West Virginia and Regional History Center
Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery Family Papers
Eskey family
Orum family
McCaffery family
A&M 4381
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.75 Linear Feet
8 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (flat box, 3 1/2 in.)
1746, ca. 1850-1990, 2018
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/
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Biographical / Historical
The Orum family lived in what is now the United States in the early 1700s. The Orum and Eskey families lived in Sherrard, in Marshall County, WV, from the early 1800s through the early 1900s, when some family members moved to the Pittsburgh area. The Orum family farm in Sherrard was sold around 1929. The McCaffery family came to the US in 1851 and settled in Sherrard, where one member married into the Eskey family. Ruth Eskey Rice (nee Orum) was involved in the collection of family history, and her daughter Jane Leigh Rice Lassiter compiled this collection and created many of the notes within it that explain the family history and collection materials.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery Family Papers, A&M 4381, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Family papers of the Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery families of Sherrard, West Virginia. The collection includes books, genealogy pages from Ancestry, tax documents, correspondence, family photographs, realia, etc. Correspondence includes letters from two Eskey family members who served in World War I. Realia (artifacts) includes a three-star blue star service lapel pin from World War I and a knitted mitten. Most of the photographs are labeled with the name(s) of the subject(s).
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Sherrard (W. Va.)
Orum family
Eskey family
McCaffery family
Orum, Oram, Orem Descendants in America (157 page self-published book in typescript)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842341979English.11Orum Family Genealogy [includes Ruth Eskey Orum; also includes Henrietta Eskey Orum funeral program]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842351948, 2018English.12Eskey Family GenealogyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842362018English.13McCaffery Family GenealogyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842372018English.14My Old Virginia Home, a Poem by Milton Eskey (bound volume)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842381898English.15Ellsworth Eskey WWI Letter and PhotoArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842391918English.16James Eskey WWI Letter and PhotosArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842401918English.17Photos of Eskey Family Members in WWI (3 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842411918English.18aPortrait Photo of Joseph Byron Orum, WWII Pilot, in Head Gear
Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84394ca. 194418bEskey WWI Pin and Clipping (blue star service lapel pin with three stars; the clipping shows photos of the three Eskey brothers who served in World War I)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84242ca. 1918English.19Eskey/Orum Deeds, etc.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842431887/1896, 1920-1930English.110Property Taxes for Eskey LandsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842441923-1992English.111Eskey and Orum Family ClippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84245ca. 1917-1970sEnglish.112Record Book Containing Meat-Curing RecipeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84246late 1800sEnglish.113Margaret M. Eskey Photo and Knitted MittenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84247ca. 1880sEnglish.114Laura Orum Photo and School Essay (photo is a carte de visite; essay written at age 12 in 1883)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84248ca. 1883English.115aPhotos of Samantha Eskey Brown (2 photos, one is a carte de visite)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84395ca. 1870s115bPhotos and Clipping (Obituary) of Henrietta Eskey Orum (includes four photos, including one where she is dressed in her brother's clothes).Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84396ca. 1904-1948115cCabinet Card Portraits of Schofield, McCaffery, Eskey, and Associated Family Members (taken in Wheeling, WV studios)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84249ca. 1880s-1890sEnglish.116aCabinet Card Portraits of McCaffery and Eskey Family Members (taken in Wheeling, WV studios)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84397ca. 1880s-1890s116bMounted PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84250ca. 1880s-1920sEnglish.21a-1bPhoto Postcards of Henrietta Lee Eskey (two are class portraits with the children she taught in Sherrard, WV)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84251ca. 1906English.22Photo Prints, etc.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842521900s-1940sEnglish.23a-3bMiscellaneous PhotosArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84253ca. 1917-1930sEnglish.24Ray's New Practical Arithmetic (used by Etta Eskey to teach school in Sherrard, WV)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842841905English.3A Golden Treasury for the Children of God (gift from William P. Eskey to Marie Ann Cooke Eskey in 1858)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/842861746English.3"The Book of Ruth" (photo album of Ruth Eskey Orum)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/84287ca. 1917-1940English.3Broadside Advertising Public Sale of Farm Goods (Clyde Atkinson Orum was selling the contents of Orum farm after the passing of his parents)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/843161929English.31