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LUKE P. BROOKS, born June 7, 1847, in Boone County, Va., son of Rev. Richard L. Brooks and Judith Atkinson, raised a farmer, educated in the public schools, married Barbara J. Rexroad, daughter of Thomas Rexroad and Sarah Pullins and have nine living children and one dead. Richard Thomas, Bessie, wife of J. Arthur Crawford, Sarah J., wife of William R. Leachman, Laura, Benson, Mary L., Edgar A., Cosby Ruth, Olga K., and Myrl. He has been Justice of the Peace of Banks District, Assessor of Personal Property in the Second District of Upshur County, and County Superintendent of Public Schools. He was a soldier in Company B, Tenth West Virginia Infantry, under Captain J. L. Gould. He is a pensioner. His parents were natives of Tazwell County, Va.
WILLIS W. BRUCE, a native of Pennsylvania, born January 9, 1855, son of Riley Bruce and Mary Dean, and a grandson of George Bruce, and a Miss Cox of Virginia. His grandfather was a native of Scotland, immigrating to the United States just before the war of 1812, and was nearly related to the Bruces of Maryland. The subject of this sketch was raised in Pennsylvania, educated in the public schools, Grove City College and McElwain Institute. For fifteen years he worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and for ten years at the plumb- ing business in Erie, Pa. In 1895, he came to Mannington, W. Va., and after a short stay there, went to Parkersburg to pursue his calling. He arrived in Buckhannon November, 1899, and opened up a large plumbing shop, preparatory to doing work for those who would be willing and ready to receive gas, which arrived in January, 1900. He followed the plumbing business here eighteen months and was promoted to the Superintendency of the Buckhannon Gas Com- pany March, 1901. He still holds this position under the West Virginia Central Gas Company. He married Miss Lottie C. Anderson, daughter of M. J. Ander- son of Warren, Pa., 1880.
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CHARLES M. BUSH, born October 24, 1860, at Gaston, Lewis County. Son of Nathaniel Bush, whose wife was Martha Jackson, a daughter of Jacob J. Jackson, the son of John Jackson, Jr., the son of John Jackson, Sr.
Nathaniel Bush was a son of Jacob Bush, the son of George F. Bush, who, < prior to 1800, owned considerable land on the Buckhannon river, below Buck- hannon town. His father was John Bush, after whom the Fort of that name, located below Buckhannon, was called.
Nathaniel Bush, once a sheriff of Lewis County, was the father of nine children, whose names were: A. C., who married Tillie Dawson and lives in Clay County, Kansas; J. E., who married Lilian Nichols of Lewis Co .; P. A., who lives in Clay City, Kansas ; Fanny, the wife of W. J. Matheny of Terra Alta ; Mollie, the wife of D. B. Lawson of Berlin; A. L., who lives in California ; Flora, at home; Isaac, dead; and Charles M., subject of sketch, who now lives at Buckhannon, a mechanic in the employ of the Viehmier Planing Mill Company, and whose wife was Sarah Stalnaker, a daughter of Marshall Stalnaker, direct decendant of the Stalnaker family, among the first settlers of Randolph County.
GEORGE DAVIS BUTCHER, lumberman and mill operator, principal works at Bean's Mill. Was born January 15, 1862, in Lewis County. His parents were John S. Butcher and Credalai Gaston. His grandfather was Casper Butcher and his great grandfather, John A. Butcher. Among the first settlers of Lewis Countty. He is of German descent, his foreparent having emigrated from Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools and at his majority, began his career as a lumberman, which he has pursued assiduously and without break for twenty-three years. He has operated exclusively in West Virginia, in the counties of Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, Webster and Greenbrier.
He married Mary Turner, daughter of Marshall Turner, in 1884. Children, Alefa, Mollie, Willie, Nellie and Frankie. His oldest daughter is the wife of Antanus Zickefoose.
JOHN WILLIAM CALHOUN, a farmer and travelling salesman. Son of William J. and Mary ( Rohrbough) Calhoun. His mother was the daughter of Benjamin and Lucinda (Hyer) Rohrbough. He was born October 23, 1856, and married Phoebe L. Summers, daughter of George W. Summers.
THOMAS JEFFERSON CAMPBELL, born December 15, 1888, son of Dexter S. Campbell and E. V. Regester, his brothers and sisters are Henry V., Arlie O., Levander M., Londie W., and Minnie. His father is the son of Jacob Campbell, Jr., and Sarah Suder of Barbour County, and the grandson of Peacher B. Campbell, Sr., and Margaret Decker, and the great grandson of James Campbell, who came to Barbour County from Pendleton County, his grandmother was the daughter of Solomon Suder and Dorcas Bennett, who was the daughter of David Bennett and Sarah Simon, and the granddaughter of Moses Bennett and Phoebe Casto. His mother is the daughter of James K. Regester and Susan Oldaker. His father is a member of the Democratic party, the Christian Church and follows farming for a living.
ASAHEL CASTO, born on Turkey Run, the son of Isaac and Dorcas (Cutright) Casto, and the grandson of David Casto, who immigrated in an early day to the settlement on the Buckhannon river and whose home farm is now owned by one of his sons by the name of David Casto. His brothers and sisters were: Rebecca, Mary Jane, Luther B., Manley, Gideon, a confederate soldier, Diaemma, Wingfield and Willis. Asahel, the child, was also a Confed- erate soldier, serving two years on the Southern side.
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After his return home from the war, he engaged in farming, which pursuit he still follows in Lewis County, where he now lives. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
He married Sarah Jane Peterson, daughter of Aaron D. and Lydia (Talbot) Peterson.
Children : Olive, Didemma, Jasper N., Samuel G., Ruhama, Aaron D., Jemima, Job, B. P., Luther D., Willis P., Harry G. (dead), Charles J., Icy J. and Etta.
PARIS CASTO, farmer and plasterer. Born April 3, 1835, on Brushy Fork. Son of David D. and Francis (Abbott) Casto. Father's brothers, George and John Casto, left this county and moved to Jackson County in young manhood, their sister married a man by the name of Bennett.
The Casto family of Irish descent came here from Pennsylvania. Paris Casto had two brothers, George W., still alive, and Biven, dead. Mr. Casto was a shoemaker at Lorentz and Buckhannon several years. In Buckhannon he met Miss Martha R. Hays of Albermarle County, Va., who was visiting her brother- in-law, Joseph Little, acquaintance grew into love, and marriage ensued, Novem- ber 27, 1860.
Children : Nine born, seven living. George, died in infancy; Eva, born in September 26, 1864, married J. Allman ; Joseph, died in infancy ; Fannie, married Emory Reger ; Lafayette, born January 27, 1870; David D., born September 29, 1871; Ada, wife of C. Lee Mearns; Virginia E.,; Charles B.
CHARLES B. CASTO, born April 2, 1877, and lived on the farm till 22 years of age. In 1899 he was employed by the Century Coal Company as assis- tant surveyor for a large tract of coal land in Barbour and Upshur Counties. After completing this task he was engaged by C. L. Mearns of Selbyville to clerk in his store, which position he held until he joined his brother, D. D. Casto, in the mercantile business at Buckhannon. He married Bertha Shaw, daughter of Joseph K. Shaw and Jennie Maher Shaw, September 7, 1904.
DAVID D. CASTO, merchant, member of Casto Bros., was born September 29, 1871, near Lorentz. Was the sixth child of Paris and Martha Randolph (Hays) Casto. His mother was the daughter of David Hays of Albermarle County, Virginia. He began mercantile life as clerk for L. P. Shinn, remaining with him until he retired from retail business. On March 15, 1902, he entered into a partnership with his brother Charles B., and bought A. A. Simpson's store, at which stand they are still doing business. He married Loretta May Lewi September 3, 1895.
Children : Viva, born November 23, 1896; Reta Lee, born December 5, 1898; Ernest Paul, born October 13, 1904.
CHARLES LOMAN CASTO, born 2d of May, 1880, son of John W. Casto and Parthena Cutright, daughter of Asel Cutright, his father was a son of Martin E. Casto and Susan Morrison.
Charles Loman married Dora May Hess, daughter of Seymour Hess and Loreta Wilfong. Is a resident of Meade District, is a farmer and owns a farm of sixty acres on the waters of the Buckhannon river, about two miles south of the Postoffice of Sago.
JAMES LEE CASTO, a farmer of Warren District, was born October 24, 1859. Son of David A. Casto and Angeline F. Karickhoff, grandson of David J. Casto and Sarah Ward, who is related to the Ward family of Barbour and Harri- son County. He was raised on a farm, on Turkey Run, was educated in the public
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schools and is now owner of a farm of fifty acres, which is given entirely to small fruit growing and livestock.
His first wife was Laura C. Andrews, who is now Mrs. Armstrong of Cleveland, Ohio, to them were given two children, Fred and Denver Casto. The latter is dead.
His second wife is Annie V. Childers, daughter of T. H. Childers. Mr. Casto is a Republican in politics, was Justice of the Peace of Warren District for eight years, and a representative citizen.
A. BAKER CARTER son of Thomas Addison and Sarah E. (Ours) Carter, (for further genealogy see history of Leroy Carter). Is a native of Upshur County, the youngest son and youngest child in his father's family. Owns his father's homestead on the waters of Grassy Run. Is unmarried and has given almost all his time since he left the public schools to lumbering, such as grading, superintending and manufacturing lumber out of timber. Most of the time he has worked in West Virginia, a part of the time he has worked in Tennessee. His home is now Tallmansville, W. Va.
JOHN BUNYON CARTER, is a farmer of Washington District, was born October 7, 1877. Is a son of Thomas Addison Carter and Sarah E. Ours. His paternal grandparents were Henry Carter and Martha Dameron, his maternal grandparents were Abram Ours and Rebecca Radabaugh.
He married Christina Gibson and to them are born two children, Ruth and Mary.
JOHN CURTIS CARTER, son of Thomas Addison Carter (for further genealogy see history of Leroy Carter). Was raised in Washington District, on the waters of Buckhannon river, near the postoffice of Tallmansville and on the hills overlooking the Buckhannon river, where his father owned a large farm. He is the second son of his father's family. Early gave himself to educational pursuits and soon began teaching in public schools, which profession he followed for several years with eminent success. He next became a salesman on the road and after following this vocation for years, he became an employe of the Coal & Coke R. R., which was being constructed through the central part of West Vir- ginia. It was while working for this company, he saw the opportunity of the mercantile business at Sago, the point where the Coal and Coke and B. & O. rail- roads intersect and there he put up a store, which he ran for years. He was chosen chairman of the Upshur County Republican Executive Committee, which position of trust he fulfilled satisfactorily, and in 1906, sold his store and went to Pittsburg to do clerical and superintending work for the Pittsburg Street Railway Company, and the Pennsylvania R. R., which position he now holds.
He owns a farm of eighty acres of valuable land near the depot of Strader on the C. & C. R. R.
LEROY CARTER, oldest son of Thomas A. Carter and Sarah E. Ours, born March 9, 1872. His father was born January 28, 1846, near Sago, Upshur County, enlisted in Company B, Tenth West Virginia Infantry, 1862, and served until 1865, was wounded twice in Webster County and Kernstown, Va., respec- tively. His father's army service began at Camp Canaan and continued through various parts of West Virginia, through Shenandoah Valley, under Generals Milroy and Sheridan and before Petersburg and Richmond, and ended with the last fighting. Just before the surrender of General Lee, on which occasion he was fortunate in getting a piece of the apple tree which shaded the parties making the peace contract. His father was corporal in Company B, and for inany years
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prior to his death, December 3, 1903, was a pensioner of the United States. His father married Sarah E. Ours February 16, 1871.
The grandfather of this sketch, Henry T. Carter, was a native of Nelson County, Va., born March 18, 1807, died August 10, 1885, near Sago, he married Martha Emerson of Nelson County, Va., February 16, 1836, and lived in Virginia till the Fall of 1843, when he settled in what is now Upshur County. His children were: Rev. John W., Henry T., Jr., Thomas A., Page B., Martha, Eliza, Delia, Lena and Mary the wife of ElijahPhillips.
His great grandfather, John Carter was born June 17, 1778, in Lancaster County, Va., and came with his father to Buckingham County, remaining there until manhood. His wife was Mary S. Damron of Nelson County. In 1843 he moved to what is now Upshur County and after living here some years moved to Barbour County, where he died November 22, 1861, and his wife died January 23, 1868.
His great, great grandfather, Thomas Carter, was born in Lancaster County, Va., June 19, 1753. He was a man of enormous physical strength and a soldier in the Revolutionary war, he moved to Buckingham County, and from there to Hanover County, where he died February 9, 1825. From him it has descended that he was the son of one of three brothers, who migrated from England and settled on the eastern shores of Virginia, in a very early day.
The subject of this sketch married Ionia L. Cutright, the oldest daughter of Jerome and Ellen (Neely) Cutright, May 5, 1897. His wife was born February 4, 1877. Her father was the son of Dexter W. and Julia Ann (Kiddy) Cutright. Her mother's father was David Neely.
Nina M. Carter, born April 27, 1901, is the only child of the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Carter owns three hundred and fifty acres of land on Grass Run in Washington District. He taught school several years in his young manhood, was a merchant at Tallmansville and Sago for a few years and is now giving all his attention to the theory and practice of the most independent profession, known in this or any other land, that of farming.
LORENZO DOW CARTER, a merchant and farmer of Meade District, was born January 19, 1884. His parents were Isaac Carter and Barbara C. Houser. Isaac Carter was a member of Company C, 133 West Virginia State Militia, under Captain Daniel Gould. Was captured at Centerville September 12, 1863, and taken to Richmond, where he was confined in Libby Prison, and underwent all the hardships of prison life. He returned home on the gth of June, 1864, a living skeleton. Mr. Carter has been trustee of schools of Upshur County. Is a farmer, a Methodist in religion and a Republican in politics, and Upshur County has no better or more upright citizen than Isaac Carter.
His grandfather was Albert Carter of Virginia, who immigrated to what is now West Virginia, in 1858, settling on the farm now owned by Isaac Carter, Albert Carter died at the age of 67 years. Served in the war of 1812. At the beginning of the Civil War, his father enlisted in Company C, 133d West Virginia State Militia and was among those captured at Centerville in 1862. He was educated in the common schools and has had much experience in optioning and selling coal lands in the neighborhood where he lives, and has lived for the past five years.
ABRAHAM CARPER was born in Reading, Pa., in the year 1763. His father, Paul ( Kerber) Carper, was born in Germany and died in Reading, Pa., in
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1777. At the time of his death he was assistant quartermaster and recruiting officer in the Colonial Army.
In early manhood, Abraham Carper moved to Moorefield, Va., where he married Permilia Harnis. In June, 1800, he moved his family to a then nameless region, and built, in a dense forest, a log house, located on a site with the present (1906) Campus of the West Virginia Wesleyan College. This was the first dwelling house erected within the corporate limits of what is now Buckhanon.
By trade he was a hatter. A man of sterling integrity, of more than ordi- nary intelligence, and a most ardent believer in the Christian Religion. He was brought up in the faith as taught by the German Lutheran Church, and was a recognized member of that denomination. At the time he came to Buckhannon, ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church preached, at stated intervals, about ten miles distant near the present Reger Church, in the home of John Reger, great grandfather of Dr. R. A. Reger. At first he stoutly antagonized these itinerants and their doctrine. After awhile, however, he approved and accepted the faith which he formerly tried so hard to destroy. Soon thereafter he and his wife identified themselves with the Methodist Episcopal Church and he was constituted a licensed exhorter and a class leader for more than fifty years. The slaves then in his possession were granted their freedom, some of whom, however, preferred to remain with their "Old Master," faithfully serving him to the end of his life.
One of the number, Sampson, became a missionary to his own race in Liberia, Africa. Henceforth that Carper home was a home and resting place for the traveling preachers. Here also were held class and prayer meetings and regular preaching service, until about the year 1820, when a log "Meeting house" was built on a site on the upper side, and a little west of the corner of Kanawha street and College avenue, known as the "Carper Church." Here it remained until 1850, when it was removed near Depot street and used as a work shop, but was soon destroyed by fire. In December, 1823, his devoted wife, Permelia, died and he deeply lamented her.
During the last thirty years of his life he was afflicted with Ptosis or paralysis of the upper eye-lids. In order that he might see an object he was necessitated to lift and keep lifted that palsied member. The pilgrimage of this old Patriarch was ended June 17, 1850, in the ninety-first year of his age. His twelve children were : Ist; Joseph 1789-1867, married Jane Harper, to whom were born Homer M. and Elizabeth A. 2d; Abram, 1791-1880, married Margaret Steward, their children were: Patsy, Burgess and Nehemiah. 3d; George, 1793-1882, married Rachel White, their children were: Isaac W., Asa, Daniel J. G. Columbus, Min- erva, Sarah, Abram, Permelia and Virginia. 4th; Adam, 1705-1883, married Jeminia Currence, whose children were: Joseph, William C., Benjamin, Emily, Jane and Mary. 5th ; Elizabeth, 1797-1880, married Nathan Davisson, to whom were born : Melville, Austin, Benjamin, Debby Ann, Olive Milly, Virginia, Carry, Harriet, Sarah, Jenette and Martha. 6th; Permelia, 1799-1850, married Elmore Hart, and their children were: Caroline, Ira and Elizabeth. 7th; Sarah, 1801- 1886, married William, brother of Nathan Davisson. 8th; Jacob, 1806-1819. Ioth. ; Benjamin, 1813-1835. 1Ith and 12th; Asa and Isaac, died in childhood.
9th ; Daniel, 1808-1897, being the last to remain at home, came in possession of the old homestead and assumed the care and support of his aged father. On August 21, 1845. Daniel married Sarah Jane, daughter of Colonel Asa Squires, of Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton County.
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The home life in the old domicile, notwithstanding the addition of such a member to the family, was continned much as heretofore only, possibly, with more efficient management, broader and more beneficient hospitality. It became a noted social and religious centre not only for the large Carper family and friends, but also for preachers and their families, as also for the meeting-going people in general. Little children were delighted to visit "Uncle Daniel and Aunt Jane."
In the year 1848, he built a frame house on the spot where now stands the beautiful brick residence owned and occupied by S. C. Rusmisel, M. D., distant about 400 yards west of the old log dwelling. It was in this house where "Father Carper" died. He was buried by the side of his beloved Permelia, about 200 yards southeast of the home. The monument to his memory remains there unto this day.
It was also in this building where all the children of Daniel were born, save the eldest, who was born in the old log house. The names of his children are: Abram, (1847) married Ella Bassel; Benjamin F., (1849) married Amelia Hutton ; Clara Childs and Catherine Coogle. Luther E., 1851-1858; Wilbur F. (1853) ; A. Harnis, (1856) ; Sara, (1859). In December 1875 his wife Jane took to foster a little motherless child of nine days old, daughter of their son Benjamin. This grandchild, Minnie Florence, remained in the family until Sep- tember, 1898, when she was married to G. F. Aldrich. They now live in Texas, and their children are: Justin F. and Olin G.
In 1865, Daniel Carper moved in a southwestern direction to Radcliffe Run, one anda quarter miles away, remaining there four years, then moving to a farm on a part of which now stands, what is known as North Buckhannon. He was a man of excellent business qualifications, and was successful in all his business pursuits. He delighted in reading the Bible and was familiar with Scripture characters. A liberal supporter of all Church enterprises, and generous towards his relatives and his needy neighbors. A good man, a lover of good men, sober, just, temperate. A few years prior to his death, he transferred his land estate and committed himself and wife to their son, Wilbur Fisk, for sustenance and protection for the remainder of their lives. That reposed trust in that son has not been betrayed. In 1889, Wilbur took his parents, sister and niece to live on a farm at the mouth of Turkey Run. It was from this place on September 17, 1897, his father departed this life, lacking twelve days of being ninety years old. After ten years of residence at Turkey Run, he moved to Buckhannon, but farming on Peck's Run. At this date (1906) his mother is the only surviving member of both the Carper and Squires families of that generation. Although she is now 84 years old, the same amiable hospitable and pious demeanor, which characterized her in her earlier days, is manifest in these declining days of her useful and beautiful life. For two successive years she has won a premium on a silk shawl made by herself, about two years ago. Her daughter, Sara, was married Septent- ber 5, 1889, by Rev. N. H. Prince, to Rev. S. D. Tamblyn, who, two years prior was pastor of the family. The Tamblyn children are Grace and Wesley Carper.
CATHERINE (HEAVNER) CARPER, wife of D. J. Carper, daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Hyer) Heavner. Born in the house, situated on the hill, now the site of the Heavner Cemetery. Her father was the youngest son of Nicholas and Mary (Props) Heavner of Greenbrier County, who emigrated to the Buckhannon Valley in 1800. The Heavners are of German descent. Her father's children were: Benjamin T. S., M. H., Mordecai, Jacob W., Clark W. and H. L. Elias Heavner built the hotel known as the Valley House in 1868.
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Married Daniel J. Carper, son of George and Rachel (White) Carper, Feb- ruary 23, 1865. Husband was in the Civil War, enlisted with the U. S. Govern- ment under Col. R. E. McCook, in June 1861, at Philippi, W. Va., first as a scout and despatch bearer, and in March, 1864, enlisted in Company A, First West Vir- ginia Cavalry, where he served until July 19, 1865, the date of his mustering out at Wheeling, W. Va. Is a pensioner of the U. S.
Children : Minnie E., wife of the late P. V. Phillips, son of Walter Phillips and a Doctor of Medicine and the second wife of Dr. C. E. White.
WILLIAM C. CARPER. A once active and successful, but now retired, lawyer of Buckhonnon. Born on Turkey Run, Lewis County ; in 1826, the third of six children, born to Adam and Jemima (Currence) Carper, natives of the Old Dominion. His grandfather, Abraham Carper, was a native of Pa. and moved to the South Branch in Virginia when he was about twenty-one years old and there married Miss Harness, after which time they moved to Upshur County, in 1800, and settled above the town of Buckhannon, nearby where Dr. Rusmisel now lives. His maternal grandfather, William Currence, was born in Randolph County, Va., and his father was born in Ireland and was one of the early emigrants to this country, settling in Virginia. He was shot from his horse in Randolph County, Virginia, by the Indians in 1770, he also bore the name of William. Paul Carper, the father of Abraham was a quarter master in the Revolutionary Army. Adam Carper the father of this sketch was a farmer of Lewis County, all his life. William C. Carper was educated in the Clarksburg Academy and the Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., after which he studied law under Judge Brockenbrough and in 1854, was admitted to the Bar. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Buckhannon, and in 1870, was elected to the Senate of West Virginia, and while a member of that body was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and on account of his previous experience in legislation as a member of the General Assembly of Virginia, in 1855 and 1856, acquitted himself with great credit. In 1856 he married Miss Mary Martha Hut- ton, a native of Randolph County, Virginia, she died in 1862. In 1863, he mar- ried Mrs. Martha Bassell White of Harrison County, West Virginia, and to this union three children have been born; William B., Adam and Alvin B.
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