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Charles Alfred Viquesney was the first naturalized citizen of Barbour County in October 1847. He was born in France. A marble worker, he was alleged to have come to the United States to work on the U.S. Capital.
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Viquesney Family Papers, A&M 3799, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers related to the Viquesney family. Includes:
1. Invitation to the inauguration, reception, and ball for West Virginia Governor Howard Gore, addressed to Jackson Rowe (1925). (original)
2. Program for West Virginia University Parthenon Literary Society event; includes name of "Charlie Hayes" recorded to back (1890). The program included a debate regarding whether "...the South was justifiable in seceding." (original)
3. Letter to Polly Ann Hayes, from her uncle, Gustavius Viquesney (undated). (copy)
4. Naturalization papers for Charles Emile Viquesney, 22 April 1880. (copy)
5. Letter from Ulysses Grant Hayes, 9 January 1890, while a student at West Virginia University, to his niece Perlie Hayes (who later married into the Rowe family). (copy)
6. Letter from Jules Visquesney to Pearl Hayes, 18 March 1892 (she would have been 12 attending school in Grafton). (copy)
7. Land grant signed by West Virginia Governor Arthur Boreman to Joseph Howes and G.E. Jarvis for land in Barbour County (1866). (original)
8. Invitation to West Virginia University commencement exercises, including name tag for graduate U.G. Hayes (1891). (original)
9. Photograph by Rogers Studio in Morgantown, West Virginia believed to be of Ulysses Grant Hayes (ca. 1890-1891).
10. Historical narrative of Charles Emile and Mary Ann Row Viquesney covering the years 1832-1884 (3 pages); and lineage of the Viquesney family and Hays (Hayes) families, covering period ca. 1735-2000 (4 pages).
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