West Virginia and Regional History Center
Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers
Williams, Katherine
A&M 4138
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6.1 Linear Feet
6 ft. 1 in. (3 record cartons, 15 in. each); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (2 unboxed framed items, 2 in.)
circa 1840-2005
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: West Virginia & Regional History Center
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Boxes 4-10 are stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.
Boxes 1-3 and 11 and both framed items cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center for more information.
Social Security and medical benefit cards were removed to closed collections since they contain sensitive and personally identifying information. Access requires permission of a curator and completion of a confidential records form.
Biographical / Historical
George Irwin was born ca. 1837.
He enlisted September 23, 1864 as a private in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
and died April 15, 1865, at Fort Gaines, Alabama, killed by chronic diarrhea (according to Ancestry.com, and Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]) or hepatitis (according to the Widows Pension). He was buried in Mobile County, Alabama.
His wife, Margaret A. Irwin (nee Hahn), Toboso, Licking County, OH (1841-1915), married George on March 11, 1856. She remarried in 1869.
They had three children, including:
Albert F., born 1858,
Alice S. or L. (later Alice Redman), born 1861, and
Laura A., born 1863.
(From Widow's Pension Application)
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers, A&M 4138, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Family papers compiled by Katherine Williams of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Most of the papers are of the James H. Taylor family of Clarksburg, West Virginia dating from the 19th century. There are also records of the Irwin family including a genealogy, and the Civil War letters of private George Irwin, a soldier in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Other families documented include the Redman and Summers families. The collection includes letters, autograph books, family business records, genealogies, photographs, and other material.
Addendum of 2017/07/10 includes two books regarding the Misty Pilots of the Vietnam War, one of which contains autographs of the pilots obtained during a reunion, and an autograph of Senator McCain who authored a foreword. They are titled "Bury Us Upside Down" (2006), which contains the autographs, and "First Person Stories of the F-100, Misty Fast FACS in the Vietnam War" (2002). Charles Williams, the donor, was a relative of a Misty pilot who was shot down, Howard Williams.
Addendum of 2017-08-22 includes an Upshur County marriage license for James Taylor (1861) and four books regarding the Taylor family (1976-2005).
Conditions Governing Use
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.
West Virginia - genealogy.
Genealogy
Ritchie County (W. Va.)
Marriage certificate.
Berkeley Springs (W. Va.)
Upshur County (W. Va.)
Clarksburg (W. Va.)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Civil War - Union soldiers.
Civil War -- letters
Taylor family
Books (59 items, subjects and genres include Civil War adventure stories, English grammar, home decoration, Latin, mathematics, McGuffey's Readers, novels, plays by Shakespeare, poetry, religion, sewing, US history, and World War I)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155488ca. 1840-1930123List of coal township voters absent in service of the USArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/15548918644George Irwin (private in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry), Civil War letters (10 items), and a carte de visite of George IrwinArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1554901864–18654Autograph books (2 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1554911882–18844Pocket book expense ledgers (4 items), one of which belonged to James TaylorArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1554921850s, 1870s4Correspondence of the Taylor family (6 folders)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155493ca. 1840-1890, undated4Family business records (3 folders, includes invoices, tax records, and other material)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155494ca. 1850-18904Plats of residential property in ClarksburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155495ca. 1920-19404Ephemera (2 folders, includes US presidential tickets from 1860 and 1868, US Grant song book from 1868, greeting cards, poetry, and other material)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155496ca. 1860-19004Miscellaneous (2 folders, includes Morgan family genealogy newsletter, genealogy chart, clipping, etc.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155497ca. 1866-20034Genealogy of Irwin familyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155498undated5Genealogy of Redman familyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155499ca. 1850-19105Genealogy of Taylor family, booklet, and photosArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155500undated5Genealogy of Summers family (4 folders, includes a few original documents and card-mounted photos)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155501ca. 1860-19805Photographs of the Taylor family (3 items)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155502ca. 1915-19205Publications (2 folders, 5 items, includes 2 seed catalogs, and photographic history of Newark)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155503ca. 1902-19045Miscellaneous family papers (5 folders, includes tax records, bonds, invoices, legal documents, and other material related to the Taylor family)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155504ca. 1850-194063 framed photographs and jewelryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155505ca. 1880, 1940, undated7Photo album of cartes de visite and tintypes (some images identified)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155506ca. 1855-18808Photo stand with photoArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155507ca. 1925-19358Wallet owned by Elizabeth SummersArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155508ca. 1990s8Card mounted photographs of Clarksburg scenesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155509ca. 1900-19159Genealogy chart of Taylor familyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155510undated9Estate document of Elizabeth TaylorArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/15551119299Newspapers ("Harrison Republican" [1843] and "Clarksburg Democrat" [1872, 1873, 1886])Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1555121843, 1872-18869Addendum of 2017/07/10, Two books regarding the Misty Pilots of the Vietnam War (one of which contains autographs of the pilots obtained during a reunion) and an autograph of Senator McCain who authored a forewordArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155513undated10Addendum of 2017/08/22, Assorted genealogical, biographical, and other materialArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155514ca. 1860-1861, 1976-2005, undated11Marriage license with archival matArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1555171861111"John George Jackson" by Dorothy Davis, owned by Elizabeth T. SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155518197611Dust jacket of book listed aboveArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1555191976112"The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980" by the Ritchie County Historical Society, owned by Kenneth SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155520197911Additional information interleaved in "History of Ritchie..."Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155521ca. 1980113"Taylors from Peter to James Henry... following the family from Cheshire, England to Clarksburg, West Virginia" by John A. and Betty P. CrislipArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1555221999114Letter removed from between pages 60 and 61 of the item in Folder 4Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155523ca. 1860115"A Baby Boomer Looks Back" by Debby Machemehl McGinnArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1555242005116Frame formerly containing item in Folder 1Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155525undated117Framed oval portraitArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155515undatedUnboxedLicking County, Ohio postmaster commission for George IrwinArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1555161861Unboxed