The History of Randolph County, West Virginia from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present, Embracing Records of All the Leading Families

by Hu Maxwell

Excerpt from The History of Randolph County, West From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present, Embracing Records of All the Leading Families, Reminiscences and Traditions, Early Life and Hardships, Internal Improvements, Roads, Mills, Forts, Courts, Officers, Soldiers, Churches, Schools, Towns, RailroadsIt is a duty and a pleasure to acknowledge in this place the valuable assistance rendered by 'others in the work of preparing this book. The people Of Randolph in general. Were willing to assist, and help was Obtained from many sources not here enumerated, but special mention should be made Of the following persons who supplied information on Subjects with' which they had special Hon. Thomas J. San Diego, Cal; Hon. Benjamin Wilson, of Clarksburg; Hon. H. G. Davis, G. W. Printz, Hon. B. W. Smith, Of Lafayette, Ind.; Thomas B. Scott, Col; Henry Hay mond, Of Clarksburg; Col. Elihu Hutton, Adam C. Rowan, Prof. John G. Knutti, Of Fairmont; Warwick Hutton, Jacob W. Marshall, Major Joseph F. Harding, Miss Helen M. Womelsdorff, Alfred Hutton, Archibald Wilmoth, S. N. Bosworth, Daniel R. Baker, Jacob Wees, L. D. Strader, William H. Wilson, Lee Crouch, Dr. George W. Yokum, Mrs. Nancy Wilmoth, Eli H. Crouch, G. C. Lytle, Dr. A. S. Bosworth, Capt. Sampson Snyder, Alexander Logan, Prof. James H. Logan, col. Melvin Currence, Claude Phillips, H. B. Marshall, John M. Wood, Hon. A. W. Corley, Of Sutton; E. D. Talbott, Ezra P. Hart, Hon. Randolph Stalnaker, of Wheeling; Hon. Harmon Sny der Kent B. Crawford, Omar Conrad, Patrick Crickard, Jesse WI Goddin and Floyd J. Triplett.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Hu Maxwell (September 22, 1860, Saint George, Virginia (now West Virginia) — August 20, 1927, Evanston, Illinois) was a local historian, novelist, editor, poet, and author of several histories of West Virginia counties.

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