Below are a few names of well known individuals who were
instrumental in the development of Huntington as we know it today.

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Delos Emmons, brother in law of Collis P. Huntington and Superintendent of the
Central Land Company, co founder of the Emmons-HawkinsHardware Company
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D. E. Abbott, frame company in Central City
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Revella Hughes, a performer and was activist
in the Black movement
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Frederick G. L. Beuhring, an early entrepreneur in
shipping industry and was an early sheriff,
 magistrate and co founder of Marshall College
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James L. Caldwell, the first president of the
1st. National Bank, and builder of the
Huntington Electric Railway.
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Lesser known names

Mary Eloise Hughes Smith, Titanic survivor
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Allen Harrison, last man legally hangedin Cabell County
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 Dan Hill, the first taxi driver (horse drawn carriage).
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