Randolph McCoy

Alfred Beckley was appointed a militia general

The Buffalo Academy was founded

Alexander Campbell elected president of the American Christian Missionary Society

Baltimore investors built Mountain House at Capon Springs

First national convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination

General Assembly authorized development of plans for improvements to make Coal River more navigable

John Gallaher was named auditor for the U.S. Treasury by President Zachary Taylor

Guyandotte was officially incorporated

City of New Cumberland received its charter from Virginia

Frank Hereford moved to California where he practiced law

John Jay Jackson Jr. served as prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County

Cummins Jackson died in California

John Jacob obtained a B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

The first Jewish community established a religious congregation in Wheeling

William C. Kelly was born

Construction on the B&O line Kingwood Tunnel began

George Latham moved to Taylor County

The Guyandotte Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of Virginia

The National Hotel was built in Martinsburg

Alexander Creel bought back land he had previously sold and established the city of St. Marys

Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates.

William Miller died

Lydia Shepherd denied that Betty Zane made the famous gunpowder run to save Fort Henry, claiming it was Molly Scott

Patrick Donahue was born

The Wheeling tannery was founded by John G. Hoffman

Work began on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike

Wheeling had free public schools

Winfield was laid out

A brick courthouse was completed at Winfield

C&O sold at foreclosure, reorganized, and renamed C&O Railway

Alston Dayton graduated from WVU

Stephen Elkins became a citizen of West Virginia

Aretas Fleming was appointed judge of the second judicial circuit

Congress provided money to have the remnants of the old dams cleared on the Guyandotte River

Hamilton Hatter completed the teacher training program at Storer College

The Irish had cleared the land on Irish Mountain and built a small log church

WVU created a "chair of law and equity" establishing the College of Law

Virgil Lewis became the principal of the Buffalo Academy in Putnam County

Herbert Chester Greer was born

Lawrence Nuttall moved to Nuttallburg

Russell Montague moved from Boston to Greenbrier County

The property containing the spring was sold to Andrew S. Pence.

Taylor County seat was moved to Grafton

The West Virginia Baptist State Convention was first held

Albert White graduated from Marietta College

Babcock Lumber Company founded in Pittsburgh

Fourth capital building was finished and legislature moved in

Cheat Mountain Club built by Cheat Mountain Sportsmen's Association

C&O Railroad forced into receivership again

Clarksburg laid first 6 miles of water lines

J. R. Clifford became first black admitted to practice law before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Justus Collins organized Louisville Coal & Coke Company in Mercer County

Dan Cunningham was part of group that murdered Rev. Tom Ryan

Fostoria Glass Company began in Fostoria, Ohio

William Glasscock became superintendent of schools

The seat of Cabell County was moved to Huntington from Barboursville

Waitman T. Linger started making chairs at Beans Mill

Daniel Lucas was nominated as U.S. Senator by Governor Wilson

C.F. Millspaugh published the last section of American Medicinal Plants

The first West Virginia mining law was passed and regarded as the nation's weakest

State laws were strengthened following the Mountain Brook mine disaster that claims 39 lives

George Peterkin founded the Sheltering Arms Hospital.

Legislature authorized building of Spencer State Hospital to relieve overcrowding at Weston State Hospital

Electric streetcars began to be used in Wheeling

Sumner School graduated its first class of four students, the first high school diplomas in West Virginia issued to blacks

The original stone structure at Tray Run was replaced by a viaduct

The West Virginia Wesleyan College was established in Buckhannon

Helvetia built its first steam sawmill

Western Maryland Railway was completed to Cumberland