U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proudfoot, John H. (1822-1906) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 445 John H. Proudfoot, born on Pleasant Creek, 1822, son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Cole) Proudfoot, was married in 1846 to Sarah A., daughter of Uriah and Joanna (Cole) Modisett. Children, Anna E., Chester W., Joanna Martha, Delbert M.,Ira B. and Isa M. He is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and is a farmer on the waters of Hacker's Creek. When public schools were introduced the school houses were located in Pleasant District by a committee composed of Mr. Proudfoot, John Harvey Woodford and Richard Crutcher. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch, John Proudfoot, came from Scotland and settled on Taylor's Drain. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Register, Barbour County, WV (year 1906, page 181, Line Numbered 19 FULL-NAME: Jno. H. Proudfoot DEATH-DATE: Aug 7, 1906 at age 84-years DEATH-PLACE: Barbour County MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Parylesis (sic) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------