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Charles R. Beard (1879-1965) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
30, 1879.
Republican. United Brethren Church minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1915-16,
1925-30, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1943-48; defeated, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1950,
1952.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in April, 1965
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Addison Carroll —
also known as William A. Carroll —
of Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Methodist minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1907-10.
Methodist.
Interment at Long
Rest Cemetery, Near Hamlin, Lincoln County, W.Va.
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William Henry Harrison Cook —
also known as William H. H. Cook —
of Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; Baptist minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1887-88, 1913-14 (3rd District
1887-88, Wyoming County 1913-14); member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1895-98, 1903-06.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilfred Lee Dickerson (b. 1909) —
also known as Wilfred L. Dickerson —
of Bartley, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Laurel Creek, Fayette
County, W.Va., September
18, 1909.
Son of Wilfred James Dickerson and Harriet Etta (Boone) Dickerson.
Minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1967-68;
defeated (Republican), 1940, 1942.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Mine Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ephraim Doolittle (1834-1918) —
of Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Marion
County, W.Va.), November
7, 1834.
Son of Thomas Doolittle (1797-1875) and Sarah (McCausland) Doolittle
(1803-1883).
Dentist;
minister; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1869-70.
Died in Marion
County, W.Va., February
28, 1918 (age 83 years, 113
days).
Interment at Doolittle
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Massachusetts; Baltimore,
Md.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Son of Andrew Dixon Grose and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose.
Democrat. Pastor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
DePauw University, 1913-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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L. T. Harvey —
of Frametown, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Center Point, Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Farmer;
Baptist minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1917-20,
1923-29.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alpheus Mack Martin (1873-1941) —
also known as A. M. Martin —
of Barboursville, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
28, 1873.
Son of Thomas Mansfield Martin and Rebecca Jane (Parker) Martin.
Democrat. School
teacher; Methodist minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-38;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1939-41; died in office 1941.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died September
22, 1941 (age 67 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Manderville Tildon Miller (1879-1943) —
also known as M. T. Miller —
of Madison, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Lowgap, Boone
County, W.Va., December
31, 1879.
Son of Susan Ann (Pauley) Miller (1850-1933) and Sylvanus Miller
(1852-1905).
Republican. Ordained minister; school
teacher; Boone
County Superintendent of Schools, 1919-23; postmaster;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1929-32.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Madison, Boone
County, W.Va., December
2, 1943 (age 63 years, 336
days).
Interment at Boone
Memorial Park, Madison, W.Va.
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Christopher H. Payne (b. 1848) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
7, 1848.
Republican. Minister; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1900;
U.S. Consul in SAINT Thomas, 1903-17.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ricks —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Minister; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1962,
1964, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Everett R. Shafer (1911-2005) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Esty, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
3, 1911.
Democrat. Baptist minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52,
1955-58.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Moose;
Blue
Key; National
Education Association.
Died August 9,
2005 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Eden Cemetery, Crescent City, Fla.
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Thomas Jackson Smith (1846-1934) —
also known as T. J. Smith —
of Doddridge
County, W.Va.
Born in Doddridge
County, W.Va., July 24,
1846.
Son of Isaac Smith and Sarah Ann (Carothers) Smith.
Minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Doddridge County, 1913-14.
Died in Nutter's Fork, Doddridge
County, W.Va., 1934
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Coleman
Cemetery, West Union, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Smith and Sarah Ann (Carothers) Smith; married, April 17,
1868, to Zuleka Salome Davis (1849-1916); married to Susan J.
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Henry Swanson —
of Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Republican. Minister; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lincoln County, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil Harland Underwood (1922-2008) —
also known as Cecil H. Underwood —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Josephs Mills, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
5, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1945-56; Governor of
West Virginia, 1957-61, 1997-2001; defeated, 1964, 1976, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960
(Temporary
Chair), 1972,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1960; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Pi
Kappa Delta; Farm
Bureau.
He was both the youngest (in 1957) and the oldest (in 2001) governor
in West Virginia history.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Memorial Hospital
of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
24, 2008 (age 86 years, 19
days). His body was
donated to the School of Medicine at Marshall University.
Cenotaph at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Josephs Mills, W.Va.
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