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William Gustavus Conley (1866-1940) —
also known as William G. Conley —
of Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., January
8, 1866.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Tucker
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1896-1904; mayor, Parsons, W.Va.,
1901-03; mayor, Kingwood, W.Va., 1906-08; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1908-13; Governor of
West Virginia, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Academy of Political and Social
Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Union
League.
Died October
21, 1940 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Harold Arthur Ritz (1873-1948) —
also known as Harold A. Ritz —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., July 25,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 8th Judicial Circuit, 1906; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1909-13; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1917-22; resigned 1922.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Academy of Political and Social
Science; Elks.
Died April
10, 1948 (age 74 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James M. Ritz and Catherine (McCarthy) Ritz; brother of Russell
Sage Ritz; married, August
15, 1893, to Harriet Eleanor Wilson; married, April
30, 1913, to Helen J. Jackson. |
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1917 |
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Buford Cleveland Tynes (b. 1884) —
also known as Buford C. Tynes —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va., May 3,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Theta
Kappa Nu; American Bar
Association; American Academy of Political and Social
Science; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. Achilles James Tynes and Harriet L. (Fudge)
Tynes. |
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