U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Radabaugh, Benton C. (1879-1961) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 540 BENTON C. RADABAUGH, is a native of the County, born at Swamp Run, August 9, 1879, the son of Adam Radabaugh and Clara Eleanor Wagner, and the grandson of George Radabaugh and Sarah Heavner, and the great grandson of Adam Radabaugh, Sr., and Catherine Simons, who were citizens of Chillicothie, Ohio, at the time of their death. The Radabaughs are of German extraction. His grandmother was a daughter of Nicholas Heavner and Catherine Kester. His mother was a daughter of William Wagoner and Edith Boyles, who was a daughter of Gilbert Boyles and Ellen Goff, an own sister of Waldo Goff. Gilbert Boyles was born in Ireland 1772, and emigrated and settled on the Waters of Teter's Creek, Barbour County. On April 10, 1905, he married Annie B. Vangilder, the daughter of James M. Vangilder and Marian Bram, who was the daughter of Elijah Bram and Roanna Swisher, of Marion County. His wife's grandfather was Frederick Vangilder and his wife's grandmother was Dorcas Moran. He was educated in the public schools in Union District, whence he graduated in 1897, and worked at Davis, Tucker County, on a saw mill until a call was made for soldiers to go to the Spanish- American War. He responded to that call by volunteering in the 3d U. S. Engineers at Piedmont. W. Va., -and saw service in the United States and Cuba. He received an honorable discharge at Fort McPherson, Ga., May 17, 1899, after returning home he took up farming and school teaching, which he still follows. He is a member of the Upshur County School Book Board and the M. E. Church, and in politics a Republican. Child: Harold Abraham, born September 30, 1906. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #'61-000363 FULL-NAME: Benton C. Radabaugh BIRTH-DATE: August 9, 1879 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 13, 1961 DEATH-PLACE: VA Hospital, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Adam Radabaugh MOTHER: Ellen Wagoner CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chronic nephritis with uremia INFORMANT: Mrs. John Post (#8 Island Ave., Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Radabaugh Cemetery, Hall, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------