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Mr. Clifford waa born at Clarksburg, West Virginia, Octo- ber 5, 1889, and ia a aon of James Philip and Calore Virginia (Stout) Clifford, and a grandson of James and Sarah (Ruddy) Clifford. The grandparenta were nativea of County Mayo, Ireland, but the greater part of their lives were spent in Harrison County, West Virginia. In this county their son, Jamea Philip Clifford, was born in 1858, and died at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1898. For many years he had been aucceaa- fully engaged in the practice of law at Clarksburg, being a graduate of Rock Hill College, in the State of Maryland, and of the University of Virginia, earning hia degree of Bachelor of Arts in the former institution and of Bachelor of Law in the latter. He waa prominent and influential in republican politica, and served four yeare in the office of county prosecut- ing attorney.

James Philip Clifford married Miss Calore Virginia Stout, who died in Tucson, Arizona, in 1912. She was a member of one of the large and highly respected old families of Harrison County. Mr. and Mra. Clifford became the parents of four children: Lucy Clare, now Mrs. M. O. Bond; James Philip, of Clarksburg; Charles Patterson, of Wheeling, West Vir- ginia; and Mary Ruddy Clifford, residing with her aiater, Mrs. Bond. Mr. Clifford waa a faithful Catholic.

James Philip Clifford not only bears his father's honored name but has followed in hia professional footsteps. After attending Broaddus Institute at Clarksburg, he entered Rock

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Hill College, as did his father, from which he was graduated with the degree of A. B., then entered Harvard University, where he won his degree of LL. B. in 1912, was admitted to the West Virginia bar and in the same year began the practice of his profession at Clarksburg and has rapidly forged his way to the front.

In 1913 Mr. Clifford married Miss Georgie B. Edmiston, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, who is a granddaughter of Hon. Mathew Edmiston, who for several years was a Supreme Court judge in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford have two daughters: Mary Virginia and Catherine Calore.

Active as a citizen, Mr. Clifford is ever watchful concerning the best interests of Clarksburg and is influential in many directions, but in an unofficial capacity, for he has never con- seated to serve in a public one. He is identified with several law associations and is a member of the order of Knights of Columbus.

ANTHONY T. MORRIS (Dedicated to the Memory of my Father and Mother-Pressley D. Morris). For many years a member of the Wetzel County bar, Anthony T. Morris was also a successful farmer and stockman, and was a dutiful soldier of the Union during the Civil War. He and his good wife reared a large family of children, and these sons and daughters honor their parents even more for their character than for the material achievements of their lives.

He was born in Wetzel County December 11, 1846, son of Micah A. and Elizabeth (Smith) Morris. He was only fourteen when the Civil War broke out, but on August 11, 1864, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted as a private in Com- pany P of the 6th West Virginia Infantry and served until honorably discharged June 10, 1865. Anthony Morris after the war took up farming and stock raising and developed extensive interests in that line. In the meantime he also became associated with public affairs in the county, and this led to the study of law, and in 1882 he was admitted to the bar, and from that year enjoyed an extensive practice in all the local courts until his death which occurred August 26, 1906. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Center District in 1876 and was re-elected in 1880, but resigned two years later. He was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

March 22, 1865, Anthony T. Morris married Tabitha E. DuLancy. Of their children the oldest was Franklin M., born January 4, 1866, and died May 4, 1876. The second Sylvania, bora May 9, 1868, died July 23, 1873. Amanda A., the oldest now living was born July 22, 1870, and is the wife of William C. Mayhall, a hotel proprietor of New Martinsville. Florence E., born January 20, 1873, died March 2, 1873. The oldest living son is Pressley D. Morris, now Judge of the Second Judicial District and whose successful career as a lawyer and jurist is noted elsewhere. Mary E. was born October 7, 1876, and died December 8, 1904. Clark J., born January 21, 1879, is in the oil business at Bristow, Oklahoma. Eliza J., born September 22, 1881, is the wife of Dallas Clark, a merchant of Wetzel County. Riley J., bora April 3, 1884, is a farmer at Maud in Wetzel County. Cynthia, born October 10, 1888, is the wife of Wilbur Brown, a merchant at Pine Grove in Wetzel County, and who was a sergeant of Infantry during the World War, being in France six months. Romeo, born November 6. 1895, is an oil field worker at Bristow, Oklahoma.

Another son, Newman A. Morris, born December 11, 1891, is one of the honored soldier dead of Wetzel County. He went to Camp Lee at Petersburg, Virginia, with his West Virginia comrades on September 19, 1917, was assigned to duty with the 314th Field Artillery and on December 20, 1917, was transferred to Company C, Eighth Machine Gun Battalion at Camp Green, South Carolina, where he was in training until March, 1918, when he went overseas. He was put on front line duty June 1, 1918, and was in the major offensives of the Aisne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and on July 15, 1918, at Chateau Thierry was wounded, sustaining a compound fracture of the leg and was taken to a base hospital and died in the American Red Cross Hospital No. 2 at Paris September 27, 1918. He was buried at Saresnes, France, a suburb of Paris, but his body was returned to the United States August 25, 1921, and is now at rest beside his father and mother at Limestone cemetery ia Wetzel County. The mother died January 9,

1919, within three months after receiving news of her son death.

The following letter was sent to the mother of Newma Morris by Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, nurse at America Red Cross Hospital No. 2.

Military Hospital No. 2, September 30th, 1918.

Pvt. Newman Morris

No. 554034, 8 M. G. Co. American E. F.

(Tabitha Morris, Maud, W. Va.)

Dear Mrs. Morris:

I cannot possibly express to you my sorrow and my sym pathy for you in the death of your dear and splendid 801 Newman.

Truly "greater love hath no man than this that he la; down his life for his friends." For two or three weeks w had been deeply concerned about your son, and you may fee perfectly sure that everything known in surgical science wa done for him. Everyone loved him, and nurses and doctor and orderlies were only too glad to do anything which they could for him. The infection from the wound was too strong and though his strength was wonderful, it was not adequate to resist.

A week ago they amputated his leg; it was the one chance to save him, He was most anxious to keep this from you and he and I talked about it and agreed that when he got home you would be so glad to see him that you would not mind about the leg, but that if I should write about it before hand you would feel so badly for him that it would worry you too much. His thought was of you always. He told me after the amputation that he could bear such a thing better than many of the men because he was so placed in life that he would not have to go out and work but could be useful at home and be taken care of. He had the bravest heart and never complained; he would always answer when I asked him how he felt, "I'm getting on alright, just a little pain in my leg."

A few days before he died they moved him into a room by himself. A big vase of flowers was on a table near him, placed 80 that he could look at them, and he was as comfortable as was possible. He kept up his courage and had hope that he would recover up to the last, although he knew he was fighting for his life. He became delirious and unconscious several hours before the end so he was spared that suffering.

He spoke again to me during his last days about not writing to you that he had lost his leg, and I assured him that I would not and he said again that it would be easier for you if he told you himself. The doctors found that the infection was so general all through his body that recovery was abso- lutely impossible.

I send you a little blue flower from those which lay on his coffin; the others were chrysanthemums and some white roses and lilies. The American flag covered the coffin and he lies in the cemetery at Saresnes, just outside Paris, besides many of his comrades who also gave their lives for the greatest cause men have ever fought and died for.

Dear Mrs. Morris believe that you have the deepest and most sincere sympathy of all of us who knew your brave son.

Faithfully yours, Mrs. Wm. Barclay Parsons. American Red Cross Home Communications Service.

PRESSLEY D. MORRIS, Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of West Virginia, has been a member of the New Martinsville bar for over twenty years. He was born in Wetzel County February 15, 1874, and as he grew to manhood he not only had the advantages of good schools but derived even greater strength from the enobling influences from hia father and mother. At the age of twenty he began teaching, and for four years was a teacher in the Wetzel County public schools. In the meantime he attended West Virginia University Law School, was admitted to the bar, and in the spring of 1899 began practice at New Martinsville. He was associated with his father in a growing professional practice until the death of the latter in 1906. At that time he formed a partnership with his cousin Moses R. Morris and this firm continued until January 1, 1913.

Mr. Morris was elected Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit

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Jelitha morris

Dedicated to the memory of his father and mother. By their son, P. D. Morris.

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LNovember, 1912. This Circuit then comprised the coun- En of Doddridge, Wetzel and Tyler. In November, 1920, he w3 re-elected for a second term of eight years, and in the cantime the Second Judicial District has been reformed and asista of Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel counties. For six re before his elevation to the bench he was Commissioner Chancery for Wetzel County. On the bench or as a private zen Judge Morria has had a career associated with impor- uit usefulness throughout Wetzel County. He is kindly, a pical lawyer, and with a thorough talent for leadership. I ring the World war he was chairman of the Legal Advisory fard for the County, made speeches in behalf of the various vea throughout the county, and his natural inclination for riotic activity was supplemented by the deep interest he : because of the service of his brother and other members his family.

Tudge Morris is a Republican, is a Deacon of the Baptist urch, a member of the West Virginia Bar Association and Affiliated with Wetzel Lodge No. 39, F. & A. M., Magnolia dge No. 42 Independent Order of Odd Fellowa, and New srtinsville Lodge Loyal Order of Moose.

In 1895 in Wetzel County at Wileyville Judge Morris .rried Miss Virginia Nancy Barr, who was born June 24, 73, daughter of Michael and Nancy (Morgan) Barr. Her ther lives at Kingtown in Wetzel County and her father, o died there was a farmer and flour miller. Michael Barr 8 born in Marion County, West Virginia, November 15, 36, and was thirteen years of age when his parents, Nicholas d Sarah (Jones) Barr, moved to Wetzel County where he s reared and where he married, March 13, 1860. The chil- en of Michael and Nancy Barr were: Nicholaa, born March 1861, who ia unmarried and ia a farmer living with his other at Kingtown; Achilles, born June 7, 1862, a farmer at ngtown; Roland, born September 30, 1863, a merchant at ngtown; Eliza, born July 30, 1865, wife of William Little, reman for the Carnegie Natural Gas Company, living at ue in Tyler County; Sarah M., born June 19, 1867, who ea at Uniontown in Wetzel County, widow of John Lavelle, 10 was a merchant and farmer there; Samuel, born July 4, 69, a farmer at Kingtown; Mary B., born April 20, 1871, fe of George Phillips, a farmer at Newark, Ohio; Nancy rginia, Mrs. Morria; Delia E., born May 5, 1875, wife of r. McGilvery, a lumber merchant at Cleveland, Ohio; aria, born May 1, 1878; John, born September 19, 1880; d Samantha. born May 24, 1883, and died May 31, 1883. Judge and Mrs. Morris are the parents of eight children. a, who is official court reporter of the Second Judicial Cir- it is the wife of Patrick Barr, a special policeman with the altimore & Ohio Railroad and they live with Judge and ra. Morris. Russell A., who served in the Navy during the orld war, is an oil operator at Cisco, Texas. Warren F., ho was in the officers training camp of the University of eat Virginia, ia still a atudent at the University, preparing r the law; he married Goldie Brooks of Mannington, 'est Virginia. Thomas W. is a student in the Mountain ate Business College at Parkersburg. Michael D. and ugene R. are both in the Magnolia High School at New artinsville. The two younger children are Chester and oses T., attending the public schools of Martinsville.

GEORGE W. BISHOP, general manager of the Williamson upply Company, one of the leading business concerns in the ity of Williamson, Mingo County, was born at Powell, elaware County, Ohio, March 30, 1888, and is a son of ames and Julia (Britton) Bishop, both likewise natives the Buckeye State and both of English ancestry, the 'iginal American representative of the Bishop family hav- g come from England and settled in Virginia. James ishop has been one of the representative farmers of elaware County, Ohio, and is a substantial citizen who as always taken loyal interest in community affairs, ha aving served as a member of the school board and having eld other positions of local trust.

In the public schools of his native county George W. ishop continued his studies until he had profited by the advantages of the Powell High School, and thereafter he as for three years a student in Bliss College at Columbus, hio, where he took both academic and business courses. He

then, at the age of eighteen years, found employment in the transportation department of the Norfolk & Western Rall- road, in its terminal offices at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained aix montha. He was then transferred to Bluefield, West Virginia, where for aix months he was chief clerk in the office of the trainmaster. He then, in 1906, accepted a position with the Superior Supply Company at Blucfield, with which concern he remained eight years and with which he eventually won advancement to the position of assistant general manager. In 1921, at the organization of the Wil- liamson Supply Company, Mr. Bishop became treasurer and general manager of the new corporation, and his long experience in this line of enterprise, combined with bia ex- ceptional initiative and executive ability, is proving potent in the developing of the substantial and important business for the company. He is president of the local organization of the National Association of Credit Men, is vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, is one of the progressive and valued members of the Kiwania Club at Williamson, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church.

At Bristol, Tennessee, in 1907, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bishop and Miss Hazel Shumate, a daugh- ter of John and Nancy Margaret (Roberts) Shumate, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have one son, George W., Jr.

SPOTSWOOD H. GOODLOE. Prominent among those who have contributed to the business growth and development of Mingo County is Spotswood H. Goodloe of Williamson. As a business man, in scope of comprehension, in breadth of action and energy of administration, he ranks with the lead- ers of his day and community. During a carcer that is just attaining its fullest fruition he has been identified with a number of enterprises, all of which have been benefited by his natural ability, irresistible energy and versatility of thought and action.

Mr. Goodloe was born February 1, 1880, at Greenfield, Virginia, a son of A. M. and Jennie R. (Page) Goodloe, natives of Virginia. He belongs to an old Virginia family and is of Scotch and English descent. A. M. Goodloe in early life was engaged in railroad contracting, and built a part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, but later turned his attention to farming, in which he spent his last years. During the war between the states he fought in the ranks of the Confederate army and established a splendid record for bravery and faithful performance of duty. A great friend of education, he interested himself actively in spread- ing the influence of the public school aystem, and all worthy religious and charitable movements likewise received his support. In civic affairs he was constructive, and in every way he was a valuable man in the life of his community.

Spotswood H. Goodloe attended the graded and high schools at Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and upon the completion of his studies, when he was sixteen years of age, secured employment in the general store of an uncle, T. B. Goodloe, at Afton, Virginia. He remained with his uncle for two years and then went to Red Jacket, West Virginia, to work for the old Logan Coal Company, now known as the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal Company. He remained with this concern for about aix years at the different points where operations were being carried on, and for two and one-half years was clerk and assistant store manager at Red Jacket and later at Thacker. He next joined the Roanoke Coal and Coke Company, as purchasing agent, a position which he filled for about five years, and in 1903 joined the Vulcan Coal Company as purchasing agent, remaining with that concern until 1909. In that year he came to Williamson, West Virginia, to look after some interests which he had at this point. During the years he had been with the Vulcan Coal Company he had embarked in the men's furnishing goods and clothing business at Williamson, placing his brother in charge, and on locating at Williamson he added to his interests by establishing himself in the real estate business, acquiring coal properties and selling them. He was thus engaged until 1916, when he entered the coal busi- ness and organized the Wilhelmina Coal Company and the

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East Williamson Land Company. About this time he with his brother, H. A. Goodloe, of Williamson, West Virginia, sold a large tract of land, about 5,000 acres, in Kentucky, a transaction that proved very profitable. In 1919 he was the organizer of the Pond Creek By-Product Coal Company, which was later sold to the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, and in 1920 he organized the Knox Creek Coal Company, which he still controls with its accompanying 1,800 acres of coal lands. Mr. Goodloe was also the organ- izer in 1918 of the Kirkland Coal Company in Mingo County. In December, 1921, he effected the consolidation of the Wilhelmina Coal Company and the East Williamson Land Company, which took the new name of Wilhelmina Collieries Company. In 1920 he purchased the West Virginia By- Products Company, and in the same year sold the same company to some Williamson business men. He also organ- ized the Leckieville Land Company, a holding company.

At the present time Mr. Goodloe is president of the West Virginia By-Products Company, the Knox Creek Coal Company, the Kirkland Coal Company, and is secretary and treasurer of the Wilhelmina Collieries Company. His record as a business man has been one which reflects the greatest credit upon his integrity and business ideals, for the huge interests that he controls have all been fostered and developed in a strictly legitimate way and have attained their prosperity under his capable and entirely above-board direction. Mr. Goodloe is a Presbyterian in his religious faith and a supporter of worthy church movements. Like- wise he takes an active part in the civic life of his com- munity, and his name has been identified with a number of progressive and constructive enterprises. As a fraternalist he is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Knight Templar, and as a clubman belongs to the Kiwanis and Old Colony clubs.

In 1914, at Roanoke, Virginia, Mr. Goodloe was united in marriage with Miss Willie Charlton Goodykoontz, daugh- ter of William and Lucinda (Woolwine) Goodykoontz, na- tives of Virginia and prominent agricultural people, and sister of Hon William Goodykoontz, member of Congress from this district. Mr. and Mrs. Goodloe are the parents of one son, William Spotswood, who was born in 1920.

JOHN GUY PRICHARD, who is established in successful prac- tice at Fairmont, judicial center of Marion County, has made a record that marks him as one of the representative members of the bar of his native county. He was born in Paw Paw District, this county, March 24, 1879, and is a son of Alfred S. and Sarah E. (Cunningham) Prichard, both likewise natives of Marion County, the father having been born in March, 1849, and having died in December, 1915. Alfred S. Prichard devoted his attention to farm industry until his removal to Fairmont, where he continued to be engaged in business pursuits until the close of his life. His wife, who was born in 1854, and died in 1915, was a daughter of Fielding Cunningham, an early settler and prominent citizen of Marion County.

John Guy Prichard after availing himself of the advantages of the public schools of Fairmont entered the State Normal School in this city, and in the same he was graduated in 1901. In 1906 he was graduated in the law department of the University of West Virginia, and after thus receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws he took a post-graduate course in the law school of Harvard University, 1906-7. In 1907 he engaged in the practice of his profession at Fairmont, and his success has been unequivocal, his practice now extending into the State and Federal Courts of West Virginia. He served two terms, 1913-1915, as clerk of the House of Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature, was chairman of the Marion County Republican Committee in 1912, and in 1914 was chairman of the Republican Committee of the First Con- gressional District. His clientage is of important order, and hie practice has specially to do with industrial interests in this section of the state. Since 1915 Mr. Prichard has been executive secretary of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association and also a member of the advisory committee of the National Industrial Council. He is likewise a member of the executive committee of the National Conference of State Manufacturers Associations.

In the World war period Mr. Prichard was active and

influential in the furtherance of patriotic work, especia in promoting the sales of the Government war bonds a Red Cross interests. He is affiliated with the Knights Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and t Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, besides which holds membership in the local Rotary Club, Country Cl and Fort Henry Club. His wife, whose maiden name w Mayme E. Wertz, was born at Huntington, this state, and a daughter of Harry and Ida B. (Shifflett) Wertz, the form of whom is deceased and the latter of whom resides at Fs mont. Mr. and Mrs. Prichard are members of the Method Episcopal Church, South.

DAVID J. CARTER has achieved prominence at the bar his native county, Harrison, where the Carter family h been one of substantial prominence for nearly a century.

Mr. Carter was born August 19, 1879. He is a son Robert Marion Carter, who was born in 1856 on a farm ne: Marshville, and spent all his active life on that homestea He was a substantial farmer, also interested in banking : Salem, and fully maintained the honorable traditions of th family. He married Mary Rebecca Ritter, who was bor near Salem, West Virginia, in 1860. She died in 191 Both he and his wife early in life united with the Bapti Church.

David J. Carter, the oldest in a family of seven children was born and reared on a farm, acquired a common schoc education, supplemented by the advantages of Salem Co lege, later the State Normal School at Fairmont, and too both the literary and law courses in West Virginia Universit at Morgantown. Mr. Carter was admitted to the bar i 1906, and immediately began practice at Clarksburg. He i senior member of the law firm of Carter and Sheets. MI Carter is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and a member o the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the Elks.

On October 19, 1910, he married Blanch Opal Hardesty daughter of Robert R. Hardesty, of Shinnston in Harrison County.

JAMES CLIFFORD MOMANAWAY, who is engaged in the practice of law at Clarksburg, with offices in the Goff Build ing, is one of the representative lawyers of the younger generation in his native city and county, which he likewise honored by his loyal service with the American Expedi tionary Forces in France during the World war period.

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