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William Henry Edwards
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Mar 15, 1822
William Henry Edwards was born in Greene County, New York
1842
William Edwards graduated from Williams College Other events that happened on or around 1842 B&O line completed to Cumberland Baltimore & Ohio Railroad came to Martinsburg Jacob Blair began to study law under his uncle John Jay Jackson, Sr. Western Virginians met in Clarksburg and Lewisburg and demanded a Constitutional Convention Henry Gassaway Davis became brakeman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Joseph Diss Debar came to the U.S. John Gallaher became a state senator Chester Hubbard married Sarah Pallister John Jay Jackson Sr commanded a brigade in the Virginia militia Stonewall Jackson entered West Point Joseph Lightburn sought admission to West Point Fairmont became county seat at creation of Marion County The B&O Railroad arrived in Mineral County The General Assembly chartered three academies in Pocahontas County for the preparation of students for the University of Virginia, at Green Bank, Hillsboro, and Huntersville William Rosecrans graduated from West Point Wayne was founded as a town Kellian Whaley moved to Wayne County
1846
William Edwards traveled to the Amazon River Other events that happened on or around 1846 Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin H. Davis documented Salt Rock petroglyphs Heirs of Matthias Bruen of New York City inherited 200,000 acres of land The Point Pleasant lead plate left by Celeron was found by boy playing on riverbank Legislature allowed citizens to petition counties to establish free schools Joseph Diss Debar moved to Parkersburg Legislation authorized school commissioners to use local taxes to supplement state aid for the poor Salt production in the Kanawha Valley peaked at 3,244,786 bushels Weston's first newspaper began publishing Joseph Lightburn enlisted in the army as a private Alexander Martin served as principal of Kingwood Academy in Preston County Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis conducted a survey of prehistoric mounds in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys New Martinsville became the county seat of Wetzel County Jesse Reno graduated from West Point. The Christian Minstrel was published introducing a second system using seven shapes to teach singing Churches in Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, and Gilmer counties merged with those in Braxton County to form the Lewis or Buckhannon Circuit of the United Brethren The administration building at the School for Deaf and Blind was built
1847
William Edwards was admitted to the New York bar Other events that happened on or around 1847 "Ruffner Pamphlet" published in Kanawha County Gordon Battelle was ordained a Methodist minister John Carlile was elected to the Virginia Senate William Edwards published A Voyage on the River Amazon John Floyd was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates The Presbyterian Church was organized in Greenville The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was completed Cummins Jackson left Jackson's Mill to search for gold in CA Joseph Johnson was elected again to the House of Delegates Citizens of Parkersburg, Elizabeth, and Glenville organized the Little Kanawha Navigation Company Alexander Martin graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania Mining began in West Columbia, Mason County Large flood occurred on the Ohio River The Staunton to Parkersburg Turnpike was completed Pocahontas County was formed A group of Dutch immigrants arrived in Pocahontas County Samuel Price was again elected to the Virginia legislature as a Whig from Greenbrier Count. Henry Ruffner published the Address to the People of West Virginia anti-slavery pamphlet The first Stone & Thomas Department Store opened in Wheeling The first permanent United Brethren church was built in Sand Hill The Buckhannon Male and Female Academy was established A grist mill was built at Valley Falls by Bradshaw and William Whitescarver Charles Ellet Jr. secured contracts for the Wheeling and Niagara Falls suspension bridges Two Dutch families settled near the headwaters of the Williams River Two turnpikes were completed in Wood County
1852
William Edwards opened his first coal mines on Paint Creek Other events that happened on or around 1852 The congregation of the African Zion Baptist Church formally organized for the black community of Malden. Lemuel Chenoweth designed and built Philippi's covered bridge. Buckhannon was chartered Archibald Campbell graduated from Bethany College James Watson organized the Montana Mining Company Martin Delany published The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, And Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Thomas Moore Jackson was born Jacob Jackson was admitted to the bar Anna Maria Reeves married Granville E. Jarvis George Smith Patton graduated the Virginia Military Institute La Belle Ironworks was founded Robert E. Lee became superintendent of West Point Weston's first bank opened its doors Thomas Lake Harris and James L. Scott jointly led the Mountain Cove Spiritualist community The Wheeling Intelligencer was established The Ritchie Mines was discovered by Frederick Lemon Shinnston was chartered as a town by the General Assembly David Strother contributed 20 illustrations to John Pendleton Kennedy's Swallow Barn: A Sojourn in the Old Dominion George Summers was elected circuit judge of Kanawha County Grafton emerged as a city A major flood hit Virginius Island James O Watson joined with Francis H. Pierpont to open a mine in Fairmont Wheeling had a library The Wheeling Intelligencer began The Potomac River flooded The Shenandoah River flooded
1856
William Edwards erected the first cannel coal oil works Other events that happened on or around 1856 The B&O leased the Northwestern Virginia Railroad A troupe presented "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at The Atheneum Belle Boyd was sent to Mount Washington School in Baltimore Archibald Campbell moved to Wheeling Thomas English moved from Logan County to Tazewell, Virginia Glenville was incorporated Grafton was chartered Hamilton Hatter was born in Jefferson County Andrew Gardner Jackson was born George Smith Patton moved to Charleston and organized the Kanawha Riflemen Daniel Lucas graduated from University of Virginia Mannington was chartered as a town by the Virginia legislature The city of Mason was incorporated Henry Mathews graduated from University of Virginia The Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy moved to a new building Oglebay Park Mansion Museum property was purchased by George W. Smith Piedmont was chartered Francis Pierpont helped found the Fairmont Male and Female Seminary. A B&O station was located at Cairo The Walton post office moved to Droddyville The first church was built in the St. Joseph Settlement William Stevenson was elected a member of the Pennsylvania legislature Ralph Swinburn was ordained a Baptist minister Wheeling Hospital moved to the Michael Sweeney Mansion The Intelligencer was acquired by Archibald Campbell
1863
William Edwards opened mines at Coalburg Other events that happened on or around 1863 The first West Virginia legislature proposed to educate "free colored children," the proposal was left unfunded. The decision to have Attorney General elected by popular vote was made B&O Railroad's management influenced people to support West Virginia statehood Union troops shelled the town of Beckley, killing a little girl Virginia's land and water boundaries given to West Virginia Civil War skirmish at Bulltown Historic Area River pirate John Lockwood arrest and tried for murder Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley were commissioned first lieutenants at Camp Piatt Melodrama East Lynne written West Virginia experimented with New England modified township system West Virginia constitution established public free school system West Virginia's first election was conducted Stephen Elkins left the army Constitution stated that the "executive department shall consist of a governor, secretary of state, superintendent of free schools, auditor, treasurer and attorney general." Construction of Fort Boreman began Frederick County citizens voted not to become part of West Virginia John Hale organized the Bank of the West Harrison County was first in West Virginia in the production of beef cattle Devil Anse Hatfield deserted the regular Virginia infantry in the Civil War The state constitution stated that Delegates of the House of Delegates served one-year terms Chester Hubbard became a member of the first West Virginia senate John Jay Jackson Sr supported the move for the creation of a separate state but opposed the abolition of slavery Mudwall Jackson led troops against Union Gen. Thomas Harris The presence of the B&O influenced the decision to include Jefferson County in the new state The state constitution adopted Virginia common law and statutes as the law of West Virginia Daniel Lamb was a member of the first West Virginia legislature West Virginia state government resumed the project for Weston Hospital The Marshall College property was sold at public auction to Salina Hite Mason The Methodist Church claimed the largest number of congregation in West Virginia Reported 250 newspapers had been established Editors changed their mastheads to reflect the name of the new state Hiram Clay first settled in what is know Pineville. Samuel Price was elected lieutenant governor of Confederate Virginia. Beckley was bombarded by federal artillery. The first period of Republican dominance began Mrs. Henry Woods wrote East Lynne The first free school opened in Ripley Lewis Ruffner was appointed a major general of militia for West Virginia Nathan Scott enlisted in the Union army in Ohio The Supreme Court of Appeals sat at Wheeling with three justices Thurmond's Rangers became 44th Virginia Cavalry Battalion Campbell Tarr became West Virginia's first state treasurer The repayment to the state of Virginia was included in the West Virginia constitution Legislature gave official sanction to teachers organization All turnpikes in West Virginia were turned over to the counties through which they ran The name was changed to West Virginia Hospital for the Insane Kellian Whaley was reelected to Congress from West Virginia Confederate forces reoccupied Lewisburg Waitman Willey began serving as U.S. Senator from West Virginia Wirt County was divided into 7 districts Fort Boreman was constructed in Wood County
1879
William Edwards published a three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America Other events that happened on or around 1879 Thomas Anshutz painted Farmer and His Son Harvesting Aaron and Samuel Bloch ran a small grocery and dry goods store in Wheeling and began producing chewing tobacco Anne Dudley moved to New York to marry Rev. L. E. Bates A log Catholic Church was erected in Summers County Jacob Jackson was elected mayor of Parkersburg James Kay returned to Quinnimont to construct coke ovens at Hawks Nest The B&O Railroad connected Weston to Clarksburg Virgil Lewis was admitted to the bar William MacCorkle graduated from Washington and Lee University James Miller graduated from Concord Normal School (Concord University) William L. "Billy" Mitchell was born Seventh-Day Adventist teachings first appeared in West Virginia in pamphlets The U.S. Supreme court first used the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in Strauder v. West Virginia West Virginia's first telephone line was strung in Wheeling William O. Trevey was born in Virginia Oscar Nelson was born A disastrous fire occurred in Volcano Booker T. Washington returned to Hampton Institute as a teacher
1884
William Edwards published another volume in his three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America Other events that happened on or around 1884 B&O operated 1,700 miles of railroad Joseph Beury and others opened Mill Creek Coal & Coke, first mine in Mercer County Arthur Boreman organized a relief effort to assist victims of Ohio River flood Belle Boyd divorced Swainston W.E.R. Byrne was admitted to the bar The Kanawha & Michigan Railway was completed on north side of Kanawha River in Charleston Moses W. Donnally bought the Chronicle Charleston National Bank founded as a national bank Sydenham Herford died William and Tom Anderson stopped running the Easton Roller Mill Stephen Elkins was elected executive chairman of the National Republican Committee Glenville High School moved into a house The Hampshire Review was started by C.F. Poland The American Ancient Order of Hibernians had groups in Rowlesburg, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coal Valley and Charleston The Quinnimont iron furnace was closed Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek James Kay returned to West Virginia The Lincoln County Feud began when Paris Brumfield killed Boney Lucas The first multistate gazetteer including West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware appeared Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Tucker County Mennonites erected their first meetinghouse in West Virginia in Pendleton County James Miller left as superintendent of Summers County schools James Miller became Summer County prosecuting attorney C. F. Millspaugh published the first section of American Medicinal Plants New Cumberland became the permanent county seat of Hancock County Earl Oglebay started working in a Cleveland iron ore firm Large flood occurred on the Ohio Democrat Emanuel Willis Wilson mounted a populist campaign that challenged monopolies and railroads Samuel and Violet Bryant came to America from England The Ohio River Railway was built through Sistersville The first golf club in America was organized at Oakhurst at White Sulphur Springs Telephone switchboards were installed at Huntington Telephone switchboards were installed at Moundsville The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg was extended to Tucker County The Ohio River Railroad reached Vienna The first West Virginia Historical Society ceased I.C. White began working for the U.S. Geological Survey Emanuel Willis Wilson succeeded into the governorship The Ohio River Railroad was completed The Ohio River flooded at Wheeling
1897
William Edwards published another volume in his three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America Other events that happened on or around 1897 Newton Diehl Baker returned to Martinsburg Nathan Brackett retired from Storer College presidency James Callahan received his Ph.D. from John Hopkins University Donnally Publishing Company sold it to Gazette Company William Edwin Chilton formed law firm with his brother and William A. MacCorkle J. R. Clifford elected charter member of the American Negro Academy Blacks began to capitalize on using their political influence under Republican administration John W. Davis left teaching to open his own practice William Dawson served as West Virginia's secretary of state Dow Chemical Company started in Midland, Michigan Fish and Game Warden Office was created to replace Board of Fish Commissioners Legislature passed legislation that provided for appointment of state game and fish warden The UMWA began enlisting the support of well-known labor leaders from across the nation The Huntington State Hospital was established by the legislature as an insane asylum called the Home for Incurables Legislature reactivated the position of Immigration Commissioner Fanny Kemble Johnson moved to West Virginia Mother Jones joined Eugene Debs's Social Democracy and the Unite Mine Workers of America national strike in Pittsburgh John P. Hale visited the cave where the Kanawha Madonna was found Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Hampshire County Ephraim Morgan earned a law degree from WVU John Brooks Cottle was born Matthew M. Neely enrolled at WVU John Nuttall died in Fayette County Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company began logging Otter Creek Research on poultry began at West Virginia University. Reported 82 routes in operation for the Rural Free Delivery Samuel Starks was elected as supreme chancellor at the Charleston's Capitol City Lodge No. 1 The American Telephone & Telegraph Company extended a long distance line from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to Charleston through Point Pleasant The Parkersburg Conference of United Brethren was renamed the West Virginia Conference Coal operators of Central Competitive Field agreed to peace with UMWA insisting organizing West Virginia too Volcano oil boom diminished A disastrous fire occurred in Volcano The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey was established by legislature I. C. White began serving as first director of the West Virginia G&ES Women were permitted to enter all departments and schools except the military Jerome Hall Rapmond became president of WVU Consolidation formed the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company Albert White was appointed as internal revenue agent Josiah Keely became principal of Montgomery Preparatory School Hurry-up Yost began coaching at Ohio Wesleyan Laura Jackson Arnold was named an honorary member of the Society of the Army of West Virginia
1900
William Edwards wrote a book on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays Other events that happened on or around 1900 West Virginia had 100,000 farms on 8.9 million acres Charles Ambler served as sheriff of Pleasants County for two years B&O added the Monongahela River Railroad (Fairmont to Clarksburg) There were 600 Baptist churches in West Virginia Raleigh County Republicans launched the Raleigh Herald Berkeley County population was 19,469 First women on the Bethany College board of trustees Jesse Bloch entered the family Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company Alonzo Brooks completed a business course at West Virginia Wesleyan College Capon Springs developer William H. Sale died Cass was founded by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Covington, Virginia The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) completed its Greenbrier Division into Pocahontas County to harvest red spruce on Cheat and Back Allegheny mountains Moses Donnally sold the Charleston Gazette Davis Child Shelter, an orphanage, was established in Charleston First sewer lines were installed in Clarksburg Coal production had doubled Little evidence of the Coal River locks and dams remained West Virginia chapter of the Colonial Dames of America was organized Only remnant populations of deer and turkey were noted West Virginia's median age was below national average at 20.3 Doddridge County population was 13,689 Fairmont Times was first published by Gen. C. L. Smith and O. S. McKinney Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia Garnet High School was founded with a class of 12 black students Howard Gore graduated from WVU with a degree in agriculture Harrison County held a population of 27,690 Nancy Hart and husband Joshua Douglas settled in Webster County Morris Harvey founded the Fayette National Bank William "Coin" Harvey moved to Arkansas to begin building a retreat and vacation resort The population of Helvetia reached 500 people The first time the word "hillbilly" was used in print, in a New York newspaper Reported 1,062 native Hungarians in West Virginia Water power began being used for the production of electricity in West Virginia, at Kanawha Falls Census reported 2,458 Indians living in West Virginia There were 18 farms of the settlers on the Irish Tract Jackson County's population rose to 19,000 Don Redman was born in Piedmont The Kanawha Falls were augmented by a low dam Oil and natural gas in high quantities was found in Lewis County Cousin Abe Lilly received a law degree from the Southern Normal University, Tennessee Railroad replaces streams as the chief means of transporting logs to sawmills The Benwood Ironworks grew into a large steel mills James Miller ceased to be Summers County prosecuting attorney James Miller ran unsuccessfully for state auditor Steam and electric fans made larger mines possible The completion of the C&O Railway's Greenbrier Division to Marlinton put the Minnehaha Springs within reach of travelers Fairmont's first electric streetcar line built Morgantown population was at 1,895 The Morgantown Glass Works began production A developer began selling oceanfront lots for $25 in Myrtle Beach The anticlinal theory of oil and gas was applied along Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha The Toledo & Ohio Central gained control of the Kanawha & Michigan and the Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad began purchasing the N&W stock E.M. Carney purchased the Pence Springs property Kanawha County had the largest population with 54,696 residents. The largest city in the state was Wheeling with a population of 38,878. The Lilly family began ownership of the Ruffner Hotel St. Joseph's Hospital was founded by Patrick J. Donahue Samuel and Violet Bryant got their first jobs on showboats James H. Brown's obelisk was erected at Spring Hill Cemetery Interurban railway operations began in Huntington Tyler County's oil and gas boom peaked Wayne County population was at 23,619 Wings were added to Woodburn Hall at WVU Weston had municipal water plant, sanitary and storm sewer systems and brick paved streets West Virginia Pulp & Paper began constructing a sawmill in Cass A nursing school was founded at Wheeling Hospital The Collins Colliery company store burned Matthew Whittico moved to Keystone Buffalo, elk, gray wolf and passenger pigeon had all disappeared from West Virginia The second courthouse at Winfield was built Wirt County's population peaked at 10,284 Carter G. Woodson became principal of Douglass High School The first record of the ballad "The Wreck on the C&O" came out
1903
William Edwards produced a book of Edwards family genealogy Other events that happened on or around 1903 Barger Springs property purchased by company of 30 investors Ambrose Bierce returned to Randolph and Pocahontas counties to revisit locations where he had served in the Civil War The town of Bretz and the mining plant were built by West Virginia Coal Company Camden Park was established Col. E. G. Via became park manager Annex was built across from State Capitol Construction on the new section of the Coal & Coke Railway began Grover Lewis was born in Alabama John Harrington Cox received appointment in English Department of WVU Legislature enacted a uniform teachers' examination law Fairmont Coal Company was absorbed into Consolidation Coal Company of Maryland William Glasscock was admitted to the bar The Coal & Coke Railroad was completed from Elkins to Durbin. A junction was made at Durbin with the C&O and the Coal & Iron railroads Capt. Greene built the side-wheel packet Greenland Harrison County was fourth in the state in total tons of coal produced A compulsory attendance law was enacted The Homer Laughlin Company traded factories with the National China Company The House of Delegates grew to 86 delegates Teddy Weatherford was born in Bluefield Herman Kump attended the University of Virginia law school Carnegie library was established in Huntington Reported 63% of McKendree Hospital's patients were miners Local businessmen bought the Fairmont Electric Light and Power Plant The Morgantown Glass Works employed more than 400 people Oak Hill was incorporated The Owens bottle-making machine was invented by Michael Owens President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Christopher Payne as consul general to the Danish West Indies The Barbour County courthouse was constructed at Philippi Melville Davisson Post married Ann Bloomfield Gamble Schoolfield The West Virginia death rate from smallpox was reported as being from 12 to 20 percent of reported cases A new wing was added to St. Joseph's Hospital John G. Knutti became administrator of Shepherd College The Pope Dock Company built the Eisenbarth Henderson Floating Theater-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement The Parkersburg & Marrietta Interurban was built An interurban railway line was built from Sistersville to New Martinsville The Parkersburg & Ohio Valley Electric Railway was built T. C. Townsend opened a law office in Fayettesville The USS Huntington was constructed at Newport News The West Virginia State Federation of Labor was founded Carter Woodson accepted an administrative and teaching assignment in the Philippines Zane Grey wrote Betty Zane Paul Wissmach and Joseph Reininger began to manufacture stained glass as the Empire Glass Company in Paden City T. G. Nutter opened a law office in Charleston
Apr 04, 1909
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