U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Talbott, Richard Edward (1867-1949) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 476 and 479 Richard Edward Talbott, born February 21, 1867, son of Richard T. and Margaret (Weber) Talbott, was married June 5, 1895, at Philippi, to Etta, daughter of Isaac H. and Margaret (Jarvis) Strickler. Their child's name is Margaret. Mr. Talbott is a member of the Baptist Church, is a Democrat, an Odd Fellow, a Mason and a lawyer. He formerly held the office of Recorder of Philippi, and is the present Circuit Clerk. He was educated in the public schools, in private schools and in the West Virginia University, graduating from that institution in the law department in 1893. His father, in early life, spent several years in Illinois and other western States, chiefly in the lead mines. While there, April, 8, 1849, he was married by a Catholic priest to Miss Weber. Immediately after that event he and his wife returned to Barbour County, passing down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Ohio, up that stream to Parkersburg, thence overland by stage to Barbour. He purchased a farm of George Woodford, and settled on the head of Simpson's Creek, where the new town of Heatherly is now building. There he became a prosperous farmer, and his children were as follows. Mary Elizabeth, Virginia, Melissa Ann, Josina (died February 28, 1897, at Pratt, Kansas), Robert Dowden (died young), John Lawrence, Lora Linden, David Albert, Richard Edward, Margaret Alice (died May 22, 1893, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;) William Howe, Alonzo (died young), Arthur Lee, Kyle Weber. The Weber family are German, and Lawrence Weber, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Merlenbach, Germany, and in 1819 was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Keil, of Kraumbach. On June H, 1830, they left for America, and arrived in Baltimore September 20, with four children, namely: John, born December 10, 1819; Katharine, born January 8, 1822; Eva, born August 16, 1825; Elizabeth, born November 23, 1828. The other children were born in America, namely, Margaret, born in Pennsylvania, February 21, 1833; Mary Ann, born March 31, 1836; Sarah, born March 5, 1841; Louisa, born September 25, 1844. The family removed to Illinois. Richard T. Talbott, born April 17, 1821, is a son of Robert, and Robert was a son of Richard and Mary (Dowden) Talbott, the first settlers in Barbour. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Kanawha County, WV #17120 FULL-NAME: Richard Edward Talbott BIRTH-DATE: Feb 21, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour County, WV DEATH-DATE: December 17, 1949 DEATH-PLACE: Charleston General Hosp., Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Treasure of the State of West Virginia FATHER: Richard Talbott MOTHER: Margaret Weber CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Thrombosis INFORMANT: R. Kenneth Talbott BURIAL-PLACE: Phillipi, W.Va. (wife of Richard Edward Talbott) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #12775 FULL-NAME: Etta Strickler Talbott BIRTH-DATE: December 17, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: Philippi, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 9, 1947 DEATH-PLACE: 1574 Virginia St. E., Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Isaac H. Strickler MOTHER: Margaret Jarvis CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral hemorrhage / Arterio sclerosis INFORMANT: Mr. R. K. Talbott of Charleston, W.Va. BURIAL: Masonic Cemetery in Philippi, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------