A&M 0008Charles Mortimer Bishop (1827-1896) Papers, 1857-1897 A&M 0008Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:32:00 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Charles Mortimer Bishop (1827-1896) Papers Bishop, Charles Mortimer (1827-1896) A&M 0008 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2350 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case) 1857-1897 Papers of a Preston County farmer, merchant, and licensed exhorter of the Methodist Episcopal Church who served in the state legislature in the years 1870-1876. There are letters of H. Davis and William Ewin regarding land and coal properties in Preston County. Also included are minutes of the incorporators' meeting of the Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad, 1873, as well as scattered items relating to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingwood; the Northwestern Turnpike at St. George; the Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad Company; Civil War bounty claims; the Rowlesburg Lumber and Iron Company; stave making; the Wheeling Female College; political and religious speeches; and the Morgantown District Camp Meeting Association, 1877. West 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/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Northwestern Turnpike. Preston County (W. Va.) Churches -- Methodist Episcopal Civil War -- Bounty claims Farms and farming. Iron furnaces and iron industry. Lumber trade Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. Railroads - Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad. Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. Women's schools. Morgantown District Camp Meeting Association Rowlesburg Lumber and Iron Company Wheeling Female College Bishop, Charles Mortimer (1827-1896) Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 Ewin, William, 1806-1886