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DR. OSCAR B. BEER, born near Queen's. March 27, 1870, son of G. W. and Mary M. Taylor. His father was a soldier of the Civil War and belonged to Company M, 3d W. Va. Cavalry (Union). His grandfather. John Beer, came to W. Va. from Clarion County, Pa., just before the Civil War. and located at Sago, where he lived until his death. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of the county and at the Normal and Classical Academy of
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Buckhannon. He received his medical education and training at the University Medical College, Lebanon, Ohio, Maryland Medical College, Baltimore, Chicago Eye, Ear Nose and Throat College, Chicago Ill., School of Electro-Therapeutics, Chicago, and New York Post Graduate School and Hospital.
He began the practice of medicine during the summer of 1898, at French Creek, moving to Buckhannon in 1903, where he has permanently located. Mar- ried Ada J. Sexton, daughter of Worthy L. Sexton of French Creek. They have one son, Harold S., born August 28, 1900. The Doctor is a Presbyterian and a Republican.
ROBERT THOMAS HAMILTON BENSON, was born April 29, 1834, son of Robert A. Benson, who was born July 4, 1792, and Sarah L. Donagaha, born April 4, 1794. Their marriage ceremony was celebrated in Bath County, l'a., September 12, 1815. Mr Benson is a prosperous farmer of Washington District and is related to the family of T. G. Farnsworth, through his sister, Margaret Jane Benson marrying Thomas Marshall, June 20, 1833.
CHARLES FOREST BERRY, a native of Lewis County, son of Andrew Jackson Berry and Arminta Clark, grandson of Ephram Berry and Jacob Clark, who came from Albemarle County, Va. When five years old, his parents moved to Lorentz, Upshur County, where they have since lived and where he was edu- cated until he began his apprenticeship as barber, under C. B. Lewis, for whom he still works. He married Lena Newlon Barrett, daughter of Amos Barrett and Ida Cockerill, February 22, 1905. Child; Virginia Lee, born February II, 1906.
JOHN SYLVESTER BEVERAGE is a farmer of Banks District. Owns one hundred and twenty-four acres of land of which seventy-five are improved, with good orchards, residence, etc., thereon.
The farm is located on the waters of the Kanawha river.
He was born December 22 1850, the son of Andrew and Eliza J. (Eagle) Beverage, and the grandson of John and Margaret (Rimmer) Beverage.
Andrew Beverage, the father of J. S., settled on the waters of Kanawha or Cow River in 1852.
John Beverage, the grandfather of subject, came to this country with his brther, Henry, from Germany and settled in this county two decades ago. On October 3. 1872, he married Rachel Bland, who was born April 6, 1884, and their children are : Minnie E., wife of J. L. Mick of Lewis County ; Virginia M., wife of W. P. Kincaid of Lewis County, and Georgia A., wife of J. Q. Snyder.
Mrs. Beverage is the daughter of Job and Margaret (Cunningham) Bland of Pendleton County. Her grandmother was a native of Virginia.
WILLIAM BEVERAGE was born April 3, 1860, was married September 3, 1882, to Mary Bell Rexroad, who was born November 28, 1861. Their children are: Lyde, born September 16, 1884, married October 27. 1904 to R. C. Mckissic : Ford, born March 26, 1890.
Mr. Beverage was a son of Andrew S. Beverage and Eliza Jane (Eagle) Beverage. Andrew S. was a son of John Beverage of Virginia, who was a great hunter and trapper in his day.
Mr. Beverage, the subject of this sketch is a farmer and a stone mason. His home is on the waters of West Fork, called White's Camp. He is a faithful member of the Cherry Fork U. B. Church.
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REBECCA BLACK, farmer, daughter of Abram and Barbara (Lance) Post and wife of Samuel Black, deceased, was born June 1, 1874. Child : Cary Jane, wife of a Mr. Burrell.
CHARLES P. BOYLES is a native of Preston County. His father was Andrew Boyles and his mother, before her marriage, was Catherine V. Wotring, his grandfather was Gilbert A. Boyles, Sr., a soldier in the war of 1812, and the son of a German immigrant to America. Andrew Boyles settled near Alexander in 1866, where the subject of this sketch has since lived.
He was the fifth of nine children. Married Jemima E. Huffman, daughter of Joseph Huffman, and Amelia Barb, whose parents came from Hampshire County. His brother, L. M., who was killed through accident at Grafton, W. Va., and S. W., were soldiers in the Civil War.
Children : L. W., O. F., Daisy C., J. A. and J. B.
Owns eighty acres of land, works at lumbering and belongs to the U. B. Church. His residence is at Indian Camp where he has lived since his marriage.
WILLIAM H. BOYLES, a native of Preston County, son of Andrew Boyles and Catherine Wotring, the daughter of John Wotring, was born August I' 1849, his father moved to Barbour County, from there t Upshur County when William was a boy and there lived anddied. The subject of this sketch left his home in young manhood and went to Kentucky, and from there to Colorado to work in the gold mines. He married for his first wife Josephine Oves and their children were : Ceolia, now dead, and Katie Frances, who lives in Colorado.
His second wife was Rosanna Gould, the daughter of Joseph Gould and Lois Howes, the daughter of John Howes and Catherine Pringle, who was the daughter of John, who was the son of Samuel Pringle, she was the granddaughter of Mathon Gould, Jr., the son of Mathon Gould Sr., who settled on French Creek in 1808, and their children are: Russell Willard, born 1901, and Thelma, born 1903. Mr. Boyles is a farmer of Meade District, owns one hundred and seventy- six acres of land. A Republican in politics and the great grandson of Gilbert Boyles, a soldier in the war of 1812.
JOHN THOMAS BOYD, born October 15, 1858, son of Calvin Boyd and Louisa Curry, the daughter of John and Mary Curry, and the granddaughter of James Curry, Sr., the son of John Curry. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, received his education in the schools near his home. In 1879 he was employed by Edward Curry to clerk in his store at Rock Cave, he remained with his employer until 1888, since which time he has conducted and owned the business for himself. On June 26, 1901, he married Mary Virginia Anderson of Lewis County, and to them have been born one son, James E., born March 31, 1902. His wife was the daughter of James J. Anderson and Lucretia Bly. The father of John T. was a member of the Upshur Militia captured at Rock Cave and was taken to Richmond, then to Salsbury, N. C., where he died. His brothers and sisters are : William H. Boyd, married Ella Brake, daughter of Jacob and Nancy- Curry, is a blacksmith and farmer, now of Kansas; Jennie Susan, wife of Robert Vincent; Robert Calvin, once merchant at Pickens, now dead, married Jocasto Goodwin ; John T., is a republican in politics and has been and is a successful successor to his uncle Edward Curry, whose business he closed up. His uncle married Lucretia Wilson, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Wilson of Highland County, Virginia. Both his uncle and aunt are dead.
OTHA W. BONNER, of Union District, Upshur County, was born in Marion County, September 22, 1848, son of Joseph and Eliza (Moran) Bonner,
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who were both natives of Monongalia County, but who now live in Middle Fork District of Randolph County.
Amos Bonner, the grandfather of the subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch Irish descent.
Eliza Moran was a daughter of Hezekiah and Rachel (Norris) Moran of French descent and were raised near Baltimore, Md.
In 1861, Mr. Bonner came with his parents to Randolph County, settling near Helvetia, where they cleared out an extensive farm, which is still known as the Bonner farm.
On January 1, 1870, Mr. Bonner married Jane Queen, a daughter of A. C. and Nancy (Starcher) Queen and a granddaughter of Peter Charles Queen, whose ancestors came from Ireland at an early date. Mrs. Bonner's parents were raised on Hacker's Creek.
Their children are: Florence May, Leona, Elbert, Moran, Frank, Leslie, Nellie, Joseph Sterling, Nina and Pearle. The first, third, eighth and ninth of these are now dead.
At the age of seventeen Mr. Bonner began teaching school and taught fifteen terms in succession in Randolph and Upshur Counties. Finally settling at Alton, Upshur County, where offices of trust were soon thrust upon him. Such as Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of the County Court and President of the County Court.
He has been a Notary Public for many years.
GEORGE CASWELL BOND is a farmer of Banks District, born Septem- ber 30, 1874. The son of Albert A. Bond and Jane Wise, and the grandson of Thomas Bond, who by virtue of his labors as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War, was permitted and did enter patent on seventy-nine thousand acres of land in what is now Upshur, Webster and Randolph Counties.
Married Alice Johnson, daughter of James Johnson of Braxton County. Children: Anna Bell, born July 14, 1898; Cecil Monroe, born April 25, 1902. This last child was accidently burned to death.
JOHN ADAM BOSLEY, a farmer and lumberman of Alton, W. Va., was born May 5, 1854. His parents Henry and Hannah Bosley, emmigrated from Mineral County to this county in 1865, settling on the waters of Indian Camp Run, where they have lived since and where the subject of this sketch was raised on the farm, yet owned and operated by his father, who is now ninety-two years old. He had three brothers in the Northern army, in the war between the States, namely ; Martin V. Bosley, a private in the Ist Indiana Regiment, who contracted a cold on measles, which caused his death in 1862; Robert L. Bosley, a private in Company E, West Virginia Light Artillery, and William H. Bosley, a private in the 6th West Virginia Cavalry.
He has two sisters, Roxana, wife of Judson Cutright; Amy, wife of R. H. Bosley.
Married Lorena Heinbaugh of Pennsylvania. Child: Norma Bosley.
MARY E. (BURR) BOSLEY, the daughter of Eldridge Burr and Nancy Jane Jack, the granddaughter of Martin Burr, who was the son of John Burr, who came from Massachusetts to Randolph County in the first part of the 19th Century, settling on the waters of the Middle Fork river. She married Robert L. Boseley, a soldier of the Upshur Battery, December 27, 1880, at Olney, Ill. Their children are: Burr, Rosco, and Grace.
They now live in Grafton, W. Va.
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JOHN CALVIN BRADY is a farmer of Meade District. Was born Janu- ary 18, 1851, son of William S. Brady and Frances Jane Lemon, the daughter of James Lemon and Elizabeth Jackson of Bath County, Va., and the grandson of John Brady, of Pennsylvania, who emigrated from there to Pendleton County, and thence to Randolph County, at the age of twenty-one.
John Brady was twice married, had four children by his first wife, two daughters and two sons, all now dead. One of these daughters was the great grandmother of Dr. O. B. Beer.
John Brady's second wife was Susanna Ware, of Randolph County, and by this marriage he had two sons, William S. Brady and Allen Brady, and five daughters, Christian, who married an Alkire; Ellen, who married a Coburn ; Nancy, who married a Simons ; Ruth, who married John W. Abbott; Sarah, who married Eliah Butcher.
The father of the subject of this sketch settled in Upshur County in 1837, on the waters of French Creek. Was a farmer and had fifteen children: Salina B., wife of L. R. Cutright; Delilah J., wife of John W. Loudin ; Caswell E., married Martha Phillips, the daughter of Ebenezer Phillips and Catherine Loudin ; A. W., married Ellen Perry and Celia Burr for his second wife and Mary Nixon for his third wife; Granville B., who married Mary Rowe of Barbour County ; Perry S., married Olive Phillips, daughter of Franklin Phillips ; Lucretia E., wife of Samuel W. Loudin; James D., married Bertha Gould, daughter of Marshall Gould; Loyd N., married Sarah Crites, the daughter of Abraham Crites ; Martha S., wife of Sydney Perry ; William Tecumseh Sherman, who married Hattie Thorp, daughter of Major Thorp; Idella Alice, married Ward Phillips, son of David Phillips, and now the wife of Henry Alestock.
The subject of this sketch married Malissa E. Phillips, the daughter of Ebenezer Phillips, the granddaughter of William Phillips and the great grand- daughter of David, and to this union have been given six children, two now living whose names are : Loyd D., born 1873, now dead, married Lauda Loudin; Royal Preston, born 1877, died 1896; George T., born 1880, dead; Don G., born 1877, dead ; Eula M., born 1885; Minnie D., born 1890.
J. C. Brady was educated in the common schools and has been farming all his life, except the time he was engaged in performing the duties of political offices. He has been constable of Meade District, Jailor of Upshur County under Sheriff A. J. Marple, and guard at the Moundsville Penitentiary eight years, from 1897 to 1906,
He owns a farm on the waters of Grand Camp of French Creek in Meade District, where he now lives, pursuing his favorite occupation in his well inherited Scotch-Irish ways.
Caswell E. Brady, the present Superintendent of the Poor Farm of Upshur County has held that position for two years. He was the oldest son of his parents. Was a soldier in Company G, Ist West Virginia Cavalry during the war, under Captain Hagans, enlisting March 3, 1865, and being discharged July 1865. His children are : Stella F., the wife of John Smalldridge, Jr .; Catherine Edna ; Mellie French ; Anna Lee ; Victor Francis.
At the time he was made superintendent of the poor farm, he was a farmer of Meade District, where he owned eighty-five acres of gaad land, on which he had a grist mill, which he operated for several years with success before the introduc- tion of improved machinery.
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He is a decendant of Samuel Brady, the noted Indian Scout of Ohio, as are all the Brady family of Upshur County.
Samuel Brady will always be remembered by the great leap he made, when pursued by Indians, and the spot of the leap and the incident of its occurrence is known in American History as Brady's Leap.
GILMORE F. BRAKE, son of Isaac Brake and Jemima M. Queen, daughter of Armstead Queen, born October 13, 1853, on Turkey Run, was raised a farmer and now owns twenty-six and one half acres of land. He married Mary E. Mick, daughter of Nicholas Mick, granddaughter of Matthias Mick, on May 5, 1880. Children : Claude Andrew, student at the Wesleyan College of West Virginia. Born May 13, 1881 ; and Jolin Aldace, born May 26, 1887.
HYRE BRAKE, born April 16, 1839, son of John Brake and Sophia Sexton, grandson of John Brake, who was captured by the Indians. His mother was a daughter of Noah Sexton and a Miss Watt of Mass. He was raised on a farm and is a farmer, owning a good tract of land on Mud Lick Run.
In 1857 he was married to Narcissa Bailey, daughter of William Bailey and Susanna Newlon, of Taylor County, and the granddaughter of Joseph Bailey of Fauquier County, Va.
Children : Lloyd, Dora, Mary, Loomis, Ella, Albert, Arthur and Maud.
Lloyd, Ella and Maud are now living.
Mr. Brake is a member of the Baptist Church.
MAJOR BRAKE, son of Lemuel and Sarah M. (Krise) Brake, born April 14, 1876, on Cutright's Run. His father was a son of John Brake and was mar- ried twice, his first wife, Polly Hyer, the second wife, the mother of this sketch. Married Rhody Lane, daughter of T. Brasher and Mary (Williams) Lane, October 22, 1896.
Lemuel Brake was born June 15, 1819, and died May 30, 1896. Sarah M. (Krise) Brake, born February 26, 1830, and died July 24, 1902.
ROLANDUS CLARK BRAKE, born May 5, 1856, son of Elmore Brake and Harriet Little, who was the daughter of James Bryan of Botetourt County, Va. His grandfather was John B. Brake, the son of John Brake, who was cap- tured by the Indians and taken to Ohio, where he lived with them for twelve years, or until he was twenty-four years of age, when one of the Bozarths brought him home. His father's first wife was a Miss Looims and their children were Martha, wife of Moses Farnsworth, Louise, wife of George M. Rohrbough; Albert R., and George J. His father's second wife was the widow of James Little and their children were John M., Lawyer and the subject of this sketch, who married Rebecca Ann Shockey, the widow of Izaiah Shockey. Her maiden name was Burdette.
R. C. is a farmer, and owns thirty-seven acres of land on Brushy Fork. His father's third wife was a Miss Malone.
BRAIN FAMILY.
BENJAMIN BRAIN, the ancestor of the family in this part of the state emigrated from England to the United States when a mere boy, and after wander- ing several years from settlement to settlement, he married and lived at a fort on the frontier on the waters of Snowy Creek.
In 1779, he and his two sons had an encounter with the vindictive savages, who frequented the neighborhood about the fort, which protected his family.
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Benjamin was killed and the two sons, Benjamin, Jr., twelve years of age, and Isaac, nine years of age were taken into captivity.
Benjamin, Jr., was carried into the Northwestern territory across the Ohio river and was there adopted into the family of the chief of the tribe which had cap- tured him. Isaac was carried South by the Indians and contracted a fever, which caused his death. Benjamin, Jr., escaped from the Indians after living with them six years, returned home and married at the age of twenty-nine. His children were : Elijah H., James, Rachel, Annie, Miriam.
Miriam married Henry Swisher and settled in Marion County ; Annie married Jacob Vincen and went west. Elijah H., at the age of sixteen was made an apprentice to learn the carpenter trade, served out his time, was proficient and went out to work for himself. He finally came to Marion County and there married Roanna Swisher, daughter of Jacob Swisher and granddaughter of John Swisher, who emigrated from Germany.
Children of Elijah H. Brain: Rufus, Susan, Elma, Isaac, Harriet, Benjamin F. Alcinda and J. O. Three of these children, Susan, Isaac and Harriet died while young. In 1859, Elijah Brain bought land in the southern portion of Upshur County and on account of the complete density of the forest was obliged to rent a farm near where the Carter Postoffice now is, until he was able to erect a log house on his land and clear out a small patch around it.
His eldest son, Rufus, at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted in Company E, 3d West Virginia Infantry and reenlisted in Company C, 6th West Virginia Cavalry, serving almost continuously from the beginning to the end of the Rebellion, and when this war closed his Company was ordered West to guard the frontier against invasions of Indians. And on account of this service to his country by his eldest son, Elijah had very little help during the first years of his settlement in the upper end of the county.
Rufus Brain married Celia Scott, Elma married Michael Guyer, Alcinda married Peter J. Smith, Miriam married J. M. Vangilder, Benjamin F. married Ida Lewis and J. O. married E. C. Lewis.
J. O. Brain was a school teacher for one term, he is now a carpenter and farmer at Selbyville, W. Va.
RUFUS BRAIN, a farmer of Washington District near Hemlock, W. Va. Was born February 4, 1841, in Marion County. Son of Elijah H. and Roanna (Swisher) Brain. His father was a farmer and mechanic and for a broader field of action moved to Upshur County in 1859, near Kings Palace, now Palace Valley.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Brain enlisted in Company E, 3d West Virginia Infantry, and served therein until 1865, when he reenlisted as a veteran and went across the plains to guard the frontier settlements against Indian invasions.
During his war record he was not wounded or captured or was sent to an hospital. He is now a pensioner under the general disability law.
In January, 1865, he married Celia Scott, a daughter of William and Susa (Channel) Scott of Randolph County, and to this union have been born seven children, six of whom are living; Alice, wife of Asbury Taylor; Clamanzie, wife ยท of E. H. Markley ; Olive, wife of Joseph Radabaugh ; Lizzie, wife of Willis Coff- man ; W. T., married Matilda Wolf; George H., married Eliza Currence.
For genealogy of subject see Brain family.
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BASCOM L. BROWN, Deputy County Clerk of Upshur County. Was born July 12, 1856, son of Edward J. Brown and Margaret Young, and the grandson, on his mother's side, of Gilbert and Amaryllis (Barrett) Young.
The subject of this sketch was married to Victoria L. Rohrbough, the daughter of Isaac Rohrbough and Margaret Dolly Linger of Lewis County, October 2, 1887. Their children are. Maggie Lenore, born January 16, 1889 ; Eva Leota, born July 1, 1890; Edward Lloy, born October 21, 1892; Elden Leo, born April 8, 1896.
Mr. Brown has in his possession a book of writing done on paper of the old hand made variety, given to him by his grandmother on the maternal side, Amaryllis Young (nee Barrett), presented to Amaryllis Young by her mother, Mary Barrett, (nee Dow), presented to Mary Barrett by ... . Clark, and to her by John Clarke, her father, and the author of said penmanship, which was executed by him in the year 1708, and pronounced by all experts, who have examined same, to be second to none in existence.
Mr. Brown for years prior to his acceptance of the Deputy Clerkship of the County Court of Upshur, was engaged in the carpenter trade and the music business. He is a good machinist.
EUGENE BROWN, County Clerk, born February 19, 1854. Son of Edward J. and Margaret F. (Young) Brown, grandson of Gilbert and Amaryllis (Barrett) Young, whose children are Ruhama, Lydia, wife of Adolphus Brooks, Mary, wife of Uriah Phillips, Ann, wife of Jacob Hart, Margaret, wife of Edward J. Brown, Estelle, wife of George Phillips, Martha, wife of W. Page, and Asa B., who died in Andersonville Prison, being captured at Rock Cave as a member of Upshur Militia.
Educated in Public School and French Creek Academy. Teacher for thirty years, in Upshur and Randolph Counties, W. Va., and the state of Kansas. County Assessor of Second District, 1897 to 1901. County Clerk, 1903 to 1909.
Married Della Beegle, born July 26, 1864, at Lena. Illinois. Met her at Hutchinson, Kansas. Married her November 30, 1882.
Children : Edna Lauretta, born September 12, 1888; Willard Eugenia, born March 20, 1898.
FRED IDYAN BROWN, born July 12, 1882, near Rock Cave, son of Charles L. and Mary E. (Young) Brown. Charles L. Brown was county super- intendent one term, he resigned to go West and is now serving his third term as district attorney in Arizona. His son Fred I. Brown was educated in the common schools and the West Virginia Conference Seminary.
SAMUEL ISAAC BROWN, son of Archibald Brown, born November 18, 1844, in Pocohontas County. Was soldier in Company F, Virginia Infantry, under Captain Nimrod Hyer and Lieutenant Samuel Rollison, was scout under Rosencrans and was with Averill in the Salem raid. He married Caroline E. Smith, whose mother was a Farnsworth of New Jersey.
Children : Shelton C., Maggie L., Austin Blair, Millie Ann, Dona Bertha, Washington Lee, Eliza J., Woodsey, Nellie and James Averill.
WILLIAM I. BROWN, was a private under Captain S. B. Phillips, of Company E, Third Regiment of West Virginia Infantry, enlisted on the 22d day of June, 1861, to serve three years or during the war, was discharged at Martinsburg, W. Va., on the 28th day of February, 1864, by reason of re- enlistment as a corporal of Captain Robert E. Lindsey, Company C, Sixth West Virginia Veteran Cavalry. On the 29 day of February he reenlisted at Martins-
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burg and was discharged at Fort Sedwick, Colorado, on the 27th day of February, 1866, by reason of disability. After enlisting the first time, his company was moved to Clarksburg, W. Va., but was soon returned to Buck- hannon as General McClellan's body guard and served in that capacity during his (McClellans) West Virginia campaign. After the close of the war, he went to Colorado and Wyoming with his company, in which he last enlisted to guard the overland route and pioneer emigrants.
Married Marion Phillips, daughter of Edwin Phillips and Sophronia Young, who was a daughter of Robert Young. Children: Elden Brown, now clerk in State Auditor's office, and Geo. E. Brown of French Creek, W. I. Brown, is son of Edward J. Brown.
ALONZO BEECHER BROOKS, surveyor and civil engineer, born May 6th, 1873. Educated in the public schools and the West Virginia Conference Seminary. Took an apprenticeship in surveying under Linn T. Phillips. Formed a partnership with Prof. W. O. Mills in 1903. Taught school in Upshur County six years ; Assistant County Clerk in 1904-5.
Married June 22, 1899, to Nellie Coburn, daughter of Edgar and Mary E. (Young) Coburn. Made a complete map of Upshur County, indicating farms, farm houses, roads, streams, churches, school houses, district lines, postoffices, etc., and published the same 1905. A student in the West Virginia University at this date.
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