March 2, 1864
West Virginia Central Railway Company incorporated
The West Virginia Central Railway Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: James H. Brown; Frederick Walker; John Slack, Sr.; Sydney M. Campbell; John R. McCutchen; Ellis Hyre; William Waggy; John Bowyer; William H. Shaw; Stephen Comstock; John Gilmore; J. P. B. R. Smith; Matthew Geary; Henry G. Chapman; G. Parker; Thomas J. Farnsworth; David S. Haselden; O. B. Loudin; Cyrus Kittle; Isaac Baker; Waldo P. Goff; Luther Haymond; L. E. Davidson; Harmon Sinsel; Jesse Teter; Peter Zinn; Spencer Dayton; William B. Crane; James W. Brown; Reuben Morris; Smith Crane; James H. Manown; Joseph Brown; William G. Brown; William B. Zinn; Elisha M. Hagans; Marcellus B. Hagans; Harrison Hagans; William Hagans; William Frey; Henry C. Hagans; Joseph H. Gibson; I. M. Harshbarger; Thomas Scott; Isaac McGrew; John Harrader; Harrison Spurgin; W. Cuppett; Jesse Spurgin; Samuel Fike; Joseph N. Miller; Samuel E. Crane; Simon Cameron; Thomas A. Scott; Francis H. Pierpont; Lucian A. Hagans; M. A. Sanner; H. L. Holbrook; John Hanna; Moses A. Ross; J. D. Roddy; W. J. Baer; and J. Weller. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line in Preston County through Brandonville, through Taylor County, through Buckhannon in Upshur County, to Charleston, to Point Pleasant, Mason County.
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