U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Haymond Family ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Pages 387-388 John Haymond, a house carpenter and joiner, came from England to the Colonies, some time prior to 1740. He located in the Colony of Maryland. He had three sons, William, John and Calder, all of whom served in the Revolutionary war. William, after the war, located near Clarksburg. John Haymond, called and known as Col. John the Indian fighter, was a son of William, and settled at Bulltown, on the Little Kanawha river. He reared a large family. William P. Haymond, whose name, by reason of his being a land surveyor and Commissioner of Delinquent and Forfeited Lands, is connected with more of our land titles than any other name, was a son of Col. John Haymond. Wm. P. was the owner and proprietor of the mills at the Falls of the Little Kanawha, from an early day, until the time of his death, in 1869. Thomas Haymond, a son of Col. John, was the father of Luther D. Haymond, who was Prosecuting Attorney of the county when the Civil war began. Luther D. Haymond joined the Confederate army; and was Captain of a company from this county. After the war, he located in Virginia, and practiced law there, until the time of his death, in 1886. Eugenus Haymond was a son of Thomas; and John Q. Haymond, who now lives near Falls Mills, and who was a Federal soldier, and Sarah J. Squires, wife of E. H. Squires, living at Flatwoods, are children of Thomas, and the only children of his large family now living. All of the Haymonds in this county are descendants of Col. John, and many of his descendants are to be found in other counties of this state, and other states of the Union, especially westwardly. W. E. Haymond, an attorney-at-law, was the son of Eugenus and Mary J. Berry Haymond, daughter of Benjamin Berry. He was reared on a farm, not far from Falls Mills. He attended the public schools of the neighborhood in the winter season, and labored on the farm in summer, and after acquiring a good common school education, he taught school for a few terms. Afterwards, he read law in Weston, Lewis county, and was admitted to the Bar, in Sutton, in 1879. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Braxton county in 1884, and served in that capacity for eight years. Mr. Haymond married his first wife, Emma C. Hawkins, of Buckhannon. To this union were born two children, Gertrude and Nora. For his second wife he married Ethel Rhoades, of Lewis county. Mr. Haymond was a candidate for Congress on the Democratic ticket in 1900. The District being Republican, he was unable to reduce the large majority that confronted him. He has enjoyed a large and lucrative law practice, being chief council for E. D. Fulton, of New York vs. Geo. J. Gould, The Little Kanawha Syndicate and others, in which about 50,000 acres of coal land was involved, in Braxton and Gilmer counties. For his services in this suit he was paid $35,000. Mr. Haymond has done more, perhaps, than any other citizen of his town, to promote such interests as would build up the town and community. It was through his influence that the Coal & Coke Railroad was extended from Gassaway to Sutton. It is through his efforts that the Government is locating an extract plant at Sutton, which will add greatly to this section of country. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------