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0684: Virginia Brown Laidley Manuscript, 1937, Marshall University Special Collections
0684: Virginia Brown Laidley Manuscript, 1937, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains an original typewritten manuscript of “Scales,” by Virginia Brown Laidley, covering a history of the Scales, Laidley, and Brown families of Cabell and Kanawha Counties, Virginia, later West Virginia.
0656: Hugo Hart Herrenkohl Manuscript, Marshall University Special Collections
0656: Hugo Hart Herrenkohl Manuscript, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a manuscript clipped in two parts: “From the Past” by Hugo Herrenkohl and a supplementary manuscript. The manuscripts cover Herrenkohl’s recollections of life in rural Cabell County in the early twentieth century, including genealogical material about the Herrenkohl and Blake families. Information about burial places is included.
0514: Early Records Of Cabell And Mason Counties, 1802-1933, Marshall University Special Collections
0514: Early Records Of Cabell And Mason Counties, 1802-1933, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of one volume of genealogical and family records related to Cabell and Mason Counties. The contents of the volume, according to the table of contents, are as follows: Thornburg Burial Place, Handley Burying Place, David Williams’ Family Bible, Old Wilson Bible, 1802, Churches [Guyandotte Methodist with list of burials], Old Will [Stephen Bartrum], Short History of Beale Family, “The Beal Family” from the Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 6, 1908, History of the Frasher Family by Elder D. K. Frasher, 1933, and Supplementary Records (Frasher Family).
0476: Samuel Cabell Papers, 1818-1832, Marshall University Special Collections
0476: Samuel Cabell Papers, 1818-1832, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of copies of materials related to Samuel Jordan Cabell found in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. These papers include copies of military bounty land warrants and scrip issued in 1832 as well as a will and some correspondence. Materials created after Cabell’s death are primarily by his son Patrick Henry Cabell. Because these materials are copies, legibility can be limited.
0274: Thornburg Family Papers, 1889-1960, Marshall University Special Collections
0274: Thornburg Family Papers, 1889-1960, Marshall University Special Collections
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Pioneer Cabell County, West Virginia, family. Primarily papers of Charles William Thornburg (1866-1960); personal account book (1889-1891), death certificate and newspaper clippings.