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Contents

West Virginia and its people

Volume 1. History of West Virginia
Volume 2-3. Family and personal history

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Table of Contents

Volume I
Introduction
Chapter I Geography, Geology and Climate
Chapter II Indian occupancy
Chapter III Early settlements in West Virginia
Chapter IV Buffalo paths and early roads
Chapter V French and Indian War
Chapter VI Braddock’s road and the westward movement
Chapter VII The Dunmore war
Chapter VIII The Revolutionary War
Chapter IX Washington’s interest
Chapter X Proposed Western States prior to 1789
Chapter XI The Scotch-Irish
Chapter XII Slavery
Chapter XIII Antagonistic elements
Chapter XIV Early industrial development
Chapter XV The War of 1812
Chapter XVI Baltimore & Ohio railroad
Chapter XVII Social and industrial life
Chapter XVIII Early Church history
Chapter XIX Constitution of 1776
Chapter XX John Brown’s attack on Harper’s Ferry
Chapter XXII The Civil War
Chapter XXIII State of West Virginia
Chapter XXIV The Panhandle and Ohio Valley
Chapter XXV The Great Kanawha Valley
Chapter XXVII The East Panhandle, Jefferson county
Chapter XXVIII The Monongahela Valley
Chapter XXIX The Big Sandy Region, Wayne county
Chapter XXX Industrial Progress
Chapter XXXI Natural resources
Chapter XXXII Timber and lumber
Chapter XXXIII Agricultural development
Chapter XXXIV Educational progress
Chapter XXXV Prominent leaders in West Virginia
Chapter XXXVI Growth of cities and towns
Chapter XXXVII Boundaries and subdivisions
Chapter XXXVIII A hundred years of progress
Chapter XXXIX A brief survey of the State
Addenda Shepherd College State Normal School

Errata

From Volume 1, page v:
Page 199: on vote for ratification of ordinance of session, for 400 read 4,000
From Volume 3, p.831-2:
ADDENDA AND ERRATA
Vol. I, reader will disregard last line at foot of p. 384 and incomplete sen tence at head of p. 385, and read instead as follows: The following is a list of persons who have served either in West Virginia state offices or in national positions from that state; three citizens of West Virginia have served in the cabinet at Washington City.
Vol. I, p. 483; chapter number should be XXXI instead of XXIX.
The following addenda and errata refer to Volumes II and III, which are paged continuously:
Barnhart.—Page 1223; on August 5th, 1913, Mr. William G. Barnhart was nominated by President Wilson for the position of United States attorney fat the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
Grogg, p. 1128; Robert Clifton Grogg while in college became a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Since 1903 he has been a member of Calvary- Baptist Church; he is unmarried. The third child of John Henry Grogg is Mammie Anne.
Henshaw, p. 1051, parag. 2; Washington and James Henshaw, twins, were born April 2/, 1808. Page 1052, parag. 3; Sallie Shepherd Claggett married Claude Wilmer Stewart.
The arms of the Henshaw family are argent, a chevron between three moorhens proper; quartering Houghton sable, three bars argent; crest: a falcon proper, billed or beaked, and numbered sable preying upon a bird argent.
Page 1053, reader will disregard all after first paragraph of Snodgrass line,- and in its stead read as follows:
(II) Robert, third son of William and Catherine (Patterson) Snodgrass,. was born in Virginia in 1742, died in 1832. He was a planter. He married,. 1762, Susannah Rawlings, born 1742, died 1830.
(III) Stephen, second son of Robert and Susannah (Rawlings) Snodgrass,- was born in what is now West Virginia. He was a soldier of the revolution, and a planter. He married Elizabeth Verdier, daughter of Nicholas and Marie Louise (Dubois) Verdier. Among his children was Robert V., of whom further below.
(III) Robert, sixth son of Robert and Susannah (Rawlings) Snodgrass, was born March 16, 1773, died 1830; married Catharine Thomas Evans.
(IV) Sarah Ann Snodgrass, daughter of Robert, Jr., and Catharine Thomas (Evans) Snodgrass. born October 14, 1806, died November 21, 1891; married Colonel Robert Verdier Snodgrass (first cousin) May 29, 1821.
(IV) Colonel Robert Verdier Snodgrass, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Verdier) Snodgrass, was born in Virginia, September 21, 1792, died January 6. 1861. He was educated in private and community schools, and was a farmer. He was an influential man, and represented his county in the Virginia house of delegates, 1832-34-36; and was a commissioned officer of the 67th Regiment Virginia militia—ensign, second lieutenant, and colonel. He married Sarah Ann Snodgrass (first cousin), May 29, 1821. Children: 1. Catherine Elizabeth,. born February 2, 1825; married Major Israel Robinson, C.S.A. 2. Sarah Ann, born November 1, 1827, died May 21, 1899; married Levi Henshaw (II). 3. Lucinda Virginia, born January, 1830; married Elliott White Tabb. 4. Susan• Pendleton, born March 4, 1832; married Jacob Thomas. 5. Stephen, born January 19, 1834; married Bettie Little McKown. 6. Mary Louisa, born Feb- ruary s, 1836; married Richard Snpwden Rodgeway. 7. Hannah Ellen, born• August 10, 1838. 8. Robert Verdier, Jr., born March 13, 1841; married M. Louise Miller. 9. Fannie Arabella, born October 27, 1844; married Charles J. Wever. 10. William, born September 2, 1846; married Virginia Boone. 11. Laura Jane, born August 4, 1849, died 1851.
Kessler, p. 890; the ancestors of Christopher Kessler came to this country from Germany and settled in Maryland at an early date. The children of Dr. A. Kenton Kessler are: Noca, born September 2, 1896; Archibald Donald, October 15, 1898; Margia, August 15, 1901.
Lutz, p. 313; Sebastian Lutz came from Swartzwalt, Switzerland, in 1846.
Miles, p. 996; Amon R. Miles is still living. His daughter, Mollie M., married (second) John Dufresne; another daughter, Elizabeth M., married Henry J. Berens. Bernard J. Miles was elected county commissioner of Harper's Ferry district by a majority of 1,240, over G. H. Child, Republican and Bull Moose.
Shaw, p. 593; David Blain Shaw was not named after James G. Blaine, but indirectly after a prominent Virginia family, Blain, whose members use no final "e."
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