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Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council Statesman Cyrus Roberts Vance was born March 27, 1917, in Clarksburg. In 1977, President Carter tapped Vance as his secretary of state. In 1978, Vance was instrumental in the Camp David peace accord between Egypt and Israel and in negotiating the Panama Canal Treaty.
Attorney General Armistead Abraham ƵCousin AbeƵ Lilly was born at Jumping Branch, Summers County, on March 25, 1878.
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Pfc. Jessica Lynch receives the Purple Heart from Lt. Gen. James B. Peake, U.S. Army surgeon general, during a ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on July 21, 2003. Lynch also received the Bronze Star and the Prisoner of War Medal.
Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council Confederate General William Lowther ƵƵMudwallƵƵ Jackson died in Louisville. Jackson, who was born in Clarksburg, joined the Confederate Army as a private
Aviator Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins was born on March 26, 1920. She was the first Black woman to become a solo pilot in the Civilian Pilot Training Program at West Virginia State College (now University).
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Laura Jackson Arnold
Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council Statesman Cyrus Roberts Vance was born March 27, 1917, in Clarksburg. In 1977, President Carter tapped Vance as his secretary of state. In 1978, Vance was instrumental in the Camp David peace accord between Egypt and Israel and in negotiating the Panama Canal Treaty.
On March 28, 1870, state officials with state records and property boarded a steamboat called Mountain Boy, one of six steamboats that moved West VirginiaƵs capital from Wheeling to Charleston.
Charlie McCoy performs during 2009 Ƶ Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Henry Mason Mathews
CHARLESTON Ƶ The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-Ƶ: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at .
March 23, 2003: Private Jessica Lynch of Palestine, Wirt County, was serving as a supply clerk with the ArmyƵs 507th Maintenance Company when she was captured by Iraqi forces after her group was ambushed.
March 24, 1890: Confederate General William Lowther ƵMudwallƵ Jackson died in Louisville. Jackson, who was born in Clarksburg, joined the Confederate Army as a private. After helping to organize an infantry unit, he was promoted to colonel. He served on the staff of his cousin, Gen. Thomas J. ƵStonewallƵ Jackson, and was jokingly nicknamed ƵƵMudwall.ƵƵ
March 25, 1878: Attorney General Armistead Abraham ƵCousin AbeƵ Lilly was born at Jumping Branch, Summers County. Lilly appealed the Virginia Debt Suit to the U.S. Supreme Court; when settled, it was estimated that Lilly had saved the state a large sum of money.
March 26, 1851: Upshur County was created from parts of Randolph, Lewis and Barbour counties, with Buckhannon as the county seat.
March 26, 1863: The stateƵs first constitution was overwhelmingly ratified by the voters, by a majority of 28,321 to 572. The constitution was drafted during the stateƵs first Constitutional Convention at the federal custom house in Wheeling.
March 26, 1920: Aviator Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins was born. She was the first Black woman to become a solo pilot in the Civilian Pilot Training Program at West Virginia State College (now University) and rejected from joining the Tuskegee Airmen because she was a woman.
March 27, 1826: Laura Jackson Arnold, the younger sister of ƵStonewallƵ Jackson, was born in Clarksburg. During the Civil War, she was a staunch Unionist and opened her home to care for sick and injured troops.
March 27, 1917: Statesman Cyrus Roberts Vance was born in Clarksburg. In 1977, President Carter tapped Vance as his secretary of state. Vance was instrumental in negotiating the Camp David Accord and the Panama Canal Treaty.
March 28, 1870: State officials, with state records and property, boarded the steamboat Mountain Boy, one of six steamboats that moved West VirginiaƵs capital from Wheeling to Charleston.
March 28, 1941: Musician Charlie McCoy was born in Oak Hill. One of the most significant harmonica players in country music, his work can also be heard on rock ƵnƵ roll albums, including several of Bob DylanƵs. He was the musical director for the TV program Hee Haw.
March 29, 1834: Henry Mason Mathews, the fifth governor of West Virginia, was born at Frankford, Greenbrier County. There were strikes and riots during much of his administration, including the national railroad strike of 1877, which began at Martinsburg.
March 29, 1858: Clay County was created from parts of Nicholas and Braxton counties and named for Henry Clay, the U.S. senator from Kentucky.
e-Ƶ: The West Virginia Encyclopedia is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council. For more information, contact the West Virginia Humanities Council, 1310 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, Ƶ 25301; (304) 346-8500; or visit e-Ƶ at .
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