Luther Haymond.
Luther Haymond was born on the 23d day of February 1809 on
Zack's Run, now Elk District, six miles from Clarksburg, on the Buck-
hannon Road, and was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Bond Haymond.
As a boy, he was a clerk in the store of John Webster in Clarksburg.
Afterwards, he was Deputy Surveyor, Member of the Legislature, En-
gineer of the Board of Public Works, Commissioner of the Circuit Court,
Treasurer of the County, and Cashier of the Merchants' National Bank
at Clarksburg from its organization in 1860 until he retired in 1896.
He located the Beverly and Fairmont Turnpike, The Weston
Clarksburg and Fairmont Turnpike, and the Fairmont and Wheeling
Turnpike and was employed on other works of a public character.
He married Delia Ann, the daughter of Major Thomas P. Moore.
It was his custom to celebrate his birth day by holding a reception
for his friends.
He died on the 19th day of September 1908, in his hundredth year,
and in the possession of all of his faculties. Had he lived until the fol-
lowing 23d February 1909 he would have rounded out his century of life.
At the time of his death he was the oldest Odd Fellow in the State,
and the oldest person in the County.
