About the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia
West Virginia Sons of the Revolution, more properly known as the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia
Instituted – April 19. 1894.
Organization formed by:
John Marshall HAGANS
John DAILY
Henry HAYMOND
William Clark McGREW
John George GITTINGS
John BASSEL
Charles Matthew HART
Thomas Moore JACKSON
John Battelle HART
Note: the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia, DBA: West Virginia Sons of the Revolution, was incorporated on December 30, 2015 under the Laws of West Virginia.
Members of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia for the year 1894
President:
Hon. John Marshall HAGANS, Morgantown
Vice President:
John DAILY, D. D. S., Piedmont
Secretary:
Col. Henry HAYMOND, Clarksburg
Treasurer:
Hon. William Clark McGREW, Morgantown
Registrar and Historian:
Prof. John George GITTINGS, Clarksburg
Managers:
Hon. JOHN BASSEL
Hon. Charles Matthew HART
Maj. Thomas Moore JACKSON
John Battelle HART, Esq.
Prof. John George GITTINGS
It is interesting to note that of the nine founders of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia, three of the founding members were grandsons of Revolutionary War soldiers and one member was a great-grandson of a Revoutionary War soldier: Judge John Marshall HAGANS was the grandson of Ensign Daniel McCOLLUM, John BASSELL was the grandson of John NORRIS, John DAILY was the grandson of John DAILY and Col. Henry HAYMOND was the great-grandson of Maj. William HAYMOND.
By the year 1895, the Roll of Members of the West Virginia Society – Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia consisted of the following members:
John BASSEL
Samuel Boardman BROWN
Charles Wesley BROCKUNIER
Samuel Hugh BROCKUNIER
John DAILY
William Seymour EDWARDS
John George GITTINGS
Nathan GOFF
John Marshall HAGANS
Henry HAYMOND
Charles Matthew HART
John Battelle HART
Thomas Moore JACKSON
Joseph MORELAND
William Clark McGREW
William Fairfield PETERSON
Since the organization of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia, well over 1400 men have been members in the Society.