U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pepper, Samuel D. (b. 1848) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 441 Samuel D. Pepper, born 1848 on Bartlett's Run, son of Johnson and Roanna (Bailey) Pepper, was married in Doddridge County, December 8, 1876, to Naomi, daughter of Ralph M. and Roxalina (Williams) O'Neill. Children, Earl, Inez, Raymond L. and Roxalina. Mr. Pepper is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, in politics is Republican, and by occupation is a farmer and stockdealer, residing on Bartlett's Run, where he owns 256 acres, underlaid with coal. The family is English. William Pepper, the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came from England and settled in Delaware, and after his marriage removed to Virginia, before the Revolutionary War. His son, William Pepper, was born in Virginia and married Nancy Johnson. Their children were, William, Scarber, Parker, Vina, Anna, and Johnson, the last being father of the subject of this sketch. These children came to West Virginia in 1808 and settled near King's Knobb, on the Brushy Fork of Elk. Johnson Pepper was born July 8, 1801, and his wife 1810, and is still living (1899). Johnson Pepper's children were as follows: Marshall, Nancy, Mary, Thomas, Edith, Thornbury, Benjamin, Eleanor, James B., Samuel D., Roanna. The Baileys are English, and the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch married Hannah Thornbury, of Scotch-Irish extraction, and he lived in Virginia, reaching the advanced age of 103 years. His son, Thornbury Bailey, was born in Virginia, and at an early date came to West Virginia, where he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Bartlett. The history of the Bartletts is given elsewhere in this book. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------