The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-16
MRS. ELLEN MINES, WIDOW OF
LATE MADISON MINES, PASSES
TO GREAT BEYOND.
LIVED TO THE ADVANCED AGE OF
NINETY-FoUR YEARS AND AL
WAYS HALE AND HEARTY.
Settled Near ciarksbuTg Over Sixty
Years Ago and Helped Greatly in Ac-
cumulating Handsom. Estate By
Her Frugality and Industry-was
Beloved By Many Friends.


she enjoyed tine best of health NIL her
long life and was a woman OF most re-
marl<abls constitution and vitality.
Diseases and infirmitieS of old agc. how
ever. seized her and after a years feeble
ness death came. A woman of strong
win and mental faculties, She retained
her mind to the very last, although at
intervals the few days before her
death she was only scmi-conscious.
The funeral win bc hold at the resi-
yience Sunday afternoon Mt two o'clock
and win be conducted by Rev. Robert
b. Mcdaniel, her pastor. The intermens
viii be in tine family lot in tha Odd Eel
lows cemetery.
The deceased was the widow of James
Madison Mines, who lied in March, 1896,
after an Illness OF seventeen weeks and
ut the age OF "a years Surviving her
Of tine immediate family are her two
sons. Lewis II. Mines, of Warren. Ohio,
and James H. Siines,<of this city, and
two daughters, Mrs. Susan Reed, of
wheeling, and Mrs. Minerva Fittro, of
wilsonburg: besides about forty grand
children and n number of great grand
children, and some of the last named
have arrived at manageable age.
The husband of tine decaased. james
Madison Mines, was a product of the
grand old mother of states, Virginia.
horn in Augusta county, Va, in 1872
and his parents, Lewis and Hannah
tGnbbertl Mines, were also natives of
that state. About the year 1887 the
parents came to what Is now Taylor
county, West Virginia, and four years
later TO Harrison county, where bota
passed a number of years later and
now lie buried in the Gore graveyard
on the Shinnston pike. nsar Adamston.
The elder Mines was n carpenter, but
gave his attention to other enterprises
a. we'll, and was fairly successful. In
politics ne was a Wing and soldier
in the war of 1872. His father, Peter
Mines, came 10 this country from Eng
land prior to the Revolution and prob
ably fought with the colonists. He
married Scotch lady.
James Madison Mines. the only cniId
of mis- parents, was married in the year
1882 to Miss Ellen King, the subject
of this sketch. who was born December
81, 1910, and VINO was the daughter of
RienarI and Mary King. Mr.. King was
born in England, but after growing up
he came to America and was married in
Virginia, in watch state the remainder
Of ais days were passed Mr.. King was
stone mason by trade and followed
that until his death about 1915. He
was Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. King
died about 1880. She had been married
three times and tne subject of this
sketch was daughter by her first mar
riage.
MIR and Mrs. Mines lived two-tairtls
of century together and until death
parted them and weTe the parents Of
nine children, all of whom were reared
to MANHOOD and womanhood, namely,
Mary Margaret. deceased, wife of Jacob
!. Tough, of Salem; Lewis Henry Mines.
Of Warren. Ohio; Hannah j., licensed,
first wife of Jasper Pew, OF ClarkAburg;
Sarah Ann. deceased. wife of James
Peter Carr. of Flint. Doddridga county;
Elizabeth Ellen, deceased, wife of Is
ham A. Morrison. deceased, Of Wilson
burg; James Harvey Mines, OF .CiarEs-
burg; Minerva, wife of RdnunH Firtro,
of Wilsonburg; Susan, wifi, of Charles
I. Reed, of wheeling; Louisa, diseased.
first wife of Amos PAYNE, OF Clarlls.
burg.
of Harrison county in 1871 and four
years resided at what is known as the
Stone House." now the Gore farm.
After That he settled in The woods at
the mouth of Limestone creek, Mt
Adamston, and there he acquired $50
acres Of ane farming lands.
Aside from tilling the soil ne was On
gagged in otnc, enterprises. tcaming. tic.
and for many years burned all the linz
ClarlsburS used. and 1000 bushels, all
that was used in the building of tae
asylum nj Weston. The lives of him
srlf and wife, as well as the children,
were busy ones. He started without
capital, and all they accumulated was
tine result OF their own industry, a
splendid and creditablc estate. He
paid man $50 to bring him TO Har.
rison county, and very soon artesware
would have given tiiat much more to
have gone back. not bsing us,d to
pioneer life, bus they wsnt to work
with viii ana pro-p-r,i and were
happy
Mr. Mines. along Mia her husband
wsre uf- loar mariners % M Bap'ist
chnrcn rrl wafp aaM5rtci q rsmh =
hip in phs Bapti-t eAuiei here by let
ter ffty.threc years ago and remained
members 70 me TING Of their aeata-