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Jacob V. Wilmoth died at the home if his son, near Belington, W. Va., on December 6, 1919. He was born March 31, 1845, the son of Samuel and Jemima Taylor Wilmoth. His uncle, the Hon. John Taylor, represented Randolph County in the Virginia Genearal Assembly before the division of the State and in the seventies represented his county in the legislature.

Jacob Wilmoth spent his early days on the farm, caring for his mother and sister. In the second year of the war he cast his lot with the Southern Confederacy, joing the company under his cousin, Capt. Haymond Taylor, of the 18th Virginia Regiment, Imboden's command, with which he served to the end. Captain Taylor was killed at Winchester in September, 1864, and his brother Elam Taylor, who was first lieutenant, commanded the company during the rest of the war.

After the war closed Comrade Wilmoth returned home and in 1870 was married to Miss Anne Eliza Johnson. To them were born a son and a daughter. By hard work and the inspiration of a helpful wife he had accumulated a good portion of wordly goods and made for his family a comfortable and happy home. More than forty years ago he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and ever lived a faithful follower of his master.

Some years ago Comrade Wilmoth had made for himself a handsome suit of Confederate gray, which he wore when attending Confederate Reunions, and he was laid to rest in his beloved gray. His wife died in 1906, his cjildren survive him.

[W. S. Lang]