William McClain Jenkins                                             John Williams

William McClain Jenkins (my G G Grandfather): He was a soldier and served the full three years of the Civil War in the famous Seventh West Virginia Regiment. The "Seventh" we are told, in the columns of the Wheeling Register, of July 8, 1865: "Participated in all the principal engagements in Virginia. It musters at present but 530 men. It originally mustered 1,000; then in 1863 little over one hundred men fit for duty; then over 400 men were drafted and added to it; thus bringing up the number to the present size." The Register of the above date also gives a list of about thirty battles in which the Seventh was engaged. Among them are the most important in the war including Harrison's Landing, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Antietam, Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Petersburg, not to mention others not so well known. It is surely no wonder that nine out of ten of the original thousand were "Hors de Combat" at the end of the war. It is said that at the dedication to the monument to the Seventh at Gettysburg, there were less than thirty men present. Preston County was Co. A in the Regiment and suffered so heavily that for the few remaining soldiers there are not enough to act as pallbearers as they go.

John J. Williams (my G G Grandfather): He was born in Temple Street, Bristol, Summersetshire, England, November 23, 1827, and lived 75 years and 18 days old. Mr. Williams when but 19 years old sought a home in this country and settled in this county. In 1852 he was untied in marriage to Stella A. Posten, and to this union there were born eleven children of whom six are still living.
His first wife died in 1872 and in 1873 he was again married to Miss Julia Parks, who survives him. To the second union there were born three children, two of whom are living. The six children that are living by the first marriage are George A. and Lloyd who live in Kingwood, Charles H. who lives in Toledo, Ohio, J. Frank who lives in Colorado City, Colorado, Martha J., wife of J. Frank Rodeheaver; who lives in Baltimore. The two children by the second marriage are Ed M. Williams, who lives at Tunnelton, and Victoria, the youngest daughter, who is at home.
The funeral took place on Friday afternoon at the house, after which the burial took place in the old Kingwood Cementery. Even though the weather was very inclimate quite a crowd of friends and neighbors attended to pay a last tribute to his memory, and original poetry in the shape of an acrostic containing the name of the deceased, were written by his pasture, Rev. H. P. Hardway.
He was a soldier in the late civil war and heroically defended his conviction and country. His integrity and veracity were never questioned, was loyal to his country and to to his family until the last.

John Williams was  a member of the 14 West Virginia Infantry Company B.  He enlisted August 1862 at Albrightsville, Va (Albright, WV) age 20 for a period of three (3) years.  He was mustered out July 1865 when his service expired. In a letter in 1888 he writes that he was a driver (horse team) for Quartermaster James Hutton. In a deposition in the case of Many C Felton in 1894, John states he was in Company B and talked about Mr. Felton being captured at Cloud Mountain.

Henry John Bishoff - not pictured - (my G G  Grandfather): Enlisted in the war with his 1st son John A.- Co F 6th WV Infantry -Promoted to Corp. in 1864 - Mustered out June 12, 1865. Henry John Bishoff is buried at Beech Run Hill Cemetery, Near Mt Zion Church (grave in the middle- left) about 4 miles N of Albright. See pg 200 of "Some Early Families..." KING
 

                  T.R Faulkner                                                                 D.D. Bishoff

T R Faulkner (Husband of the 2nd cousin 3 times removed)

David D. Bishoff (2nd cousin, three times removed) : Co. B, 14th West Va. Infantry. Wounded in the leg during the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, the first major battle the 14th participated in. Captured at Dublin Depot, Va., brought from Abington to hospital 21 in Richmond on Dec 11, 1864. Left leg was amputated. Paroled at Aiken Landing, Va. Feb 17, 1865. Received an artificial leg from the Salem Leg Co., and began receiving a pension of $8 per month on July 24, 1866.

                    Leonard Every                                                      Charles B. Rodeheaver

Lenard P. Everly: Leonard enlisted on July 29, 1862 at age 47, mustered on Aug 8 1863. He enlisted in U. S. Army at Bruceton, Preston County, WV, Co. H, 3rd Reg't P.H.B. (Potomac Home Brigade) Maryland Infantry Volunteers. This outfit called the " West Virginia Snake Hunters" and commanded by Capt. William A. Falkenstine.

Charles B. Rodeheaver:  (1st cousin, 4 times removed)