A History of Lewis County, West Virginia

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By: Edward Conrad Smith, Pub. 1920, reprinted 2025, 445 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-646-8. Lewis County was formed in 1816 from Harrison County. This book is not too different from other county history books of this era. With such topics as trade and transportation, Involvement in various wars, life as a pioneer, labor, farming, politics, and race relations - all important in the development of the county - are carefully discussed. This type of county history book can help one develop ideas or paths to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of the local residents.