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Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (1819-1892) —
also known as Daniel D. T. Farnsworth —
of Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
23, 1819.
Son of Abigail (Wilcox) Farnsworth (1791-1870) and James Stout
Farnsworth (1793-1878).
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1863-65, 1867-70; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1869-70; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1868;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1869.
Died in Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va., December
5, 1892 (age 72 years, 348
days).
Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
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William Smithe O'Brien (1862-1948) —
also known as William S. O'Brien —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Audra, Barbour
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
8, 1862.
Son of Col. Emmet J. O'Brien and Martha Ann (Hall) O'Brien.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
circuit judge in West Virginia for the 12th Judicial Circuit,
1913-20; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1927-29;
defeated, 1928; secretary of
state of West Virginia, 1933-48; died in office 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va., August
10, 1948 (age 86 years, 215
days).
Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
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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.
Son of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa (Jane) Waugh.
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;
reinterment in 1979 at Heavner Cemetery.
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George Robert Latham (1832-1917) —
of West Virginia.
Born near Haymarket, Prince
William County, Va., March 9,
1832.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1865-67.
Died December
16, 1917 (age 85 years, 282
days).
Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
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Gohen Clarke Arnold (1885-1939) —
also known as Gohen C. Arnold —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Upshur
County, W.Va., January
5, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1917-24; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1921.
Died in 1939
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Heavner Cemetery.
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