U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Darnall, Harrison A. (1860-1945) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 433 Col. M. A. Darnall, was born in Greenbrier County, Va., now West Virginia, November 26, 1827, and was married in 1847 to Jane McDowell and moved to what is now Upshur County, in the year 1849. Mr. Darnall was a blacksmith by trade but left his shop in 1861 and joined the Union army, and was made Captain of Company A, West Virginia Volunteers, and was promoted to Colonel of the 10th West Virginia Volunteers, taking General Harris's place when Colonel Harris was promoted to General. During the war Mr. Darnall was in many engagements, among them was with Sheridan in his thirty days fighting up the Shenandoah Valley and was also with Grant when he marched on and took Richmond. After the war Mr. Darnall took up his trade as blacksmith, which he followed almost to his death, in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Darnall raised thirteen children. Among them was H. A. Darnall, the subject of this sketch, who was the seventh son and was born July 12, 1860. Mr. Darnall was brought up on a farm in Meade District of Upshur County, working on a farm in the summer and attending the district school in winter. After completing the course of study in the free schools, Mr. Darnall graduated from the West Virginia Normal and Classical Academy of Buckhannon, W. Va. Mr. Darnall taught three terms of school in the Rural districts, two years in the village of French Creek and eleven in the public schools of Buckhannon, W. Va., nine of which he was City Superintendent of schools. Mr. Darnall served one term as Congressional Committeeman from Upshur County, and one term as Chairman of the Upshur County Republican Executive Committee and was nominated postmaster of Buckhannon, W. Va., in 1902, and re-appointed in 1906. Mr. Darnall was married in 1897, to Carrie M. Loudin, daughter of O. B. and Amelia Loudin, of Warren District, and to them two children have been born, Amelia Beth and Robert Bruce. Mr. Darnall is a K. of P. and a Free Mason. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage License, Upshur County, WV (page 130) Harrison A. Darnall (age 37) born in Upshur County, WV son of M. A. and Jane Darnall Carrie M. Loudin (age 31) born in Upshur County, WV daughter of O. B. and Celia Loudin were mmarried August 16, 1897 at the residence of O. B. Loudin by C. L. Queen, Minister of the Gospel From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #4788 FULL-NAME: Harry Alexander Darnall BIRTH-DATE: July 12, 1860 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 1, 1945 DEATH-PLACE: #12 Meade St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: #12 Meade St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Carrie M. Darnall) OCCUPATION: Retired Educator, Schools - City & County FATHER: Col. Morgan A. Darnall (born in Greenbrier Co., W.Va.) MOTHER: Jane McDowell (born in Greenbrier Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Uremia INFORMANT: Mrs. Carrie Darnall (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 -------------------------------------------------------------------