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CREED LUTHER EARLE; born 1837, son of Archibald and Mary (Buckey) Earle; English and German ancestors. In 1878 he married Columbia June, daughter of William Harrison and Ruth Ann (Hart) Coberly. Children, Charles Harrison, Delbert Archibald, Pearl, Mary Ruth. Lived in Beverly when married; moved to site of Elkins in 1881; then owned land which he sold to Hon. Henry G. Davis; was elected Constable in Leadsville District 1886. Mr. Earle held the Leadsville postoffice under Cleveland. He has paintings of his father and mother made 85 years ago.
JOHN BAYLES EARLE, son of Archibald Earle, born 1813, died 1881. Married Elizabeth M. Currence. Children, Mary Elizabeth, Nancy Ann, Matilda V., Burns S., Charles Page, John Bayles, Leonora A., Floyd Bir- kett, Linda, Eliza, Eliza A., Lucinda S., Archibald B., Jefferson Clay, Bernice.
E. B. EARLE, son of Archibald Earle, born 1826; German and English ancestry; mother's maiden name, Mary Buckey.
JEFFERSON CLAY EARLE, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Currence) Earle, born 1872. Owns house and lot in Beverly; has been town sergeant.
JOSEPH SYLVESTER ELZA, born 1852 on Gandy Creek, son of Thomp- son and Sarah (White) Elza, English parentage. In 1873, at Middle Moun- tain, he married Martha Louella, daughter of Solomon and Susie (Simmons) Carr. Children, Mary Alice, Sarah Almira, William Ulysses, Frank Leslie, Ettie Susan, Mittie May, George Robert, Vicie Lillie. Farmer, owns 80 acres, 35 improved; has lived on Middle Mountain since 1873.
ZACHARIAH TAYLOR ELZA, born 1849, son of Thompson Elza; in 1874 he married Margaret Jane, daughter of Levi White. Children, Mary A., Almira, William L., Rosetta, Ely, Henry, Stella, Essie May, Floyd; farmer, 121 acres, 25 improved.
NOAH EGLESON, born 1847 in Ohio; son of Elias and Fanny (Hostetter) Egleson, German. He was married in 1872 to Margaret, daughter of John
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Zehnder. Children, William Henry, Edwin L; farmer and blacksmith, owns 150 acres.
WM. EGLESON, born 1872, son of Noah; married 1897 to Callie, daugh- ter of Bernhard and Maclene (Menger) Vogel.
HENRY ECKHARDT, born 1842, married Barbara Enderlein. Children, Albert, Annie, Emil, Walter, Henry, Herman, Minnie, Elsie; farmer.
REV. JAMES WILLIAM ENGLE, born in Barbour County, 1865, son of William and Tabitha (Criss) Engle; English and German ancestry; was married 1895 in Webster County to Dora B., daughter of Evan and Martha (Bartlett) McCray; attended the West Virginia Academy at Buckhannon and the Wesleyan College at Delaware, O .; commenced preaching in 1892, and has worked in Webster, Lewis and Randolph Counties; his church, the M. E., in Beverly, prospered greatly under his charge, and has 120 mem- bers.
AMMI EYE, born 1840; married Eunice Kerens. Children, Elizabeth, John S., Francis B., Eliza A., Rebecca S .; owns 63 acres, 30 cleared.
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ROBERT FERGUSON. This early settler of Randolph County will long be remembered, for he was a remarkable man. First of all, his bodily strength was enormous, and the feats which he performed almost surpass belief. It is related of him that he would take a barrel of whisky, with one hand gripped on either end, straighten to his full height and drink from the bung. On one occasion, while hunting, he killed an old bear, two cubs and five turkeys, and carried them all home at one load; and it was by no means uncommon for him to carry home two or three deer at a time, and even continue hunting after killing a deer or two, carrying them with him as he hunted. He was six feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. He was always a hard drinker and a constant user of tobacco; but, although inclin- ed to be quarrelsome when drinking, he was usually jovial and kindhearted. His physical endurance was as remarkable as his strength. He worked on his farm by day, and for half the night worked in his blacksmith shop. It is related that he and Solomon Collett, a rival blacksmith, entered upon a wager as to who could work longer in the shop without eating or sleeping. Ferguson won the bet, having worked three days and nights without rest, food or sleep. He was usually present at court in Beverly, for it was his delight to mix with the crowd and enjoy his cups. Sometimes he became boysterous in court, and it required the sheriff and all his deputies to arrest him, and when put in jail he would break out in a few minutes .*
He was a full-blooded Irishman, but was born in America, his native place being Greene County, Pennsylvania, and the date of his birth 1780. His father was James Ferguson. While a boy he served an apprentice-
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ship as a blacksmith, and learned his trade well, for a better smith never was in Randolph County. When about fifteen years old he was working in a shop in Pennsylvania at the time of the Whiskey Insurrection, and saw General Washington, who was then President of the United States, who accompanied the soldiers part of the way on their march to Pittsburg to put down the rebellion. Washington sent his gray mare to the shop to be shod, and Ferguson shod her. He often told of the occurence with pride. It was about that time that Ferguson received a blow on the head from a man with whom he was quarreling, and had his skull broken. The bone was trephined with a silver half-dollar, and he carried it to the end of his life, and it was buried with him.
The exact date when Ferguson came to Randolph County is not known, but he was in the county several years before the War of 1812; for, on Feb- ruary 19, 1807, he married Deborah Wilmoth who lived on Shaver's Fork, in the Wilmoth Settlement. Her father, Thomas Wilmoth, was murdered by Indians on Cheat River many years before. Robert Ferguson and his wife settled near Beverly, where they lived till after the War of 1812. He was a soldier in that war. When he came home he settled on Pickles' Knob, where he cleared 100 acres of land. About 1825 he moved to Leading Creek, where he remained the rest of his life, dying in 1868. He kept tavern for awhile, and always had a blacksmith shop in which he made axes, hoes, plows, steel traps, hinges, and pretty much anything needed by the people. The "Ferguson Broadhoe" was a famous article in its day. He had a se- cret in hoe-making which his rivals never found out in his lifetime. His hoes always remained sharp; and the secret was, that in making them he used three thin sheets of metal and welded them together. The middle sheet was steel and the outer ones on both sides were soft iron. The iron wore away as the hoe was used, always leaving the sharp, thin edge of the inner steel sheet exposed. On one occasion William Harper, who lived in Tucker County, went to him to have twelve hoes made. Ferguson asked him why he wanted so many. "Because," replied Harper, "you will die before long, and nobody else can make good hoes, and I want a supply on hand." "You will die before me," answered Ferguson, and his prophecy came true. Harper was killed in the war, and Ferguson lived three years after the war closed. His axes were almost as famous as his hoes. That was before all the stores kept axes for sale. His axes had a better shape than any other that could be had, and he took great pride in his model. On one occasion, however, a man objected to the pattern, and said he wanted three axes made after a pattern which he had made for himself. Ferguson examined the pattern and said that an axe made like it would be of no use for chopping, and that the pattern ought to be changed in an important particular, but he did not say in what the change ought to consist. "I don't want any change," replied the customer. " You make the axes ex-
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actly like the pattern, and if they are not all right, that will be my business and not yours." Ferguson made the axes like the pattern, and in a few days the customer came after them. When he saw them he exclaimed: " Why, you didn't make any eyes for the handles," to which the blacksmith answered: "Neither did you make an eye in your pattern. You were so smart you thought you knew more about axes than I knew; now pay for them." The man did so; and it is needless to say that when he wanted axes again he let the blacksmith be the judge of the style.
Robert Ferguson died in 1868. His children, all of whom are now dead, were as follows: Archibald married Anna Triplett, Nancy married Henry Harris, Ellis married Elizabeth De Garmore, Wyatt married Edith Schoon- over, Solomon married Mary J. Triplett, Robert married Nancy Gainer. Susan married Abel H. Kelley. Elizabeth never married. The last that died was Solomon, in February, 1898, aged 84 years.
ELLIS FERGUSON, son of Robert, married Elizabeth De Garmore, and their children were Wyatt J .. William O., Elias A., Archibald B. and Robert. He died in 1847, and his wife in 1881.
ARCHIBALD B. FERGUSON, born 1837, son of Ellis Ferguson; married, 1860, to Mary, daughter of Aaron and Delilah (Schoonover) Vanscoy. Chil- dren, Delilah E., Louise E., Archibald E., Berlin A., Truman C. Owns 100 acres; Irish, Scotch and French descent.
ELIAS ANDREW FERGUSON, born 1833, died 1888, son of Ellis Ferguson. Near Lewisburg he married Mary Francis Clementine, daughter of Jehu and Abigail (Ervin) Propst. Their children are Sarah E., Bernard I., Isaac W., Alba J., Elias A., Wyatt P., James L., Penesa J., Olive M. and Robert E. In his early life he traveled in the West, and of late years he has farmed in Randolph and Tucker Counties. His son Bernard lives in Oregon.
SOLOMON FERGUSON, son of Robert, born 1814, died 1898. In 1842 he married Polly, daughter of John Triplett, and their children were, John T., who is dead, Moses, Loami, who married Amanda Wilmoth and lives in Idaho, Arnold, Phoebe, Park C., Gennetta E., who married Salathiel Poling and lives in Barbour, Coleman, Jasper, who married Ada Wees and lives in Tucker, Angeletta and Deborah, who are dead. He was a farmer and owned 1300 acres, 120 improved, and he was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife died in 1887, and five years later he married Polly, widow of Levi Coberly; her maiden name was Canfield.
PARK COLLETT FERGUSON, born 1857, son of Solomon Ferguson. In 1883 he married Melissa E., daughter of Bryan and Virginia (Goddin) Gainer. Their children are Jefferson W., Xantippe, Douglas T., Salathiel L., Nettie E., Grace, Glennie A. and Lucy B. He is a farmer near Mont- rose, owning 128 acres, 20 improved, and is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.
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ARNOLD B. FERGUSON, son of Solomon, born 1850, married on Haddix Creek, 1889, Louvernia, daughter of Samuel Gainer, and widow of John Yeager. Their children are Henry C., Early L. and Onie D. He has lived in Maryland, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas, working as a farmer; and in Davis, Tucker County, as a tanner. In 1888 he returned to Randolph and now owns 55 acres, 20 improved, two miles from Mont- rose.
MOSES FERGUSON, born 1845, son of Solomon. In 1870, in Barbour County, he married Minerva, daughter of William and Delilah (Coontzs) Phillips, and their children were French, Corder, William, Bernice, Hugh, Lulu and Dessie. He began life as a farmer, lived two years in Barbour, fifteen in Tucker, and then returned to Randolph and settled in Montrose, where he works at the carpenter trade. He is a grandson of Robert and a great-grandson of James Ferguson, who came from Ireland.
COLEMAN B. FERGUSON, born 1864, son of Solomon and Polly Ann (Triplett) Ferguson. In 1884, on Haddix Creek, he married Louisa B., daughter of Stephen and Charity (Everett) Murphy. Children, Essie, Beatrice, Deborah Hazel, Ada M., Elsie and Charity. He is a farmer near Montrose, owning 86 acres, 25 improved.
JOHN J. FERGUSON, born 1858, son of William O. and Harriet (Trip- lett) Ferguson. He married Mary Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Phillips) Purkey. Their children are Maud, Winnie Blanche, Wil- bur Brandt, Dot, Hart, Gladys, Chester. He was a school teacher in early life, then became owner of the Tucker County Pioneer, published at St. George, and later was interested in the Tygart's Valley News, published at Elkins. He then became a photographer, and as such collected views of many mountain scenes of West Virginia which had never been before pho- tographed, chiefly in Randolph, Pendleton, Pocahontas and Grant Counties. He assisted in collecting the material for this HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, compiling the greater part of the biographies in Dry Fork, Leadsville and New Interest Districts.
ARMISTED MONTGOMERY FREDLOCK, M. D., born in Maryland, 1866, son of E. P. and Sarah M. (Jameson) Fredlock; married in Indiana, 1891, Rosa, daughter of David Van Buskirk. He was educated in the West Vir- Virginia University and Roanoke College, Va., and studied medicine in the University of Maryland. After a brief practice in Piedmont he located at Elkins, where he is the surgeon for the railroad company. He was mem- ber of the first council of the town of Elkins; secretary of the Republican County Committee and a member of the Republican Congressional Com- mittee in 1892.
CLINTON W. FLESHER, son of Crayton and Harriet Rebecca Flesher, was born in Pleasants County, 1870. He received his education in the pub-
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lic schools of his native county and in the Fairmont Normal School, gradu- ating from the latter in 1894 as the salutatorian of his class. He taught in Pleasants and Wood Counties, and soon after graduating was elected prin- cipal of the Grammar School of the Fairmont Public Schools, holding the position two years, and then accepting the position of principal of the Elkins Public Schools, which he still holds.
HOWARD C. FUELLER, born 1869 in Pennsylvania, son of Henry C. and Mary (Ebling) Fueller; German and French ancestry, his grandfather, Charles Fueller, being a resident of Paris, France, and his son, Henry C., coming to America in 1863 and locating at Parkersburg. His grandfather, Jacob Ebling, lives in Allegheny, Pa., where the subject of this sketch was educated, first in Lessing Institute, then in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. After spending three years in travel he lo- cated in Whitmer, opening the first regular drug store there. His father was formerly inspector of engines for the Ft. Wayne Railroad Company, and now is inspector for the Pittsburg Locomotive Works, and his brother, A. J. Fueller, is an electrical engineer with the Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Co., and for a number of years was Demonstrator in the Keystone Electrical College, Pittsburg.
LEVI FINDLEY, born 1825, son of Adam. He married Emmeline Kittle. Children, Adam L., Levi J., John K., Jane R., H. T., Emmeline, W. Reathy, Minnie F., Lucinda, Tersia, Linnie, Alice.
ADAM L. FINDLEY, born 1856, son of Levi and Emmeline (Kittle) Findley; was married to Margaret E., daughter of Preston and Elizabeth (Gooden) Taylor. Children, Luceba, Silas H., Charles C., Maud, Porter C. and Ella. Farmer and school teacher; elected Justice of the Peace 1888; owns 210 acres, 100 improved.
LEVI J. FINDLEY, born 1860, son of Levi; married Minerva, daughter ' of Preston Taylor. Children, Floy L. and French. Farmer.
JOHN FORD, born in Ireland, 1825, son of Patrick Ford. In 1858 mar- ried Mary Burns. Children, Kate, Anna, James, Mary E., Nicholas, John, Mary Ellen, John T. Owns 100 acres; followed railroad building for years.
RICHARD FORD, born 1840 in Ireland, died in 1893, son of Patrick and Mary Ford. Married, 1866, in Clarksburg, to Mary, daughter of Patrick and Catherine (Naylor) Coolican. Children, Michael J., Mary E., Patrick F., John T., Richard V., Anna C., William A. Farmer on Middle Fork, 125 acres. Michael Ford began teaching at 16, and taught four years; went to Wheeling and entered business, having graduated at Buckhannon 1888. In 1895 the building in which he worked in Wheeling fell, and he was the only person rescued. Richard V., also a graduate from the Buckhannon school, is a teacher. Anna C. is a teacher also.
BENJAMIN WILSON FRETWELL. born 1853, in Upshur County, son of 25
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James D. and Susan (Kittle) Fretwell. Married, 1870, to Ardelia E., daugh- ter of A. C. and Mary (Moore) Logan. Farmer and shoemaker, owns 100 acres.
GEORGE W. FRETWELL, born 1858 in Lewis County, son of James D. He married in 1880 Lee Ann, daughter of Solomon and Jane E. (Hogan) Heavener. Farmer, 100 acres, 25 improved.
WILLIAM L. FRETWELL, born 1851, son of James D., married a daugh- ter of Merican Moore. Children, Kate E., Burwood L., Oda M .. Sue A.
RICHARD FRETWELL, son of J. D., born 1854. Married Birdie Kelly. Children, Alonzo W., John E., Mary, Pearl M., Bertha B., Charles J.
JAMES MADISON Fox, born 1843, son of William and Mary Fox; English ancestry. Married, 1872, to Mary Jane, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Barber) Quick. Children, Ira and Lena. Farmer, 100 acres, 25 improved.
CHARLES P. Fox, born in Culpeper County 1833, son of William. Mar- ried, 1855, to Jane, daughter of Aaron and Maria (Steed) Jackson. Children, Mary O., Alfred M., Saphronia, Sarah E., James, Wilford, Minerva.
J. M. Fox, born 1846. Children, Melissa M., Millard J., James W., Jesse I.
LEWIS FAHRION, son of Fred, born 1843; German-French ancestry. Married, 1865, in Ohio, to Clara, daughter of George and Clara S. (Haas) Heckler. Children, Clara S. and Lewis. Farmer, owns 100 acres, 60 im- proved; good orchard; Justice of the Peace 1892. Mr. Fahrion claims the important distinction of having been the youngest soldier that enlisted un- der the first call of President Lincoln who served through the entire war. He enlisted at Columbus, O., and saw more active service than falls to the lot of most soldiers, having taken part in innumerable skirmishes, and the following battles: Wildcat, Ky .; Mill Spring, Ky .; Stone River, Tenn .; Chicamauga, Ga .; Chattanooga, Tenn. At Chicamauga he was wounded by the explosion of a shell. He was promoted to sergeant, and was honor- bly discharged July 22, 1865.
LEWIS FAHRION, born 1869, son of Lewis; German-French; married 1890 to a daughter of Elihu Forinash; children, Lewis, Edward; road- surveyor. .
ELIHU FORINASH, born 1848, in Lewis County, son of Lorenzo; mar- ried Jane Rader; children, Cora A., Manda, William, Esta, Blanche.
WILLIAM FOLKS, born 1868, married Elizabeth Hicks; children, Min- nie, Margaret D., Samantha S., Ida, Lillie; farmer.
DANIEL FANSLER, born 1850, son of Andrew; married Margaret Cooper 1872; farmer, 70 acres; road-surveyor in Dry Fork.
CLAY FITZWATER, born 1834; son of Nelson and Sarah (White) Fitz- water; married 1880 to Anzina, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Phillips)
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Daniels; children, Walter Nelson, Minnie, Clarence Holland, Hattie, James Herbert; owns 60 acres, 5 improved, also house, lot and blacksmith shop in Beverly. On his mother's side he is descended from a passenger (Will- iams) who came over on the Mayflower in 1620.
WILLIAM S. FLOYD, son of H. W. and Millie J. (Hess) Floyd, born 1847; married Martha, daughter of Oliver and Thena (Tetarick) Nay; chil- dren, Herschell L., Russell O., and Ollie. Farmer, 55 acres.
DEWITT C. FINCHAM, born 1851, son of John and Nancy (Dyke) Finch- am; German parentage. He married, 1870, Caroline, daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Wiseman) Fortney; children, Annie F., Grace, Early E., Clar- ence, Rosa, Alva; farmer, owns 20 acres.
JOHN HENRY FINT, born 1866 in Preston County, son of George P. and Jane (Lipscomb) Fint; German ancestry. In 1892 he married Mary Alice, daughter of Joseph and Martha L. (Carr) Elza; children, Essie Eve- lyn, Carl Joseph, Lyda Grace. Mr. Fint is a manufacturer of lumber and has lived on Middle Mountain 16 years.
JOHN K. FINDLEY, born 1868, son of Levi and Emmeline Findley, Ger- man and Irish parentage. In 1892, in Barbour County, he married Grace ' M., daughter of Hubbard and Harriet (Phillips) Terry; child, Guy. He is a farmer, owning 156 acres, 100 improved. Mrs. Findley died in 1895.
PATRICK FLANAGAN, born 1795 in Ireland, married, in 1855, to Bridget McDermott in Upshur County. Children, John, Mary, James, Patrick and Bridget. Owned 500 acre; died in 1870.
PATRICK FAHANEY, son of Daniel, born 1854, married in Lewis County Anna Stokes. Children, Charles, Mary E., Bridget A., Patrick V., Cathe- rine, James A. and John J.
CHARLES FISHER, born in Germany, son of John M. and Caroline Fisher; was married in Germany to Rosina, daughter of Paul Gunther. Children, Carrie V., Charles M., Oscar N., Emily, George C., John and Jesse; farmer, owns 150 acres three miles from Pickens, half under culti- vation. He came to America in 1874 and worked some time in a wagon fac- tory in Pittsburg, before coming to Randolph.
CHARLES LEWIS FLEEGEL, born 1864 in Pennsylvania, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Wolfe) Fleegel; German descent; in 1894, at Bayard, W. Va., he married Emma, daughter of John L. and Harriet (Raymond) Nordeck; carpenter and contractor at Horton; has lived in West Virginia 9 years, 4 in Randolph.
WILLIAM MONROE FLINT, born 1863 in Pleasants County, W. Va., son of George Flint; Welsh descent; married Delphia B., daughter of Jasper W. Triplett; child, William Jasper; lives on head of Glady.
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WILLIAM WOLFE GOLDEN, M. D., was born in Russia in 1866. In 1891 in New York City he married Sarah Solotaioff, and they have one child, Benjamin I. He received a liberal education in various schools of Russia, especially at Vilna and Bielostock. From his early years he showed a fond- ness for chemistry and biology, to the studies of which he devoted consid- erable time, and through these branches he gradually drifted into the study of medicine and finally decided to make that his profession. Attracted by the liberal form of our Government, he came to the United States early in life and settled in New York City. With a fair knowledge of English, ac- quired by him as a part of his early education, he was able to continue his studies in the high schools of that city. He graduated from the medical department of the University of the City of New York in 1892, During the last year of his medical course he was attached to the St. Marks Hospital as resident physician, and to the German Polyclinick as assistant visiting physician. Toward the close of the year 1892 he located in Elkins for the practice of his profession. Here he soon attained an unusual degree of pop- ularity, extending to the neighboring counties, where his opinion is fre- quently sought in consultation by other physicians. His admitted success is as much due to his early thorough medical education as to his 'unremit- ting efforts to remain a student. He is a prominent member of the West Virginia State Medical Society, in which he held the office of vice president during the years 1896 and 1897. He is a frequent contributor to current medical periodicals, notably the New York Medical Record. He is a promi- nent member of the following secret societies: A. F. and A. M., I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., and I. O. R. M.
BENJAMIN GOLDEN, born 1858 in Russia, son of Raphael Hillel and Baile Mindle (Lifkovitz) Golden; married at Kossovo to Alta, daughter of Moses Lieb Juck. Children, Sarah Blume and Gershon. Mr. Golden was divorced from his wife October 13, 1897, in the Randolph circuit court, on the grounds of desertion on her part. He came to America in 1888, landing in New York, and six months later he came to West Virginia and began business as a pedler of dry goods and notions in Randolph, Tucker and Po- cahontas Counties. In 1893 he secured naturalization papers, and in 1895 started in business at Horton. He enjoys the enviable reputation of being one of Randolph's most highly educated citizens; and in business matters and in the qualities of social life he is looked up to by his friends and asso- ciates with confidence and esteem.
JESSE W. GODDIN, born near Leadsville in 1832, son of Jefferson and Rachel Chenoweth Goddin; English ancestry. In 1856 he married Mary E., daughter of Daniel and Sallie Ann (Earle) Harper. Children, Floyd, Lucy, Ida, Bettie, Jefferson, Mary and John. He is a carpenter and cabinet mak-
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er by trade; was elected member of the Board of Supervisors in 1870, held the office two years; was elected a member of the county court in 1872, held the office four years, being president of the board; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1884, and held the office eight years; in 1892 was elected mem- ber of the county court for six. years. He worked at cabinet making, bridge building and at undertaking more than any other man in the county, up to 1882. His father was born in New Kent Co., Va., in 1805, and settled near Elkins in 1827. His grandfather, Avery Goddin, was also born in Virginia and married a Scotch lady. Mr. Goddin's brothers and sisters were, Andrew J., Isaac P., Judson C., Thomas J., Clitis, George, Emmet, Malissa E., Virginia, Mary and Eliza. The two first-named brothers were in the Confederate army.
JUDSON CHENOWETH GODDIN, born 1841, son of Thomas Jefferson Madison Monroe and Rachel (Chenoweth) Goddin; Scotch-Irish descent. Married in Barbour County, 1866, to Melvina, daughter of Thomas Jeffer- son and Susan (Ray) Corley. Children, Rachel J., Jacob L., Thomas Jef- ferson, Benjamin Franklin, Hattie Lee, George Judson. He is a farmer on Kelley Mountain.
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