; owns 80 acres.
GEORGE BOSLEY, born 1853, married 1872 to Laura Cutright; children, George, Anna, Frances, Charles M .; laborer.
DAVID BLACKMAN. This thrifty farmer, merchant and general busi- ness man, came to Randolph from his native State, Connecticut, 1822. His brother, Smith Blackman, was a partner in the mercantile business, but while coming from Winchester in 1823 he was attacked with fever and died in the stone house near the head of Mill Creek, in Hampshire County. In 1824 David Blackman married Rebecca Slane of Hampshire County, and lo- cated in Beverly, and was engaged in the mercantile business until the com- mencement of the Civil War. For many years his was the principal store in the county, and he hauled his goods first from Baltimore, then from Winchester, later from Cumberland, and finally from Fetterman, in Taylor County, after the B. & O. railroad was completed to that point. After the death of his brother, David Blackman formed a partnership with John Sherman in the mercantile business in Beverly, and Sherman remained- in Randolph till about 1827, when he sold his interest in the business to Mr. Blackman and removed to Ohio, living for a time at Mt. Vernon in that State. It is worthy of note that this John Sherman adopted Senator John Sherman in 1831 and raised and educated him. He was a cousin of Sena- tor Sherman's father. At the time of his adoption Senator Sherman was eight years old. In 1829 John Sherman wrote to his former partner, Black- man, saying: "I have just bought one hundred and twenty-five barrels of whiskey at twenty-five cents a gallon. If it were in Beverly it would not last long." Several letters from Sherman to Blackman are in the posses- sion of Attorney L. D. Strader, of Beverly, whose wife is a granddaughter of David Blackman.
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David Blackman was noted for his social qualities and his honest deal- ings with his fellowmen. He acquired large tracts of land in Randolph and Tucker Counties, several tracts of which he farmed extensively before the war. He was opposed to the institution of slavery, but having received from his father-in-law a few slaves as a gift to his wife, he kept them and their issue until the commencement of the war, when they numbered twenty-one. He always refused to sell any of them.
He was of English parentage and his wife of Scotch, The first Black- man, of the direct line, of whom anything definite is known, was Rev. Adam Blackman, born in Staffordshire, England, in 1598. He came to New En- gland in 1639, and in 1640 settled at Stratford, Conn., where for twenty-five- years he was pastor of the Congregational Church. He died in 1665. He was educated at Christ's Church College, Oxford, which he entered at the age of nineteen. He had two charges in England as a minister of the Established Church before he came to America. He married Jane Wheeler in England, and had six sons and one daughter. His son John married Dorothy Smith and had three sons, of whom Ebenezer married Joanna Cus- tiss and had four sons and four daughters. One of these sons, also named Ebenezer, had six sons and one daughter. One of the sons, Jonas, was a lieutenant of Connecticut troops. His son Lemuel married Anna Downs and had four sons and three daughters. One of these sons was David Blackman, the subject of this sketch.
David Blackman had two children, Margaret A., who died in infancy, and Judson, born September 24, 1825, who married Philadelphia B. Rees, of Mineral County. During the last years of his life David Blackman lived on his farm on Leading Creek, where he died November 2, 1873, and his wife died January 4, 1873. They are buried in the cemetery at Beverly. His son Judson died at Beverly, August 23, 1871, and his wife died in Min- eral County, May 9, 1896, at the age of 70, from injuries received from a fall from a buggy. The children of Judson Blackman were: Silas R., liv- ing in Tucker County; Maria S., living in Beverly; David F., who moved to Nebraska and died there; William T., living in Hastings, Nebraska; John B,, living in Lancaster, Ohio; Mary B., living in Hastings, Nebraska; James S., living at Beaver City, Nebraska; Judson T., living at the same place, and Rebecca E., who died October 26, 1860, aged five years. To re- mind the reader how rapidly a family, in some instances, will increase in numbers in one generation, the grandchildren of Judson Blackman are given:
Silas R. Blackman, who married Mary H. McGuffin, has five children living and two dead.
Maria S. Strader, wife of L. D. Strader, has five children.
David F. Blackman, who married Almeda Chenoweth, has six children living and one dead.
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William T. Blackman, who married Blanche Chenoweth, has two chil- dren.
Mary B. Tremble, wife of U. B. Tremble, has three children.
John B. Blackman, who married Nellie Gray, has seven children living and one dead.
James S. Blackman, who married Mary H. Kuykendall, has two chil- dren.
Judson T. Blackman, who married Nettie G. Harding, has two children.
From Rev. Adam Blackman, born 1598, to the youngest of his line, there are eleven generations, in exactly 300 years. Few families of West Virginia can show a longer line without a break.
SILAS REES BLACKMAN, born in Beverly 1848, son of Judson and Phila- delphia B. (Rees) Blackman; in 1872 at Beverly he married Mary H., daugh- ter of Charles and Martha (Bosworth) McGuffin; children, Lena Rees, Phil- adelphia Burns, Hattie R., Stella Mary, Silas Judson; farmer, owning 420 acres, 200 improved; moved to Tucker County 1874 and lives at Bretz.
WILLIAM THOMAS BLACKMAN, son of Judson Blackman, born in Bev- erly 1852; mother's maiden name, Philadelphia Rees; English ancestry; married 1875 to Blanche Alpin, daughter of Lemuel Chenoweth; mother's maiden name, Nancy A. Hart: children, Julian Raymond and Marjorie Hart. He is a wholesale grocer at Hastings, Nebraska, and has been in the West · eighteen years.
SAMUEL C. BLIZZARD, born in Pendleton County, 1849, son of John B. and Anna R. (Nelson) Blizzard; in 1875 married Mary Susan, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Bennett; children, Pinckney J., Anna Elizabeth, Martha Regain; farmer and mechanic; came to Randolph 1877; owns 96 acres, all improved. His ancestors lived in Germany; only two of the Blizzards came to America, Jesse, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and a brother Samuel. They settled in Pendleton, where they mar- ried wives that came from Germany. Jesse was a farmer, John a cabinet maker. The excellent farm on which Samuel C. Blizzard now lives was a forest in 1879. He has a fine residence and out-buildings.
ARCHIBALD BONNER, born 1822 in what is now Grant County, died 1896; son of William and Jemima (Carr) Bonner; English and Irish ancestry; in what is now Tucker County, 1853, he married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Joseph and Sallie (Summerfield) Roy; children, Martha W., Martin J., Solomon, Simon, Washington, Sarah E., Archibald, Mary Catherine, Emory Lee, Howard F .; farmer, owning 2,500 acres, 200 improved; lived in Randolph 45 years; was a remarkable hunter and trapper, spending much of the hunting season in Canaan, Tucker County. He killed more than 500 deer, and about 100 bears, besides small game beyond measure.
SEYMOUR BONNER, born 1846 in Tucker County, son of Solomon Bon- 22
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ner; in 1867 he married Sophia, daughter of Andrew Fansler; and she dying in 1868, he married, 1870, Mahala, daughter of Samuel H. Cosner. He taught school in Randolph on a No. 5 certificate, and in Tucker on a No. 3. His children are, Stephen A., Oliver H., Sophia B., Hattie E., Mary, An- tony W., Robert W., Solomon V., Nathan S. He moved from Tucker to Randolph in 1894.
EMORY LEE BONNER, born 1871 on Red Creek, son of Archibald and Elizabeth (Roy) Bonner; he married Sarah Catherine, daughter of John and Amanda (Bonner) Wade; children, Gracie Bactel, Edgar, Elsie Elizabeth and Clyde; farmer on Red Creek.
HOWARD FLASKEY BONNER, born 1875, son of Archibald and Elizabeth (Roy) Bonner; in 1897 he married Mary E., daughter of Jedson B. and Vir- ginia (Davis) Roy; children, Fernia and Luther; is a farmer on Bonner Mountain.
MARTIN J. BONNER, born 1856 on Bonner Mountain; son of Archibald and Elizabeth (Roy) Bonner; English and Irish descent; in 1877, in Tucker County, he married Martha Ellen, daughter of Solomon and Jane (Bright) Bonner; children, Luther Salem, Bettie Alice, Charles Delbert, Harman, Minnie Jane, Flarny May, Albert; farmer, 130 acres, 50 improved.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BONNER, born 1847 in Tucker County, son of Samuel H. and Elizabeth (Nelson) Bonner; English and Irish descent; in 1865, in Tucker County, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Mullenix) Nelson; child, James William; farmer and Star route mail contractor.
ARCHIBALD BONNER, born on Bonner Mountain 1866, son of Archibald Bonner; was married in 1892 to Clara Belle, daughter of Henry Snyder; children, Ethel and Blanche; farmer.
STEPHEN A. BONNER, son of Solomon M. Bonner; married, in Tucker County, Christina, daughter of Jonathan Varner; children, Anna, Bernard, Black; farmer on Red Creek.
ALBERT SQUIRE BOSWORTH, M. D., born January 12, 1859, son of George W. and Mary (Currence) Bosworth; English and Irish ancestry; married 1882 in Marion County, to Julia, daughter of George W. Davis. Their children, Stella and Julia; 2nd marriage, 1893 in Balti- more, to Ella, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Snyder) Weisgerber; child, Stanley. Dr. Bosworth came of a very old English family, directly con- nected with a name familiar in English history, "Bosworth Field." The family was identified with Massachusetts in its early years. The subject of this sketch began teaching school when fifteen years of age. In 1881 he graduated from the Fairmont Normal School. He studied law at the Uni- versity of Virginia, and was admitted to practice at the Beverly bar in 1882. He graduated in 1892 at the Baltimore Medical College. In 1880 he was
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Superintendent of the Randolph schools. He was eight years editor of the Randolph Enterprise; and from 1885 to 1887 he was in Nebraska where he edited the Culburton Sun and Trenton Central. He engaged in other edi- torial work while in the West.
SQUIRE NEWTON BOSWORTH, son of Squire and Hannah (Buckey) Bosworth, born. 1841; English ancestry; married 1867 to Florence A., daughter of Bernard L. and Mary (Dailey) Brown; children, Lutie Lee, Florence A., Mary Eva, Ada, Charles B., Carroll L., Helen, Nina and Willie. Mr. Bosworth is the son of one and his wife is daughter of another clerk of Randolph County. His first teacher was James H. Logan. He belonged to the 31st Va. Infantry (Confederate), and fought through the war, except while a prisoner, and he still has the flag of his regiment .* He has the original muster roll of Capt Thomas A. Bradford's Barbour County com- pany of Confederates. He is a merchant in Beverly; also ownes a 90 acre farm.
J. L. BOSWORTH, M. D., born 1856, son of George W. and Mary A. (Currence) Bosworth; English ancestry; in 1892 at Huttonsville, he married Rachel, daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Hutton) Crouch; child, Mary M. Dr. Bosworth spent three years as teacher in the public schools; seven years as editor of the Randolph Enterprise, and ten years as a physician, one year at Beverly and nine at Huttonsville. He began his education in the common schools, then attended the Flemington College, and in 1881 graduated at the Fairmont Normal School. In medicine he took the course in the University of Maryland, and graduated from the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Baltimore, in 1889.
PERRY BOSWORTH, M. D., born 1867, son of George W. and Mary A. (Currence) Bosworth; attended country schools, and graduated in 1892 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. Since then he has practiced his profession at Huttonsville.
G. W. BOSWORTH, son of Squire and Hannah (Buckey) Bosworth, born 1828; married 1856 to Mary, daughter of John and Ann (Conrad) Currence; children, John L., Albert Squire and Perry; owns 300 acres.
. JOHN O. BOWERS, born 1850 in Highland County, son of William and Margaret Catherine (Sponaugle) Bowers; Dutch ancestry; in 1875, in Virginia, he married Margaret Catherine, daughter of William and Molly (Moury) Whitecotton; children, William Washington, Lawrence Alberta, Jacob, Charles Ottis, Perry, Minnie, Lillie, Texie, Lena, Bertha, Clarence; farmer and teamster; has lived in Randolph 17 years; owns house and lot near Harman.
L. W. BOWER, born 1864, son of John J., married 1895 to Mary Sassi; children Eva C,, Lillian May; millwright; owns 186 acres.
* See a sketch of the flag, page 305
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WILLIAM O. BOWERS, born 1874 in Highland County, son of John O. and Margaret (Whitecotton) Bowers; in 1893 he married Rosella, daughter of Markwood S. and Sarah E. (Bennett) Johnson; children, William, Alston, Orpha, Gladys, Raymond O .; farmer and railroader; ownes house and lot in Harman.
ARNOLD BRANDLEY, born 1843 in Switzerland, son of Henry and Clara (Duri) Brandley; in 1869 he married, at Clarksburg, Sarah L., daughter of John U. and Elizabeth (Menefee) Thorne; she died 1876 and he married, 1881, Estella W., daughter of H. L. Hunt, of Kansas. He is a prominent G. A. R. man, holding the position of Junior Vice-Commander, Department of W. Va. He has traveled extensively since he landed in New Orleans in 1851; fought in the Union Army, and was in fifty engagements, and was promoted to first lieutenant; was discharged 1866; lived in Clarksburg twelve years; has been to California three times, and has been in every State and Territory west of New York, except Alaska. He came to Elkins in 1894, and two years later was justice of the peace.
WILLIAM M. BROOKS, born 1856, son of James Brooks; in 1882 he mar- ried Eliza C. Rowan, daughter of E. H. and Mary E. Rowan; children, Blaine and Howard.
THOMAS PATRICK RAY BROWN, son of Thomas and Elinor (Smith) Brown, was born in Kingwood, W. Va., December 25, 1841; Scotch and Irish ancestry; married 1888 at Beverly to Nannie J., daughter of James D. and Elizabeth H. (Logan) Evans. Mr. Brown belongs to the well-known family of that name in Preston County, and is a brother of Lieutenant Brown of the United States Navy, who took an active part in the fighting at Samoa a few years ago, and during the late Spanish War was given an important charge at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Mr. Brown is a lawyer and has been in active practice since 1863, first in Iowa and later in West Vir- ginia. He resided in Barbour County from 1869 to 1888, and for twelve years was District Attorney of that county. In 1896 he was elected to the legislature. In 1894 he served as special judge of the circuit court of Ran- dolph.
F. W. BROWN, born 1846 in Ohio; son of Robert and Mary (Coberly) Brown; English, Irish and German parentage. In 1866 in Ohio he married Lucy J. Douglass; children, William E., Winnie E., Ava, Mary O., Frank W. Mr. Brown owns the Old Crouch Mill, which has four holes in it made by cannon balls, relics of the war. His mill has a capacity of 30 barrels of flour in 24 hours .. His son William was killed by a boiler explosion in 1888. His daughter Mary married Hugh B. Shinn, a merchant of Buckhannon; Winnie E. married George A. Latham, of Beverly.
H. H. BRYAN, M. D., born 1852, married 1872 to Betty E. Lemon; chil- dren, Neddie, Russell L .; graduated at Jefferson Medical College.
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JOHN JEFFERSON BUCKEY, son of George Buckey, born 1825; married Mary Ellen, daughter of Jacob Daniels, 1848; maiden name of wife's mother, Nancy Parsons; children, George W. and Page B .; owns 64 acres; lives in Beverly; keeps hotel, and his guests for the past half century never forget his hospitable entertainment and the narrations of his remarkable personal experiments and adventures which are unsurpassed in character and inex- haustible in number.
ALPHEUS BUCKEY, son of George Buckey, born 1883; French ancestry; mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Hart; married 1858 to Rebecca A., daughter of Washington Chenoweth; maiden name of wife's mother, Rachel Wees; second marriage, to Elizabeth C., daughter of Madison Daniels; chil- dren, Wirt, Daniel Peter, Lora, Osceola, Nellie Virginia, Harry Alpheus. He has a bureau 80 years old and a door-knocker 150 years old. It may be seen on the front door of the Valley House in Beverly. Peter Buckey, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was one of the first, if not the very first, of hotel-keepers in Beverly. Some member of the family has been keeping tavern in the town ever since, for more than a century.
DANIEL PETER BUCKEY, M. D., born 1871, son of Alpheus and Lizzie (Daniels) Buckey; English and French ancestry; married at Parsons, W. Va., June 22, 1894, Ida, daughter of George C. and Virginia (Maxwell) Gal- bert. Dr. Buckey was in the mercantile business two years, entered the Buckhannon Seminary in 1889 and spent two years there. He entered the Baltimore Medical College in 1891 and graduated in 1894, and entered upon the practice of his profession at Parsons and remained there a year and a half. He then removed to Harrison County for the benefit of his wife's health, and remained there three years, practicing at Salem. In Septem- ber, 1898, he located at Beverly and entered upon the practice of his pro- fession at that place.
C. N. BUCKEY, born 1858, son of Emmet; married to Rose Cleary, 1883; children, Mary, William, Hattie, Georgia, Margaret.
WIRT BUCKEY, born 1860, son of Alpheus; married 1883 to Eliza Alice Earle; children, Wilbur, Clara, Stella, Lena R .; a house painter.
JOSEPH BUNNER, son of Amos and Sarah (Fink) Bunner; born 1820; married 1843 to Eliza, daughter of Hezekiah and Rachel (Musgrave) Bun- ner; children, Solomon, Otha, Jacob, Ezra, Sarah E., Hezekiah H., Minerva J., Irena V., Amos E., Helena, Joseph E .; owns 300 acres. Mr. Bunner makes the remarkable claim of having killed 1,000 deer.
THOMAS G. BURKE, son of C. W. Burke, born 1858; married Mary A. Martin 1882; child, Ida Victoria.
ALEXANDER BURK, born in Ireland, 1842, son of Michael and Margaret (Rowan) Burk; in 1865 married Bridget Burk; children, Michael W., Mary
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A., Bridget D., Catherine, Margaret, John D., James, Dennis, Sarah, Eliza- beth, Joseph, Agnes; farmer; 93 acres; teamster, and in the Union army.
FREDERICK BURKEY, born 1863 in Switzerland, son of John Burkey.
HON. BERNARD L. BUTCHER, ex-Superintendent of the Public Schools of West Virginia, was born near Huttonsville, September 12, 1853, and until seventeen years of age attended the public schools of that neighborhood. He then taught school a few terms, and pursued his studies at the Fair- mount State Normal School. After a course of three years he graduated; and began the study of law in the office of Judge Alpheus F. Haymond, of Fairmont. In 1875 he was admitted to practice at the Beverly Bar, and the . next year was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Randolph. He held the office four years. In 1876 he was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools. In 1880 he received the Democratic nomination for State Superintendent of Schools, and was elected for a term of four years. He founded the School Journal, which has since then been recognized as an educational factor in the State. In 1888 he was ap- pointed secretary of the State Board of Immigration and Development. He is now one of the foremost attorneys of the Fairmont Bar.
CREED WARREN BUTCHER, born 1834, died 1895, son of Eli and Mar- garet (Hart) Butcher; married 1855 to Amanda, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Parsons) Daniels; children, Charles B., French W., Viola G., Laura D., Robert L., Mary N., Hart H. Maggie C.
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GEORGE CAPLINGER. This family is of German origin, and in Ger- many the name is written Kepliner. The subject of this sketch was born in Pendleton County, February 3, 1784, and came to Randolph about 1800, where, in 1806, he, together with Edward Wyatt, bought 450 acres of Wil- liam B. Wilson, on the west side of the river, between Beverly and Elkins, known as the "Old Benjamin Wilson Place."" George Caplinger had one brother, Adam, who moved to Ohio, and one sister who married Jacob Hammer, of Pendleton County, and her descendants still live there. The land bought by George Caplinger in 1806 is still owned by members of the family, who have added considerably to it. His children were Thomas J., George W., Solomon C., Adam D., Margaret and Elizabeth. Every one of these lived to be more than seventy-four years old. George Caplinger mar- ried Sarah Collett, May 14, 1804. He died 1870, and Mrs. Caplinger died 1844, aged 62 years (born 1782). His father's name was also George, and it is believed he was born in Germany about 1750.
SOLOMON CHENOWETH CAPLINGER, son of George, born August 13, 1811; married Mary Chenoweth, and after her death, he married Mary A. Ryan; children, Laben D., Martha B., Phoebe C., Sarah E., Calvin L., Mar-
* See sketch of Benjamin Wilson. The Caplingers and Wilsons intermarried.
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garette, Mary Ette, Solomon C., Julius C., Delia W. and Robert B. The morning after the battle at Rich Mountain, 100 Confederates, who had sep- arated from Colonel Pegram's command the night before, blundered into the Caplinger settlement, almost within sight of the Federal army in Bev- erly. Mr. Caplinger warned them of their danger, but they were bewil- . dered, and not knowing what way to go, he piloted them past Beverly, and they escaped. He took an active part in the war, on the Confederate side, frequently as guide. He was with Imboden, with Hill, and with Rosser in their raids near Beverly. He assisted in cutting the telegraph wires be- tween Beverly and Buckhannon at the Hill raid. He was at that time over fifty years of age.
ADAM D. CAPLINGER, son of George Caplinger, born 1816, died 1893; married Elizabeth, daughter of William B. Wilson; second wife, Sabina Salisbury; children, Theodore, Edwin D., Ida E., William B., Pattie C., Lee Duncan, May, Perry L., Hattie B. and Addie W.
JULIUS CÆSAR CAPLINGER, son of Solomon C., born 1864; mother's maiden name was Mary Ryan; German and Irish ancestry; was married in 1895 to Almeda, daughter of Eli H. Rowan; maiden name of wife's mother, Mary E. Chenoweth. Mrs. Caplinger died in 1896. He is a farmer on the old homestead which has been in the family nearly 100 years.
CALVIN LUTHER CAPLINGER, son of Solomon C., born 1843; married, 1868, Isabel Woods, daughter of Edward and Martha (Wees) Wilson; chil- dren, Lilian, Grace, Daisy, Rosa, Belle and Jacob Wilson.
ROBERT B. CAPLINGER, son of Solomon C., born 1869; married, 1897, Jessie May, daughter of John W. Deatter; child, Hilda.
JEHU C. CAPLINGER, born 1848, son of Thomas J. and Peggy (Cheno- weth) Caplinger; married 1873 to Ida W., daughter of Joseph Harding; children, Vivia, George A., Marion F., Roberta E., Belva T., Bernice F. Near where his house stands, one of the Indians who had killed Adam Stal- naker was killed by a settler who followed him and came on him while drinking at a spring. The Indian went some distance into the woods and died. Mr. Caplinger, a few years ago, found on his farm a stone hatchet and stone knife. He has a medicine chest which once belonged to Lord Baltimore. It afterwards belonged to William Harding, Mrs. Caplinger's great-grandfather.
GEORGE C. CAPLINGER, son of Thomas J., born 1844; married, 1883, Laura Talbott; children, Texie, Mabel, Maggie and Jennie.
LLOYD CAPLINGER, son of T. J. Caplinger, born 1849; married, 1892, Bernice, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Currence) Earle. -
JOHN CHENOWETH CAPLINGER, born 1837, son of Thomas J. and Mar- garet (Chenoweth) Caplinger; married 1873, Sidney J., daughter of John W. and Mary (Wood) Moore; children, Lena, Rizpah, Lawrence, Ada,
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Moore. He located in Mingo in 1871 as a tanner; ownes 60 acres, 40 im- proved; was a Confederate soldier in 1862, under Imboden, in McClanahan's battery; was in Imboden's raid through West Virginia in 1863; was at Get- tysburg; received three wounds in the war. He surrendered at Lynchburg. His daughters are school teachers.
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