Frank Hereford

Southern Baptist Convention organized

Arthur Boreman was admitted to the bar

Bruen land agents had sold a number of farm sites to northern settlers

Luke Jaco opened a tavern and stagecoach stop that was part of the Underground Railroad

Doddridge County was name in honor of Philip Doddridge

Reported three dozen primitive sawmills in present West Virginia

Town of Glenville was laid out

John Hale graduated from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

The Great Potato Famine in Ireland pushed many Irish into the area of Western Virginia

John Jay Jackson Jr. graduated from College of New Jersey (Princeton University)

The Reeves family moved to Philippi

William McCoy built a new mill on site of the old mill

Thomas Gaylord McKell was born

The Moorefield Examiner was established

Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) died

Lynnside Manor was built

The middle section of Staunton Turnpike was completed to Weston

George Summers left the House of Representatives

William Thurmond moved to Fayette County

The Funkhouser house was built

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

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

Randolph McCoy married his cousin Sarah McCoy

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

Peter Cline Buffington was elected Huntington's first mayor

Edward Jefferson Willis founded the Winchester Female Institute in Winchester

B&O lines reached Columbus, Lake Erie and Pittsburgh

Commencement Hall added as a wing to Old Main at Bethany

Democrats gained control of West Virginia's government

Jefferson County seat moved back to Charles Town after being in Shepherdstown

The Jefferson County seat moved back to Charles Town after temporarily being relocated to Shepherdstown

Waitman Willey's service in the U.S. Senate ended

Voters approved both a constitutional amendment eliminating the loyalty requirement for voting and a call for a new constitutional convention

Joseph Diss Debar ended his work of recruiting labor and landowners from abroad

Hyre D. Clark of Buckhannon was the first graduate of Fairmont State

John P. Hale became mayor of Charleston

Morris Harvey married Rosaltha Dickinson

The Independent was moved from Winfield to Huntington by O.G. Chase

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad purchased the land on which Hinton was built

The Flick Amendment was passed which ended political restriction on ex-Confederates in West Virginia

Jedediah Hotchkiss explored the extended Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad

Huntington was founded by Collis P. Huntington

John J. Allen died

James Madison Jackson died

John Jay Jackson Sr. served as a member of the commission to ascertain West Virginia's share of the Virginia debt

The Great Fire in Chicago burned up Mother Jones' dressmaking business and her possessions

The KKK virtually disappeared in West Virginia after voting privileges were restored to former Confederates

Daniel Lamb unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate

The Flick Amendment was passed restoring voting rights for ex-Confederates

Mannington was chartered as a town by the legislature

The federal government conducted a survey of the river

Women were first admitted as students to Bethany College on a provisional basis

Bruen agents reappeared in the Jackson County area accompanied by U.S. Deputy Marshal Nathan Cunningham

Legislature put place of state capital to vote of people

Legislature created a Fish Commission and first game and warden appointments

Caroline Dane "Danske" Bedinger married A.B. Dandridge

Samuel Dixon emigrated to Fayette County

Stephen Elkins and Henry Gassaway Davis became partners in developing land in West Virginia

A major flood on the Greenbrier River damaged early settlements

Serious flood hit Hardy County

The Knights of Labor established a local organization at Paden City

Voters chose Charleston over Clarksburg and Martinsburg as the permanent seat of government

The Ohio Valley Pottery ceased making ironstone china

A cadet battalion was formed at Linsly School

The normal schools established a three-year term beyond elementary grades

The Jackson Democrat became the Jackson Herald

The first annual Jackson County Fair was held in Ripley

I.C. White returned to WVU to teach geology

Emanuel Wilson began serving in the House of Delegates

Booker T. Washington married his first wife, Fannie Smith, at the African Zion Baptist Church

West Virginia contracted with Storer College in educating African-American teachers

Congress gave $5,000 to Smithsonian to conduct excavations relating to prehistoric Mound Builders

George Atkinson wrote After the Moonshiners

West Virginia's first general banking law repealed

Nathan Goff Jr. served as secretary of navy under President Hayes

The West Virginia Board of Health was established

West Virginia Board of Health was established

George Imboden became the president of the Fayette County Commission

Jacob Beeson Jackson began service as governor

John Jacob was appointed Ohio County circuit judge

The lock and dam on the Elk River was removed

Joseph Long moved to Wheeling

William MacCorkle married Belle Goshorn

Henry Mathews returned to Lewisburg

C.F. Millspaugh received a medical degree from the New York Homeopathic Medical College

The Norfolk & Western Railway was a result of a merger between the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad and Shenandoah Valley Railroad

Daniel Purinton became vice-president and acting president of West Virginia University.

William Rosecrans served in Congress from California

Johann Stifel died

Frederick Douglass spoke on the campus of Storer College

The current Monroe County courthouse was built in Union

Alexander Wade published A Graduating System for Country Schools

West Union was incorporated

The first West Virginia State Fair was held at Wheeling Island

Albert White moved to Parkersburg

Emanuel Wilson finished his service in the House of Delegates

Thomas Davis moved with his family to Huntington

Waitman Barbe wrote "The Song of the Centuries," his first important poem

Arthur Boreman was elected to a circuit judgeship again

Bramwell was incorporated as a town

Sheltering Arms Hospital opened

Kanawha Gazette began regular daily publication

Danske Dandridge wrote Joy and Other Poems

Henry Gassaway Davis supported Benjamin Harrison for president

Fayette County became West Virginia leading coal producing county

Salem College was founded

Devil Anse Hatfield moved his family from Tug Valley to Main Island Creek

Hamilton Hatter received a bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine

The town of Hurricane was incorporated

John Jacob left circuit judge to return to practicing law

Harriet Jones became assistant superintendent of the state hospital in Weston

Kanawha County became the state's second largest coal producer

The Logan Banner was founded by Henry Clay Ragland

Roger Saad became the first Lebanese immigrant to settle in Wheeling

The Martinsburg & Potomac railroad was extended to Frederick County, Virginia

The Kanawha & Ohio Railway completed a line from Charleston to Point Pleasant

The Elkhorn Tunnel through Flat Top Mountain was completed

Oakhurst Links was the home of the first regularly played golf tournament in the U.S.

The Fetterman Mill was destroyed by a flood.

Christopher Payne became first African American elected to represent West Virginia at the Republican national convention.

Graham Hamrick preserved two female corpses as Phillipi mummies

Livia Poffenbarger demanded the right to speak in support of a candidate at the state Democratic convention.

Electricity generate from natural gas brought streetlights to Parkersburg

Nathan Scott became a member of the Republican National Committee

Senate president Robert Carr tried to assert the right to become governor after a disputed election

Thomas J. Reynolds was born at Point Pleasant

Callie Leach French became the first woman to obtain a pilot's license

The Monongahela River flooded

William Luke founded the Piedmont Pulp & Paper Company, later Westvaco

H. C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the Wheeling News

H.C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the News

Albert White served as president of the National Editorial Association

Mountain State Business College was established

William H. Davis was nominated as an independent candidate for governor