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William Franklin Anderson (1860-1944) —
also known as William F. Anderson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born near Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister; Methodist bishop of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
1908-12, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-24, and Boston, Mass., 1924-32; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924 ; acting
president, Boston University, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 22,
1944 (age 84 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles R. Beard (1879-1965) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
30, 1879.
Republican. Blacksmith;
United Brethren Church minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1915-16,
1925-30, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1943-48; defeated, 1916, 1936, 1940, 1948,
1950, 1952.
United
Brethren. Member, Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Berkeley
County, W.Va., April
20, 1965 (age 85 years, 141
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) —
of Raleigh, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1802.
Democrat. Physician;
preacher; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia,
1876.
Died in Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 26,
1888 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Emily Craig. |
| | | Epitaph: "Thou shalt have sweetly
rest / In the calmest repose / Undisturbed by life's
cares / And unpierced by its woes." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Ebert Brown (1888-1973) —
also known as Joseph Egbert Brown —
of Ansted, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va.; Quinwood, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1888.
Democrat. Minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1929-30.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., April 4,
1973 (age 84 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brown and Janet (Henderson) Brown; married to Hester Bell
Barnes. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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William Addison Carroll —
also known as William A. Carroll —
of Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Methodist minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1907-10.
Methodist.
Interment at Long
Rest Cemetery, Near Hamlin, Lincoln County, W.Va.
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William Henry Harrison Cook (1840-1923) —
also known as William H. H. Cook —
of Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
5, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; Baptist minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1887-88, 1913-14 (3rd District
1887-88, Wyoming County 1913-14); member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1895-98, 1903-06.
Baptist.
Died in Pineville, Wyoming
County, W.Va., February
11, 1923 (age 82 years, 98
days).
Interment at God Acre Cemetery, Rock View, W.Va.
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Wilfred Lee Dickerson (b. 1909) —
also known as Wilfred L. Dickerson —
of Bartley, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Laurel Creek, Fayette
County, W.Va., September
18, 1909.
Minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1967-68;
defeated (Republican), 1940, 1942.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Mine Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilfred James Dickerson and Harriet Etta (Boone) Dickerson;
married, November
3, 1933, to Eunice Turpin Kelly. |
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Ephraim Doolittle (1834-1918) —
of Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Marion
County, W.Va.), November
7, 1834.
Dentist;
minister; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1869-70.
Died in Marion
County, W.Va., February
28, 1918 (age 83 years, 113
days).
Interment at Doolittle
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Doolittle and Sarah (McCausland) Doolittle; married, October
20, 1870, to Kizziah Echols. |
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Phillip Graham —
of Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Republican. Minister; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Baltimore,
Md.; Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
DePauw University, 1912-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29;
religious editor,
Pasadena Star-News.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
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L. T. Harvey —
of Frametown, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Center Point, Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Farmer;
Baptist minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1917-20,
1923-30.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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David Kates —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Pastor; mayor
of Clarksburg, W.Va., 1999.
Still living as of 1999.
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Alpheus Mack Martin (1873-1941) —
also known as A. M. Martin —
of Barboursville, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
28, 1873.
Democrat. School
teacher; Methodist minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-38;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1939-41; died in office 1941.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died September
22, 1941 (age 67 years, 329
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mansfield Martin and Rebecca Jane (Parker) Martin; married,
December
25, 1892, to Fannie Elizabeth Holcomb. |
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Manderville Tildon Miller (1879-1943) —
also known as M. T. Miller —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Lowgap, Boone
County, W.Va., December
31, 1879.
Republican. Ordained minister; school
teacher; Boone
County Superintendent of Schools, 1919-23; postmaster;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1929-32.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Madison, Boone
County, W.Va., December
2, 1943 (age 63 years, 336
days).
Interment at Boone
Memorial Park, Madison, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan Ann (Pauley) Miller and Sylvanus Miller; married to Flora
Ann Roberts. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Ronald F. Miller (b. 1954) —
also known as Ron Miller —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
12, 1954.
Democrat. Pastor; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 2011-.
American
Baptist. Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde Miller and Phyllis Miller; married to Cindy
Lord. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia
Legislature |
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Christopher H. Payne (b. 1848) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
7, 1848.
Republican. Minister; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1900;
U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1903-17.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Ricks —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Minister; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1962,
1964, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Everett R. Shafer (1911-2005) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Esty, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
3, 1911.
Democrat. Baptist minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52,
1955-58.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Moose;
Blue
Key; National
Education Association.
Died August
9, 2005 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Eden Cemetery, Crescent City, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Arthur Shafer and Lebertha Velmer (Hamrick) Shafer;
married, October
17, 1936, to Mary Alby Crizer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) —
also known as Abraham Silver —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Nayshtot-Shaki, Suwalki, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos
Naumiestis, Lithuania),
January
28, 1893.
Republican. Rabbi, The Temple (Tifereth Israel), Cleveland,
Ohio, 1917-63; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1952,
1960.
Jewish.
Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
28, 1963 (age 70 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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Thomas Jackson Smith (1846-1934) —
also known as T. J. Smith —
of Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Born in Doddridge
County, W.Va., July 24,
1846.
Minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Doddridge County, 1913-14.
Died in Nutter's Fork, Doddridge
County, W.Va., 1934
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Coleman
Cemetery, West Union, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Smith and Sarah Ann (Carothers) Smith; married, April
17, 1868, to Zuleka Salome Davis; married to Susan J. (Owens)
Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Swanson —
of Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Republican. Minister; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lincoln County, 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Carlisle, England,
June
19, 1766.
Democrat. Physician;
minister; member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
Governor
of Ohio, 1803-07; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General for
Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829 (age 63 years, 51
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Cecil Harland Underwood (1922-2008) —
also known as Cecil H. Underwood —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Josephs Mills, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
5, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1945-56; Governor of
West Virginia, 1957-61, 1997-2001; defeated, 1964, 1976, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960
(Temporary
Chair), 1972,
1984,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1960; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Pi
Kappa Delta; Farm
Bureau.
He was both the youngest (in 1957) and the oldest (in 2001) governor
in West Virginia history.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Memorial Hospital
of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
24, 2008 (age 86 years, 19
days). His body was
donated to the School of Medicine at Marshall University.
Cenotaph at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Josephs Mills, W.Va.
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