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Today's Topics:
  #1 BIO: Thomas Cary JOHNSON, Monroe C   [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]
  #2 BIO: Matthew ARBUCKLE, Greenbrier    [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]
  #3 BIO: James Butler BOWLIN, Greenbri   [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]
  #4 BIO: Richard H. CAIN, Greenbrier C   [Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@tre]
  #5 BIO: John GARNES, Kanawha County     [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #6 BIO: Abraham BURLEW, Kanawha Count   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #7 BIO: Vinton Z. COPEN, Kanawha Coun   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #8 BIO: Gen. Edward Langley WOOD, Kan   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #9 BIO: Charles E. KREBS, Kanawha Cou   [SSpradling@aol.com]
 #10 BIO: William M. WELSCH, Kanawha Co   [SSpradling@aol.com]
 #11 BIO: Dr. Frederick S. THOMAS, Kana   [SSpradling@aol.com]

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:39:56 -0400
From: Valerie & Tommy Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>
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Subject: BIO: Thomas Cary JOHNSON, Monroe County, WV
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Bibliography:
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans, - Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.
Volume VI
page 107

JOHNSON, Thomas Cary, educator, was born at Fishbok Hill, Monroe county, Va.,
July 19, 1859; son of Thomas and Alinerva. (Hinchman) Johnson; grandson of
Barnabas and Sarah (Thomas) Johnson and of William and Mary (Simms) Hinchman,
and a descendant of Scotch, Irish, Huguenot, Dutch and English ancestors. He
was graduated from Hampden-Sidney college, Va., in 1881, took diplomas in
Latin, Greek and mathematics at the University of Virginia, 1883-84, graduated
from Union Theological seminary, Va., in 1887, and was a special student at
the Yale Divinity school, 1887-88. He was licensed by the presbytery of
Greenbrier, W. Va., in May, 1887; was professor of Greek and Hebrew exegesis
at Austin Theological school, Texas, 1888-90, and was also assistant professor
of mental and moral philosophy at the University of Texas during those years.
He was ordained by the presbytery of Central Texas in August, 1890, and was a
stated supply and pastor-elect of the 3d Presbyterian church at Louisville,
Ky., 1890-91. He was professor of English Bible and pastoral theology at Union
Theological seminary, Virginia, 1891-92, and became professor of
ecclesiastical
history and polity there in 1892. He was elected a member of the American
Historical association. He received from Hampden-Sidney college the degree
of D.D. in 1891, and that of LL.D. in 1899. He is the author of: A History
of the Southern Presbyterian Church (1894, in Vol. XI. of the American Church
History Series); Alleged Differences Between the Northern and Southern
Presbyterian Churches (1894); Ministerial Training (1896-97); A Brief Sketch
of the United Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
(1897); The Mode of Baptism in the Apostolic Age (1899); John Calvin and the
Genevan Reformation: A Sketch (1899). He also edited the collected writings
of the Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Peck, and contributed numerous articles to
periodicals
and newspapers.

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Subject: BIO: Matthew ARBUCKLE, Greenbrier County, WV
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Bibliography:
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans, - Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.
Volume I
page 112

ARBUCKLE, Matthew, soldier, was born in Greenbrier Co., Va., in 1775. In 1799
he joined the U.S. army as ensign, and for his faithful and meritorious
service
was regularly promoted by brevet until in 1830 be attained the rank of
brigadier-general. He was in active service during the Mexican war, and
afterwards became commander of the seventh military department. He was
successful in maintaining peace with the Indians and enjoyed their confidence.
He died at Fort Smith, Ark., June 11, 1851.

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Subject: BIO: James Butler BOWLIN, Greenbrier County, WV
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Bibliography:
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans, - Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.
Volume I
page 366

BOWLIN, James Butler, diplomatist, was born in Spottsylvania county, Va.,
in 1804. He was given a common-school education and worked as a mechanic.
In 1825 he removed to Greenbrier county, and two years later was admitted
to the bar. He practised his profession there for six years, going to St.
Louis, Mo., in 1833, where he soon acquired a large practice. He established
the Farmers' and Mechanics' Advocate, and became district-attorney and judge
of the criminal court. In 1836 he was elected to the state house of
representatives, and in 1842 was elected as a representative to the 28th
Congress and was re-elected to the 29th, 30th and 31st congresses. He was
appointed in 1854 U.S. minister to Colombia by President Pierce, and
commissioner to Paraguay in 1858. He died in St. Louis, Mo., July 19, 1894.

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Subject: BIO: Richard H. CAIN, Greenbrier County, WV
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Bibliography:
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans, - Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.
Volume II
page 90

CAIN, Richard H., clergyman, was born in Greenbrier county, Va., April 12,
1825. He was a negro and had no education except such as he received in
the Sabbath-school, until 1846, when he commenced to study for the ministry.
He spent the year 1860 at Wilberforce university, Xenia, Ohio, and engaged
in pastoral labors in Brooklyn from 1861 to 1864, when he was sent as a
missionary to the freedmen of South Carolina, and was for many years
identified with the African M. E. church in that state. He was a delegate
to the state constitutional convention of 1867, a member of the state senate
in 1868, and a representative from Charleston in the 45th Congress. He was
appointed bishop by the general conference of the African M. E. church in
1880, and was assigned to the district of Louisiana and Texas. He founded
Paul Quinn college at Waco, Texas, and advanced education within his district.
Subsequently he became presiding bishop of the first episcopal district of
the African M. E. church, embracing the conferences of New York, New Jersey,
New England, and Philadelphia. He received the degree of D.D. from Wilberforce
in 1873. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 18, 1887.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 377-378

JOHN GARNES, a representative citizen and general farmer in Poca District,
Kanawha County, W. Va., where he owns sixty-five acres of excellent land
which is watered by Allen's Fork Branch Creek and lies twenty-one miles west
of Charleston, was born in this district, November 4, 1847, and is a son of
George and Nancy (Crane) Games.
George Games was reared and attended school in Jackson County, Va., and came
to Kanawha County when thirty-five years old. He married Nancy Crane, a
daughter of Nathan Crane and they had the following children: Peyton, Hannah,
Amanda, Emezey, James, Mary, A. Jackson and Mary.  In addition to Jackson and
Kanawba Counties, George Games lived for some time in both Nicholas and
Putnam Counties, his death occurring in Poca District, Kanawha County, at the
age of sixty-six years, and his burial was on Miner Slater's farm on Allen
Fork. For a short time he served as a trustee of Poca District. He improved
his farm of fifty acres in Poca District, which was sold at a later date. His
wife was in her forty-eighth year at time of her death.

John Games attended school in boyhood, although his advantages were rather
meager, and afterward engaged in farming and lumbering and became a lumber
contractor. During the Civil War he served as a soldier in the Federal Army,
as a member of Co. D, 7th W. Va. Cav., and was mustered out at Charleston and
honorably discharged at Wheeling, W. Va.  He is a strong Repub-lican but has
never been willing to accept public office.  He is a stockholder in several
telephone companies and is a substan-tial and reliable citizen.

Mr. John Games was married first to Miss Melissa J. Boggess, a daughter of
William Boggess, of Poca District, and who was survived by two children:
Peter B., who lives on the home farm; and James E., who resides in North
Dakota. Mr. John Games was married the second time to Miss Katherine Page, a
daughter of Orines and Jane Page.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 378

ABRAHAM BURLEW, a well known member of the Kanawha County bar, who came first
to Charleston, in a professional capacity, in i865, has been a resident of
this city for the past forty-six years and is identified thoroughly with it9s
people and leading interests. He was born in Seneca County, N. Y., and is a
son of James and Sophia (Wood) Burlew, the latter being a daughter of Wynant
and Mary Wood. The
Burlew ancestry is French and Dutch. The grandparents apparently spent their
lives in New Jersey.  The names of three of their children have been
preserved-Katherine, Stephen and James.
James Burlew was a young married man when he moved to Seneca County, N. Y.,
where he acquired a fine farm that has been kept in the family. Both he and
wife died on that place, their ages approximating seventy-five years.  They
were devoted inembers of the Methodist Episcopal church and very liberal
supporters of the same. Ten children were born to James and Sophia Burlew,
all of whom survived to ma-turity and six are still living.  The family
record is in part as follows: James B., the eldest, died in Cayuga County,
and is survived by a widow and three children, and they live in Cayuga
County; Cornelia, who is now deceased, was the wife of Charles Rose and a
surviving son, Charles R., is an attorney in New York City; Sarah, who is now
deceased, married Lawrence Hulyard, also now deceased; Noyes S., who is a
hardware merchant at Charleston; Anna, who is the widow of Henry Hill;
Sophia, who is the wife of Henry Cleveland; Kate M., who lives on the old
homestead in Seneca County; Mary, who is the widow of Charles White, lives in
Seneca County; and Abraham, who is of Charleston, W. Va.
Abraham  Burlew attended  the  local schools and grew up on his father's
farm. He began his law studies with Judge Knapp, at Hackensack, N. J., and
later was a student in the office of the prominent law firm of Slossen,
Hutchinson & Platt, where he completed his course and was admitted to the bar
in 1864.  He came to Charleston in 1865 in the interest of a body of New York
capitalists and while attending to their business became pleased with the
town and foresaw its possibilities as a field for his professional work.. Mr.
Burlew has been identified with much of the important law business in the
Kanawha County courts for many years. He is a Republican in politics, as was
his father. He attends the Episcapal church. Mr. Burlew has never married.


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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 379

VINTON Z. COPEN, a retired farmer residing in Elk District, Kanawha County,
W. Va., and the only surviving ex-sheriff, occupies his comfortable,
newly-erected residence on his fine estate of 200 acres.  He was born in Elk
District on Elk River, July 3, 1822, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Cobb)
Copen.
John Copen was a farmer all his life, the greater part of which was spent in
Elk District, where he died in 1877, at the age of eighty-five years.  He
married  Rebecca Cobb, who belonged to one of the pioneer families of Big
Sandy District.  Of their large family there are two survivors: Vin-ton Z.
and Nancy, who is the wife of William Moles, a resident also of Elk District.
Vincent Z. Copen had but meager educa-tional opportunities in his youth, the
coun-try being comparatively unsettled near his fatber's home and
school-houses far apart. When eleven years old he became useful as a helper
in clearing up the place and in farming and subsequently worked at lumbering.
When he reached manhood he purchased his present farm. It was known as the
''old King homestead,'' its original owner having been the first settler in
Elk District, and the log cabin remained for many years the oldest landmark
of ci.vilization in this region. Mr. Copen occupied it for many years and
finally assisted in tearing it down and on the site erected his com-fortable
modern residence. During his active years he carried on farming and stock
raising. There was a period of many years during which Mr. Copen was one of
the prominent politicians of the county, an ac-tive Republican, and holding
many offices of responsibility. He was one of the early sheriffs and
performed his public duties in that position when only a brave and unusually
resourceful man could have success-fully coped with conditions then existing.
Mr. Copen married Miss Sarah Ann Sands, and the following children were born
to them:  Perry, who is a farmer on the home land, married Mary Tully, and
they have four children and one grandchild; Henry, who is a farmer in Elk
District, married Agnes Miller and they have eight children and three
grandchildren; Nancy, who is deceased, was the wife of C. King, and they had
eight children; Martha, who married E. O'Daniell, a farmer on 2-Mile Creek,
and they have five children; Alice, who is the wife of M. Haines, a farmer on
2-Mile Creek; Ida May, who is the wife of B. Edens, a farmer on Elk River;
Frances, who lives at home; Rachel, who is the wife of L. Edens, a farmer on
Cooper's Creek; and Camos, who resides on the home farm, and married Lula
Marion.  Mr. Copen has never identified himself with any fraternal
organization.


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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 379-380

GEN. EDWARD LANGLEY WOOD, sergeant-at-arms of the West Virginia House of
Delegates and formerly adjutant-general and also state librarian, is one of
Kanawba County's best known citizens. He was born on Brown's Creek, January
30, 1846, a son of Augustus W. Wood, who removed with his family to Ohio in
1848.
Edward L. Wood completed his education at Gallipolis, 0., and then returned
to his native county, locating at Charleston, W. Va., in 1869. He studied law
under the supervision of Mollihan & Nash but before he was ready to apply for
admission t6 the bar, other interests entered into his life and he never
engaged in the actual practice of this profession.  On September I, 1875 he
was appointed state librarian and, as the legislature of West Virginia, in
the following year, passed a law making the incum-bent of this office also
adjutant-general, Mr. Wood was called on to serve in both capacities. On
Novemlber I, i88i he resigned his offices but was immediately reappointed
adjutant-general  and  served  some  years longer when he retired somewhat
from public life but was recalled when he was appointed sergeant-at-arms of
the West Virginia Legislature on January II,  1911. General Wood resides at
No.1520 Kanawba Street, Charleston. For some years he has been interested in
the real estate business. January 28, 1850 lie married Nannie T. Smith,
daughter of Snelling Merideth and Elizabeth Stockton Trimble Smith, natives
of this county. One child, Margaret L., is the fruit of this marriage.


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Subject: BIO:  Charles E. KREBS,  Kanawha County
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 380

CHARLES E. KREBS, of the well known firm of Clark & Krebs, civil and mining
engineers, at Charleston, W. Va., was born May 19, 1870, in Wetzel County, W.
Va., and is a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Hubacher) Krebs.
John W. Krebs was born in Monroe County, 0., in 1840, and died in Wetzel
County, W. Va., in 1908. He was a farmer and also followed the carpenter's
trade in Wetzel County, to which he came in 1869. In politics he was a
Republican. He was a member of the Lutheran church. He was a son of Nicholas
Krebs, who was born in Alsace Lorain, then in France, and served as a soldier
under the great Napoleon, taking part in the battle of Waterloo. In 1816
Nicholas Krebs left France for America and after spending eight months on the
journey, settled in Ohio, where he died in 1855, aged seventy years. His
widow survived him many years, dying in Monroe County. They had eight
daughters and one son and four of the daughters still survive. The son, John
W. Krebs, married Elizabeth Hubacher, who still resides in Wetzel County,
being now in her sixty-eighth year. The following children were born to them:
Emma, who was born in August, j868, is the wife of A. L. Sidell and they live
in Wetzel County and have seven children; George R., who was born March 17,
1872, is a graduate of the West Virginia State University and is a member of
the firm of Clark & Krebs, married Lettie Carr and they have five children;
Mary Ella, who was born in 1874, died in April, 1894; Le-ora B., who was born
October 1, 1876, married G. H. Farmer of Wetzel County, and they have five
children; Jesse D., who was born July 7, 1878, is assistant superin-tendent
of a coal company in Raleigh County, married Elizabeth Smith and they have
one son; John A., who was born in 1880, is a farmer in Wetzel County; Leslie
W, who was born March 20, 1883, is a teacher in Wetzel County; and Charles
E., who is the second in order of birth.
Charles E. Krebs taught school for three years after completing his High
School course and in this way provided the capital necessary to carry him
through his course in the West Virginia University, where he studied
engineering and in 1894 he was graduated from the technical department with
his degree of B. S. C. E. He went to work in the engineering department of
what is now the Coal & Coke Railroad and after three years became associated
with his present partners in business, locating as civil and mining engineers
in the New River coal field, with headquarters at Kanawha Falls, in Kanawha
County. The company spent some ten years in Fayette County, in 1908 coming to
Charleston. In 1909 Mr. Krebs was appointed assistant to the West Vir-ginia
State geologist, for the southern section and being a thoroughly competent
man, may naturally look for further honors. The main business of the company
is mining engineering and they are well known in this branch all through West
Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky.
Mr. Krebs was married first in 1898, in Clay County, W. Va., to Miss Dornie
Carr; who died in April, 1902, at Hot Springs, Ark., when aged twenty-six
years. Mr. Krebs was married secondly in 1905, to Miss Josephine Stephens, of
Wetzel County, and they have one son, Gregory C., who was born December 12,
1906.  Mr. and Mrs. Krebs are members of the Presbyte-rian church. He is
identified politically with the Republican party.  His Masonic connections
are with the higher branches of the fraternity and he is a member of Beni
Kedem Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Charleston.



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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 380-383

WILLIAM M. WELSCH, superintendent of the Monarch Mines at Monarch, Cabin
Creek District, Kanawha County, W.Va., is a native of Germany, born there
April 5, 1876, and is a son of Nicholas and Theresa (Leipertz) Welsch.
Nicholas Welsch was born in one of the Rhine Provinces in Germany, where he
married Theresa Leipertzartd in 1888 the family came to America and located
at Ford City, Pa., moving from there to Ohio in the following year, and the
father securing work in the coal mines at Jacksonviue. He took out his first
citizen's papers immediately after coming to this country, at Kittanning, the
county seat of Armstrong County, Pa., and his second papers in 1893, at
Athens, the county seat of Athens County, Ohio. While living there his wife
died. He survived her and now resides with his son, William, at Monarch.
There were many children beside William in the fam-ily, he being the eldest,
namely:  Hubert; Nettie, the wife of William Heiser; Harry; Gertrude, the
wife of John L. Mandt; and others who died in infancy.
William M. Welsch attended school in Germany for seven years before coming to
America and for a short time afterward-long enough to learn the English
language-and in 1889 became a miner at Jacksonville, 0., where he was rapidly
advanced, being appointed a mine foreman in 1901. In that capacity be came to
Kanawha County in 1904, for the same company, the Ohio Sunday Creek Coal
Company, and continued in their employ until July, 1910, when he came to the
Monarch people. Mr. Welsch has been a hard working man all his life and has
exercised prudence and forethought and is in comfortable circumstances.
On December 31, 1901, Mr. Welsch was married to Miss Mary Hatfield, a
daughter of Theodore and Mary Hatfield, and they have two children, William
and Dorothea. He is a meniber of three imnortant fraternal organizations: the
Red Men, the Forresters of America and the Woodmen of the World.



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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 383-384

FREDERICK S. THOMAS, M.D., who for a number of years was well known as one of
the leading medical men in the southwestern part of the state, and as
proprietor and physician in chief of the Thomas Private Hospital, at
Charleston, was born near Sissonville, in to Charleston in 1884, he entered
into practice here, and was for a time interested in a drug business, in
partnership with Mr. Potterfield, under the style of Thomas & Potterfield,
but in 1892 he sold out his interest to his partner. He then devoted his main
attention to the practice of medicine and surgery and soon built up a wide
reputation as one of the leading members of his profession.  It was he who
introduced the bath treatment for typhoid fever, since adopted by many other
able physicians.  But perhaps Dr. Thomas was more widely known as the
proprietor of the Thomas Private Hospital at Charleston, a noble institution,
in which the residents of the city take a just pride.  The fine and
commodious building was erected by the city during I 89&97 at a cost of
$30,000 and was under lease to Dr. Thomas, who with a corps of able
assistants conducted the institution in a most efficient manner, reflecting
credit upon him and his confreres and making it of great value to the
southwestern part of the state.  Among his assistants were able specialists
upon every disease or class of diseases to which human flesh is heir.  The
hospital is conducted on broad lines and is admirably equipped.  Not only are
the dangerously sick provided for, but provision was made for those who
merely sought rest and restoration from the strain of either business or
social life.
Dr. Thomas was regarded as at the head of his profession for some years
before his death, which event took place January 7, i908.  He had been
influential in the establishment of other hospitals and sanitariums and
belonged to the American and State Medical Associations and the County
Medical Society.  Aside from his profession, he was interested in several
important business enterprises, being president of the Charleston Ice & Coal
Company, a stockholder in the Charleston National Bank, and being interested
also in coal mining operations.  He was a member of the First Presbyterian
church and was a man of high-minded and charitable disposition, giving freely
of his means to worthy causes.  In politics he was a Republican.
Dr. Thomas was married, Oct. 7, 1879, in Maiden, W. Va.,to Ruth Lee Putney,
who was born in Maiden, March 19, 1856, a daughter of Dr. James and Mary E.
(Reed) Putney. Mrs. Thomas is a great-granddaughter of Ellis Putney, a native
of England who, coming to this country settled in Virginia and married Fannie
Fearn.  He and his wife resided in Buckingham county.  Their son, Dr. Richard
Ellis Putney, born in Virginia, March 13, 1774, was a physician, and ahout
1812 or 1814 settled in Maiden, Kanawha county, where he died May 12, 1862.
He was a man of considerable local prominence, both as a physician and in
politics, serving as magistrate for 25 or 30 years. He was also engaged in
the manufacture of salt. He married Oct. 11, 1815, Ann, the daughter of David
Ruffner.  She was born in 1792 and died some years before her husband, who
subsequently contracted a second marriage, of which there was no issue.  By
his first mar-riage Dr. R. Ellis Putney had several children, including Dr.
James Putney, father of Mrs. Thomas.  Dr. James Putney was a graduate of the
Cincinnati (0.) Medical College and an active physician in MaIden for some
years, where he died in 1876, being then in his 6ist year.  He was married
May 7, 1850, in Farm-ington, Iowa, to Mary E. Reed, who was born in Palmyra,
Mo., April 13, 1830, and was reared and educated in Farmington.  She is still
living and although advanced in years, is bright and active both mentally and
physically, and keeps well informed on current events. She is, indeed, one of
the intellectual women of her day and her interest in the progress of
humanity, the advancement of her sex, the purification of politics and other
weighty subjects, is deep and keen.  Her father, Samuel C. Reed, was
government Indian agent in Iowa from 1836 until his death in 1848.  He was
also elected more than once to the Iowa state legislature.  Born in
Pennsylvania in 1798, he was reared in Ohio, and married in Charlston, W. Va.
to Maria Slaughter.  She was born in 1799, a daughter of Coodrigh and Hannah
(Van Bibber) Slaughter, pioneer settlers in Kanawba county.  At the time of
Mrs. Mary E. Putney's residence in Iowa, there were many Mormons settled in
that state with whom, owing to her father's official position, she was
brought more or less into contact, thus obtainmg a familiar knowledge of
their religious, social and political ideas.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas have been the parents of two children: James Putney and
Ruth Mary. James Putney Thomas, horn July 13, 1880, was educated in a
military school and at the University of West Virginia, and is now an
electrician residing in Los Angeles, Calif.  He married Miss Drusilla Bolin
of Ohio.  Ruth Mary, born 25 years ago, is a graduate of Lewisburg college
(W. Va.), class of 1906.  She married R. W. Edmunds, of a Farmville, V~
family, hut now residing in Charleston, W. Va. He is a graduate of
Hamden-Sidney college, a civil engineer by profession, and is also engaged in
the coal business.


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