U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sturm, Henry (Colonel) (b.abt.1794) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 458 Colonel Henry Sturm, was born in Cove District about 1794. He was the son of Nicholas Sturm, an Englishman, and one of the earliest settlers in Barbour, coming here from Virginia. Henry Sturm represented Randolph County in the Legislature; and in the War of 1812, he joined our army at Norfolk. In the Civil War, though old, he again entered the army. Nicholas Sturm, (sometimes written Storm), was a Justice of the Peace in Randolph County in 1811, and Henry, his son, was Constable in 1821, Justice 1831, and Ensign of Militia the same year. He was twice married, first to Susan Alexander, a widow, and a daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (England) Johnson. The children of Colonel Sturm were, William, Jackson, John, James, Lair, Thomas, Samuel, Rachel, Elizabeth and Sally. Samuel, son of Colonel Henry, furnished the timbers for the Philippi bridge. His children were, Jesse, David, Elizabeth, Harvey, Henry, Amanda, Eldridge, Phoebe Ann, Charles, Deniza Ann, Catherine. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------