OHIO
COUNTY, WV
New
120 Page Illustrated Booklet
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Early days in Ohio
County, West Virginia, which includes Wheeling and vacinity, are
recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in
this booklet comprised of excerpts from four rare vintage
books: Historical Collections of Virginia by Henry Howe (1845);
West Virginia in History, Life, Literature and Industry by
Morris Purdy Shawkey (1928); History of West Virginia by
Virgil A. Lewis (1889); and Virginia, a Guide to the Mountain
State, a WPA publication (1941). The booklet is printed on 60#
opaque paper, with the print size enlarged as needed to fit the
8 1/2 x 11 size. The front cover is a parchtex card stock, protected
with a vinyl sheet.
Among the many subjects
included are:
Formation of the county, Physical features; Early descriptions of
Wheeling; Zane's Road and island; two theories on the name "Wheeling";
First Court, Wheeling's first officials; an account of the Siege
of Fort Henry in 1777; Simon Girty (villian), Lewis Wetzel and Adam
and Andrew Poe (Indian fighters); Second Siege of Fort Henry; the
First and Second Wheeling Conventions; How West Virginia became
a separate state; Mount De Chantal Academy; Linsly Institute; Central
Catholic High School; Archie W. Campbell and the Intelligencer,
Earl Williams Oglebay, businessman and philanthropist; Rebecca Harding
Davis, authoress; Virgil Lewis, historian; rivalry between Pittsburgh
and Wheeling; The Customhouse, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Site of Fort
Henry, Oglebay Park, and other Points of Interest (with a small
map) in Wheeling; Monument Place, a Georgian Colonial mansion; McCulloch's
Leap; a history of First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Wheeling, M. Marsh and Sons and the Wheeling Stogie; and other bits
of history and trivia.
Attention Genealogists:
This booklet contains relatively detailed biographies of many county
residents of the late 1800s, often shedding light on the businesses,
churches, and institutions in the area, and on the events of the
day. They include: William
Ackermann, Earl Adams, J. Bruce Allison, Rev. Charles Aurand, Aaron
Bruce Barnett, Oliver Beardmore, George Blackford, Rev. John Bomberger,
Joseph Brady, David Allen Burt, William Casey, Joseph Caldwell,
Percy Callahan, Clarence Joseph Chapman, Dr. Lydia Herts Cromwell
(Mrs. Julian Hearne), Rev. J. Edwin Dale, Howard Davis, Lee Dobbs,
Albert Doepken, Charles Dowler, John Ferrell, Rev. William Fields,
Oscar Craig Fitz, William Stewart Fulton, Earl Giesey, Andrew James
Gilleland, Charles Gillette, Alexander Glass, Harry Gordon, William
Grimes, Joseph Handlan, , George Heide, Harry Henderson, Julian
Hearne, William Holliday Higgins, Charles Holloway, Herbert Leroy
Humphrey, Harry Ingram, William Burriss Irvine, Joseph Jefferson,
Michael Jochum, Harry Robert Jungling, Bernard Kaiser, John Kelly,
Orion Koller, George Kossuth, George Laughlin, Hugo Laupp, Clyde
Law, Martin Luther Law, Rev. Lester Lewellyn, John Lynch, R. H.
Mahlke, John Majesky, Arch Metzner, Rev. John Muyskens, Clifford
Myers, Johnson Camden McKinley, John Sergent Naylor, George Neal,
Charles Nolte, Charles Norteman, Lee Paull, the Rev. Clarence Portz,
Rev. James Mease Potter, Will Amick Quimby, Paul O. Reymann, Rev.
Charles Robinson, Rev. Harry Satterfield, Herbert Schrader, James
Slayton, William Steen, George Steenrod, Ben Stern, Edward Stifel,
John David Thomas, Raymond Tomassene, Isaiah Tuttle, and Charles
Wingerter.
Wouldn't this
make a unique gift?
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