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Fleming Newman Alderson (1884-1964) —
also known as Fleming N. Alderson —
of Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Born in Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., January
8, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1911-12;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1916; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for West
Virginia state attorney general, 1924.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Delta
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Moose; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., April 2,
1964 (age 80 years, 85
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Nicholas County, W.Va.
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Wade Hampton Ballard III (1924-2006) —
also known as Wade H. Ballard III; Jim
Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born November
30, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1964; chair of
Monroe County Republican Party, 1968; campaign manager for Gov.
Arch
A. Moore, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1969-70;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1970.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died June 29,
2006 (age 81 years, 211
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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Thornton Granville Berry Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Thornton G. Berry, Jr. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va., December
13, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1946; circuit
judge in West Virginia for the 8th Judicial Circuit, 1952-58; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1959-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died November
27, 1987 (age 82 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thornton Granville Berry and Mamie Newton (Kawalska) Berry;
married, June 5,
1934, to Rita Crockett Brewster. |
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J. Scott Brown (b. 1911) —
of New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., September
19, 1911.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; chair of
Hancock County Republican Party, 1940-42; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County; elected
1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Phi Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Morrow Brown and Leora (Scott) Brown; married, June 15,
1937, to Margaret Virginia Wilson. |
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. (1912-1962) —
also known as John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. —
of Ravenswood, Jackson
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., December
30, 1912.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1956; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1956-58; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1958; defeated, 1958; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees;
Lions;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died of a heart
attack in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
6, 1962 (age 49 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Charles Edward Hodges (1892-1968) —
also known as Charles E. Hodges —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., September
27, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaperman;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1931-38; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1935-38.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 1,
1968 (age 75 years, 217
days).
Interment somewhere
in Charleston, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Edward Hodges and Mary Amelia (Hayes) Hodges; married, April 3,
1926, to Florence Kirkland Conant. |
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Homer Adams Holt (1898-1975) —
also known as Homer A. Holt —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., March 1,
1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1929; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1933-37; Governor of
West Virginia, 1937-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
16, 1975 (age 76 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Karl Byron Kyle (1897-1982) —
also known as Karl B. Kyle —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., May 29,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Republican Party, 1926, 1942; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County; elected
1928; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 15th Judicial Circuit,
1952-75.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Phi Kappa Psi; Lions.
Died March 6,
1982 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Interment at Bridgeport
Cemetery, Bridgeport, W.Va.
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James Offutt Lakin (1896-1974) —
also known as James O. Lakin —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Terra Alta, Preston
County, W.Va., April 4,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1929-30;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1932; city
manager of Charleston, West Virginia, 1951; vice-chair of
West Virginia Republican Party, 1952-53; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1954-56; postmaster at Charleston,
W.Va., 1960-71 (acting, 1960).
Methodist.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; American
Legion; Elks; Moose.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
29, 1974 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (1845-1905) —
of Maryland.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
21, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1880;
Governor
of Maryland, 1896-1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., January
8, 1905 (age 59 years, 322
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Frank Jarvis Maxwell Jr. (b. 1921) —
also known as Frank J. Maxwell, Jr. —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., July 13,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1951-56;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956,
1960,
1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Civitan;
Jaycees;
Phi Kappa Psi; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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George W. May (b. 1922) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., September
18, 1922.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of G. A. May and Retta (Smith) May; married, June 30,
1944, to Joanne P. Jenkins. |
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1951 |
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Frank Witcher McCullough (b. 1889) —
also known as F. Witcher McCullough —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., May 3,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1917;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Phi Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank F. McCullough and Alice V. (Witcher) McCullough; married, January
30, 1912, to Kathleen Guthrie. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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John C. Morrison (b. 1901) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
16, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1943-46; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (1874-1916) —
also known as Hunter H. Moss, Jr. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., May 26,
1874.
Republican. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1913-16; died in
office 1916.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in 1916
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Parkersburg
Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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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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Arch Wayne Riley (b. 1930) —
also known as Arch W. Riley —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., November
11, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1959-62.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Jaycees;
Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert J. Riley and Ellen (Wilson) Riley; married, June 25,
1955, to Mary List Paull. |
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Harry L. Snyder Jr. (1927-2006) —
also known as Jack Snyder —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
12, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County; elected
1952.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Rotary.
Died August
27, 2006 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Brand Stone (b. 1943) —
also known as Robert B. Stone —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates; elected 1970, 1972; defeated,
1974 (27th District).
Mormon.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives: Son
of Ward D. Stone and Dorothy (Brand) Stone; married, August
6, 1966, to Susanne Ponek. |
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