Papers, 1811-1916.

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Papers, 1811-1916.

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Account books, loose accounts, correspondence, Civil War diary, copybooks, and scrapbooks. Included are a day book, 1820, for Washington Mills, a flour-mill presumably in Berkeley County, Va. (now W. Va.); Jonathan Cushwa's account books, 1811-1849, for a flour and sawmill in Berkeley County; Barnet and Daniel G. Cushwa's account books, 1843-1915, for Tuscarora Mill, Berkeley County, and Valley Mills, Martinsburg, W. Va., both of which handled flour and other grains and lumber; and Henry Joseph Cushwa's account book, 1870-1873, for a general store, presumably in Martinsburg. Also included are Daniel G. Cushwa's diary and memoranda book, 1865-1873, containing brief entries, March 28-May 16, 1865, while a member of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; scrapbooks, 1880s-1891, containing obituaries and marriage notices of Berkeley County residents; and arithmetic copybooks, ca. 1830s and 1860s. The earlier volume has a homemade binding.

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Cushwa, Henry Joseph, b. 1848.

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Cushwa, Jonathan, 1774-1833.

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Cushwa, Daniel G., 1837-1915.

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Cushwa, Barnet, 1815-1880.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry, 1st regiment. Co. B.

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Cushwa family.

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Cushwa family of Berkeley County, W. Va., owners of Tuscarora and Valley flour and sawmills. Included are Jonathan Cushwa (1774-1833); Barnet Cushwa (1815-1880); Daniel G. Cushwa (1837-1915); and Henry Joseph Cushwa (b. 1848). From the description of Papers, 1811-1916. (Shepherd University Library). WorldCat record id: 30534264 ...

Valley Mills (Martinsburg, W. Va.)

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Tuscarora Mills (Berkeley County, W. Va.)

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Virginia Historical Society.

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Washington Mills (Berkeley County, Va.)

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Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,

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Native of Charles Town, W. Va., auto dealer, postmaster, veteran of both World Wars, and collector of manuscripts and rare books dealing with western Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30658879 ...