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Charles H. Ambler (b. 1876) —
of Pleasants
County, W.Va.; Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.; Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio, August
12, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; Pleasants
County Sheriff, 1900-01; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1951-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler; married, September
4, 1920, to Helen Mary Carle. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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John E. Amos (1905-1986) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., July 16,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Bell Lines trucking
company; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1939-48; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1943-48; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1949-56; defeated, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1959-64, 1965-68.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in May, 1986
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Ellis Amos and Lutie H. (Delaney) Amos; married, October
5, 1935, to Mary Edith Johnston. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Charles S. Armistead (1914-1997) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., July 21,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1959-60, 1965-68.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
19, 1997 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) —
also known as Sherman H. Ballard —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., July 22,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1941-44,
1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., December
25, 1963 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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Franklin Marion Brand (1880-1963) —
also known as Frank M. Brand —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia
County, W.Va., March
13, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1919-20, 1943-44; defeated, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Sigma Nu; American Bar
Association.
Died in January, 1963
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James C. Brand and Mary Alice (Fleming) Brand; married, November
12, 1910, to Myrtle O. Core. |
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Joe F. Burdett (1909-1965) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
22, 1909.
Democrat. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1959-63.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Died in May, 1965
(age 55
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of P. T. Burdett and Carrie (Conner) Burdett; married to Virginia
Shonk. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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John N. Charnock Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., September
17, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958, 1960.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Sigma Nu; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1960.
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Gino R. Colombo (b. 1939) —
of Nutter Fort, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Harrison
County, W.Va., October
27, 1939.
Democrat. Coal
broker; real estate
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-78 (Harrison County
1971-74, 25th District 1975-78); member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1979-86; defeated, 1986.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Lions; Moose; Izaak
Walton League; Sigma Nu.
Still living as of 1986.
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Relatives: Son
of Sam Colombo and Lenora Colombo; married to Virginia
Pair. |
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John G. Fox (1923-1992) —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Ansted, Fayette
County, W.Va., April
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1951-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Nu; Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Died March
25, 1992 (age 68 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of L. O. Fox and Emily (Vawter) Fox; married, September
29, 1946, to Millicent Brazie Hill. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Harry Friedman (b. 1883) —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
4, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Taylor County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941.
Jewish.
Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Faibel Friedman and Fannie Friedman; married, January
17, 1923, to Florence Greensfelder. |
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Chester R. Hubbard (1905-1984) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
4, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1951-54,
1957-58, 1961-62; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1963-74; defeated, 1954,
1958; resigned 1974; director, Ohio Valley General Hospital.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
American
Legion; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., May 18,
1984 (age 78 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ira L. Smith (b. 1870) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born near Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., March
15, 1870.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1927-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Nu; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906 to
Florence Belle Cox. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Clyde Anderson Wellman (1890-1959) —
also known as Clyde A. Wellman —
of Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., August
29, 1890.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; Democratic Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1933
(voted for Franklin
D. Roosevelt and John
Nance Garner).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Nu.
Died in 1959
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Woodmere
Memorial Park, Huntington, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Lee Wellman and Martha Ann Wellman; married, December
25, 1915, to Mary Virginia Werth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Huntington Through
Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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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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