2.6 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 7 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in. each); (2 small flat storage boxes,
3 in. each)
Creator
Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of the Ley-Robison-Blosser families documenting people and places of northern WV and southwestern PA; subjects include
businesses, Cheat River recreation (they were Cheat River residents), WWII (Blosser letters), and the Pridevale Iron Co. Christian
Ley settled and lived on the Cheat River from the 1850s to 1880s. His daughter Lillie married George Robison. The Robison
couple lived on a section of Christian Ley's Land on the Cheat, where they managed a hotel, among other activities, around
1880-1920. The daughter of Lillie and George Robison, Eleanor, married Hugh Blosser, a coal miner, in 1917; they lived on
the Cheat as well, operating a marina on the lake. See A&M 3950, Series 4, for more information on the Ley, Robison, and Blosser
families.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers, A&M 3328, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Includes letters, receipts, etc. documenting the personal and professional activities of C. Ley; subjects include people,
places, and businesses of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh; includes letters arranging
for vacation lodgings on the Cheat River.
Series 3. Correspondence -- Robison, Lillie Ley and George, Box 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 ca.1885-19251890s
Scope and Contents
Lillie was the daughter of Christian Ley; includes letters, receipts, etc. documenting the personal and professional activities
of the Robisons; subjects include primarily people, places and businesses in northern West Virginia, especially Morgantown,
and vacation lodging on the Cheat River; bulk material from 1890s.
Series 4. Incoming Letters -- Robison, Eleanor, Box 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 ca.1908-1915
Scope and Contents
Eleanor is the daughter of Lillie Ley and George Robison; contains the personal letters of Eleanor's friends documenting the
perspective of young women at the beginning of the century.
Series 5. Miscellaneous -- Blosser, Hugh M., Box 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 ca.1910-1950
Scope and Contents
Hugh married Eleanor Robison; includes letters from Douglas Business College and Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music;
includes receipts and a few legal documents.
Series 6. Outgoing Letters -- Blosser, John H., Box 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 1942-1945
Scope and Contents
John is the son of Hugh and Eleanor Blosser: letters document his WWII experiences, including training in the United States
and service in Europe as a mechanic in the U.S. Army Air Corp.
Deed; Mar. 30, 1923; Lillie C. & George W. Robison to WV Power & Transmission Co.; Right of Way; Deed Book 197, p.219
1923
Description of Lily C. Robison's share of the C.S. Ley land on the east side of Cheat River, as agreed by her and Dean & Hardy;
Apr. 11, 1894; 6 acres
1894
Henry Chess, Walter Chess, Mary B. Chess, Harvey B. Chess, and Annie B. Chess to Jacob N. Arnold; Nov. 30, 1893; $243 for
10 acres, 144 perches
1893
W.H. Sheafer & Eleanor P., his wife to _______ (faded out), Ida V. Ley, William C. Ley and Johhaden Ley; Oct. 7, 1887; 4 tracts
1887
Lillie C. Robison, widow, to Eleanor M. Blosser; Nov. 22, 1932; 2 tracts; 1) 10 acres, 144 perches; 2) 26 rods
1932
Agreement; June 5, 1924; Lillie C. Robison to F.P. Hutcheson; use of parcel on the east side of Cheat River containing one-quarter
of an acre adjacent to Mont Chateau Club for his natural life
1924
Agreement to sell Lily Robison property known as the Arnold House and ten acres on the Morgantown & Uniontown Pike for $3500
in payments by Rachel A. Arnold; Rachel's name signed by Thos. F. Hastings
undated
Deed; June 9, 1923; Rachael Ann Arnold, widow, and other parties to Lillie C. Robison, east side of Cheat; 1) 10 acres, 144
perches; 2) 26 rods
1923
Right of Way for the Ices Ferry State Line Road #32; 40 feet for $1.00; the hedge in front of the property is not to be removed
or damaged
undated
Articles of Agreement; March 16, 1894; Ellen M. Dean & Fred C. Dean to Lilly C. Robison of Uneva, Monongalia County, WV; $2000
in payments for 6 acres on Cheat River, now forming a part of the tract containing 117 acres purchased by Ellen M. Dean from
William C. Ley, Anna Johadden Ley and Ida. V. Ley on which there is a frame house and out buildings
1894
Bond for moving Lillie C. Robison's house 350 feet; Aug. 15, 1925; Juseppinia Novelli, Carolos Novelli, and Ernst Covadi
1925
Agreement; Apr. 30, 1929; Morgantown Electric to Lillie C. Robison to install wiring in Mrs. Robinson's home; 94 openings,
etc.
1929
Subscribers for new road to the new hotels and to establish a ferry
1899
Deed from Eleanor M. Blosser and Hugh M. Blosser to John Henry Blosser; May 5, 1947; in two tracts: 1) 10 acres, 144 perches;
2) 26 rods
Large book of blank Pridevale Iron Company note forms with logo; was used as a scrap book by someone, probably Lily Ley Robison,
who pasted newsprint poems, perhaps from the 1880s, on 31 pages; authors of poems are Tennyson, Emerson, Stowe and one attributed
to Stephen A. Douglas, but most are unidentified; also in the book are: a lock of hair, a book flyleaf with Lilly C Ley written
in large script, loose poems, and three pieces of sheet music (including the song "No Father, No Mother, No Home" by George
Cooper and W.M. Dwyer from "The Star," December 15, 1886; and funeral marches arranged by coronet).
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