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(MUNCH). HOUSTON THE SARAH CAMPBELL BLAFFER GALLERY, THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONBiblio.com

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Archive of Correspondence Diaries Memorandum and Account Books and Ephemera for the Related Families of Barger Gilkeson Hall Van Meter and Whitesel of Buckhannon Moorefield and Petersburg West Virginia 1820s-1950s

029991Large manuscript archive consisting of: -571 letters 1074 pages dated 1820s-1940s the bulk from 1898-1900. -5 Diaries 540 pp. of Thomas R. Hall of Buckhannon West Virginia dated 1937-1949 with gaps. -7 Memorandum and Account Books possibly of John P. Barger of Petersburg West Virginia 1883-1884. -572 pieces approximately of ephemera including contracts deeds agreements postcards invitations circulars receipts printed and manuscript materials such as accounts and financial statements etc. plus several photographs the ephemera dates from 1820s-1950s. Archive Description:Correspondence 571 letters 1074 pp. dated between 1820s-1940s with the bulk of the letters 391 of 571 being dated from 1898 to 1900. A further breakdown of the correspondence in this collection is as follows:1820s-1880s. 48 letters 101 pp. 1890-1897. 34 letters 127 pp. 1898. 110 letters 176 pp.1899. 281 letters 387 pp.1900s. 30 Letters 91 pp.1910s. 28 Letters 114 pp.1920s-1940s. 5 Letters 16 pp.Undated letters 22 letters 42 pp.Undated and Incomplete letters 13 letters 20 pp. Much of the correspondence centers around John W. Gilkeson. Including 33 letters 41 pp. dated 1898-1900 on the letterhead of the West Virginia Penitentiary of which Mr. Gilkeson served on the board of directors. Other incoming letters to Gilkeson also concern the penitentiary. These letters tend to be written by other members of the board of directors and are written on that members own company letterhead but they discuss the business of the prison.Diaries of Thomas R. Hall of Buckhannon Upshur County WV 1937-1949 5 volumes 540 pp comprising 262 pp. of diaries plus 278 pp. of memorandum notes cash accounts and address books. Diaries measure 2 ½" x 5 ¾" bound in limp red leather format is 5 to 7 diary entry days per page mostly written in ink but with some pencil. Diary volumes dated for years 1937 1939 1945 1947 and 1949. Diary entries detail the day to day activities of Mr. Hall a father husband and insurance salesman. The memorandum notes cash accounts etc. at the rear of the diaries appear to deal with his work as an insurance salesman for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He keeps track of personal production income automobile repairs oil gas bus train mail other expenses etc. Individual diaries pages are as follows:1937 - 53 pp diary 50 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book. 1939 - 53 pp diary 60 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book. 1945 - 50 pp diary 55 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book. 1947 - 53 pp diary 51 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book. 1949 - 53 pp diary 62 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book. Memorandum and Account Books 7 Memorandum & Account Books possibly of John P. Barger of Petersburg Virginia 1883-1884 comprising 128 pages in total each volume measures approximately 3 ½" x 5 ¾" and is bound in paper wrappers and dated from 1883 to 1885.Two of the volumes lack wrappers. The volumes are worn mostly written in pencil but in a legible hand. The names of John P. Barger and George Harman are mentioned in most volumes. Ephemera185 approximately pieces of manuscript ephemera for the Barger Gilkeson and Van Meter families includes bills receipts contracts deeds agreements memorandum notes promissory notes etc. dated c1820s-1940s mostly from the late 1880s-1890s.200 approximately pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera for the Barger Gilkeson and Van Meter families includes letterhead receipts for various goods transport receipts hay scale receipts tax bills a couple of telegrams car registration used checks a checkbook membership cards insurance policies etc. dated 1847-195062 used postcards 1877-1924 mostly 1880s-1890s many to John P. Barger from his bank showing a deposit was received others between members of the Gilkeson family and their associates. Post cards addressed to Mrs. Alice Barger Petersburg WV; John P. Barger Esq. Petersburg WV; Mr. Max Barger Petersburg WV; E. M. Gilkeson Moorefield WV; Hon. John Wm. Gilkeson Moorefield WV also seen as "cashier"; Ms Martha V. Gilkeson Moorefield WV; George Harman Esq. Petersburg WV; Ms. Clarice Shobe Petersburg WV; Jos. Vanmeter Moorefield WV; Wm. C. Vanmeter Old Fields WV; J. C. Wilkins Franklin WV75 used envelopes 1889-1936 mostly 1910s addressed to various members of the Barger Gilkeson Harman Van Meter and Whitesel families of Moorefield Old Fields and Petersburg WV.39 pieces of printed ephemera including 9 invitations 8 greeting cards printed unfilled forms newspaper clippings circulars etc.1 hand drawn land survey by surveyor M. D. Neville for 3 lots total of 364 acres "east of the Elk Gorden Road." 5 manuscript pages of financial statements and comparative statements of the "Old" and "New Administrations" of the "West Virginia Penitentiary" including 2 pages of notes for a board of directors meeting 1896-1899.2 manuscript pages on the genealogy of William Thompson Van Meter family. 3 photographs black & white two are cdv's of women not dated nor identified the other a very small photo of two women identified as "Miss Simville & myself." John W. Gilkeson 1861-1917 of Moorefield WV and Van Meter family of Old Fields WV John William Gilkeson was a prominent and prosperous citizen of Moorefield West Virginia. He had a beautiful farm and home near town and was a banker businessman a man of the highest standing and character an elder in the Presbyterian Church and had the confidence and respect of his community. His father John Bell Gilkeson 1818-1891 was born at Romney Hampshire County Virginia later WV. He was married in 1857 to Nancy Jane Kuykendall Wilson the daughter of Nathaniel Kuykendall. John Bell was the son of James David Gilkeson 1793-1872 and Sarah Dixon Bell 1797-1850. James and Sarah had several children Besides John; one of them was Robert B. Gilkeson 1821-1891 the father of Edwin Myers Gilkeson 1854-1946 and Henry Bell Gilkenson 1851-1921. Edward and Henry are among the correspondents of John William Gilkeson. There are at least 32 letters which the two brothers wrote to their cousin John William Gilkeson. Edwin Myers Gilkeson 1854-1946 had his own mercantile establishment at Romney WV. He became the President of the bank at Parkersburg WV after having been the Cashier. He was at one time 1921 the treasurer of the Democratic County Executive Committee and the 1st ward leader at Parkersburg WV. He married Cora Williams Finley and had several children one of whom was Emily Gilkeson who attended along with her cousin Henry's daughter Laura the Mary Baldwin Seminary. Henry Bell Gilkeson 1851-1921 was a lawyer politician school administrator and banker in the state of West Virginia. He was born in Moorefield in 1850 the eldest child of dry goods merchant Robert B. Gilkeson and his wife Sarah E. and was raised in Romney. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and became a school teacher and served as superintendent of the Hampshire County Schools from 1877-1879. He then began to study law and became a successful attorney at Romney. His popularity in education circles and legal circles propelled him to the next phase of his career that in politics. He was elected to the West Virginia Legislature as a state senator for the years 1890-1893 and as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for 1883-85 and 1909-11. He also served as mayor of Romney West Virginia and as the first president of the Bank of Romney 1888-1913. Henry married a woman by the name of Mary Katherine Paxton 1853-1910 and had a son Henry B. Gilkeson Jr. 1890-1901. Another son Robert William Gilkeson 1887-1918 died while serving with the 316th Engineers in WWI in France. Henry Bell Gilkeson died on 29 September 1921 and was interred with his wife and son Henry Jr. at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney. The Gilkesons had one other child a daughter Laura Paxton Gilkeson 1885-1973 who married Romney lawyer George Sloan Arnold 1885-1986. John William was also one of the directors of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moorefield at least for the years 1898-1904. He was also the Cashier at the South Branch Valley National bank in Moorefield and acted as a delegate to the American Bankers Association in 1901. With a man by the name of Williams he was part owner of "Williams & Gilkeson" a company that was a member in the American Short Herd Breeder's Association. John William Gilkeson married Janie White 1861-1935. They had at least three children. John died the 5 July 1917 his wife on 14 December 1935. They were both buried at Olivet Cemetery at Moorefield. John William Gilkeson John T. Van Meter and several others founded the Olivet Cemetery at Moorefield about the year 1887. James William Gilkeson c1847-1920 married Sallie C. Van Meter c1851-1930. Sallie was the daughter of William Cunningham Van Meter. The marriage of James and Sallie connects the Gilkesons to the Barger Harman Van Meter and Whitesel families mentioned below. James William and Sallie had at least two daughters Damaris and Martha Mattie who are mentioned in this archive. William Cunningham Van Meter 1811-1889 the father of Sallie C. Van Meter mentioned above was the son of David Van Meter 1784-1871 and Hannah Cunningham 1793-1878. He married Martha Ann Peerce 1820-1895 and together they had at least eight children: David Peerce b. 1844; Milton Point b. 1846; Damaris Ellen b. 1848; Sallie C. b. 1851; Annie E. b. 1853 who married Edward Williams; Martha Cornelia b. 1854; Fannie O. b. 1857; and William Thompson Van Meter.Barger Harman and Whitesel Families of Petersburg West Virginia Alice A. Harman 1854-1942 was the wife of farmer John P. Barger 1861-1901 the daughter of George Eston Harman 1828-1899 and Mary Jane Smith 1832-1858. Alice's father was a member of the West Virginia Legislature and ran for U.S. Congress in 1890 aligning himself with the Prohibition Party. John P. Barger died at Petersburg WV at the age of 40. He was the son of Michael Barger. Gracie Whitesel 1878- was the step-daughter of John P. Barger and the daughter of Alice who was previously married before her marriage to Barger to the Rev. James Edward Whitesel 1851-1878. Alice married Whitesel in 1875. Whitesel was the son of Simon and Catharine Whitesel. Alice and Whitesel had three children: George Harman Emmett Wycliffe and Grace mentioned above. With Barger she had one child Max. Max carried on the family farm along with his mother Alice after the death of his father Alice's second husband in 1901. Grace Catharine Whitesel is the daughter of James Edward Whitesel and Alice Harman Barger. Grace married Wm. Thompson Van Meter at Petersburg WV on 16 December 1903. William was the son of William Cunningham Van Meter and Martha Ann Peirce mentioned above in the Gilkeson and Van Meter biography. William was born at Old Fields Hardy County WV. His ancestors were among the first to settle on the south branch of the Potomac River. At the time of William T. Van Meter's death he and his wife made their home at Mrs. Van Meter's brother Mr. Harmon Whitesel at Petersburg WV. Van Meter spent the greater part of his life in Hardy County. He was buried at Olivet Cemetery at Moorefield WV. He was a member of Moorefield Presbyterian Church. Thomas R. Hall 1878-1963 of Buckhannon Upshur County WV Thomas Roberts Hall our diarist was the son of Strother I. Hall 1835-1905 a farmer of Grays Flat Virginia and his wife Mary Ann Wells 1835-1909 of Basnettsville Virginia. Thomas was the youngest of the couple's eight children. He was born in 1878 at Grays Flat. The family then moved to Marion West Virginia. Thomas later attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where he studied business. Hall married Rosa Maude Vincent b. 4 Sept. 1881 of Upshar Co. WV. In the 1940 Census he his wife Maude V. son Frank V. b. abt. 1910 and step-mother Virginia S. Vincent b. abt. 1858 are found enumerated at Buckhannon Upshur County WV. Thomas is listed working as a general insurance salesman. The family owned their home. When he filled out his WWII draft registration card he stated he worked for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Thomas R. Hall died on 16 July 1963 at Buckhannon WV at the age of 83.Further Description of Correspondence: 1820s-1880s Correspondence The earliest correspondence first 10 letters dated 1824-1839 is written to David Van Meter of Moorefield Hardy County Virginia listed on letters as "near Moorefield" this is an area that would later become West Virginia. Of these 10 letters 6 are written by his children the others from associates. After these letters to David Van Meter there are 4 letters written by members of the Ogilvie family 1850-1857. They appear to be written to John or David Ogilvie of Moorefield VA from family members in Virginia and at Warsaw Ohio John Ogilvie/Oglesbee. Then there is a letter 1857 written to W. C. Van Meter who appears to be the son of the above David Van Meter. Following this there are an additional 3 letters written apparently to John Ogilvie in 1858 two of them are from family. A letter after this 1866 is from James Ogilvie to Wm. C. Van Meter. The bulk of the remaining letters in this section are incoming letters to Wm. C. Van Meter.1890-1897 Correspondence The 1890s correspondence begins 11 letters written to Gracie Whitesel 6 from family and to John P. Barger 5 from business associates. In 1892 a business letter is written to J. Wm. Gilkeson. Then there are 3 further letters to Gracie Whitesel. These letters are followed by letters written between the various female members of these families in particular several letters are written to and from Mattie V. Gilkeson in 1895-1896 who was attending the Augusta Female Seminary in Stanton Virginia. She writes letters to her mother Mrs. J. Wm. Gilkeson of Moorefield WV. Letters are also written to Damie Gilkeson of Moorefield Mattie's sister. There are also a couple of business letters to John P. Barger.1898-1900 Correspondence Of the 571 letters in this collection 391 of the letters are dated from 1898 to 1900. These 391 letters are for the most part either written to John W. Gilkeson or written by him. For the most part these are retained copies on tissue paper but several are on the letterhead of the South Branch Valley National Bank where John Gilkeson was Cashier. A couple of the letters are written to U.S. Congressman Alston G. Dayton and A. C. Scherr among others. Gilkeson has many correspondents two of the main writers being his relations Edward Gilkeson 17 letters and Edward's brother Henry Gilkeson 16 letters. Edward Gilkeson's letters are written on the letterhead of the Second National Bank of Parkersburg WV where Edward was Cashier. The letters discuss financial matters investments family and local news. Henry Gilkeson's letters are written on the letterhead of "H.B. Gilkeson" his law practice in Romney WV. Other correspondents are A. C. Scherr and Alston G. Dayton. A. C. Scherr a woolen manufacturer writes 31 letters to Gilkeson many on the letterhead of Keyser Woolen Mills a business he owned at Keyser WV. Scherr served on the board of directors along with Gilkeson of the West Virginia Penitentiary. Some of these letters are personal they appear to have been friends some are business oriented Scherr appears to be in financial troubles and others speak to their activities on the prison board such as the hiring of convict labor. U. S. Congressman Alston G. Dayton 1857-1920 writes to Gilkeson on four occasions three of which are on the letterhead of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Naval Affairs of which Dayton was a member. Dayton was elected a U.S. Congressman from West Virginia for the years 1895 to 1905. The letters concern politics and campaigns. There is also 1 letter from Governor George W. Atkinson who was West Virginia's Governor from 1897-1901. Gov. Atkinson writes to Gilkeson about an upcoming "Congress of the National Prison Association of the United States." The archive includes 33 letters written on the letterhead of the West Virginia Penitentiary. They are written to Gilkeson because he served on the board of directors of the prison. Some of the letter writers are S. A. Hawk the warden of the prison who writes 7 letters; A. C. Scherr a fellow board member who writes 1 letter. Gilkeson himself writes 1 letter retained copy to John A. Bloyd a fellow board member and also treasurer of the prison. Bloyd writes 5 letters to Gilkeson. The rest of the letters 19 were written by John L. Laughlin listed as the clerk and secretary of the board of directors of the prison. These 33 letters combined with the other letters of A. C. Scherr written to Gilkeson on his personal letterhead as well as several manuscript pages of accounts for the prison in the ephemera section of this archive give great insight into the financial status and the mechanics running and financing the prison from the board of directors' perspective.1900s-1940s Letters In this section of the archive there are 12 letters of Pvt. Bernard M. Taylor dated 1918-1919 while he was serving during World War One. Pvt. Taylor was serving in France with Co. B of the 505th Engineer Battalion. The letters are written to Damie E. Gilkeson with a couple to Mattie Gilkeson Damie's sisterOther letters in this section of the archive appear to be written to John P. Barger or other Van Meter family members and some to the Gilkeson family.

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