U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnett, William Edgar (1845-1930) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 335 William Edgar Arnett, born in Monongalia County, 1845, son of Solomon and Mary Arnett, was married in Mason County, June 27, 1876, to Caroline, daughter of Davis and Milla (Dawson) Pritchard. Children, Delia May, Hugh Glenn, Bessie Day, Minnie Milla, Prank Elsworth. He is a member of the M. E. Church, a Republican, a farmer and stock-dealer, living two and a half miles west of Philippi where he owns 160 acres of the old Adam Woodford farm, nearly all improved. He was educated in the public schools of Monongalia County, and takes an active interest in educational matters. The ancestry is German and Dutch, his grandfather having come to West Virginia from Delaware. The Pritchards are also of Dutch origin, William Pritchard, Mrs. Arnett's grandfather, having come to West Virginia from Maryland, about 1818. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH-CERTIFICATE: Upshur County WV, #11505 Full-name: William Edgar Arnett Birth: Mar 19, 1845 in Arnettsville, W.Va. Death: Apr 31, 1930 in Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV Marital-status: married, Louise Caroline Pritchard Occupation: Retired Father: Solomon Arnett, born in Arnettsville, W.Va. Mother: Mary Cordray, born in Arnettsville, W.Va. Informant: Frank E. Arnett of Elkins, W.Va. Cause-of-death: Prostatitis complicated with myocarditis Burial: Buckhannon, W.Va. DEATH-CERTIFICATE, Upshur County WV, #7660 Full-name: Caroline Prichard Arnett Birth: May 12, 1847 in Marion County, WV Death: Apr 10, 1935 in Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV Marital-status: Widow Father: David Prichard, born in Marion County, WV Mother: Milly Dawson, born in Marion County, WV Informant: Mrs. Delea M. Martin of Buckhannon, WV Cause-of-death: Cerebral Hemorrhage Burial: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------