U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Flannagan Family ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 612-613 The Flannagans. — Flannagan is another name that has stood for good citizenship in this county for sixty years. Samuel Flannagan, the progenitor of the family, crossed the ocean with his uncle, from Ireland, and settled in Pennsylvania. His wife was a Miss Garner, of German descent, and their only son, Samuel, was born in the Keystone state. But after the death of his father, he emigrated to Hampshire county, (West) Virginia, where he was married to Miss Katherine Arnold, who was also of German extraction, and eight children were the result of this union; viz., John, Daniel, Otha, George, William, Charity, Zimri, and Joseph. John was first married to Miss Ellen Reese and six children were the result of this union. His second wife was Miss Julia Hollenback, of Reese's mill in Mineral county, and there he and his companions rest. Daniel's wife was Miss Susan Arnold, and after he was laid away in the burying-ground on the Flannagan farm above Berea, his widow and three children went to Waterloo, Iowa, where she rests. Otha went west and died unmarried. George and his wife, Miss Louisa E. Craigen, of Hardy county, with their family of three children went to McMenville, Tennessee, where they died. And the rest came to this county. In 1850, William, Charity and Zimri, purchased the improvement made by Major Elias Lowther, above Berea, of William Hall, and established their home here. After the sister's death, Zimri bought his brother's interest, and gradually extended his borders until his estate now covers an area of about eight hundred acres, and is rich in oil. Zimri Flannagan was born on Patterson's creek in what is now Mineral county (West) Virginia, on January 7, 1826; and died at his home at Harrisville, on August 6, 1910, and in the Harrisville cemetery he lies at rest. On April 4, 1876, he was married to Miss Sarah C. Neff, of Moorefield, and the two children of this union are: Otha Z., and Mary C. Flannagan. His widow still survives. After selling his interest in the farm on the South fork, William Flannagan went to the North fork of Hughes river and purchased the Malone farm and other land near Hannahdale, making five hundred acres in all, and settled in the brick house where he and his wife, Mrs. Emily Wolfe Flannagan, and their only child, Amelia, all died; and at Riddel's chapel they sleep. The estate is still in the hands of the Flannagan heirs. Joseph Flannagan, the remaining member of the family, was born in 1827; and on August 4, 1859 he was married to Miss Amzella Neff, of Moorefield, who was born in December, 1841; and near the year 1859, they came to this county and settled at Tollgate, where Mr. Flannagan died on March 7, 1882, leaving a family of seven children. He was one of the prominent citizens of his day, and he left an estate of thirteen hundred acres of land, which is still principally owned by his family. After his death, Mrs. Flannagan was married to Joseph Inskipt, of Maryland, who died a few months since (in 1910), and Miss Grace Inskipt, of Harrisville is the only child of this union. The children of Joseph Flannagan are as follows: George E. Parkersburg; William A., Buckhannon; Walter N., Tollgate; Guy, Pennsboro; and Addie V., who is the wife of Dr. Hosea Rymer, of Harrisville. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------