History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens, Part 49

Author: Laidley, William Sydney, 1839-1917. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co
Number of Pages: 1066

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Alfred L. Morris attended the local schools and for four years afterward was associated with his brother-in-law in the lumber business and in the meantime prepared to enter the Ken- tucky School of Medicine, where he subse- quently spent four years, graduating in 1902. He practiced medicine for nine years at An- stead, in Fayette County, WV. Va., coming from there to Clendenin in 1910, where he is now in the enjoyment of a substantial practice and is one of the valued citizens of the village.

Dr. Morris was married to Miss Rouena C. Koontz, who was born in 1872 and died in 1910, a daughter of John Koontz. She was a devoted member of the Episcopal church. Dr. Morris is a member of Clendenin Lodge, No. I26. A. F. & A. M., and of Sewell Chapter at Sewell, W. Va., and belongs also to the Odd Fellows, at Anstead.

FREDERICK G. KLOSTERMEYER, who is engaged in the drug business at Charleston, W. Va., where he is a representative citizen, was born May 28, 1875, at Marietta, O., and is

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a son of Henry J. and Anna ( Fluscher) Klos- termeyer.

The parents of Mr. Klostermeyer were born and reared at Bremen, Germany, where they subsequently married. After the birth of two of their children, they decided to emigrate to America and in 1865 set out on a sailing vessel which subsequently safely landed them at Castle Garden, New York. Their objective point was Marietta, Ohio, and there Henry J. Klostermeyer followed his trade, that of car- penter, and also his profession as architect. There are yet many substantial and stately buildings standing at Marietta which are testi- monials of his skill and ability. His death oc- curred in 1907 when he was eighty years of age. He cast his vote with the Democratic party. His widow died March 2, 191I, being in her seventy-seventh year, and had continued to make her home at Marietta. She was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was her husband. They had eight children, namely : Mary, who is the wife of Prof. George Lennon, a well known musician in Philadelphia, Boston, and London, England; Anna, who is the wife of A. E. Price, an attorney at law at Athens, Ohio; Louise, who is the wife of E. C. Hun- singer, who is in the wholesale cigar business at Chicago; Augusta, who is the wife of W. D. Bedillion, who is manager of a glass plant at Marietta, Ohio; Henry D., who resides in Ohio, and married Isabella Sylvester; Frederick G., the direct subject of this sketch; Wilhelmina, who is the wife of Howard Paul Taylor, of Indianapolis, Ind .; and one son who was acci- dentally drowned in the Muskingum River.

Frederick G. Klostermeyer was educated in the public schools of Washington County, Ohio, and when he had made his choice of profession, entered the Northern Ohio University at Ada, where he was graduated in pharmacy in the class of 1895. In 1896 he came to Charleston and for four years served as a drug clerk and then purchased the interest of George Ort and has continued to conduct a first class drug store ever since, and enjoys the full confidence of the public in every way.

On February 14, 1900, Mr. Klostermeyer was married to Miss Carrie L. Wooton, who was born in 1876, in Kentucky and was edu-

cated in Huntington, Cabell County, W. Va. They have one son, Howard R., who was born January 29, 1904 .. Mrs. Klostermeyer is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Klostermeyer is a Republican. He is a Mason of advanced standing, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Charleston, and to Beni-Keedem Temple, Mystic Shrine.

WILLIAM B. CALDERWOOD, post- master at Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, W. Va., and a member of the general mercantile firm of Calderwood Brothers, was born May 6, 1878, at Dana, Kanawha County, and is a son of William B. and Anna ( Wilkinson) Calder- wood.

William B. Calderwood, Sr., who was born in Scotland and was brought to America by his parents, who located at Middleport, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and engaged in coal min- ing. Shortly after his marriage he came to Kanawha County, W. Va., as foreman for the Campbell Creek Coal Company and resided at Dana, continuing with that company many years and resigning but a short time prior to his death, May 24, 1906, at the age of sixty-two years. He was married in Ohio to Anna Wil- kinson, who was born in England and is at present a resident of Malden, W. Va. The fol- lowing children were born to them: Elizabeth, who is the wife of John F. White, of Mont- gomery, W. Va .; Henry, who lives at Leon, W. Va .; Agnes, who lives in West Charleston ; Anna, who is in partnership with her brother William B., in the store enterprise at Cedar Grove; William B .; Andrew, who lives at Put- ney, W. Va .; Robert and Edward, both of whom are residents of Charleston.

William B. Calderwood attended the public schools of Dana through boyhood and then be- came his father's assistant for two years at the Campbell Creek mines, after which he came to Cedar Grove as a clerk for his brother, Henry Calderwood, who, in partnership with J. F. and C. F. White, started the present mercantile business. On February 1, 1906, Mr. Calder- wood with his sister Anna, and his brother An- drew, bought Henry Calderwood's interest, who had succeeded the original firm of White

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& Calderwood. A good general stock is car- ried and the firm is prospering. Mr. Calder- wood is a Republican and in April, 1906, was appointed postmaster at Cedar Grove.

HON. ADAM ROBERT SHEPHERD, judge of the Kanawha county court, is a man who has rendered much useful public service. He was born in Charleston, W. Va., April 7, 1868, a son of John and Louise ( Aultz) Shep- herd, and is a grandson of Robert Shepherd, who was born in Salem, Va., of English par- ents. The latter settled in the American colo- nies just prior to the Revolutionary War. Their son Robert, who was born just after the close of that war, came with his family to what is now West Virginia, some time previous to the Civil War, settling in the Charleston dis- trict. He subsequently purchased a farm in Union district and became a successful farmer and stock raiser. His death took place about twenty-two years ago, when he was 79 years old. He was a member of the M. E. church. He married Mary Good, who came of a promi- nent Virginia family, and who, like himself, was affiliated with the M. E. church. She died six years after her husband, having attained the same age-79 years. They were the parents of three children: John, father of our subject ; B. King, and James Robert. B. King Shep- herd, who is a retired farmer residing in Charleston, was born at New Salem and was there reared and educated. He married Louisa Aultz, of Kanawha county, who died in 1809 without issue. They were both affiliated with the M. E. church. James Robert Shepherd was born in Salem, Va., and now resides on the old homestead in Union district. He married Eliza, daughter of Robert Young, an early settler in Charleston. She is still living and she and her husband belong to the M. E. Church. They have no children.

John Shepherd was born in Prince Edward county, Va., in 1833. When a young man he came to West Virginia, finding employment as a teacher in the public schools and later teach- ing in private schools. He was very successful as an educator, and in his latter years was recognized as one of the best informed men in the state. He was a resident of South Charles-

ton and devoted much of his spare time to ac- quiring knowledge in regard to the history of the Kanawha Valley, a subject on which he was very thoroughly informed. He was an active member of the Methodist church and an un- compromising Prohibitionist. His death oc- curred March 17, 1911, when he was aged seventy-seven years, five months and twenty- one days.

John Shepherd married Miss Louise Aultz, who was a sister of the wife of his brother, B. King Shepherd. She was born in Kana- wha county about 1841 and was educated in the public schools. She died April 6, 1907. She was a good wife and mother, and a mem- ber of the Methodist church. His father was Adam Aultz, who came of an old family of Rock Bridge county, Va. He came to Charles- ton about the year 1800 just after his marriage to a Miss Shamules, there being at that time but one house standing here. He could have bought the entire section for 25 cents per acre, but instead purchased a tract of eleven hundred acres of new and unbroken timber land about nine miles from the site of the present city. Wild game was then abundant and he had to protect his family and stock from the bears and wolves, which were frequent if not welcome visitors. He died at the age of 79 years, after having cleared off some four hundred acres of his pur- chase. He was well and favorably known in his district, being in fact a man of sterling and temperate habits. In religion he was a Metho- dist and in politics a Republican. His wife, who survived until 1890, died in Charleston at the home of her daughter, aged 88 years.

The children of John and Louise (Aultz) Shepherd were five in number-Clark W., L. Ella, Adam Robert, J. King, and Mattie. Clark W., born in 1863, was educated in the public schools and at the Wesleyan University of Ohio, where he was graduated. He was subsequently graduated from the medical col- lege at Baltimore with the class of 1888, receiv- ing the degree of M.D., and since that time has been practicing as a physician at Spring Hill. He married Lucy Tisdale, of Lennenburg county, Va., and has one son, Tisdale, now aged 20 years, a student in the Charleston High School. L. Ella Shepherd was born in

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Charleston in 1865 and was well educated in public and private schools. She is unmarried and is now a teacher in the public schools. J. King Shepherd, born in 1867, was educated in Charleston, where he now resides. He holds the office of deputy sheriff. He is unmarried. Mattie, born in 1869, is the wife of C. L. Pau- ley of the Raleigh Coal Company, of Raleigh county, W. Va.

Adam Robert Shepherd, our direct subject, was educated in the public schools of Charles- ton and was variously occupied until 1894, when he engaged in mecantile business, as pro- prietor of a general store, which he now owns. He was appointed postmaster by President Mc- Kinley, June 15, 1897, and ably administered the business of the postoffice until 1900, when he was elected to the office of assessor for a term of four years. In 1906 he was elected to the legislative branch of the general assembly, serving two years. In 1908 he was elected president of the county court, this making him a county commissioner to serve six years, his term as president of the court being three years. His record as commissioner is one for which he deserves the highest commendation. When he took office the credit of the county was at a very low ebb. Its indebtedness was $178,000 and its bonds sold for only 60 cents on the dollar. He has succeeded in reducing the indebtedness to $32,000 and the bonds are now selling at par. It has been provided, moreover, that the indebtedness shall be wholly cancelled by Janu- ary 1, 1912. For his work in this connection Mr. Shepherd has been highly praised, and his fellow citizens have congratulated themselves that they made no mistake in judgment when they elected him to his present office.

Judge Shepherd is a Republican politically, and has served as representative to county and state conventions. He is also secretary for the Eighth Senatorial district. He is a Mason, be- longing to Washington Lodge No. 58, A. F. & A. M., of St. Albans ; also to Spring Hill Lodge No. 140, I. O. O. F., of wihch he has been treasurer for fifteen years.

Judge Shepherd was married June 30, 1899, in Richmond, Va., to Miss Elizabeth F. Ellett, who was born in that city in 1878, a daughter of Robert Ellett, and was there educated. Our

subject and wife are the parents of one son, El- lett Northcott, born January 5, 1900, who is at- tending public school in Charleston. Mrs. Shepherd is a member of the First Baptist church of Richmond, Va.

CHARLES W. GOOD, a prominent mem- ber of the Kanawha County bar, who has also taken a conspicuous part in public affairs, was born at Raymond City, Putnam County, W. Va,. Sept. 8, 1874, a son of John Wesley and Elizabeth (Archibald) Good. His paternal grandfather, Dr. John Good, was born in Rock- bridge County, Va., nearly 100 years ago, and was of German ancestry. He resided in that locality many years, carrying on agriculture and practicing medicine when called upon. After his marriage he removed to what is now Jackson County, W. Va., and later to Kanawha County, settling in Union District, where he carried on farming until a few years before his death. He died about 1848 or '49, on a farm he had purchased in Jackson County. He was a Democrat in politics and a Methodist in reli- gion. His wife, whose name has not been as- certained, but who was a Virginia girl, died in Jackson County in 1878, being then about 70 years of age. She had married a second hus- band, who died in this state. By her first mar- riage to Mr. Good there were one son and three daughters, namely: John Wesley, father of the subject of this sketch; Mary J., widow of Dennis Burns, a native of this state who died in Iowa in 1886, she now residing at What Cheer, Iowa; Catherine, who became the wife of John Lanham, but is now deceased, together with her husband; and Jenetta, who died after her marriage to a Mr. Kidd, who survives her.

John Wesley Good was born in Jackson County, W. Va., Aug. 6, 1841. He became a miner and silversmith and followed those occu- pations in various localities for thirty years, finally returning to his home in Jackson County, where he still lives, devoting his entire attention to farming, in which he has been very successful. Early in 1862 he enlisted in the Union army as a member of Company A, 13th W. Va. Vol. Infantry, under Capt. Greenbury Slack. He served until after the close of the war, becoming a sergeant, and receiving his dis-

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charge in the latter part of 1865. He had a fortunate experience, being never wounded or captured. He is a member of Blunden Post, G. A. R., at Charleston. Since his earliest vot- ing days he has been a staunch Republican. His religious affiliations are with the Metho- dist church.

John Wesley Good was married in Kanawha County, W. Va., to Elizabeth Archibald, who was born near Liverpool, England, about 1846, and who came to this country with her parents, John and Jane Archibald, they settling in West Virginia in 1865. They are both now deceased, as is also their daughter, who passed away in 1882. She was one of four children, of whom there are now living: Mary A., widow of Robert Smith and residing in Raymond; and Edward G., a farmer in the Poca district, who married Julia A. Samuels. The children of John Wesley Good and wife were as follows: Margaret H., born in 1866, who is the wife of Dr. H. F. Asbury, of Putnam County, W. Va .; Ella Jane, born in 1868, who is the wife of Daniel Baumgardner of Jackson County, and has a family of four children; Mary Ann, born in 1870, who is the wife of William Creamer of Charleston; John E., born 1872, now resid- ing in Denver, Colo., who married Molly Humphreys and has a daughter; Charles Wes- ley, whose name begins this sketch; E. Kather- ine, born 1876, who is the wife of F. S. Ran- som, resides in Putnam County, W. Va., and has two children : Hattie, born in 1878, who is the wife of James Baumgardner, and has two sons; Daisy, wife of F. M. Monday, residing in Jackson county, who has one son; and Thomas F., born 1882, who married a Miss Monday and has two children. By a later mar- riage of John Wesley Good with Rebecca Samuels three children were born, namely : Lula E., who married Griffin Clendennen, and died in 1909 leaving two children; William B., a farmer residing in Jackson County, who mar- ried a Miss Newhouse and has one son; and Mamie, who is unmarried and resides at home.

Charles WV. Good, after attending the public schools, began the study of law and, having passed the bar examination in 1901, was ad- mitted to practice that year. He had previously had some experience in mining and has fol-

lowed the occupation of a school teacher for some seven years. In 1900 he was elected from Jackson County, on the Republican ticket, as representative to the West Virginia legislature. He made a good record in the Assembly and was again elected, from Kanawha County, in 1908, not being subsequently a candidate for re-election. While in the legislature he served acceptably on the Judiciary and other important committees.

He was married in Charleston, in 1902, Nov. 12, to Alwilda Abigail Thomas, who was born in Kanawha County in 1878, a daughter of Jesse A. and Mary (Shanahan) Thomas, both now deceased. Mrs. Good's parents were old settlers in this county; they were consistent members of the Methodist church and people highly esteemed. Mr. Thomas died June 25, 1910, aged 70 years. He had survived his wife but a few months, her death having oc- curred February 12, 1910, when she was 65 years old. By occupation he was a stone con- tractor. Their daughter, Mrs. Good, and her husband, are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. They have no family.

E. C. FISHER, general farmer and stock- raiser in Poca District, Kanawha County, W. Va., where he owns a farm of 1401/4 acres, was born December 15. 1850, in Jackson County, Va., three-fourths of a mile west of his present farm. His parents were Greenberry and Juli- etta Fisher, and of their nine children, he and a sister, Mrs. Emma Belle Rose, of Charleston, are the only ones residing in Kanawha County.

E. C. Fisher was educated in Jackson, Roane and Kanawha Counties, attending the High School at Walton, in Roane County. For twelve years he taught school and at the same time kept up an interest in farming, timbering, milling and surveying, and for the past ten years has been concerned, with his son, in a planing, saw- and grist-mill on Poca River. near Sissonville. After marriage he settled first on a farm across the river from the one now occupied, where he remained for four years and then came to his present property where he has made many improvements. In addition to fencing 100 acres of his land, he has erected the substantial buildings in evidence, and here

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carries on his agricultural operations with satis- fying results. He has been a Republican since casting his first vote, and gives hearty support to the candidates of his party. Very appro- priately his fellow citizens have made him a school trustee.

Mr. Fisher married Miss Melissa Rose, who was born in Kanawha County and is a daugh- ter of William S. Rose, and they have the fol- lowing children : Everett, who is interested with his father in the milling business, resides at the mill; he married Ella Wines and they have one daughter, Mary M. May, who is the wife of Joseph Miller, lives in Poca District, and they have had seven chldren, six of whom survive. Lloyd, who lives in Poca District, married a Miss Eastys, and they have one son, Seebert. Irvin resides in Charleston. William A. is in business at Detroit, Mich. Albert is employed in Charleston. Myrna E. was educated in Kanawha county and also attended high school at Ripley, Jackson County, and Marshall College in Huntingdon. She taught in the com- mon schools four years and is now a stenog- rapher in the employ of a law firm in Charles- ton. Ruby and Delpha are residing at home. Mr. Fisher and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a stock- holder in the Arbuckle Telephone Company.

GEORGE W. McCLINTIC, a representa- tive member of the bar at Charleston, WV. Va., was born January 14, 1866, in Pocahontas County, W. Va., and is a son of William H. and Mary ( Mathews) McClintic.

The McClintic family is of Scotch extraction and its earliest members in America settled first in Pennsylvania and moved from there to the Valley of Virginia. The family record tells that Robert McClintic served in the Revolu- tionary War and died from the effects of a wound received at the battle of Guilford Court House.

William H. McClintic was born in Bath County, Va., in 1825, and died January 20, 1892. He was a son of Moses and Mary (Daggs) McClintic, both of whom were natives of Virginia, where their lives were spent. They belonged to the Presbyterian church. In his political views Moses McClintic followed

the lead of President Jefferson. Of their fam- ily of five sons and three daughters, two of the latter yet survive. William H. McClintic fol- lowed an agricultural life. He served during the Civil War as a soldier in the 19th Virginia Volunteers, Confederate Army, his first colonel being W. L. Jackson, and his second, Col. Wil- liam P. Thompson, of Wheeling. Mr. McClin- tic participated in much hard fighting but fortu- nately was never either captured or wounded. He was married in Pocahontas County, to Miss Mary Mathews, who was born there and be- longs to one of the old settled families of the Virginia Valley.

The Mathews line of descent from the im- migrant, John Mathews, who came to the American colonies in 1737, to the mother of George W. McClintic, included: Sampson (I), Sampson (2), and Sampson (3), the last named being the father of Mrs. McClintic. Sampson Mathews, Jacob Warwick, and Thomas Edgar, all of whom were men of mili- tary prowess in early days, were grandsires of George W. McClintic.

To William H. McClintic and wife the fol- lowing children were born: Lockhart, who is a graduate of the University of Virginia, is en- gaged in the practice of law at Marlinton; Edgar D., who attended a Virginia college, and is now connected with the Government Assay office at Seattle, Wash .; Hunter H., who died in early manhood; Withrow, who follows farm- ing in Pocahontas County ; and George W. of Charleston.

George W. McClintic was graduated from Roanoke Colloge with his B. A. degree, in the class of 1883, and in the class of 1886, from the law department of the University of Vir- ginia, with his B. L. degree, but as he was yet under age despite his unusual advancement in his studies, he was obliged to wait until 1887 before he could secure admittance to the bar. During 1888 he practiced at Pueblo, Colo., after which he came to Charleston and since then has been identified with one of the leading law firms of the city which now is Mollohan. McClintic & Mathews. This firm does a large general practice and has clients from all parts of the state.

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Charleston to Miss Ethel Knight, who was reared in this city but was educated at other points. She is a daughter of Edward Board- man Knight. Mr. and Mrs. McClintic attend the Presbyterian church. He is prominent in Masonry, being past high priest of Royal Arch Chapter, No. 13; past commander of Kanawha Commandery; past potentate of the Beni- Kedem Temple, and past grand master of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of West Virginia.

IRVIN WOODRUM, who is proprietor of the best general store on Joplin Branch, Lou- don District, Kanawha County, W. Va., was born May 17, 1877, in Boone County, W. Va., a son of Green and Mary Frances (Estep) Woodrum.

Green Woodrum was also born in Boone County and has followed farming all his life and is one of the older residents of his neigh- borhood, having reached his seventy-first year. He was married first to a Miss Griffith and they had three children, William, Robert and Letha, the last named being deceased. He married sec- ondly Mary Frances Estep, who was born in Boone County and was a daughter of James Estep, once a well known farmer there. Six children were born to this marriage, namely : Victoria, who married John Kissinger; Olive, who married Albert Hill: James B .; J. C. Mary Ella, who married E. W. Belcher ; and Irvin of the present record. Mr. Woodrum married for his third wife, Louisa H. Dolan, and they have had eight children, as follows : J. Mc., the only son living; Bertie, Sarah and Isaac, all of whom are deceased; Belle, who married Nicholas Dolin; Virginia C., who married Olie Dolin: Geneva, who married William Miller; and Loria, who married Wil- liam Triplett.

Irvin Woodrum went to work on the rail- road after he was through with his school books and was in the employ of the K. & M. road for three years. In 1904 he embarked in the mercantile business at this point and carries a large and well selected stock, including gen- eral merchandise and groceries and draws trade from the entire district. He owns his building and also has property on Roane Street, West

Charleston. Mr. Woodrum may be justly styled a self made man and what he possesses he has honestly earned through his energy, temperance and industry and well deserves his prosperity.

Mr. Woodrum married Mary Frances Hol- stein, a daughter of L. D. Holstein, a farmer of Boone County, and they have four children, born as follows: Virgie May, Feb. 19, 1903; Annie Marie, Feb. 28, 1905; Margie Elsie, Nov. 4. 1907; Clarence Irvin, May 11, 1911. Mr. Woodrum is identified with the Odd Fel- lows and the American Mechanics.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens, Part 49

Author: Laidley, William Sydney, 1839-1917. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co Number of Pages: 1066

Author: Laidley, William Sydney, 1839-1917. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Richmond-Arnold publishing co
Number of Pages: 1066