Wetzel County -- History

History of Wetzel County

by John C. McEldowney, Jr., 1901

Description (pages)	Description (pages)	Description (pages)
Preface Prehistoric Races of Wetzel (5-6) Indians (7) Lewis Wetzel (8-20) Simon Girty (21-22) Fort Henry (23-27) David Morgan's Adventure (28-30) Levi Morgan (31-34) Edward Doolin (35-36) Morgan Morgan (37-38) The Story of Crow's Run (39-40) The Drygoos or the Two Half Indians (41-42) Massacre of Handsucker Family (43) Harman Blennerhasset (44) French Traveler (45) Notes on the Death of Logan's Family (46-48) Battle of Captina (49-51) George Bartrug (52) Pressley Martin (53) Old Hundred (54) Abraham Hanes (55) Sampson Thistle (56)	R. W. Cox (57) John Moore (58) John F. Lacey (59-77) J. P. Dolliver (78) Ebenezer Clark (84-85) Isaac Smith, 109 Years Old (86-87) Wm. Little (88) Jeremiah Williams (89) Robert McEldowney, Sr. (90) Judge Thos. I. Stealey (91-92) Formation of Wetzel County (93-95) Officers of Wetzel County (95) Col. Robert McEldowney (96) Capt. John McCaskey (97) Elijah Morgan (98) Basil T. Bowers (99) Capt. Friend C. Cox (100-101) Judge M. H. Willis (102-103) Ex-Judge T. P. Jacobs (104) Banks of Wetzel (105-106) Churches of New Martinsville (107-108) Newspapers of Wetzel (109) Jennings Gang (110-127)	The Ghost of Gamble's Run (128-130) Towns of Wetzel County (131-158) Education of Wetzel County (159-162) An Indian Massacre near the Borders of Wetzel County (163-165) The Heroism of Mrs. Bozarth (166) An Indian Massacre in Tyler County (167) Adam Poe's Famous Fight With Big Foot (168-169) Sad Death of Captain Van Buskirk (170-171) Murder of the Two Misses Crow (172-173) Fourth Judicial Circuit (174-186) Philip G. Bier G. A. R. Post (181) Wetzel Lodge No. 39, A.F. & A.M. (182-183) West Virginia Monumental Works (184) Koontz & Phillips Planing Mill (185)
Illustrations
John M. Lacey J. P. Dolliver Isaac Smith Old Wetzel County Court House W. F. Shuman Col. Robert MdEldowney	Alex Hart, Sheriff John W, Kauffman, Clerk M. H. Willis, Judge E. L. Robinson, Prosecuting Attorney Brask House	F. W. Parsons Magnolia High School, Old Building New Martinsville, 1891 Ohio River Railroad Depot The Eakin House

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