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Language
English
Abstract
The boyhood memoirs of an elderly Monongalia County resident, entitled, "Our Daily Bread" relating rural life in the early
years of the twentieth century. There is mention of home remedies, farming, country stores, school, church, holidays, transportation
and folkways. He describes in detail seeing the first automobile in the western part of the county. Also contains some genealogical
notes on William White and family, White is the surveyor who named that portion of the county, Battelle District.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Donley L. Stiles, Reminiscences of Monongalia County, A&M 3032, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.