James Arthur FOLEY
1812 - 1871 (59 years)
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Name James Arthur FOLEY Born 1812 Virginia (now West Virginia) 
[1] Gender Male Census 1820 Wood Co, (W)VA Census 1850 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation 1846, 1858 [2, 3, 4] retail merchant Died 1871 [1] Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [5] Notes - Doddridge County Death Records indicate that three slaves of James A. Foley's died in West Union in September 1855. They were a 47-year-old female and her one-day-old son, and a three-year-old boy. They were all listed as black slaves. Name of the infant was not given, while the other names were illegible. Cause of death for all was given as "Want of Bread."
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The 1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jun 1 1860, contains the following entry:
Slave owner: Jas. A. Foley
Description of slaves:
1 black female, age 25
1 black female, age 4
BURNING OF THE TOWN OF WEST UNION.
On the night of March 27th, 1858, the fire fiend once more visited West Union, and this time laid the town in ashes. At the time many of the citizens were absent at Clarksburg, attending the United States court, then in session in that city. The fire originated in an upper room of the residence of L.R. Charter. A brisk gale was blowing and the flames spread rapidly to other buildings, the first being the large hotel and store room belonging to James A. Foley. Then followed the residence of Ethelbert Bond and the storehouse of Arthur Ingram. Many other buildings shared the same fate, and the next morning, what the evening before had been the town of West Union, was but a mass of smoldering ruins. But just at the time the Parkersburg and Grafton branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway was completed, and the town, phoenix-like, arose from its own ashes, and in a short time no traces of the holocaust remained behind.
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Hardestys 1883 History of Doddridge County
Person ID I28951 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 7 Jun 2015
Father Mason FOLEY Mother Hannah PHELPS Family ID F11002 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Tabitha J. B. HARNESS, b. Mar 1819, d. 1901 (Age ~ 81 years) [6, 7] Married 2 Apr 1846 Wood Co, (W)VA [8] Children + 1. Henry C. FOLEY, b. CA 1848, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. 7 Jul 1898, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 50 years)+ 2. Hannah V. FOLEY, b. 19 Apr 1850, d. 14 Dec 1877 (Age 27 years) + 3. James I. FOLEY, b. Sep 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 29 Oct 1927, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 75 years)+ 4. Benjamin W. FOLEY, b. 5 Oct 1854, West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 15 Nov 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 81 years)5. Mary J. FOLEY, b. 5 Sep 1856, d. 23 Oct 1877 (Age 21 years) + 6. Kate Ann FOLEY, b. Sep 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 4 Mar 1938, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age ~ 79 years)+ 7. Sarah Frances "Fannie" FOLEY, b. 23 Sep 1860, West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 7 Nov 1947, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 87 years)Family ID F11019 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Doddridge County Death Records indicate that three slaves of James A. Foley's died in West Union in September 1855. They were a 47-year-old female and her one-day-old son, and a three-year-old boy. They were all listed as black slaves. Name of the infant was not given, while the other names were illegible. Cause of death for all was given as "Want of Bread."
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Event Map 
Buried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 
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Sources - [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S12] Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Doddridge Co Minute Book, Vol 1, p. 73.
- [S1592] Birth record of daughter.
- [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
- [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
- [S1604] Death record of son.
- [S1590] Death record of daughter.
- [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
