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- ↑ Men of West Virginia ... - Google Books. 1903. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ Atkinson, George Wesley; Gibbens, Alvaro Franklin (1890). Prominent Men of West Virginia: Biographical Sketches, the Growth and ... - George Wesley Atkinson, Alvaro Franklin Gibbens - Google Books . Retrieved 2013-05-23.
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