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Daniel D. Dahill (b. 1919) —
also known as Danny Dahill —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Jean, Fayette
County, W.Va., September
28, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1957-60;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1961-64.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Ryan Dahill and Pearl (Duncan) Dahill; married, October
31, 1949, to Mary Elizabeth Salvati. |
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Charles Hoadley Damron (b. 1944) —
also known as Charles H. Damron —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Fraziers Bottom, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Mingo
County, W.Va., March
18, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; writer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 10th District, 1975-78.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1978.
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James Hornor Davis II (1904-1963) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1952; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett
County, Md., August
7, 1963 (age 59 years, 190
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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James Hornor Davis III (b. 1928) —
also known as James H. Davis III —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
9, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1961-62;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1963-66; defeated, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1966.
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robin Jean Davis (b. 1956) —
Born in Boone
County, W.Va., April 6,
1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1997-.
Female.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives:
Married to Scott Segal. |
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Thomas Jeffrey Davis Sr. (b. 1879) —
also known as Thomas J. Davis, Sr. —
of Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va., March
19, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Ritchie
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-25; oil and gas
producer; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1929-32, 1945-48; member of
West
Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, 1937.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Daniel Boone Dawson (1897-1975) —
also known as D. Boone Dawson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Sissonville, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
12, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935-47; defeated, 1947; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1940, 1944; candidate for Presidential Elector for
West Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Moose; Lions.
Dead on arrival at Charleston General Hospital,
Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
15, 1975 (age 78 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Charleston, W.Va.
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William Mercer Owens Dawson (1853-1916) —
also known as William M. O. Dawson —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Bloomington, Garrett
County, Md., May 21,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; chair of
Preston County Republican Party, 1875-88; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1881-88 (10th District 1881-82, 11th
District 1883-88); mayor of Kingwood, W.Va., 1890-91; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1892-1904; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1897-1905; Governor of
West Virginia, 1905-09.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
12, 1916 (age 62 years, 296
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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Alston Gordon Dayton (1857-1920) —
also known as Alston G. Dayton —
of Upshur
County, W.Va.; Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Born in Philippi, Barbour
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Upshur
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879; Barbour
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1895-1905;
resigned 1905; U.S.
District Judge for West Virginia, 1905.
Died,in a sanitarium
at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 30,
1920 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Interment at Fraternity
Cemetery, Philippi, W.Va.
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Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) —
also known as H. J. Dean —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 11,
1806.
Lawyer; Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South
Carolina House of Representatives, 1853.
Baptist.
Died, of heart
disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
3, 1855 (age 49 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Herbert Warder Dent (b. 1880) —
also known as Herbert W. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., April
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Delta
Chi; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Marmaduke Herbert Dent (1849-1909) —
also known as Marmaduke H. Dent —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Granville, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April
18, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1893-1904.
Presbyterian.
Died September
11, 1909 (age 60 years, 146
days).
Interment at Bluemont
Cemetery, Grafton, W.Va.
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Stanley E. Deutsch (b. 1921) —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
9, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958, 1960, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Pi
Lambda Phi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Samuel Dice (b. 1876) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 13,
1876.
Lawyer; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 20th Judicial
Circuit, 1910-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert William Dinsmore (b. 1940) —
also known as Robert W. Dinsmore —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., September
26, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1969-76 (Monongalia County
1969-74, 27th District 1975-76); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1976.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert D. Dinsmore and Gladys M. (Russell) Dinsmore; married to
Judith Rice. |
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Rudolph L. DiTrapano —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Cabin Creek, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1968-72; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1972-73.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1973.
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Elmer Helsley Dodson (1918-1982) —
also known as Elmer H. Dodson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Roane
County, W.Va., July 26,
1918.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the
Korean conflict; candidate for West
Virginia state attorney general, 1960; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1962; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1967-71; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions.
Died in October, 1982
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Raymond Dodson and Nell Dodson. |
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Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (1858-1910) —
also known as Jonathan P. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
6, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1888,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1889-1900; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1900-10; died in office 1910.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
15, 1910 (age 52 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Charles Phillips Dorr (1852-1914) —
also known as Charles P. Dorr —
of Webster Springs, Webster
County, W.Va.; Addison, Webster
County, W.Va.
Born in Miltonsburg, Monroe
County, Ohio, August
12, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Webster County, 1885-86,
1889-90; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1897-99.
Died in Clover Lick, Pocahontas
County, W.Va., October
8, 1914 (age 62 years, 57
days).
Interment at Clover
Lick Cemetery, Clover Lick, W.Va.
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Blackburn Barrett Dovener (1842-1914) —
also known as Blackburn B. Dovener —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Tays Valley, Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
20, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1895-1907 (1st District
1895-97, at-large 1897-99, 1st District 1899-1907); defeated, 1890.
Died May 9,
1914 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gordon G. Duff (b. 1863) —
of Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Doddridge
County, W.Va., December
4, 1863.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1913-14,
1941-42; Nicholas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21, 1925-29.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Duff and Henrietta H. (Cayton) Duff; married, September
24, 1901, to Linda Chapman. |
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