U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Whitescarver, George H. (1868-1956) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 599-600 GEORGE H. WHITESCARVER, son of John T. and S. E. (Sinclair) Whitescarver, born in Taylor County, West Virginia, May 31, 1868. The name Whitescarver is German, and is spelled in that country as Weisgerber, this being a name as old as the Roman empire. For history records that this family belong to the German tribes, who opposed the mailclad legions of Julius Caesar. Prior to the Revolutionary War and six generations back from the subject of this sketch, Frederick Weisgerber, or Whitescarver, left his German home, crossed the blue sea and settled in Rappahanock County, Virginia, being a man of means in Germany and bringing those means with him, who soon bought a large body of land on the Rappahanock River and maintained it in a manner befitting his position and means. His son, Frederick W. Whitescarver, was born in America, and spent the larger part of his life on the parental plantation, and there married a Miss Browning, a cousin of Zachariah Taylor, and of their children, one, John S. Whitescarver, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Culpepper County, Va., October 12, 1804, and married a Virginia lady by the name of Elizabeth Griffin, and to them were given eight children, two of them still living, George M. Whitescarver, of Grafton, W. Va., and John T. Whitescarver, of Pruntytown, W. Va. John S. came to Harrison County in 1850, settled on a farm in the northern part of the county, and there lived till his death in 1896. The mother of the subject of this sketch is the daughter of James Sinclair and Rebecca Yates Sinclair, both members of well known families of Taylor County. The subject of this sketch was born and raised on a farm until twenty-two years of age; was a graduate of the public schools, and had taught one term in the public schools of this county. In 1892 he came to Buckhannon and went into the mercantile business, running a hardware store, and in May of that year was married to Ella Brake, the daughter of Hyre Brake and -Narcissus Bailey Brake. (See history of Brake family). To this union one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was given. She is now seven years old. In the fall of 1894, his store was entirely destroyed by fire, that swept the business section of Buckhannon. He engaged in shipping live stock for six years after this, and then went into the coal and timber business, and in this last enterprise has been associated with some of the largest transactions in Upshur and adjoining counties. He is a partner of his brother, B. F., in the Whitescarver Furniture Company of Buckhannon. He is a Baptist in religion and a Democrat in politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Kanawha County, WV #7541 FULL-NAME: George H. Whitescarver BIRTH-DATE: May 31, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Tylor Co. W.Va. (county as spelled on the dc) DEATH-DATE: June 20, 1956 (at age 88y-0m-29d) DEATH-PLACE: Mt. State Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Marmet, Kanawha County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired Merchant FATHER: John T. Whitescarver MOTHER: Sarah Sinclair CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Thrombosis / Auricular Fibrillation INFORMANT: Mrs. Mary Bump, daughter BURIAL: Buckhannon, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------