Historic Bramwell Pioneers
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Historic Bramwell Pioneers
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MIKE FITZKO, SR. & Wife, ANNA LOUISE - Immigrated to America in 1904 - Lived in Bramwell area. JAMES LEWIS MARTIN (1866 - 1951) Coal Mine Inspector FANNIE MCCLAIN MARTIN (1875-1965) Wife of James Lewis Martin PERCY JOHN McELRATH, M.D. (1870 - Unknown) First dentist and pharmacist in Bramwell JOHN HENRY RICKMON (1865 - 1951) Superintendent of Buckeye Coal & Coke Co. EVERETT LUTHER KEESLING (1902 - 1965) - Developed Keesling's Gardens in Bramwell - Business Man ALEX "PAP" BAILEY (1872 - 1939) Mine Foreman of Buckeye Coal & Coke Co. WILLIAM C. STEPHENSON (1872 -1939) President of Buckeye Coal & Coke Co. DR. SIMEON JOSEPH BRYANT (1865 - 1939) "Doc" Bryant was owner of Bramwell Pharmacy CAPTAIN F.L. PADDOCK ( Unknown) Chief Engineer of the Flat-Top Coal Land Association CAPTAIN M.A. MILLER (1830 - 1895) Land Agent of the Flat-Top Coal Land Association RICHARD M. McGUFFIN, M.D. (1847 - 1910) Bramwell's first physician -1885 H. V. McNEER, M. D. (1863 - 1903) -Physician and owner of oldest historic house in Bramwell JOHN MADISON HARRISON (1870 - 1942) Police Chief of Bramwell MR. & MRS. JAMES O'NEAL - Bramwell residents and pioneer settlers of the coal fields R. L. PARSONS - Bramwell Mayor for almost a quarter of a century W. H. HAYNES (1895 - Unknown) N & W Railroad employee ROBERT T. LITTLE (1860 -1932) Bramwell Mayor (1884), Postmaster & Sergeant in police dept. CAPTAIN GEORGE BELCHER - Postmaster of Bramwell Post Office W. C. BELCHER - One time owner of all of Bramwell Hill JOHN A. PERDUE - Well known dealer of horses and mules in Bramwell area W. A. JAMESON (1872 - 1947) Employee of the Buckeye Coal & Coke Co. GEORGE W. CRAFT (1878 - 1956) Influenced the development of the Town of Bramwell MOLLIE CRAFT (1880 - 1954) Dedicated Bramwell Nurse DR. JOHN W. ENGLISH - (Unknown) - Bramwell, WV Medical Doctor in early 1900s. MRS. CORA ENGLISH (1886 - 1945 ) - Well known wife of Bramwell's Dr. John W. English ERNEST W. FREEMAN - Pioneer developer of Flat-Top Coal region in Southern W.VA. DR. J C. NEWBOLD - Bramwell's historic pharmacy and theater co-owner OACAR "BEEF" BENNETT - Police chief and meat market operator in Freeman, WV DWIGHT W. McCORMICK ( 1904 - 1977) Bramwell Mayor and Bramwell School Principal ADA BLAIR WHITMORE ( 1891 - 1976) Dedicated Teacher/Educator - Bramwell High School "POP MYERS" - Affectionately called "The Governor", Father of Mrs. Issac T. Mann DR. HOMER LUTTRELL, M.D. (1894 - 1992) - Bramwell's family doctor 1923 - 1943 WALTER "PUNCH"
CLARK(1902-1999) and wife MOLLIE (1902 - 1999)
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