U.S. Data Repository -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: History and Progress of the County of Marion, West Virginia by George A. Dunnington, Publisher 1880 Pen Sketches of Prominent Citizens COL. THOMAS S. HAYMOND. Thomas S. Haymond was one of the most prominent characters of his day in the county. He was a son of William Haymond, jr., whose father was one of the earliest settlers of this region of the country and a man who was celebrated for his intelligence and benevolence. Colonel Haymond was born upon his father's estate in this county. January 15, 1794, and died in Richmond Virginia, in the spring of 1869. He received a fair education, and his studious habits, coupled with his rare natural endowments, soon won for him a great and good reputation, which clung to him through life. When quite a young man, scarcely thirty years of age, he represented his native county in the Virginia Legislature, and while there held the respect and gained the admiration of his constituency for the admirable manner in which he discharged the duties of his office. In the fall of 1840, Mr. Haymond was sent to the United States House of Representatives by the people of his district, and while there he proved himself an able legislator and an efficient worker for the best interests of his State. At the breaking out of the War Of the Rebellion, he removed south, and was in Richmond at the time of his death. For sometime previous to the war, Mr. Haymond held the office of colonel of a regiment of militia; hence the title which is generally prefixed to his name.