LINCOLN COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: BRUMFIELD, Evormint Ward
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
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September 17, 1999
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Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical 
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West 
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974.  

 
                            EVORMINT WARD BRUMFIELD--is a native of Lincoln 
county, born July 15, 1841, and he is a son of John H. and Rachel (Haskins) 
Brumfield. In Lincoln county, February 14, 1867, E. W. Brumfield was joined 
in marriage with Laury Johnson, born in Lincoln county, October 22, 1843, and 
a daughter of Perry and Irena (Gilkinson) Johnson. The children born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Brumfield are: Junea Lilly, May 14, 1868; Spicy, October 1, 1871; 
Maud Eske, April 24, 1881; all at home. Mr.  Brumfield served in the Federal 
army during the civil war in Company G. 3d West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. 
He enlisted November 15, 1863 and served until the close of the war, and was 
a participant in the following battles, Winchester, Piedmont, Mount Crawford, 
Rudes Hill and Bunker Hill. One brother of E. W. Brumfield, William Randolph, 
was killed in the war. Mr. and Mrs. Brumfield joined the Methodist Episcopal 
Church July 16, 1869 in which Mr. Brumfield has been class leader. His 
grandfathers were among the earliest settlers of Lincoln county. E W 
Brumfield owns about 105 acres of fine farming land in Sheridan district, on 
Bear creek, four miles northwest of Hamlin; the land is well cultivated and 
has upon it a large orchard of apple, peach, plum and cherry trees. Beside 
tilling the soil in Carroll district, the subject of this sketch is jailer 
and deputy sheriff of Lincoln county, which office he has held two years. 
Direct mail to Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.