West Virginia and its people, Volume II, Part 47

Author: Miller, Thomas Condit, 1848-; Maxwell, Hu, joint author
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 866

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(III) Philip, son of Isaac and Sarah ( Sutton ) Cox, was born probably in New Jersey, in 1760, and died in Ritchie county, Virginia, in 1854. Both he and his wife died at the home of their son, Daniel V. Cox. He married Christiana Stille, who was born about 1764, and died in 1856. Children : Isaac P .; John; David S .; Hannah : Philip, born July 20, 1800, died December 19, 1876, married Susan Kniseley ; Huldah, mar- ried Hezekiah D. Tharpe; Sarah, married Timothy Tharpe; James S. ; Levi; Daniel V., of whom further.

(IV) Daniel V., son of Philip and Christiana ( Stille) Cox, was born in Harrison county, Virginia, March 10, 1809. In 1835 he settled at the

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mouth of Bone creek, in what is now Ritchie county ; and ten years later moved to Slab creek, Ritchie county, Virginia, being the first settler at the forks of this stream. With his brother Philip, he was the first merchant at the mouth of Bone creek. He was partner in the first tailor shop, so far as known, in the county. From the time of the organization of Ritchie county till his death, he was colonel of militia. He was a man of unusual courage. Early in the civil war he recruited a company of volunteers for the defense of the Union, but his failing health prevented his own active service : two of his sons, however, John M., and W. Taylor, bore arms for the country. He married Mahala Ward, of Harrison county, Vir- ginia, who was born in 1812 and died in 1899. Children: W. Floyd; Louisa, married William Bane : Hiram C., of whom further ; J. G. ; John M., deceased ; Daniel S. ; W . Taylor : W. E., died young; Alvin W., died young ; Philip, died young.

(\') Hiram C., son of Daniel V. and Mahala ( Ward ) Cox, was born at the forks of Slab creek, in 1840, and died at Pullman, Ritchie county, West Virginia, April 6, 1900. He entered into mercantile life before the civil war, in partnership with his brother, W. Taylor Cox, having a store at Auburn, Ritchie county. At the close of the war he sold his interest to his brother and settled on a farm. There he lived until 1892, after which he lived at Pullman. He married Martha A., daughter of John and Eliza- beth ( Pritchard) Harris, who died at Richwood, Nicholas county, West Virginia, in 1907, at the home of her son, Crawford Cox.

(VI) S. Steele, son of Hiram C. and Martha A. ( Harris) Cox, was born on a farm near where Pullman now stands, May 10, 1869. He attended the public schools of Ritchie county, and until he was twenty-two years old worked on the farm with his father. Then he was for two years clerk in the general store of Dr. B. F. Richards, at Pullman. For a year he lived again on the farm; then he married and worked for two years in the store of his father-in-law. C. H. Hall. He and E. E. Hall, hrs brother-in-law, then bought the store and carried on the business as Cox & Hall. Mr. Cox sold his interest to his partner in 1896 and moved to Ashley, Doddridge county, West Virginia, where he took charge of a store for Wesley McCormick. Two years later he and his brother, D. Ellis Cox, bought the store, forming the partnership of Cox Brothers; and he continued in this business until September, 1899, selling his interest at that time to his brother. Settling at West Union, Doddridge county, Virginia, he entered the wagon, buggy, and feed business, under the name of Cox Brothers. This name was not changed when, in 1901, he took W. E. Parrish into partnership. In January, 1903, the business was incorporated under the name of The Cox Brothers Company, and Mr. Cox was chosen general manager. This position he still holds, and West Union is still his home. Here he is a member of the school board, and for three terms lie was town councilman. Mr. Cox is a Methodist, a trustee of the con- gregation at West Union, and a member of its official board.

He married Cora F. Hall. daughter of C. E. and Katheren Hall. Children : Estie B., Guy H., Hayse R., Mabel Gladis, Burnice C., and S. Steele Jr., all of which are living except Mabel Gladis, who died of spinal fever at the age of about two years.

This name is found in several counties of England, nota-

BAXTER bly Norfolk and Wilts. This name and the name Baker are probably of similar origin and meaning. One John Baxter had head rights in Lower Norfolk, Virginia, in April, 1664; one William Baxter, from Virginia, was in Maryland from 1744 to 1770. Despite these early instances of the occurrence of the name among Vir-

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ginians, Baxter is not a special Virginia name. A Baxter family settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, perhaps as early as 1682. The name seems to have died out in that county. There was also a Daniel Baxter a weaver, who came from Ireland, married in New Jersey, and died in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, having lived there about thirty years. There were other Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland Bax- ters at early dates. It seems to us most probable that the present fam- ily is descended from one of these stocks, the Bucks county family being again a more probable source than the Greene county, Delaware, or Maryland Baxters.

(I) Colonel John Baxter, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was the first of the family in the present Pocahontas county, West Virginia. His residence was at Sul- phur Spring. He was the first colonel of the 127th Regiment. In the or- ganization of the county he was a leader, and he held a prominent place in the early history of the county. When the county was organized he administered the oaths of office to the other members of the first court, in 1822. For many years he was a justice of the peace and a member of the Pocahontas county court. He did much work in framing business papers, and frequently adjusted disputes out of court. His library was the largest and the best in the county. While he was a regular attendant at religious services, he made no religious profession until late in life. He married Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Moore; his wife survived him but a few weeks. Children: Jane, married John Moore : Martha, married Henry Duncan; Sarah, married William Duncan; Wil- liam, of whom further : Joseph: John; George. Two of these sons died in the civil war, giving their lives for what. they believed to be right ; George was a Confederate soldier, while Joseph fought for the Union.

(II) William, son of John and Mary ( Moore) Baxter, was born on Little Back Creek, in 1808, and died in September, 1881. He cleared the ground and made a pleasant home in the forest. He was a diligent read- er, having read most of the books in his father's library, and improved his opportunities for education. He was a school teacher; the Baxter family is noted in Pocahontas county for school teaching, and this repu- tation probably began with the present representative of the family. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Martha ( Waddell) Barlow. Children : George, of whom further: Samuel; William; Mary, married John R. Moore.

(III) George, son of William and Elizabeth (Barlow) Baxter, was born in Pocahontas county, February 28, 1842, and died April 27, 1908. For several years he taught school. Afterward he became a surveyor. and he was for about twenty-five years the surveyor of the county. He was an active Democrat. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of James R. Poage, of Pocahontas county, who died about 1880; (second) Mar- garet J. Cassell, of Pocahontas county. Children, first-named six by first, others by second, wife: 1. Adam O., of whom further. 2. John Willis, formerly a school teacher, now chief clerk for the United States Leather Company. 3. William E., died unmarried, at Fort Wayne, In- diana ; he was an engineer in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 4. Birdie Elizabeth, married H. A. Smear; she was before marriage a teacher. 5. Allie B. F., married J. H. Patterson, of Hender- son, North Carolina; she also was a teacher before her marriage. 6. Georgia A., married Ernest Harper, of Pocahontas county ; he is a stock- man. 7. Frank; is associated with his half-brother, Adam O. Baxter. 8. Harry, now a student at the Staunton Business College, Staunton, Vir- ginia. 9. Myrtle, a school teacher. 10. Bessie, living with her mother 21

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on the old Baxter homestead. II. Mabel, a teacher. 12. Edith, living with her mother.

(IV) Adam O., son of George and Sarah ( Poage) Baxter, attended the public schools and afterward learned civil engineering and surveying. These he studied with his father, with whom he was associated until his death. He has succeeded to the business, and now has a large corpora- tion and individual business in Pocahontas and adjoining counties. Among the corporations by whom he is regularly employed, he is engineer and surveyor for the Campbell Lumber Company and for the St. Lawrence Lumber Company. His offices are in the First National Bank Building. He is senior deacon in Marlinton Lodge of Masons, and has held all chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, lodge and encampment. He is a Democrat, but not active.

He married Lena, daughter of Samuel B. Moore. Her father is now (1912) assessor of Pocahontas county : she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Child : Kathleen, born August 6, 1910.

MCCARTY The pioneers of Pocahontas county represented many races. The present family, of Irish origin, is one of the oldest families in the county. Timothy McCarty, the founder of this family, was born in Ireland. He settled on Knapp's creek, Pocahontas county, at some time before the revolution, thus being one of the earliest settlers within what is now Pocahontas county, and one of the veritable pioneers of western Virginia. In the revolution he was a soldier. He married (first) Nancy Honeyman; (second ) Jane, daughter of James and Mary Waugh. Children: Daniel, married Eliza- beth Moore; Preston; Justin; James; Thomas; two other sons by first marriage. All these sons by the first marriage served in the war of 1812, and only Daniel returned to Pocahontas county to live; Eli, married Mar- garet Moore; Reuben ; Samuel, married Phoebe Moore; Jacob, of whom further ; Nancy, married Robert McClary; Jane, married Harvey Case- bolt; Martha; Sally, married Ezekiel Boggs; Isaac; two other sons and two other daughters by the second marriage.

(II) Jacob, son of Timothy and Jane ( Waugh) McCarty, died in Pocahontas county, West Virginia, about 1890. He served in the legis- lature of West Virginia. He married ( first) Amy Boggs, (second ) Han- nah Brock, of Droop Mountain. Children, all except last-named two by first wife: Samuel Allen, of whom further; Elizabeth, married Henry Morrison ; Mahala; Melissa, married Thomas Taylor ; Julia, married Alfred F. Propst: Franklin, married Eliza Alderman ; George W., mar- ried Rebecca Hollondsworth; Nancy, married Noah McCoy.

(III) Samuel Allen, son of Jacob and Amy ( Boggs) McCarty, was born December 14. 1843. He was a stockman in Pocahontas county. He and his wife are still residing on the old homestead. In the civil war he was a Union man, and served in the Home Guards, and also as a member of the state troops occupying the Ohio valley. In politics he has always been a Republican. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan Anderson, who was born in Nicholas county, Virginia, April 29, 1845. Children: I. Columbus J., of whom further. 2. Thomas M., born September 9, 1870; he was ordained in 1907 as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, having been a conference worker for nine or ten years prior to his ordina- tion, and is now pastor at Amma, Roane county, West Virginia, where he has his wife and nine children; he married Ruth Ann, daughter of C. F. Eagle, of Pocahontas county. 3. Samuel E., born September 19, 1872; is a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, and is now filling a confer- ence assignment at Hacker's Valley, Webster county, West Virginia ; mar-

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ried Mabel A. Lewis, of Ohio; four children. 4. Margaret R., born Sep- tember 15, 1874; married Frank Thompson; he is a stockman at Eka- laka, Montana. 5. James H., born January 30, 1877; he is a school teacher and a farmer in Pocahontas county ; married, August 20, 1912, Nina M. Auldridge. 6. Amy Susan, born July 29, 1879, died December 2, 1906; married Ulysses H. Nottingham, of Bear Creek, Montana ; at her death, she left a son, James Robert, eleven days old.

(IV) Columbus J., son of Samuel Allen and Elizabeth ( Anderson ) McCarty, was born July 10, 1868. He attended the free schools. After his school days he learned the trade of machinist. He has nevertheless continuously been engaged in farming from the time when he had learned his trade to the present day. He is a Republican, but has never been very active in politics. He was once nominated for justice of the peace in the Little Levels district, but defeated; in 1908 he was elected county clerk. Mr. McCarty is a Baptist, but his wife is active in the work of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, South.

He married Margaret Clementine, daughter of William S. and Julia Ann (Whitman) Hull, of Greenbrier county, West Virginia. The Hull family has set a good example to many other families in the Virginias and throughout the south and elsewhere, in that for some years it has been engaged in searching out the family genealogy. Children: Erma Adeline, born August 10, 1908; Margie Elizabeth, June 5, 19II.

BOWYER The ancestor of the present family is said to have been of Alsace-Lorraine; and there is some reason to think that the name, Bowyers, probably of the same stock, may be of Huguenot origin. Yet this name is found also in Great Britain, where it is supposed to be a name of occupation, a "bowyer" having been one who made bows for archery. There have been Bowyers, pre- sumably descended from the same immigrant ancestor as the present family, in Augusta and Botetourt counties, Virginia; and the name is found, probably an offshoot from the present family, in Cass county, In- diana, to which county it will be noted that one of the present line re- moved; the Cass county Bowyers, however, take their Greenbrier coun- ty, Virginia, ancestry, not apparently from Peter Bowyer, though per- haps from his son, Louis.

(I) Anthony Bowyer, the founder of this family, was of Alsace- Lorraine. He must have come to America about the middle of the sev- enteenth century. Child, Anthony, of whom further.

(II) Anthony (2), son of Anthony (1) Bowyer, had a son Jacob, of whom further.

(I !! ) Jacob, son of Anthony (2) Bowyer, lived at Reading, Pennsyl- vania. Child, Peter, of whom further.

(IV) Peter, son of Jacob Bowyer, was born about 1760, or earlier, and died in Cass county, Indiana, October 10, 1850. Although but a mere lad at the beginning of the revolutionary war, he enlisted as a priv- ate in a Pennsylvania Artillery Company, under Captain Trumbull, and served as a "matross." For this service, he was granted a pension, on May 15, 1828. This company was connected with the Second Pennsyl- vania Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Colonel Preston. On July 12, 1776, he was appointed first lieutenant, and he was promoted to cap- tain, May 9, 1777, his service extending throughout the war. At some later time, he removed to Cass county, Indiana, and in 1840, he received a grant of land. He married (first) Eva -, (second), August 16, 1793, Catharine Shellman, who was born September 29, 1773. It is not known when she died, but she was living in November, 1852, being

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then in her eightieth year. Children, first-named two by first, others by second, wife: Elizabeth, born October 14, 1791 : Jacob, April 13, 1793; John, of whom further ; Daniel, November 23, 1795; William, Novem- ber 7, 1797; Pauline, October 19, 1799: Lewis, January 15, 1801, whose son was a rear admiral in the United States navy : Madeline, December 26, 1803: Anna. June 10, 1805 ; Catharine, March 23, 1807: Peter, Octo- ber 10, 1808: Christina, July 7. 1811 : Adam, May 18, 1814: Susanna, February 8, 1816.

(V) John, son of Peter and Catharine (Shellman) Bowyer, was born in Greenbrier county, Virginia. April 26, 1794, and died at Winfield, Put- nam county, West Virginia, December 18, 1878. When he was a small boy, his parents moved to what is now Sewell Station, Greenbrier coun- ty, West Virginia. At the age of seventeen, he enlisted, for the war of 1812, in Captain John McClung's Greenbrier Company, and was ap- pointed regimental ensign. After the war, he was appointed by Presi- dent Monroe, United States marshal for the western district of Vir- ginia, and he held this position for twelve years. Children: George Crawford, of whom further; Maria, married John Cantrell Miller.

(VI) General George Crawford Bowyer, son of John Bowyer, was born in Greenbrier county, Virginia, March 18, 1829, and died February 4, 1906. He lived at Winfield, Putnam county, West Virginia, and was a farmer and merchant, and was called General Bowyer, a title received from his services in the Virginia State Militia. He married, March 23, 1853, Mary Sophia, daughter of Charles Clendenin and Eleanor Jemima (Cantrell) Miller : her father, Charles Clendenin Miller, was the son of John Miller, who was born at Woodstock, in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, in 1781, and Sophia (Clendenin) Miller, daughter of Captain William Clendenin, who was wounded in the battle of Point Pleasant ; he was one of the founders of Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, was sheriff of Kanawha county, and in 1803, was elected to represent that county in the Virginia legislature. Charles Clendenin Miller was born February 23, 1811, and died March 13, 1898. He was prominent in Mason county, West Virginia, as a merchant, farmer, and banker. From 1834 to 1846, he was high sheriff of the county, afterward he was state senator from his district. From 1843 to 1879, he was president of the Merchants' National Bank of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, being its first president. In 1879, he removed to "Spring Hill," his country home, about a mile from Point Pleasant, one of the handsomest places on the Kanawha, at that time containing about three thousand acres, an at- tractive specimen of the old-time Virginia mansion. He married (first) December 1. 1831, Eleanor Jemima, daughter of John Cantrell, who died August 31, 1854. Her father was the son of a sister of Captain William Clendenin ; he was a major in the war of 1812, and was for several years a member of the Virginia assembly. He married (second) Vir- ginia, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Wilson) Middlecoff. Children, first named six by first, others by second, wife: 1. John Cantrell, born Oc- tober 1, 1832, married (first) Amanda Handley, (second) Maria Bow- yer. 2. Mary Sophia, born May 23, 1835, married, March 23, 1853, Gen- eral George Crawford Bowyer, of whom above. 3. Eleanor Bertha, born April 9, 1838, married (first ) Robert Buffington, (second) Frank Dash- ner. 4. George William, born June 18, 1842, died young. 5. Margaret Eliza Florence, born March 7, 1847, married John Dashner. 6. Charles- anna Rosina Maria. born November II, 1851, married E. S. Bright. 7. Blanche Cantrell, married Rankin Wiley. 8. Edith Clendenin, married (first) Benjamin Stephens, and (second) Dr. J. H. Wade, of Ashland. Kentucky.

Children of General George Crawford and Mary Sophia ( Miller)

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Bowyer: Mary Ella, born August 30, 1854, died July 21, 1892; Charles Clendenin, of whom further; George Cantrell, born May 14, 1858; Blanche B., January 13, 1861, died January 20, 1888, married, September 29, 1880, William J. O'Neill; Jennie C., January 15, 1863, married, at Lakeland, Florida, April 17, 1893, Lawrence A. Christy, and had one child, Paul Bowyer, born May 21, 1900; John C., June 24, 1865, died May 13, 1891 ; Frederick C., October 1, 1867, died in November, 1873; Grace C., November 11, 1869, married, June 3, 1895, Archibald J. Martin; Demmie C., September 21, 1872, married, June 16, 1896, Stanley J. Lowe, and had children : Virginia Cameron, born April 6, 1897, Edward Bow- yer, born August 23, 1899, and Stanley Jerome, born April 10, 1907; Frank C., February 4, 1875, married, January 29, 1899, Clyde M. Ball, and had children : Grace Christine, born November 18, 1899, and George Chancellor, born September 4, 1903.

(VII) Charles Clendenin, son of General George Crawford and Mary Sophia (Miller) Bowyer, was born in Putnam county, Virginia, April 6, 1856. His first school training was received at the public schools. On April 7, 1873, he entered the service of the Merchants' National Bank, at Point Pleasant, Mason county, West Virginia, and he has been with this bank from that time. He is a member of Minturn Lodge, No. 19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Franklin Commandery, No. 17, Knights Templar, and Beni Kedem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Charleston, West Virginia. He is a Republican. Mr. Bowyer is a member of the Episcopal church. He married, September 17, 1879, Catharine B., daughter of William A. and Elsie ( Watkins) Parsons, who was born at Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. Children : Irene Kenton, born November 1, 1880; Neida Chancellor, born September 24, 1884. married September 26, 1906, Charles Russell McCulloch, of Point Pleasant, child, Samuel Bowyer, born at Point Pleasant, May 14, 1909.

Hon. George E. Boyd, who is very well known in legal circles

BOYD in West Virginia, has been a resident of Wheeling since 1850. He was born in Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1839. The father of the subject of this sketch was born in November, 1812. He removed from Ohio to Wheeling in 1850, where he was engaged in the wholesale dry goods business with Mr. Ott. After Mr. Ott's death he carried on the business alone until 1858, when he went to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the banking business. He remained in Philadelphia until 1867, when he moved to Chase City, Mecklenberg county, Virginia. He died in 1902. His wife has been dead for three years. They enjoyed sixty-four years of married life. His children are living in New York City and in New Jersey. One son, John W. Boyd, deceased, was for many years engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Wheeling, and George E., the subject of this sketch, has always lived in this city since he first came here.

George E. Boyd received his primary education in Wheeling, and in 1858, at the age of eighteen years, was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College. He then attended the Cincinnati Law School and gradu- ated from that institution in 1860. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio county in December, 1861. Judge Boyd at once took up the general prac- tice of law. His father-in-law, Hon. Alfred Caldwell, was appointed consul at Honolulu, and until 1867 Judge Boyd carried on the business under the name of Caldwell & Boyd. In 1867 Judge Boyd went to New Martinsville, Wetzel county, West Virginia, where he remained five years. During 1871-72 he acted as prosecuting attorney for that county. In

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1872 he returned to Wheeling and practiced here until 1876, when he was elected to the bench as judge of the county court. He served in this office until 1881, when he was chosen judge of the circuit court, and served in this capacity until January 1, 1889. During this time Judge Boyd turned over some of his legal business to Hon. Joseph F. Paull. Since 1889 Judge Boyd has followed the general practice of law. He has always had a large and lucrative practice, and has met with great success in his chosen profession. He is well known in Wheeling and in this section of West Virginia, having won the confidence and esteem of all who have come in contact with him.

Judge Boyd married a daughter of Hon. Alfred Caldwell. He has a son, G. E., who was graduated from the law department of the Univer- sity of West Virginia in 1886, after which he attended the law school of the University of Virginia. Judge Boyd's son, Alfred C., deceased, was a newspaper man. His daughter, Beulah, is the wife of Charles M. Ritchie, of Fairmont, West Virginia.

YOUNG Dr. Wade Hampton Young, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of this section of the country, owes to his own inherent talents and industry the prominent position which he enjoys. He is a native of this state, in which he has passed his life and in which his many professional triumphs have been won: and his heart is with its people whose honor and esteem he has so merited and ob- tained. He was born February 8, 1879, at Troy, Gilmer county, West Virginia, son of Aaron B. Young, born April 6, 1832, a farmer and stock dealer of Gilmer county, and his wife, Samantha ( McGinnis) Young. Mrs. Young, his mother, is now about fifty years of age, and has had fourteen children beside the doctor, who is the eldest.

Dr. Young received his education in the county schools primarily, graduating afterwards from the Glenville Normal School in 1900. He then entered the College of Medicine of the University of Virginia, in Richmond, and was graduated in the class of 1905. During the last year in college he was in training in the Home in Incurables; and after he obtained his degree he began regularly the practice of his profession at Ben's Run, West Virginia. Here he remained for five years, until in the fall of 1910 he came to Sistersville. He has built up a very extensive practice in this place, making a specialty of children's diseases, to which he devoted his chief attention while in college. The success with which he has met in his practice has been such that the doctor has been able to repay with interest the money which he was compelled to borrow in or- der to pursue his education; and he is proud of the fact that he can be called a self-made man in every respect. He now holds the position of surgeon to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, having received the appoint- ment in 1905, at which time he was the youngest surgeon on the road ; and he is a member of the American Medical Association, the West Vir- ginia Medical Association, and the Medical Associations of the Little Kanawha and Ohio Valley, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Sur- geons. Dr. Young is a member of the Baptist church of this place, and is a prominent Freemason, thirty-second degree : and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a Democrat in his political opinions.

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West Virginia and its people, Volume II, Part 47

Author: Miller, Thomas Condit, 1848-; Maxwell, Hu, joint author Publication date: 1913 Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 866

Author: Miller, Thomas Condit, 1848-; Maxwell, Hu, joint author
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 866