U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Carper, William C. (b. 1826) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 407 WILLIAM C. CARPER. A once active and successful, but now retired, lawyer of Buckhannon. Born on Turkey Run, Lewis County; in 1826, the third of six children, born to Adam and Jemima (Currence) Carper, natives of the Old Dominion. His grandfather, Abraham Carper, was a native of Pa. and moved to the South Branch in Virginia when he was about twenty-one years old and there married Miss Harness, after which time they moved to Upshur County, in 1800, and settled above the town of Buckhannon, nearby where Dr. Rusmisel now lives. His maternal grandfather, William Currence, was born in Randolph County, Va., and his father was born in Ireland and was one of the early emigrants to this country, settling in Virginia. He was shot from his horse in Randolph County, Virginia, by the Indians in 1770, he also bore the name of William. Paul Carper, the father of Abraham was a quarter master in the Revolutionary Army. Adam Carper the father of this sketch was a farmer of Lewis County, all his life. William C. Carper was educated in the Clarksburg Academy and the Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., after which he studied law under Judge Brockenbrough and in 1854, was admitted to the Bar. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Buckhannon, and in 1870, was elected to the Senate of West Virginia, and while a member of that body was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and on account of his previous experience in legislation as a member of the General Assembly of Virginia, in 1855 and 1856, acquitted himself with great credit. In 1856 he married Miss Mary Martha Hutton, a native of Randolph County, Virginia, she died in 1862. In 1863, he married Mrs. Martha Bassell White of Harrison County, West Virginia, and to this union three children have been born; William B., Adam and Alvin B. Mr. Carper is one of the scholarly and cultured professional men of Buckhannon. Is widely read, was an eloquent and forcible pleader at the Bar, has a mind pregnant with facts and incidents and relationships of all the first families living in the county and is kind and considerate in his home. His life has been well spent in the acquisition of that fund of knowledge, which now makes his retirement quiet, instructive and enjoyable. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (2nd wife of William C. Carper) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #3590 FULL-NAME: Martha Bassil Carper BIRTH-DATE: February 15, 1833 BIRTH-PLACE: Harrison Co. DEATH-DATE: August 13, 1921 at age 88y-5m-26d DEATH-PLACE: Main St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Benjamin Bassil (born in Connecticut) MOTHER: Susan Jackson (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senility INFORMANT: A. Carper (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------