October 5, 2020 Reference: “History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia” by John Davison Sutton, Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919, Pages 395-396. “John Jackson, the pioneer of the Jackson family in West Virginia, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1719, his father removed to London when John was quite young […]
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John Sylvanus Rohrbough Round Valley’s prominent and pioneer citizen, passed away Thursday night in San Francisco Hospital. Mr. Rohrbough was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia, February 12,1859. He came to Round valley when 17 years old and was affiliated with the late George White. He is well known throughout the northern part of the […]
Continue reading → Laura J. Arnold BUCKHANNON, W. Va., Sept. 25. Mrs. Laura J.[Jackson] Arnold, the only sister of the late Gen. Stonewall Jackson, died yesterday at the city hospital here from diseases incident to old age. Mrs. Arnold was 85 years old and was active until within a few weeks of her death. She was […]
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September 10, 2020 Here is a link to a wonderfully juicy story about the William D. Carlile scandals. William D. Carlile is the brother of our President Jane Hilder’s great-grandfather Allen Douglas Carlile. It really is a perfect script for the “As the World Turns” or other TV Soap Operas. https://martincitytelegraph.com/2020/03/01/an-1880s-soap-opera-scandal-captivated-kansas-city/ […]
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September 7, 2020 Ingredients: ½ cup shortening, ⅓ cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg (well beaten), ½ teaspoon salt, 1½ cups cake flour, 1 teaspoon soda and ½ teaspoon vanilla. Instructions: Cream shortening, peanut butter and sugar together. Add egg. Sift dry ingredients together and add to first mixture. Add vanilla and […]
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September 5, 2020 New Jackson Memorial Fountain in Parkersburg’s City Park. Photo by Joe Waterman Jackson Memorial Fountain is a historic fountain located at the entrance to City Park at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. The original fountain, built in 1905, was severely damaged by a storm in October, 2018 and recently replaced in […]
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This is a story about John George Jackson that Dorothy Davis relates in her book John George Jackson. John George was the son of Colonel George Jackson. John George later replaced his father in the U.S. House of Representatives. I thought Dorothy’s story appropriate today as we approach the 2020 Presidential Election. How they […]
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“A covered wagon getting stuck in the mud” painting by Alexandre Josquin. A 1805 Harrison County, (West) Virginia incident published in The Weston Democrat, Weston, WV, 12 April 1869, page 3. John George Jackson was the son of Col. George Jackson. “Historical Reminiscence.–In the year 1805, the first covered wagon that was […]
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May 5, 2020 Larry Spurgeon’s paper on Stonewall Jackson’s sister Laura Jackson Arnold is now on Stonewall Jackson’s web page of our website. You can access the paper directly by taking this link: http://www.jacksonbrigade.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Laura-Arnold-paper-Final-Draft.pdf Larry Spurgeon (BBA, JD) is Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Wichita State University. Larry now resides in Rockbridge County, Virginia […]
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