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May 13, 1871

Parkersburg Coal Company incorporated

The Parkersburg Coal Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Edmond P. Chancellor, John W. Curtis, William N. Chancellor, Marcus C. C. Church, Lewis N. Logan, M. M. Clements, Charles H. Shattuck, Mathew Campbell of Parkersburg; Chapman J. Stuart of West Union, Doddridge County; Andrew S. Core of Ellenboro, Ritchie County; Ferdinand Y. Horner of Williamsburg, WV; George Hardman of Independence, Preston County; William Marbury of Volcano, Wood County; and Benjamin Wilson of Wilsonburg, Harrison County.

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