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Richard Edward Talbott —
also known as Richard E. Talbott —
of Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Born near Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Banker;
member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1915-18; West
Virginia state treasurer, 1933-.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American
Bankers Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard T. Talbott and Margaret (Weber) Talbott; married to Etta
Strickler. |
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Glenn Taylor (1904-1982) —
of Matewan, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Jacksonburg, Wetzel
County, W.Va., December
21, 1904.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1937-44;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1946-62; appointed 1946.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1982
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Homer Taylor and Alice (Bland) Taylor; married, September
6, 1929, to Leila Robey. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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J. Alfred Taylor Jr. (b. 1903) —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., April
13, 1903.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaperman;
Fayette
County Clerk, 1933; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1943-44;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1949-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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James Alfred Taylor (1878-1956) —
also known as J. Alfred Taylor —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born near Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, September
25, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1917-18,
1921-22, 1931-32, 1937-38; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1923-27;
defeated, 1926 (6th District), 1938 (3rd District); candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for West
Virginia; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Moose.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., June 9,
1956 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Interment at Huse
Memorial Park, Fayetteville, W.Va.
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Randall Alford Taylor (b. 1928) —
also known as Randall A. Taylor; Doc
Taylor —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., October
17, 1928.
Democrat. Chiropractor;
member of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1965-68; defeated, 1960,
1968, 1970, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas H. Taylor and Betty Elizabeth (Roby) Taylor; married, October
17, 1952, to Reba Jane Ellis. |
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Luke Edward Terry (1916-1998) —
also known as Luke E. Terry —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Oneida, Scott
County, Tenn., August
21, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1957-58, 1971-76 (Berkeley
County 1957-58, 1st District 1971-74, 35th District 1975-76);
defeated, 1958.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., October
20, 1998 (age 82 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvin C. Terry and Nellie (Smith) Terry; married to Elizabeth
Johnson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Kay Thomas (b. 1902) —
also known as James K. Thomas —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
23, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1933-42;
Speaker
of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1937-40.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Thomas and Jean (Kay) Thomas; married, June 6,
1934, to Julia Lewis Roseberry. |
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Allison Garnett Thompson (b. 1892) —
also known as A. Garnett Thompson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Lawson, Ray
County, Mo., August
11, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Bank of
Dunbar; director, radio
station WTIP; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1942; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1950-53;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1960;
chair
of Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1968-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Thompson and Jimmie (Graves) Thompson; married, November
6, 1924, to Elizabeth Louise Brown Barber. |
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L. E. Thompson (b. 1906) —
also known as "Duck" —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Sweetland, Lincoln
County, W.Va., August
22, 1906.
Democrat. Accountant;
automobile
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lincoln County; elected
1952, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Thornburg (1834-1888) —
of Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
7, 1834.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1875.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
3, 1888 (age 53 years, 88
days).
Interment at Thornburg
Burial Place, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Harry S. Toy (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
12, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; Michigan
state attorney general, 1935; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated,
1936; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1948.
German
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Curtis B. Trent Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Monclo, Logan
County, W.Va., July 1,
1919.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1947-49;
resigned 1949; executive assistant to Gov. William
Wallace Barron, 1961; parliamentarian
of West Virginia Democratic Party, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Kappa
Delta Pi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Civitan.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Curtis B. Trent and Ova (Gore) Trent; married 1936 to Ruth
M. Howard. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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George Cleveland Trumbo (1886-1948) —
also known as George C. Trumbo —
of Milam, Hardy
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Seybert, Pendleton
County, W.Va., October
9, 1886.
Democrat. School
teacher; banker; farmer; livestock
raiser; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hardy County, 1943-48.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1948
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Olivet
Cemetery, Moorefield, W.Va.
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George Cleveland Trumbo Jr. (1913-1996) —
also known as George C. Trumbo —
of Milam, Hardy
County, W.Va.
Born in Milam, Hardy
County, W.Va., March
15, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hardy County, 1949-50.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died February
5, 1996 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Olivet
Cemetery, Moorefield, W.Va.
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H. T. Tucker (b. 1894) —
also known as Tom Tucker —
of Huntington, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Gay, Wayne
County, W.Va., September
7, 1894.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wayne County, 1933,
1947-56; resigned 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1951 |
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Larry A. Tucker (b. 1935) —
of Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Fayette
County, W.Va., November
11, 1935.
Democrat. Banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-82 (Nicholas County
1971-74, 22nd District 1975-82); alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1972;
member, board of trustees, Summersville Memorial Hospital;
member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1983-89; resigned 1989; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1989.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 1989.
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Frank W. Tuckwiller (1884-1976) —
also known as F. W. Tuckwiller —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born April 5,
1884.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1935-38.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Rotary.
Died in 1976
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Tuckwiller and Lucile Rachel (Watts) Tuckwiller; married, November
5, 1908, to Mary Wilson Dotson. |
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Cecil Harland Underwood (1922-2008) —
also known as Cecil H. Underwood —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Josephs Mills, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
5, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; minister;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1945-56; Governor of
West Virginia, 1957-61, 1997-2001; defeated, 1964, 1976, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960
(Temporary
Chair), 1972,
1984,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1960; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Pi
Kappa Delta; Farm
Bureau.
He was both the youngest (in 1957) and the oldest (in 2001) governor
in West Virginia history.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Memorial Hospital
of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
24, 2008 (age 86 years, 19
days). His body was
donated to the School of Medicine at Marshall University.
Cenotaph at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Josephs Mills, W.Va.
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Leonard I. Underwood (c.1917-1999) —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born about 1917.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1973-87; defeated, 1986;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972,
1976
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1999 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Cunningham
Memorial Park, St. Albans, W.Va.
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Donald Van Camp (b. 1912) —
of Middlebourne, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., April 5,
1912.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1947-50.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Wamsley Vandall (b. 1901) —
of Creston, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Born in Creston, Wirt
County, W.Va., November
28, 1901.
Republican. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1935-36.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry L. Van Sickler (1875-1945) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., August
23, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1903-04, 1933-37, 1943-45; appointed 1933; resigned 1937; died in
office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died February
17, 1945 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wallace Jennings Varney (1905-1979) —
also known as Wallace J. Varney —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Ragland, Mingo
County, W.Va., February
19, 1905.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1948-72 (acting, 1948-50).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
27, 1979 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Raymond J. Vassar (b. 1897) —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., August
16, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; dentist;
farmer;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1949; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1953-60; defeated, 1936
(12th District), 1960 (13th District), 1964 (13th District).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Moose;
Psi
Omega; Rotary;
American
Dental Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Arnold M. Vickers (b. 1908) —
of Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., August
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1935-36;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1941-48; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1945.
Methodist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles M. Vickers and Helen (Montgomery) Vickers; married, December
22, 1932, to Nettie Margaret Hess. |
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