The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-27
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IrNTENSIAL KEMINIsCENCES.
Rroo,,e County. West virginia,
from I572 10 1876.
A Conversation with The Veneer
cradle Rev. David HerVey,
Horn In the County
Vin 1894.
Nv oyo, a, CRAWFORD, OF wELLsBuR1.

In attempting to produce history
Brooke county for one hundred year
past, we find II very difficult under
taking; and for the want Of much needle
information and the shortness oil the tim
allowed, many items Of interest must b
left unrecorded. But, after diligent scare
and frequent inquiries, We have com
piled the following: .,,,
We called upon the Rev. David her'
yey, Of the Presbyterian Church, a. hli
residence, four miles cast Of WellsOuIrg
and made known to him our buslnesS., n ,,t
received us cordially and informed ~ ~
that he would be pleased to give Ls an \
information which he possessed IN feSalu
10 the carly historJ % this coury..
HIS father and mother were natives o.
IreIanj and came to this, county IN IILz
Ia They were married at VIM. Her
rav,. coIisin Of the father OF Rev. Day-
~ T. who lived on the farm now
owned nv tho Plumm0rs, near Indepen.
lance Pa. in the year l775 or 1776.l o.,
Mr. Hervey occupied the farm on
which the Hcrveys now reside, by warrant
on his arrival in this county in 1772 or
1913. 'J',
Rev, David Hervey was born on the
farm where he now lives October %, 1894,
and is Of The opinion that he is the Oldest
citizen Of the county born here. His
earliest recollection Of churches Is that q
man named Ice, Methodist exhorter,
who lived near where VIM. I. Hinkston's
farm now Is, held meetings occasionally,
lie first went 10 school at house that
stood near the old tavern stand OF Hugh
White, now occupied Mrs. Magee, on the
Wellsburg and Washington pike, to a
man named Scott, "a harsh fellow, who
used the oat-o.ninc tails freely The
studies were "the first clements.n Dill
worth's Speller and Reader was 10 COM
mon use. This was the only school in the
neighborhood as long "a he remained
there. His father died when he was
quite young, and when about 10 years Of
age his mother rented the farm and
moved to Ohio.
BEFORE THE DAYS OF wELLsDuRd.
lie says that his mother told him often,
that her house was the frontier house for
three years after they occupied the
farm by warrant, therefore, at that time,
where Wellsburg now stands, was a will
derness. In proof OF this he relates an
incident that occurred to his mother when
her second son was yet but an infant, His
father was engaged hFrolling logs on the
ground now owned by Henry Calendine,
which is probably mile west Of Hervey's,
and had told his mother that il she got
lonesome to come where he was working,
There were no roads (cow paths only
through the forest. After going some dis.
lance she got on the wrong path, which
she followed until she arrived at the place
now owned and occupied by Samuel Jacob
Esq., one mile east OF Wellsburg. Here
she saw the Ohio river, and discovered
that she was Lost. She retraced her steps
towards home, and when at the point
where the Wellsburg and Washington
pike crosses Panther Run night overlook
her, and she and her child rested for the
night under cleft OF rocks near by. Mr..
Hervey says he hardly ever passes that
place, which he necessarily does in COM
ing to town, but what he thinks OF his
mother and her stopping there that night.
In the morning abe continued her
Journey, trying TO find her home. Strik.
ing run that empties into Pierce's Run,
near her home, she followed it, and get
ting in the Picrcc's Run valley, she fol-
lowed the course Of the stream until she
reached Buffalo Creek, which she fol-
lowed to its mouth, which is al, the lower
end Of Wellsburg. Here she found some
men building araft to float down the
river. She made known 10 them who she
was, and where she lived, and that she
was lost. They Instructed her to 60 back
up Pierce's Run to certain point, then
up the hill, which she did, and found her
home. At that timc she said there was
not house in Charleston, now Wells-
burg. .'n7t'Fr Fr 90
DAYS OF THE INDIANS.
Mrs. Hervey went to tile fort for seven
summers. The Indians would leave this
section on the approach Of winter and go
to their villages in. the Northwest Terri.
tory, returning in the summer to hunt
and commit dcprcdations upon the set
tiers. Hence the settlers, especially the
women, would flee TO the forts. Mr.. Her
Vey mostly remained ~ noiie a Tta EIs.
10 me cultivation Oh nus ctopS. ing F tIt
TO when the herveyIS went, was on Tue
larm now owned py lHomas bnchanan'
near the Pennsylvania STATE line, ana IN
on. James Heryey, the father Of the
Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, was
born in this Fort,
MIR. Hervey says what Is marvellous,
my father never saw an Indian unti, AFTER
peace had been made WIN ihem ana they
came to oharles.own 10 Trade. Alth9ug Y !,
ne was grated 70 ~ 70 NenturSy S1sn'
. .us;, ne ans" s w. : '"s""' "N
am .rppvry;s ,,Srsrnr.
1.n| ~, :, : IsI',I,:I..,
hev. Dayia Il heryey TdS license licensed ,U o. =
minister o. u ,eoS sospetT,g 49,. $780, 80
ordained IN foso ~ mount frosPect,
where he remained seven and half
yeara when he WA asEipned to the charge
- Wi h, s,. .;.oaoI, H.. t,r9s
OF DuHaio anu hellspuIgl PEcaShihB wv
thirds OF the time at Buffalo and one.third
al WcIIshnrg In cnnae0nence NJ his
"a, ~
mother going 10 ONO, anu ne being AZ
school he was absent from this county Tor
tbirtv years. therefore he has no know
49, -, .s,.,,;,as1 -, J,,.;ns, al a,
leuBe OF NHnL LtaIHpifeu ueTc uuFlhB 1hat
time. Considering his age heis smart
active man with his faculties chiefly linz