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Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.","pages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).","pages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  The family register also includes entries for William Brown (1765-1806), Reverend John McClelland (?-1798), and for later Sommerville family members.","page 21:  \"Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Minute of Service in the Revolutionary War\" (brief narrative by William Sommerville)","pages 22-23:  marriage certificates for William Brown and William Sommerville","pages 23-40:  miscellaneous genealogical information, including manuscript signatures, Scottish ancestry, and family crests (coat of arms)","page 41:  Confederate service by family members","pages 42-43:  obituaries for William Edwards (1809-1888)","pages 45, 47:  obituary for Elizabeth Edwards (1812-?)","Photo of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  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Edwards (1810-1888), a Methodist clergyman from a planter family, in 1833.","Collection includes:\ncorrespondence between William and Elizabeth Edwards from 1832 to 1888 (chiefly from the 1830s and 1840s about their relationship, family, and his work with the Baltimore Conference);\ngenealogical notes and narrative family histories of the Sommerville, Edwards, and the related William Brown, Laurence Balthrop, and John Sommerville families;\nand miscellaneous materials related to Captain William Sommerville.","The latter include:\nam original calendar of letter abstracts for the correspondence of William Sommerville, 1810-1811;\nan original copy of the diary of William Sommerville, 1810-1812;\na typescript of his 1794 diary;\nand a family register that contains a handwritten copy of Sommerville's brief account of his Revolutionary War service with the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and his life after the war, as well as copied extracts of his diary from 1810 to 1812.","Topics of the diary include politics and relations between Britain and the United States; weather; news of family and friends; and the War of 1812.","The calendar of correspondence, titled \"minute of letters\" by its creator William Sommerville, consists of letter abstracts in seven sections.","1. \"minute of letters received\"; march 9 to december 28, 1811; pages 4-28 \n2. \"minute of letters wrote\"; february 3 to december 14, 1811; pages 1-24 \n3. \"minute of letters wrote\"; january 10 to december 29, 1810; pages 1-16 \n4. \"minute of letters wrote\"; january 5 to february 2, 1811; pages 1-3 \n5. \"minute of letters received\"; january 3 to september 19, 1810; pages 1-12 \n6. \"minute of letters [received]\"; september 29 to december 29, 1810; pages 13-18 \n7. \"minute of letters received\"; january 12-26, 1811; page 19","Correspondents and persons recorded in the calendar of correspondence include: \nmen in public office on the national and local levels, \nlocal residents, \nmembers of the Sommerville family, \nRevolutionary War veterans, \nnewspaper editors, \nand Post Office clients and officials. \nSee the name index in box 3 for an alphabetical listing.","Subjects of the correspondence include: \nestates, \nlottery - Susquehanna Canal, \nlottery - Union College, \nlottery - Wilmington College, \nlottery - smallpox vaccine institute, \npolitics, \ndeaths, \nmail schedules, \nbusiness affairs, \nelections, \napprentice, \nand vaccine legislation.","The diary of William Sommerville is in three parts, each representing a calendar year.","1. january 1 to december 24, 1810; pages 1-209 \nmissing pages:  23-30, 55-76, 83-84, (page 84 occurs twice, numbered second time), 92-93, 96-97, (page 107 occurs twice), 110-115, 120-125, 127-130, 140-143, 158-161, 164-173, 180-187, 190-200, 207-208)","2. january 1 to december 31, 1811; pages 1-205 \nmissing pages:  7-8, 11-14, 31-36, 47-48, 51-54, 61-62, 67-68, (page 70 not numbered), 108-119, 124-129, 136-137, 142-143, 160-161, 164-173, 180-181, 190-199, 202-203","3. january 1 to december 26, 1812; pages 1-195 \nmissing pages:  34-39, 58-59, 74-79, 88-89, 133-134, 140-145, 154-155, 164-167, 176-179","People mentioned or commented on in the Diary include: \npersons in politics and government on the national and local levels; \nlocal residents; \nmembers of the Sommerville family; \npost office clients and officials; \nmilitary personnel; \nRevolutionary War veterans; \nNew York, Baltimore, and local newspaper editors; \nlocal doctors and doctors associated with the smallpox Vaccine Institution; \nministers of various church denominations; \nand government officials in France and England.","Subjects mentioned or commented on in the Diary include: \npost office business; \nfamily affairs; \nbirths; \nmarriages; \ndeaths; \napprentice[s]; \nslaves; \nagricultural products; \nmethods, prices, and labor; \nelections; \ngeneral store; \nweather (daily); \nMartinsburg and its residents (frequently); \nmills; \ntaverns; \neuropean affairs; \npatriotism and Americanism; \nchurches; \nschools; \nreminiscences about the Revolutionary War; \nopinions on ministers and religion; \nlotteries -- Vaccine; \nlotteries -- Delaware; \nlotteries -- Susquehanna Canal; \nlotteries -- Washington Monument; \nlotteries -- Union College; \nlotteries -- Wilmington College; \ntravel; \nmilitia muster and draft; \nWar of 1812 -- cause; \nWar of 1812 -- local and national reaction; \nWar of 1812 -- battles; \nand government policy.","Includes letter (1799) from Sarah Brown to William Sommerville; \nand letters (1832-1888) between William Sommerville's daughter Elizabeth Sommerville (Edwards) and William B. Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.","pages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).","pages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  The family register also includes entries for William Brown (1765-1806), Reverend John McClelland (?-1798), and for later Sommerville family members.","page 21:  \"Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Minute of Service in the Revolutionary War\" (brief narrative by William Sommerville)","pages 22-23:  marriage certificates for William Brown and William Sommerville","pages 23-40:  miscellaneous genealogical information, including manuscript signatures, Scottish ancestry, and family crests (coat of arms)","page 41:  Confederate service by family members","pages 42-43:  obituaries for William Edwards (1809-1888)","pages 45, 47:  obituary for Elizabeth Edwards (1812-?)"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePhoto of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Photo of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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William Sommerville (1756-1826) Papers","Martinsburg.","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- War of 1812","Church buildings","Diaries and journals.","Elections","Genealogy","General stores","Politics and government.","Postal service","Revolutionary War.","Slaves and slavery.","Women's history -- 1800-1849","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Women's history -- Pre-1800","No special access restriction applies.","Correspondence and genealogical materials related to the William B. Edwards family of King George County, Virginia, and the Capt. William Sommerville family of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. These families were joined when Elizabeth Sommerville (1812-1886), daughter of the Revolutionary War veteran, married William B. Edwards (1810-1888), a Methodist clergyman from a planter family, in 1833.","Collection includes:\ncorrespondence between William and Elizabeth Edwards from 1832 to 1888 (chiefly from the 1830s and 1840s about their relationship, family, and his work with the Baltimore Conference);\ngenealogical notes and narrative family histories of the Sommerville, Edwards, and the related William Brown, Laurence Balthrop, and John Sommerville families;\nand miscellaneous materials related to Captain William Sommerville.","The latter include:\nam original calendar of letter abstracts for the correspondence of William Sommerville, 1810-1811;\nan original copy of the diary of William Sommerville, 1810-1812;\na typescript of his 1794 diary;\nand a family register that contains a handwritten copy of Sommerville's brief account of his Revolutionary War service with the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and his life after the war, as well as copied extracts of his diary from 1810 to 1812.","Topics of the diary include politics and relations between Britain and the United States; weather; news of family and friends; and the War of 1812.","The calendar of correspondence, titled \"minute of letters\" by its creator William Sommerville, consists of letter abstracts in seven sections.","1. \"minute of letters received\"; march 9 to december 28, 1811; pages 4-28 \n2. \"minute of letters wrote\"; february 3 to december 14, 1811; pages 1-24 \n3. \"minute of letters wrote\"; january 10 to december 29, 1810; pages 1-16 \n4. \"minute of letters wrote\"; january 5 to february 2, 1811; pages 1-3 \n5. \"minute of letters received\"; january 3 to september 19, 1810; pages 1-12 \n6. \"minute of letters [received]\"; september 29 to december 29, 1810; pages 13-18 \n7. \"minute of letters received\"; january 12-26, 1811; page 19","Correspondents and persons recorded in the calendar of correspondence include: \nmen in public office on the national and local levels, \nlocal residents, \nmembers of the Sommerville family, \nRevolutionary War veterans, \nnewspaper editors, \nand Post Office clients and officials. \nSee the name index in box 3 for an alphabetical listing.","Subjects of the correspondence include: \nestates, \nlottery - Susquehanna Canal, \nlottery - Union College, \nlottery - Wilmington College, \nlottery - smallpox vaccine institute, \npolitics, \ndeaths, \nmail schedules, \nbusiness affairs, \nelections, \napprentice, \nand vaccine legislation.","The diary of William Sommerville is in three parts, each representing a calendar year.","1. january 1 to december 24, 1810; pages 1-209 \nmissing pages:  23-30, 55-76, 83-84, (page 84 occurs twice, numbered second time), 92-93, 96-97, (page 107 occurs twice), 110-115, 120-125, 127-130, 140-143, 158-161, 164-173, 180-187, 190-200, 207-208)","2. january 1 to december 31, 1811; pages 1-205 \nmissing pages:  7-8, 11-14, 31-36, 47-48, 51-54, 61-62, 67-68, (page 70 not numbered), 108-119, 124-129, 136-137, 142-143, 160-161, 164-173, 180-181, 190-199, 202-203","3. january 1 to december 26, 1812; pages 1-195 \nmissing pages:  34-39, 58-59, 74-79, 88-89, 133-134, 140-145, 154-155, 164-167, 176-179","People mentioned or commented on in the Diary include: \npersons in politics and government on the national and local levels; \nlocal residents; \nmembers of the Sommerville family; \npost office clients and officials; \nmilitary personnel; \nRevolutionary War veterans; \nNew York, Baltimore, and local newspaper editors; \nlocal doctors and doctors associated with the smallpox Vaccine Institution; \nministers of various church denominations; \nand government officials in France and England.","Subjects mentioned or commented on in the Diary include: \npost office business; \nfamily affairs; \nbirths; \nmarriages; \ndeaths; \napprentice[s]; \nslaves; \nagricultural products; \nmethods, prices, and labor; \nelections; \ngeneral store; \nweather (daily); \nMartinsburg and its residents (frequently); \nmills; \ntaverns; \neuropean affairs; \npatriotism and Americanism; \nchurches; \nschools; \nreminiscences about the Revolutionary War; \nopinions on ministers and religion; \nlotteries -- Vaccine; \nlotteries -- Delaware; \nlotteries -- Susquehanna Canal; \nlotteries -- Washington Monument; \nlotteries -- Union College; \nlotteries -- Wilmington College; \ntravel; \nmilitia muster and draft; \nWar of 1812 -- cause; \nWar of 1812 -- local and national reaction; \nWar of 1812 -- battles; \nand government policy.","Includes letter (1799) from Sarah Brown to William Sommerville; \nand letters (1832-1888) between William Sommerville's daughter Elizabeth Sommerville (Edwards) and William B. Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.","pages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).","pages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  The family register also includes entries for William Brown (1765-1806), Reverend John McClelland (?-1798), and for later Sommerville family members.","page 21:  \"Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Minute of Service in the Revolutionary War\" (brief narrative by William Sommerville)","pages 22-23:  marriage certificates for William Brown and William Sommerville","pages 23-40:  miscellaneous genealogical information, including manuscript signatures, Scottish ancestry, and family crests (coat of arms)","page 41:  Confederate service by family members","pages 42-43:  obituaries for William Edwards (1809-1888)","pages 45, 47:  obituary for Elizabeth Edwards (1812-?)","Photo of U.S. Army sergeant (1944) separated to Photograph Collection","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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This compilation seems to have been created in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages a-j:  estates, including Merida Edwards (1812), William Edwards (1755), and George Edwards (1780).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages 1-20:  family register, including James Edwards (ca.1750-1851), John Arnold Edwards (1777-1855), William Ballthrop Edwards (1809-1888), John Sommerville (1710-?), and William Sommerville (1756-1826).  The section on William Sommerville includes extensive biographical information, including a narrative about his Revolutionary War service, and four pages of extracts from his journal (diary) (1794, 1810-1812); the entry for 15 July 1811 mentions Lawrence A. Washington, who was to settle for some time near Charleston, (West) Virginia on the Kanawha River.  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Edwards, including their daughter and others.  William B. Edwards was a Methodist circuit rider.","Subjects include personal and family affairs, churches and the ministry, Martinsburg, and slavery, among other topics.","Includes transcribed extract from William Sommerville's diary dated March 1811 (undated); genealogy notes regarding members of the Sommerville family from the 17th century (undated); and Civil War poetry in manuscript, including \"Stonewall Jackson's Way\" (undated).","Manuscript compilation of facts and clippings regarding the Brown, Sommerville, and other families.  Family documented include predominantly Brown, Edwards (from Virginia), and Somerville (from Ireland).  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Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; Eighteenth Amendment; presidential elections and national and state politics, 1916-1956; John W. Davis; Alfred E. Smith; post-World War I radicalism and reaction; Ku Klux Klan; United Mine Workers; National Miners' Union; labor conflict, 1920s; U.S. Railway Administration; New Deal agencies; and Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. Correspondents include Van A. Bittner, William E. Chilton, William G. Conley, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Eugene V. Debs, James A. Farley, William Green, Averell Harriman, Homer Adams Holt, Rush Dew Holt, Hugh S. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Harley M. Kilgore, H.G. Kump, John L. Lewis, William A. MacCorkle, J. Howard McGrath, Clarence W. Meadows, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Adlai E. Stevenson, Clarence W. Watson, and James O. Watson. 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Smith, February 23, 1950.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. marshal (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; Eighteenth Amendment; presidential elections and national and state politics, 1916-1956; John W. Davis; Alfred E. 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Smith; post-World War I radicalism and reaction; Ku Klux Klan; United Mine Workers; National Miners' Union; labor conflict, 1920s; U.S. Railway Administration; New Deal agencies; and Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. Correspondents include Van A. Bittner, William E. Chilton, William G. Conley, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Eugene V. Debs, James A. Farley, William Green, Averell Harriman, Homer Adams Holt, Rush Dew Holt, Hugh S. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Harley M. Kilgore, H.G. Kump, John L. Lewis, William A. MacCorkle, J. Howard McGrath, Clarence W. Meadows, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Adlai E. Stevenson, Clarence W. Watson, and James O. Watson. There are also papers of Clarence L. Smith (1850-1905), editor of the Fairmont INDEX (1889) and founder of the Fairmont TIMES (1900), which include a domestic diary of his wife, 1876-1910; minute book of the Fleming Association, 1890-1894; papers of Clarence Edwin Smith, Jr., 1940-1941; papers of Thomas Barns (1750-1836), and his sons, John S. (delegate to Second Wheeling Convention) and James F.; Marion County millers and manufacturers, 1795-1908. There are also papers of Waitman T. Willey and a taped interview with C.E. Smith, 1956. Correspondents include John L. Lewis, Matthew M. Neely, Francis H. Pierpont, and John J. Cornwell. There are also papers, 1917-1950, of Smith's brother, Earl H. (1880-1941), co-founder and editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1900-1925), state legislator, officer in the National Guard, and state commander of the American Legion. Subjects include World War I; Woodrow Wilson; American Legion; and state and national politics, 1918-1940. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Sam T. Mallison, M.M. Neely, Jennings Randolph, and Howard Sutherland. The collection also includes papers, 1908-1940, of Herschel H. Rose, Smith's son-in-law, Fairmont attorney, Democrat politician, and circuit court judge. M.M. Neely is a correspondent. Financial records include account books, 1826-1893, of Thomas Barns, John S. Barns and Company, Barns, Fleming and Company (1857), James R. Fleming, woolen and flour milling, shoe manufacturing, and general merchandise operations in Marion County; account book of Mary Fleming Smith, 1888-1912; Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company, 1919-1949; Fairmont Broadcasting Company, 1932, 1947-1949; and Jackson Coal Company, 1917-1924; Fairmont Coal Company founding mortgage document, 1901 (box 2, folder 4).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. marshal (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; Eighteenth Amendment; presidential elections and national and state politics, 1916-1956; John W. Davis; Alfred E. Smith; post-World War I radicalism and reaction; Ku Klux Klan; United Mine Workers; National Miners' Union; labor conflict, 1920s; U.S. Railway Administration; New Deal agencies; and Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. Correspondents include Van A. Bittner, William E. Chilton, William G. Conley, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Eugene V. Debs, James A. Farley, William Green, Averell Harriman, Homer Adams Holt, Rush Dew Holt, Hugh S. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Harley M. Kilgore, H.G. Kump, John L. Lewis, William A. MacCorkle, J. Howard McGrath, Clarence W. Meadows, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Adlai E. Stevenson, Clarence W. Watson, and James O. Watson. There are also papers of Clarence L. Smith (1850-1905), editor of the Fairmont INDEX (1889) and founder of the Fairmont TIMES (1900), which include a domestic diary of his wife, 1876-1910; minute book of the Fleming Association, 1890-1894; papers of Clarence Edwin Smith, Jr., 1940-1941; papers of Thomas Barns (1750-1836), and his sons, John S. (delegate to Second Wheeling Convention) and James F.; Marion County millers and manufacturers, 1795-1908. There are also papers of Waitman T. Willey and a taped interview with C.E. Smith, 1956. Correspondents include John L. Lewis, Matthew M. Neely, Francis H. Pierpont, and John J. Cornwell. There are also papers, 1917-1950, of Smith's brother, Earl H. (1880-1941), co-founder and editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1900-1925), state legislator, officer in the National Guard, and state commander of the American Legion. Subjects include World War I; Woodrow Wilson; American Legion; and state and national politics, 1918-1940. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Sam T. Mallison, M.M. Neely, Jennings Randolph, and Howard Sutherland. The collection also includes papers, 1908-1940, of Herschel H. Rose, Smith's son-in-law, Fairmont attorney, Democrat politician, and circuit court judge. M.M. Neely is a correspondent. Financial records include account books, 1826-1893, of Thomas Barns, John S. Barns and Company, Barns, Fleming and Company (1857), James R. Fleming, woolen and flour milling, shoe manufacturing, and general merchandise operations in Marion County; account book of Mary Fleming Smith, 1888-1912; Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company, 1919-1949; Fairmont Broadcasting Company, 1932, 1947-1949; and Jackson Coal Company, 1917-1924; Fairmont Coal Company founding mortgage document, 1901 (box 2, folder 4)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_40930189a97d42a1cb8019af11f98966\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; Eighteenth Amendment; presidential elections and national and state politics, 1916-1956; John W. Davis; Alfred E. Smith; post-World War I radicalism and reaction; Ku Klux Klan; United Mine Workers; National Miners' Union; labor conflict, 1920s; U.S. Railway Administration; New Deal agencies; and Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. Correspondents include Van A. Bittner, William E. Chilton, William G. Conley, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Eugene V. Debs, James A. Farley, William Green, Averell Harriman, Homer Adams Holt, Rush Dew Holt, Hugh S. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Harley M. Kilgore, H.G. Kump, John L. Lewis, William A. MacCorkle, J. Howard McGrath, Clarence W. Meadows, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, Clarence W. 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Smith (1850-1905), editor of the Fairmont INDEX (1889) and founder of the Fairmont TIMES (1900), which include a domestic diary of his wife, 1876-1910; minute book of the Fleming Association, 1890-1894; papers of Clarence Edwin Smith, Jr., 1940-1941; papers of Thomas Barns (1750-1836), and his sons, John S. and James F.; Marion County millers and manufacturers, 1795-1908. There are also papers of Waitman T. Willey and a taped interview with C.E. Smith, 1956. Correspondents include John L. Lewis, George B. McClellan, Matthew M. Neely, Francis H. Pierpont, John J. Cornwell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. There are also papers, 1917-1950, of Smith's brother, Earl H. (1880-1941), co-founder and editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1900-1925), state legislator, officer in the National Guard, and state commander of the American Legion. Subjects include World War I; Woodrow Wilson; American Legion; and state and national politics, 1918-1940. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Sam T. Mallison, M.M. Neely, Jennings Randolph, and Howard Sutherland. The collection also includes papers, 1908-1940, of Herschel H. Rose, Smith's son-in-law, Fairmont attorney, Democrat politician, and circuit court judge. M.M. Neely is a correspondent. Financial records include account books, 1826-1893, of Thomas Barns, John S. Barns and Company, Barns, Fleming and Company (1857), James R. Fleming, woolen and flour milling, shoe manufacturing, and general merchandise operations in Marion County; account book of Mary Fleming Smith, 1888-1912; Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company, 1919-1949; Fairmont Broadcasting Company, 1932, 1947-1949; and Jackson Coal Company, 1917-1924.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. Marshall (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; Eighteenth Amendment; presidential elections and national and state politics, 1916-1956; John W. Davis; Alfred E. Smith; post-World War I radicalism and reaction; Ku Klux Klan; United Mine Workers; National Miners' Union; labor conflict, 1920s; U.S. Railway Administration; New Deal agencies; and Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. Correspondents include Van A. Bittner, William E. Chilton, William G. Conley, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Eugene V. Debs, James A. Farley, William Green, Averell Harriman, Homer Adams Holt, Rush Dew Holt, Hugh S. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Harley M. Kilgore, H.G. Kump, John L. Lewis, William A. MacCorkle, J. Howard McGrath, Clarence W. Meadows, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, Clarence W. Watson, and James O. Watson. There are also papers of Clarence L. 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