December 29, 1868
West Virginia Insurance Company incorporated
The West Virginia Insurance Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: D. D. T. Farnsworth of Buckhannon, Upshur County; W. E. Stevenson of Wood County; I. H. Duval of Brooke County; Thomas Boggess, J. M. McWhorter of Roane County; H. C. McWhorter of Kanawha County; D. H. K. Dix of Putnam County; W. B. Crane, Francis Heermans of Preston County; Jonathan Rowley, P. B. Dobbins, John H. Charnock of Ohio County; W. R. White of Marion County; George Koonce, David Billmyer of Jefferson County; and Thayer Melvin of Hancock County. The company's main office was in Wheeling.
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