Francis H. Pierpont
Inscription
Born 1814, Francis Pierpont was a respected lawyer and supporter of the Union. Delegate in 1861 to the Wheeling conventions, he became governor of Restored Virginia and aided efforts to form a new state. Postwar, he oversaw the rebuilding of a Union-backed state government in Richmond. For his role in WV statehood, Pierpont is remembered as the "Father of West Virginia.
"
Location
Sources
More markers in Marion
Marion County/Taylor County
Formed, 1844, from Marion, Harrison and Barbour.
Indian Raid
Here Nicholas Wood and Jacob Straight were killed and Mrs. Elizabeth Dragoo captured during Indian raid in 1786.
Fairmont State College
Fairmont, WV
Founded through private enterprise in 1865.
Confederate Cemetery
Fairmont, WV
Near this point, in a mass grave, lie the remains of 39 Confederate soldiers from the 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th Virginia cavalry...
Mannington/Flaggy Meadow
Once called Koontown but renamed in 1856 when chartered as town by Va.