FAULKNER, Charles James, (father of Charles James Faulkner [1847-1929]), a Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in Martinsburg, Va. (now West Virginia), July 6, 1806; was…
FAULKNER, Charles James, (father of Charles James Faulkner [1847-1929]), a Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in Martinsburg, Va. (now West Virginia), July 6, 1806; was…
ATKINSON, George Wesley, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Charleston, Kanawha County, Va. (now West Virginia), June 29, 1845; attended the public schools of Charleston and was…
(Encyclopedia) panhandle, in geography, a strip of land projecting from the main body of an area and shaped like the handle of a pan, such as the panhandles of West Virginia, Texas, and Alaska.
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1863; 1863-1865; 1865-1871Party: Unionist; Unconditional Unionist; RepublicanWILLEY, Waitman Thomas, a Senator from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in…
DUVAL, Isaac Harding, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia), September 1, 1824; attended the common schools; as a youth he went to Fort…
HUBBARD, Chester Dorman, (father of William Pallister Hubbard), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Hamden, Middlesex County, Conn., November 25, 1814; moved with his parents in 1819…
CLARK, James West, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, N.C., October 15, 1779; was graduated from Princeton College in 1797; member of the State house of commons in 1802,…
KENDALL, Charles West, a Representative from Nevada; born in Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, April 22, 1828; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and Yale College; moved to California in…
PEEL, Samuel West, a Representative from Arkansas; born near Batesville, Independence County, Ark., September 13, 1831; attended the common schools; clerk of the circuit court of Carroll…
