The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-19
ACLD LANG SYNE.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot.
And never brought to min?
Should aud acquaintance be forgot
And days o lang syne?'


And never brought to min?
Should aud acquaintance be forgot.
And days o lang syne?'
DIR. Thomas Bond was. perhaps.
the first physician in the town. He
came here from Philadelphia, and
died about 1898. His remains are
said to lie buried under the Presby
terrain church.
Michael Kerns, whose remains lie
buried somewhere in the Houston d
Hirschman Addition, came to Nor
gantown from Holland about 1872.
He is said to have had a boat-vard
at the mouth of Decker's Creek.
DIR. E. H. COMBS came to Nor
gantown from Maryland in 1859.
Sanford Pickenpaugh has worked
steadily at the tailor's trade since
1927; and John Protzman at the
shoemaker's since 1926.
Five persons have been hanged at
Morgantown-two of them slaves.
Captain McVieker is the only man
who has ever been elected sheriff of
the county for three terms.
John Robinson came from Eng
land to Preston county in 1915, and
in 1885 came to Morgantown.
The office of the County Clerk,
with all its records, was burnt in
1896.
A part of Hennen's furniture
mandatory was built in 1910 by
Robert P. Hennen.
John Stealey made the first CRATE
ever made in the county. Mr.. o. II.
Ollie has two of them in his posses
sion at the present time. They were
manufactured about 1915.
The Monongahela Navigation
Company was chartered in 1917 but
never amounted to much.
Hon. Geo. c. Sturgiss was the first
county superintendent of free schools
in Monongalia county.
w. p Wiley, Esq, made the first
Democratic speech in the county af-
ter the war.
The late Thomas p. Ray was born
in the Isle of Wight in 1896. The
famous Old Monongalia Academy
owed its existence to him.
L. S. Hough, Esq, came to Nor
gantown in 1872 from Loudon coun-
ty, Virginia.
The first permanent settlement on
the present site of Morgantown was
made in 1853, one year before the
settlement at Wheeling.
Capt. John Dent was the first
sheriff of Monongslia county, and
Col. John Evans the first clerk.
Prof. A. L. Wade came to this
county in 1889 from Rushville, In
diana.
Woodburn Seminary was founded
in 1858. The buildings were de-
stroyed by fire January %, 1873.
Alexander Martin, d. d., was the
first President of the West Virginia
University. He was born at Marin,
Scotland, in 1924.
The Rev. DR.. Fairchild was pastor
of the Presbyterian church of Nor
gantown from 1877 to 1927. He was
born at Hanover, New Jersey in
1875 and graduated at Princeton
in 1913.
The Rev. J. NJ. Purinton, D. d.,
was pastor of the Baptist church of
this place from 1867 to 1869. He
was born at Colraine, Mass, in 1909
and died at Morgantown, June II,
1879.
The late DIR. Charles McLane was
born in 1890 in County Tyrone, Ire
land, and came to Morgantown in
1928.
The first tavern in Morgantown
was kept by William Jingle, in 1896
Stephen Trimble was one of the
last slaves sold in this county. He
was bought by VIM. A. Hanway for
1926
A postoffice was established here
in 1894, and Peregrine Foster was
the first postmaster.
"The Morgantown Circulating Iii
brary" was started about 1914, but
didn't thrive.
The present court house was built
from 1916 to 1S4S. Patrick Henry
was put on it Aug. 20, 1851.
The late Nathan Golf, of Clarks-
burg, at one time kept store in the
John building, corner of Main street
and Maiden alley.
The Franklin House, still stand
ing, was built by Fauquier McRa
about 1870.
A frame court house was built
here about 1885. Some of its tim
bers are said to be in the Franklin
House stable.
Willim Wagner has been in the
banking business in this town ever
since 1888 period of nearly half
century. Previous to that time he
held position in Girard Bank,
Philadelphia.
The first conference, over which the
late Bishop Simpson presided, was
held in Morgantown in 1852. He
had been ordained a Bishop only a
short time before.
The present Presbyterian church
was dedicated November s, 1868,
and the Baptist church October Is,
1916.
Andrew Stewart, Stonewall Jack
son, Philip Doddridge, John L. Daw-
son and James G. Blaine were born
within the original limits of Monon-
gala county.
blackwell Morgan, one of the first
settlers of Morgantown, served under
Gen. Gates at Saratoga.
In 1884 George Washington stay
ed all night in house still standing
on the land of O. H. Ollie, ESQ.,,
about a mile and half north of
town.
John Madison was the first county
surveyor of Monongalia.
On Sunday, April 20, 1926, the
first steamboat came to Morgantown.