Private Co E & C 6th West Virginia Cavalry
At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company E, Third W. Va. Infantry [subsequently called the 6th W. Va. Cavalry]. In 1863 he was captured by the confederate army and served three months in the Libby prison at Richmond, Va. He was released in an exchange of prisoners........March 16, 1864, at Clarksburg he was married to Miss Mary D. Harris of Nelson county, Va., and to this union were born eleven children. He returned to the family homestead in Doddridge county and assisted his father on the farm. Later he moved to Morgansville where he served several terms as justice of the peace...........After the death of his first wife in 1900, he married Miss Amanda V. Keyser, of this city, on March 20, 1901........He was employed as a guard at the state prison here and served eight terms as justice of the peace. He served one term as commander of the Green post of the G. A. R. at West Union, W. Va., and one term of J. C. Caldwell post here.
- Bev
At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company E, Third W. Va. Infantry [subsequently called the 6th W. Va. Cavalry]. In 1863 he was captured by the confederate army and served three months in the Libby prison at Richmond, Va. He was released in an exchange of prisoners........March 16, 1864, at Clarksburg he was married to Miss Mary D. Harris of Nelson county, Va., and to this union were born eleven children. He returned to the family homestead in Doddridge county and assisted his father on the farm. Later he moved to Morgansville where he served several terms as justice of the peace...........After the death of his first wife in 1900, he married Miss Amanda V. Keyser, of this city, on March 20, 1901........He was employed as a guard at the state prison here and served eight terms as justice of the peace. He served one term as commander of the Green post of the G. A. R. at West Union, W. Va., and one term of J. C. Caldwell post here.
- Bev
Private Co E & C 6th West Virginia Cavalry
At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company E, Third W. Va. Infantry [subsequently called the 6th W. Va. Cavalry]. In 1863 he was captured by the confederate army and served three months in the Libby prison at Richmond, Va. He was released in an exchange of prisoners........March 16, 1864, at Clarksburg he was married to Miss Mary D. Harris of Nelson county, Va., and to this union were born eleven children. He returned to the family homestead in Doddridge county and assisted his father on the farm. Later he moved to Morgansville where he served several terms as justice of the peace...........After the death of his first wife in 1900, he married Miss Amanda V. Keyser, of this city, on March 20, 1901........He was employed as a guard at the state prison here and served eight terms as justice of the peace. He served one term as commander of the Green post of the G. A. R. at West Union, W. Va., and one term of J. C. Caldwell post here.
- Bev
At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company E, Third W. Va. Infantry [subsequently called the 6th W. Va. Cavalry]. In 1863 he was captured by the confederate army and served three months in the Libby prison at Richmond, Va. He was released in an exchange of prisoners........March 16, 1864, at Clarksburg he was married to Miss Mary D. Harris of Nelson county, Va., and to this union were born eleven children. He returned to the family homestead in Doddridge county and assisted his father on the farm. Later he moved to Morgansville where he served several terms as justice of the peace...........After the death of his first wife in 1900, he married Miss Amanda V. Keyser, of this city, on March 20, 1901........He was employed as a guard at the state prison here and served eight terms as justice of the peace. He served one term as commander of the Green post of the G. A. R. at West Union, W. Va., and one term of J. C. Caldwell post here.
- Bev
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