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present position. On December 23, 1903, he was joined in wedlock to Josephine Conn, daughter of Garrett Conn of Monongalia, and their child is Lyell Hermit, born June 25, 1905.
CHAPMAN WHITE HERNDON, of Salt Lake Bridge. Born October 9, 1823, in Fluvanna County, Va. At the age of 23 he crossed the Alleghany Mountains and cast his fortune with the settlers on the Buckhannon River. Set- tled on Mud Lick Run, a tributary of Buckhannon River.
On May 30, 1848, he married Parmelia E. Rohrbough, daughter of Ben- jamin and Lucenda (Hyer) Rohrbough, and to this union were born fourteen children: Robert L., married Belle Powell; Simon E., married Hester E. Ware; Benjamin F., married Virginia Queen; William H., married Emma Lorentz; George T., married Mary Stephenson; Addie, married William Davis; Colum- bia Judson, married James Haskins; Flora, married James Smith; Cora, mar- riad Birch Cartright.
Mr. Herndon at the beginning of the Civil War volunteered his services and was enlisted as a member of the Upshur Battery, August 13, 1862 at Buck- hannon Town. For his services and disability arising from his services he is now drawing a pension. He has lived in Braxton County since 1875.
JAVAN HESS, is a farmer of Warren District, owns thirty acres of land on Hacker's Creek. He was born May 12, 1839, in Lewis County. Son of Abraham Hess and Delilah Bonnett. March 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, roth West Virginia Infantry, under Captain Hall, and was with that Company until the war closed. Was wounded in face, neck and ankle, in the fight before Richmond. Was in twenty-seven engagements during his service as a soldier and was present at the surrender of Lee. He had five brothers in the Union Army. Was discharged at Richmond, August 9, 1865. He returned home and married Sirina Horner, the daughter of Samuel Horner and their living children are : B. J., who married a Miss McElvany; J. H., who married a Miss Queen ; Samuel A., who married a Miss Price, and Icy A., the wife of Marshall Beeson. His wife died in 1890.
He married for his second wife, Phoebe C. Bice, the daughter of Thomas Bice.
He is a member of the M. E. Church.
JAMES W. HICKMAN, born September 28, 1834, son of James E., and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Hickman and the grandson of William and Mary (Elliot) Hickman, and the great grandson of Rogers Hickman of Bath County, Va., an immigrant to Nicholas County in 1858. The subject of this sketch was married January 8, 1857, to Mary Ann Marley, who was born January 12, 1838.
Mrs. Hickman was the daughter of Samuel and Mary D. (Moore) Marley, and a granddaughter of William Marley of Pennsylvania Dutch.
William Marley was killed by the Indians.
Children : Mary E., born March 18, 1859; Hulda J., born October 1, 1862; Samuel G., born December 11, 1864; Sarah E., born January 19, 1866; William E., born September 4, 1869; Lanty S., born May 1, 1872; Edward G., born Janu- ary 20, 1874; Etta S., born September 20, 1877; Charles E., born May 5, 1880.
Mr. Hickman came to this County in 1864, and lives on a farm of two hundred acres on Kanawha River in Banks District. He is a Methodist in religion as also is his wife. His political affiliations are Republican.
HON. COLEMAN CABELL HIGGINBOTHAM was born in the section of country in which he now lives, his parents being William T. and Mary Frances
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(Coleman) Higginbotham, who were born in Eastern Virginia, as was also his paternal grandfather, John Higginbotham, who was of English lineage, and his maternal grandfather, Reuben Coleman, was a Virginian and of English and Scotch decent, and during the war of 1812, in which he took a prominent part, he held the rank of Major.
Coleman C. Higginbotham began the study of law in Buckhannon and later went to Bowling Green, Missouri, where he continued his legal investigation's, and was there admitted to the bar, and at once began practising his profession. He returned to Buckhannon, and conducted a general practice of law.
He married Miss Mary Ida Day, daughter of Dr. R. H. B. Day, a native of Isle of Wight County, Va., and Martha (Woods) Day, daughter of Captain George Woods of Albermarle County, Va. They have five children.
William T. Higginbotham in 1848 came from Eastern Virginia to Lewis County, W. Va., and settled six miles west of Buckhannon. He raised three children : John, Coleman and Lucy. Lucy married Mr. G. W. Spalding and lives in Upshur County. W. T. Higginbotham died November 25, 1892, and his wife July 31, 1871. They were married at "Soldiers Joy" in Nelson County, Virginia, that noted old homestead, which was once owned by his grandfather, Col. Samuel Jordan Cabell of Revolutionary fame.
When the Civil War came on John Carleton Higginbotham was eighteen years of age, and he raised a company here, known as the "Upshur Greys," and was at once elected its captain. They were located at Phillipi, W. Va., at the time of Porterfield's retreat, and his was the only company that carried off its baggage. He was under fire at the skirmish at Middle Fork Bridge and was later in the battle of Rich Mountain and Allegheny Mountain. In the spring of 1862 he was promoted to Major of the 25th Virginia Infantry, and was in the battles of McDowell and of Cedar Creek. At the battle of Manasses he was wounded three times. For gallantry on the field, he was made Lieutenant Colo- nel of his regiment in 1862, and in January 1863, was promoted to Colonel, being then twenty years of age. At the battle of Gettysburg he was wounded while commanding his regiment, and in the spring campaign of 1864 his regiment fired the first gun in the battle of the Wilderness. He was in the series of battles of this campaign until May 10, 1864, when this brave Confederate officer, who had been promoted to Brigadier General, was killed at the age of twenty-one years, at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House.
CHARLES EDWARD HINER, a farmer and lumberman of Union District, born December 13, 1874, on Big Sand Run. His parents were Joseph Hiner, a Union soldier, and Mary Cutright, the daughter of Clark Cutright, the son of Jacob Cutright. His father's father, Samuel Hiner, emigrated from Vir- ginia in 1860, he was the oldest child in his father's family, was educated in the common schools and at the age of twenty went forth into the world to take care of himself. For three years he clerked in the store of R. M. Manley at Peel Tree, and from 1894 to 1903, owned stores at Queens and Overhill. 1904 he spent in the wholesale produce business in Wheeling, returned to Upshur to engage in the lumber business, which he has successfully followed since. He owns a farm of one hundred and fifty acres on Big Sand Run and on April 3, 1894, he was married to Dove McDonald, daughter of Dr. Samuel L. and Amanda J. Mc- Donald. Children: Claudia, born December 22, 1895; Wilson McDonald, born February 2, 1899.
ANDREW JACKSON HINKLE, was born November 1I, 1836, in the house where he now lives. His parents were Abijah and Margaret (Wyatt)
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Hinkle. He has two sisters, Susan Cutright, widow of Nathan Cutright and Elizabeth Armstrong, widow of John Armstrong. Mr. Hinkle has been mar- ried three times. His children by his first wife, Clarissa Cutright, were: Mar- garet, Isaac Monroe, Evelyn Dell, Henry Warren, Mary, and Minnie. His children by his second wife, Olive Marple were: Amos Sumner, Perry G., Oliver Coleman and Minter. And his children by his third wife, Amy Jane Brake, were: Maud, Ida, Everett and Unice.
CLEOPHUS HINKLE, farmer and postmaster at Kerr, W. Va., son of Abijah C. and Ellen B. Hinkle. Born January 29, 1876. Married Anna M. Radabaugh, daughter of Bezalee and Florence (Brown) Radabaugh, July 15, 1900. Was a soldier in the Spanish American Army, enlisted at Elkins, W. Va., where he now belongs to the National Guards. Served in army under Captain Zann F. Collett and was mustered out at Columbus, Ga., May 5, 1899.
Children : Lena Pearle, born May 6th, 1901 ; Ruth Evangeline, born May 22, 1903.
CYRUS HINKLE, son of Job and Margaret Hadden (Jackson) Hinkle. Born December 24, 1839. Raised on a farm and when the Civil War came on enlisted in Company. I, Third West Virginia Cavalry, and served throughout the war, returned home to his wife whom he had married March 13, 1862, she was Marietta Radabaugh, daughter of Benjamin and Fanny (Post) Radabaugh.
They have no children.
He married for his second wife, Almira Bridge, of Virginia, and to them were born Waitman T. W., Addie Mildred, John S., Delberta Clarence, Harry M., Irma Estelle, Jessie E., Margaret B., Minter Franklin, Emory Lafayette.
FOSTER HINKLE, son of Job Hinkle and Margaret Haddon Jackson, the daughter of Edward Haddon Jackson and Rebecca Love, and the grand- son of Jonas Hinkle, whose children were: Jehu, Abijah, Annanias, Archibald, Job, Valentine and Abram.
Edward H. Jackson was son of the John Jackson, Jr., son of John Jackson.
Job Hinkle immigrated from Virginia to this county in 1838, was a farmer, a good bible student and local preacher, and his children were: Elizabeth. Jud- son B., Cyrus, Minter J., John Swazy, Job Worthington, Margaret H., Prud- ence S., Catherine R. The subject of this sketch, who was born September 7, 1841, was raised on a farm, was married on March 24, 1865, to Melvina Ward, daughter of Kenza Ward and Phoebe Heavener, the daughter of Nicholas Heavener, and their children are: Emma B., (dead) Mae E., Myrtle F., Mar- garet, P., (dead) Gyda P., Floda F., Gertrude L., Anna B.
Foster Hinkle was a soldier in Company I. 3d West Virginia Cavalry. Served twelve months as scout under Capt. Sexton, mustered out at Wheeling, and is now a pensioner.
LAFAYETTE HINKLE. Owns two hundred and eleven acres of land in Warren District, six lots in Buckhannon, two in Hampton, one at Sago and sixteen acres at Peck's Run. His birth is dated October 24, 1834.
He is a son of Valentine Hinkle and Tobitha Jackson, who had five children.
His father's second wife was Malinda Dean and they had five children.
His father's third wife was Malinda Criss.
His mother was a descendant of John Jackson and Elizabeth Cummins. He is a farmer. Married Louisa Jane Post, daughter of George Post, in 1856. She died, June 23, 1902. He married for his second wife, Louisa Jane Post,
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daughter of Granville Post, and their child is Arthur, born April 16, 1905. He is a Democrat in politics and was Lieutenant of the Militia before the Civil War.
MARTIN OSCAR HINKLE a farmer and lumberman of Union District, born January 5, 1879, son of Anthony Hinkle and Mary Catherine Shreve, the daughter of Martin Shreve and Elizabeth Padgett of Virginia. His mother was the granddaughter of John B. Shreve, who was so prominent in the early history of Upshur County. The subject of this sketch is the direct descendant of Hans Lenert Hinkle, who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1749, who had a son named Jonas, who has a son named Jehu, who was the father of Anthony. He was raised on Laurel Fork, and at the age of 14, began saw mill- ing and after working two years at this business, he applied himself to cutting timber, which he has followed since. He owns 43 acres of land on Big Sand Run, the site of the old Johnson Mill. He married Emma Jane Kesling, daughter of Sobiscay Kesling and Catherine Lowe, the granddaughter of Wm. Kesling and Mildred Jack, on July 29, 1899. Children : Raymond Eugene, born May 22, 1901, and Beulah Blanche, born January 26, 1904.
BAXTER COLEMAN HODGES, a retail hardware merchant of Buck- hannon, was born December 1, 1874, on Three Lick, a branch of Turkey Run, the son of James F. Hodges and Elizabeth C. Ireland, the daughter of John Ire- land and Olive Loudin and the granddaughter of Alexander Ireland and Sarah Jackson, who was a daughter of John Jackson, Jr., the son of John Jackson of England, who married Elizabeth Cummins of Londonberry. Elizabeth Cum- mins was the first owner of the land on which Buckhannon now stands. John Jackson, the younger, married Mary Hadden, the sister of the grandmother of Stonewall Jackson. In the Alexander Iseland family, were six sons and five daughters, John, David, Elizabeth, Rebecca, wife of Jacob Lorentz; Jonathan, William, Perry, Mary J., and Marietta, wife of Daniel Carper.
The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was John Ryan Hodges, his wife was Elizabeth Warren Brown, the daughter of Edward Brown of Louisa County, Va. He settled in Upshur County, October 31, 1846, near Lorentz, and his father was Thomas Hodges and his mother was a Miss Ryan of Ireland. In the John R. Hodges family were thirteen children: Thomas, Edward, John Henry, Sarah Jane, Charles Kelley, Lucy Catherine, Elizabeth, James F., Oscar F., Mildred Simpson, George M., and Theophilus E., Milanda Ann and B. B.
James F. Hodges was a school teacher for ten years in Upshur County before his removal to Calhoun County, in 1878. He was a merchant, farmer and stock dealer in Calhoun County, and moved from that county to Wirt County, and from thence to Richie County and thence to Monongalia County, where he died, leaving a family of seven children, three sons and four daugh- ters: Bernie Alice, Olive Ireland ,Warren Hampton, Eliza Pearl, Alexander Templeton, Mabel Claire and the subject of this sketch, who was educated in the public schools of Calhoun County, taught three years in Richie County, was a student in the West Virginia University, was engaged in the dairy business in Pennsylvania and Buckhannon until he purchased the hardware stores of Guy M. Gribble and Hall Hardware company, which he is now running.
CHARLES HOLT. Native of Doddridge County, born March. 17, 1873. Son of William E. and Mary Isabella (Jones) Holt. Grandson of Joseph and Mariah (Hare) Holt and Thomas A. and Melissa (William) Jones.
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Moved with parents to Buckhannon in 1890. Entered public school of town, completing high school course, then graduated under B. M. McIver, in the Commercial Department of West Virginia Conference Seminary in 1894.
Bookkeeper of Alton Lumber and Coal Company four years and lumber inspector for same three years. Resigned September 1, 1901 to accept position in the Buckhannon Bank, made Assistant Cashier of that institution July 7, 1903, which position he held until January 1, 1906, then went to the Traders' National Bank in the same capacity,
He married Laura Bell Murphy of Newark, Ohio, daughter of Hugh D. and Mary (Cunningham) Murphy, October 2, 1900.
Child : Eleanor Frances, born August 2, 1904.
DAVID H. HOLLEN, is a merchant of Queens, Upshur County. Had been in the lumber business and milling business at Queens all his life till he en- tered the mercantile trade.
He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, has been class leader, steward and Sunday school superintendent of the local church.
Has held the office of trustee of the District School and votes the Democratic ticket.
He is the son of William F. Hollen, who had two brothers and one sister, John A., born September 19, 1844; Zebulon C., born November 25, 1847; now dead ; and Mary E., born December 26, 1841.
William F. moved from Pendleton County, Va., now W. Va., to Barbour County, Va., now W. Va., with his parents in the year 1858. He married Han- nah Criss, of Barbour County, W. Va., the daughter of Henry and Phoebe (Ward) Criss.
His father was born in Pendleton County, Va. He was the son of Welling- ton Hollen, born May 6, 1816, and Rachel Hinkle.
Children of W. F. Hollen: Charles W., born October 13, 1861 ; Robert Lee, born August 6, 1863; Laura B., born October 12, 1867, died March 10, 1886; Joe Ella, born February 19, 1869; Luetta, born December 3, 1872; David H., born July 23, 1875 ; Ora, born November 17, 1877 ; Guy O., born April 13, 1879; William F., Jr., born September 1, 1882; Henry Clyde, born May 4, 1885, died May 20, 1886; Ocie Elva, born March 1, 1888.
The subject of this sketch was married April 11, 1900, to Bertha Stansberry, the daughter of Elijah Stansberry and Celia Boggess, and the granddaughter of John Boggess and Delilah Boyles.
Mr. Holland and his wife are both members of the M. P. Church and were married by Rev. J. A. Cobb of that Church.
Children : Dana Marie, born December 22, 1901 ; Racel Kale, born June 19, 1906.
ORA L. HOOK was born December 29, 1874. Her parents were Jasper Lorentz and Cynthia J. Cheuning, whose parents were James and Polly Cheuning of Staunton, Va. On her father's side her ancestry begins in this country with
MARGARET HADDEN (JACKSON) HINKLE.
JOB HINKLE.
MR AND MRS. JOHN STRADER.
FOSTER HINKLE AND WIFE.
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Jacob Lorentz, the first merchant and one of the largest farmers in the Buck- hannon settlement. Married John M. Hook, November 7, 1888.
Children : Nora, Osie, Laura, Naoma, Paula and Bertha.
GEORGE THOMAS HOOVER, son of Nicholas Hoover and Rachel Casto, the daughter of Andrew Casto and Rachel Cutright, who was the daughter of Abram Cutright, the son of John Cutright, who married Deborah Osborne. Born March 21, 1871. Farmer, mechanic and surveyor of lands. He married Mary L. McCann, daughter of S. D. McCann. Children : Frantie Meryl, Rachel Roxanna and Osa. He owns eighty-three acres of land in Meade District and is a Democrat in politics.
BENJAMIN HORNBECK, born November 20, 1832, in Harrison County, son of Moses Hornbeck, who was born in 1785 and died in 1873. His mother was Mary Light the daughter of John Light.
He is a farmer and owns forty-one acres on Gum Run, Upshur County.
He and his family are members of the M. E. Church and those who can vote are affiliated with the Republican party.
In 1855 he married Mary Lanham, the daughter of Jerry Lanham and Fanny Woodford and the granddaughter of Jerry Lanham of Virginia.
Children : Matilda, born July 5, 1856; George, born August 21, 1858; E. I., born January 28, 1865; Esta Ida, born February 2, 1868.
Matilda married Isaac Gooden and Patrick Phillips; George married Emerly Brooks; E. I. married Deemy Reed; Esta Ida married P. S. Hinkle.
The Hornbecks are of German descent.
The subject of this sketch was a private in Company E of the Ist regiment of the West Virginia Cavalry, after July 20, 1863 and until March 6, 1864.
Mr. Hornbeck has thirty grandchildren.
GEORGE FRANKLIN HORNBECK is a farmer of Washington District, Near Kedron Postoffice. Owns fifty acres of land. Is M. E. Class leader. Was born August 21, 1858, son of Benjamin C. Hornbeck and Mary Lanham, the daughter of Jeremiah Lanham and the grandson of Moses Hornbeck.
His father was a soldier in Company E, Ist West Virginia Light Artillery, known as the Upshur Battery.
The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and educated in the District Schools and on graduating therefrom married Emily Jane Brooks, the daughter of Albert and Rebecca (Hart) Brooks and the granddaughter of Elijah Hart of Randolph County and their children are: Ivy Ann, dead; Mirta Colum- bie, wife of Chesley Osborne; Benjamin Albert, married Minnie Tallman ; Joseph Alfred; Gracie Bell, wife of Gordon Lamb; Mary Ellen; Edward Harrison; Lizzie, dead; Louvinia and Ira Mckinley.
FOUNTAIN H. HOWELL, son of Larkin Howell and Sarah Wilfong, the daughter of Henry Wilfong, was a soldier in Company B, under Captain Mearns and Captain J. L. Gould, volunteered at Buckhannon in 1862, and was mustered out at Richmond at the close of the war. Was raised on a farm and is now a farmer on little Sand Run.
Married Catherine Miller, daughter of Joseph Miller, and to them have been given seven children, whose names are, Addie, George, Albert, John Benco, Ervin, Bertha May, Myrtle Lee.
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LEWIS HOWES was of English descent and a whaler by trade. Living on Cape Cod, near Boston. He had two sons, Joseph and Mark. Mark was not married. Joseph married a Miss Shertliff and to them were born, John, Joseph, Oliver, Emory, Levi, Silas and Sylvia. Joseph the second married a Shertliff in 1826, in Upshur County, and to this union were born, six sons and three daughters, three of the sons died in infancy, the three living sons were Luther, who died at Weston, Mason, who died at Martinsburg, Fenlon, who lives at Belington, West Virginia. The girls were Eliza, Lucinda and Mary. John, the son of Joseph, Sr., married Catherine Pringle, daughter of John Pringle and Cutright, sister of Andrew Cutright, in 1826, and their children were Philander, who married Cyntha Ann Gould, to whom were born six boys and two daughters ; Randolph, John, William, Watson, Calvin and Sydney, Mary and Delany. Randolph Howes married Eliza Parker in Ritchie County, in 1872, and their children were: William and Leslie, Mary, Maggie, Alice, Nancy and one died in infancy. John Howes married Susan William in 1882. William Howes married Maggie Sutton in 1890, Watson Howes married Alice Hartman in 1904, Calvin Howes married Bessie Simmons, 1901, and Sidney Howes married Helen Lemon in 1895, and Alta Reeder in 1903.
The daughter of John Howes, Sr., whose name was Lois married Joseph Gould.
JOHN T. HUFF, physician and surgeon of Buckhannon, W. Va., was born in Port Republic, Va., July 14, 1833, son of John Huff, grandson of John Huff and great grandson of John Huff, who came from Germany about 1784, settling in Pennsylvania and being the father of eight sons, one of whom was the grand- father of the subject of this sketch. His grandfather moved from Pa. to London County, Va., and there married a Miss White, and then moved to Augusta County, the father married Miss Malbina Hudson of Augusta County, and went to Rockingham County, Va., where Dr. John T. was born, raised and educated. He was educated for his profession at the Medical College of Virginia, in Rich- mond, and the Winchester Medical College from which latter he graduated in 1859 ; since that time he has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of medi- cine in Virginia, and West Virginia.
At the outbreak of the war he was made inspecting surgeon of the army recruiting in Northwestern Va., at Fetterman, Taylor County, and went with this army through the battle of Phillippi June 3. 1861, at which battle he performed so far as is now known, the first surgical operation of the war, that of the ampu- tation of the leg of Leroy Parker Daingerfield. After his services in the war were ended he located in Upshur County, where he has been practising for twenty-five years and more, was pension examiner, health officer of Upshur County and Buckhannon town for several years. The original name or German of Huff was Hoff, which has since been corrupted. In 1865 he married Louisa C. Moyers of Highland County, Va., and their children are: Eula, Olga, Hope, Ford, Lona, Lela, Boyd and Nina.
He is a Presbyterian in religion and a Democrat in politics.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HUFFMAN, a farmer of Meade District. Born November 10, 1863, son of Anthony J. Huffman and Lucinda Casto, daughter of Andy Casto and Rachel Cutright, and the grandson of Joseph Huffman and Elizabeth Tevalt. His father came from Hampshire County to what is now Upshur County in 1850, settling on Indian Camp Run. His brothers and sisters were: Joseph William, who married Jemima Ann Bean, Frances, the wife of George Hoover, and Barbara Etta, single. He married Mary
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Viola Howse, daughter of Philander P. Howse and Cynthia A. Gould, daughter of Nathan Gould, Jr., January 8, 1891.
Children : Clarence Elihu, Averill Ray, Ashford William, Elbert Lee, Bailey Albert, Jeffie Franklin and Pearl Frances.
DRAPER CAMDEN HUGHES, a descendant of a well known family of Wales and Ireland, his ancestors in America first settled at Leesburg, Loudon County, Va., 1732, and was one of the incorporators of that town. In 1780, James Hughes, then living in Jefferson County, Va., went to Greene County, Pa., settling at Carmichaels on Muddy Creek. His son, Felix, had a son whose name was Francis, who had a son by the name of John N. Hughes. Francis Hughes moved from Pennsylvania to Monongalia County, Va., in the forties and his son John N. returned to Green Academy to complete his education after which he taught school and studied law in Monongalia County. In 1851, he married Sarah A. Howell, daughter of Capel Howell and moved to Beverley, Randolph County, to practice his profession. In 1860 he was elected to the Virginia legislature, and in 1861 he was elected to the Virginia Convention, which passed the ordinance of secession, voting for the ordinance. On July II, John N. Hughes was detailed to carry a message from Col. Scott to Col. Pegram, concerning the battle of Rich Mountain, and was killed in the discharge of his duties as messenger by his own friends through mistaken identification. The subject of this sketch was born March 24, 1853, in Monongalia County, and was a son of John N. Hughes and Sarah Howell.
Soon after the battle of Philippi his father sent his family east as far as McDowell, Highland County, where they remained until late in 1861, and at which time Mrs. Hughes brought her children back to the home of Uriah Heavner in Pocahontas County. In January 1862, through the influence of her father a Federal escort was furnished her on her return home to Monongalia County, where D. C. was raised and educated until seventeen years of age. At this time he went to Kingwood, Preston County, W. Va., to learn the carpenter trade. On the 6th day of April, 1876, he married Flora Elliot and unto this union eight children have been born, whose names are John Elliot, Mary A., Paul Camden, Pitt Loudin, Frank Howell, Bessie Jean, Mark Stratzman, Iva Beryl.
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