U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Teter, Joseph (1828-1898) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 480 Joseph Teter, son of Joseph and grandson of Jacob, was born 1828. On March 29, 1856, at Carrolton, Ohio, he was married to Dorrinda, daughter of Charles and Margary (Brooks) Fawcett. Their children were Charles Fawcett, Martha Virginia, John Mitchell, Gordon Battelle, Mary Margary, Daniel Patrick, William Steele, Joseph Henry, Letticia Grace and Addison Brooks. Mr. Teter died December 21, 1898. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and was a local preacher. He organized the first Sunday School in Valley District. He was a member of the Masonic Order; in politics he was a Republican, and by occupation a farmer, residing near Belington. He was educated in the public schools; and he filled the office of Colonel of the Militia. In 1864 he was elected Supervisor. He was a member of the first legislature of WestVirginia,and his name was first on the roll. He was twice elected to the legislature. As a preacher, it is claimed that he married more couples than any other person in Barbour County, except Joshua S. Corder. He preached fifty years. He was an extensive owner of real estate, and was in all ways, an able and influential man. Gordon Battelle Teter, born 1861, sou of Joseph and Dorrinda Teter, was married June 6, 1894, to Flora, daughter of Watson and Elizabeth Tenney. He is a member of the M. E. Church; in politics is a Republican, and by occupation a farmer and stockman, living on the head of Simpson's Creek, where he owned 300 acres, recently sold for $12,000 to the Southern Coal and Export Company. Mr. Teter spent one year in Texas as a cowboy. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Register, Barbour County, WV (year 1898, page 84, No. 524 FULL-NAME: Jos. Teter BIRTH-PLACE: Belington DEATH-DATE: Dec. 21, 1898 at 71-years of age DEATH-PLACE: Belington, West Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Lagrippe & Complications / Pneumonia BURIAL: Concord (Dec. 23) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------