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Ernest L. Bailey —
of Matoaka, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Dott, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Civil engineer; banker; coal
business; West Virginia State Road Commissioner; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944,
1948,
1952;
West
Virginia Democratic state chair, 1948-52; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1952-53.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Winton E. Bailey and Josephine (Mastin) Bailey; married, September
16, 1914, to Minniebelle Atkins. |
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James D. Brackenrich (b. 1936) —
also known as J. D. Brackenrich —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
23, 1936.
Democrat. Engineer; surveyor;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1987-93; resigned 1993.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; National Rifle
Association.
Pleaded
guilty on May 1, 1996 to a misdemeanor charge
of filling
wetlands without a Clean Water Act permit.
Still living as of 1996.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brackenrich and Helen Brackenrich; married 1958 to
Patricia Griffith. |
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Spencer K. Creel (b. 1896) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Freeport, Wirt
County, W.Va., April
27, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1939-40,
1943-64, 1967-70; defeated, 1934, 1940, 1964; resigned 1970; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1952-54.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Farm
Bureau.
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Creel and Isabella (Foutty) Creel; married, November
28, 1918, to Bertha Gillman. |
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1951 |
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Henry C. Erman —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Republican. Engineer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1911-18 (St. Louis City
6th District 1897-98, St. Louis City 1st District 1911-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Lowell Jackson Fellure (b. 1931) —
also known as Jack Fellure —
of Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Midkiff, Lincoln
County, W.Va., October
3, 1931.
Engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 2012.
Still living as of 2012.
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Ralph Allen Gawthrop (1885-1959) —
also known as Ralph A. Gawthrop —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Salem, Harrison
County, W.Va., November
27, 1885.
Democrat. Safety engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County; elected
1952.
Protestant.
Member, Elks.
Died in Lumberport, Harrison
County, W.Va., June 19,
1959 (age 73 years, 204
days).
Interment at Bridgeport
Cemetery, Bridgeport, W.Va.
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Philip Hager Jr. (1872-1966) —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., February
23, 1872.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer; lumber
business; director, Farmers and Merchants Bank;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1921-24; chair of
Lincoln County Republican Party, 1922-24.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., 1966
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Hamlin, W.Va.
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Henry H. Harrison (b. 1850) —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born near Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., 1850.
Civil engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-20 (District 31 1913-14,
District 43 1915-20).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Lincoln, Sr. (1865-1948) —
also known as John J. Lincoln —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Rising Sun, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
11, 1865.
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Quaker.
Died in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
28, 1948 (age 82 years, 109
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.
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David Bennett McKinley (b. 1947) —
also known as David B. McKinley —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., March
28, 1947.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 3rd District, 1980-94;
defeated, 1980; appointed 1980; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1990-94; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1996; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 2011-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Rotary;
Elks; Farm
Bureau; Beta
Theta Pi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2018.
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Roy H. Rogerson (b. 1929) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio
County, W.Va., January
16, 1929.
Republican. Chemical
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1967-72;
defeated, 1978; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1973-76; defeated, 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Still living as of 1978.
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Relatives: Son
of Russell Rogerson and Lilly (Fisher) Rogerson; married, March
23, 1951, to LaVerne Yoho. |
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Gordon W. Sammons (1896-1974) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Aleppo, Greene
County, Pa., July 3,
1896.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1951-54,
1963-64; defeated, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in 1974
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James J. Sammons and Catherine (Gordon) Sammons; married 1939 to
Cecilia Rodgers. |
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1951 |
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William R. Sharpe Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as William R. Sharpe; Bill
Sharpe —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
28, 1928.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; electrical
contractor; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1946;
member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1961-80, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Sharpe and Helen (Whitwam) Sharpe; married, July 3,
1953, to Pauline Lester. |
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Allen Simmons (b. 1891) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Somerset, Bristol
County, Mass., August
8, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Tau
Beta Pi; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; National Rifle
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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