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Governor Boreman had for many years been a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and in 1888 he was elected by the West Virginia conference as a lay delegate to the general conference, which held its quadrennial session in New York City in that year.
He married, November 30, 1864. Laurane, daughter of Dr. James Tanner, who died April 14, 1908; she married (first) John Oldham Bul- lock. Dr. Tanner was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, of Irish descent, and he was a physician of high standing in the city of Wheeling. Gov- ernor Boreman is survived by two daughters : Maud, married G. H. Cot- ton ; Laurane, married Abijah Hays. Both are residing in the city of Parkersburg.
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The Hiteshew or Hiteshu family-for the name is
HITESHEW diversely spelled by members of the same family-is of Quaker stock, and Maryland was the family home before the coming of the present branch into what is now the state of West Virginia.
(I) Isaac Hiteshew, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, married Hannah Children : Isaac Wes- ley, of whom further ; Ephraim : Charles ; Clementine, married - Hover.
( II) Isaac Wesley, son of Isaac and Hannah Hiteshew, was born at Uniontown, Maryland, October 17, 18-, died at Parkersburg, West Vir- ginia, February 26, 1898. For years he was a railroad man, being a con- ductor on the Frederick division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. In this capacity he had charge of the train which conducted the soldiers to Harpers Ferry at the time of John Brown's raid. In the civil war his run was usually between Baltimore and Harpers Ferry, and he there- fore had many exciting experiences. He came as a passenger on the first train coming into Parkersburg, and thereafter made this city his nome. Here he was extensively engaged in the wholesale produce and feed business, but failed in the Burning Springs oil excitement of 1865. After that time he was a farmer for the greater part of his life: in his latter years he lived retired. Mr. Hiteshew was a Democrat and an Episcopalian. He married, at Parkersburg, October 17, 1871, Columbia Ann, born at Parkersburg. August 16, 1845, daughter of Otis Little and Emeline M. (Talbott) Bradford (see Bradford IX). Mrs. Hiteshew is now living at Parkersburg. Children : William Bradford, born September 30, 1872, married Ada Chamberlain : Charles Talbott (twin), born Sep- tember 30, 1872 : Holmes Moss, born February 3, 1874; Harry Otis, of whom further.
(III) Harry Otis, son of Isaac Wesley and Columbia Ann ( Brad- ford) Hiteshew, was born at Parkersburg, West Virginia, November 12, 1882. His education was begun in the public schools of this city, and he studied in the collegiate and law departments of the University of West Virginia, being graduated from the latter with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1903. For one year he practiced at Morgantown ; in the fall of 1904 he began practice at Parkersburg, where he has since lived. Mr. Hiteshew is a Republican. In 1908 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Wood county, and he was re-elected in 1912. For seven years he has served as commissioner of accounts of the city. In religion he is an Epis- copalian. He married, at Parkersburg, April 26, 1910, Ethel Sabin, born at Parkersburg, October 18, 1882, daughter of Albert Blakeslee and Agnes (Ward) White. For her ancestry see sketch of Albert Blake- slee White in this work. No children.
(The Bradford Line).
Governor William Bradford, the American founder of this family, was one of the most distinguished of all the New England pioneers, and his history has often been told. The account of his life may readily be found in standard works of reference. The purpose of this sketch is rather genealogical.
(I) William Bradford, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was buried January 10, 1595-96. His home was at Austerfield, England. The name of his wife is not known, but he had children : William, of whom further ; Thomas ; Robert, bap -; tized June 25, 1561, buried April 23. 1600, married. January 31, 1585, Alice Waingate ; Elizabeth, baptized July 16, 1570, married James Hill.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) Bradford, was buried July
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15, 1591. He married Alice Hanson, probably daughter of John Hanson. Children: Margaret, born March 8, 1585, died young ; Alice, born Octo- ber 30, 1587: William, of whom further.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) and Alice ( Hanson) Brad- ford. was born at Austerfield, England, March 19, 1588-89, died at Ply- mouth, Massachusetts, May 9, 1657. His parents died while he was quite young. He was brought up to labor, and was a fustian worker in England ; his school education was scant, but he acquired Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Dutch and French. In religion he was a Separatist, and early in his life became a leading man in this sect. He went to Holland with the emigrants. July 22, 1620, he embarked for England and he sailed from Plymouth, England, September 6, 1620, on the "Mayflower," with the first Pilgrims. Succeeding to the governorship of the colony of Ply- mouth, now part of Massachusetts, he was the second to hold this office, and he held it continuously from 1621 to 1657 except for five years. He was also the historian of the colony. He married (first) probably in Holland. December 9, 1613, Dorothy May, of Wisbeach, Cambridge, England, who was born about 1597, died December 9, 1620. She was probably daughter of John and Cordelia (Bowes) May. She accom- panied her husband to America, but did not reach Plymouth, being drowned in Cape Cod Harbor. Governor Bradford married (second) August 14 or 15, 1623, Alice ( Carpenter ) Southworth, born at Wren- tham, England, died March 26, 1670; she married (first) - South- worth. Children : John, died in 1678, married Martha Bourne ; William, of whom further; Mercy, married - Vermayes: Joseph, born in 1630, died July 20, 1715, married, May 25, 1664, Jael Hobart.
(IV) William (4), son of William (3) and Alice (Carpenter-South- worth) Bradford, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, June 16 or 17, 1624, died at Kingston, Massachusetts, February 2, 1703-04. He had moved to Kingston. He held the offices of assistant and of deputy gov- ernor, and was one of Andros' council in 1687. Next to Standish he was a chief military officer of the Plymouth colony, and in war with the Indians he held the rank of major. He married ( first) at Weymouth, Massachusetts, Alice, born about 1627, died at Plymouth, December 12, 1671, daughter of Thomas and Welthean Richards, of Weymouth; (sec
ond) - Wiswell : (third) Mary (Atwood) Holmes, daughter of John Atwood, of Plymouth, who died January 6, 1714 or 1715 : she married (first) Rev. John Holmes, of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Children, first- named ten by first, next-named by second, others by third, wife : 1. John, of whom further. 2. William, born March II, 1654, died in 1687; mar- ried, in 1679, Rebecca Bartlett. 3. Thomas, died in 1708; married Anne 4. Samuel, born in 1668, died April II, 1714; married Hannah Rogers. 5. Alice, married (first) Rev. William Adams (second) James Fitch. 6. Hannah, born in 1661-62 ; married, November 28, 1682, Joshua Ripley. 7. Mercy, married Samuel Steel. 8. Meletiah, married John 4. Samuel, born in 1658, died April II, 1714: married Hannah Baker. II. Joseph, married (first) October 5, 1698, Anne Fitch. (sec- ond) Mary -. 12. Israel, married Sarah Bartlett. 13. David, died March 16, 1730; married, in 1714, Elizabeth Finney. 14. Ephraim, mar- ried, February 13, 1710, Elizabeth Bartlett. 15. Hezekiah, married Mary Chandler.
(V) John, son of William (4) and Alice (Richards) Bradford, was born at Kingston, Massachusetts, February 20, 1651-52, died at Kingston December 8, 1736. He was deputy to the general court. 1689-91, and a major. He married, at Plymouth, February 5, 1674-75, Mercy, born at Plymouth, September 23, 1653, died at Kingston, in March, 1747-48, daughter of Joseph Warren, and granddaughter of Richard Warren, of
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the "Mayflower." Children : 1. John, of whom further. 2. Alice, born January 28, 1677 ; married (first) August 26, 1708, Edward Mitchell, (second) Joshua Hersey. 3. Abigail, born December 10, 1679, died May 4, 1697. 4. Mercy, born December 20, 1681 ; married (first) Jona- than Freeman, ( second) Isaac Cushman. 5. Samuel, born December 23, 1683, died March 26, 1740; married, October 21, 1714, Sarah Gray. 6. Priscilla, born March 10, 1686; married Seth Chipman. 7. William, born April 15, 1688; married Hannah Foster.
(VI) John (2), son of John (1) and Mercy (Warren) Bradford, was born at Kingston, December 25, 1675, died at Kingston. He mar- ried, at Duxbury, Rebecca Bartlett, born at Duxbury, died at Kingston. Children: Robert, of whom further ; Rebecca, born December 14, 1710.
(VII) Robert, son of John (2) and Rebecca (Bartlett) Bradford, was born at Kingston, Massachusetts, October 18, 1706, died at King- ston, August 12, 1786. He married, at Kingston, November 4, 1725, Sarah (Brewster) Stetson. Children: 1. Peleg, born March 9, 1727, died May 13, 1804; married, in 1746, Lydia Sturtevant. 2. Zelpha, born April 6, 1728; married, in 1750, Thomas Loring. 3. Rebecca, born De- cember 31, 1730; married, in 1753, Micah Holmes. 4. John, born Octo- ber 18, 1732; married (first) in 1754. Ruth Cobb, (second) Hannah Eddy. 5. Elethea, born December 13, 1734. 6. Orpha, born December 28, 1736. 7. Stetson, born February 17, 1739. 8. Robert, born January 19, 1741, died in infancy. 9. Sarah, born January 1, 1742, died in in- fancy. 10. Consider, born February 3, 1745. 11. Sarah, born February 4, 1748. 12. Robert, of whom further.
(VIII) Robert (2), son of Robert (1) and Sarah (Brewster-Stet- son ) Bradford, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, July 11, 1750, died at Belpre. Washington county, Ohio, September 11, 1823. During the revolution he served as a captain, and he was breveted major at the close of the war. A sword which was presented to him by Lafayette, at Yorktown, upon the surrender of Cornwallis, has been preserved as a family heirloom. After the revolution he received a grant of a square mile of land in the Northwest Territory, and here, immediately opposite the foot of Blennerhassett island, he built a log house. He came to Marietta, Ohio, in 1788, went to Belpre in 1789, and built a house in 1790. Israel Putnam was a near neighbor in Ohio, and Mrs. Blenner- hassett was a warm friend. He married, at Kingston, November 29, 1781, Keziah Little, born at Kingston, February 20, 1746, died at Belpre, May 10, 1800. Child, Otis Little, of whom further.
(IX) Otis Little, son of Robert (2) and Keziah (Little) Bradford, was born at Belpre, Ohio, November 17, 1799, died at Parkersburg, West Virginia, December 12, 1881. When he was still young he moved across the Ohio river into Virginia, settling at Parkersburg, nearly opposite where he was born. Before the time of steamboats he was a large ship- per of tobacco, corn and other products to New Orleans by flatboats. He was a man of strong intellect and remarkable memory, honest, stern, but kind and charitable. In the time of the Whig party he was a zealous Whig, and he was afterward a Republican.
He married (first) November 29, 1827, Sarah E. Lewis; (second) in Montgomery county, Maryland, October 27, 1844, Emeline M., born in Montgomery county, Maryland, 1815, died at Parkersburg, 1881, daughter of Henry Odel and Sarah (Benson) Talbott. The Talbott family claims descent from Richard de Talbott, who came from Nor- mandy with William the Conqueror, and from Lord John Talbott, who was created Earl of Shrewsbury in 1442, and, as its American founder, John Talbott, born at Windham, England, in 1645 : he was a graduate of Cambridge University in 1664, became an Episcopalian minister, is be-
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lieved to have received consecration as a bishop from the non-jurors, and was a missionary at Burlington, New Jersey. Children of Otis Little Bradford, first-named three by first, others by second, wife: I. Virginia, unmarried. 2. Eliza, married Edward Bradon. 3. Sarah, mar- ried Paul Neal. 4. Columbia Ann, born August 16, 1845 ; married, Octo- ber 17, 1871, Isaac Wesley Hiteshew (see Hiteshew II). 5. Emma Otis, born February 16, 1848, died June 15, 1866. 6. Frances Dana, born March 1, 1852, died February 3, 1906. 7. Josephine Talbott, born No- vember 26, 1854; married, August 26, 1890, William M. Strauss.
COOPER John Cooper, born in Staffordshire, England, in the year 1848, was the immediate founder of this family in Amer- ca. He came to this country when about twenty-one years of age and settled in Pennsylvania, obtaining employment in the coal mines of that state. Beginning as a digger in the mines, he manifested such industry and intelligence that he was soon advanced to the post of mine foreman. In 1872 he came to West Virginia, opening up the coal fields on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. He was the pioneer of the Pocahontas coal fields of West Virginia, first opening up those mines in 1884, and continuing his enterprises until he became one of the most ex- tensive operators in the state. He soon attained prominence as a man of affairs and a most influential politician, being a member of the Republi- can party, and although he never held office on his own account, he was a delegate several times to the national conventions and assisted in elect- ing to office some of the most prominent officials of his party. He was ac- tive in the nomination of President Mckinley, and evinced high capacity as an organizer. As a business man he was greatly esteemed in commercial circles, and at the time of his death, in 1898, he was president of the Bank of Bramwell. He was buried at Cooper, West Virginia, being mourned by a wide circle of friends and relatives, as well as by his fel- low Masons of the Blue Lodge of Bramwell, which he had been largely instrumental in organizing. He was the first master of this lodge, and was a thirty-third degree Mason. He married, in England, Maria Pad- bury, at Sedgely, and immediately afterward brought his bride with him to the new home in America; she survived her husband, and is now liv- ing at Cooper in her sixty-eight year. The children of the marriage were as follows : Edward, of whom further; Annie, married a Mr. Thomas, and resides in Bramwell; Sallie, married a Mr. Brown, and resides at Tazewell, Virginia ; Emma, married a Mr. Thomas, and resides at Colum- bus, Ohio; Mary, married a Mr. Shanklin, and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio; Katherine, married a Mr. Brophy, and resides at Bear Creek, Mon- tana ; Thomas Henry, deceased, his family residing at Salem, Virginia.
(II) Edward, son of John and Maria (Padbury) Cooper, was born February 26, 1873, in the state of Pennsylvania. His early education was received in West Virginia, whither his father removed after his first interest in the Pennsylvania mines. He afterward attended the Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, from which he was graduated in law, and for a period of three years engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1898 he gave up his practice on account of the death of his father, and engaged in the coal business in which the lat- ter had been interested. Mr. Cooper has become very successful in his business affairs, being at the present time one of the largest operators in the state of West Virginia. He has also won for himself universal re- gard as a citizen and politician, being a strong supporter of the Repub- lican party. He was elected a delegate to the Chicago convention and as- sisted in the nomination for the presidential candidate; as a political
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speaker he is strong and forceful, conveying his enthusiasm to the au- dience which he addresses. He has been urged to accept the nomination for congress, but thus far has not been prevailed upon to do so, lending his efforts instead to other candidates ; it is to be hoped, however, that in the near future he will manifest an inclination to accept this responsibil- ity for himself, serving his party thus to its best advantage. He is now a member of the common council at Bramwell. Mr. Cooper is, like his father, a Mason in high standing, and is a member of the Elks. He is a Presbyterian in his religious faith.
On October 5, 1895, he married Frances Douglass Smith, born at Lexington, Virginia, January 7, 1872. daughter of James S. Smith, a jeweler of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have two children: Edward Jr., born October 19. 1897: Francis Douglass, born October 5, 1902; the former they expect to place at the Annapolis Military School.
Among the old-established and leading business men of Key-
FRYE ser, Thomas Bucy Frye holds a foremost place. Through both his parents Mr. Frye comes of old Virginia stock, num- bering among his ancestors bearers of some of the most numerous and respected names in the history of the Old Dominion.
(I) William Frye was born in Hardy county, Virginia, and passed his entire life as a farmer in the neighborhood of his birthplace. He married Elizabeth Baker, and their children were: William, Henry, Jacob, mentioned below ; George, Benjamin, John, Joseph, James, Abby, married John O. Idleman ; Betsey, married Jacob Roherbaugh.
(II) Jacob, son of William and Elizabeth (Baker) Frye, was born May 2, 1804, in Hardy county, Virginia. He received his education in the district school and, like his father, followed agricultural pursuits. He served in the state militia, and in politics was first a Whig and then a Democrat. He married Sarah Margaret Gaines (see Gaines II), and their children were: I. Eliza Cathrine, widow of John Hughes ; lives at Keyser. 2. Joseph Francis, born November 22, 1842 ; married Joseph- ine Patterson, now deceased ; he lives on a farm in Green county, Ohio. 3. Susan Amanda, born October 14, 1844, died September 18, 1896; married James Beall, now deceased. 4. William Taylor, born April 27, 1847; married Amanda Steinberger; lives at Urbana, Ohio. 5. Thomas Bucy, mentioned below. 6. Lucy Hughes, born January 15, 1852: married (first) David Shroufe, (second) Wil- liam Funk ; now living at Detroit, Michigan. 7. Henry Flournoy, born March 15, 1855 : an engineer in Baltimore : married Elizabeth John- son. 8. Sarah Elizabeth, born February 1, 1858; married Isaac C. Pur- gitt, railroad mail clerk at Keyser. 9. Emma Mildred, born July 10, 1861, died July 12, 1899; married George F. Anderson, now deceased. IO. Virginia Gaines, born April 24, 1864; married Thomas G. Pownall, manager for a tannery company at Cumberland, Maryland. Jacob Frye, the father of this family, died February 17, 1871, at Xenia, Ohio, and the mother passed away at Keyser, at the advanced age of eighty-three.
(III) Thomas Bucy, son of Jacob and Sarah Margaret (Gaines) Frye, was born July 9, 1849, near Moorefield, Hardy county, Virginia, now West Virginia, where he spent the first fourteen years of his life, afterward living three years near Xenia, Green county, Ohio. He re- ceived his education at a private school called Pine Top College, and at night schools, and after completing his course of study became a clerk in the general store conducted by John Hughes at Keyser. For ten years he retained this position, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business He then went into business for himself, and during the next five years
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was proprietor of a store. He then disposed of his business, taking a travelling position with the firm of Greer & Laing, of Wheeling, whole- sale hardware merchants. His connection with them was maintained for the long period of twenty-one years, and since its dissolution Mr. Frye has conducted a profitable wholesale and retail business in Keyser, having been for some years one of the city's leading hardware mer- chants. He is president of the South Keyser Real Estate & Improve- ment Company, and in politics is an Independent Democrat. He affiliates with the Knights of Honor, and he and his farnily attend the Presbyter- ian church in which Mr. Frye has held the offices of first deacon, second elder and trustee. Mr. Frye is a fine type of the self-made man and receives from his neighbors that regard to which he is entitled by his position as an able, honorable business man and a public-spirited citizen.
Mr. Frye married. February 7, 1877. Arabella White Martin ( see Martin IV) and they are the parents of the following children: I. Maria Vass, born December 12, 1877. 2. Douglas Hughes, born July 20, 1880; cashier of the First National Bank of Richwood, West Vir- ginia ; married Ada Landis and has two children ; Thomas Douglas, born October 22, 1909: Arabella Martin, born October 19, 1911. 3. Richard Malcolm, born March 5, 1883: associated with his father in business; married Maude Elizabeth Parker.
(The Gaines Line).
(I) Francis M. Gaines, father of Mrs. Sarah Margaret (Gaines) Frye, was a schoolmaster in Hardy county, Virginia. He married, November 15, 1805, Lucy Hughes. Their children were: I. Susan Ann. born August 25, 1806, died July 7, 1889. 2. James A., born October 21, 1808, died in Indiana. 3. Albert, born September 28, 1810, died in Port- land, Oregon. 4. Lucy, born February 21, 1813, died May 6, 1900; mar- ried David Steinberger. 5. Clarissa, born August 28, 1817 ; married J. B. Kirk. 6. Sarah Margaret, mentioned below. 7. William F., born Novem- ber 14, 1822, died July 14, 1894: married Millie Moore. Mrs. Gaines died May 28, 1828, and Mr. Gaines survived to the age of seventy, his death occurring in Hardy county, December 29, 1859.
(II) Sarah Margaret, daughter of Francis M. and Lucy (Hughes) Gaines, was born May 12, 1820, at Culpeper, Virginia, and became the wife of Jacob Frye (see Frye 11). Mrs. Frye died June 5, 1903.
(The Martin Line).
(1) William Martin, great-grandfather of Mrs. Arabella White (Martin) Frye, was a native of Ireland and appears to have passed his entire life in the land of his birth. He married Elizabeth Brown.
(II) John B., son of William and Elizabeth (Brown) Martin, was born October 22, 1795, near Bandon, county Cork, Ireland. While still a youth he came to the United States, settling, about 1815, in Richmond, Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. He manifested in boyhood a taste for sketching and would trace figures in the sand. Sub- sequently he studied engraving and painting, and finally chose portraiture as his profession. Many of his portraits are in Charleston, Norfolk. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. In a gallery in the last-named city one of the most notable of his paintings is preserved, a portrait of Chief Justice Marshall. Mr. Martin was interested in mili- tary affairs, and was at one time lieutenant in the Fayette Light Artil- lery of Richmond. He was a strict Presbyterian, serving as elder in the church ministered to by Dr. Moses Hoge, who, in speaking and writing, referred to Mr. Martin as the model elder. Mr. Martin married, about 1821, Elizabeth Anne Winfry, a native of Amelia county, Virginia. They 29
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lived at one time near the capitol, and during the famous fire of January, 1835, the family was compelled to leave the house at midnight and seek other quarters. The death of Mr. Martin occurred in 1856.
(III) Rev. Edward Martin, son of John B. and Elizabeth Anne (Win- fry) Martin. was a clergyman of Richmond, Virginia. He married Susannah Maria Vass, a lineal descendant of the Lees of Virginia (see Lee VIII). Their children were: 1. Arabella White, mentioned below. 2. John Blennerhasset, born December 1, 1852; married Emily Alexander and lives at St. Charles, Missouri. 3. Douglas Vass, born November 4, 1855 : married Madge Fielding and also lives at St. Charles. 4. Eleanor, born February 13, 1858: lives at St. Charles. 5. Maria Vass. born November 16, 1860; also of St. Charles. 6. Edward, born July 22, 1863; married Carrie Kennedy and lives in Chicago. 7. Elizabeth Aphra, born October 22, 1865 ; widow of William C. Lyons ; lives at St. Charles. 8. Alexander, born April 22, 1868, died in infancy. 9. Louisa Davis, born September 15. 1870: widow of Shirley W. Johns; lives at St Charles. IO. Julia Glenday, born February 9, 1874: lives at St. Charles. Mrs. Martin, the mother of the family, died at the age of fifty-one, and Mr. Martin passed away at St. Charles, Missouri, being then fifty-eight years old.
(IV) Arabella White, daughter of Rev. Edward and Susannah Maria (Vass) Martin, was born October 28, 1850, at Romney, Hampshire county, Virginia, now West Virginia, and became the wife of Thomas Bucy Frye (see Frye III).
(The Lee Line).
(I) Colonel Richard Lee, of Stratford Laughton, Essex, England, founder of the American branch of the family, came to Virginia about 1640, settling first in York county. In 1642 he was a burgess for York, and in 1651 for Northumberland. In the latter year he was appointed secretary of state for the colony and was also a member of council. He died in 1664.
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