Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-02-10

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MAGNUs TATE.
Berkeley county, Jan. 10th, 1915.
So it seems there were bosses and
rings in those days as well as in the
present. Tate bid them defiance
and the people sustained him.
have examined the Annals of
Congress during the term of his
services, but did not find that he
took any active part in its proceed
ings, and certainly, this is not a
matter of surprise when we find that
he was associated in his legislative
labors with such men as Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster, John G.. Calhoun,
William Lowndes, John Randolph,
William Castor, Philip 2. Barbour,
Henry st. George Tucker and host
of others, all members of that House
almost equally distinguished by their
geniuses and regulations. In those
days the committees of the House
were few and small, and the active
business of the body was left in the
hands of its leading statesmen. Not
as now, when every man in Congress
no matter how inferior. must have
his hour, and grind out that hour in
written speech-whether listened
to or not, or whether written by him
self or by a clerk in the departments.
The rule now is to put every mem
Der on some committee. The rule
then was to put on committee duty
only the most competent and distin-
guished.
Mr.. Tate lived almost two and
a half miles southwest from Martins
burg, on farm since purchased by
VIM. Walker. He left a large fam
lily of sons and daughters.
He died on the 30th of March 1928.
JOHN BOYD father of Gen. Elisha
Boyd, and native of England was
one of the earliest settlers in the
county of Berkeley. He acquired
his land in this county by original
grant from Lord Fairfax, the pat
tents for which are still preserved
by bis descendants. He resided near
the North Mountain, about five miles
west of Martinsburg. He was a
man of herculean frame of body and
some anecdotes are related of his
hand to hand conflicts with the In
dians, which demanded all his &C
tivity and strength, but in which he
was generally victor.
He was married about the year
1854, to Sarah Gryfyth, native of
Wales, and died in the year 1900
leaving eight children, born in the
following order to wit i: Charles,
Margaret, Fulton, John, William,
Rachel, Bayley, Elijah. Mary, Mum
ford and Elisha, the first born on the
18th of April 1856 and the last on
the 9th of October, 1869
His widow Sarah Boyd survived
him some years dying in 1906. With
the exception of Elisha, the child
rem were among the earlist emigrants
to Kentucky. 1t is said that Hon.
Lem Boyd, of Kentucky for several
years Speaker of the House Of Rep
resentatives, was one of that stock,
and his striking resemblance to Gen.
Boyd in stature, feature and general
appearance would seem to confirm
that remark.
MAJOR ANDREW WAGGENER,
the elder was born in 1742, and res
sided near Bunker Hill in this
county, to which place he gave its
present name. He entered the army
at the commencement of the revolu.
tionary war and remained in it until
it closed by the triumph of the ma
tional independence. He was woun
ded at the battle of Bradywine and
of Monmouth ; at the former of those
engagements, his gallantry there as
a captain of the line, was so con-
| spicuous as to be thought worthy of
record in the Life of Washington"
by Chief Justice Marshall. Active,
brave and vigilant, no officer stood
higher in the army, and none of any
| grade ever received more signal
| proofs of the perfect confidence that
was reposed in him by the great
commander.in- chief. 1t was his for
time during the greater part of that
eventful struggle to be in that por-
ton of the army commanded by
Washington in person, and no one
could have exhibited a more enthu-
siastic affection than he at all times
testified to the memory of the illus.
trious father of his country. He
died at his country seat near Mill
creek in Berkeley county on Tuesday
the 26th of May, 1872. Captain
Faulkner's company of Artillerists
marched from Martinsburg to Mill
Greek, and there assisted with mill
tary honors to commit his remains
TO the earth. He left large family
of sons and daughters and it is from
him that the Waggeners, Boggses,
Pendletons, Dyers, Seehons and
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