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ANNIE LAURIE TAYLOR, M. D., daughter of Andrew Taylor, having chosen the profession of medicine, permitted no obstacle to stand in her way to the attainment of a thorough education, fitting her for her responsible work. She attended the public schools and at the early age of fourteen be- gan teaching. A three-years course at the Fairmont Normal School sup- plemented the education obtained in the public schools; and she resumed the work of teaching, and made of it a success in every particular; but that not . being her ideal profession, she constantly held in view the higher calling of a physician, and in 1894 she entered the Woman's Medical College of Balti- more and graduated with high honors in the class of 1897 She then took the post-graduate course at the Laura Memorial College of Cincinnati, and also pursued her studies in the Clinical and Pathological School in the same city in 1898. She located temporarily at Elkins where phenomenal success attended her practice of medicine and surgery. But in order to reach a larger field, she selected Newark, Ohio, as her home.
SAMUEL LEE TAYLOR, born 1864 on Shaver's Fork, son of Washington C. Taylor. His mother's maiden name was Jane Nelson. In 1887 he mar- ried Siba, daughter of Tallman Stalnaker, and after her death he married Ella, daughter of G. W. and Virginia (Isner) Triplett. Children, Ira and Guy, He owns 316 acres, 40 improved, on Craven's Run. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
LACY MALORY TAYLOR, born 1873, son of Hamilton S. and Elizabeth M. Taylor, was married in 1892 to Zora Ettie, daughter of Israel and Susan Canfield. Children, Ophie and Harley R. He is a farmer and blacksmith, owns 40 acres, 20 improved.
CHARLES M. TAYLOR, born 1868, son of Curtis and Martha (Arbogast) Taylor; English ancestry; lives near Mingo.
* In his senior year at the University he was unanimously elected chairman of the executive committe of his law class, one of the highest honors of the class.
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FRANCIS MARION TAYLOR, son of George W. and Malinda (Chenoweth) Taylor. He married Emma, daughter of John Taylor, and upon ber death married Miss Coffman; she dying, he married Mollie Wright. He died in Charleston, 1898.
WILLIE C. H. TAYLOR, born 1866, son of Allen and Jemima Taylor; married in Barbour County, 1893, to Nettie, daughter of John Moss; child, Byron; carpenter and undertaker in Elkins; taught two schools, one in Tucker and one in Randolph. Mrs. Taylor's father was a merchant at Cal- houn a number of years.
ELAM DOWDEN TALBOTT, born November 8, 1857, near Philippi, Bar- bour County; son of William Woodford and Sarah (Simon) Talbott; was married at Beverly, June 15, 1886, to Miss Lutie Lee, daughter of Squire Newton and Florence A. (Brown) Bosworth. Children, Eva Bosworth, Marguerite, Eugenia, Winifred and William Donald. Mr. Talbott was edu- cated at the West Virginia University and in law at the Universities of Vir- ginia and West Virginia, and practices his profession at Beverly and in other courts throughout the State. He spent two years on the western frontiers, herding cattle, hunting, prospecting and traveling. The Talbott family is one of the oldest, not only in America, but in England. The founders of the name in England crossed to that country from Normandy with William the Conqueror more than nine hundred years ago. The immediate ancestors of the subject of this sketch came from England to Virginia early in the history of that State. William Talbott, the great- great-grandfather of E. D. Talbott, was born in England, and located in Fairfax County, Va., while young. He had three children who were born in Fairfax County-Richard, Cotteral and Charity. In 1788 Cotteral Tal- bott was married in Randolph County to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Reger.
Richard Talbott, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, settled in what is now Barbour County, W. Va., in 1780. A portion of the old homestead in Barbour is still in the Talbott family. He was born No- . vember 16, 1764, and was, therefore, 16 years old when he came to Barbour. He was the youngest of the family. Their father had died in Fairfax County, when they were young, and Richard was bound out. The man to whom he was bound treated him badly, and his sister Charity, who was eldest of the three, aided him to escape, which he succeeded in doing, and he accompanied his mother, his brother and his sister across the Allegha- nies, and they made their home in Barbour.
In 1788 Richard Talbott married Margaret Dowden, who was born De- cember 25, 1776, and who lacked three days of being twelve years old at the time of her marriage. Thirteen children were born to them, ten boys and three girls. The names of the children, with the dates of their births, are as follows: Samuel, born December 13, 1790; Mary Ann, born Novem-
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ber 7, 1792: Jacob, born September 3, 1794; Abraham, born October 16, 1796; Isaac, born September 2, 1798; Robert, born February 3, 1801; Elisha, born January 7, 1804; Silas, born June 11, 1806; Absalom, born September 22, 1807; Elam, born July 6, 1810; Zachariah, born April 13, 1813; Mar- garet, born October 27, 1815; Elizabeth, born December 15, 1819. Only one of these children is now living, she being the wife of George Gall, of Bar- bour County.
Robert Talbott, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, married Miss Mary Woodford, whose grandmother was a daughter of Lord Howe, and who had married clandestinely Colonel William Woodford, an officer of the British Army. Colonel Woodford had fought the Colonists three years, and then joined the Americans and fought against the British till the close of the war. He subsequently located in Western Virginia, where his de- scendants still live, and where his granddaughter married Robert Talbott. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Talbott were, John, Richard, David, William Woodford, Salathiel, Marion, Robert M., Perry, Peggy, Hannah, Josiah and Mary. Ten of the children are still living, all in West Vir- ginia, except one who moved to Appleton City, Mo. Robert Talbott was a farmer and owned a large tract of land on the waters of Hacker, near the Beverly and Fairmont turnpike.
William Woodford Talbott, father of the subject of this sketch, mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Abraham Simon, of Barbour County. Their chil- dren were as follows: Salathiel M., Melvin, Lewis Wilson, Elam Dowden, Abram Ira, Fitzhugh Lee, William Floyd, Wateman T., Robert Dellett, Mary Florence, Virginia B. and Rosa May.
LEWIS WILSON TALBOTT, M. D., son of William Woodford and Sarah (Simon) Talbott, was born on Stewart's Run, Elk District, Barbour County, November 25, 1855; married in 1893, at Beverly, to Miss Mary Evlyn, daughter of Squire Newton and Florence Amelia (Brown) Bosworth. Chil- dren, Richard Bosworth, William Brown and Virginia Catherine. The sub- ject of this sketch supplemented a common school education by a course in the West Virginia College and in Jefferson College, Greene County, Pa. After this he taught school for a year and a half, and then studied medi- cine with Dr. John W. Bosworth, of Philippi. Following this he entered the Medical Department of the Maryland University at Baltimore, and graduated from that institution in 1883. Immediately after that he com- menced the practice of his profession in Glade District, Barbour County, and remained there two years. On August 4, 1884, he went to Beverly and practiced there until 1893. He then went to New York City where he took a post-graduate course, and upon his return he resumed the practice of medicine and surgery. In 1896 he located at Elkins where he enjoys a large and successful practice in his chosen profession.
REZIN HOWE TALBOTT, born 1871 at Philippi; son of Irvin Benton and 31
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Virginia C. (Zinn) Talbott; English ancestry; married 1892 to Columbia, daughter of James Shoemaker. Children, Garland and Winifred. Mr. Talbott is among the foremost artists and decorators of the State; he came to Randolph in 1886, and located at Huttonsville; learned the carriage painter's trade under Edward Sheheidtlin; came to Elkins three years later and served under James Allen, painter and decorator, from Long Island, working on the residence of Hon. S. B. Elkins. Since then he has worked exclusively in the city of Elkins. He frescoed the residence of Hon. H. G. Davis, and did about all the other artistic decorating in the city. His sign painting has an originality and charm about it which bespeak the true artist, many of his designs being relieved by views from nature. He worked a year at the photography business, and brought to this the same origin- ality and taste which distinguish his painting.
FRANCIS MARION TALBOTT, born 1862, in Doddridge County, son of Francis M. and Elizabeth (Linger) Talbott; English parentage; in 1884, near Philippi, he married Mary Jane, daughter of Isaac S. and Mary Poling. Children, Okey Stanley, Sanford Wayne, Harry Corwin, Harlin Boyd, Lulu Maude, Madge Elizabeth, Cecil Forrest; farmer and stockman; owns 900 acres on Shaver Mountain. His paternal grandfather crossed the Alle- ghanies eighteen times before being permitted to remain in peace, the In- dians driving him back every time. He finally settled in Barbour County. The father of the subject of this sketch was a soldier in the Civil War, and was killed near the mouth of Leading Creek, in Gilmer County.
NICHOLAS W. TALBOTT, born 1859, in Doddridge county ; son of Marion and Elizabeth (Linger) Talbott; English parentage; married 1875 at Philip- pi, to Harriet, daughter of Philip and Martha (Swearenger) Burger; chil- dren, Blanche, Newton, Armina, Howard, Lucy, Nora. He owns 100 acres, 25 improved; by trade he is a carpenter, and was Justice of the Peace in 1896.
JOHN TRIPLETT was the first of his name in Randolph County, and when nineteen years of age he came from Baltimore, Md., where he was raised. The date of his coming is not certainly known, but was about 1795. He married Sallie Kittle in 1800 and lived several years on Tygart's Valley River, about two miles from the site of Elkins. Of this marriage, nine child- ren were born. After the death of his wife, he married Mrs. Nancy Kittle, a widow, and eight children were born to them. His descendants are scat- tered throughout the United States. He died in 1876 at his home on Kelly Mountain. Of his numerous children there are living at this time only Mrs. Eunice, widow of Isaac Taylor, Mrs. Rachel, widow of Arnold Wilmoth, and Randolph Triplett, in this county; Mrs. Martha E., widow of Amasa Kittle, of Lake City, Mo., Hickman Triplett, of Cavendish, Idaho, and Anthony Triplett, of Taylor Co., W. Va.
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DAVID BLACKMAN TRIPLETT, born 1833, son of Ephriam and Prudence Triplett, was married in 1844 to Christina, daughter of Isaac and Eunice Taylor. Children, Sylvanus Squire, Judson, Eunice Arcelia and Perry C. He is a farmer and stonemason, living on Kelly Mountain. John Triplett was his grandfather.
SYLVANUS TRIPLETT, born 1855, son of David and Christina Triplett, was married in 1866 to Anzina, daughter of Milton and Susie Triplett. They have one son Zan F. He lives on Kelly Mountain and owns 40 acres.
ELIJAH TRIPLETT, born in 1857, son of Jacob and Hulda (Kittle) Trip- lett, was married in Cumberland, 1892, to Caroline, daughter of Charles and Louisa Kleppee; children, Arno L. and Jacob K. He is a carpenter and builder, learned his trade under James Scott, near Elkins; was a foreman in the building of Hon. H. G. Davis' residence, the Memorial Church, and several of the buildings in Elkins; he is also a member of the Elkins Board of Education.
JASPER WILMOTH TRIPLETT, born 1842, son of Job and Sidney (Wil- moth) Triplett; English; was married in 1875 to Eliza, daughter of James and Mary (Helmick) Chenoweth. Children, Wade Hampton, George, Del- phi. He owns 700 acres, 150 improved. He filled the office of Assessor many years.
WILLIAM OWEN TRIPLETT, born 1854, son of Job and Sidney; was married 1881 to Etna, daughter of Philip and Jane Isner. Children, Marcella, Willis, Luverna, Icie. Mr. Triplett has been twice elected to the office of Assessor of the second district of Randolph. He owns 300 acres, 100 im- proved.
CYRUS TRIPLETT, born 1852, son of Jacob and Hulda (Kittle) Triplett; married 1876 to Lucy J., daughter of Oliver and Rebecca Scott. Children, Randolph C., Rebecca O., Walter, Jacob B., Willis F.
FLOYD J. TRIPLETT, born 1863, son of Randolph and Sarah (Kittle) Triplett; English parentage. In 1887 he married Ella May, daughter of Archibald and Caroline (Taylor) Wilmoth. Children, Eva Belle, Sam, Lu- ceba Maria, Sallie, Clare. His father was a blacksmith. Floyd attended school and assisted in the shop until 1879, when he passed the examination and began teaching; following that profession in winter and working in the blacksmith shop in summer until 1884, when he entered the newspaper bus- iness, purchasing an interest in the Randolph Enterprise, with John L. Bos- worth as a partner; remained there 18 months; was appointed in 1886 in the revenue service, held the place till 1889. In that year he erected the third new building in Elkins, in the rear of a lot on Second street. In this building, with James A. Bent as a partner, he started the Tygart's Valley News, and conducted it till 1891, when having been elected County Clerk, he took charge of that office. When his term expired in 1897 he resumed
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editorial management of the News, in partnership with Captain Zan F. Col- lett. In May, 1898, Captain Collett was called into service in the Spanish War, and Mr. Triplett assumed entire control of the newspaper.
HARRY SAMUEL TURNER, born 1861 in Rockbridge County, Va., son of John J. and Margaret Turner, was married in 1894 to Fannie May, daughter of Benjaman F. and Louise Crabtree. He came to Randolph in 1896 as manager for J. H. Simmon's meat market.
PHILIP THOMAS, son of John W. Thomas, was born 1827 in Wertheim, Germany; his mother's maiden name being Margaret Sons. In 1855 at Wat- erloo, N. Y., he married Barbara Gasper, of Swiss descent; children, Ursu- la, Mary Louise, Helen R., John Philip, Charles P., Burton Harry and Wil- lie. In 1896 his wife died. Mr. Thomas has been an extensive traveler; having visited many parts of the world, including Egypt, Arabia and parts of Persia having been turned back from the frontiers of that country when he tried to enter. By trade he is a tanner, and he lost heavily by a fire in Pennsylvania. He attended school at Heidelsburg, Germany. He owns 380 acres about three miles from Beverly. His son Charles, who was born in 1867, married Miss Laura Gilberts; children, Helen and Jessie.
JOHN W. THOMAS, born 1846 in Wales, son of John and Mary Thomas, was married in Wales in 1864 to Sarah, daughter of John and Annie Nich- olas; children, John W., Annie, Thomas and William. He is a farmer, owns 54 acres and a good orchard.
FREDERICK THORN, born in Barbour, 1857, son of Jacob and' Eva (Coontz) Thorn; married 1878, Edith, daughter of Washington G. and Emily (Stalnaker) Corrick. Children, Guy V., Mollie, Cinda, Bessie and Stella; farmer, two miles from Elkins; member of Leadsville Board of Education; his father was born in Barbour, 1824; his grandfather, John Thorn, was born in Germany, 1800, died in Barbour aged 96; his children were, Robert G., Joshua, Frederick, Cinda, Lydia, Lucy, Mary Katie. Robert was in the Union army.
MARGARET TELL, daughter of Peter and Susan (Wanamaker) Haney; born 1845; was married in Pennsylvania, 1862, to John O'Donnell. Chil- dren, Mary L. and Manus; second marriage, 1871, was to Gustave Tell; child, Geraldine. She lives near Beverly.
SAMUEL T. THORNHILL, son of Edmond and Rebecca (Lauck) Thorn- hill, was born in Rappahannock County, in 1846. He married Mary E. Vermillion. Children, Albert H., Columbus C., Nancy E., Rebecca J., Lewis E. and Lily Virginia. He is a farmer on Leading Creek, and a ditch maker. His father was born in 1809 in Rappahannock County, and his grandfather, native of the same county, and whose name was Thomas, was a Revolutionary soldier.
JOHN MAHER TYRE, born 1844; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Tyre, was
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married in 1867 to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Thomas Scott. Children, Virginette, James Scott, Samuel Alexander, Adolphus Rowe, William David, Sarah Ellen, John Maher and Virginia. He was a Federal soldier as an artillerist, in the Civil War and was in many battles and was taken prisoner at Buckhannon. He rose to the rank of captain, was subsequently elected Justice of the Peace in Leadsville; is a farmer, owning 300 acres near El- kins. His grandfather, John Tyre, came from France with Lafayette and was wounded at Guilford.
JAMES FRANKLIN TOLLEY, born 1849; son of Powhatan A., and Sarah A. (Wood) Tolley, German and Irish; was married 1870 to Melissa, daughter of Solomon and Jane (Hogan) Havener; child, Birdelia. He own 120 acres, 30 improved.
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DANIEL ALLEN VANSCOY, born in Barbour County in 1856, son of Jehu and Hannah Vanscoy; Scotch-Irish parentage. Near Montrose in 1880 he married Teracy, daughter of Peter Fansler; children, Harry Gordon, Bessie M., Willard, Amy Orpha, H. B., Glenn and Dewey. He owns 112 acres near Kerens. His father was born in Randolph in 1821, and lived here all his life, except three years in the West. His grandfather, Jonas Vanscoy, was also born in Randolph, about 1800, and died in Barbour. The great- grandfather, Aaron Vanscoy, was born in Vermont and died on Leading Creek. Mrs. Vanscoy's father lived near Hendricks in Tucker County, and his father, Henry Fansler, came from Germany when twelve years old and was a fifer in General Washington's army. He settled in Canaan, now Tucker County, in 1802.
EMMET BUCKEY VANSCOY, born 1837, son of William and Sarah (Hart) Vanscoy; French and German ancestry; was married in 1860 in Tucker County to Lucinda, daughter of William and Hester (Ward) Parsons. Chil- dren, Laura May, Arthur Bruce, Sydney Helen, Lester Dwight; carpenter and farmer. Mr. Vanscoy was married a second time, 1880, to Mrs. Tacy Wilmoth, widow of A. J. Wilmoth, of Barbour, she being formerly of Marion County, daughter of Algee Baker. Children by this marriage, Baker Cal- vin, Mary Belle, Algee Loman and Mattie Grace. The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch died in Pendleton County, and his widow re- moved to Randolph about 1800. He was the ancestor of all the Vanscoys in Randolph County.
ANDREW VALENTINE, born 1835 in Barbour County, died 1888; was married 1859 in Barbour to Rachel Digman. Children, Elizabeth, Carrie Bell and Arthur Jay. The last named is now a citizen of Tucker County, residence at Parsons, where he is a practicing attorney and one of the leading Republican politicians of the county. At St. George in 1891 he married Lummie Kalor, and their children are Zella and Arthur J.
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LORENZO D. VANPELT, born 1866 at Huttonsville, son of William H. and Laura (Snyder) Vanpelt; English parentage. He now resides near Mingo.
JOSHUA VEST, son of Harvey Vest, born in Rockbridge County, 1851; married 1876 Rebecca, daughter of H. C. Killingsworth. Children, Martha Alice, Ella May, James Williams, Henry Adams and Luvera. He is a farmer on Beaver Creek.
WILLIAM VANDEVENDER, born 1843, son of Henry and Betty (Cowger) Vandevender; German ancestry; was married in 1884 to Mary, daughter of Peter Conrad. Children, Isaac N., Albert L., Melvin P. and Jacob Piatt.
WILLIAM PERRY VANDENENDER, born 1843 in Pendleton County; son of Jacob and Eve (Nelson) Vandevender. In 1869 he married in in Pendleton, Phoebe Ellen, daughter of Tobias and Elizabeth (Harper) Rains. Children, Frank, Walter, Albert, Carrie Elizabeth, Anzina, Dolly Blanche and Dotty Gay. He owns 60 acres, 20 improved; has lived in Randolph since 1878.
SYLVANUS VANDEVENDER, born 1876, son of Isaac C. and Eboline (Snyder) Vandevender; German parentage; teacher and lumberman; fore- man for J. L. Rumbarger, Dobbin, W. Va. His father is a farmer and lives near Dry Fork.
BENJAMIN WILSON, although he left Randolph County soon after its formation, was one of the most widely known and influential men the county has had in its century or more of existence. The following biography is from the American Historical Record, 1873, edited by Benson J. Lossing:
"Colonel Benjamin Wilson was born in Frederick County, now Shenandoah County, Virginia, November 30, 1747. His father, William Wilson, was a Scotch-Irishman who emigrated from the Province of Ulster, Ireland, in 1737, and in that or the following year settled in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, where, in 1746, he married Elizabeth Blackburn, whose family was also of Scotch-Irish origin. Before Ben had passed his early childhood years his father's family was permanently located on Trout Run, near the South Branch of the Potomac, then in Frederick, now in Hardy County, West Vir- ginia, about 30 miles from Winchester. Here Ben reached his manhood. But little is known of him during his minority, except that he made himself useful on his father's farm at Trout Run. His opportunities to acquire an education were very limited, but he devoted his leisure hours to studies which tended to fit him for a successful business carecr. On September 4, 1770, he married Ann Ruddell, and soon thereafter became a resident of Tygart's Valley, in what is now Randolph County, W. Va.
"In 1774 he was attached as a lieutenant to the right wing of Lord Dunmore's army, which marched against the old Chillieothe towns on the Scioto River. For a time he served as an aid to Lord Dunmore, the commander-in-chief. He rendered very efficient service during the campaign, a competent and reliable authority declaring that he acquired by his zcal and attention to duty the confidence of his superior officers.' Early in the Revolution he was appointed to a captaincy in the Virginia forces, doing duty mainly on the frontiers; and to the close of the Revolutionary struggle he was the organ through which most of the military and civil business of the part of the State in which he resided was transacted. He frequently served as commander of the forces raised to pursuc marauding parties of Indians, and in all these expeditions he was prompt, influ- ential, and conspicuously courageous, as well as prudent and judicious. His distinguished abilities secured him a colonel's commission in 1781. At the close of the Revolutionary War he served for several sessions in the Legislature of Virginia, from thic county of
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Monongalia. In 1784 he secured the organization of Harrison County, it being taken from the county of Monongalia. He was then appointed the first clerk of the county of Harrison, but his duties as such did not withdraw him from other public duties, nor from politics, although he retained the office until near the close of his life. He was elected and served as a delegate* in the Convention of Virginia, in March, 1788, which ratified the Constitution of the United States. He was a Federalist in politics, and was one of the acknowledged leaders of the Federal party in western Virginia until the close of the war of 1812, when party lines were obliterated, and parties themselves were dissolved, the consummation being the election of James Monroe to the Presidency of the United States.
"Colonel Wilson was a man of varied and extensive business operations; of much general information; of genial teniper; of stalwart person; of most dignified bearing; of undoubted patriotism; of unimpeachable integrity of character; and of the elegance that characterized the true Virginia gentleman of the old school. He was not unmind- ful of the claims of religion upon him, and he sustained to the close of his life an irre- proachable Christian character."
The Wilson family is traced through Ireland to Scotland, and the earliest records show that the name was a prominent one in the troubled times in Scotland nearly two centuries ago. The first ancestor of Colonel Wilson, so far as known, was his great-great-grandfather, David Wilson, a hardy Scotchman, the date of whose birth is not known, but must have been as early as 1650. His son was also named David, and he was born probably about 1685, although nothing definite is known of his birth and early life, and the date is only an approximation from certain known dates in his early life. He took part in the Scotch Rebellion of 1715, and when the rebellion was put down, he, with many other unfortunates co-patriots, was compelled to leave his native land. He fled to the Province in Ulster, in Ireland. It has not been ascertained whether he was married when he left Scotland, or whether not until after he settled in Ireland, nor who his wife was, nor how many children he had. It is only known that his son William was born in Ireland, November 16, 1722. He became the father of Colonel Benjamin Wilson, and ten other children. He came to America in 1736, and after his arrival here, married Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Blackburn. She was born in Ulster, Ireland, February 22, 1725. Within a few years Wil- liam Wilson and his wife took up their home in Hampshire County, now Hardy, and there spent the remainder of their days. He died January 12, 1801, and she died May 2, 1806. The dates of the births and deaths of their children were as follows: t
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