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Ernest L. Bailey —
of Matoaka, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Dott, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Son of Winton E. Bailey and Josephine (Mastin) Bailey.
Democrat. Civil engineer; banker; coal
business; West Virginia State Road Commissioner; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944,
1948,
1952;
West
Virginia Democratic state chair, 1948-52; Presidential Elector
for West Virginia, 1948;
member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1952-53.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James D. Brackenrich (b. 1936) —
also known as J. D. Brackenrich —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
23, 1936.
Son of James Brackenrich and Helen Brackenrich.
Democrat. Engineer; surveyor;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1987-93; resigned 1993.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; National Rifle
Association.
Pleaded
guilty on May 1, 1996 to a misdemeanor charge of
filling
wetlands without a Clean Water Act permit.
Still living as of 1996.
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Relatives:
Married 1958
to Patricia Griffith. |
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Spencer K. Creel (b. 1896) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Freeport, Wirt
County, W.Va., April 27,
1896.
Son of John A. Creel and Isabella (Foutty) Creel.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1939-40,
1943-64, 1967-70; defeated, 1934, 1940; resigned 1970; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1952-54.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Farm
Bureau.
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Ralph A. Gawthrop (b. 1885) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Salem, Harrison
County, W.Va., November
27, 1885.
Democrat. Safety engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County; elected
1952.
Protestant.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Hager, Jr. (1872-1966) —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., February
23, 1872.
Son of Rev. Philip Hager (died 1917) and Elizabeth Jane (Dalton)
Hager.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer; lumber
business; director, Farmers and Merchants Bank;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1921-24; chair of
Lincoln County Republican Party, 1922-24.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., 1966
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Hamlin, W.Va.
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Henry H. Harrison (b. 1850) —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born near Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., 1850.
Civil engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John Joseph Lincoln, Sr. (1865-1948) —
also known as John J. Lincoln —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Rising Sun, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
11, 1865.
Republican. Mining
engineer; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1928.
Quaker.
Died in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
28, 1948 (age 82 years, 109
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.
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David B. McKinley (b. 1947) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born March 28,
1947.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 3rd District, 1980-94;
appointed 1980; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1991; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District; elected 2010.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Farm
Bureau; Beta
Theta Pi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2010.
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Roy H. Rogerson (b. 1929) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Ohio
County, W.Va., January
16, 1929.
Son of Russell Rogerson and Lilly (Fisher) Rogerson.
Republican. Chemical
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1967-72;
defeated, 1978; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1973-76; defeated, 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Still living as of 1978.
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Gordon W. Sammons (1896-1974) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Aleppo, Greene
County, Pa., July 3,
1896.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1951-54,
1963-64; defeated, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in 1974
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William R. Sharpe, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as William R. Sharpe; Bill
Sharpe —
of Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
28, 1928.
Son of William R. Sharpe and Helen (Whitwam) Sharpe.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; electrical
contractor; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1961-80, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows; International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 2000.
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Allen Simmons (b. 1891) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Somerset, Bristol
County, Mass., August 8,
1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Tau
Beta Pi; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; National Rifle
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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