The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-04-14

year i74D, was born Henry Van
Alasre he grew . tsanhpgd, nafs
Tied and passing over ths noun
tains jpIfncyed dogn The Aonon
gabtla river andfoup1 1 heme,asaF
Red sione, (ngH BTownsyille Penn.
sylsania, where be lived and dlsd;
He had issue:
J, Ahsalom, born about the yeat
i7B5 removed TO the Monongehela
With bis.iather; in 1890 be welded
his cousin Priscilla Van Ma,fe and
10 1895 in company with bis broth
Or Henry descended the Ohio and
intbe Flats purchased 1890 acres
Of land iot which they Pais COOS,
current money Of Virginia This
vas part Of The land granted 70
Adam Stephenson in l772, for ser.
vices in the French and Indian
War He sold it 10 Rein BsaIl
who, inlufn sold II to Isaac Rob.
inson from whom the Van Malres
purchased. Tho somstyille, Win
don and Musgraye farms ore part
Of this purchase Having placed
their deed upon recordat Charleston
KauRwha county, the Van Ma.res
returned 10 Red Stone and In the
year 1900 removed their families
TO Mason then llanawha. Aba.
lon rearing his cabin near tbefpot
on which The residence Of Asa Mus.
grave now stands. IniS0l or 2 at
8 spring near BY, he built the first
horse.mill and distillery ever erect.
ed within The limits Of the county.
His wife died in lSo2.and 10 1903
he followed her to the tomb; both
are buried near the spot on which
they settled. AT the time they
came, Captain William Clendenin,
and his brother Alexander DR..
Jesse Bennett and William Haw.
kins are believed to have been the
only residents of the Flats. Absa.
lom Van Glatre had issue;
l, Rein, born in Greene county,
Pennsylvania in 1892; came with
his parents to Mason in 1900 and
in 1915 married Mary Peck and
settled on land (450 acres) which
be inherited from his fathers es.
tate. Upon the breaking out Of
tho War Of 1872, he enlisted in the
Mason County Riaemen and went
to the Maumee. He was long
Lieutenant Colonel on the State
military establishment. He died
in 1852 bis wife survived him ten
years and died in 1862. They had
issuG
A, Oliver H. p. present Justice
of the Peace of Robinson District,
born June "a, 1915; he was edpca.
ted in the old field schools of that
day, and April %, 1888 married
Miriam sayre, born September 8,
1918. Her father was David G.
sayre, born in Mononsalia coun-
W, (now West Virginia. October 8,
1897, and died ut Letart Falls,
March %, 1858; her mother was
Annie (Faussett) suyre, born De.
cembor 30, 1891. The issue Of Oil.
yer H. P. and Miriam Van Matre
are; David s., born January II,
1910; early in life he engaged in
journalism and in 1856, when hut
sixteen years of age became the
proprietor of "Tho Virginia
Messenger" published at West Col.
umbia. In connection with 1t be
published "slasher's Monthly"
which appeared until 1850, when
he entered the Confederate army
and served throughout the war as
Lieutenant IN Thomas E. Jack.
sons Battery. He was captured at
Fort Douelson and held a prisoner
al Jobnson's Island till exchanged.
In 1873 he was elected President of
the County Court, in which capac,
ity he served four years; Robert II
born January %, 1912, was EN-
pIoyed as saddler by the Federal
Government, during the war;
was elected Constable Of Lewis
District, October 10, 1882, ap.
pointed to same position April
6, 1885, elected Sergeant of Point
Pleasant, March Is, 1884. and ap
pointed osamo position, March Is,
1885. Daniel W., born June 26,
1874, a builder and contractor;
William c. born November G, lS47,
now occupies a position in the
Government Printing Office at
Washington; Absalou T., born Jan
uary 3d. 1850 Oliver Il, p, Jr,
born August 90, 1852 Annie ], born
March Is, 1866; Mary E., born
March I, 1885, Emma L., born De-
cOmber IA, 1863, died August s,