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George W. MESSINGER is a son of Nicholas and Mary (Williams) Messinger, who
settled in what is now Lincoln county in 1838. He was here born, in Sheridan district, in 1842, and his marriage
was solemnized in this district, in 1868, Sarah E. McComas becoming his wife. Their seven children were born:
Mary N., December 6, 1868; Erastus, September 11, 1870; Thomas J., September 28, 1872; John W., June 6, 1875;
Catharine, August 27, 1877; Myrta, September 14, 1879; Emery F., September 27, 1881. The parents of Mrs.
Messinger were both born in what is now Lincoln county, Thomas J. and Catharine (Condons) McComas, and her
birth was in Sheridan district, in 1844. The father of George W. was a soldier of the 1812 war, and died in
Lincoln county, March 29, 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. George W. Messinger is a prosperous
farmer, owning 518 acres of good land on Fall creek, near the Falls of Guyan. The land is well improved, so
far as under cultivation, and the remainder well timbered, with mineral croppings. He has a fine fruit orchard
of apples, pears, peaches and plums. In addition to his farming interests, he deals extensively in lumber and
has interest in a grist mill. Postoffice address, Hamlin, Lincoln county, Weat Virginia.
Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.