The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-12
ssAl,;TFIEMTIc HISTORY OF FAIR
RaoNT ND VICINITY, FORT ": W
Isl YEARS AGo-FoUND# BY
!. isl. e. RATHBo ONE, OF MAN
NiNGTON.

eFsAZIEIaT GIVES
HISTORY OF FARM AS
sssE5s Ii, WAS HALFA CENTURY
GoMANY IMPROVEMENT,
PEOPLE, ARE MEN
II oNED.
All. IN interesting history OF this town
Il and wi entity was found some years
4Rathbone Mr.. Rathbone and his
moth er, IRIS Shannon, lived in
Palatine IN 1892. and while there
some neighbor gave them an old
Fashioned table, out of which DeFor-
rest made a flower stand. a few
mon tbs later. they moved to Manning
ton, taking the table with them. Soon
after this time, Mrs. Shannon de-
n cided to go to Clean, N. Y, and De
Forrest packed up their goods. Upon
oning to the flower stand he decided
az he would take the walnut board
which formed the top and throw away
the rest. In removing the top he
found IA paper placed between some
4 cbracket which ran from the center
jssofi he legs to the center Of the top,
and the top itself. The paper, which
I'VE publish below, Will explain itself.
II was handed to US by Frank E.
4 Nichols, who found it among the eff
sfects of the late r. G. Huntington:
Fairmont t, Marion county, Virginia,
January the twenty-eighth,
d. 1850, A. L. $3.50.
To generations yet unborn:
Be it known that by permission of
Isaac n. Rush, Esq, manufacturer of
4 this furnit ure, r., j ohm Clarke Hazlett,
do here deposit this history of town
and comfy N. Rush, of Union
town, Penna., and of Mif1in county.
Penna.
Fairmont contains 100 dwelling
houses, is of them are brick, one large
Courthouse on the Corinthian order,
ss1 Presbyterian church, pastor Rev.
4 3dr.#Wm. b. Harsee;2 L Methodist Epis-
zscopal church., minister in charge,
REV. Mr.. Gideon Martin; / Methodist
protestant minister in charge. Rev
MIR. John Clarke; Rev. Mr.. Joseph
Walker, Baptist minister, breaches
IN the Courthouse; the Baptist Re-
coTder, edited by Mr.. Walker, printed
by -. S. Morris. Esq.;1 lodge of A. F.
and "a. ork Masons, numbering IT;
81 lodge 20. o. F., numbering CO;
lodge S: of r., numbering about SO or
saMorehead, Alexander Steel and Miss
Abigail Miller; 8 doctors, Matthew
Campbell, Eyster and Ellis; eight
q lawyers, "a. and G. Raymond, A S.
Hayden, Jas. Neeson, F. H, Pierpont,
gG. Newcombe,z q. Kidwell and Eng
s1ish: Z.8or DR.. Kidwen is our present
delegate to the State Legislature;
Col. Thomas S. Raymond, our pres
#entmember of Congress; s dry goods
stores, Barns & Co, Pitcher & Co, A.
s. Hayden, Burns, Arnett & Bro,
Raymond & Hall, Huntington &
walker; 2 drug stores, DR.. Campbell
and DR.. Ellis; three groceries, S. B.
Mitchell, A. L. Steel and Keigley: 4
public houses, John Kearsley, Thorn
as Pou1ton, VIM. Kerr and Widow
wilkins; q Mr.. Kearsley is from Jeffer-
son county, Va, and keeps most ex-
scel1ents house; l mill, Jackson &
Sons; 2tannerier, Pierpont and Burns,
Burns also has a dry goods store;
ferries. Holt & Boggess. and Hall.
sS Fairmont contains about 500 inhab-
Sitants, quite sociable and accommo-
dating. Miss E. D'Hass, from Wheel
ing, has just closed her school and
gone home, quite a belle. Miss Biles.
from Wheeling, proposes opening a
music school DR.. Gibbons also prac-
ices medicine, who l almost forgot
to mention, is quite an interesting
gentleman and pleasant family. Mrs.
e. Moore is quite a pleasant fine lady,
quite a 4poetess; she is quite agree
able and interesting. Just call on her
should you come through here. Miss
Y a. NJ Huntington is quite a belle,
@ladyjslike yet q singular disposition,
5inlswhOses society 1 feel at home, SO
would you, with all her singularity.
Miss Barns is indeed a fine young
lady, Miss Chisler is modest, Miss
Arnold handsome, Miss Cramer beau
5tiful, Miss Black lovely, Miss Cad
Wallader to be admired, Miss Elem
ing intelligent, Miss Eyster very
These are some that I have
had the pleasure Of seeing and hear |
ing from. Mrs. Kearsley, if you want
"a mother, you will find it in her, just |
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