Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery Family Papers, 1746/2018

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery Family Papers, A&M 4381, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.75 Linear Feet 8 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (flat box, 3 1/2 in.)
Creator:
Eskey family, Orum family, and McCaffery family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery Family Papers, A&M 4381, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Family papers of the Orum, Eskey, and McCaffery families of Sherrard, West Virginia. The collection includes books, genealogy pages from Ancestry, tax documents, correspondence, family photographs, realia, etc. Correspondence includes letters from two Eskey family members who served in World War I. Realia (artifacts) includes a three-star blue star service lapel pin from World War I and a knitted mitten. Most of the photographs are labeled with the name(s) of the subject(s).

Biographical / historical:

The Orum family lived in what is now the United States in the early 1700s. The Orum and Eskey families lived in Sherrard, in Marshall County, WV, from the early 1800s through the early 1900s, when some family members moved to the Pittsburgh area. The Orum family farm in Sherrard was sold around 1929. The McCaffery family came to the US in 1851 and settled in Sherrard, where one member married into the Eskey family. Ruth Eskey Rice (nee Orum) was involved in the collection of family history, and her daughter Jane Leigh Rice Lassiter compiled this collection and created many of the notes within it that explain the family history and collection materials.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Rules or conventions:
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