Subject: [WVHANCOC] Clay and Butler Districts Sketches: Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: WVHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:33:21 EDT From: Norton750@aol.com Reply-To: WVHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com To: WVHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Clay and Butler Districts: A. Manypenny: (not included in this note, but available) J. Manypenny: " " " " " B. F. Shane: " " " " " D. Dixon: " " " " " William Hamilton: " " " " Edward Campbell: " " " " George H. Hobbs: " " " " James R. Carson: a son of Samuel Carson, deceased, was born in now Hancock County, West Virginia, in 1807. He learned the tailor trade and followed that as his vocation for thirty five years, then he changed his occupation to farming, and is pursuing that as his vocation at present. He married Sarah Conley, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1835. They settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, remained four years, and then moved on the farm where they are now living, in Clay District, Hancock County, West Virginia. They reared eight children -- Martin S., Samuel H., John M., James A., David M., William W., Matthew B., and Sarah W. His companion died in 1871. Martin L. served near two years in the war of 1861, in Company I, of the Twelfth Virginia Regiment. The sons are deceased. submitted by; Dale Patterson Hancock Co. WV - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/ Brooke Co. WV - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/brooke.htm Census Lookups - http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup/wv.html ==== WVHANCOC Mailing List ==== Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html