Son of Isaac and Margaret Sturm
Married Hannah Holbert August 14, 1860 in Marion County WV
Children:
Virginia "Jennie" Sturm
Emma Blanche Sturm
Annetta Sturm
Genealogy of the Sturm Family (1938), pp. 95-98:
85. JESSE FLOWERS STURM (4) ISAAC (3) JACOB (2) JACOB (1)
Jesse Flowers Sturm was the fifth son of Isaac and Margaret (Martin) Sturm. He was familiarly known as "Dock" Sturm; but while he knew a lot about medicine from reading books on that science and had experience in the application of home remedies, yet he was not a doctor. He got this soubriquet from the fact that Dr. Jesse Flowers, a noted practitioner of the time, and for whom he was named, was the family physician when he was born.
He was born September 26, 1834, one mile west of Tetricks' Ridge in Harrison County, Virginia, now Marion County, West Virginia. When he was six years old his father died leaving a widow with the care of eight children ranging in ages from sixteen to two years. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder.
His elder brothers taught him farming and the use of tools. His meager education was obtained through a few weeks' attendance in the winter at the nearest neighborhood school until he was fourteen years old. At this time, he went into the timber business for himself. He would buy a tract of timber, go into the woods and fell and hew the trees into what was known as ship timber. He and his brothers had a team with which they hauled the timber to the river where it was rafted and floated to market at Pittsburgh.
He continued in this business for twenty-one years and by buying and selling as well as producing it himself, he was quite successful.
He was married to Hanna Holbert, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Holbert of Little Bingamon on August 20, 1859. She was born June 19, 1839 and died June 13, 1914. They lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
During the War of the Rebellion, he was a strong Union man. Notwithstanding he had a wife and two small children, he enlisted in the Union Army early in 1865. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment. He got to Washington on his way to the front when he was taken down with a fever and was sick several months so that he was not in any battles. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865.
In politics he was a Republican. He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate. He was elected as a member of the Lower House from Marion County in 1882, again in 1886 and again in 1894 . He was elected to the Senate from the Second District in 1898 and re-elected in 1900.
He has stated that he never sought a nomination he did not get and was never defeated in an election. The only fight he ever had to make was for his last nomination and election to the Senate. Dr. Brownfield, a prominent physician of Fairmont, West Virginia, was his opponent for the nomination on the Republican ticket, but although Dr Brownfield had strong social and political backing in Fairmont, the county seat of Marion County, he was defeated. Brownfield was much disgruntled by his defeat and decided to run as an independent candidate; thus the Republican voters were divided and the Democrats united, but Sturm carried the election, defeating both of them.
He was a member of many important committees and he was a recognized power in legislation during the time he was a member of the two law-making bodies. He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president of the Board for six years. By reason of his long experience in politics and legislation and of his mature judgment his advice and counsel were much sought after by the leaders of his party in the state.
He knew former United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins intimately and visited him at his home. He knew personally most of the governors of the state, and quite intimately the first Governor Francis H. Pierpo[i]nt, who was his attorney for many years before he became Governor. He continued his interest in politics until his death.
He was a remarkable man. His schooling consisted of a few months' training in the rudiments of education. The school attended was the little log school house set up in a clearing in the forest, with split saplings for seats, fitted with peg legs and no backs, and with oiled paper for windows, yet he became a man of rare knowledge.
His reading in his young and mature years was extensive and carried on with method and intelligence. He knew the main points of ancient and modern history and could draw apt conclusions from them.
He climbed well up the ladder of success in politics, society and business. He had a keen and well-trained mind; was strong in debate; intelligent and entertaining in conversation; genial and sympathetic in manner. He was of robust but not large build, weighing about 180 pounds; was a man of great strength and activity; in his young days he was the champion wrestler of his size or class in the entire surrounding community.
He lived many years beyond the allotted three score and ten. To the advantages of a robust and active ancestry he added those of intelligent, temperate and clean living. He was active and in full possession of all his faculties until his death, January 12, 1930, well along in his ninety-sixth year.
Children of Jesse Flowers and Hannah (Holbert) Sturm:
429 (1) Jennie, b. 5-25-1861; d. 6-9-1877.
430 (2) Emma, b. 4-16-1863; m. 5-29-1888 mar. Austin Q. Fortney; deceased
431 (3) Nettie, b. 4-23-1872; m. 10-23-1890; d. 5-22-1894
mar. S. L. Hess, b. 3-3-1864]
[Jesse was known as "Dock" Sturm yet was not a doctor. He knew a lot about medicine from reading books and had experience in the application of home remedies. When he was six his father died. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder. His brothers taught him farming. At fourteen he went into the timber business. He and his wife Hanna lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
He was a strong Union man during the Civil War. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment.
He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate.
He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president for six years.
From Genealogy of the Sturm Family.]
Prominent Men of WV (1890), p. 967:
[JESSE F. STURM.
ONE of the solid, practical, self-reared, self made men this young State has produced is the above named gentleman, a native of Marion county, born September 26, 1835, and a lifelong resident there. In 1840, when the child was only five years old, his father died, and until the age of twelve he leaned on the weak arm of a widowed mother, and then began life's battle almost alone. He followed rafting " steam - timber " on the Monongahela river to Pittsburgh for many years ; drove a six-horse team, hauling the same kind of timber, for five years ; in short, his life has been one of constant, severe, rough toil, by which he has amassed at least an honest competency. He has been a farmer, carpenter and stonemason, with the other callings, and also a grazier on a small scale. Beneath the toil-marked exterior was native intelligence enough to have his neighbors call him to serve them many years on the Board of Free Schools in his district. Also to represent them—which he did faithfully—in the House of Delegates of West Virginia in 1883 and in 1887.]
Married Hannah Holbert August 14, 1860 in Marion County WV
Children:
Virginia "Jennie" Sturm
Emma Blanche Sturm
Annetta Sturm
Genealogy of the Sturm Family (1938), pp. 95-98:
85. JESSE FLOWERS STURM (4) ISAAC (3) JACOB (2) JACOB (1)
Jesse Flowers Sturm was the fifth son of Isaac and Margaret (Martin) Sturm. He was familiarly known as "Dock" Sturm; but while he knew a lot about medicine from reading books on that science and had experience in the application of home remedies, yet he was not a doctor. He got this soubriquet from the fact that Dr. Jesse Flowers, a noted practitioner of the time, and for whom he was named, was the family physician when he was born.
He was born September 26, 1834, one mile west of Tetricks' Ridge in Harrison County, Virginia, now Marion County, West Virginia. When he was six years old his father died leaving a widow with the care of eight children ranging in ages from sixteen to two years. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder.
His elder brothers taught him farming and the use of tools. His meager education was obtained through a few weeks' attendance in the winter at the nearest neighborhood school until he was fourteen years old. At this time, he went into the timber business for himself. He would buy a tract of timber, go into the woods and fell and hew the trees into what was known as ship timber. He and his brothers had a team with which they hauled the timber to the river where it was rafted and floated to market at Pittsburgh.
He continued in this business for twenty-one years and by buying and selling as well as producing it himself, he was quite successful.
He was married to Hanna Holbert, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Holbert of Little Bingamon on August 20, 1859. She was born June 19, 1839 and died June 13, 1914. They lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
During the War of the Rebellion, he was a strong Union man. Notwithstanding he had a wife and two small children, he enlisted in the Union Army early in 1865. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment. He got to Washington on his way to the front when he was taken down with a fever and was sick several months so that he was not in any battles. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865.
In politics he was a Republican. He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate. He was elected as a member of the Lower House from Marion County in 1882, again in 1886 and again in 1894 . He was elected to the Senate from the Second District in 1898 and re-elected in 1900.
He has stated that he never sought a nomination he did not get and was never defeated in an election. The only fight he ever had to make was for his last nomination and election to the Senate. Dr. Brownfield, a prominent physician of Fairmont, West Virginia, was his opponent for the nomination on the Republican ticket, but although Dr Brownfield had strong social and political backing in Fairmont, the county seat of Marion County, he was defeated. Brownfield was much disgruntled by his defeat and decided to run as an independent candidate; thus the Republican voters were divided and the Democrats united, but Sturm carried the election, defeating both of them.
He was a member of many important committees and he was a recognized power in legislation during the time he was a member of the two law-making bodies. He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president of the Board for six years. By reason of his long experience in politics and legislation and of his mature judgment his advice and counsel were much sought after by the leaders of his party in the state.
He knew former United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins intimately and visited him at his home. He knew personally most of the governors of the state, and quite intimately the first Governor Francis H. Pierpo[i]nt, who was his attorney for many years before he became Governor. He continued his interest in politics until his death.
He was a remarkable man. His schooling consisted of a few months' training in the rudiments of education. The school attended was the little log school house set up in a clearing in the forest, with split saplings for seats, fitted with peg legs and no backs, and with oiled paper for windows, yet he became a man of rare knowledge.
His reading in his young and mature years was extensive and carried on with method and intelligence. He knew the main points of ancient and modern history and could draw apt conclusions from them.
He climbed well up the ladder of success in politics, society and business. He had a keen and well-trained mind; was strong in debate; intelligent and entertaining in conversation; genial and sympathetic in manner. He was of robust but not large build, weighing about 180 pounds; was a man of great strength and activity; in his young days he was the champion wrestler of his size or class in the entire surrounding community.
He lived many years beyond the allotted three score and ten. To the advantages of a robust and active ancestry he added those of intelligent, temperate and clean living. He was active and in full possession of all his faculties until his death, January 12, 1930, well along in his ninety-sixth year.
Children of Jesse Flowers and Hannah (Holbert) Sturm:
429 (1) Jennie, b. 5-25-1861; d. 6-9-1877.
430 (2) Emma, b. 4-16-1863; m. 5-29-1888 mar. Austin Q. Fortney; deceased
431 (3) Nettie, b. 4-23-1872; m. 10-23-1890; d. 5-22-1894
mar. S. L. Hess, b. 3-3-1864]
[Jesse was known as "Dock" Sturm yet was not a doctor. He knew a lot about medicine from reading books and had experience in the application of home remedies. When he was six his father died. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder. His brothers taught him farming. At fourteen he went into the timber business. He and his wife Hanna lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
He was a strong Union man during the Civil War. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment.
He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate.
He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president for six years.
From Genealogy of the Sturm Family.]
Prominent Men of WV (1890), p. 967:
[JESSE F. STURM.
ONE of the solid, practical, self-reared, self made men this young State has produced is the above named gentleman, a native of Marion county, born September 26, 1835, and a lifelong resident there. In 1840, when the child was only five years old, his father died, and until the age of twelve he leaned on the weak arm of a widowed mother, and then began life's battle almost alone. He followed rafting " steam - timber " on the Monongahela river to Pittsburgh for many years ; drove a six-horse team, hauling the same kind of timber, for five years ; in short, his life has been one of constant, severe, rough toil, by which he has amassed at least an honest competency. He has been a farmer, carpenter and stonemason, with the other callings, and also a grazier on a small scale. Beneath the toil-marked exterior was native intelligence enough to have his neighbors call him to serve them many years on the Board of Free Schools in his district. Also to represent them—which he did faithfully—in the House of Delegates of West Virginia in 1883 and in 1887.]
Son of Isaac and Margaret Sturm
Married Hannah Holbert August 14, 1860 in Marion County WV
Children:
Virginia "Jennie" Sturm
Emma Blanche Sturm
Annetta Sturm
Genealogy of the Sturm Family (1938), pp. 95-98:
85. JESSE FLOWERS STURM (4) ISAAC (3) JACOB (2) JACOB (1)
Jesse Flowers Sturm was the fifth son of Isaac and Margaret (Martin) Sturm. He was familiarly known as "Dock" Sturm; but while he knew a lot about medicine from reading books on that science and had experience in the application of home remedies, yet he was not a doctor. He got this soubriquet from the fact that Dr. Jesse Flowers, a noted practitioner of the time, and for whom he was named, was the family physician when he was born.
He was born September 26, 1834, one mile west of Tetricks' Ridge in Harrison County, Virginia, now Marion County, West Virginia. When he was six years old his father died leaving a widow with the care of eight children ranging in ages from sixteen to two years. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder.
His elder brothers taught him farming and the use of tools. His meager education was obtained through a few weeks' attendance in the winter at the nearest neighborhood school until he was fourteen years old. At this time, he went into the timber business for himself. He would buy a tract of timber, go into the woods and fell and hew the trees into what was known as ship timber. He and his brothers had a team with which they hauled the timber to the river where it was rafted and floated to market at Pittsburgh.
He continued in this business for twenty-one years and by buying and selling as well as producing it himself, he was quite successful.
He was married to Hanna Holbert, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Holbert of Little Bingamon on August 20, 1859. She was born June 19, 1839 and died June 13, 1914. They lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
During the War of the Rebellion, he was a strong Union man. Notwithstanding he had a wife and two small children, he enlisted in the Union Army early in 1865. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment. He got to Washington on his way to the front when he was taken down with a fever and was sick several months so that he was not in any battles. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865.
In politics he was a Republican. He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate. He was elected as a member of the Lower House from Marion County in 1882, again in 1886 and again in 1894 . He was elected to the Senate from the Second District in 1898 and re-elected in 1900.
He has stated that he never sought a nomination he did not get and was never defeated in an election. The only fight he ever had to make was for his last nomination and election to the Senate. Dr. Brownfield, a prominent physician of Fairmont, West Virginia, was his opponent for the nomination on the Republican ticket, but although Dr Brownfield had strong social and political backing in Fairmont, the county seat of Marion County, he was defeated. Brownfield was much disgruntled by his defeat and decided to run as an independent candidate; thus the Republican voters were divided and the Democrats united, but Sturm carried the election, defeating both of them.
He was a member of many important committees and he was a recognized power in legislation during the time he was a member of the two law-making bodies. He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president of the Board for six years. By reason of his long experience in politics and legislation and of his mature judgment his advice and counsel were much sought after by the leaders of his party in the state.
He knew former United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins intimately and visited him at his home. He knew personally most of the governors of the state, and quite intimately the first Governor Francis H. Pierpo[i]nt, who was his attorney for many years before he became Governor. He continued his interest in politics until his death.
He was a remarkable man. His schooling consisted of a few months' training in the rudiments of education. The school attended was the little log school house set up in a clearing in the forest, with split saplings for seats, fitted with peg legs and no backs, and with oiled paper for windows, yet he became a man of rare knowledge.
His reading in his young and mature years was extensive and carried on with method and intelligence. He knew the main points of ancient and modern history and could draw apt conclusions from them.
He climbed well up the ladder of success in politics, society and business. He had a keen and well-trained mind; was strong in debate; intelligent and entertaining in conversation; genial and sympathetic in manner. He was of robust but not large build, weighing about 180 pounds; was a man of great strength and activity; in his young days he was the champion wrestler of his size or class in the entire surrounding community.
He lived many years beyond the allotted three score and ten. To the advantages of a robust and active ancestry he added those of intelligent, temperate and clean living. He was active and in full possession of all his faculties until his death, January 12, 1930, well along in his ninety-sixth year.
Children of Jesse Flowers and Hannah (Holbert) Sturm:
429 (1) Jennie, b. 5-25-1861; d. 6-9-1877.
430 (2) Emma, b. 4-16-1863; m. 5-29-1888 mar. Austin Q. Fortney; deceased
431 (3) Nettie, b. 4-23-1872; m. 10-23-1890; d. 5-22-1894
mar. S. L. Hess, b. 3-3-1864]
[Jesse was known as "Dock" Sturm yet was not a doctor. He knew a lot about medicine from reading books and had experience in the application of home remedies. When he was six his father died. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder. His brothers taught him farming. At fourteen he went into the timber business. He and his wife Hanna lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
He was a strong Union man during the Civil War. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment.
He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate.
He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president for six years.
From Genealogy of the Sturm Family.]
Prominent Men of WV (1890), p. 967:
[JESSE F. STURM.
ONE of the solid, practical, self-reared, self made men this young State has produced is the above named gentleman, a native of Marion county, born September 26, 1835, and a lifelong resident there. In 1840, when the child was only five years old, his father died, and until the age of twelve he leaned on the weak arm of a widowed mother, and then began life's battle almost alone. He followed rafting " steam - timber " on the Monongahela river to Pittsburgh for many years ; drove a six-horse team, hauling the same kind of timber, for five years ; in short, his life has been one of constant, severe, rough toil, by which he has amassed at least an honest competency. He has been a farmer, carpenter and stonemason, with the other callings, and also a grazier on a small scale. Beneath the toil-marked exterior was native intelligence enough to have his neighbors call him to serve them many years on the Board of Free Schools in his district. Also to represent them—which he did faithfully—in the House of Delegates of West Virginia in 1883 and in 1887.]
Married Hannah Holbert August 14, 1860 in Marion County WV
Children:
Virginia "Jennie" Sturm
Emma Blanche Sturm
Annetta Sturm
Genealogy of the Sturm Family (1938), pp. 95-98:
85. JESSE FLOWERS STURM (4) ISAAC (3) JACOB (2) JACOB (1)
Jesse Flowers Sturm was the fifth son of Isaac and Margaret (Martin) Sturm. He was familiarly known as "Dock" Sturm; but while he knew a lot about medicine from reading books on that science and had experience in the application of home remedies, yet he was not a doctor. He got this soubriquet from the fact that Dr. Jesse Flowers, a noted practitioner of the time, and for whom he was named, was the family physician when he was born.
He was born September 26, 1834, one mile west of Tetricks' Ridge in Harrison County, Virginia, now Marion County, West Virginia. When he was six years old his father died leaving a widow with the care of eight children ranging in ages from sixteen to two years. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder.
His elder brothers taught him farming and the use of tools. His meager education was obtained through a few weeks' attendance in the winter at the nearest neighborhood school until he was fourteen years old. At this time, he went into the timber business for himself. He would buy a tract of timber, go into the woods and fell and hew the trees into what was known as ship timber. He and his brothers had a team with which they hauled the timber to the river where it was rafted and floated to market at Pittsburgh.
He continued in this business for twenty-one years and by buying and selling as well as producing it himself, he was quite successful.
He was married to Hanna Holbert, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Holbert of Little Bingamon on August 20, 1859. She was born June 19, 1839 and died June 13, 1914. They lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
During the War of the Rebellion, he was a strong Union man. Notwithstanding he had a wife and two small children, he enlisted in the Union Army early in 1865. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment. He got to Washington on his way to the front when he was taken down with a fever and was sick several months so that he was not in any battles. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865.
In politics he was a Republican. He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate. He was elected as a member of the Lower House from Marion County in 1882, again in 1886 and again in 1894 . He was elected to the Senate from the Second District in 1898 and re-elected in 1900.
He has stated that he never sought a nomination he did not get and was never defeated in an election. The only fight he ever had to make was for his last nomination and election to the Senate. Dr. Brownfield, a prominent physician of Fairmont, West Virginia, was his opponent for the nomination on the Republican ticket, but although Dr Brownfield had strong social and political backing in Fairmont, the county seat of Marion County, he was defeated. Brownfield was much disgruntled by his defeat and decided to run as an independent candidate; thus the Republican voters were divided and the Democrats united, but Sturm carried the election, defeating both of them.
He was a member of many important committees and he was a recognized power in legislation during the time he was a member of the two law-making bodies. He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president of the Board for six years. By reason of his long experience in politics and legislation and of his mature judgment his advice and counsel were much sought after by the leaders of his party in the state.
He knew former United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins intimately and visited him at his home. He knew personally most of the governors of the state, and quite intimately the first Governor Francis H. Pierpo[i]nt, who was his attorney for many years before he became Governor. He continued his interest in politics until his death.
He was a remarkable man. His schooling consisted of a few months' training in the rudiments of education. The school attended was the little log school house set up in a clearing in the forest, with split saplings for seats, fitted with peg legs and no backs, and with oiled paper for windows, yet he became a man of rare knowledge.
His reading in his young and mature years was extensive and carried on with method and intelligence. He knew the main points of ancient and modern history and could draw apt conclusions from them.
He climbed well up the ladder of success in politics, society and business. He had a keen and well-trained mind; was strong in debate; intelligent and entertaining in conversation; genial and sympathetic in manner. He was of robust but not large build, weighing about 180 pounds; was a man of great strength and activity; in his young days he was the champion wrestler of his size or class in the entire surrounding community.
He lived many years beyond the allotted three score and ten. To the advantages of a robust and active ancestry he added those of intelligent, temperate and clean living. He was active and in full possession of all his faculties until his death, January 12, 1930, well along in his ninety-sixth year.
Children of Jesse Flowers and Hannah (Holbert) Sturm:
429 (1) Jennie, b. 5-25-1861; d. 6-9-1877.
430 (2) Emma, b. 4-16-1863; m. 5-29-1888 mar. Austin Q. Fortney; deceased
431 (3) Nettie, b. 4-23-1872; m. 10-23-1890; d. 5-22-1894
mar. S. L. Hess, b. 3-3-1864]
[Jesse was known as "Dock" Sturm yet was not a doctor. He knew a lot about medicine from reading books and had experience in the application of home remedies. When he was six his father died. As he expressed it, his boat was cast upon the sea of life almost without a rudder. His brothers taught him farming. At fourteen he went into the timber business. He and his wife Hanna lived on a farm on Little Bingamon Creek until their death.
He was a strong Union man during the Civil War. He served in Company G, 7th West Virginia Regiment.
He served three terms in the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature and two terms in the Senate.
He was a member of the Board of Education of his district for twelve years and president for six years.
From Genealogy of the Sturm Family.]
Prominent Men of WV (1890), p. 967:
[JESSE F. STURM.
ONE of the solid, practical, self-reared, self made men this young State has produced is the above named gentleman, a native of Marion county, born September 26, 1835, and a lifelong resident there. In 1840, when the child was only five years old, his father died, and until the age of twelve he leaned on the weak arm of a widowed mother, and then began life's battle almost alone. He followed rafting " steam - timber " on the Monongahela river to Pittsburgh for many years ; drove a six-horse team, hauling the same kind of timber, for five years ; in short, his life has been one of constant, severe, rough toil, by which he has amassed at least an honest competency. He has been a farmer, carpenter and stonemason, with the other callings, and also a grazier on a small scale. Beneath the toil-marked exterior was native intelligence enough to have his neighbors call him to serve them many years on the Board of Free Schools in his district. Also to represent them—which he did faithfully—in the House of Delegates of West Virginia in 1883 and in 1887.]
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