U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Totten, W. G. L. (1840-1934) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 589 W. G. L. TOTTEN, born in Armstrong County, Pa., son of Sidney Totten and Lydia A. (Black) Totten; grandson of John Totten, a descendant of one of the two, who came from Tottonham, England, a suburb of London, and settled at Tottonville, Staten Island, before the Revolutionary War. From Staten Island they moved and founded Tottonham, N. Y. From this place the grandparent of the subject of this sketch moved to Armstrong County, Pa. John Totten was a cousin to General Totten, a solider in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, and was at one time chief engineer in the United States army. He was a soldier in the 169th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. After the close of the war he took up the study of law at Greensburg, Pa., and was admitted to that bar in November, 1864. The next year he came to West Virginia and settled in Buckhannon in the month of September, where he has practiced ever since. He was the first mayor of the town of Buckhannon and was elected prosecuting attorney of Upshur County in 1880, for a term of four years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #9986 FULL-NAME: W. G. L. Totten BIRTH-DATE: March 27, 1840 BIRTH-PLACE: Pa. DEATH-DATE: May 20, 1934 (at age 94y-1m-23d) DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Single OCCUPATION: Lawyer FATHER: Sydney Totten MOTHER: Lydia Ann CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senility / Broncho pneumonia INFORMANT: T. E. McGowan 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------