The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-01-03

in Of Railroad
the development the timber and coal of the Potomac
Valley Henry
of Maryland
WaIfed Their children
John B, Elizabeth Eliza Thomas b. and William R.
Davis. Henry November Baltimore 1t interest
of laying the first Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
July A. 1923, Baltimore
a prosperous man, he
construction for the b and aroad his
sold
and supported the family with such assistance the children could give
Henry attended school only but his mother taught him at home
In his fourteenth year he began work as water boy at the Woodstock
At nineteen Davis became brakeman the and o.
railroad he wa soon promoted to freight conductor
mountains Henry G. Davis married Katherine Anne Ba Of Frederick He
sought and obtained the position Of station Piedmont Va, in order
to be favorable position take advantage of the which he
this region At the of the 17ni the railroad
Piedmont important station bat 1858 it had only eight
frame houses 1t was the home Of the Davis family for Henry
living alone in freight the first In 1854 Mrs Davis inherited
Piedmont for four the time he engaged
Joined the company In 1858 Henry resigned his railroad position and
H G. Davis Piedmont but
ITS principal business was supplying the railroad company with ties and
Savings Bank H. G. Davis president
Il. me Company
principal business concern the upper Potomac Valley The company sup
piled the Union with lumber and horses good profit By the close
yirgjri Pl1t Of + old Di af+ t tb bdy Of tb Potomac
pine purchased
fifty the John Ioye
Henry G. Davis Travelled this territory and horseback His bronze
En him td his horse On October l.
1880 he his Mr. Ek Nh Randolph Tom and myself
made trip Elk Garden coal and other property and the
best for our railroad and inclined plane and take out the big vein
and other coal"
Under date of July he Mr. Ekn and myself leave Deer
Park horseback examine around and about Fairfax Stone;
also bacIwat Cheat We find the timber cherry
and ASH mostly and hemo Coal indications good several
Dobbns blankets
made pillows saddles; Parsons MAX
survey o this region"
Davis developing the Upper
Valley country Virginia, wilderness of
ti h t CaI, very ap p5 pt+ + id q+d d
the mill Maryland shore 1t said that Senator
Davis secured appropriation from Congress distractions in the
build dams This transportation
abandoned in favor of a railroad
In 1865 the Potomac and Piedmont Coal Railroad
to 0
railroad enterprise"
Company
1881 with Henry Davis president and October 49, 1884, the line
Piedmont completed to
Davis the Elkns n
Of
Davis and the road reached Elkins 1882
an the OF plateau
Davis which time selected the terminal of the railroad Later
this plan abandoned branch line from the
Thomas the coke
Mr. Davis named the railway officers and stock
holders Of the Senators James G. Blaine Arthur P German
Bayard Chafe Camden Window,
Aexanda Shaw and Thomas for his brother Thomas Davis
The road became known the West Virginia Central railroad and in
order not be entirely dependent the o. outlet
tended to the Pennsylvania at Cumberland
POLITICAL
In 1865 Davis Hampshire the
West Virginia House of Delegates, and 1868 the He
Senator Davis wrote Business is agreeable to me than politics.
numbering, mining, banking and farming
railroad north and through Wdeveope
rich i'll mineral timber and agricultural wealth and intend Whef
completed with the B & o and & o railroads"
Mr. Davis "1Iy second term in the u S
Senate yesterday
of the West Va Central Co, both building road
Nevertheless his interest politics continued delegate
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