U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Domire, Abraham (1842-1920) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 394-395 Rhinehart Domire* was born in 1800, in Preston County. In 1825 he married Catharine, daughter of Stephen Losh. Their children are, George N., Stephen, Reuben, Sarah, Maria, Rhinehart, Mary Ann, John W., Abraham and Savina. He died in 1875. Abraham Domire, son of Rhinehart Domire, was born in 1842, on Horse Shoe Run. In 1864, he married Ann Sophia Shaffer, of Horse Shoe Run P. O. Their children are: Edgar J., William S., Jennet Catharine, Melissa Ellen and Joseph Pierce. He is a farmer of 790 acres, of which 125 are improved, on Horse Shoe Run, 10 miles from St. George. He has not devoted his whole time to farming, but has paid attention to lumbering; worked three years getting out shingle timber for the Rowlesburg Lumber & Iron Co., and three years longer as partner in the "Domire Shingle Mill;" sawed 100,000 a month, and sold his interest to George Shaffer; has been road surveyor and school trustee. In his younger days he killed many deer — was only 15 years old when he killed the first one; he tried to take it home, but it bloated before he got it there, and he stuck his knife in its side to let the air out, thinking that would help it. * The name Domire is spelled in two ways. Thus: Domire and Dumire. It is said the name originally was Toomire. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #7294 FULL-NAME: Abraham Dumire BIRTH-DATE: 1842 DEATH-DATE: April 26, 1920 (at 78 years of age) DEATH-PLACE: Black Fork District, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------