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Title: West Virginia and its people
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Thomas Condit, 1848- Maxwell, Hu, joint author
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Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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4that said academy was built and the school opened, and no one did moreto have the same commenced than did Mr. Laidley. In said Academythere was a chapel set apart, which the neighborhood found convenientto attend every Sunday morning; the Southern Methodist or the Presby-terian found a minister there at all times and the same congregation wasalways on hand, no matter whom the minister might be. John O. Laidleywas a Democrat and when the civil war came on, he was warmly opposedto secession insisting that it was wrong and suicidal to the south. He wasconfirmed in the Episcopal church, but was equally at home in anychurch where prayer was wont to be made. He married in 1816, Mary Scales Hite of North Carolina ; she was adescendant of Jost Hite of the Shenandoah Valley. Their children were:Amacetta, wife of Hon. George W. Summers of Kanawha county; Lou-ise, wife of W. H. Euffington of Cabell county; Theodore, was educatedat West Point, and when he died was colonel in the Ordnance Depart-
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U)^. <^.^^ ctUx^ WEST VIRGINIA 39 ment, U. S. A.: Albert, was a merchant, lawyer, speculator, and elected tothe legislature in i860: he sold to C. P. Huntington the land on which thecity of Huntington was built: Thomas M., was a physician, residing inTexas : Ulysses ; Sally ; John ; Eliza ; James ; William Sydney, of whomHuntington. In religious belief this family was about equally divided be-further ; George S.: Helen and Leander: all of whom are deceased ex-cept William Sidney and his sister, Mrs. Helen M. Burks, who resides intween the Methodists, Presbyterians and Episcopalians, and in politicaladhercnces about equally divided between the Union and secessionism. (Ill) Thomas H.. son of Thomas Laidley, was born in September,1793, in Morgantown. He was never strong in his young days, attend-ing the schools when he was able +0 and was also taught at home; hestudied medicine in Parkersburg. and with Dr. McLain, of JMorgantown,and also with a doctor in Clarksburg. He removed to Carm

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