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• Germans

  … . Near its headwaters a small community named Berlin was established. Minear settled in … /articles/1936 in the early 1850s and named it St. Clara. Between 1848 and … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/551 family of Wheeling, leaders in the tobacco …

• The Government of West Virginia

  … from circuit courts in civil cases, family courts, state agencies, and workers compensation … staggered 12-year terms. Despite its name, the court hears original cases as … Government is highly personal, based on family and social connections, and is regarded …

• Grafton

  … Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/336 and was named for John Grafton, a prominent B&O engineer. … in the National Register of Historic Places. Grafton’s rich family, military, and railroad heritage has given it national recognition …

• Green Bottom

  … governor of Virginia (1805–08) and for whom Cabell County was named, purchased Green Bottom. In 1825, his agents sold Green Bottom … its slaves to Capt. William Jenkins, who moved there with his family in 1826. William Jenkins, the father of Gen. Albert G. …

• Education

  … northwestern region, children of the wealthiest families attended secondary private academies. Many … black students. The state superintendent was named a member of the executive … for preschool children from low-income families; Upward Bound, a college-type …

• Greenbrier County

  … portions of Botetourt and Montgomery counties, Greenbrier County is named for the "Greenbrier River":http://www. … Union,’’ it was named Lewisburg in honor of Andrew Lewis and the Lewis family. "Old Stone Presbyterian Church":http://www. …

• Eleanor

  … Pot_, and home economists, a doctor, and public nurses. By 1935, families began moving into their new homes. The town took its name from "Eleanor Roosevelt":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/129, …

• Stephen B. Elkins

  … , his home in Elkins. His father, originally from Virginia, moved the family from Ohio to Missouri when Stephen was small. Young Elkins … ;Davis & Elkins College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1709 are named for Stephen Benton Elkins.

• Flora of West Virginia

  … prairies, and plant migrations. The flora are presented by family, genera, and species. Each is described by physical characteristics, … not be confused with an earlier book of the same name by "C. F. Millspaugh":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Extension Homemaker Clubs

  … long-recognized need for educational programs for farm families with the passage of an act that … to provide decent bedding for low-income families. By this time extension home economic … . With the change of emphasis the names of the clubs also changed: from …

• Fenton Art Glass Company

  … of Tiffany’s expensive iridescent art glass. Collectors, decades later, named this ‘‘carnival glass,’’ in the belief that it was … the hobnail pattern was an exceptional sales line. Fenton, a family-controlled company, created an on-site Ohio Valley glass …

• Starland Theatre

  … drive-ins, the Starland was geared toward family entertainment, with a merry-go-round, … county’s domestic violence organization, Stop Abusive Family Environments (SAFE). The nonprofit group built low income housing on the site, now named Starland Heights.

• Gay and Lesbian Community

  … the Quarrier Diner opened in 1947, and the Chateau, later re-named the Driftwood, was a long-standing bar in "Huntington& … the first West Virginia representative of the support group, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which now has …

• Susan Dew Hoff

  … Henry Harrison Dew and Jane Davis Dew. The family later moved to West Milford in " … died in childhood. While caring for her family, she continued to read her father’s … provides free health and dental care is named the Susan Dew Hoff Memorial Clinic in …

• Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.

  … Talent_. Although not professionally trained, Murphy always sang for friends and family. He won a local talent competition that he entered on the … over two dance teams and a pop group, and he was named the show’s winner on September 14, 2011. Two months …

• Bernard Bell

  … German soldiers prisoner. Bell was born at Grantsville, Calhoun County, but his family moved to Point Pleasant a year later. He enlisted in the Army … in Point Pleasant where they are on display. A Calhoun County bridge was named in his honor in 2001.

• Sam Church

  … worked as a miner before becoming a barber. Church’s family moved to Appalachia, Virginia, in 1944. Church attended Berea … "Arnold Miller":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1787 named Church to his staff. Church was elected vice-president …

• Mike D’Antoni

  … credit their parents for their success. Mike D’Antoni said, “I think the whole atmosphere, how to compete and how to interact with other people, how to lose . . . it was just something that was instilled, that was just the way our family grew up.”

• Herbert Thomas

  … 7, 1943) was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved with his family to South Charleston in the 1920s. He excelled in football as … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/718 opened in South Charleston and was named for the local hero. Thomas was buried at the Army, …

• Dennis Harrah

  … year and won 61 percent of their regular season games. Harrah was named First Team All-Conference guard six times, Second Team All-Conference three times, and First Team All-NFL four times. He was named to six Pro Bowl games. He played in one Super Bowl, …

• Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington

  … actually outside the Huntington city limits. Its name is thought to have come from an … the city’s prominent Catholic and Jewish families are buried in designated sections reflecting … Spring Hill. A city-wide wellness path named in his honor winds its way …

• Peter Marshall

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1204. The family later moved to "Wheeling& … Peter’s mother moved the family to "Huntington":https … of 12 moved with his family to New York City. He … a week. Lacock changed his name to Marshall, a surname briefly …

• Graham House

  … the kitchen. They killed a young slave named Sharp and the Grahams’ ten-year-old … Ohio. It took eight years for her family to locate and ransom back Elizabeth Graham … been reluctant to return to her white family. The exchange occurred at Limestone Creek, …

• Buck Harless

  … County after coal and timber had made him rich. He and his family lived in a house he built on an island in the … "Charleston Gazette-Mail":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1100 named him West Virginian of the Year in 1983. Buck Harless …

• John Morris

  … /articles/2464. John was born into a family with deep musical roots. Though John … development,” he says. He also cites family friends and local musicians "Jenes … , the National Endowment for the Arts named John Morris a National Heritage Fellow, …