U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bland, Thomas (1796 ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 353 Thomas Bland was born in 1796, in Fairfax county, Va., a descendant of Theodorie and Richard Bland, who were among the pioneer settlers of Fairfax county. Thomas Bland served in the 1812 war, and was at the siege of Fort Meigs. He married Mary Newlon who was born in 1796, and they settled in Lewis county, first at a place called Westfield where the county seat of that county was originally designated to be located, and then at Weston where Thomas Bland built the first hotel. He represented his district in the State Senate a number of terms, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1850, was a number of years Deputy Sheriff for Lewis county, and a man of note in the county. Mrs. Edmiston, Mrs. Brannon, and Mrs. Jacob Lorentz were the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bland. Their sons were Dr. W. J. who was at one time superintendent of insane asylum at "Weston; Thedrie G., (died in 1845), Thomas, (died in 1834), Newton B., (at one time physician of Weston), Dr. John T., (murdered on the Mississippi in 1876), and Edwin S. Thomas Bland died in 1867, and his widow died in 1882. Edwin S. Bland was born at Weston in 1835, son of above mentioned parents. He married Lavinia E. Evans in 1859 at Morgantown, and their union was blessed with nine children: George T., Mary N., Edwin L., Harry E., Frank G., Charles H., Julia, Thomas E. (deceased), and Earl Dorsey. Edwin S. Bland began to read law at the age of twenty-one with Judge John Brannon, and was admitted to practice in 1859. He continued the practice of law, also taught in the public schools of Sutton for many years. He died Feb. 1, 1903. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Register of Deaths, Lewis County, WV (Pages 53-54, Line Numbered 1 FULL-NAME: Thomas Bland BIRTH-PLACE: Fairfax Co., Va. DEATH-DATE: July 11, 1867 at age 74y-5m-22d DEATH-PLACE: Jane Lew MARITAL-STATUS: married (Mary Bland) OCCUPATION: Farmer PARENTS: Thos. & Sarah Bland CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Indigestion INFORMANT: Mary Bland, wife ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Lewis County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/lewis/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------