Editing Point Pleasant, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
*Among the early settlers at Point Pleasant was Samuel B. Clemens and his wife Pamela (née Goggin), grandparents of the celebrated author [[Mark Twain]]. They had migrated from [[Campbell County, Virginia]] and, according to family tradition, Samuel was killed in 1805 by a falling log at a [[house raising]] there.<ref>Twain's widowed grandmother soon moved on to Kentucky. Twain later gave a similar fate to his character "Simon Lathers" in ''[[The American Claimant]]'' (1892), who was "crushed by a log at a smoke house raising".</ref>
*Point Pleasant was the final home of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Brigadier-General [[John McCausland]], the next-to-last Confederate General to die. He died at his farm at Grimm's Landing on January 23, 1927, and is buried in nearby [[Henderson, West Virginia|Henderson]].
*[[Karl Probst]], born in Point Pleasant, was an automotive engineer credited in 1940 with the design of the [[Jeep]].
*The [[Shawnee]] Chief [[Cornstalk (Shawnee leader)|Cornstalk]] was taken prisoner and later killed by a mob at Fort Randolph on 10 November 1777.<ref>[http://www.newrivernotes.com/topical_books_1850_virginia_cornstalk_shawneechief.htm William Henry Foote, "Cornstalk, The Shawnee Chief," ''The Southern Literary Messenger,'' Volume 16, Issue 9, pp. 533-540, Richmond, Virginia. 1850. Transcribed by Valerie F. Crook, 1998.]</ref>
*[[Lee Anna Starr]] (1853–1937), Methodist minister and suffragist, was born in Point Pleasant
*[[Ray Stevens (wrestler)|Ray Stevens]], pro wrestler and 2021 WWE Hall of Fame inductee