COL. HENRY HAYMOND DIES IN CLARKSBURG
The Wheeling Intelligencer., August 02, 1920
Clarksburg, W. Va., July 31- Colonel Henry Haymond, age 81, a veteran of the Civil war, former circuit clerk of Harrison county and a recognized historian, died at 5:29, death being due to heart trouble. He had been ill three days.
Colonel Haymond's last illness at his West Main street home where he died was known to only a few of his thousands of friends.
He was born in 1837, educated at the Northwestern Virginia Academy and was commissioned as captain in the eighteenth United States Infantry by President Lincoln in 1861. He participated in the main battles of the west during the Civil war and was wounded at Stone River and after the war fought the Sioux for two years. President Johnson conferred the Brevet rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel on him for meritorious services during the war. In 1881 he was made a member of the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy.
He is the author of Haymond's history of Harrison county which was published in two editions, numerous historical sketches published in newspapers in northern and central West Virginia and was an author on matter relating to early history of the Monongahela Valley and central West Virginia.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Haymond and one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Blackford, Parkersburg; Mrs. J. E. Watson of Fairmont, is a grand daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Son of Luther and Delia Ann (Moore) Haymond. Husband of Mary (Garrard) Haymond of Pittsburgh, PA. They had one daughter, Delia, who married Benjamin Rathbone Blackford. She resided in Parkersburg, WV. He died at 5:29 in the afternoon at his residence of 529 W. Main St., Clarksburg. Col. Haymond is buried here according to "History of Harrison County," Henry Haymond, 1910. Reprinted by McClain Printing Co., Parsons, West Virginia, 1973.
Military History. — Captain 18th U. S. Infantry, October, 1861. Engaged at the siege of Corinth, pursuit of the rebel General Bragg, battles of Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged at the action of Hoover's Gap, battle of Chickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, battle of Missionary Ridge, and action of Tunnel Hill.
Commanding detachment 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged in action with Indians on Peno Creek, D. T. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, in an expedition to Powder River, D. T., to establish Forts Philip Kearney, D. T., and C. F. Smith, M. T., June to August, 1866. Transferred to the 27th U. S. Infantry, by the re-organization of the army.
Brevet Major U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Murfreesboro, Tenn (Wounded), and Chickamauga, Ga. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Engaged in an expedition against hostile Indians, from September, 1868, to —
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The Wheeling Intelligencer., August 02, 1920
Clarksburg, W. Va., July 31- Colonel Henry Haymond, age 81, a veteran of the Civil war, former circuit clerk of Harrison county and a recognized historian, died at 5:29, death being due to heart trouble. He had been ill three days.
Colonel Haymond's last illness at his West Main street home where he died was known to only a few of his thousands of friends.
He was born in 1837, educated at the Northwestern Virginia Academy and was commissioned as captain in the eighteenth United States Infantry by President Lincoln in 1861. He participated in the main battles of the west during the Civil war and was wounded at Stone River and after the war fought the Sioux for two years. President Johnson conferred the Brevet rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel on him for meritorious services during the war. In 1881 he was made a member of the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy.
He is the author of Haymond's history of Harrison county which was published in two editions, numerous historical sketches published in newspapers in northern and central West Virginia and was an author on matter relating to early history of the Monongahela Valley and central West Virginia.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Haymond and one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Blackford, Parkersburg; Mrs. J. E. Watson of Fairmont, is a grand daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Son of Luther and Delia Ann (Moore) Haymond. Husband of Mary (Garrard) Haymond of Pittsburgh, PA. They had one daughter, Delia, who married Benjamin Rathbone Blackford. She resided in Parkersburg, WV. He died at 5:29 in the afternoon at his residence of 529 W. Main St., Clarksburg. Col. Haymond is buried here according to "History of Harrison County," Henry Haymond, 1910. Reprinted by McClain Printing Co., Parsons, West Virginia, 1973.
Military History. — Captain 18th U. S. Infantry, October, 1861. Engaged at the siege of Corinth, pursuit of the rebel General Bragg, battles of Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged at the action of Hoover's Gap, battle of Chickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, battle of Missionary Ridge, and action of Tunnel Hill.
Commanding detachment 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged in action with Indians on Peno Creek, D. T. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, in an expedition to Powder River, D. T., to establish Forts Philip Kearney, D. T., and C. F. Smith, M. T., June to August, 1866. Transferred to the 27th U. S. Infantry, by the re-organization of the army.
Brevet Major U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Murfreesboro, Tenn (Wounded), and Chickamauga, Ga. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Engaged in an expedition against hostile Indians, from September, 1868, to —
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COL. HENRY HAYMOND DIES IN CLARKSBURG
The Wheeling Intelligencer., August 02, 1920
Clarksburg, W. Va., July 31- Colonel Henry Haymond, age 81, a veteran of the Civil war, former circuit clerk of Harrison county and a recognized historian, died at 5:29, death being due to heart trouble. He had been ill three days.
Colonel Haymond's last illness at his West Main street home where he died was known to only a few of his thousands of friends.
He was born in 1837, educated at the Northwestern Virginia Academy and was commissioned as captain in the eighteenth United States Infantry by President Lincoln in 1861. He participated in the main battles of the west during the Civil war and was wounded at Stone River and after the war fought the Sioux for two years. President Johnson conferred the Brevet rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel on him for meritorious services during the war. In 1881 he was made a member of the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy.
He is the author of Haymond's history of Harrison county which was published in two editions, numerous historical sketches published in newspapers in northern and central West Virginia and was an author on matter relating to early history of the Monongahela Valley and central West Virginia.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Haymond and one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Blackford, Parkersburg; Mrs. J. E. Watson of Fairmont, is a grand daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Son of Luther and Delia Ann (Moore) Haymond. Husband of Mary (Garrard) Haymond of Pittsburgh, PA. They had one daughter, Delia, who married Benjamin Rathbone Blackford. She resided in Parkersburg, WV. He died at 5:29 in the afternoon at his residence of 529 W. Main St., Clarksburg. Col. Haymond is buried here according to "History of Harrison County," Henry Haymond, 1910. Reprinted by McClain Printing Co., Parsons, West Virginia, 1973.
Military History. — Captain 18th U. S. Infantry, October, 1861. Engaged at the siege of Corinth, pursuit of the rebel General Bragg, battles of Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged at the action of Hoover's Gap, battle of Chickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, battle of Missionary Ridge, and action of Tunnel Hill.
Commanding detachment 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged in action with Indians on Peno Creek, D. T. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, in an expedition to Powder River, D. T., to establish Forts Philip Kearney, D. T., and C. F. Smith, M. T., June to August, 1866. Transferred to the 27th U. S. Infantry, by the re-organization of the army.
Brevet Major U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Murfreesboro, Tenn (Wounded), and Chickamauga, Ga. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Engaged in an expedition against hostile Indians, from September, 1868, to —
Profession, Lawyer.
The Wheeling Intelligencer., August 02, 1920
Clarksburg, W. Va., July 31- Colonel Henry Haymond, age 81, a veteran of the Civil war, former circuit clerk of Harrison county and a recognized historian, died at 5:29, death being due to heart trouble. He had been ill three days.
Colonel Haymond's last illness at his West Main street home where he died was known to only a few of his thousands of friends.
He was born in 1837, educated at the Northwestern Virginia Academy and was commissioned as captain in the eighteenth United States Infantry by President Lincoln in 1861. He participated in the main battles of the west during the Civil war and was wounded at Stone River and after the war fought the Sioux for two years. President Johnson conferred the Brevet rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel on him for meritorious services during the war. In 1881 he was made a member of the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy.
He is the author of Haymond's history of Harrison county which was published in two editions, numerous historical sketches published in newspapers in northern and central West Virginia and was an author on matter relating to early history of the Monongahela Valley and central West Virginia.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Haymond and one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Blackford, Parkersburg; Mrs. J. E. Watson of Fairmont, is a grand daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Son of Luther and Delia Ann (Moore) Haymond. Husband of Mary (Garrard) Haymond of Pittsburgh, PA. They had one daughter, Delia, who married Benjamin Rathbone Blackford. She resided in Parkersburg, WV. He died at 5:29 in the afternoon at his residence of 529 W. Main St., Clarksburg. Col. Haymond is buried here according to "History of Harrison County," Henry Haymond, 1910. Reprinted by McClain Printing Co., Parsons, West Virginia, 1973.
Military History. — Captain 18th U. S. Infantry, October, 1861. Engaged at the siege of Corinth, pursuit of the rebel General Bragg, battles of Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged at the action of Hoover's Gap, battle of Chickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, battle of Missionary Ridge, and action of Tunnel Hill.
Commanding detachment 18th U. S. Infantry, and engaged in action with Indians on Peno Creek, D. T. Commanding 2d Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, in an expedition to Powder River, D. T., to establish Forts Philip Kearney, D. T., and C. F. Smith, M. T., June to August, 1866. Transferred to the 27th U. S. Infantry, by the re-organization of the army.
Brevet Major U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Murfreesboro, Tenn (Wounded), and Chickamauga, Ga. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Engaged in an expedition against hostile Indians, from September, 1868, to —
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