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Lawrence Talbot Neal (1844-1905) —
also known as Lawrence T. Neal —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
22, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ross
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1873-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892;
candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1887; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1893.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, November
2, 1905 (age 61 years, 41
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Richard Neely (b. 1941) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born August
2, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; hardware
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1971-72; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1973-.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 1987.
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Frank Watterson Nesbitt (b. 1870) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., April 4,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Ohio
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 1st Judicial Circuit, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ervin Nethken (b. 1875) —
also known as Charles E. Nethken —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Elk Garden, Mineral
County, W.Va., April
10, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mineral
County Sheriff, 1905-09, 1913-17, 1921-25; member, West Virginia
Public Service Commission; treasurer of
West Virginia Democratic Party, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1951 |
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Elliott Northcott (1869-1946) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
26, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1900-08; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1904-08; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1905-09,
1922-27; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1909-10; Nicaragua, 1911; Venezuela, 1911-13; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1927-39.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Arcadia, DeSoto
County, Fla., January
3, 1946 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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William J. Oates Jr. (1936-1980) —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Mineral
County, W.Va., February
8, 1936.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1973-80; died in office
1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia,
1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; Ruritan;
Rotary;
Moose.
Died September
23, 1980 (age 44 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Oates and Irene (Welch) Oates; married, December
23, 1961, to Nancy Hockensmith. |
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William Smithe O'Brien (1862-1948) —
also known as William S. O'Brien —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Audra, Barbour
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
8, 1862.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; circuit judge in West Virginia for the
12th Judicial Circuit, 1913-20; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1927-29;
defeated, 1928; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1933-48; died in office 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va., August
10, 1948 (age 86 years, 215
days).
Interment at Heavner
Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.
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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (1840-1905) —
also known as Charles T. O'Ferrall —
of Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
21, 1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-73; Rockingham
County Judge, 1874-80; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1884-93; resigned
1893; Governor of
Virginia, 1894-98.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
22, 1905 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Charles Wilson Osenton (1865-1930) —
also known as Charles W. Osenton —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Kanawha Falls, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., May 9,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1899-1902; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1904,
1908,
1920;
member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1920-28.
Fell
off a cliff, suffered a skull fracture, and died, in Kanawha Falls,
Fayette
County, W.Va., August
6, 1930 (age 65 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Allen Overton Jr. (b. 1921) —
also known as J. Allen Overton, Jr. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., April
17, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1949-50;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1959-62; vice-president, American Mining
Congress.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Kappa Psi; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen Overton and Edith (Wharton) Overton; married, May 15,
1943, to Bette Crosswhite. |
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Mario J. Palumbo (b. 1933) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
13, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1969-88; elected West
Virginia state attorney general 1990.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1990.
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Ira Judson Partlow (b. 1876) —
also known as Ira J. Partlow —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Rappahannock
County, Va., February
20, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1945-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Burrell T. Partlow and Ruth (Updike) Partlow; married, May 23,
1905, to Andrea Martin. |
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James Paull Jr. (1901-1983) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born in Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va., May 3,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1933-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta
Theta Pi; Lions.
Died in 1983
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Paull and Mariana (Jacob) Paull; married, September
5, 1934, to Helen Catherine Prugh. |
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Christopher H. Payne (b. 1848) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
7, 1848.
Republican. Minister;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1900;
U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1903-17.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Barton Payne (1855-1935) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pruntytown, Taylor
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
26, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Preston County Democratic Party, 1877-82; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1893-98; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919-20; resigned
1920; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1920-21.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
24, 1935 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist.
French
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena
Attaway. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Daniel Micajah Pendleton (1887-1938) —
also known as Dan M. Pendleton —
of Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born in Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va., April 6,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1920.
Died in Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 27,
1938 (age 51 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Pendleton and Pearl (Monroe) Pendleton; married, January
16, 1915, to Edna Morford; great-grandnephew of David
Shepherd Garland; first cousin twice removed of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880); first cousin four times removed of
Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., James
Madison, Nathaniel
Pendleton, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin of George
Cassety Pendleton, Charles
M. Pendleton and Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945); third cousin once removed of Charles
Sumner Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton, Nathanael
Greene Pendleton and Coleby
Chew; fourth cousin of James
Benjamin Garnett and Hubbard
T. Smith; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton. |
| | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Philip Clayton Pendleton (1779-1863) —
also known as Philip C. Pendleton —
of Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
24, 1779.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1805-08, 1809-10;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1825;
resigned 1825; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.
Died in Berkeley
County, Va (now W.Va.), April 3,
1863 (age 83 years, 130
days).
Interment at Norborne
Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Pendleton and Agnes (Patterson) Pendleton; married to Sarah
Ann Boyd; nephew of Nathaniel
Pendleton; grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin of Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; first cousin once removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and George
Hunt Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Key Pendleton; second cousin once removed of John
Penn, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew; third cousin twice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Everett Bryan Pennybacker (b. 1893) —
also known as E. B. Pennybacker —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Vienna, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Belleville, Wood
County, W.Va., February
13, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-37; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 4th Judicial Circuit, 1937-41; member, West Virginia
Public Service Commission; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1944; candidate
for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1950.
United
Brethren. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of W. H. Pennybacker and Jane Pennybacker; married, October
18, 1914, to Florence Smith. |
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James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) —
also known as J. Johnston Pettigrew —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tyrrell
County, N.C., July 4,
1828.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Mortally wounded at the Battle of
Gettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., July 17,
1863 (age 35 years, 13
days).
Original interment somewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 at Pettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C.
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Carleton C. Pierce (b. 1877) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Rowlesburg, Preston
County, W.Va., October
19, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Preston
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940
(alternate); Adjutant
General of West Virginia, 1929-33, 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John F. Pierce and Amanda E. Pierce; married, November
28, 1902, to Mary Buckner. |
| | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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George Poffenbarger (1861-1951) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Mason
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
24, 1861.
Republican. School
teacher; Mason
County Sheriff; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1896;
judge
of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1901-22; resigned 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
20, 1951 (age 89 years, 116
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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John T. Poffenbarger (b. 1935) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Dunbar, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
15, 1935.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1964;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1967-74; defeated, 1974 (8th
District), 1980 (17th District).
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 1980.
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Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger (1903-1983) —
also known as L. F. Poffenbarger —
of Dunbar, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Maryland, December
17, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1950.
Died in Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
20, 1983 (age 79 years, 307
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger (1898-1962) —
also known as Nathan S. Poffenbarger —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Spring Hill, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, August
4, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948.
Died July 19,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Perry Simpson Poffenbarger (1899-1997) —
also known as Perry S. Poffenbarger —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born November
24, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1960.
Died April
20, 1997 (age 97 years, 147
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Daniel Haymond Polsley (1803-1877) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.), November
28, 1803.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Lieutenant
Governor of West Virginia, 1861; district judge in West Virginia
7th District, 1863-66; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1867-69.
Slaveowner.
Died in Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va., October
14, 1877 (age 73 years, 320
days).
Interment at Lone
Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
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Thomas E. Potter (b. 1933) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 20,
1933.
Republican. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-74;
defeated, 1964 (Kanawha County), 1974 (17th District); West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Rotary.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives: Son
of Dorothy (Studebaker) Potter. |
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Jonathan Corbley Powell (1891-1979) —
also known as J. C. Powell —
of St. Marys, Pleasants
County, W.Va.
Born in St. Marys, Pleasants
County, W.Va., November
9, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Pleasants
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-24; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1937-58, 1967-70 (Pleasants
County 1937-58, 6th District 1967-70); defeated, 1934, 1958; resigned
1970; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1961-64.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., December
8, 1979 (age 88 years, 29
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, St. Marys, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James B. Powell and Alice Jane (Lucas) Powell; married, July 20,
1918, to Lillian Grey Hackney. |
| | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William I. Powell (b. 1920) —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va., February
7, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1949-50.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred D. Preston (b. 1873) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born near Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., May 1,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Raleigh
County Criminal Court Judge, 1922-26; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1935-36;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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George Edmund Price (b. 1848) —
also known as George E. Price —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Moorefield, Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
9, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1883-90; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1885-87; vice-president,
Kanawha Banking &
Trust Co.; director, Bouvier-Jaeger Coal Land
Co.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Richard Coale Price and Catharine (Cunningham) Price;
married, June 12,
1878, to Sallie A. Dorsey. |
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Samuel Price (1805-1884) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., July 28,
1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-36, 1847-50, 1852; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Greenbrier County, 1861; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1864-65; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1876-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., February
25, 1884 (age 78 years, 212
days).
Interment at Stuart
Burying Ground, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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Wayne K. Pritt —
of Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Tucker County Republican Party, 1940-50.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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