The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-03
GknqmtelEigenear.
Centennial sketch Of Marshall
County.
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81 nth the political diViliona Of oul
gi,te Lsfors lba counties were formed a
tbev now are, OF II they are n0t it will B
,Sysp In sketehea written by others, vii
tayin Al the formation oi our county a
Il ,av exist. Marshall county va
formed By IN act Of the LegislstnE,
Ia he year 1884, and the regular organi
,,tion Of the county Wa effected In th'
ysar 1881. The 6ESt court wa held II
us house row occupied BY Mr.. Wlede
hush In the lower town Of MoundlTiile
m. court Fm organized With Joseph L
FRYE as Judge, ZaGhHTiah Iocob Prose'
cutting Attorney and James Morris Clerk
Blair Moran vas the first Sheriff will
Jane. Barley Eh4 Colonel W. Alexander
.. deputies. These have all died eEosPt'
iny Aorris and Alexander. The PIhc'
ticing lawyers Al that time we're Maj
HDses Good, Lewis SteenEOd, Us. Wheat
Wm. Mcconnell, Isaac Hoge, Z. H. CaId'
we'll and Albert Clark.
George w. Thompson succeeded Judge
FRYE in 1859 and served until the break
ing ont Of the war In the year lS6l-hs
miusing 10 take the required oath The
office was declared vacant, and Judge
H,loh Berkshire, Of Nonongalia county
asnppoinud to oil ths vacancy under
the restored government Of Virginis,
Ue ssryed until the new State Of Vest
Virginia Wa formed, when +, II. Cald-
we'll VA elected frat Judge under lhe
new state government, and, a his dssth
Thayer Melvin was appointed BY Gov,
Foreman TO fill the uneGpired time, and
wa. afterwards elected and still holds
the Office, iii term expiring in 1873. The
County Court organized at the same time
vas a. follows: Justices, John ParTiOtt,
Zadoc Masters, Jacob Barley, Benjl-
min McMschen and Samuel How
ard; OyerIeerG Of the Poor, John
Riggs and George DoWleFi Prose
cutting Attorney r. II. Caldwell;
County saryeyof, Joseph MGClain, Dep
uty Sherifs and Clerk, same rs Circuit
Court. Besides th15e mentioned, The fol-
lowing named persons have held the
office Of Sheriff Of MArIlIall county; and In
the order named: John Burnley, Zadock
Matters, Wm. Mcfarland, Joseph Stew
art, James Il. Bell, Enos Howard, Jacob
Jefferson, Jackson Reed, A. o. Baker
under the tho old State, and under the
new State government, Jackson Reed
Henry KGlLI, L. r. Gray, Mr, Gray
served but two years, hs belng defeated BY
j p. Wayman a. the election succeeding
the adoption OF the new constitution, and
he still holds the Office. Who the next
one will be cannot Just now he made n
matter Of history. Those Sheriff. serving
under the old State goVeTnpentwere most.
" tlernties--thc Sheriff generally selling
out to one or two deputies.
The perSOnS that have served our
county In the House Of Delegates are a.
follows, via:
Zldock Masters, +. II. Caldwell, Jetsr-
.on T. Martin, Alexander Newman. Wiley
II. Oldham, X. G. Holiday, Wellington
.Jcnney, Robert Alexander, Garrison
Jones, Is. ". Price, ]. D. Morris and Re.
membraucs Swan. Atr. Swan served out
his time under the reorganizel State gov
eminent. At the formation Of the New
State, Marshall county was allowed tFo
membera Of the House 81 Delegates, and
we give them below in the order in which
they we're elected and served at the differ
ent sessions Of the Legislature: Joseph
Turner and Michael Dunn, Michael
Dunn and Col. WIN. Alexander, Col. Won.
Alexander and I. II. Trainer, I. IL.
Trainer and Townsend Armstrong, Town
send Armstrong and j. W. Ferguson, DR..
4. h, Stidger and DR.. Marshman, George
Edwards and John Reynolds, Dr.. i, Z.
Thomas and VIM. Howe, II. s. While and
George Bier, Lewis Newman and Mm'
Mcdonald, Capt. 40. Baker and II. s.
White, II, S. White and Alfred Turner.
,Of these Newman and Mcdonald are
Democrats, all the rest being Republicans
There have been but two members Of the
state Senate citizens Of Marahall county
viz James Burnley, Ed, and Hon.
n. W, Price, the present incumbent.
The old Court House was built In the
wear 1896, and was eonaidered at that
time rather fine building. II was torn
down the summer and fall Of 1870 and is
=. nv being replaced by one which when
u ~, upleted will no doubt be the finest
' w, ~ Court House in West Virginia.
EARLY SETTLERS.
L,n. ypar I770 Joseph TomIinspny &C.
,,' ~ by his brother Samuel, came
rom Mary. md across tho mountains on
t I'o a,d coming TO the beautiful
mOIIsy sincs k, NoBn as the Flat OF Grave
80 tbcv took possession Of y and also
much OF tho surrounding hiu iInas'
Tbey built a log GSbln near where M S,i
Judge Caldwell's house now STANDS; Inc
CntiTe valley was then an un3r0Een
J"sost oi tho very finest timber,
and Tho rare beauty Of the scene pre-
ssN,o6 IN the eyea Of those two lonely men
49, Iva cssily imagined. Nowonder they,
Ibo,,Sht Il a suitable place for home and
that one OF them imnsdiasely CnUsv a
remain. 1t seems that Samuei teSu 5;"J
TO MARYLAND where he 1iveo anu uie NE
hut Joseph leaving his claim IN e M =
NJ n man. O'Neil BY name, wenteeek 70
MARYLAND. married aWite and returned !
".s;1 ,onE popSesSien OF his claim and
49,, IA lifein Grave Creek alley, and
Tr oi his offspring still cling 70 the
niJ bomesiead. Many tales are told oil
TO- timos which show the hArdshlps en-:
Jnrcd Inv those early settlers and the self
denial practiced by them. For instance,
was told by one Of the grandchildren
of Joscph TomlinsOn, a few days ago, that
~ben he took possession Of his claim
Win ia new vile all they possessed in
tho way Of bed was posts driven into
tbc ground in one corner Of tho room, to
Tl,ieh were fastened slender poles instead
" eords His wife had brought bed
,;cE across the mountains which
was GlIed from the feathers Of
lie Wild turkey which she found, piled
nn In one corner Of the cabin,
Ma Wiies name was Elizabeth Hardness,
and Sbe was the first white woman known
70 have set her foot in Marshall county,
Ioscph Tomliuson was born in Maryland
Oct f9th, l7A5, being % years old when
he cmiErated TO this country
OTHER EARLY sErTLERs
were tho Bakers, the Whctlcls, the shep.
bSrds and Others. Jonathan Roberts
scttled near the Flats IN the year 1873
and his son David, long known as Capt
David Roberts Of steamboat notoEie
". isstill living near Moundsyille; ID
wa born In tho year 1901, and is there
fore rs wears old. He Is still hale anC
L.s.tv and delifhta 10 tell OF his advent