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Abstract
Papers relating to the Wilson, Lewis, and Ruffner families of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Kanawha County, [West] Virginia,
St. Charles County, Missouri, and Fairfield County, Ohio. Correspondence between Nathaniel V. Wilson and Dr. Goodridge Wilson,
concerning land purchases, preparation for the settlement of the family, care of livestock, employment of slaves, salt making
and marketing, and the market price of salt. Other members of the family migrated to St. Charles County, Missouri, and to
Fairfield County, Ohio, and land prices, suitable crops, settlement and railroad building in Missouri comprise much of their
correspondence. A third generation member of the family, Virgy Wilson Hall and her husband, John G. Hall, were missionaries
in Matamoras, Mexico, and Colombia, South America, and her correspondence with her mother comments on living conditions, progress
of the missionary work, revolution in Colombia, and health and living conditions of the residents of the Barranquilla area.
In addition there is a will of Col. Charles Lewis, a series of letters between two doctors concerning health problems and
treatment of various illnesses, and two diaries by Mrs. Daniel Ruffner, 1846, and Elizabeth Ruffner Wilson, 1871-1872, commenting
on family life and community activities in Fairfield County, Ohio, and Kanawha County, [West] Virginia. All are photocopies.
Material covers the years 1774-1942.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Wilson-Lewis Family Papers, A&M 2135, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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