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James Clement Cain (b. 1925) —
also known as James C. Cain —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, April
13, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1965-68.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmett Alexander Cain and Wilhelmina (Hessee) Cain; married, September
11, 1950, to Nancy Lee Caldwell. |
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Alexander Hillyard Caldwell (1774-1839) —
also known as Alexander Caldwell —
of Westville, Jefferson
County, Pa.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in New Jersey, November
1, 1774.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1825-39;
died in office 1839.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 1,
1839 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Alfred Caldwell (1817-1868) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, June 4,
1817.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Wheeling, Va., 1850-52, 1856-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1861-66.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., May 3,
1868 (age 50 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Caldwell Jr. (1847-1925) —
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 14,
1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1875-77; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1885-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., March
11, 1925 (age 77 years, 240
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Alfred M. Caldwell (1872-1948) —
of Bellevue, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Lesage, Cabell
County, W.Va., May 16,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Speers Hospital,
Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky., August
7, 1948 (age 76 years, 83
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Caldwell and Elizabeth (Schlaegel) Caldwell; married 1897 to Beulah
Rich. |
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Aquilla Bolton Caldwell (1814-1893) —
also known as Aquilla B. Caldwell —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
11, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1861-62; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1863-64, 1869-70.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., June 18,
1893 (age 79 years, 127
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Henry Clay Caldwell (1832-1915) —
of Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Marshall
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
4, 1832.
Lawyer; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1856-58; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859-61; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1864-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1864-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1890-1903; retired
1903.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1915 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Frank L. Campbell (1919-1988) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
14, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1955-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
11, 1988 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Green Camper Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Harry G. Camper, Jr. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
22, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; McDowell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1958-61; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1961-64.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Green Camper and Lena (Harrell) Camper; married, April 1,
1945, to Mary Elizabeth Bankhead. |
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Carmine J. Cann (b. 1930) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., July 27,
1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1961-68.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cann and Antoinette (Oliverio) Cann; married to Florence
Chico; father of Samuel
J. Cann. |
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Jheopart Harry Capehart (b. 1881) —
of Keystone, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 2,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1919.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Taylor Caperton (1810-1876) —
also known as Allen T. Caperton —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born near Union, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
21, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1841-42; member of Virginia
state senate, 1844-48; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monroe County, 1861; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1872;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1875-76; died in office 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 26,
1876 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Union, W.Va.
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Paul J. Carr Sr. (1893-1957) —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April 4,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor
of Hinton, W.Va., 1947-48; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957; died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Blue
Key.
Died March
24, 1957 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul John Carr Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Paul J. Carr, Jr. —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Born in Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va., March
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1957-60;
appointed 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John E. Carrigan (1910-1984) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.; Sherrard, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Dale, Marshall
County, W.Va., August
25, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1951-70; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1971-72; appointed 1971;
defeated, 1972; candidate for circuit judge in West Virginia for the
2nd Judicial Circuit, 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kappa
Alpha Order; American
Legion.
Died February
21, 1984 (age 73 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles
E. Carrigan and Harriet (Davis) Carrigan; married to Norma L.
Schliff. |
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1951 |
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Howard W. Carson (b. 1910) —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., April
30, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1945-46; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1957-68; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1961-63; Clerk of the West
Virginia Senate, 1972-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Lions;
Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lawrence W. Carson and Alice (Montgomery) Carson; married, November
22, 1939, to Sunny N. Hill. |
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Carroll W. Casto (1925-1995) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., October
26, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1961-64;
appointed 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Sigma Kappa; Rotary.
Died December
9, 1995 (age 70 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dale George Casto (1900-1958) —
also known as Dale G. Casto —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., September
24, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., August
22, 1958 (age 57 years, 332
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Charleston, W.Va.
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Dorr Clayton Casto II (1915-1958) —
also known as Dorr C. Casto —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., February
19, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1941-42;
defeated, 1942; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1950; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Theta
Chi; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died June 2,
1958 (age 43 years, 103
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Parkersburg
Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Ronald H. Casto (1902-1960) —
also known as R. H. Casto —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, January
17, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Logan, W.Va., 1943-44.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
15, 1960 (age 58 years, 89
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill, W.Va.
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Leo P. Caulfield —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Truman Chafin (b. 1945) —
also known as H. Truman Chafin —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born July 10,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1983-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Moose; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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Presumably named
for: Harry
S. Truman |
| | | Relatives: Son of Tom C. Chafin and
Hazel Marie Chafin; married to Letitia Neese. |
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Legislature |
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John N. Charnock Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
17, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958, 1960.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1960.
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William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) —
also known as William E. Chilton —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Colesmouth, Va. (now St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.), March
17, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1883-84; candidate for West
Virginia state senate, 1886; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1892-96; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1893-97; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911-17; defeated, 1916, 1924, 1934.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
7, 1939 (age 81 years, 235
days).
Interment at Teay's
Hill Cemetery, St. Albans, W.Va.
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Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881) —
of Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
28, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1852-53, 1857-61 (15th District
1852-53, 10th District 1857-61); delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Ohio County, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1881 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Toney E. Cline (1907-1991) —
of Baisden, Mingo
County, W.Va.; Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Baisden, Mingo
County, W.Va., May 13,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1943-50,
1953-54, 1957-58.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Elks; Pi Gamma
Mu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died December
12, 1991 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Coberly (1863-1932) —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Belington, Barbour
County, W.Va., March
14, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of the peace; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1919-20.
Died in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., March 2,
1932 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Interment at St. Vincent's Catholic Cemetery, Kingsville, W.Va.
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Charles Cleaves Cole (1841-1905) —
also known as Charles C. Cole —
of West Union, Doddridge
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hiram, Oxford
County, Maine, May 22,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Doddridge
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1891-93; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1893-1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1905 (age 63 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Conaway Cole (1856-1940) —
also known as George C. Cole —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Cassville, Monongalia
County, W.Va., February
5, 1856.
Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1897-1900, 1903-06 (10th District
1897-1900, 12th District 1903-06); U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in Dawson, 1906-14.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1940 (age 83 years, 340
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Near Weston, Lewis County, W.Va.
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Edward Colston (1786-1852) —
of Virginia.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., December
25, 1786.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14, 1816-17, 1823-28, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1817-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Berkeley
County, Va (now W.Va.), April
23, 1852 (age 65 years, 120
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
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Rollo J. Conley (b. 1874) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fulton, Whiteside
County, Ill., March
27, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County; elected
1928; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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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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Harrison Conway (b. 1903) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., July 13,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-56; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1959-60.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Sphinx.
Burial location unknown.
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Donald H. Cookman —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hampshire
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1973-92; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 22nd Judicial Circuit, 1993-2012; member of West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 2013-; appointed 2013.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
West Virginia Legislature |
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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; coal mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Leon T. Copeland (b. 1942) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in McLoud, Pottawatomie
County, Okla., June 9,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 17th District, 1975-77;
defeated, 1972; resigned 1977.
Member, Elks; Eagles.
Still living as of 1977.
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Relatives: Son
of Troy Copeland and Lydia (Hammermeister) Copeland; married, December
29, 1973, to Sandra Honaker. |
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C. E. Copen —
of Winfield, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1916; chair of
Putnam County Republican Party, 1917, 1940-50.
Burial location unknown.
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John T. Copenhaver Jr. (b. 1925) —
of West Virginia.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
29, 1925.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1976-.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) —
also known as John J. Cornwell —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 11,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; owner and editor of The Hampshire Review newspaper;
financed and built Hampshire Southern Railroad;
president, Bank of
Romney; director and general counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1896,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1940;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15th
District 1903-06); Governor of
West Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
8, 1953 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Indian
Mound Cemetery, Romney, W.Va.
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Bantz Wooddall Craddock (b. 1887) —
also known as Bantz W. Craddock —
of Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Born in Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., November
22, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Doddridge County, 1962.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights of
the Maccabees; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph N. Craddock and Virgie Belle (wooddell)
Craddock. |
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Louis G. Craig (b. 1908) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., April
29, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1946; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lewis County, 1957-60,
1963-66; defeated, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1970; mayor of
Weston, W.Va., 1961-67.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob C. Craig and Rosa May (Nestor) Craig. |
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Martin McNulty Crane (1855-1943) —
also known as M. M. Crane —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
17, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Johnson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Texas
state senate 21st District, 1890-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1893-95; Texas
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1928;
chief counsel, board of managers, impeachment of Gov. James
C. Ferguson, 1917.
Died August
3, 1943 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Crane and Mary (McNulty) Crane; married, January
22, 1879, to Eulla Olatia Taylor. |
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Gibson L. Cranmer (b. 1826) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
20, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1855-56.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles James Pindall Cresap (1836-1886) —
also known as C. J. P. Cresap —
of Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Beverly, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
17, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Preston County, 1861;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1876;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1881.
Died in Beverly, Randolph
County, W.Va., October
21, 1886 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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Joseph M. Crockett (d. 1968) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1937-41, 1955; chair of
McDowell County Republican Party, 1945-46.
Died in Crockett's Cove, Wythe
County, Va., 1968.
Interment at Crockett
Family Cemetery, Crockett's Cove, Va.
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George Burton Crow (1846-1942) —
also known as George B. Crow —
of Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va.
Born in Monroe County (part now in Noble
County), Ohio, November
9, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jackson County, 1887-88;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1920,
1924
(alternate).
Died in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., February
1, 1942 (age 95 years, 84
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Ripley, W.Va.
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Daniel Cruger (1780-1843) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
22, 1780.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; member of New York
state assembly, 1813-16, 1826 (Allegany and Steuben counties
1813-16, Steuben County 1826); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1816; postmaster at Bath,
N.Y., 1815-17, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1817-19; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1818-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), July 12,
1843 (age 62 years, 202
days).
Interment at Stone
Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, W.Va.
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John E. Crynock (b. 1917) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in New Salem, Fayette
County, Pa., February
8, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1957-58; defeated, 1960, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John William Cummins (1881-1965) —
also known as J. William Cummins —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., July 24,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1927-32,
1939-40; defeated, 1940.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
27, 1965 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Cummins (1849-1931) and Annie (Campbell) Cummins;
married 1912 to Jean
Welty. |
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1929 |
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