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EZRA PUGH HART, minister in the Primitive Baptist Church, was born on Files Creek, 1820; son of James and Eleanor (Chenoweth) Hart; English ancestry; married in 1842 to Jerusha, daughter of Abel W. and Jemima Kelley. Children, John Chenoweth, Almira Jane, Virginia, Abel W., James, Webster Bosworth. His great-grandfather, John Hart, signed the Declaration of Independence. His grandfather, Daniel Hart, was a soldier in the Revolution, as was also his grandfather on his mother's side, John Chenoweth; and Jacob Kittle, who was Mrs. Hart's great-grandfather (grandfather of Mrs. Abel W. Kelley), was the well known Indian fighter; and Abel W. Kelley, Mrs. Hart's father, was a soldier in the War of 1812.
HUGH S. HART, born near Beverly, November 18, 1828, son of James M. and Eleanor (Chenoweth) Hart. In 1853, at Beverly, he married Eliza- beth R., daughter of Moses and Betsy (Ward) Harper. Children, Alice Wil- son, who lives at Boise City, Idaho; Lair D., who lives at Westmoreland, Kansas; Lucy Frey, Thurston, who lives in Oklahoma; Lizzie Hart Rich- ardson, who lives at Havensville, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Hart were married
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by Rev. John Birkett, in West Virginia, and all their children were married by him. They moved to Kansas in 1858, and Mrs. Hart taught the first school in Jackson County, that State. Mr. Hart served three years in the Union army, in Company B, 11th Kansas Regiment.
CALVIN C. HART, son of James M. Hart, born 1842; mother's maiden name, Eleanor Chenoweth; married, 1868, to Julia Foggy. Children, Wil- liam C., Lou Ella, Elam, Vance, Annie Knote, Hugh H. His great-grand- father signed the Declaration of Independence; he has a family portrait 120 years old, made in Ireland by J. R. Smith, inscribed, "The Nobility of England."
ABEL W. HART, the present Sheriff of Randolph, was born 1852; son of Ezra P. Hart, whose father was James M. Hart; his father was Daniel Hart, and his father was John Hart, who signed the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Abel Hart's mother, before her marriage, was Jerusha Kelley, from Pennsylvania. He owns 500 acres, 200 improved. He has held the office of President of the Board of Education, Assessor and Sheriff. He was educated in county schools.
REV. ASA HARMAN, born 1834 in Pendleton County, son of Solomon and Elizabeth Harman; German ancestry. In 1856 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Rohrbaugh) Cooper. She died and in 1863 he married her sister, Barbara Cooper. Children, Clay, Job, Mary, Danial, Martin, Jason, Simon and Asa. Mr. Harman is a farmer and a minister in the German Baptist Church, and has been in Randolph 55 years. At one time he owned 2000 acres, which he divided among his children. Unques- tionably he has performed more marriage ceremonies than any other minis- ter in Randolph County, the total number being 518.
JESSE HARMAN, born 1845 near Macksville, son of Solomon. In 1869 he married Sarah, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Rohrbaugh) Cooper. Children, Cora A., Harris, Emma S., Jonas C., Solomon B., Edna B., Mary E. The first house in that neighborhood was built in 1823 on Horse Camp Run by Jonas Harman, uncle of the subject of this sketch. The first school house was built in 1830, and the first teacher was David Ketterman, who, when seventy years of age, was killed by bushwhackers during the war. The first preachers in the vicinity were Samuel Fike, of Preston County, and William George and Martin Cosner of Hardy County. They were German Baptists, or Dunkards. Mr. Harman came to Randolph in 1860, and is a farmer and stockman; owns 400 acres, 300 improved. When he bought the land it was nearly all in the woods, and would make but five haystacks; now it makes from 30 to 35, and he can graze 75 cattle and 170 sheep, and winter 70 cattle and 90 sheep. Mr. Harman was township treasurer after the war.
JOSEPH HARMAN, born 1842 in Pendleton County, son of Solomon
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Harman. In 1865, in Pendleton County. he married Mahala Mouse, daughter of Michael and Phoebe (Harman) Mouse. Children, William Clarence, Oliver Grant, Alice, Emma, Lloyd, Laura, Preston, Calvin, Charles, Lee; farmer, and for 25 years a merchant at Mouth of Seneca, and postmaster for the same length of time; was in the lumber business awhile at Davis, Tucker County, now keeps hotel at Harman; was in the Union army; member of the Home Guards under Captain E. C. Harper and Captain Boggs; John was in several engagements, and in a skirmish in Pendleton County was wounded in the thigh; his brother was killed by bushwackers. Mr. Harman has lived two years in Randolph.
HENRY C. HARMAN, born 1858, son of Asa; in 1878 married Sarah A. Smith. Children, Ruhanna, Susan, Rosanna, Lena E., Simon P., Eugene B .; farmer, 200 acres. 150 improved.
JOB HARMAN, born 1860, son of Asa; married Mary J. Dolly 1886. Children, James B., Tena M., Stark, Baby; farmer; postmaster at Day's Mills two years.
JASON HARMAN, born 1871, son of Asa, was married in 1893 to Elmira, daughter of Jacob C. Harper. Children, Lester, Icie, Nannie, Baby. Farmer, owns 440 acres, 100 improved; also house and lot in Harman.
SIMON P. HARMAN, born 1875, son of Asa; is a merchant and law stu- dent, having taken a course at the West Virginia University, and is now located at Harman.
SILON HARMAN, born on the South Branch in 1850; son of Moab and Elizabeth (Lough) Harman; German parentage. In 1877 he married Rebecca, daughter of Michael and Mary (Wise) Mallow. Children, Ira Franklin, Ida, Anna Maud, Wm. Jasper. Came to Randolph 1885. Farmer.
NOAH HARMAN, born 1851 in Pendleton County, died 1896; son of Moab. In 1877, at Upper Tract, Pendleton County, he married Sarah Frances, daughter of Hugh W. and Mary Jane (Crowder) Nash. Children, Samuel Luther, Walter Scott, James Arthur, Mary Elizabeth, Nellie, Ray Gordon. Farmer on Red Creek; lived in Weston, W. Va., five years.
D. MILTON HARMAN, born 1880, in Pendleton County, son of David H. and Joanna (Huffman) Harman; German parentage. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in his father's store; after he was 16 years old he attended school two terms; he came to Randolph in 1898, passed his examination and taught in Dry Fork District, and is preparing for the law and journalism.
JOHN WILLIAM HARMAN, born 1869, in Pendleton County, son of David and Cyntha J. (Hedrick) Harman; German ancestry. In 1895, in Pendleton County, he married Minnie S., daughter of David Mouse. Child, Vera Belle, who died aged five months. His wife died in 1896 and in 1898 he married Myrtle L., daughter of Abram Miley, of Edinburg, Va. Mr. Har- man began life under disadvantages, and educated himself by his own ex-
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ertion. After the common schools he attended one term at Dayton, Va., in the Shenandoah Institute, graduated from the law department of the West Virginia University in 1892; he opened a law office at Petersburg, Grant County, 1893, and remained till 1897, when he located at Harman, Randolph County, and there practices law. He has made his way in the world under circumstances which would have discouraged one less courageous.
JOSEPH FRENCH HARDING, born November 9, 1838, in Anne Arundel County, Md., son of Joseph and Alice (Elliott) Harding; English, Scotch and Irish descent; married, 1869, Luceba E., daughter of Archibald and Caroline (Taylor) Wilmoth. Children, Clare W., French Leslie, Luceba M., Ro Ella, Jo Lisle and Vie Own. The Hardings as a family date far back into the history of Scotland, and were related by intermarriages with-the Stuarts and Mary Queen of Scots. The name occurs frequently in Scot- tish annals, and although sometimes spelled in different ways, the family was the same. There was always noticeable a predisposition and aptness for military life, and some of them achieved fame in no small degree, one of them, General Hardinge, a near relative of the subject of this sketch, being at one time commander-in-chief of the armies of England. Repre- sentatives of the family came to Virginia at an early date and wielded in- fluence in affairs there. At the breaking out of the Civil War, Major Hard- ing, then twenty-three years old, was a resident of Randolph, and he followed the fortunes of his State into the Confederate cause, and he fought it through, taking part in many battles and skirmishes, receiving many wounds, escaping from dangers when escape seemed impossible, and, in all, making a record seldom equalled and perhaps never surpassed in point of personal adventure linked with the fortunes of a soldier. He rose to the rank of major, and was named on the field of battle for promotion to col- onel, for personal bravery, even before the battle was ended.
He joined Co. F, 31st Va. Infantry, May 23, 1861, at Huttonsville, and he remained in service four years to the day, and for more than a month after Lee's surrender. He left the infantry service and joined the cavalry, Co. C, 20th Regiment, early in the war. Although he did much fighting among the mountains and rocks, yet he never would countenance the prac- tice of bushwhacking, believing it cowardly to kill an enemy without giving him a chance to surrender. It is claimed that he fired the last gun of the Civil War east of the Mississippi River. The fight occurred in Poca- hontas County, May 18, 1865. Captain Joseph Badger, 8th Ohio Cavalry, made a report of the affair, which is published on pages 1312 to 1314, Vol. 95, Records of the Rebellion, and an extract from the report is given below. Captain Badger had gone through Pocahontas looking for government property and for the purpose of capturing any Confederates who might
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still be in that region. The fight occurred near Knapp's Creek. Captain Badger says:
"My advance was suddenly and furiously attacked. I immediately threw my three companies into a shape to make a strong fight if the cnemny were in force, and to pursue instantly if he were not. I galloped forward to see what it was. I found that the enemy were running up the side of the mountain to get away; told Lieut. McConkey to takc his company instantly up the hill after them and shove them at top speed; told Sergeant Llewellyn to dash ahead after a few who had ran back on the road by which they came. Hc captured one who said it was a squad of 25, with Major [Elihu] Hutton, Captain [J. W.] Marshall, and Captain [J. F.] Harding, going to their homes."
There were only eleven Confederates in the squad and Col. Hutton was not among them. They scattered through the woods, but were not pursued far. Major Harding lost his horse. The last shot was fired by him. A cavalryman was following him into the woods. Major Harding raised his gun and was in the act of firing when the Federal saw him and jerked his horse's bridle, causing his horse to throw up his head in time to receive the bullet in the forehead and save the rider. Major Harding thus fired the last shot of the war, and killed a horse. He and Jacob Ward then set for- ward alone for Huttonsville, traveling on foot. Captain Badger continued his expedition as far as Gatewood's and then set out on his return to Beverly. He suspected that Major Harding intended to collect a squad and attack him, and he kept a sharp lookout all the way to Huttonsville. In his report he says:
."I expected to find that Major Harding and friends had gathered a pretty good squad through the mountains to bushwhack us on Greenbrier or about the Gum Road on Cheat Mountain. Therefore I placed half my Spencers in the advance guard and half in the rear. Moved on, reaching White's, top of Cheat Mountain. An hour before sundown stopped for supper. Learned that Captain Harding had passed there in the middle of the day with five men, armed and on foot, saying he was going to Beverly. Ile also said my command was returning on that road and would reach White's sometime that even- ing. I studied a good deal as to his intentions. His character is such that I felt sure he was not going to surrender. Finally I concluded he had gathered up thirty or forty men, had them coming through the mountains by Becca's Creek, and either intended to entangle us in a blockade in going down the mountain, and cut us up, or to surprise us after we encamped in the valley. It is eight miles from White's to Stipe's (foot of mountain). I had Sergeant Knott with ten men and an ax march half mile ahead and look for a blockade; commenced the descent at nine p. m .. Reached Stipe's without accident, and learned that Harding with one man had passed there just at dark, saying he was going to Beverly to give himself up. This left four of his men unaccounted for, which made me look still more for another party acting with him. I had twenty men dismounted, go ahead, and in two squads search every house within three miles of Hut- tonsville for Harding and Ward (whose mother lives close by), but found no trace what- ever of them. Moved into the valley and bivouacked ncar Mrs. Wade's, making as much noise as possible to let the enemy know I was there, it being my wish that he attempt a surprise. Next day moved to Beverly, arriving at 5 p. m. As Captain Harding has not made his appearance nor been hcard of at a late hour to-night, I have no doubt he had somc design against us. He had no chance."
Major Harding slept at Elihu Hutton's house the night Captain Badger camped in the valley "and made as much noise as possible." He was alone at that time. He subsequently made an effort to reach the country beyond the Mississippi where it was reported that a Confederate army was still holding out; but learning that all had surrendered, he wrote his own parole, and surrendered, May 23, 1865. When he returned to civil life he was twice
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elected to represent Randolph and Tucker Counties in the legislature; was elected and served as a member of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia in 1872. He was Sheriff of Randolph from 1877 to 1881. In 1885 he was licensed to practice law, and has since followed his profession. His election to every public office he has held was against his will and consent except that of Sheriff. In that instance he entered the race against great odds, and won by a large majority. There was no convention that year, and four Democrats were in the field and one Republican. Mr. Harding defeated the whole field.
CLARE WILMOTH HARDING, son of Major J. F. Harding, was born in 1872; is junior member of the firm of Harding & Harding at Beverly; gradu- ated in law at the West Virginia University in 1897 and was admitted to practice in 1898.
BOLIVAR HAMILTON, born in 1859, son of Bryson and Mary E. (Stalna- ker) Hamilton; Irish ancestry; was married in 1883 to Maud, daughter of John S. and Deborah (Wees) Chenoweth; children, Carl, Dale, Mary Ora, Silva, Nina, John B. and Dewey; owns ten acres, all improved.
A. Z. HAMILTON, born in 1870, son of Bryson; was married in 1893 to Bernice, daughter of John C. N. and Hannah (Currence) Bell; children are William L. W., A. B. and Bertie F. He is a farmer and lumberman, owns 125 acres, 30 improved, and lives in Huttonsville District.
JEROME HARRIS, born in 1836, son of Tunis, married Mary J. Crocker; children, Lenore, Gaylord, Gerrald, Tunis, Mary, Raphael and William.
RICHARD B. HARRIS, son of Hensley R. B. Harris, was born 1866; his mother's maiden name was Caroline B. Woodson. In 1894 he married, at Harman, Fidelia, daughter of Solomon Cunningham. The maiden name of his wife's mother was Mary J. Lantz. The subject of this sketch is deputy sheriff and jailor.
PAUL HAMILTON, born 1829, son of William, was married, 1850, to Jane S., daughter of Abraham Hutton. Children, Maud, Minnie, William, Mary M., Bessie W., Robert L., Pauline. He died in 1870. His son Robert grad- uated at West Point in 1891, and is still in the military service, and was First Lieutenant at the time he took part in the capture of Santiago, Cuba, in July, 1898.
S. A. HAMILTON, born 1853, married, 1872, to Nancy E. Scott. Chil- dren, Emma, Mary E., Blanche, Rosa Pearl, Blaine Harrison. Owns 350 acres.
G. W. HOGAN, married, 1890, Mary Heavener. Children, Mamie, Wes- ley, Mary.
L. H. HOGAN, married, 1884, Ann Swecker. Children, Eva L., Guy, Ola, Ruth.
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D. H. HAMRICK, born 1861, married, 1890, Portia W. Beatty. Children, Mabyn W., Sophia S., John G., Kenneth J. School teacher and farmer.
JOHN HOWELLS, son of John, born 1831; married, 1894, May, daughter of Alfred and Sarah (Robinson) Phillips. Children, Ida, Fannie, Ella, Bessie.
JAMES E. HOWELL, born in Barbour County, 1845, son of Nehemiah and Rebecca Howell; German and Welsh descent; married, 1880, Virginia, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (McQuain) Isner. Children, Daisy D., Lily B., George M. Farmer; owns 840 acres, 280 improved. His father was one of the early settlers in Barbour, and during the Civil War was a Union soldier, fighting till peace was signed. James Howell came to Randolph in 1878 and began work in the woods. His farm is one of the finest in the dis- trict, and his barn the largest, being 50 by 100 feet.
HIRAM HILL, born 1845, married Lizzie Pritt, 1866. Children, William and Mary. His son is paralyzed from a shot in the back by his uncle, who mistook him for a turkey.
GEORGE HILL, son of Scott Hill, born 1849; married, 1869, Christina Wees. Children, Columbus E., Aries G., Luther M., Oliver L., Effie M., Stella W.
JOHN HILL, son of Scott Hill, born 1857, married, 1888, to Elizabeth Kittle. Children, William, Cecil, Cora, Levi, Ernest and Mary.
JOHN C. HULL, born 1848 in Upshur County, son of James D. and Mahela (Armstrong) Hull; German; married 1874 Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Wilson) McAvoy. Children, Robert, Charles; farmer and lumberman; owns 400 acres, 60 improved. Mr. Hull is a brother of the famous hunter, Laban Hull, who in 1870 performed the remarkable feat of riding an enormous deer half a mile through the woods. The deer was lo- cally known as the " Turkey Bone Buck," because his haunt was Turkey Bone Mountain. Hunters had long tried to kill him, but the fortune fell to Mr. Hull, who, with his brother Warwick, wounded him, and he fell. Laban got astride of him, when the buck sprang to his feet and carried the hunter half a mile. A second shot killed him. He weighed 225 pounds,
LABAN M. HULL, son of James, born 1852, married 1879 Flora, daugh- ter of William and Mary (Kittle) Simmons. Children, Mary, Lily, May, Willie, Mahala Irene, Milton, Lucy, Ada, Benjamin, Ollie, Salina, Lettie. Mr. Hull was a noted hunter, and settled on Middle Fork 1872.
FRANK HUFFMAN, born on Seneca in Pendleton County, son of John and Rachel (Turner) Huffman. In 1897 he married Janie, daughter of Al- bert and Dorothy (Dolly) Waybright; farmer; has lived in Randolph six months.
WILSON HOFFMAN, born in Pennsylvania, son of Peter and Sarah Hoff- man, was married in 1887 to Emma S., daughter of J. H. Bowersox. They
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have one child, Joe. He is railroad agent, telegraph operator and merchant at Montrose. He has a clock 200 years old that was brought from Ger- many.
BERNARD LUTHER HINKLE, born 1846, son of Ananias and Elizabeth Hinkle. In 1865 he married Albina Louisa, daughter of Adam and Emily (Cooper) Mouse. Child, Dollie. The land on which the Hinkle Addition to Elkins is built formerly belonged to him.
M. HICKS, born 1868, son of James; married, 1889, Mary E. Folks. Children, Etta M., Pleasant, James, George, Nellie. Owns 60 acres.
JAMES HICKS, born 1832, son of David; married in 1866, Samantha Skinner. Children, Mortimer, Lizzie. Owns 300 acres.
CHARLES S. HANSFORD, son of Acra, was born in Tucker County in 1830, and first married Sarah A. Allender, then Amanda Hyre, and for his third wife married America Curtis. Children, Mary C., Jacob Laban, Wickum, Walter E. and Corder. He says of his ancestors that the earliest record he knows of the Hansfords two brothers, probably soldiers, came from England, and one was hanged for insubordination. Acra Hansford was born in 1800, in Rockingham County. The subject of this sketch has been a great hunter. For eighteen years he has been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and lives on Leading Creek.
EUGENE EMMET HEDRICK, born 1859, son of S. M. Hedrick, married, 1880, Mary Jane, daughter of Sampson Jordan. Children, Margaret Susan, Arthur, Riley Mansfield, Early Washington, Hassie Belle, Omar Wilmoth, Maudie Clare,
JASPER N. HIGHT, son of William, born 1857, married, 1878, Nannie E. Johnson, Children, Prince W., Nimrod M., Mary B., Alice, Addie, Fred, Cecil, Nettie, Frank. Owns 168 acres.
LOREN HIGH, son of Lewis High, born 1855, at Van Wert, Ohio; mother's maiden name, Louise Maddox; German ancestry. Children, Anna, Clara, Emma, Mary and Loren. He is a merchant at Beverly; lived five years at Gorman, His father was in the Battle of Rich Mountain, under McClellan,
JOHN M. HARTMAN, born 1842, in Switzerland; son of John and Katrina Hartman; married, 1871, in Ohio, to Sarah, daughter of John Wagner. Children, Carrie, Albert, Helen, Matilda, Henrietta, Frederick, Frida, Has held the position of Constable, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster.
J. H. HAMNER, born 1860, married Sarah Fitzgerald, 1887, Children, .Jessie, Nellie. Lumber inspector at Pickens.
FRANK HUBER, born 1846, in Switzerland, son of John J. and Anna (Hartman) Huber, was married 1886, at Helvetia, to Hulda, daughter of John J. and Elizabeth (Zurcher) Wurzer. Children, Hulda A., Mary A .;
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farmer and hotel keeper at Helvetia; machinest; came to America 1872, and worked at his trade in New York and Pennsylvania; owns 95 acres near his home.
HENRY G. HAROLD, born 1868, son of James and Mary Harold; was married in 1894 to Matilda, daughter of John and Orvilla Hartman. Chil- dren, Ray H., Orvilla L .; school teacher.
SQUIRE B. HORNICK, born 1855, son of Canzada (Clark) Hornick, was married 1879, to Melvina, daughter of John and Kittie (Fansler) Myers. Children, Adam Dellis, Jesse, Dorsey, Grover, Eli, Mason. His grand- mother died at the age of 110 years; his people were the first settlers on upper Cheat.
ANDREW HAMILTON HOUDYSCHELL, son of John H. Houdyschell, born 1857, in Augusta County; German parentage; mother's maiden name was Bridget Doyle; married 1889 in Pocahontas County, to Nora B., daughter of J. W. Dreppard; maiden name of wife's mother, Carrie Powell. Children, Willa May, Forrest S., Charles E. He is a contractor and builder; has been in business twenty-five years in Beverly.
MICHAEL HIGGINS, born 1813 in Ireland, son of Patrick; married Mar- garet Tuell in Ireland, 1856. Children, Mary A., Lizzie, Nora, John, Martin, Sarah; farmer and railroader.
S. M. HALL, son of James, married 1875, Tabitha Moore. Children, - Edwin L., Mary M., Frank M., Annie; farmer.
JOSEPH ELIAS HINCHMAN, born 1865, son of Joseph and Caroline (Riffle) Hinchman; married at Cumberland, 1895, to Dolly Louella, daughter of Elam and Louise (Wilmoth) Daniels. Child, Mabel; farmer.
JOHN HERRON, born 1837: married Martha J. Smith 1867; children, Urnie G., Burr, Laura, H. T., Ellen, Minnie, Lenora, Missouri; farmer.
JOHN W. HELTZEL, born 1860, son of James C .; married Cora A. John- ston; children, James Philip, John W., Mary E., Monna C.
A. J. HATHAWAY, born 1856, son of Francis; married, 1885, Mattie Lake. Children. L. C., Candacia, Genevieve F., Francis W., Andrew H .; farmer, 92 acres.
SAMUEL HADDIX, born 1853, son of Isaac; married Rebecca Bryan, 1887; she died 1896; farmer, 130 acres.
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JEFFERSON ISNER, born 1829, son of Henry and Sarah (Helmick) Isner; English; married, 1855, to Martha Ellen, daughter of Moses and Susanna (Walker) Phillips. Children, Henry, Phoebe J., Moses, Sarah, Cordelia, Creed, Lewis. Owns 10 acres, improved. Mr. Isner says that the first house on Cheat River, in Randolph County, was built about 1770 by John Vance, who tiled on land in that vicinity two years earlier.
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' HENRY ISNER, born 1856, son of Jefferson and Martha (Phillips) Isner; English; married, 1885, to Laura M., daughter of Emmet B. and Lucinda Vanscoy. Children, Emmet J., Claudie W., Lou Mattie, Lottie B., Laoni F., Willie B. Owns 50 acres, 30 cleared.
HAMILTON ISNER, born 1851, son of Cyrus and Christina (Kittle) Isner; English; married, 1876, to Sarah Columbia, daughter of Eli and Julia Ann (Stemple) Schoonover. Children, Burns, Ernest, Cora Ellen, Stella Mabel, Carrie Hope. Owns 90 acres, 60 cleared.
B. L. ISNER, born 1847, married Rachel Wees. Children, Albert G., Oliver, Ray, Dorsey M. and Arthur.
EUGENUS ISNER, son of John Isner, born 1838; married to Emily Wees. Children, Luverna, Daisy, Frona, Havard, Clarence and Fred.
DAVID GROVE IRVINE, born 1865, son of Wm. H. and Emily T. (John- son) Irvine; Irish ancestry; married, 1896, to Louella, daughter of Calvin C. and Julia (Foggy) Hart. Child, Orres Keim. Has lived in Ohio and Mich- igan; attended Dennison University, Ohio, and Broaddus College, W. Va.
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JOHN JACKSON. Among the earliest and most influential citizens of Randolph County was the subject of this sketch. He deserves more than a passing notice, not only because of his own prominence in public affairs, but also because he was the representative of a family of unusual natural endowments, some of the members of which have achieved fame, not only in this country, but throughout the world. The most noted of these was the great Confederate general, Thomas J. Jackson, popularly called "Stonewall." He was the great grandson of John Jackson. It is proper to turn aside a moment and trace the origin of this family as far as known .*
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