Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-11
HARRISON RICHES.
A FEW OF The WELL TO DO MEN N A RICH
COUNTY.
Assss45ls Property Worth Eight Million Dollars
Clarksbargs Big Shars-GelsTal Nathan
COTS Fortune and How Acquired.

Sp-ciai Correspondence Qf ne Register
CLARK>BUEc, W. VA, April eff
money makes the mare 60 Harrison
county can beat 'em an out and out
stretch anywhere in the State. II Is
among the richest counties. and its
chief commercial centre, ClarkSburg.
from a financial standpoint, is perhaps
head and front in advance of any town
of its size I'm West Virginia. The amount
of assesSablc property in Harrison cOun-
ty is $1,000, 600. of which nearly one
fourth is in ClarkSburg. The great
piles of the 'diyinely earthly are uni
formly distributed, as is shown from the
fact that there are fully one hundred
Inhabitants in the county who are worth
$3.50 apiece, while half of that num-
Der control cool $4,000, This section
is Enthusiastically spoken OF as the
mOuicd county.
First in the list of those who rcek
with riches is General Nathan Goif, Jr.,
whose $4,000 residence is next i'm I'M
portaucc 20 the buildings of the county
seat The great Republican agtator is
put down 40 not far from million dol
lars. although his property at the pres
cut time might not be SpOndingly
convertible. Mr.. GofT derived the bulk
of his property through inheritance.
His uncle. Nathan Golf ST.. was put
down at somewhere ueSr q million. and
outside of the usual sums for litigation
contingencies. disposed of legacieS in
his viii amounting. perhaps, 10 $780,
900. All the rest and residue went 10
his beloved nephew. 10 the tune Of
5000. 600. He also acquired cOuSidera-
bic from his father. Waldo Il. Gotl.
Some extent of the fathers dealiagS
in real estate may Doe gained
from the mention of the fact that he
owned a clean square mile of land with
Zoo two or three miles of ClarkSburg,
which to-day is largely owned by Ma
than G0d. Ir.. and is worth 500 au acre.
By right OF dOwage Nathan Golf ac-
Quircd onc-fOurth of this immense eS-
tate. and has since largely bought out
the other interests. 10 is regarded as
the most arabic and slightly territory in
the county. This spring Mr. COZ had 100
horses ON this tract of land. just how the
uncle. Nathan Gott, Sr., accumulated his
large interests is best told iB the old
story of loauing money TO the farmers
and occasionally forccloSing ON the
mortgages. BY his marriage with the
daughter of Col DcSpard, Mr.. GotI, Jr.,
also married % snug little nest egg of
$4,000. and during the l6 or Il years
hc was District Attorney he received an
annual salary, with fees. Of $1,000.
Perhaps the next richest man in the
county is Judge G.. d. Camden, of
ClarkSburg, uncle OF senator Camden
lie is the owner of vast territory Of
interior lands. which by reason of rail
road and other developments, will real
izc in the next ten years fully 81. 100000
Mr.. Camden Is now nearly so years Of
age.
Another of Clark~burg'S citizens who
is accounted "dOubiy solid" is X. Il.
Lowudcs. the wcll-luown merchant of
general merchandise. 10 is safe TO
reckon Mr.. Lowndc> at 500, 900. The
original property came from Lloyd
LOwudcS. ouc-half going 20 Clarksburg
and the other half 20 Maryland. Mr..
L0wudcS is president OF the Gas Com
pauy. owns Touring mill.
WOODEN mill. planning
factory, and has interests
iu other manufacturing concerns. He
employs more men than amy other per-
SON in Harrison county. 10 is Mr..
LowndcS, who is financially interested
in the construction of the handsome
new hotel to Dee built soon iu ClarkS-
burg, on the site OF the old Walker
House. The hotel 0, Co have l20 rooms.
NcthinkS. We hear q
SILENT blessing GOING Up
from the commercial travellers as the
present hotels i'm Clarksburg are simply
cXecrablc 10 is more than probable
that Mr.. LowndcS has congressional as
piratons. Mr. LoWndeS is "a Shrcwd
fuancicr, and while possessed of pro-
per sense .of economy. is
man of broad views. liberal purposes.
and phiIauthropic spirit.
Luther Raymond. cashier of the First
National Bank, is rated at 100000. al
though his real worth is not FAR from
S2OO.OO0 Mn, Raymond was originally
surveyor. and is acquainted with all
the land titles in the county lie made
his money largely m thc real estate bus
mess His twenty years iu the bank
have thoroughly posted him ON the
financial questions OF thr hour, and i'm
ull matters relating Co money lace is %
couuoiSseur. ~" is one of Clarksburg'
most popular and liberal minded citi-
Gems.
The two brothers. b. +. and y. +.
Shuttlcworth. retired merchants. are
estimated t0 Doe worth Sl35,O0O. Their
wealth is largely Goo tenement property,
They do nothing now but rent property
and loan money. and enjoy the pleasant
rccupcratiyc paStimc of hauling i'm
>hcckclS.
The wholesale grocery firm of Ruhl,
Koblcgard * Go. control am even S55,-
600.
Alfred w. Pritchard has stock in tcn-
cmeut houses 90 the score of $780,
600. Mr. Prtchard lives just outside of
C.ar6>burg.
James Clifford can jingle $4,000 i'm
his inside pants pocket. His money was
amas>cd during the war m the mer-
camille business.
Mrs. James jackson controls 100000
worth of real estate In Clarksburg.
-. n. Farlaud can count his
dollars mp and mp until they reach $50
600. MIR. Farland is President of the
Farlaud Coal and Coke Co., and carries
heavy stock Do the Still Run mines.
" y. Copeland has $4,000 m lands.
largely acquired through negotiations
with the farmers.
JAS. Lyons. who had control of the
Ross estate. is Wt down 40 $4,000.
Walter EXERT. tine hattcr is estimated
to Doe worth $4,000. and he made IL
largely through hard work.
Another cnviablc pile of $4,000 Is at