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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.
Son of Lutellis Ambler and Ella Rebecca (Wells) Ambler.
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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Betty H. Baker (1919-2011) —
also known as Betty Head —
of Moorefield, Hardy
County, W.Va.
Born in Thomas, Tucker
County, W.Va., September
18, 1919.
Daughter of Harry Davis Baker and Kathryn Agnes (Higgins) Baker.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1965-68; appointed 1965;
defeated, 1968.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, in Grant Memorial Hospital,
Petersburg, Grant
County, W.Va., November
12, 2011 (age 92 years, 55
days).
Interment at Olivet
Cemetery, Moorefield, W.Va.
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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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William Gustavus Conley (1866-1940) —
also known as William G. Conley —
of Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., January
8, 1866.
Son of Maj. William Conley and Mary (Freeburn) Conley.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Tucker
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1896-1904; mayor, Parsons, W.Va.,
1901-03; mayor, Kingwood, W.Va, 1906-08; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1908-13; Governor of
West Virginia, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa;
Pi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Union
League.
Died October
21, 1940 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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John E. Crynock (b. 1917) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in New Salem, Fayette
County, Pa., February
8, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1957-58; defeated, 1960, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2003.
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James Hornor Davis II (b. 1904) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Son of Edward Rezin Davis and Garnett Amelia (Hornor) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Theta
Delta Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April 13,
1873.
Son of John
James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 24,
1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
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Cuyler E. Ewing (b. 1908) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., June 13,
1908.
Son of I. E. Ewing and Minnie E. (Zuver) Ewing.
Republican. Purchasing
agent; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1939-42.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) —
also known as Augustin W. Ferrin —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
1, 1875.
Son of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen)
Ferrin.
Newspaper
reporter; magazine
editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-30; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-38.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in a nursing
home, in Marion
County, W.Va., March 17,
1976 (age 100 years,
198 days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Robert C. Frasure (1942-1995) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April 20,
1942.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, 1992-94.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Killed when the vehicle he was riding in plunged
down a ravine and exploded, on
Mount Igman, near Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, August
19, 1995 (age 53 years, 121
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James H. Heinze (b. 1914) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., September
4, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; insurance
executive; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 45th District, 1967-72; defeated
in primary, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Navy
League.
Still living as of 1972.
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Lloyd G. Jackson II (b. 1952) —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 23,
1952.
Son of Lloyd
G. Jackson and Pauline Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1981-86; member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1987-90, 1995-; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1997.
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Edward D. Knight, Jr. (b. 1922) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
29, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1953-54,
1959-63.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1963.
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Arthur Burke Koontz (b. 1885) —
also known as Arthur B. Koontz —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., January
29, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1920; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1936,
1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1940-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Kempton Kahn Leonhart (1919-1997) —
also known as William Leonhart —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., August 1,
1919.
Son of Harry Kempton Leonhart and Rae Corinne (Kahn) Leonhart.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Belgrade, 1946-49; Rome, 1949-50; U.S. Consul in Tokyo, 1951-54; U.S. Ambassador to Tanganyika, 1962-65; Yugoslavia, 1969.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1997
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Stanton Lloyd (b. 1894) —
also known as Carl S. Lloyd —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waverly, Wood
County, W.Va., March 13,
1894.
Son of Henry B. Lloyd and Maude (Jones) Lloyd.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; village
president of Winnetka, Illinois, 1952-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Haymond Maxwell (1879-1958) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
24, 1879.
Son of Edwin
Maxwell and Loretta (Shuttleworth) Maxwell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1905-06;
criminal court judge in West Virginia, 1909-12; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 15th Judicial Circuit, 1913-25; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1928-40; appointed 1928;
defeated, 1940, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Rotary; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died December
18, 1958 (age 79 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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M. Blane Michael (1943-2011) —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
17, 1943.
Lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney under Whitney
North Seymour, Jr., 1971-72; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Robert
E. Maxwell, 1975-76; legal counsel to Gov. John
D. Rockefeller IV, 1977-80; campaign manager for Rockefeller (for
Governor, 1980, and for U.S. Senator, 1984, 1990), and for U.S. Sen
Robert
C. Byrd (1982, 1988); Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1993-2011; died in
office 2011.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 25,
2011 (age 68 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Son of Alfred Neely and Mary (Morris) Neely.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Byron Benedum Randolph (b. 1906) —
also known as Byron B. Randolph —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Burnsville, Braxton
County, W.Va., June 12,
1906.
Son of Ormon F. Randolph and Ella (Benedum) Randolph.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1931-34;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1935-42 (12th District 1935-38, 13th
District 1939-42); defeated, 1942.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Absalom Willis Robertson (1887-1971) —
also known as A. Willis Robertson —
of Lexington,
Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., May 27,
1887.
Son of Franklin Pierce Robertson (1853-1928) and Josephine Ragland
(Willis) Robertson (1858-1950).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1916-22; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1933-46 (at-large 1933-35, 7th
District 1935-46); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in Lexington,
Va., November
1, 1971 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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William Woodson Trent (1878-1960) —
also known as W. W. Trent —
of Nicholas
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., January
31, 1878.
Son of Thomas Wood Trent and Mary Agnes (McClung) Trent.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; West
Virginia superintendent of schools, 1933-37; defeated, 1920,
1924, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Kappa
Delta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 15,
1960 (age 82 years, 136
days).
Interment somewhere
in St. Albans, W.Va.
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