The Springer Family In Northern West Virginia The purpose of this page is to compile data on the SPRINGER Family, who settled primarily in Tyler, Wetzel and Monongalia Counties in West Virginia. Some of these "SPRINGER" families are related to the so-called "Dorothy (Prickett)" or "Dennis" lines, but the connections of some of the families have not yet been established. My husband has two "SPRINGER" lines. One is easily traced to Dorothy Springer, but the other, the family of Uriah & Lydia (McDaniel) Springer, is still a mystery.

Uriah Springer, born abt. 1796, moved to the area that is now Wetzel County about 1820. He is listed in some Wetzel County West Virginia Census' as having been born in Virginia, but may have been born in Pennsylvania, as was his wife, Lydia McDaniel, born abt. 1800.

Uriah Springer is listed on the hand-written rosters, dated 1836 & 1837, of another ancestor, James Cochran, who commanded a Company of the Virginia Militia in the Wetzel County area. Uriah received a land grant for 25 acres in Tyler County, WV on 19 May 1839 on Reader Run of Fish Creek. This is probably now Wetzel County. His military record is on order from the National Archives but may not be available because the militia units were operated locally and many of those records are not in the Archives.

The Wetzel County, WV Land Book 1846-1852, Uriah is listed as Uriah V. Springer.

URIAH SPRINGER b. ABT 1796 VA (or PA) m. Lydia McDaniel
SAMUEL SPRINGER b. ABT 1826 VA m. Sarah Elizabeth Fluharty
ANGENORA SPRINGER b. 1850 VA m. Jones Fluharty
CHARLES LEMUEL FLUHARTY b. 1887 WV m. Virginia Josephine Bench
CHARLES EDWARD FLUHARTY b. 1913 WV m. Hilda Caroline Bucher
EUGENE RICHARD FLUHARTY b. 1944 PA m. Linda Lee Cunningham