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J. Fred Earley (b. 1925) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., March
20, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County; elected 1950;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of E. A. Earley and Flora (George) Earley. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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David Milton Easley (b. 1875) —
also known as D. M. Easley —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Pearisburg, Giles
County, Va., March
10, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1920;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 9th Judicial Circuit, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John White Easley and Minerva Boyd (Pack) Easley; married, October
16, 1907, to Maude Ella Oliver. |
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Florida; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
21, 1940.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Easterly. |
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John Echols (1823-1896) —
of Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born May 20,
1823.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monroe County, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 24,
1896 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Leonard Sidney Echols (1871-1946) —
also known as Leonard S. Echols —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Madison, Boone
County, W.Va., October
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Mason
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-09; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924; postmaster at Charleston,
W.Va., 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 9,
1946 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Don J. Eddy (b. 1911) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairview, Marion
County, W.Va., February
24, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Monongalia County Democratic Party, 1939, 1946-50; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1941-42; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1943-52; resigned 1952;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 17th Judicial Circuit, 1960-69; defeated, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George G. Eddy and Nancy A. (Headley) Eddy. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Levi Arthur Edwards (b. 1884) —
also known as L. A. Edwards —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Mason
County, W.Va., July 16,
1884.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1925-26.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles S. Edwards and Jennet A. (Roush) Edwards; married, November
28, 1912, to Carrie C. White. |
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Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) —
also known as Stephen B. Elkins —
of Messilla, Dona Ana
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; New
Mexico territory attorney general, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1891-93; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1911 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Thomas Evans (d. 1815) —
of Virginia.
Born in Accomack
County, Va.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1794-96, 1805-06; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-1801.
Died in 1815.
Burial location unknown.
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James Rogers Ewing (b. 1916) —
also known as James R. Ewing —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., August
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1941-42;
defeated, 1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Moose.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James W. Ewing and Elizabeth (Rogers) Ewing; married, June 13,
1939, to Eleanor Robertson. |
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Joseph Simpson Farland (1914-2007) —
also known as Joseph S. Farland —
of West Virginia.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., August
11, 1914.
Lawyer; FBI
special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1957-60; Panama, 1960-63; Pakistan, 1969-72; Iran, 1972-73.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Chesterfield
County, Va., January
28, 2007 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor Relations Board,
1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Douglas Farr (b. 1910) —
also known as P. Douglas Farr —
of West Union, Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Born in Standard, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
31, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Doddridge County, 1941-44,
1949-50; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge
in West Virginia for the 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; National Rifle
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur G. Farr and Daisy (Carlin) Farr. |
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Harvey Butler Fergusson (1848-1915) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born near Pickensville, Pickens
County, Ala., September
9, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico Territory, 1894-1908; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1897-99; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1912-15.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., June 10,
1915 (age 66 years, 274
days).
Cremated.
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Jake Fisher (b. 1871) —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 3rd District, 1899-1902; member
of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1905-12; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1924; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 14th
Judicial Circuit, 1940-45.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Lowrie Fisher (1862-1935) —
also known as Walter L. Fisher —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 4,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1911-13.
Died in Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1935 (age 73 years, 128
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Webster Fisher and Amanda D. (Kouns) Fisher; married, April
22, 1891, to Mabel Taylor. |
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dossier |
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Wilburn Elmer Flannery (1904-1958) —
also known as W. E. 'Bill' Flannery —
of Man, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Jacobs, Carter
County, Ky., August
6, 1904.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1945-58;
died in office 1958; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1949-58; died in
office 1958.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the Logan County
Courthouse, Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., March 7,
1958 (age 53 years, 213
days).
Interment at Highland
Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Flannery and Mollie (Porter) Flannery; married 1932 to Mildred
Burton Davis. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William Henry Harrison Flick (1841-1904) —
also known as William H. H. Flick —
of Franklin, Pendleton
County, W.Va.; Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
21, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1868-69; author of the Flick
Amendment (1871), which removed voting restrictions on
ex-Confederates in West Virginia; candidate for judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1876; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1880;
Berkeley
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1882-86; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1886, 1888;
postmaster at Martinsburg,
W.Va., 1890-94.
Died in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 7,
1904 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Lee Fox (1876-1952) —
also known as Fred L. Fox —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Braxton
County, W.Va., October
24, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1913-20; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1924-36; chair of
Braxton County Democratic Party, 1929; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1937-52; died in office
1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
8, 1952 (age 75 years, 289
days).
Interment at Sutton
Cemetery, Sutton, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Camden Fox and Caroline (McMorrow) Fox; married to Annie Lee
Frame. |
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John G. Fox (1923-1992) —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Ansted, Fayette
County, W.Va., April
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1951-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Nu; Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Died March
25, 1992 (age 68 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of L. O. Fox and Emily (Vawter) Fox; married, September
29, 1946, to Millicent Brazie Hill. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William Bates Francis (1860-1954) —
also known as William B. Francis —
of Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Updegraff, Jefferson
County, Ohio, October
25, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1911-15.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
5, 1954 (age 94 years, 41
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
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John Richard Frazier (b. 1945) —
also known as John R. Frazier —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., August
2, 1945.
Lawyer; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1981-2006; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates; defeated, 1974 (Republican,
19th District); elected 2010.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Vietnam
Veterans of America.
Still living as of 2010.
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Romeo Hoyt Freer (1846-1913) —
also known as Romeo H. Freer —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born in Bazetta, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
9, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-73; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in San Juan del Norte, 1873-77; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ritchie County, 1891-92;
Ritchie
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-97; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 4th Judicial Circuit, 1897-99; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1899-1901; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1901-05; postmaster.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died May 9,
1913 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, W.Va.
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Harry Friedman (b. 1883) —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
4, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Taylor County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941.
Jewish.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Faibel Friedman and Fannie Friedman; married, January
17, 1923, to Florence Greensfelder. |
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