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HISTORY OF TUBOTT. COEDNNITY '- - -- -~
( Barbour County, W. Va.)
Published By The
Agricultural Extension Division
Morgantomn, VI. Va,
Object Description
| Title | History of Talbott Community (Barbour County, W. Va.) |
| Description | Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century. |
| DLA Category | Politics and Government |
| Place | Talbott (West Virginia) |
| Format | 17 leaves (8.5 x 11 in.) duplicated typescript |
| Type | Text |
| Holding Library | West Virginia Wesleyan College |
| Identifier | wv00116p |
| Relation | Greta Proudfoot Collection |
| Publisher | Published by the Agrucultural Extension Division, Morgantown, W. Va. |
| Transcript | HISTORY OF TUBOTT. COEDNNITY '- - -- -~ ( Barbour County, W. Va.) Published By The Agricultural Extension Division Morgantomn, VI. Va, - T ALB Q'l'" s' COl~~~ KI JTN Y -- a Talbott community is eighty years old. The f i r s t s e t t l e r Ivas Ollie Pl'oudfoot who moved here i n the year 1844. He was followed the next year by Daniel Weaver and a man by the name of Cole, Robert R, Talbott, f o r whom the community is named, moved here i n the year 1846, He came from a few miles north of P h i l i p p i , and built his cabin before he brought hie family of a wife and one small child, It took them two days t o walk from t h e i r former home, and M r , Talbott carried all of his property on h i s back rrhile his wife c a r r i e d t h e c h i l d , Other families who soon moved i n were the Durretts and the Corleys from Virginia; Francis Hathaway from Taylor's Drain community of Barbour County; the P o l i x s ; and the Shomos. The princ c i p a l reason f o r the settlement was t h e d e s i r e of young married men t o own t h e i r OTYH homes, These s e t t l e r s were r e l i g i w s , i n d u s t ~ i o u ~ people. Just before the Civil War broke out quite a nunber of Irish families reached the community, having recently come over from Ireland seeking homes i n the wilderness, They were a good class of emigrants, being noted workers. A l l of t h e e a r l y people worked f o r each others i n t e r e s t s and f o r many years there was but l i t t l e need of Constables i n the community. In the year 1846, the few families making up the settle-ment organized a r e l i g i o u s service meeting around i n the various hqmes. Soon they decided t o erect a church. They came to t h i s t decision one night at a service held i n the home of Daniel ~ ' e a v e r on the f a r m v1ov owned by Dewey Durrett , This f i r s t church was erected ett t h e f o r k s of the road near the old cemetery, and rras lIcnown f o r many years as the Durrett church, This church I Q ~ S used 33 t h e p l a c e of vorship f o r a l l of the people u n t i l the slavery question Caused a division, and as a consequence a log b u i l d i n ~ :' n ag erected where the Talbott church no17 stands, This was used as cllurc)~ and school house u n t i l a f t e r the Civil PIar closed. The present church m a s erected i n the year 1883, A Delco l i g h t i n g plant nas i n s t a l l e d i n this church i n the year lCj21, The first minister who preached i n the settlement nas a man by the name of Brooks, who preached at Clarksburg, P h i l i p p i , Beverly, and Buckhannon, and v i s i t e d t h i s community one night each month, The ffirst s t o r e mas established i n the year 1864 by Rev* Joseph Teter and Robert R. ?' albott, iq one room of the T a l b o t t hor? eb Later T a l b o t t purchased Tet ert s i n t e r e s t , erected a s t o r e b u i l d i w , ind continued the business u n t i l 1880 when his son Geo, E, Talbott took over the business and remained there u n t i l 1894. The Talbott st o f f i c e m a s i n t h e s t o r e b u i l d i x f o r nany years, Gc~ ods were hauled from Vebster u11t il a r a i l r o a d was b u i l t to Euckhannon, C, W, Carpenter e r e c t e d t h e first corn m i l l on the vraters of Hanging Run. The first steam m i l l m a s erected i n the year 1ep2 by Robert R , Tslbott , The f i r s t teacher of the settlement mas a man by the name of Harper. He taught i n a l i t t l e cabin near the a u r r e t t residence. Other teachers before the f r e e schools were established were Martha Wilson and Charles S t r e e t s , mater Camp school formerly known as LlcCauley was the f i r s t school erected i n the community a f t e r the free schools were established, A number of men f r o m the community enlisted i n the Union and also i n the Confederate armies. A number a l s o did not take s i d e s but remained at home and grew food for the army. When a s u f f i c i e n t number of I r i s h came t o the settlement a Catholic church mas erected at 1: ingsville. The Methodist Protestants erected a church near Yri?- u? svil. le but l a t e r it mas moved to its present location, known as V!~; loolly chapel, on the waters of the Middle Fork. The people of Talbott community have always believed i n education and have given l i b e r a l l y of t h e i r means to church rrork* Teachers, doctors, ministers, and l a m e r s have gone out from the community and are t o be found i n many s t a t e s of the Union, At Pre-sent the community has about 75 families with a population of 375 people a,& an area of 36 square miles. There are now six stores i n the cormunity, three churches, and four schools, The leading occupation of the people is farmime The section is especi'ally suited f o r f r u i t and potatoes. I n 1913 the first a g r i c u l t u r a l extension school ever - held i n the county vas held at Talbott church. This was follotoed by spraying and fertilizer- mixing demonstrations, a farmers' readim c i r c l e , and the organization of a f a r m bureau, This cormunity als:. got the f i r s t county l i f e conference i n Barbour County. This was i n the early spring of l922, and Rev. A* H. Rapking was i n charge. A rnovenent has been recently s t a r t e d f o r b e t t e r livestock 1- hich has been very beneficial. A s a r e s u l t of these various a c t i - v i t i e s i n the community, lime has been used, f r u i t has been sprayefi, . . . . houses have been painted and improved, and many modern conveniences have been added t o several homes, Such inprovements a s rUmi~ water and bath rooms, e l e c t r i c and carbide l i g h t i n g , and radios, t o the number of four have been added duriqg the p a ~ ts i x months* One W. Va. p o u l t r y house has been b u i l t according t o S t a t e speci* f ioations. . bong those born o r l i v i n g i n the community who have held office or have had good p o s i t i o n s a r e as follows: B, B, Durrett, member of county court; R. R . Talbott, first postmaster a t Talbott; W. T , George, attorney, speaker of W. Va. House of Delegates: Artie Shomo, member House of Delegates and pastor of a church i n I l l . i n o i s ; G. Ce Corley, Justice of the Peace; Walden Hathalvay, grad-uate of Harvard University, with Law and Roberts of Wheeling: Wren Hymes, graduate Harvard University, lawyer i n Buckhannon; Nf* Ha King, lawyer i n Charleston; J. J, D u r r e t t , doctor; P a t r i c k Ward, teacher and Berchant ; W. J. Goode, teacher and off ice worker i n Harding, W. Va. ; and H, B. Talbott, : Newark, N. J., Rail~ vaY EXPress Company, - Lis- t o f Families - i n Talbott Community: Gordon McCauley, Geo, Regest e r , Howard PlfcCull~ ugh, A, J e McCullough, A. J, nlccauley, H. F. Shorno, J. W. Shomo, Benton McCauley, Benton T a l b o t t , Granville Yeager, J. 0, Thacker, A* YeaB(, re Abraham Ware, Enoch Ware, P e t e r B e v i t t , D. C, Talbott, C. D. Talbott, A. P a T a l b o t t , F, Hs Thacker, Harrison T a l b o t t , J, U. Ulderich, Fred Tfhite, P h i l l i p Fagoner, MVI, L, Yeager, A , Ha Brownim, Albert Browning, Earney Coontz, Nonroe Shono, J , D. Poling, J. m, Paugh, Johnson Regest er, Burton Everson, D, C. Foy, A, Js Coontz, Howard Goode, J. V. Foy, 3. C . EIcCauley, Albert Goode, Ira Bnnth, Henry Foy, Erskin Booth, Roy Watkins, Arthur McCauley, E, L, Knight, 3lam Lantz, Henry S t r e e t s , Bernard Yeager, John Swich, E, S. IJroudf oot, Dewey Durrett , Ralph Durret t, Roscoe Tallrnai?, Sam Ball, : jarion Strader, Harley Elbori, W. P. Vlilson, W, R. Lance, K, A, -: qoth, J. Be P o t t a , Ralph Quattro, Dotiiinico Centofanti, Pompey R i c o t e l l e , Ova Wagoner, A. W. Cade, Chester Rennix, A Skidmore, Alfred K i t t l e , Andrew Hathaway, Austin Hathaway, Wesley Davis, ?. Z. - rvington, James Yoakun, Charles Rucker, Daniel Ware, and A. Glendenning. - THE CORLEYS SIITCE 1754 W i l l i a m Corley was born i n Dublin, I r e l a n d , about the year 1754, and with three brothers emigrated t o t h i s country i n the year 1777 or 1778 on a s a i l i n g vessel. The brothero rrere s i x nonths arld twenty- f our daya nn the vat er before reaching New York. T'rhile on board ship Y J i l l i a m Corley met Susan Frogg, a German g i r l born i n Berlin, Germany, They were married soon a f t e r reaching America. On t h i s sane ship cane Elizabeth 97alke;' w i t k ~ one sister and one brother, Xlizabcth 1Nalker was born i n London, England, Nay 27, 1780. The Wal! rers belonged to the peerage of England and were con-sidered wealthy and of high c a s t e . Among the other immigrants we f i n d IrIoses Vilson and h i s f a t h e r , m i l l i a r ? ' Yilson, and William Wilsonla two bmthern. One of these brothers became the grandfather of Rnodrov Wilson, The , illilsonc s came f rorn Dublin, Ireland, They all s e t t l e d i n Fauquier county, Virginia, Later W i l l i a m Corley and vif e, Susan Trogq, Corley, C- me to Beaver Creek near Weaver, where, i n the yettr 1825, W i l l i a m Corley' died, He vas the Willian Corley vho fought i n the Vlar*: of 1812, although an old man. He ~ vas the father of t e n children: Noah, James, John, Allen, Henry, Y atsy, Catherine, Carolirle, and Jane, a l l of whom grew to manhood and ~ vomanhoad except Catherine who died at the age of f i v e months. James and Allen Corley rrloved t o Braxton County; John lived above P h i l i p p i i n Barbour County; Tlilliarn lived near Roarirg Creek Junction, now Norton i n Itarldolph County; Henry lived i n what i s now Texas; Patsy married Henry Jelvell, who got the $ old craze i n 1849 and s t a r t e d f q r California but f e l l into the hands of the Indians, as also did John Wentg, uncle t o William Corley; Jane married Archibald Wilson; Caroline narried William Bonner and lived near Belington; Noah purchased lavld i n Roaring Creek d i s t r i c t i n 1847 known as the Whit crof t Survey, The mother, Susan Frogg Corley, spent her last days vith her son James. She died i n 1854 and was buried i n Braxton county, As before s t a t e d , the Walkers and Wilsons s e t t l e d i n Fau-v i e r County, Virginia. Later the Tlalkers noved t o Ohio with the except ions of Elizabeth who married young Moses Wilson, before mentioned. To t h i s union mere born four children: one boy, John I). Wilson; and three g i r l s , Susan, Elizabeth, and Louisa. They lived near Beverly. John D, Tlilson vent t o Flissouri i n 1833 and died t h e r e t h e sane year. Louisa Plilson married Noah E, Corley, son of $ Tilliam and Susan Frogg Corley, As before s t a t e d , Noah Corley pur-chased land i n Roaring Creek d i s t r i c t , Rand~ lph County, part of which land extends into Barbour County, To the a b ~ v eu nion mere born f i v e boys and five g i r l s : V I i l l i a m Jackson, Augustine Smith, Henry, Winfield Scott, Gideon Y, Canden, Ellen, Sarah Elizabeth, Martha Jane, Eliza, and Katherine Columbia, ~ l i z a b eht Walker Wilson spent her last years with her son- in- law, Noah E. Corlvy, and died i n 1861. She is buried i n the Talbott M. Em cenetery- Uoah E. Corley was a Union soldier i n t h e C i v i l Trar. He was taken prisoner and imprisoned i n Georgia, was exchamed at the end ~ f the war, and was sent t o Annapnlis, Maryland, but died there i n a weakened condition due t o lacl: of fnod while i n prison, Louisa, his v i f e , is buried i n the Talbott M. E, cemetery. Only two of Noah E. Corleyls children survive, Henry of near Parltersburg and Gideon Draper Camden, now 84 years of age, l . ~ h ~ resides with his daughter, M r s , C, D. Talbott, orl the old Noah Corley homestead, Camden was married t o Lydta Thorn on December 9, 1866. To t h i s union toere bqrn four cirls antf two boys, of wh. ich three g i r l s now survive: N r s . A. G. Schoonover, M r s . George Slcidmore, and EIrs. C. D, Talbott, The Uurretts were French and the 1) urrett family was pro-rninent i n educational and s c i e n t i f i c l i n e s i n France as early as the fourtee2th century, Their lineage is traced tn Louis Durrett ~ 110 was a professor of medicine i n the Royal College of France and physician t o King Henry 311. The Durretts were Huguenots and fled from Fraqce during the pdrsecution following St. Bartholonevts nassacre, They took refuge i n England where they became mealthy and owned a large estate called " I) urants". ( ~ i r g i n i aH istorical ~ ~ a g a z i n e . ) P hilip Duret ( pron~ uncedD u- ray') subscribed t o the Virginia Company i n London and oile qr more of them emigrated to Virginia about 1609. There are found a ' number of instances tohere they patented large acreages of land i n Virginia and t h e i r names appear among the e a r l i e s t marriage records, k part of the old Virginia records mere destroyed by Cornwallis and l a t e r again by the Yankees, s o that i t i s impossible t o trace a d i r e c t lineace i n every instance, Among those who fought in the Revolution were James, Marshall, Ruben, Claiborne, Thonas, and Robert. The first census gives a number of heads of families and shows them scattered aver the s t a t e of Virginia, Tyler Durrett, whose wife was Abigail Hines, lived on a plantat ion near partlows, i n Spottsylvania County, The old house, pr- paat a f ' i b f is s t i l l standing, and a family by the name of Harris l i v e s there, ' I'ylerbs son, Jonathan, who was born April 4, 1771, married Polly Lively, October 23, 1804, and went t o l i v e on another p l a n t a t i o n t~ vo miles west of his f a t h e r t s , The f i f t h child born t o t h i s union was Braxton Byrd Durrett, who l a t e r was one of the early s e t t l e r s of Talbott community, H i s brothers and s i s t e r s mere Albert 1vho rnarried and lived i n Virginia; Villiam who lived i n Missouri and nad t e n children, one of whom died i n infancy, the others a l l marrying and raising families, except Charley; the two youngest sons, s t i l l living ( l923), John of near Kansas City, Missouri, and C. D, i n Colorado; the youngest daughter, Atrah Durrett Stephenson, i n St . I\{ arys, Kansas, and now a great - grandma th?= 0sca- r Fitz Allen, who died a t the age of eight; Abigail who married Carter, had seven children one of whom she named Braxt qn Byrd Durrett ( she died early and her mother grieved and only survived her t e n days): Jonathan Jackson, commonly called Captaiq John, who resided near the old homestead and of whose children now living are hlinor i n Oklahoma, and Robert, Dean of Coker College, Hartsville, Snuth Carolina; Laurie Tremble, a widow i n Virginia; Thomas i n Georgia; E l l i s i n Virginia; and Mary E, who married a Hines. When the Civil War. broke out, Albert was t o o old t o be a soldier; William was under Federal bond i n Missouri; Braxton Was confined i n Federal prison i n Parkersburg, which conf inernent so undermined h i s health that he never f u l l y recovered, Therefore only John mas a soldier, Of the four brothers, Braxton mas the most popular and s t o r i e s of h i s pranks are st ill a f l o a t i n the neighborhood of his birthplace, I n the year 1886 the s i s t e r s , Abigail and Mary ( whose pet name was Idollie), were dead, but t h e f o u r brothers were again at Johnts home i n Virgirsia. They went t o t h e i r home church, Bethany Baptist, together f o r the last tirm and sat on the front seat. The following poem was written i n memory of t h i s occasion. - The Durrett Brothers I s a w a scrap within a paper l a t e Which set to vork at once my roving pate; ' Twas of the brothers, A l , and W i l l and Brack, To nothing say of nimble l i t t l e Jack. Bar t e n and twenty years they had not m e t . So j o l l y were the times they had, you bet. They went t o church at Bethany, these b r ~ t h e r s four, And on the topmost bench sat i n a row, IdIuch was the t a l k of who and what they were; The Judge said: '@ Sexton, mind those boys don't s t i r " . Albert was t h e e l d e s t , t a l l , nith hair sq black; W i l l , t a l l and s t r a i g h t 3 but short isas funny Brack; While l i t t l e Jack so proud and glad to see There side by side h i s noble brothers three. " How old these lads?@' I w i l l not t e l l to you, Suffice t o say that Al, is eighty- two. A l l jokes aside, there cories one solemn thought And good the lesson by that sight was taught : For long, long years and rqany miles apart, Each for the other kept a loving heart, God bless these " boys" frnn eighty- tmq and down, And l e t a heartsome cheer go round and round. - N. 1.6, Lewis, Christmas 18E6. Braxton Byrd Uurrett, ~ vllen a youry: man, went from Spottsylvania County t o Albemarkie.. C! ounty as an overseer on a plan-t at ion. TJhile there he met Ann Elizabeth Williams, a l i t t l e motherless g i r l who vas under the care of her grandparevlts Itayo 2nd going t o school at C h a r l o t t s v i l l e , ' I'hey vere mazried ~ nllen she was only f i f t e e n years of age, He told h i s people that he cvanted to r a i s e her r i g h t , To t h i s union were bqrn five children: John Hines born February 22, 1845; Trillian Alfred born October 25, " 1846; Frances Braxton born April I, 1849; Mary Sophia born June 15, 1855; and Oscar George P r i c e born February 9, 1863. Of these children John H, of Elkins and Xary Sophie Teter of Belington are now l i v i n g . In the f a l l of 1848, Braxton Byrd Durrett, ~ v i t hh is vife and two boys, John and Willie, moved from Albensx3& County, Virginia, t o Laurel Fork, Upshur County ( near ~ uckhannon), then Lewis County, Virginia. He soon became discouraged and wanted t o y o back home, but his mif e s a i d t h a t they would t r y it f o r a year avld then decide vhether they mould go or stay, The f ollovring spring they moved to Barbour County and s e t t l e d i n Ta9bott community, Their nevr hqme mas two log cabins i n the woods, aurrounded by a few acres of cleared land. Some of the neighbors vere Robert Talbott , Eavid Cole, Joe Hawkins, Solornan George, and Villiam Proudfoot. I n 1861 work was begun on a new liouse a few f e e t back from the cabins. A man by the name of C o t t r e l l was the carpenter and Jack McCauley the mason. When they completed t h e i r work and the family moved in, t h e C i v i l W a r cane on and the house was not f u l l y finished u n t i l 1865 when a M r . IIalzn did the p l a s t e r i n g , Home- made carpet was hung over the studding during these years to keep out the cold, This home was the scene of s e v e r a l e x c i t i n g incidents dur-ing the C i v i l War. The s o l d i e r s marched by on t h e i r nay from P h i l i p p i t o Beverly. M r . Durrett 77as a Southern dympathizer, but took no a c t i v e p a r t i n the war. In 1861 he was taken prisoizer t o camp C a r l i l e , Parkersburg. After t h r e e months he was ~ e l e a s e dU pon p e t i t i o n and returned to h i s family, He was t a k e n p r i s o n e r another time, but he made h i s escape by lagging behind and pretending to take off his shoes before cross-ing a stream. He spent a night or two i n hiding before he thought his enemies f a r enough away f o r hin to make h i s escape, He then climbed a t r e e t o get a look at the sunrise that he might knom what d i r e c t i o n to take f o r home. One t i n e i n the absence of her husband, the s o l d i e r s paid l J r s , Durrett a v i s i t and t o l d her that i t was reported that she c a r r i e d a revolver and t h a t they had come t o search her, She told. them that she did not carry a revolver and t h a t if they didnot be-l i e v e it they could get any respectable female i n the community t o search h e r but they should not, She was not searched, Instead of having a revolver she had two hundred d r , l l a r s i n gold sewed i n hc: r clothing. Another time t h e s o l d i e r s searched the house f o r guns. One boy was out hunting, He ~ vits given warning and he hid his gun i n a fodder shock before going t n the house, Another gun W a s hid behind the carpet previously mentiorled, So the sqldiers ~ nent avay a second time unsatisfied. Braxton B, Durrett kept Broadfoot postoff ice, the first i n valley d i s t r i c t , The name Proudfoot vas chosen, but through mis* take the name Broadfoot mas established, G , C. Corley carried the m a i l from Burnt Bridge t o Broadfoot, f o r which he received the gum of thirty- two cents per day. The o f f i c e did not pay, and a f t e r a short time was discontinued, A t that time there were no railroads i n the community and M r . Durrett and his eldest son, John, made many t r i p s by vagon t o Clarksburg and hauled supplies. I\ IIany of the t r e e s f o r his two orchards, which at one t i m e were the best i n the county, nere brought from Clarksburg i n that way, He awned between four and f i ~ r e hundred acres of land, H i s wife named t h e i r home Viemont which name, though seldom used, i n s t i l l retained. Both BraxtonB. and h i s mif e, Ann E,, taught subscription s c h ~ o l s : the fbrrner i n the Protestant church which then stood near the present road to K ~ w - s v i l l e and the l a t t e r taught i n the old Durrett church. John H. and 0. G. P , , the eldest and youngest sons of s e t t l e d i n Talbott community, The children of 0 , G. P. Durrett a r e ' Orvis Ansil, born September 1, 1885, died May 28, 1909; Villiam Harold, born May 11, 1889, died ~ u l y7, 1914; Avah Eleanor, born December 27, 1890; Oscar Braxton, born August 28, 1892; Dewey Lee, born December 21, 1898; Ralph, born llarch 21, 1901; Cecil, born December 2, 1904. Dewey, Ralph, Cecil, and Avah are liviw? in the community, the three l a t t e r at the B. B. Durrett home. A marked family t r a i t of the Yurretts is a desire t o yvander, The second generation is seldom found under the same roof t r e e , The desoendants of Tyler Durrett are scattered from Alaska to Texas and South America. There is also a great tendency t o name a f t e r each other, Nearly every f a n i l y has a John. The name f3scar has been popular since P o l l y Durrett nmed one of her sons Oscar a f t e r her favorite brother. This son died before reachiw manhood* None of t h e D u r r e t t s have become mealthy, but nearly all are well found educated, They have a high sense of konor, There has not been,/ a degenerate among them,. The f ollowrity: l e t t e r appeared i n the Barbwr Jeffersonian: ItEditor of the Jeffersonian: 1 " TJe note with a great deal of pleasure that your corres-pondents throughout the c ~ u n t r ya re giving the local news of t h e i r several corflmunities and we propose t o give you a f e r ~ lo cals f f o n t h i s v i c i n i t y . " Ve understand that A. I), Brocl: has sold his savr m i l l t o R. R. Talbott and that it w i l l be removed t q t h i s place sometime next mo-? th. Tle are glad of it as there w i l l be an irmense number of logs to saw, " Our farmers are beginning now t o prepare f o r the usual spring work, Sane clearing is being done and, although the spritlg has opened out l a t e , nevertheless the general opiniovl is that warm yrreather w i l l corn@ i n earnest when it does come and that we n i l 1 have a favorable seasqn, " Our popular merchant, R. R, Talbott, seems t o be s e l l i n g l o t s of goods and i n consequence is rtltlpays i n a gqod humor. 11 We see by the Jeffersonian that the County commissioners ill deterrzine at t h e i r next sessioq whether o r not a new d i s t r i c t s h a l l be forri~ ed out of Barker t o be cor~ osed of that part of the d i s t r i c t lying on t h i s side of the r i v e r , We hope that t h i s t v i l l 5e done f o r , as it is, Barker d i s t r i c t i s inconveniently large and v i l l make two d i s t r i c t s , both almost as large as a b others i n the county. IfBra: cton B. Durrett i s at p r c s e ~ l t ih yoC11' to~ rtn attendi-court as a member thereof. Our people are very mdch pleased with Mr. Durrett as a commissioner and are not a t a l l Sorry we veted f o r i He is one of the best c i t i z e n s i n the county. " TJe have just received the nevs t h a t t h e courlty c r ~ u r t hab s u b s t i t u t e d to the voters of the county a proposition to vote a s u b s c r i p t i o n of $ 50,000 to the c a p i t a l stock of the Grafton and Greenbrier r a i l r o a d and now the r a i l r o a d question is rapidly en-grossing the a t t e n t i o n of our people i n place of the dog lav. Our 9eople are almost a unit i n favor of t h e road, as you w i l l find when the vote is taken. Many of us knov a l l about them, have worked on them, and it vill come right t o our hands t o do so again* Besides we recognize the fact it w i l l bring i n a new era of Prosperh i t y unknovvl t o us before, FJe are anxious to have market f o r the immense q u a n t i t i e s of coal f o r vhich t h i s sect ion of the country is famous. I n a d d i t i o n t o a l l t h i s Ive havc an immense amount of timber vhich at present is doing us no gr~ od but vhich, i f we only had t h i s road, would'be worth thousands of d o l l a r s t o us, We w i l l not mind the few cents taxea t h a t i t w i l l cost us since it is sure to bring US So many d o l l a r s i n r e t u r n , Another f e a t u r e of t h i s corpaw that we l i k e is that it is composed of nen l i v i n g i n our on11 county. I n other words a - home company and hence the county w i l l not rull aT? r i s k i n v o t i h~ e r s u b s c r i p t i o n t o it, ' Ye say bring on the r a i l r o a d . Let every man of us go to work at once i q i t s behalf avld carry it through with a rousing boom. " We notice our e f f i c i e n t J u s t i c e of the Peace, G, C , C o r l e ~ , s t e p p i x around as pleasant a s ever. Squire Corley is one of the best c i t i z e n s of t h i s d i s t r i c t agd of cnuyse is i n favor of the G. and G. R. R, )! fiddle Fork. " - THE Ht.\ THAl'? AYS ~ t the close of the year 1600 the countries of Xurnpe mere a t peace wit11 each o t h e r , The ' close of t h e i r wars l e f t thousands of people out of employment, I n looking around f o r places t o l i v e alld e s t a b l i s h homes, they turned tonard America. Companies " ere formed t o make settlernenta i n the New Vlorld, D u r i ~ th e next 50 years a great many colonies were forned* the one c a l l e d 1Jew Jersey, Robert Hathanay came probably amom 15. the f i r s t , He had a son named John. John had two sons: Lawson and Francis Ti Lawson l e f t New Jersey and went t o Pennsylvania, Trace of him was l o s t , but i n the course of time there sprang up a large family of Hathaways i n t h a t s t a t e , Francis T, Hathaway came to Virgivlia and s e t t l e d i n the v ~ e s t e r np art of the s t a t e on t h e v a l l e y r i v e r f i v e miles be1017 P h i t i p p i , i n what is now Barbour County, Vest Virginia. It is not known t o the n r i t e r who Francis T. rlarried f o r h i s f i r s t wife, but he reared a l a r g e family of children, Their names were: E l i j a h , John, Xames, hIort, Henry, MeTidith, Epp, Francis, Andrew, Sarah, and Mildred. For his second wife he married Plrs. Adams to ~~ rhicuhn ion were born Elizabeth and Moore, About half of the family s e t t l e d i n vest Virginia, and the others went west and s e t t l e d i n Iowa and Nissouri. The Proudfqots who a r e of Scotch- Irish descent came t o t h i s country at an e a r l y d a t e , Their predominant trait& were i d u s t r y , honesty, and p a t r i o t i s m . Francis Hathaway, Jr. married Leaner Proudfoot, who was the daughter n f V i l l i a m Proudfoot and Jane Robinson Proutlfoot , Frarlcis - and Leaner t h two children, Alexander and John, came to J mhat is now Valley d i s t r i c t i n 1848 and s e t t l e d near t h i s p l a c e . . Soon a f t e r t h i s t h e i r e l d e s t c h i l d died, After they came t o t h i s community they had f i v e other children. Si'x of t h e i r c h i l d r e n ErePr to maturity, Besides t h e s e t h e y had tnenty- nine grandchildren al? d tiventy- eight great grandchildren, a t o t a l of sixty- f our. They came here when there were nat more than a half dozen s e t t l e r s i n three miles around, There was not a s t o r e , g r i s t m i l l , road, bridge, wagon, mowing machine, rake, o r senrinp: machine i n a l l of Valley d i s t r i c t . They lived i n times ~ mhen men tmr3: ed f o r twenty- f ive cents a, day. They helped t o organize and were nembers of the f i r s t church i n t h i s cor. munity. They helped plan and build the f i r s t church house i n the community. They were always i n favor of education and were well read i n the l i t e r a t u r e of those days. Francis Hathalray, Jr, w a s a devoted student of the a b o l i t i o n question and a l l the measures that led up t o the Civil VTar, He was reared a Dernocrat and voted t h a t t i c k e t u n t i l 1856 when the Republican party vas formed f o r the purpose of freeing the slaves, He joined i n a d voted Fillmore f o r president, he stayed mith the party ever after.. The Hathaways were almays i n favor of prohibitinn of the whiskey t r a f f i c and every other reform that was f o r the betterment of the Community. . They were per3istevlt workers f o r a b e t t e r govern-ment and the Kingdom of righteousness, |
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| Title | History of Talbott Community (Barbour County, W. Va.) - Page 1 |
| Transcript | HISTORY OF TUBOTT. COEDNNITY '- - -- -~ ( Barbour County, W. Va.) Published By The Agricultural Extension Division Morgantomn, VI. Va, |
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