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Everett F. Millard attended the public schools of his native locality and was reared to habits of industry. At the tender age of eight years he commenced work at the quarry with his father, and continued working with the elder man until he reached the age of twenty-one years, at which time he embarked upon a career of his own. As he had no capital he sought employment and found it at the Pennsylvania Steel Works, where he was employed for five years, then going to Lebanon County, where in the winter season he dealt in coal and during the rest of the year engaged in lime burning for the local market. Thus he accumulated some capital, and in 1898 came to Martinsburg and, with a younger brother, owned and operated the Standard Stone and Lime Company's quarries for two years. His brother at that time went to California for his health, and Mr. Millard continued to conduct the business alone for ten years, after which he founded the Millard Sand Works plant at Berkeley Springs, of which he has been sole proprietor ever since. He has made this a very successful enterprise, and while so doing has established a reputation for integrity and fair dealing that is proverbial.

Mr. Millard was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Crook, who was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have been born six children: Elizabeth, who is the wife of Frank C. Dunham, superintendent for the E. F. Millard Sand Works, and has four living chil- dren, Everett Millard, Anna Jane, Frank Taylor and Robert L .; Anna, who is the wife of Walter Trout; Frances, who is the wife of C. W. Cline; Jacob F., who married Isabella Dorn and has two children, Elizabeth and an infant; Albert R., who married Portia Salada and has one son, Everett ; and S. Margaret, who is unmarried and resides with her parents. Mr. Millard is a member of the First United Brethren Church, and has served many years as a member of the Official Board thereof.

FRANK PORTER MAXWELL, of Buckhannon, has a state- wide reputation in live stock circles, and stock farming has constituted his life work.

He is the eldest son of Porter and Columbia Virginia (Post) Maxwell. His grandfather was Franklin Maxwell, of Doddridge County, well known as one of West Virginia's most prosperous farmers. His maternal grandparents were Isaac and Emily Post. Mr. Maxwell was born February 8,

1870, on his father's farm, Point View, in Harrison County West Virginia.

He was reared in his native county, attended the publi schools there and also West Virginia University, and thi was subsequently followed with a business course at Adrian Michigan. As a youth he found himself strongly attractei to the live stock feature of farming, and as soon as hi education was completed he actively associated himself with his father. His business for a number of years has beer conducted on a large scale, and he operates several stock farms located in Barbour, Upshur and Randolph counties Mr. Maxwell's live stock are blooded cattle and horses o the thorough bred Morgan strain of Kentucky. His cattl are Hereford, Pollangus and Shorthorn.

Mr. Maxwell is a director of the Traders National Bank of Buckhannon, is a democrat in politics and is one of the generous, successful business men of the state, supporting freely church and charitable undertakings.

On June 20, 1895, he married Reta B. Heavner, daughter of Capt. Jacob W. and Leah Anna (Reger) Heavner. The history of Captain Heavner and his family is given in the following biography. They have one daughter, Virginia Lee Maxwell.

CAPT. JACOB W. HEAVNER, now past the age of four score, is retired, and though long prominently connected with business affairs at Buckhannon his home is on his farm in Upshur County, in the loop of the Buckhannon River. Captain Heavner has been one of the very valuable men to the community and the enterprise of Buckhannon. He represents one of the oldest families in this section of the state, and the family record is one of sturdy patriotism and of enterprise through all the generations.

The family of Heavner is of German origin, and was spelled Havener, and some times Havenor, but from what section of Germany this particular branch of the family came from is not known. The history of the family herein alluded to in America begins with the arrival from Germany of Nicholas Havener, his wife, two sons, Jacob and Fred- erick, and two daughters, Catreen and one whose name is not remembered, some time prior to May 20, 1755, the date on which he made his first purchase of land situate on the southermost branch of the south branch of the Potomac River. The naturalization papers of this Nicholas Havener are still in existence, and plainly show the seal of "Our Sovereign Lord, King George, the third." The date of the instrument is May 18, 1761, which bears also the signature of Fran Farquier, "His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-chief of the Colony and Dominion of Vir- ginia." It is somewhat difficult to determine the correct spelling of the name of the family, for even in the third generation the family seemed to have written almost ex- clusively in German; however, in the first deeds of convey- ance and naturalization papers it was spelled "Havener."

Jacob Havener, eldest son of Nicholas Havener, married Mary Mallow, and it is presumed that she died soon after December 4, 1804, as this is the last date her name appears on any legal instruments made or executed by her husband. There were born to Jacob and Mary (Mallow) Havener eight children, as follows: Nicholas, Adam, Henry Michael, Samuel Peter, Margaret, Mary, Jacob and John.

Nicholas Havener II, son of Jacob and Mary (Mallow) Havener, was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and migrated to what is now known as Upshur County, West Virginia, at a point on the Buck- hannon River, where he purchased a tract of 400 acres of land from George Jackson, lying partly in Harrison and partly in Randolph counties, including the former site of "Bush Fort," near which the residence was erected. He married Mary Props. Nicholas Havener died August 3, 1843, and his wife, May 19, 1841. Their children were: Catherine, wife of John Dean; Polly, wife of Daniel Post; Sarah, wife of George Radabaugh; Elizabeth, wife of John Mowery; Phoebe, wife of Kinsey Ward; Anna, wife of John B. Shreves; Malinda, wife of Jacob M. Harr; Jane, wife of Washington Caplinger; Jacob, born in Pendleton County, February 7, 1801, married Mary Martin; Elias,

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lias Heavner, younger of the two sons, was the father of Xt. Jacob Heavner. He was born as noted, and died Dober 10, 1884. He married in 1829 Elizabeth Hyre, who vi born February 14, 1809, and died August 2, 1902. After Hr marriage they settled on the old homestead in Upshur Anty, and remained there industriously engaged in farm- n and in the duties of good citizenship. Both were very hfnl and active members of the Methodist Church, Elias Avner being a class leader and trustee, and their home always open for the entertainment of ministers of the Hpel. Elias Heavner and wife had a family of one ghter and seven sons, and the only sons to survive early hood were Capt. Jacob W. and Clark W., both of whom still living at Buckhannon.

acob W. Heavner was born January 27, 1841, and during youth he acquired a subscription school education. but the time the Civil war broke out he was suffering m typhoid fever, and as soon as he recovered he volun- red and was commissioned a second lieutenant. Just ore going into service he and his brother and other ruits were captured in a raid made by General Jenkins Buckhannon, and he was held a prisoner from August, 62, until March, 1863. Jacob Heavner after being ex- nged by general order helped organize Company M of Third West Virginia Cavalry, and was elected a first tenant and was with his regiment for two years, par- ipating in the raid on Lynchburg and in the campaigns the Shenandoah Valley under Custer and Sheridan. For cial gallantry he was promoted to captain, and received brevet rank of major, conferred by President Andrew hnson at the close of the war. Captain Heavner was stered out at Wheeling in July, 1865, and soon returned me to take up the duties of earnest citizenship that has istituted him one of the forceful men of Upshur County · over half a century. He organized and was an active mber of G. A. R. Post No. 49 at Buckhannon, and for a mber of years was its commander. In 1869 he was ap- inted by Judge Irving as sheriff of Upshur County, and s twice elected to that office, serving from 1869 to 1876. , has long been a leader in the republican party in his inty, was a delegate to the National Convention of 1884, s an alternate to the convention of 1888, was on the ctoral ticket of 1892, was an alternate delegate in 1900, d in 1904 led the electoral ticket of the state. He was a mber at large and president of the Board of Equaliza- n of the state in 1900.

Captain Heavner has always had farming interests, and a number of years he was in the real estate business Buckhannon and lived in the city for thirteen years, in a me built on the site of the Catholic Hospital. He served director in two railroad companies, and helped organize ree of the banks of the city, was a director of the Buck- nnon Bank, a director and vice president of the Traders tional Bank up to the time he resigned, and a director the People's Bank.

On June 1, 1871, Captain Heavner married Leah Anna ger, who was born at Kingwood, West Virginia, daughter Rev. John W. and Rebecca Anna (Brown) Reger. Her ther was a minister of the Methodist Church and a trus- of West Virginia Wesleyan College. Mrs. Heavner was ucated at Morgantown, and died May 5, 1917. She is rvived by one daughter, Reta B., who is the wife of Frank rter Maxwell of Buckhannon, and they have a daughter, rginia Lee Maxwell.

Captain Heavner and wife were active members of the ethodist Church at Buckhannon, on whose official board served for many years and labored untiringly as superin- ident of the Sunday school and in promoting the general lfare of the church, constantly assisted by his devoted fe. Captain Heavner and Mrs. Heavner were inseparably ked in their love and devotion to their family, and their 'e of home broadened into a devotion to all the good in- rests of the community, loyalty and patriotism being minant characteristics of their lives.

HARRY L. BEARD, M. D., a representative physician gaged in successful general practice at Lewisburg, the

county seat of Greenbrier County, expresses in unostenta- tious and effective service his professional and personal stewardship. He is a native of this county, his birth having occurred September 7, 1869, and he is a scion of one of the old and honored families of Greenbrier County. Here was born his father, John J. Beard, and also his grand- father, Joseph Beard, whose father, William Beard, was the founder of the family in this section. Joseph Beard, a farmer and stock-grower, removed to Pocahontas County just prior to the outbreak of the Civil war, and there he passed the remainder of his life. John J. Beard likewise was a representative of farm industry in the earlier part of his career, and after his removal to Pocahontas County he was there elected clerk of the courts. He served as a soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, in which he was made lieutenant in a cavalry regiment, and he took part in numerous engagements, in one of which, near Winches- ter, he was wounded. He was one of the honored and influential citizens of Pocahontas County at the time of his death, in 1898. His wife was Minerva A. Edmiston. Of their three children two are living.

Doctor Beard was reared in Pocahontas County. He advanced his education along academic lines by attending Hillsboro Academy, the University of West Virginia and the historic old University of Virginia. While a student at the last named institution, in 1891, he entered its medical department, and in the same he was graduated as a member of the class of 1893. After thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he entered the United States marine-hospital service at New Orleans, and while there , holding the position of interne he gained most valuable clinical experience. In 1895 he returned to Lewisburg, where he has since continued in the active practice of his profession and where, in years of consecutive practice, he now has priority as the next oldest physician of the city. When the nation became involved in the World war Doctor Beard promptly tendered his services by entering the medical corps of the United States Army, his preliminary training having been received at Camp Greenleaf, at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Thereafter he was stationed in turn at Camps Hill and Stuart. In May, 1918, he entered active service as ship's surgeon on a transport assigned to the conveying of troops from the United States to France, and he continued his service iu this important capacity until the close of the war.

Doctor Beard has been a close student of the best standard and periodical literature of his profession, has taken various post-graduate courses and has kept in close touch with the advances made in medical and surgical science. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and as a citizen he is loyal and public-spirited.

JOHN K. HOBAUGH. Prominent among the men whose activities are felt in the coal mining industry of Wyoming County is John K. Hobaugh, superintendent of the Miller Pocahontas Coal Company at Corinne, one mile east of Mullens, on the Winding Gulf branch of the Virginia Rail- road. Practically his entire life has been passed in this industry, with all the details of which he is thoroughly familiar. He was born at Sunnyside, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1877, and is a son of David and Nancy (Kelley) Hobaugh,

David Hobangh spent his life in connection with mining in Pennsylvania, and died in 1914, when sixty-four years of age, his wife having passed away in 1902, at the age of fifty-two years. One of the men of integrity, who had the full confidence of his fellow-citizens, he served capably for a number of years as justice of the peace and wielded an influence for good in his community. He was active in both church and Sunday School work, as was his worthy wife, both being of the Methodist faith. Fraternally Mr. Hobaugh was identified with the Senior Order of United American Mechanics and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. There were four sons and three danghters in the family. One of the sons, H. R. Hobaugh, was for a few years identified with the West Virginia mines, being a fore- man in the mines at Mount Hope and also acting in the same capacity on the White Oak branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

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John K. Hohaugh attended the public schools of Sunny- side, Pennsylvania, and later supplemented his education with a course on mining subjects received through the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsyl- vania. When still a boy he began to help his father in the mines, and passed through all the positions in his upward climb, being successively a trapper, coal miner, fire boss, foreman and superintendent in Pennsylvania before he came to West Virginia, in February, 1913. At that time he came to Fayette County and was superintendent of the Summer-Lee and Lochgalley mines, owned by the New River Coal Company, a concern with which he remained for five years, then becoming superintendent of the McKell Com- pany mines for two years. When he left that company it was to join the Miller Pocahontas Coal Company, which is connected with the Deegans interests, and during his superintendeney many improvements have been made in the way of equipment and general conditions. Mr. Hobaugh has always been sensible of the value of education, and built the schoolhouse at Corinne and the one at Monticello. Corinne has become, largely through his efforts, a model coal camp, and was recently incorporated with a full set of officers. Mr. Hobaugh is a member of the Senior Order of United American Mechanics, the Knights of Malta and the Loyal Order of Moose. He is a republican in politics, and is progressive in action and in ideas.

In 1917 Mr. Hobaugh married Miss Ada Newman, a daughter of Asa Newman.

PATRICK JOSEPH CROGAN has been a Kingwood lawyer just forty years. He gained his early practice slowly but steadily, and now for many years his reputation as an able lawyer has been widely extended over the state.

The Crogaus have been in Preston County since prior to the Civil war, when his parents, James and Rose (Doyle) Crogan, settled here on coming from Mount Savage, Mary- land, where they were married. Both were natives of County Roscommon, Ireland. They settled on a farm near Newburg, where James Crogan died in 1858. The widowed mother survived to the ripe old age of eighty. They had four children: John F., who occupies the old farm at Newburg; James C., who was a railroad man and died at Cumberland, Maryland, where he left a family; Hubert A., a railroad man who died unmarried in Texas; and Patrick J.

Patrick J. Crogan was born June 17, 1856, in Preston County, and as a youth lived on the farm with his mother. He acquired a high school education at Newburg, and at the age of seventeen became a country schoolmaster. Later he taught in graded schools, and for the last two years was principal of the Newburg School. While teaching he studied law in the office of the late John W. Mason, of Grafton, West Virginia, and in 1881 was admitted to the bar at Kingwood. His examination committee consisted of three distinguished judges, A. F. Haymond, judge of the Supreme Conrt of Appeals; C. P. T. Moore, judge of the Supreme Court; and William T. Ice, judge of the Circuit Court of Preston County. Mr. Crogan was just twenty-five years of age when he opened his law office at Kingwood in October, 1881. He was an infant when his father died, and he had early learned self reliance and industry, and these qualities, plus a sound intelligence and good character, brought him to the real work of his profession at a comparatively early age. He practiced alone, and for many years his practice was of a general nature, but in late years he has handled a great deal of work for corporations. Many times he has appeared in defense of men charged with crime. As one of the able lawyers of the state he was elected president of the West Virginia Bar Association in 1897, and is also a member of the American Bar Association.

In addition to his law practice Mr. Crogan is president of the Bank of Kingwood. Unlike many lawyers, he has avoided politics as an incident of his profession, being satisfied to cast his vote intelligently. He first voted for General Hancock as a democratic presidential candidate, and is nominally democratic, though he did not agree with financial policies of Mr. Bryan when he was a candidate.

On September 15, 1886, Mr. Crogan married Miss Ella M. Fawcett. She was born in Preston County, daughter of

Charles W. and Margaret (Herndon) Fawcett, also natives of Preston County. Her father was a Kingwood merchant, Besides Mrs. Crogan his children were: Mrs. Mallie F. Parkhurst, of Charleston; Miss Mamie, of Kingwood; Mrs. Bess F. Shaffer, of Kingwood; and J. William, who died at Wheeling and left a family.

Of Mr. Crogan's attainments as a lawyer, one who has watched his course for a quarter of a century estimates him as one of the strong and able men of the Preston County har, with a high reputation in the State and Federal courts, in which he has enjoyed and still enjoys an extensive prac- tice. Undoubtedly he is one of the ablest lawyers of the state, and has made an enviable reputation both in the crim- inal and civil branches and by his ability as a corporation lawyer. He is a clear, cogent and convincing debater both orally and by written brief, and his sound and thorough knowledge of the law extends to practically all its branches.

LOCKHART MATHEWS MCCLINTIO. One of the repre- sentative men of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, prominent in financial circles, a leader of the bar and influential in political life, is Lockhart Mathews McClintic, president of the First National Bank of Marlinton. In his ancestry he is connected with some of the oldest and most substantial families of the South.

Mr. McClintie was born at Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 12, 1860. His parents were William H. and Mary A. (Mathews) MeClintic, the former of whom was born in Bath County, Virginia, August 8, 1825, and was a son of Moses MeClintic, at one time an extensive planter in Bath County. William H. McClintic had educational ad- vantages, and was a well informed, clear-headed man. He remained with his parents until after his marriage, when he and his wife came to Pocahontas. County, West Virginia. For a few years they lived at Mill Point, and then settled permanently at Buckeye, where, after distinguished serviees in the war between the states, he followed farming and stockraising for many years. During the above war he was a member of Capt. J. W. Marshall's company in the Con- federate Army. A man of honest purpose and exemplary life, he was much respected. His death occurred at Buckeye on January 20, 1892.

In 1859 William H. MeClintic married Mary A. Mathews, who was the only child of Sampson L. and Nancy (Edgar) Mathews. The mother of Sampson L. Mathews was a member of the Warwick family. He was the first surveyor of Pocahontas County, and for a number of years was a member of the County Court. The mother of Mrs. McClintic belonged to the notable Edgar family that at one time owned the land on which now stands Ronceverte in Green- brier County. To William H. MeClintic and his wife five children were born: Lockhart Mathews; Edgar D., who is a resident of Seattle, Washington; Henry Hunter, who is deceased; Withrow, who resides on the old home place at Buckeye; and George W., who is judge of the Southern West Virginia Federal District.

Lockhart Mathews MeClintic was primarily educated in the common schools, then entered Roanoke College, at Salem, Virginia, from which institution he was graduated in 1881 and then became a student of law in the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1885, and ever since has maintained his home at Marlinton. He served three terms as prosecuting attorney of Pocahontas County, and during this time assisted greatly in having the county seat removed from Huntersville to Marlinton. He has filled other public offices with like efficiency, being a member of the City Council in the difficult days when Marlinton was first incorporated, and more recently has served in the State Legislature. Aside from his profession he has large financial interests in the county, and his high standing in his home city is indicated by his position as president of the First National Bank.

Mr. MeClintie married, December 5, 1885, Miss Allie N. Slaven, and they have had four children: Mary Margaret, John H., George L. and Alice J., all surviving except George L., who died at the age of twelve years. Mr. MeClintic and his family belong to the Presbyterian Church. He has always been a loyal democrat in politics and a de-

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pendable and effective worker for the party. Mr. McClintic is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER HESLEP, M. D. The wealthy and cultured community of St. Albans will long cherish the memory of the late Dr. W. A. Heslep for the talents and high character he devoted to his profession as a physician and surgeon there for over twenty years. Undoubtedly he was one of the best known and best loved men in that sec- tion of Kanawha County.

Death claimed him while he was still busy with his labors, on July 20, 1919. He was then in his sixty-second year, having been born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, August 31, 1857. His father died during Civil war, and Doctor Heslep stood face to face with serious responsibility when he was still a child. He cared for his mother during her later years. As a youth he learned the carpenter's trade. He married Miss Cora Mahood, of Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. Soon after his marriage he took up the study of mediciue, entering Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1892.

Doctor Heslep practiced for several years at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, and in 1896 removed to St. Albans, where until his death his time and enthusiasm were com- pletely devoted to his professional work. He enjoyed a large and lucrative practice, and was an active member of all the medical societies. While busy with his profession he was interested in civic affairs, and while not a seeker for office he rendered much service that was really for the good of the community. He was a democrat, a Baptist, was taking the Scottish Rite degrees in Masonry at the time of his death, and was also a member of the Knights of Pythias.

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