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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... Family Sketches. DAVID C. AGNEW, of Mill Creek district, son of Samuel K. and Sarah G. Agnew; born at Birmingham, Pennsylvania, May fi, 1847, of Scotch and Irish ancestry; a plasterer; married, 1869, to a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hart mac, of Hampshire County; children, John W., Floyd D., Susan N., Martha M. FRANK P. ALLEN, of Mill Creek district; a merchant; born in 1860: son of Mr. and Mrs. Judge Allen; of German ancestry; married, 1887, to Lucy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Taylor, of Moorefield; children, Alfred T., Caroline R., and Lucy V. Mr. Allen married twice, the second time to Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hartman. He owns twelve hundred and sixty-five acres of land. DANIEL ARNOLD, son of Zachariah and Elizabeth Arnold, was bom eight miles west of Romney, in what is now Mineral County, in the year 1838. He now resides on Bearer Run, in Mineral County, on the Beaver farm, from whom the Run takes its name. His ancestors came from Germany about one hundred and fifty years ago. On December 14,1859, he was married to Sallie Ludwick, of Hampshire County. They have seven children living and two dead. They are Ann F. R., George E. E., Mary T. R., Effle M. W., Sallie N. W.. James H. T., and Daniel A. Z. The oldest and the youngest are dead. In 1876 Mrs. Arnold died, and Mr. Arnold married Mary Ann Keys Tutwiler, of Hampshire, daughter of Martin Tutwiler. ULYSSES S. ANDERSON, engaged in saw-mill and carpenter business, resides near Capon Bridge; son of Benjamin F. and Rachel Anderson; German and Irish ancestry; born 1872; married Cordelia S., daughter of Theodore and Martha Larrick, 1893. Their child's name is Pearl V. LEWIS ARNOLD, carpenter, son of A. and Mary Arnold, English descent, was born in Capon, 1828;...