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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in West Virginia

J. E. Bass (b. 1877) — of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in Cunningham, Person County, N.C., September 14, 1877. Democrat. Insurance business; president, Lewisburg Ice Cream Company; secretary-treasurer, General Lewis Hotel, Lewisburg; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1941-44; mayor of Lewisburg, W.Va., 1947. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of R. B. Bass and Martha (Sydnor) Bass; married to Huldah Hambrick. Henry Nathan Bradley (b. 1874) — also known as H. N. Bradley — of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W.Va. Born in Page County, Va., 1874. Republican. Postmaster; purchasing agent; hotel manager; chair of Jefferson County Republican Party, 1917; vice-chair of West Virginia Republican Party, 1929; candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1938, 1940. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William F. Bradley and Susannah (Printz) Bradley; married, November 23, 1893, to Florence Susan Baker.   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929 Gurnett Edinburgh Ferguson (1888-1982) — also known as G. E. Ferguson — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Fayette County, W.Va., October 17, 1888. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; real estate business; hotelier; director, West Virginia Bureau of Negro Welfare and Statistics; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1940, 1948; candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1942. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died December 26, 1982 (age 94 years, 70 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Daniel F. Ferguson and Elizabeth (Eddens) Ferguson; married, August 27, 1914, to Lilly A. Foster.   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929   Harold Lawrence Frankel (1916-2002) — also known as Harold L. Frankel — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va.; Cape Coral, Lee County, Fla. Born October 25, 1916. Hotel owner; merchant; mayor of Huntington, W.Va., 1957-59, 1974-75, 1977-78; Cabell County Sheriff and Treasurer, 1961-64. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith. Died, in a hospice at Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Fla., February 18, 2002 (age 85 years, 116 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of A. H. Frankel; brother-in-law of Leon L. Schneider and Emanuel Joshua Evans.   Political family: Evans family of North Carolina.   Tracy W. Hylton (b. 1922) — of Mullens, Wyoming County, W.Va.; Daniels, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Crab Orchard, Raleigh County, W.Va., July 4, 1922. Mine operator; hotel owner; member of West Virginia state senate 9th District, 1965-72, 1987-90; defeated (Republican), 1972. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Moose; Elks; American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Arthur M. Hylton and Grace (Snuffer) Hylton; married, December 9, 1947, to Betty Jo Foster. T. H. Lilly (b. 1868) — of Summers County, W.Va. Born in Raleigh County, W.Va., May 23, 1868. Republican. Founder, president, and general manager, Lilly Lumber Company; banker; hotel business; member of West Virginia state senate 7th District, 1927-30. Burial location unknown.   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929   James C. Shanklin (1884-1958) — also known as Jim Shanklin — of Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in Willow Bend, Monroe County, W.Va., August 6, 1884. Democrat. Manager of hotel and movie theaters; postmaster; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1941-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944, 1952. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in 1958 (age about 73 years). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Union, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of A. M. Shanklin and Elvira (Clark) Shanklin; married, March 21, 1921, to Georgia Alice Beard.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Dallas Wolfe (b. 1895) — of Grafton, Taylor County, W.Va.; Rowlesburg, Preston County, W.Va. Born in Colebank, Preston County, W.Va., September 1, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher; farmer; millwright; lumber business; service station operator; restaurant owner; motel owner; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Taylor County, 1935-36; member of West Virginia state senate 15th District, 1961-72. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Ruritan. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Wolfe and Beuna (Lindsey) Wolfe; married, October 2, 1928, to Virginia Jones; married, June 28, 1971, to Gladys McDaniel.

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