Hi: Spotted this in the WV archives at USGenWeb. Regards, Nan [email protected] ----------------------------- Found at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/wv+index+264029424534 +F Typed by MARGUERITE HOWARD for the Marshall County WVGenWeb. HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY From: History of The Pan Handle; Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia. Compiled and written by J. H. Newton, G. G. Nichols, A. G. Sprankle. Published by J. A. Caldwell, 1879. (A very long and interesting article with some short bios at the end. This is one of them- Nan) FRANKLIN DISTRICT BIOGRAPHIES. W. F. HAYNES was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, June 19th, 1847. He came to Marshall county, W. Va., in 1878. He married Miss Jane Sippet on the 4th of September, 1869. They have one child-Cora E., was born April 30th, 1872. His father, James E. Haynes, was born in England, August 14th, 1809, and came to America with his father in September 1819. WEBSTER DISTRICT BIOGRAPHIES. MARTIN WETZEL was born in Ohio county, in 1834. He is a grand son of the celebrated Lewis Wetzel. He was reared a farmer. In 1855, he went to learn the carpenter trade and follows that trade yet. In 1857 he married Miss M. Haynes, of Marshall county. They have six children, three boys and three girls. In 1862 he enlisted in the Twelfth West Virginia Regiment. Served three years; was in several engagements, but escaped without a scratch.