U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- League, Henry Samuel (1848-1921) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 400 Henry Samuel League, son of Samuel W. and Mary Elizabeth Smith League, was born and reared in Jefferson county, Virginia. Mr. League was the youngest of seven children. John F., the oldest of the family, was a graduate of West Point, and served in the 18th Mississippi Infantry in the Civil war as Lieutenant Colonel. He was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. James W., another brother, was in the artillery service and served in A. P. Hill's Corps. He rose to the rank of Major. He was in the revenue service as storekeeper, under the administration of Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and Theodore Roosevelt. His home was for many years in Smithfield, Jefferson county, West Virginia. He was a merchant. Henry League married Ida F. Knicely of Jefferson county. Their children were John S., Harry E. and George Aldie. After leaving Smithfield, he was a merchant in Martinsburg, W. Va., and in 1907, he moved to Gassaway, W. Va., and entered the mercantile business where he has been successful in accumulating valuable property. He still retains interests in Jefferson and Berkeley counties of this state. Mr. League is an old school Jeffersonian Democrat, and takes a very keen interest in political affairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #2371 FULL-NAME: Henry Samuel League BIRTH-DATE: September 25, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: Jefferson Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 22, 1921 DEATH-PLACE: Gassaway, Otter District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Retired Merchant FATHER: Samuel League (born in Maryland) MOTHER: Smith (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Acute Heart trouble, (organic heart) INFORMANT: Mrs. Ida League (of Gassaway, W.Va.) (wife of Henry S. League) From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #1541 FULL-NAME: Ida Fane League BIRTH-DATE: August 26, 1857 BIRTH-PLACE: Middle Way, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 21, 1935 at age 77y-4m-25d DEATH-PLACE: Gassaway, Otter District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Henry S. League) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Jon Nicely (born in Charlestown, W.Va.) MOTHER: Mary Shaw (born in Winchester, W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Accident - burn, clothing caught fire open grate INFORMANT: Mrs. N. B. Hamric (of Gassaway, W.Va.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------