West Virginia Archives and History

First Will in County Recorded in 1846; Is Preserved by Clerk, brief history and text of the will
State Legislature Holds Extra Session This Week, re provisions in registering women to vote for the first time in upcoming November election and lingering opposition to their voting
Coat Hung over Hole in Brick Wall of Jail as Three Prisoners Escape

23 September 1920

Dunlow Woman, 104, Victim of Paralytic Stroke

19 January 1922

Hot School Lunches Are Proven Success
Deaths

16 February 1922

Aged Woman Pictures the Hardships of Early Days

11 May 1922

Capt. Ferguson Sold Farm for Race Track, But Didn't Know It
Monument To Be Built in Memory of Dead Heroes

27 July 1922

Wayne Woman 71 Years Old Has Taught for Half a Century

12 October 1922

Death Takes. . . Dr. G. R. Burgess

7 December 1922

Wayne Woman Is Given Party on 93rd Birthday

16 November 1922

Beloved Woman Succumbs After Year's Illness

1 February 1923

Death Summons Judge P. H. Napier, One of the County's Most Notable Men
"Uncle Pat", an eulogy re Judge Napier

9 August 1923

Old Timer Tells of Killing Deer in Wayne County, re Bostic Brumfield, Sr.
Vocational Agriculture Is Added in Local High School
Lost: County's Freakish Chicken Among Missing, a short humorous notice

22 November 1923

Did George Washington Cut Initials "G. W." on Chimney Rock near Ceredo?, re land grants and early settlers of Wayne County
Local News Items

20 December 1923

Sturdy Pioneers of Wayne County Eulogized by Z. T. Vinson in Remarkable Word Picture, a letter
In Quiet Thought, editorial comment upon Col. Vinson's richly detailed letter

23 December 1923

Wayne's Seven Wonders, re scenic spots/history
J. H. Meek Began on $26 a Month Teaching School, a letter
O. J. Wilkinson at Charleston Practicing Law, a letter
Local News Briefs

17 January 1924

Mrs. Donald Clark, of This County, Announces for Secretary of State, re the first woman ever to seek elected state office in WV
Local News Briefs

7 February 1924

Execution of Walker Here Is Outstanding Event in History, re 1878 public execution, Wayne's only civil execution
Local News Briefs

10 April 1924

Ancient Savage Land Grant Was Sold for Taxes, re first land granted to private individuals
Local News Letters, details routine events and interests within small Wayne communities
Notice to Teachers, re qualifications for elementary certificates in the 1920's

15 May 1924

Death Takes Woman Age 108 Years; Was Oldest Person in This County, re Hannah Runyon Blankenship, life and interesting funeral
Local News Briefs

12 June 1924

Nationally Known Man Recalls Boyhood Days Spent in Wayne County, reprint from Wheeling Telegraph
Local News Briefs

18 December 1924

From F. S. Vanhoose, a remarkable letter depicting a life with Wayne connections
From Pvt. Emery Wilson, a letter from the Mexican border
From Paul Wilson, a letter from an ex-Wayne Countian

15 January 1925

Wayne County of Forty Years Ago, Pictured in Local Papers of 1880's
Public Opinion, G. M. Johnson writes letter to the editor calling for tax collection revisions
News Briefs, items of local interest

22 January 1925

Y. B. Salmons Taken in Death, an obituary

30 April 1925

Death Ends Useful Career of Wayne County Woman Who Taught 52 Years, a tribute to Arabella Copley
New Law Requires Cedar Trees To Be Cut Down To Stop Rust, a measure to protect apple orchards
Numerous Local Folks To Attend Sunday School Convention, interdenominational project
News Briefs, items of local interest, including the formation Wayne County's first Rotary Club

21 May 1925

News Briefs, items of local interest, truck farming and apple orchards
2 Killed and 3 Injured at Kermit, Board of Education meeting

8 August 1925

Bethesda Home-Coming and Toney Family Reunion
Deaths, Mary Elizabeth Marcum
Co-operation, food for thought

27 August 1925

What Do You Know about Twelve Pole? good info about Twelve Pole Creek, from sources to mouth
Wayne-Logan Connected by Way of Mingo, as part of 200.1 mile Tug River Highway from Huntington to Charleston; guide to motoring the Tug River Highway
K. G. E. Castle To Be in Huntington, Wayne delegates among officers of lodge, Knights of the Golden Eagle

3 December 1925

Celebrates 96th Birthday, "Aunt" Amanda Osburn, b. 1829
Deaths, Dr. C. E. Wilkinson and Nancy Hale

28 January 1926

First Deed Recorded in This county 84 Years Ago, brief account of Wayne's separating from Cabell, copy of the first deed's text, and increasing responsibilities of the county clerk
Jurors for Court Term Next March, grand and petit jurors' names and their home districts
Births, recent Wayne births reported
Wayne Countians in Ritchie County, Wayne road construction outfit contracted in Ritchie
12-Pole Flooded Road Last Week
News Briefs, items of local interest

11 February 1926

Local Church in New Home; Founded 1874, re Ceredo Congregational Church
M. E. Revival in Wayne Promotes Church Council, a non-denominational organization
Pioneers from This County in Wars of 1812; 1861, a Barboursville historian notes Wayne soldiers

25 March 1926

Negro Hangs Next Month for Attack on Mingo Woman, an especially speedy judicial process in Mingo County
Indictments of Long Standing Are Nolled Here, an especially slow judicial process in Wayne County

20 May 1926

Teachers Are Employed for Lincoln District
W. B. Smith Candidate for Legislature, seeking to run for House of Delegates
Crop Conditions in Wayne County Shown in Report, some crops affected by late winter weather
Y. W. C. A. To Open Camp at Dickson Again This Year, second year of the camp
Gragston News Items
President Lakes-Florida Highway Association To Stop in Wayne Saturday, on an inspection tour of the Tug River Highway

27 May 1926

Ranks of Blue and Gray in Wayne County Thinned Out, Civil War veterans alive in 1926
Veteran of Civil War Tells of His Part in Conflict, a letter by C. H. Gilkerson, Confederate veteran of Gettysburg
Edmund Thompson Is Now Able To See After Remarkable Operation, re cataract surgery in 1926 at a Huntington hospital

3 June 1926

Interesting Letter Written by Wayne Man in 1864 Still Preserved, Confederate soldier Benjamin F. Dean writes from a camp near Winchester, VA, to his wife in Wayne
33 Veterans of Civil War Listed in This County, Veterans alive in 1926
Wayne Officers Named for Royal Arch Masons

10 June 1926

Names of 36 Civil War Veterans in the County Reported to This Paper, three additions
Former Wayne Countian Visits Home after Absence of Thirty-five Years, re Alderson Watts, a Confederate veteran
Klansmen Decorate Graves of Their Departed Members
James Ferguson's Letter to the Editor Recalls Civil War, re his service with the Union
Article Prompts Mrs. Shuff to Reflect upon Earlier Days and Relics, a letter by Mrs. Sarah V. E. Shuff
Wayne Blackberry Forecast, J. W. Mitchell offers a tip for forecasting blackberry crop

24 June 1926

Former Pupils of L. Dickerson Will Again Live School Days at Reunion
Cuts Earliest Cabbage, re Wayne truck farmers Buryl Cyrus and R. R. Gillette

26 August 1926

Dog Race Track Is Built at Ceredo; Is Most Novel of All Local Sports, greyhound racing
Ceredo-Kenova Teachers Assigned
George Ferrell Meets Death in Auto Accident

16 September 1926

Harrison Gives Official Tabulation of His Race in Sixth Senatorial District, a letter of thanks to the public
Teachers Favor County as Tax Unit and Oppose Darwin Theory, workshop resolutions
Good Program Is Planned for 24th at Wilson School, five schools join for a day's fun
County Court News, judgments, bids, awarded contracts
Local News Items

4 November 1926

Wayne Boy Has Fiddle Crown, Billie Charles, 13, champion fiddler in West Virginia
Perfect Attendance Record Is Made by Adrian C. Sullivan
Stock Law Again Defeated in Grant, voters say no to required fencing

9 December 1926

Jenny Wiley's Escape from Indians Recalled by Mrs. Vinson's Death

13 January 1927

Letter to the Editor by Lee Frazier, favors factory sites in Wayne over sites in Cabell
Captain Joseph M. Ferguson, obituary of a Confederate veteran

20 January 1927

Mrs. Mahala Wells Huff, Native of Wayne County, Dies at Age of 108 Years, a recap of her life and of her philosophy about old age
Local Boys Make Big Showing in State University Farm Contest, Wayne places fifth in state
Wayne Loses; C-K Keeps on Winning, high school basketball in 1927
Marcum and Watts Get Important Committee Posts in Legislature, plus interesting bills introduced in the West Virginia Legislature in 1927

17 March 1927

Ceredo Town History Full of Interest, founded upon a Massachusetts congressman's dream
Eastern Standard Time, ICC ruling facilitates railroad scheduling
Local News Items in Prichard and Wolf Pen, goings-on within small rural communities

21 April 1927

Scott Adkins Obituary, WWI veteran
Better Homes Campaign in Wayne County, coordinated with national campaign last week of April

16 June 1927

News Briefs, across Wayne County
Local News Items in Webb, Coleman, and Wilson's Creek

27 October 1927

How Tug Fork of Sandy Was Named
White's Creek Covered Bridge Breaks Under Heavily Loaded Truck, one of two left in Wayne County
Wayne Telephone Franchise, application to create infrastructure
News Letters, local news items within Wayne's rural communities

8 December 1927

28 Practicing Wayne Midwives To Renew License This Month
Bodies of Col. J. J. Mansfield and His Daughter Exhumed Here After 66 Years, bodies moved to Ferguson Cemetery at Elmwood
Kenova Company To Sell New Gas, local company to manufacture and sell King-Kol, an alternate fuel that takes the place of gasoline
School News, local schools
Iaeger, W. Va., area to where some Wayne Countians have relocated to construct roads

Wayne County News Table of Contents

Transcriptions by June White Special thanks to Nina Johnson for her assistance

Wayne County News
Table of Contents

Transcriptions by June White
Special thanks to Nina Johnson for her assistance