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West Virginia's 84th Birthday Remains a Statecrest of History
West Virginia marked its 84th anniversary since separating from Virginia with a detailed history of the state’s birth. The piece recounts the Wheeling conventions, the referendum milestones from 1861 to 1863, and the eventual admission to the Union on June 20 1863. It notes proposals for the name Kanawha and the list of early state officials. The article also describes commemorations in Wheeling with remarks by Governor Francis Pierpont and the early government setup.
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William
Magionis
West Virginia
Tidewater
Virginia
Old Dominion
Wheeling
General Assembly
United States Senate
Union
National House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Wood County
New Virginia
Kanawhe
Kanawha
Lewis Ruffner
Greenbury Slack
Campbell Tarr
Brooke County
William E. Chilton
Alexander Scott Withers
Lewis County
J. A. J. Lightburn
Lewis
Kanawha Valley
Vicksburg
Miss
Kanawha County
James H. Brown
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Kanawha Salines
Malden
Dudley S. Montague
Putnam
H. D. Chapman
Boone
E. S Mahon
Jackson
J. E. McCutcheon
Nicholas
James S. Cassady
Edward W. Ryan
Fayette
Andrew Mann
Greenbrier
Benjamin H. Stephenson
Clay
Robert Hager
Samuel T. Griffith
John Hall
Mason
Stephen M. Hansley
Raleigh
Peter G. van Winkle
Wood
Waitman T. Willey
Monongalia
VU. S
Hiram Haymond
Marion
Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
Fairmont
Benjamin H. Smith
Logan County
Parkersburg
Spicer Patrick
Patrick
Tyler County
Brooke Jeounty
Samuel Crane
Randolph
Aquilla B. Caldwell
Ohio County
Ralph L. Berkshire
William A. Harrison
Harrison County
Linsly Institute
Francis H. Pierpont
Boremart