U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sexton, George Asbury (1840-1916) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 569 GEORGE ASBURY SEXTON, born June 4, 1840. The son of William Sexton and Sarah Jackson and grandson of Noah Sexton of Worthington, Mass., who emigrated to the valley of the Buckhannon River in the year 1814, first settling on Middlefork, then at French Creek and lastly on the waters of Brushy Fork. He was one of nine children, his brothers and sisters being: Daniel, William Jackson, Edward Jason, Rebacca Jane, Margaret E., Sarah, Clinton, Amy and David S. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was attached to Rosecrans and McClellan's command, being detailed by General Westfall to escort that command from Parkersburg to Buckhannon. General Rosecrans selected him to do secret service work and in this capacity he served his superiors so well that the General recommended him for promotion and asked that he be made a Second Lieutenant. The honor was unhesitatingly conferred upon him. On June 24, 1863, he married Virginia L. McNulty, daughter of Clark and Catherine (Hyer) McNulty. Children: Jason W., married Eula Huff; Greta, married J. E. Martin; Lorena Bird, married Homer Heavner; Annie, single. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Page 13) FULL-NAME: Geo. A. Sexton BIRTH-DATE: AGE-AT-DEATH: 77 years DEATH-DATE: November 16, 1916 DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: General Debility INFORMANT: C. E. White, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------