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George Calvert Andes (1891-1985) —
also known as George C. Andes —
of Timberville, Rockingham
County, Va.; Fayette
County, W.Va.; Harrisonburg,
Va.
Born in Shenandoah
County, Va., January
25, 1891.
Republican. Physician; worked for a coal mining
company; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1934, 1936.
Died in October, 1985
(age 94
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Andes and Rebecca Andes. |
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Andrew R. Barbee (d. 1903) —
of Mason
County, W.Va.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
physician; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1881-84.
Died in 1903.
Interment at Lone
Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
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Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) —
of Raleigh, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1802.
Democrat. Physician; preacher;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1876.
Died in Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 26,
1888 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Emily Craig. |
| | | Epitaph: "Thou shalt have sweetly
rest / In the calmest repose / Undisturbed by life's
cares / And unpierced by its woes." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John M. Bobbitt (1927-2008) —
also known as Jack Bobbitt —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Mooresville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
20, 1927.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1967-69;
resigned 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 80 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Erwin D. J. Bond (1834-1899) —
of Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 6,
1834.
Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1883-84;
member of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1885-88.
Died in 1899
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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William F. Crow (1865-1958) —
also known as Will F. Crow —
of Glen Easton, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Easton, Marshall
County, W.Va., November
23, 1865.
Republican. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County; elected
1928, 1934.
Member, American
Legion; Junior
Order.
Died March
26, 1958 (age 92 years, 123
days).
Interment at Fork Ridge Universalist Cemetery, Glen Easton, W.Va.
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Howard Darrel Darby (1928-2003) —
also known as H. Darrel Darby —
of Huntington, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Quinwood, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
8, 1928.
Democrat. Podiatrist; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1973-76; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1976.
Church
of God. Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., November
18, 2003 (age 75 years, 314
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn
Memorial Park, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert B. Darby and Loraine (Richards) Darby; married to Laura
Boggs. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Leonard Weaver Deeds (1880-1953) —
also known as L. W. Deeds —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va., December
14, 1880.
Democrat. Physician; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1934; chair of
Upshur County Democratic Party, 1940-46.
Died in Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va., November
2, 1953 (age 72 years, 323
days).
Interment at Heavner
Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.
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David B. Ealy (b. 1888) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., August
14, 1888.
Republican. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; Marshall
County Coroner, 1919-37; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1939-42; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Taylor F. Ealy and Mary (Ramsey) Ealy; married, June 12,
1913, to Lennis Irwin. |
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Albert C. Esposito (b. 1912) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
9, 1912.
Republican. Physician; opthamologist;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 11th District, 1975-78;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, American Medical
Association; Alpha
Phi Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles A. Munzio Micali Esposito and Elizabeth Ellen (Cuda)
Esposito; married, July 17,
1940, to V. Elizabeth Dodson. |
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George Evans (b. 1882) —
of Iaeger, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Blossburg, Tioga
County, Pa., September
7, 1882.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1937-38,
1941-46.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Evan F. Evans and Mary Jane (Phillips) Evans; married 1916 to
Virginia Burke. |
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Rush Floyd Farley (b. 1887) —
also known as Rush F. Farley —
of Delbarton, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Birch, Mingo
County, W.Va., March 6,
1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1941-42.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas B. Farley and Nancy (Pinson) Farley. |
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Floyd Forney Farnsworth (1869-1946) —
also known as F. F. Farnsworth —
of Frenchton, Upshur
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Milton, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, April 2,
1869.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1913-14;
defeated, 1936; president, West Virginia Board of Health, 1917.
Died in Milton, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
2, 1946 (age 76 years, 275
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, W.Va.
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Alonzo B. Garrett (1847-1938) —
of Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Lavalette, Wayne
County, W.Va., January
21, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; physician; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1897-1900; U.S. Consul in Nuevo Laredo, 1901-17; St. Stephen, 1917-24.
Died November
1, 1938 (age 91 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mound
Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.
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Martin Van Buren Godbey (b. 1879) —
also known as Martin V. Godbey —
of Boone
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Raleigh
County, W.Va., December
19, 1879.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Boone County, 1909-10;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1915-18, 1921-22; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; superintendent, McKendree Hospital;
director, Mountain State Hospital.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Martin
Van Buren |
| | | Relatives: Son of Alexander C. Godbey
and Elizabeth C. Godbey; married, November
16, 1905, to Florrie Smoot. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1917 |
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A. T. Gordon (b. 1880) —
of Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born March
22, 1880.
Republican. School
teacher; physician; surgeon; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; owner and operator, City Hospital,
Spencer, W.Va.; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1934; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Roane County, 1937-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Gordon and Rebecca Ellen (Brown) Gordon; married 1901 to Iva M.
Knopp. |
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Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) —
also known as Henry D. Hatfield —
of Eckman, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Sydney, Logan
County, W.Va., September
15, 1875.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1909-12; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1911; Governor of
West Virginia, 1913-17; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1916,
1932,
1944,
1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President); major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Central Committee, 1920-24; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; chair of
Cabell County Republican Party, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American Medical
Association.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., October
23, 1962 (age 87 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodmere
Memorial Park, Huntington, W.Va.
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Lydia Cromwell Hearne —
also known as Lydia Cromwell; Mrs. Julian G.
Hearne —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Republican. Physician; candidate for Presidential Elector for
West Virginia.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William F. Cromwell and Eliza (Bowles) Cromwell; married
to Julian
G. Hearne. |
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Erland Harold Hedrick (1894-1954) —
also known as E. H. Hedrick —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Mercer
County, W.Va., August
9, 1894.
Democrat. Physician; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1945-53;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1952.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion; Moose.
Died in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., September
20, 1954 (age 60 years, 42
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Beckley, W.Va.
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William Thornton Henshaw (1868-1949) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.; South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., March
20, 1868.
Physician; mayor
of Martinsburg, W.Va., 1896-1902; major in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1901-02;
West Virginia State Health Commissioner, 1921.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from colon
cancer, in St. Francis Hospital,
Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
13, 1949 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Norborne
Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Gory Hogg (1873-1963) —
of Harvey, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va., June 29,
1873.
Democrat. Physician; president, Greenbrier Valley Bank;
director, New River Banking and
Trust Co.; director, Scotia Coal &
Coke Co.; director, South Side Coal
Co.; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1915-18; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1936-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in March, 1963
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Entombed at Rosewood
Cemetery, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Harden Hogg and Elizabeth (McGuffin) Hogg; married, September
9, 1903, to Caroline James Butterfield. |
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Mack C. Jarrell (b. 1926) —
of Ceredo, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Ceredo, Wayne
County, W.Va., April
11, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; podiatrist; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1985-88.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
National
Education Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives: Son
of McClellan Jarrell and Gladys (Clarkson) Jarrell; married to Dr.
Betty Joan Morris. |
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H. V. King (b. 1883) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio, January
10, 1883.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1941-42; defeated, 1942; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William P. King and Belle (Powell) King; married, April
25, 1910, to Abbie Abbott. |
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Milton Lilly —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County; elected
1970.
Still living as of 1970.
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Thomas Graham Matney (1889-1976) —
also known as T. G. Matney —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Card, Buchanan
County, Va., April
19, 1889.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1951-52,
1955-56, 1959-64; defeated, 1952, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Medical
Association.
Died June 11,
1976 (age 87 years, 53
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hedding Methodist Church Cemetery, Lillydale, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Wise Matney and Annie (Muscroft) Matney; married, April
26, 1917, to Virgie Lee Burke. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Daniel Mayer (1837-1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nierstein, Germany,
January
6, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1889-90;
U.S. Consul in Buenos Aires, 1897-1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremia,
in the Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 20,
1910 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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James McClung —
of Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1913-16; defeated, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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William Dennis McClung (b. 1876) —
also known as William D. McClung —
of Richwood, Nicholas
County, W.Va.; Nitro, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born in Rupert, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., April
17, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
physician; bank
director; mayor
of Richwood, W.Va., 1910; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Edward McClung and Catherine (Haggerty) McClung; brother of
James
McClung; married 1912 to Louese
Kirby. |
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James A. Morford (b. 1881) —
of Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va.
Born in Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va., December
15, 1881.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Calhoun County, 1935-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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William Elmer Neal (1875-1959) —
also known as Will E. Neal —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Proctorville, Lawrence
County, Ohio, October
14, 1875.
Republican. Physician; chair of
Cabell County Republican Party, 1917; mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1925-28; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1953-55, 1957-59;
defeated, 1954, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., November
12, 1959 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Barrick Samuel Rankin (b. 1872) —
also known as B. S. Rankin —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., July 16,
1872.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1929-32;
resigned 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Luther Enoch Roberts (1874-1948) —
also known as Luther E. Roberts —
of Gilmer
County, W.Va.
Born in Braxton
County, W.Va., October
26, 1874.
Republican. Physician; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Gilmer County, 1946.
Died in Gilmer
County, W.Va., December
15, 1948 (age 74 years, 50
days).
Interment at Rosedale Community Cemetery, Rosedale, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Jerimiah 'Jerry' Roberts and Mary (Long) Roberts; married 1907 to Mamie
Ruth Stump; married 1928 to Alma
Snodgrass. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Grover Cleveland Robertson (1885-1976) —
also known as Grover C. Robertson —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kettle, Roane
County, W.Va., August
8, 1885.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1924;
chair
of Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1941-49.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died February
15, 1976 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Presumably named
for: Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Relatives: Son of George W. Robertson
and Delilah Elizabeth (Melton) Robertson; married, May 24,
1908, to Hattie Mae Lytton. |
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Irvine Saunders (1914-1958) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Premier, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
27, 1914.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1953-56.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
28, 1958 (age 44 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronny Douglas Stollings (b. 1955) —
also known as Ron Stollings —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Madison, Boone
County, W.Va., April
24, 1955.
Democrat. Physician; member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 2007-.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
West Virginia Legislature |
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Carlisle, England,
June
19, 1766.
Democrat. Physician; minister;
member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
Governor
of Ohio, 1803-07; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General for
Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829 (age 63 years, 51
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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H. G. Tonkin —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Martinsburg, W.Va., 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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