<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197991">A&amp;M 1140</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>J.A. Earl, Compiler, Historical Sketches (Typescript), ca. 1958 <num>A&amp;M 1140</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 07:52:51 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.40 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 4 3/4 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_ed2a6c112a40f21d16b0dc29326b23bb">These historical sketches compiled by J.A. Earl include "The History of Methodism in West Union and Doddridge County, 1778-1958," "The Life of Joseph H. Diss Debar," and "A Biographical History of Schools and Education in Doddridge County, 1883" (on microfilm). Also includes "A Hundred Years of Doddridge County History," by Louis Edwin Jones.</abstract>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80043498" source="lcsh">Doddridge County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname source="ingest">West Union.</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- West Virginia -- Doddridge County</subject>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- Methodist</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040989" source="lcsh">Education</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Schools. SEE ALSO Academies</subject>
    <persname source="ingest">Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Earl, J.A.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Jones, Edwin.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Jones, Louise.</persname>
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