U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statementon the following page: ----------------------------------------------------------- A HISTORY OF LEWIS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA BY EDWARD CONRAD SMITH, A. M, Sometime Teacher of History and Civics in Weston High School. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. 1920 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Copyright, 1920 By EDWARD C. SMITH The Morgantown Printing and Binding Co. Morgantown, W. Va. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TO MY FATHER Whose life has been devoted to the upbuilding of Lewis County. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The annals, and records, and life, of quiet neigh- borhoods are historically important by their vital con- nection with the progress and science of the nation and of the world." — JAMES MORTON CALLAHAN. -----------------------------------------------------------