Individual Notes

Note for:   Johan Jacob Sturm,   ABT 1700 -          Index

Individual Note:
     Johan Jacob Sturm was born in Germany about 1700. He married Anna

Benedicta Sauer in Neckerau, Baden Paltine, Germany April 24, 1725. The


family arrived at the Port of Phildaelphia, PA aboard the ship


"Mortonhouse" August 24, 1728.



Individual Note:
     Johan Jacob Sturm was born in Germany about 1700. He married Anna

Benedicta Sauer in Neckerau, Baden Paltine, Germany April 24, 1725. The


family arrived at the Port of Phildaelphia, PA aboard the ship


"Mortonhouse" August 24, 1728.



Individual Notes

Note for:   John Fletcher Sturm,   ABT 1835 -          Index

Individual Note:
     Marion County, WV Census lists:

Sturm, John F head of household Miller age 35


Harriet B. keeping house age 33


Lolyd E. age 10


Dawn M. age 7


Arthur age 5


Janette A. age 3


Jackson, Aramondo at home age 13



Individual Note:
     Marion County, WV Census lists:

Sturm, John F head of household Miller age 35


Harriet B. keeping house age 33


Lolyd E. age 10


Dawn M. age 7


Arthur age 5


Janette A. age 3


Jackson, Aramondo at home age 13



Individual Notes

Note for:   Jesse Tyler Sturm,   11 FEB 1844 - 25 JUL 1920         Index

Individual Note:
     1 UID 5EFE09A03589D711BE0300D009E1CED6CA0C 1 UID D8FD09A03589D711BE0300D009E1CED6439D

Individual Notes

Note for:   Mariah Frances Williams,   3 SEP 1843 - 22 DEC 1924         Index

Individual Note:
     Mrs. Hardesty

The funeral service for Mrs. Maria Frances Hardesty, 81, widow of John Hardesty,


of Enterprise, who died monday afternoon at haer home at 3 o'clock following an attack


of influenza, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal church,


south of Enterprise, and interment will be in the cemetery at that place.


Mrs. Hardesty was well know in Harrison County. She took an active part in church


work, until stricken ill, several weks ago, and was a member of the Methodist


Episcopal church of Enterprise.


Mrs. Hardest leaves three sons, Harry, of Wilsonsonbug; R. C. and William, of Enterprise;


six daughters, Hannah V. and Alice O, both at home; Mrs Leonard Martin of Enterprise;


Mrs Arthur Sturm, of Enterprise; Mrs. Joseph Payne, of Enterprise, and Mrs Mack Brock


of Grant Town; and a brother Taylor Williams, of Dola



Individual Note:
     Mrs. Hardesty

The funeral service for Mrs. Maria Frances Hardesty, 81, widow of John Hardesty,


of Enterprise, who died monday afternoon at haer home at 3 o'clock following an attack


of influenza, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal church,


south of Enterprise, and interment will be in the cemetery at that place.


Mrs. Hardesty was well know in Harrison County. She took an active part in church


work, until stricken ill, several weks ago, and was a member of the Methodist


Episcopal church of Enterprise.


Mrs. Hardest leaves three sons, Harry, of Wilsonsonbug; R. C. and William, of Enterprise;


six daughters, Hannah V. and Alice O, both at home; Mrs Leonard Martin of Enterprise;


Mrs Arthur Sturm, of Enterprise; Mrs. Joseph Payne, of Enterprise, and Mrs Mack Brock


of Grant Town; and a brother Taylor Williams, of Dola



Individual Notes

Note for:   Willis Guy Tetrick,   23 AUG 1911 - 30 DEC 1995         Index

Individual Note:
     The History of West Virginia, Old and New

Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,


Chicago and New York, Volume III,


pg. 577-578


Harrison



WILLIS GUY TETRICK was one of the founders and for


the past seven years has been active manager of the Clarks-


burg Exponent, one of the most successful newspaper enter-


prises and influential organs of opinion in this part of the


state.



Though an active business man, Mr. Tetrick has been a


student of genealogy, and has done much to preserve the


records of his own and connected families, and his re-


searches have proved a valuable source of information in


compiling several of the important family sketches found in


these volumes. The first of the name to appear in Harrison


County were George Tetrick and Jacob Tetrick, both of


whom had records as soldiers in the Revolutionary war.


Another, and the direct ancestor of W. G. Tetrick, was


Henry Tetrick, Sr., a name that is found in the Pennsyl-


vania archives of the Pennsylvania soldiers of the Revolu-


tionary war as a member of the Lancaster County Militia


for the years 1780-81-82-83. Henry Tetrick, Sr., is men-


tioned in the official records of Monongalia County, Vir-


ginia, in 1783, and Harrison County in August, 1793.



Henry Tetrick, Jr., probably a son of Henry. Sr., was


said to have been born in Loudoun County, Virginia, prob-


ably about 1768 or 1770. He married Catherine Davis in


Harrison County, and died near Shinnston in Harrison


County about 1845. His three children were: Josiah born


August 4, 1800, Joseph, born October 24, 1803, and Mary,


born June 19, 1807, all born on Tetrick Ridge in Harrison


County.



Joseph Tetrick. just mentioned, was a fanner and stock-


man. and accumulated large tracts of land. He died at his


residence near Shinnston, April 26, 1861. He married


Tacy Jones, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Sech) Jones.


She was horn in Harrison County, May 13, 1804, and died


near Shinnston, June 1, 1890. Their children were: Har-


rison, George, Alfred, Ozias, Ruhama Ann, Commodore


Barnet, Mary Ellen, Henry Marshall, Martha Jane and


John Blackburn.



Of these Ozias Tetrick was born near Shinnston, Febru-


ary 28, 1831, and likewise spent his active life in farming


and stock raising. He was a democrat, but never held a


public office and was one of the thoroughly substantial and


honorable men of his community. He died near Enterprise,


West Virginia, May 24, 1895. On December 21, 1854, he


married Amy Ann Short, who was born in Fayette County,


Pennsylvania, October 28, 1834, daughter of Samuel and


Elizabeth (Everson) Short. She died near Enterprise,


February 11, 1874, the mother of seven children: Luther


Blackburn, Willis Emory, Lucius Elmer, Charles M., Lulu


E., Ida Myrtle and Daisy Ann. On October 12, 1875, Ozias


Tetrick married Nancy Davis, who was born in Marion


County, October 24, 1851, daughter of James and Mary


(Hobbs) Davis. To this union were born three children,


Leia Tacy, Everal Thomas and Arch Ward.



Lucius Elmer Tetrick, representing the fifth generation


of the family in Harrison County, beginning with Henry


Tetrick, Sr., was born near Enterprise, June 9, 1861, and


died August 18, 1901. In a brief lifetime of forty years


he prosecuted a successful business as a farmer and in other


affairs, and was one of the organizers and for many years


an official of the Farmers Bank at Shinnston. He was in-


fluential in democratic politics, was a member of the


Knights of Pythias and the Methodist Episcopal Church,


South.



Lucius Elmer Tetrick married Sarah Florence McIntire,


and her name introduces another pioneer family of Har-


rison County. According to the land survey records Charles


Mclntire made two improvements in what is now Harrison


County in the year 1773. His former home was probably


either in Harford County, Maryland, or just across the line


in the State of Pennsylvania. On account of Indian hos-


tility he probably did not occupy the land in Harrison


County, and it was after his death that his wife and chil-


dren moved to the land. His son John was killed by the


Indians near Enterprise in May, 1791.



His son James spent his life on the land improved by


his father, Charles, just above the Town of Enterprise,


where he died and was buried. He married Rebecca James,


daughter of Enoch James. Their children were: Enoch,


Isaac, Presley, Delila, Sarah, Senneth, Elias and Allison.


Their son Enoch was born at the old Mclntire homestead,


September 1, 1800, and spent his life there as a farmer and


stockman. He died February 28, 1852. In 1822 he married


Sarah Ann Mclntire, his first cousin, who was born near the


old McIntire place, March 10, 1800, and died near Enter-


prise, January 30, 1887, a daughter of Charles and Hannah


(Hall) Mclntire. Their children were: Edith, Cena,


Hannah, James, Thomas Jefferson Charles, James Allison,


Van Buren and Jesse. Charles, who was born October 19,


1836, served as a Confederate soldier in the Nineteenth Vir-


ginia Cavalry, coming home after the war to find that all


his property had been confiscated and sold to pay the claims


of Union sympathizers, and none of it was ever recovered.


He started anew, followed farming and stock raising, and


had accumulated a substantial portion, including a good


farm, part of the old Mclntire homestead, before his death,


which occurred June 12, 1889. Charles Mclntire on January


10, 1861, married Rachel Rose Anderson, who was born


August 4, 1841, a daughter of John and Cassander (Jones)


Anderson, and she died at Enterprise, May 3, 1912. Their


children were: Sarah F., Charles J. and James F. The


oldest of their children was Sarah F., who was born October


4, 1861, and died August 6, 1901. On March 23, 1882, she


became the wife of Lucius Elmer Tetrick, and their four


children were: Willis Guy Tetrick. Georgia Pearl, Mabel


Grace and Amy Rachel. Georgia Pearl and Mabel Grace


were twins, both having died young, the former at sixteen


years and the other at the age of two months. Amy Rachel


Tetrick became the wife of F. Ridley Anderson, and they


have one son, Thomas Ridley.



Willis Guy Tetrick was born on his father's farm near


the Village of Enterprise in Harrison. County, January 3,


1883, and acquired his early education in the public schools.


He lived at home until he was eighteen, but farming did not


appeal to him as a permanent vocation. It is easy to


understand that a young man who made such rapid strides


forward when given the opportunity should have early felt


the urge toward the larger life that a wider field of effort


afforded. He became bookkeeper and clerk in the planing


mill and feed store of his uncle, James F. Mclntire, at


Enterprise, in the meanwhile taking an active interest in


general affairs, and on June 1, 1903, he came to Clarksburg


as deputy county clerk, in which position he served with


so much efficiency that when the county clerk was removed


by death he was appointed, March 1, 1907, to fill out the


unexpired term. In 1908 he was elected county clerk of


Harrison County, for a term of six years, which terminated


January 1, 1915. Always a loyal supporter of the principles


of the democratic party, his leadership has been many times


recognized, and in 1914 he was his party's candidate for


mayor of Clarksburg, failing of election only because of his


party being in the minority. At different times he has


served as a member of city, county and state democratic


executive committees.



In 1910 Mr. Tetrick assisted in the organization of the


company that established the Clarksburg Exponent, a news-


paper widely circulated since it was founded, and one that


in the last six years has taken its place as a daily issue with


the best patronized journals of Harrison County. On July


10, 1915, Mr. Tetrick became manager of the Exponent, and


has made it a paying property. His business acumen has


been manifested in other lines and enterprises. He was one


of the organizers of the Clarksburg Trust Company, and


since that time has been a member of its board of directors


and on the finance committee.



On February 9, 1910, Mr. Tetrick married Miss Virginia


Ann Heavner, who is a daughter of Homer M. and Lorena


Bird (Sexton) Heavner. (See sketch on other pages.) Mr.


and Mrs. Tetrick have four children: Willis Guy, born


August 23, 1911; Catherine Virginia, born February 16,


1914; Margaret Ann, born June 17, 1915; and James Elmer,


born February 22, 1918. All are natives of Clarksburg.



The family home is at Clarksburg, but membership is


maintained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of


Enterprise. For a number of years Mr. Tetrick has been


identified fraternally with the Odd Fellows and the Elks,


and belongs also to some social bodies, although a busy life


like his does not afford a large amount of leisure. In


journalistic circles he is known all over the state. He has


been president of the West Virginia Newspaper Publishers'


Association, and vice president of the West Virginia Edi-


torial Association, and now is serving as vice president of


the West Virginia Publishers and Employing Printers


Association.



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     The History of West Virginia, Old and New

Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,


Chicago and New York, Volume III,


pg. 577-578


Harrison



WILLIS GUY TETRICK was one of the founders and for


the past seven years has been active manager of the Clarks-


burg Exponent, one of the most successful newspaper enter-


prises and influential organs of opinion in this part of the


state.



Though an active business man, Mr. Tetrick has been a


student of genealogy, and has done much to preserve the


records of his own and connected families, and his re-


searches have proved a valuable source of information in


compiling several of the important family sketches found in


these volumes. The first of the name to appear in Harrison


County were George Tetrick and Jacob Tetrick, both of


whom had records as soldiers in the Revolutionary war.


Another, and the direct ancestor of W. G. Tetrick, was


Henry Tetrick, Sr., a name that is found in the Pennsyl-


vania archives of the Pennsylvania soldiers of the Revolu-


tionary war as a member of the Lancaster County Militia


for the years 1780-81-82-83. Henry Tetrick, Sr., is men-


tioned in the official records of Monongalia County, Vir-


ginia, in 1783, and Harrison County in August, 1793.



Henry Tetrick, Jr., probably a son of Henry. Sr., was


said to have been born in Loudoun County, Virginia, prob-


ably about 1768 or 1770. He married Catherine Davis in


Harrison County, and died near Shinnston in Harrison


County about 1845. His three children were: Josiah born


August 4, 1800, Joseph, born October 24, 1803, and Mary,


born June 19, 1807, all born on Tetrick Ridge in Harrison


County.



Joseph Tetrick. just mentioned, was a fanner and stock-


man. and accumulated large tracts of land. He died at his


residence near Shinnston, April 26, 1861. He married


Tacy Jones, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Sech) Jones.


She was horn in Harrison County, May 13, 1804, and died


near Shinnston, June 1, 1890. Their children were: Har-


rison, George, Alfred, Ozias, Ruhama Ann, Commodore


Barnet, Mary Ellen, Henry Marshall, Martha Jane and


John Blackburn.



Of these Ozias Tetrick was born near Shinnston, Febru-


ary 28, 1831, and likewise spent his active life in farming


and stock raising. He was a democrat, but never held a


public office and was one of the thoroughly substantial and


honorable men of his community. He died near Enterprise,


West Virginia, May 24, 1895. On December 21, 1854, he


married Amy Ann Short, who was born in Fayette County,


Pennsylvania, October 28, 1834, daughter of Samuel and


Elizabeth (Everson) Short. She died near Enterprise,


February 11, 1874, the mother of seven children: Luther


Blackburn, Willis Emory, Lucius Elmer, Charles M., Lulu


E., Ida Myrtle and Daisy Ann. On October 12, 1875, Ozias


Tetrick married Nancy Davis, who was born in Marion


County, October 24, 1851, daughter of James and Mary


(Hobbs) Davis. To this union were born three children,


Leia Tacy, Everal Thomas and Arch Ward.



Lucius Elmer Tetrick, representing the fifth generation


of the family in Harrison County, beginning with Henry


Tetrick, Sr., was born near Enterprise, June 9, 1861, and


died August 18, 1901. In a brief lifetime of forty years


he prosecuted a successful business as a farmer and in other


affairs, and was one of the organizers and for many years


an official of the Farmers Bank at Shinnston. He was in-


fluential in democratic politics, was a member of the


Knights of Pythias and the Methodist Episcopal Church,


South.



Lucius Elmer Tetrick married Sarah Florence McIntire,


and her name introduces another pioneer family of Har-


rison County. According to the land survey records Charles


Mclntire made two improvements in what is now Harrison


County in the year 1773. His former home was probably


either in Harford County, Maryland, or just across the line


in the State of Pennsylvania. On account of Indian hos-


tility he probably did not occupy the land in Harrison


County, and it was after his death that his wife and chil-


dren moved to the land. His son John was killed by the


Indians near Enterprise in May, 1791.



His son James spent his life on the land improved by


his father, Charles, just above the Town of Enterprise,


where he died and was buried. He married Rebecca James,


daughter of Enoch James. Their children were: Enoch,


Isaac, Presley, Delila, Sarah, Senneth, Elias and Allison.


Their son Enoch was born at the old Mclntire homestead,


September 1, 1800, and spent his life there as a farmer and


stockman. He died February 28, 1852. In 1822 he married


Sarah Ann Mclntire, his first cousin, who was born near the


old McIntire place, March 10, 1800, and died near Enter-


prise, January 30, 1887, a daughter of Charles and Hannah


(Hall) Mclntire. Their children were: Edith, Cena,


Hannah, James, Thomas Jefferson Charles, James Allison,


Van Buren and Jesse. Charles, who was born October 19,


1836, served as a Confederate soldier in the Nineteenth Vir-


ginia Cavalry, coming home after the war to find that all


his property had been confiscated and sold to pay the claims


of Union sympathizers, and none of it was ever recovered.


He started anew, followed farming and stock raising, and


had accumulated a substantial portion, including a good


farm, part of the old Mclntire homestead, before his death,


which occurred June 12, 1889. Charles Mclntire on January


10, 1861, married Rachel Rose Anderson, who was born


August 4, 1841, a daughter of John and Cassander (Jones)


Anderson, and she died at Enterprise, May 3, 1912. Their


children were: Sarah F., Charles J. and James F. The


oldest of their children was Sarah F., who was born October


4, 1861, and died August 6, 1901. On March 23, 1882, she


became the wife of Lucius Elmer Tetrick, and their four


children were: Willis Guy Tetrick. Georgia Pearl, Mabel


Grace and Amy Rachel. Georgia Pearl and Mabel Grace


were twins, both having died young, the former at sixteen


years and the other at the age of two months. Amy Rachel


Tetrick became the wife of F. Ridley Anderson, and they


have one son, Thomas Ridley.



Willis Guy Tetrick was born on his father's farm near


the Village of Enterprise in Harrison. County, January 3,


1883, and acquired his early education in the public schools.


He lived at home until he was eighteen, but farming did not


appeal to him as a permanent vocation. It is easy to


understand that a young man who made such rapid strides


forward when given the opportunity should have early felt


the urge toward the larger life that a wider field of effort


afforded. He became bookkeeper and clerk in the planing


mill and feed store of his uncle, James F. Mclntire, at


Enterprise, in the meanwhile taking an active interest in


general affairs, and on June 1, 1903, he came to Clarksburg


as deputy county clerk, in which position he served with


so much efficiency that when the county clerk was removed


by death he was appointed, March 1, 1907, to fill out the


unexpired term. In 1908 he was elected county clerk of


Harrison County, for a term of six years, which terminated


January 1, 1915. Always a loyal supporter of the principles


of the democratic party, his leadership has been many times


recognized, and in 1914 he was his party's candidate for


mayor of Clarksburg, failing of election only because of his


party being in the minority. At different times he has


served as a member of city, county and state democratic


executive committees.



In 1910 Mr. Tetrick assisted in the organization of the


company that established the Clarksburg Exponent, a news-


paper widely circulated since it was founded, and one that


in the last six years has taken its place as a daily issue with


the best patronized journals of Harrison County. On July


10, 1915, Mr. Tetrick became manager of the Exponent, and


has made it a paying property. His business acumen has


been manifested in other lines and enterprises. He was one


of the organizers of the Clarksburg Trust Company, and


since that time has been a member of its board of directors


and on the finance committee.



On February 9, 1910, Mr. Tetrick married Miss Virginia


Ann Heavner, who is a daughter of Homer M. and Lorena


Bird (Sexton) Heavner. (See sketch on other pages.) Mr.


and Mrs. Tetrick have four children: Willis Guy, born


August 23, 1911; Catherine Virginia, born February 16,


1914; Margaret Ann, born June 17, 1915; and James Elmer,


born February 22, 1918. All are natives of Clarksburg.



The family home is at Clarksburg, but membership is


maintained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of


Enterprise. For a number of years Mr. Tetrick has been


identified fraternally with the Odd Fellows and the Elks,


and belongs also to some social bodies, although a busy life


like his does not afford a large amount of leisure. In


journalistic circles he is known all over the state. He has


been president of the West Virginia Newspaper Publishers'


Association, and vice president of the West Virginia Edi-


torial Association, and now is serving as vice president of


the West Virginia Publishers and Employing Printers


Association.



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