Person:Elias Auvil (2)

Elias Auvil, a son of his [Daniel Abel's] second marriage, was the founder of the family in West Virginia. He came from Pennsylvania when a young man and established himself near Valley Furnace in Barbour County. He was a farmer, for some years was a merchant at Valley Furnace, and he lived in that community until his death in December, 1892, when about sixty-eight years of age. He was a minister as well as business man and farmer, and for many years did much to sustain the Brethren Church in his community. His only participation in politics was to vote the democratic ticket. Elias Auvil married Mary Hershman in Preston County. She was a daughter of James Hershman and died in May, 1892. Their children were: George W., a farmer in Bar- bour County, who died near Valley Furnace, leaving several children: Andrew J., a retired farmer at Tracy; Margaret, now living at Parsons, West Virginia, widow of William Shaffer, who died at Valley Furnace, where he was a farmer; Martha J., who died near Valley Furnace, wife of D. J. Howdershelt; and James Elias.

(an excerpt from The History of West Virginia, Old and New written in 1923)S1

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Callahan, James Morton, and American Historical Society (New York). History of West Virginia, old and new: in one volume : and West Virginia biography in two additional volumes. (Chicago [Illinois]: American Historical Society, c1923).
2. ↑ #7575573, in Find A Grave.