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Isaac Pigeon Walker (1815-1872) —
also known as Isaac P. Walker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born near Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
2, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1830; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1847-48; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-55.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
29, 1872 (age 56 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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George Selden Wallace (b. 1871) —
also known as George S. Wallace —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va., September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; manager, telegraph
office; train
dispatcher for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1936;
appointed 1936; president, Union Bank &
Trust Co., Huntington.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace; married,
October
4, 1905, to Frances Bodine Gibson. |
| | | Image source: Huntington Through
Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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Lafe P. Ward (b. 1925) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va., August
23, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Izaak
Walton League.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lafe P. Ward, Sr. and Eula (Ward) Ward; married, August
16, 1951, to Dorothy Ayers. |
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A. Hale Watkins (b. 1911) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., January
26, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1940-44; Clerk of West Virginia State
Senate, 1941.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred B. Watkins and Minnie (Shorden) Watkins; married, March
16, 1937, to Mary Elizabeth Taylor. |
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William Merle Watkins (b. 1881) —
also known as W. Merle Watkins —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., December
21, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Grafton, W.Va., 1914; Taylor
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1929-32; circuit judge in
West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit; elected 1946.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Watkins and Grace Marie (Deppen) Watkins; married, October
1, 1924, to Elsie Wheeler Thayer. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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J. E. Watson (b. 1917) —
also known as Ned Watson —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., November
8, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
manufacturer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1953-56,
1959-70; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Izaak
Walton League; Fraternal
Order of Police; Phi
Gamma Delta; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Watson, Jr. and Eleanor (Blackford) Watson; married, May 5,
1942, to Altidel Weager. |
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Homer Roy Waugh (1879-1945) —
also known as H. Roy Waugh —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Upshur
County, W.Va., January
4, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Upshur
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1909-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1910-14;
circuit judge in West Virginia, 1921-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1938, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 1945
(age about
66 years).
Original interment at Old
Baptist Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.; reinterment in 1979 at Heavner
Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa (Jane) Waugh; married, October
17, 1905, to Eliza P. Newlon. |
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Ulysses Sigel Webb (b. 1864) —
also known as Ulysses S. Webb; U. S. Webb —
of Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif.
Born in Flemington, Taylor
County, W.Va., September
29, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Plumas
County District Attorney; California
state attorney general, 1902-39.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Webb and Elizabeth (Cather) Webb; married, October
23, 1895, to Grace Goodwin. |
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Arnold O. Weiford (b. 1927) —
of Marlinton, Pocahontas
County, W.Va.
Born in Marlinton, Pocahontas
County, W.Va., September
21, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Pocahontas County,
1957-58; defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Theta; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1958.
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Edmund Daniel Wells Jr. (b. 1920) —
also known as Dan Wells —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., April 1,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wesley Wertz (1879-1956) —
also known as William W. Wertz —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born June 15,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1923-31; chair of
Kanawha County Republican Party, 1940-42.
Died, from cerebral
vascular disease, in Elkview, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
20, 1956 (age 77 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cashaus Clayborne Wertz and Chloe (Slack) Wertz. |
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Marshall G. West (1923-1990) —
of Oceana, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Guyan, Wyoming
County, W.Va., July 17,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
10, 1990 (age 66 years, 177
days).
Cremated.
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George H. Whaley (b. 1919) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., April
30, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1955-58;
defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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E. Dennis White Jr. (b. 1937) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Peytona, Boone
County, W.Va., December
28, 1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1971-72;
defeated, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Moose; Civitan.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives: Son
of Earl D. White and Rotha Mae (Edleman) White; married, September
25, 1965, to Betty Ann Collinsworth. |
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H. Laban White Jr. (b. 1916) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va., May 1,
1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1957-68;
Speaker
of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Lions; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of H. Laban White, Sr. and Nannie Leigh (Cox) White; married, December
23, 1943, to Gwendolyn Beall. |
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Robert White (1833-1915) —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Romney, Hampshire
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
7, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1877-81; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1885, 1891.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
12, 1915 (age 82 years, 308
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Sam White (b. 1927) —
of St. Marys, Pleasants
County, W.Va.
Born in Mercer
County, W.Va., May 21,
1927.
Republican. Lawyer; Pleasants
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 7th District, 1977-80; member
of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1981-85; resigned 1985.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1985.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. S. Ray White and Ora (Ward) White; married, April
18, 1954, to Dottie Harper. |
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Waitman Thomas Willey (1811-1900) —
also known as Waitman T. Willey —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Marion
County, W.Va.), October
18, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1861; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monongalia County, 1861; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1863-71; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1900 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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William Patrick Willey (1840-1922) —
also known as William P. Willey —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 24,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1872.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., December
19, 1922 (age 82 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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George H. Williams —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1941-44.
Protestant.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Moose; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of S. Holland Williams and Harriett Ellen (Taylor)
Williams. |
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L. Judson Williams (1856-1921) —
of Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1909-20.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died October
28, 1921 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1917 |
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Edgar Campbell Wilson (1800-1860) —
of Virginia.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1800.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 21st District, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va (now W.Va.), April
24, 1860 (age 59 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833-1890) —
also known as Eugene M. Wilson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
25, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1857-61; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1869-71; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1872-73, 1874-75; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1876;
member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1879-80; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1888.
Died in Nassau, Bahamas,
April
10, 1890 (age 56 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Thomas Wilson (1765-1826) —
of Virginia.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
11, 1765.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1792-95, 1800-04; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1800, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1811-13.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va (now W.Va.), January
24, 1826 (age 60 years, 135
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Bob Wise —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Clendenin, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1981-82; resigned 1982; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1983-2001 (3rd District
1983-93, 2nd District 1993-2001); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of West Virginia, 2001-05.
Member, American Bar
Association.
In 2003, he was accused
of having an extramarital
affair with a married female state employee; he admitted
the affair, and dropped
his campaign for re-election.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Marshall Wolverton (1872-1944) —
also known as John M. Wolverton —
of Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Bigbend, Calhoun
County, W.Va., January
31, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Richwood, W.Va., 1918-19; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1925-27, 1929-31;
defeated, 1926, 1936.
Died in 1944
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Richwood, W.Va.
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Homer Boughner Woods (1869-1941) —
also known as Homer B. Woods —
of Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born near Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 16,
1869.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ritchie
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1904; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 5th Judicial Circuit, 1905-24; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1925-36; defeated, 1936;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ritchie County, 1941; died
in office 1941.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Died March 4,
1941 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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William Robert Wooton (b. 1944) —
also known as William R. Wooton; Bill
Wooton —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
20, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1977-86, 1989-90 (18th
District 1977-82, 22nd District 1983-86, 1989-90); defeated, 2012;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1991-; defeated, 1986;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert O. Wooton and Beulah (Bennett) Wooton; married, August
25, 1968, to Shirliebeth Wenzel. |
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William Sidney Wysong (1876-1963) —
also known as William S. Wysong —
of Webster Springs, Webster
County, W.Va.
Born in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., February
13, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Webster Springs, W.Va., 1907-09;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Webster County, 1911-14,
1929-30, 1935-36, 1951-52; chair of
Webster County Democratic Party, 1940-42; candidate for
Presidential Elector for West Virginia; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1942-43.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in West Virginia, April
26, 1963 (age 87 years, 72
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin F. Yancey Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., December
22, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1959-60.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1960.
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John C. Yoder (b. 1951) —
of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., January
9, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Kansas 9th District,
1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1990; member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1993-96; defeated, 1988;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 2004;
candidate for judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 2010, 2012.
Mennonite.
Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives: Son
of Gideon G. Yoder and Stella H. Yoder. |
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Houston Goff Young (1882-1981) —
also known as Houston G. Young —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrison
County, W.Va., October
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1917-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1942.
Died in January, 1981
(age 98
years, 0 days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of David Sylvester Young and Sarah A. (Pickens) Young; married 1907 to
Frances V. Chesney. |
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1917 |
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Paul Zakaib Jr. (b. 1932) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
20, 1932.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-74;
defeated, 1974; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1978, 1980.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 1980.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul Zakaib and Hazel (Rahal) Zakaib; married, March
12, 1967, to Maria Lucia DeRito. |
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