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Glen B. Wade (b. 1898) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., February
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Brooke County, 1935-36;
defeated, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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William Edward Walker (b. 1870) —
also known as William E. Walker —
of Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., January
2, 1870.
Republican. Farmer; railway
conductor; banker;
member of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1929-30.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Order
of Railway Conductors.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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David E. Wallace (b. 1936) —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Van, Boone
County, W.Va., January
5, 1936.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1971-74; resigned 1974.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives: Son
of H. M. Wallace and Bonnie (Bowman) Wallace; married, July 6,
1956, to Charlotte Miller. |
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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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George B. Warner (1926-2012) —
also known as Brud Warner —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 8,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
agent; office supply
business; justice of the peace; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 17th District, 1979-80;
defeated, 1996, 2002.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died March
21, 2012 (age 85 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Clarence Wayland Watson (1864-1940) —
also known as Clarence W. Watson —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., May 8,
1864.
Democrat. Coal mining
business; trustee or director of railroads
and banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1908,
1920;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911-13; defeated, 1918; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1916-18.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1940
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Lester W. Watts (b. 1903) —
also known as "Doc" —
of East Rainelle (now part of Rainelle), Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Richlands, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., February
5, 1903.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; automobile
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James G. Watts and Virginia (Wilkinson) Watts; married, December
26, 1926, to Zelma Murphy. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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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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Thomas E. Welch (b. 1930) —
of McMechen, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in McMechen, Marshall
County, W.Va., January
2, 1930.
Republican. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1955-58;
defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Moose; National
Education Association.
Still living as of 1958.
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William Edwin Wells Jr. (b. 1890) —
also known as W. Edwin Wells —
of Newell, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 30,
1890.
Republican. Pottery
manufacturer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1929-32.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Ralph P. Welton (b. 1909) —
of Petersburg, Grant
County, W.Va.
Born in Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va., April 9,
1909.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Grant County; elected
1944, 1946; elected unopposed 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) —
also known as Albert B. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
22, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
vice-president, George Washington Life Insurance
Company; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, 1891;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1896
(speaker),
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President); Governor of
West Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner,
1907-08; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died July 3,
1941 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Everett Edison White (b. 1881) —
also known as Everett E. White —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Gordon, Boone
County, W.Va., September
28, 1881.
Democrat. Banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Boone County, 1929-34,
1936-40, 1947-58; appointed 1936.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa White and Amanda (Brown) White; married, December
24, 1912, to Lula Burdette. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Frank White (1892-1969) —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan
County, W.Va., April
20, 1892.
Democrat. Railway
brakeman; police
officer; chair of
Logan County Democratic Party, 1945; Logan
County Sheriff, 1945-49; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1951-52;
appointed 1951.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., January
5, 1969 (age 76 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mont Z. White (b. 1872) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Deep Valley, Greene
County, Pa., September
6, 1872.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Williamson, W.Va., 1900; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1911-14, 1923-34; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1925-32; warden, West Virginia
State Penitentiary at Moundsville, 1914-18; ended corporal punishment
in the prison; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1920-24.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1917 |
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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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James L. Whitt (1916-2007) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, May 10,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; life
insurance business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1949-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Lions; American
Legion.
Died April
20, 2007 (age 90 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Whitt and Ara Belle (Brown) Whitt; married, September
11, 1942, to Edna Nuttall. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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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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Ralph D. Williams (b. 1928) —
of Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Trout, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., February
16, 1928.
Democrat. Accountant;
insurance
agent; member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1971-86; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972,
1976.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Lions; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1986.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Williams and Susan (Viers) Williams; married, September
15, 1956, to Evelyn M. Rookstool. |
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Emmett O. Wiseman (1903-1989) —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va., April 9,
1903.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1935-36;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1937-40 (9th District 1937-38, 11th
District 1939-40).
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., September
21, 1989 (age 86 years, 165
days).
Interment at Huse
Memorial Park, Fayetteville, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of W. E. Wiseman and Lena Wiseman; married, August
9, 1928, to W. Clarissa Winslow. |
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Perry N. Wiseman (b. 1869) —
of Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 8,
1869.
Democrat. Banker;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1929-36.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wiseman and Nancy (McCutchon) Wiseman; married, November
4, 1886, to Mary M. Hedges. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Dallas Wolfe (b. 1895) —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.; Rowlesburg, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Colebank, Preston
County, W.Va., September
1, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; farmer; millwright;
lumber
business; service
station operator; restaurant
owner; motel
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Taylor County, 1935-36;
member of West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 1961-72.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Ruritan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Wolfe and Beuna (Lindsey) Wolfe; married, October
2, 1928, to Virginia Jones; married, June 28,
1971, to Gladys McDaniel. |
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George K. W. Woo (b. 1910) —
of South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kwangtung, China,
November
6, 1910.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1965-68;
appointed 1965; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Chinese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Luther Eugene Woods (b. 1883) —
also known as L. E. Woods —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in York
County, Pa., January
24, 1883.
Republican. School
teacher; president of numerous coal mining
companies; bank
director; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1925-30.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Paul W. Workman (b. 1894) —
also known as Pop Workman —
of Clendenin, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Lavalette, Wayne
County, W.Va., February
21, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; athletic
coach; tire
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1963.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jefferson Bowen Workman and Grace (Wellman) Workman; married, September
1, 1920, to Violet Christene Snow. |
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H. Dennis Wright (b. 1897) —
of Montcalm, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Rock, Mercer
County, W.Va., November
25, 1897.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1935-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; United
Mine Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Stewart Alton Wright (1904-1963) —
also known as Stewart A. Wright —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., August
27, 1904.
Democrat. Railroad
carman; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1949-56.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Moose.
Died February
9, 1963 (age 58 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Wright and Carrie Davis (Hooper) Wright; married, December
23, 1933, to Sybil Armintha Hook. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Ward Wylie (b. 1900) —
of Mullens, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Gap Mills, Monroe
County, W.Va., March
30, 1900.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1935-36;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1939-42, 1945-64; resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Elks; Rotary;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Price Wylie and Maggie (Leach) Wylie; married, March
19, 1929, to Anilee Hall. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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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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Don Yoak (b. 1921) —
of Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va.
Born in Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va., September
19, 1921.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Calhoun County, 1953-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jack Yost (b. 1945) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born in Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va., October
12, 1945.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District; elected 2012.
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of H. Jack Yost and Maxine R. Yost; married to Kris
Littell. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia
Legislature |
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A. F. Young (b. 1882) —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born in Lynn Camp, Marshall
County, W.Va., August
29, 1882.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Brooke County, 1949-50.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank A. Young (b. 1889) —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., April
12, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
work; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James E. Young and Catherine Rebecca (Peterson) Young; married, June 30,
1920, to Rhea Margaret Cook. |
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G. O. Young (b. 1873) —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., December
26, 1873.
Republican. Pharmacist;
vice president, Central National Bank;
director and state agent, American Druggists' Fire
Insurance Company; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1935-46 (13th District 1935-38, 15th
District 1939-46).
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William H. Young and Eleanor (Patton) Young; married, March
28, 1895, to Emma C. Windom. |
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Richard L. Young (b. 1923) —
also known as Dick Young —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va., March
26, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; restaurant
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1953-58;
resigned 1958; defeated, 1962.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; National
Education Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Harold Zinn (1908-1979) —
also known as Harold Zinn —
of Pullman, Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., June 25,
1908.
Republican. School
teacher; mayor of Pullman, W.Va.; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ritchie County, 1949-52.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died in February, 1979
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert John Zinn and Vida Asenath (Taylor) Zinn; married, December
22, 1933, to Hazel Belle Cooper; fourth cousin of Charles
M. Ball. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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