U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gladwell, Andrew Jackson (1843-1915) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 458 ANDREW JACKSON GLADWELL, born June 30, 1843, in Hardy County, Va. Son of James Gladwell and Eliza Bean, a daughter of Andrew Bean of Hampshire County. His father settled on the waters of Indian Camp in 1860. He was a soldier in the Mexican War and a pensioner for many years prior to his death. His family numbered eleven, of which the subject of this sketch is the second. Andrew Jackson Gladwell was raised on a farm and in 1862 enlisted in Company E, 3d West Virginia Infantry and after eighteen months service therein was discharged with a disability. He re-enlisted in Company B, 10th West Virginia Infantry under Captain J. L. Gould and with this company till the close of the war. He was wounded at Winchester, September 19, 1864, by receiving a shot passing through both thighs. He now draws a pension of $17 a month, and has a brother, E. C. Gladwell of Kansas, a member of Company B, who also draws a pension. In 1868 he married Amanda C. Huffman, a daughter of Peter and Margaret (Brooks) Huffman, of Barbour County. To this union have been born thirteen children, of which nine are living: Mary Jane, wife of J. N. Duke; Nola, wife of Littleton Zickefoose; Eva, wife of Sobiscay Cutright; Lela, wife of Ott Morgan; Pearl, wife of James Smallridge; Alice, wife of Frank Eckard; Annie, wife of Thomas Wilson; Artie and Herbert, at home. Mr. Gladwell has had two children killed by accidents one by a falling tree and one by a railroad train. The town of Alton was founded by Mr. Gladwell and to him is due the credit of interesting A. C. Pringle in building the first mill and keeping the first store, in getting G. W. Simon, first resident physician, in building the first church, U. B., in opening the first hotel by Serena Wolfe. He has been and is the postmaster at Alton, the only others being G. W. Simon, A. D. T. Pringle and Frank Weekley. He has held other political offices, has been Justice of the Peace eight years, which position he now holds and Notary Public. He owns 600 acres of land, on which he raises live stock and cultivates orchards. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Page 5) FULL-NAME: A. J. Gladwell DEATH-DATE: April 6, 1915 AGE-AT-DEATH: 71y-9m-7d MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Rheumatism INFORMANT: R. H. McDonnald, Physician ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------