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Name Age Nativity Occupation County Post Office
Battelle, Gordon 47 Ohio Minister Ohio Wheeling
Boggs, John 48 Virginia Farmer Pendleton Mouth Seneca
Brooks, Richard L. 52 Virginia Minister Upshur Rock Cave
Brown, James H. 42 Virginia Lawyer Kanawha Kanawha C. H.
Brown, John J. 35 Virginia Lawyer Preston Kingwood
Brumfield, William W. 33 Virginia Farmer Wayne Ceredo
Caldwell, Elbert H. 52 Virginia Lawyer Marshall Moundsville
Carskadon, Thomas R. 24 Virginia Farmer Hampshire New Creek Station
Cassaday, James S. 40 Virginia Farmer Fayette Fayette C. H.
Chapman, Henry D. 63 Massachussets Physician Roane Spencer
Cook, Richard M. 41 Virginia Farmer Mercer Long Branch
Dering, Henry 50 Virginia Merchant Monongalia Morgantown
Dille, John A. 40 Pennsylvania Lawyer Preston Kingwood
Dolly, Abijah 44 Virginia Farmer Hardy Greenland
Gibson, David W. 32 Virginia Physician Pocahontas Buckhannon
Griffith, Samuel T. 32 Virginia Physician Mason West Columbia
Hagar, Robert 51 Virginia Minister Boone Boone C. H.
Hall, Ephraim B. 39 Virginia Lawyer Marion Fairmont
Hall, John 56 Ireland Farmer Mason Point Pleasant
Hansley, Stephen M. 42 Virginia Farmer Raleigh Marshall
Harrison, Thomas W. 37 Virginia Lawyer Harrison Clarksburg
Haymond, Hiram 55 Virginia Farmer Marion Palatine
Hervey, James 41 Ohio Lawyer Brooke Wellsburg
Hoback, Johanis P. 26 Virginia Teacher McDowell McDowell C. H.
Hubbs, Joseph 54 Pennsylvania Farmer Pleasants St. Marys
Irvine, Robert 47 Virginia Lawyer Lewis Weston
Lamb, Daniel 51 Pennsylvania Cashier Ohio Wheeling
Lauck, Richard W. 49 Virginia Lawyer Wetzel New Martinsville
Mahon, Edward S. 45 Maryland Farmer Jackson Ravenswood
Mann, Andrew W. 29 Virginia Farmer Greenbrier Falling Springs
McCutchen, John R. 51 Virginia Farmer Nicholas Summersville
Montague, Dudley S. 61 Virginia Hotel Keeper Putnam Red House Shoals
O'Brien, Emmet J. 42 Virginia Mechanic Barbour Burnersville
Parker, Granville 51 Massachussets Lawyer Cabell Guyandotte
Parsons, James W. 49 Virginia Farmer Tucker Saint George
Paxton, James W. 40 Virginia Merchant Ohio Wheeling
Pinnell, David S. 50 Virginia Physician Upshur Buckhannon
Pomeroy, Joseph S. 40 Pennsylvania Minister Hancock Fairview
Powell, John M. 36 Virginia Minister Harrison Buckhannon
Robinson, Job 45 Virginia Farmer Calhoun Arnoldsburg
Ross, Andrew F. 47 Pennsylvania Teacher Ohio West Liberty
Ruffner, Lewis 64 Virginia Salt Manufacturer Kanawha Kanawha Salines
Ryan, Edward W. 25 Virginia Minister Fayette Gauley Bridge
Sheets, George W. 38 Virginia Carpenter Hampshire Piedmont
Simmons, Josiah 47 Virginia Farmer Randolph Claysville
Sinsel, Harmon 44 Virginia Mechanic Taylor Pruntytown
Smith, Benjamin H. 63 Virginia Lawyer Nicholas Summersville
Soper, Abraham D. 66 New York Lawyer Tyler Sistersville
Stephenson, Benjamin L. 35 Virginia Farmer Clay Clay C. H.
Stevenson, William E. 40 Pennsylvania Farmer Wood Parkersburg
Stewart, Benjamin F. 52 New York Merchant Wirt Newark
Stuart, Chapman J. 41 Virginia Lawyer Doddridge West Union
Taylor, Gustavus F. 26 Virginia Lawyer Braxton Braxton C. H.
Tichenell, Moses 56 Virginia Minister Marion Palatine
Trainer, Thomas H. 42 Virginia Minister Marshall Cameron
Van Winkle, Peter G. 53 New York Lawyer Wood Parkersburg
Walker, William 34 Virginia Lawyer Wyoming Oceana
Warder, William W. 40 Virginia Farmer Gilmer Troy
Wheat, Joseph S. 60 Virginia Farmer Morgan Sir Johns Run
Willey, Waitman T. 50 Virginia Lawyer Monongalia Morgantown
Wilson, Archibald 60 Virginia Farmer Ritchie Pennsboro

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