U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolverton, Alba (1870-1962) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 513-514 Alba Wolverton, born near Meadowville, 1870, son of Charles F. and Rebecca A. (Smith) Wolverton, was married at Philippi, March 25 1892, to S. Clara, daughter of Alpheus P. and Jane R. (Thompson) Wilson. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Democrat, a farmer and a civil engineer. He was elected County Surveyor of Barbour in 1892, and served four years. He lives on Bonica Run, and owns 36 acres, largely improved. After teaching eight years he began surveying, and has been following that for nine years, working not only for some of the leading companies and landowners of Barbour, but also in Randolph, Upshur, Tucker, Preston and Harrison Counties. Mr. Wolverton traces his ancestry back seven generations, through the Brown family. Beginning with himself, the line is as follows: His father, Charles F. Wolverton, married Rebecca Smith. The father of Charles was Benjamin M. Wolverton, who was born at Romney, West Virginia, 1828, and in 1847 married Ann Brown, who was born near Evansville, Preston County, 1823. She was a daughter of George Brown, who was born 1789, married Sarah F. Bartlett in 1819 and died 1862. George was a son of Thomas Brown, who was born 1760 in Prince William County, Virginia, and in 1785 married Anna Ash, and died 1844 in Preston County. Thomas was a son of William Brown, who was born in Prince William County about 1725, married Elizabeth Buckner in 1756, and died in 1807. He was a son of William Brown of the same county, who died before 1732, but the date of whose birth, or the facts of whose marriage, have not been ascertained. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #'62 016606 FULL-NAME: Alba Wolverton BIRTH-DATE: September 11, 1870 BIRTH-PLACE: West Virginia DEATH-DATE: December 17, 1962 DEATH-PLACE: Broaddus Hospital, Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Civil Engineer FATHER: Charles F. Wolverton MOTHER: Rebecca Smith CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Probable mixed virus infection INFORMANT: Mrs. Merl Daugherty BURIAL: Masonic Cemetery, Philippi, West 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------