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3. William T. Ice, Philippi.
4. Thomas I. Stealey, Middlebourne.
5. James Monroe Jackson, Parkersburg,
Resigned August 15, 1888, Governor appointed John G. McCluer, Parkersburg.
(+). T. W. Harrison contested. Governor appointed as Court James Morrow, Jr , and Chas. C. Cole, who dismissed petition of Harrison.
(*). George Loomis contested. Governor appointed Benjamin H. Smith, Robert S. Brown and Samuel Woods as Special Court, who dismissed petition of Loomis, contestant.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
6. Robert F. Fleming,
7. Frank A. Guthrie,
8. Ira J. McGinnis,
9. David E. Johnston,
10. Homer A. Holt,
Ravenswood. Point Pleasant. Huntington. Princeton. Lewisburg.
11. Henry Brannon, Weston. 12. James D. Armstrong, Moorefield. Martinsburg,
13. Charles J. Faulkner, Resigned for United States Senate. Governor appointed May 9, 1887, Frank Beckwith, Charlestown.
Elected Nov. 6, 1888, for Eight Years from Jan. 1, 1889.
1. John A Campbell, J. R. Paull, Wheeling.
New Cumberland.
2. J. Marshall Hagans, Morgantown. 3. Joseph T. Hoke, Kingwood. 4. T. Perry Jacobs, New Martinsville. 5. Arthur I. Boreman, Parkersburg. 6. Virgil S. Armstrong, Ripley. 7. Frank A. Guthrie, Point Pleasant. 8. Thomas H. Harvey, Huntington. Princeton. Union.
9. R. C. McClaugherty, 10. A. Nelson Campbell,
11. W. G. Bennett, Weston. Moorefield.
12. James D. Armstrong,
13. J. S. Duckwall, Berkeley Springs.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
Counties Forming Judicial Circuits from June 20, 1863 to January 1, 1869.
1. Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall.
2. Monongalia, Preston, Tucker and Taylor.
3. Marion, Harrison and Barbour.
4. Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Ritchie, Doddridge and Gilmer.
5. Randolph, Upshur, Lewis, Braxton Webster and Nicholas.
6. Wood, Wirt, Calhoun, Roane, Jackson and Clay.
7. Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and Fayette.
8. Cabell, Wayne, Boone, Logan, Wyoming and Raleigh.
9. Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Monroe, Mercer and McDowell.
10. Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire and Morgan.
11. Berkeley and Jefferson.
Legislature may, at end of five years, increase or diminish the number of Circuit Judges held for six years.
Judicial Circuits by Counties on and after January 1, 1869. Election to take place fourth Thursday in October, 1868. Present Judges to continue in old Circuits until January, 1869.
1. Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall.
2. Wetzel, Tyler, Doddridge and Ritchie.
3. Monongalia, Preston, Taylor and Tucker.
4. Marion, Harrison, Barbour and Randolph.
5. Mineral, Hardy, Grant and Pendleton.
6. Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire.
7. Monroe, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Nicholas and Summers.
8. Lewis, Braxton, Clay, Upshur and Webster ..
9. Wood, Wirt and Pleasants.
10. Jackson, Roane, Calhoun and Gilmer.
11. Kanawha, Mason and Putnam.
12. Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Logan and Boone.
13. Fayette, Raleigh, Mercer, McDowell and Wyoming.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
Counties Forming Judicial Circuits Jan. 1, 1873 to Jan. 1, 1881.
1. Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall.
2. Wetzel, Marion, Monongalia, Taylor, Doddridge and Har- rison.
3. Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan.
4. Hampshire, Mineral, Grant, Hardy and Pendleton.
5. Tyler, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood, Wirt and Calhoun.
6: Randolph, Tucker, Barbour, Lewis, Webster, Preston and Upshur.
7. Jackson, Roane, Putnam, Kanawha and Mason.
8. Greenbrier, Monroe, Fayette, Summers, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Braxton.
9. Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Mercer, and McDowell.
The Constitution of 1872 provided that after the census of 1880, the Legislature might increase the circuits beyond nine.
Counties Forming Judicial Circuits Since January 1, 1881.
1. Hancock, Ohio, Marshall and Brooke.
2. Harrison, Monongalia and Marion.
3. Preston, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker and Randolph.
4. Wetzel, Tyler, Ritchie and Doddridge.
5. Wood, Wirt and Pleasants.
6. Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Roane and Calhoun.
7. Putnam, Kanawha and Mason. 1
8. Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Logan.
9. Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh and Boone.
10. Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers, Fayette and Pocahontas.
11. Upshur, Lewis, Braxton, Nicholas and Webster.
12. Grant, Hardy, Hampshire, Mineral and Pendleton.
13. Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
RESTORED GOVERNMENT CONVENTION.
Members of the Convention of Virginia to Restore and Reorgan- ize the State Government; Began Session June 11, 1861, in Washington Hall; then in the Court Room of the United States Custom House at Wheeling; Adjourned June 25; Reassem- bled August 6, and Adjourned August 21.
D. B. Dorsey, of Monongalia, Temporary Chairman.
G. L. Cranmer, of Ohio, Temporary Secretary. Arthur I. Boreman, of Wood, Permanent President.
G. L. Cranmer, of Ohio, Permanent Secretary. Thomas Hornbrook, of Ohio, Sergeant-at-Arms.
MEMBERS' NAME
COUNTY.
REMARKS
Atkinson, John H.
Barnes, John S.
Barrack, James I.
Berkshire, Ralph L
Boreman, Arthur I
Boreman, William I
Bowen, Lot.
Bowyer, George C.
Burley, James
Brumfield, W. W.
Broski, George W
Brown, John J
Burdett, John S
Caldwell, E. H
Carlile, John S.
Carskadon, James.
Cather, Thomas.
Close, James Titus.
Copley, William. Crane, Samuel,
Seated June 13.
Crane, William B.
Crawford, William L.
Crothers, H. W ..
Davidson, Lemuel E.
Davis John J.
Dayton, Spencer.
Dorsey, D. B ..
Douglass, William H.
Hancock. Marion. Hampshire. Monongalia. Wood. Tyler. Harrison. Putnam. Marshall. Wayne. Hampshire. Preston. Taylor Marshall. Harrison. Hampshire. Monongalia. Alexandria- Wayne. Tucker. Preston. Hancock. Brooke. Taylor. Harrison. Barbour. Monongalia. Ritchie.
Resigned August 10. Seated August 12. Seated August 7.
Seated August 7.
Seated June 13. Displaced June 14 by N. H. Taft.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
MEMBERS' NAME.
COUNTY.
REMARKS.
Downey, Owen D.
Evans, James ..
Farnsworth, Dan D. T.
Fast, Richard.
Ferrell, James P.
Fleming, Solomon S.
Flesher, Andrew
Foley, James A.
Frost. Daniel
Gist, Joseph.
Graham, E. T ..
Hagans, Harrison
Hale, P. M
Hall, Ephraim B
Hall, John
Harrison, George
Hawxhurst, John.
Hooton, Charles.
Howard, John.
Hubbard, Chester D
Jackson, Andrew.
Jackson, Blackwood
Johnson, Daniel Dye.
Koonce, George ..
Kramer, Lee Roy
Laidley, Albert.
Lamb, Daniel.
Lewis, Charles S.
Lightburn, J. A. J
Logan, Thomas H
Love, John.
Martin, Henry S.
Martin, Reuben.
Mason, Evan E
Michael, John.
Moore, Henry C.
Montague, Dudley S.
Morris, Robert.
Moss, John W
Myers, David M.
Newman, Henry Nicholls, John D
Parsons, Solomon S
Paxton, James W
Pierpont. Francis H.
Polsley, Daniel
Porter, George McC.
Price, William. Radcliffe, William
Ritchie, A. F.
Roberts, T. A.
Ruffner, Lewis
Scott, James F
Shuttleworth, Ben F
Shuttleworth, John H
Slack, Greenbury
Smith, C. W Smith, Fontain
Ohio. Jackson. Lewis. Tyler. Jefferson. Monongalia. Cabell. Ohio. Harrison. Lewis. Ohio. Upshur. Alexandria. Wetzel. Fairfax. Hardy. Webster. Putnam. Marshall. Wood. Barbour. Wirt. Brooke. Tucker. Ohio. Marion. Mason. Hancock. Monongalia. Wayne. Marion. Roane. Kanawha. Jackson. Harrison. Barbour. Kanawha. Pleasants Marion.
August 19 in place of Pierpont. Seated August 12.
Seated August 7. Seated August 7.
Seated August 7.
Entered on roll but not serving.
August 14 in place of Bowen.
Seated June 14.
Seated June 20. Seated August 12.
Seated August 7.
Resigned August 17.
Seated June 25.
Seated June 24.
Seated June 24.
Hampshire. Monongalia. Upshur. Marion. Wetzel. Harrison, Jackson.
Doddridge. Jackson. Brooke. Wirt. Preston. Lewis. Marion. Mason. Ohio. Fairfax.
Preston.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
MEMBERS' NAME.
COUNTY.
REMARKS.
Smith, James A
Seated August 7.
Smith John L.
Snider, Joseph
Stuart, Chapman J
Swan, Remembrance.
Taft, Nathan H.
Sworn in June 14.
Tarr, Campbell
Todd, Samuel B.
Seated June 13.
Trout, James H.
Vance, John C.
Seated June 13.
Van Winkle, Peter G
Mason.
Watson, James O
Marion.
Seated June 20.
West, James G.
Seated June 18.
Wetzel, Lewis.
Williamson, James A
Entered on roll but not serving.
Williamson, James W
Wilson, Andrew.
Withers. Henry H.
Zinn, William B.
Jackson. Upshur. Monongalia. Doddridge. Marshall Barbour. Brooke. Taylor. Hampshire. Harrison. Wood.
Waggoner, Charles B
Wetzel. Mason. Wirt. Pleasants. Ohio. Gilmer. Preston.
William F. Mercer, of Loudon, and Jonathan Roberts, of Fairfax, applied, but were rejected on account of insufficient credentials.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION,
To Frame a State Constitution for West Virginia. Assembled in Wheeling, Va., Nov. 26. 1861. Re-assembled Feb. 12, 1863.
OFFICERS:
John Hall, of Mason, Pres., (2). Ellery R. Hall, of Taylor, Secretary. Sylv's W. Hall, of Marion, Asst Sec'y. Jas. C. Orr, Ohio, Sergt .- at-Arms (2) (3).
NAMES
AGE NATIV'Y OCCUPA'N
COUNTY
POST OFFICE.
Battelle, Gordon (17) .
47
Brooks, Richard L (2) ..
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Ohio Virg 'na
Minister Farmer Lawyer
Wheeling. Rock Cave. Charleston. Kingwood.
Brown, James H. (1) (15)
42
Brown John J ..
35
Boggs, John.
48
Brumfield, W. W.
33
Caldwell, E. H(14).
52
Carskadon, Thos. R.
24
66
Lawyer Farmer
Cassady James S. (2)
40
66
Chapman, H. D ..
63
Mass' ts Physician
Cooke, Richard M.
41
Va. 6.
Farmer
Dering, Henry
50
Dille. John A.
40
Penn. Va
Lawyer Farmer
Gibson, D. W.
32
-
Physician
Griffith, S. F. (5)
32
Hansley, Stephen M.
42
66
Hagar, Robert.
51 39
66
Hall, John (18) (2)
56
Harrison, Thos. W
37
Haymond, Hiram (4)
55
Hervey, James
41 26
Ohio Va.
Lawyer Teacher Farmer
Hubbs, Joseph
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Pa. Va
Lawyer
Lamb Daniel (13)
51
Pa.
Lauck, R. W
49
Va.
Mahon, E. S.
45
Md. Va.
Mann, A. W
29
Mccutcheon, John R
51
Montague, Dudley S.
61
O'Brien, Emmett J
42
Parker, Granville
51
Parsons, James W ..
49
Paxton, J. W. (16)
40
Pinnell, David S. (6
50
Pomeroy, Joseph S
40 36
Pa. Va.
Robinson, Job.
45 47
Pa. Va.
Ruffner, Lewis
64
Ryan, Edward W. (9).
25
Sheets, George W
38
Simmons, Josiah.
47
66
Farmer Teacher Salt M'fr Minister C'rpenter Farmer
Cabell Tucker Ohio Upshur Hancock Harrison Calhoun Ohio Kanawha Fayette Hamps'ir Randol 'h
St. Marys. Weston. Wheeling. N.M'rtinsville. Ravenswood. Falling Sp'ngs. Summersville. Red H. Shoals. Burnersville. Guyandotte. St. George. Wheeling Buckhannon. Fairview.
Powell, John M.
Hotel K'r Mechanic Lawyer Farmer Merchant Physician Minister 66
M'Dowell M'Dowell C.H. Pleasants Lewis Ohio Wetzel Jackson Greenb'ir Nicholas Putnam Barbour
Irvine, Robert.
47
Cashier Lawyer Farmer 66
Preston Hardy Pocah'nts Mason Raleigh Boone Marion Mason Harrison Marion Brooke
Buckhannon. W. Columbia. Marshall.
Hall, Ephraim B.
Ireland Va. 6.
Lawyer Farmer Lawyer Farmer
Boone C. H. Fairmont. Point Pleasant. Clarksburg. Palatine. Wellsburg.
Hoback, J. P
Ceredo. Moundsville. New Creek. Fayetteville Spencer. Long Branch. Morgantown. Kingwood. Greenland.
Dolly, Abijah ...
44
Merchant Mon'galia
Ohio Upshur Kanawha Preston Pendletn Mouth Seneca.
66
Farmer 66
Wayne Marshall Ham'sh'r Fayette Roane Mercer
Buckhannon. Arnoldsburg. West Liberty. Kan'a Salines. Gauley Bridge. Piedmont. Claysville.
Ross, A. F. (7)
Mass. Va.
Farmer
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WEST VIRGINIA.
NAMES
AGE
NATIV'Y OCCUPA 'N
COUNTY
POST OFFICE.
Sinsel, Harmon (21).
44
Va.
C'rpenter Lawyer
Soper, Abraham D. (10)
66
Stephenson, Ben. L ...
35
Stevenson, Wm. E. (19).
40
Stewart, Ben. F
52
Stuart, Chapman J. (20).
41
Va.
Taylor, G. F.
26
66
Titchenell, M. (8)
56
Minister 66
Trainer, Thomas H.
42
Van Winkle, Peter G. (12)
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N. Y. Va.
Lawyer 66
Walker, William
34
Warder, Wm. W
40
Farmer
Wheat, Joseph S
60
Willey, Waitman T.
50
66
Wilson, A. J.
60
66
Young, Samuel (11})
-
Lawyer Farmer Minister
Taylor Logan Tyler Clay Wood Wirt Dod 'ri'ge Braxton Marion Marshall Wood Wy'ming Gilmer Morgan Mon'galia Ritchie Pocah'nts
Morgantown. Pennsboro Edray.
(1) Resigned and re-elected
( 2) Resigned.
(3) Henry Startzman Sergeant-at-Arms in place of Jas. C. Orr, resigned.
(4) Removed from State.
(5) Elected to fill vacancy of John Hall.
(6) Elected to fill vacancy of R. L. Brooks.
(7) Elected to fill vacancy of Gordon Battelle.
(8) Elected to fill vacancy of H. Haymond.
(9) Elected to fill vacancy of J. S. Cassaday.
(10) Elected President in place of John Hall.
( 11) Elected Sergeant-at-Arms in place of J. C. Orr.
( 1172 ) On re-convening.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.
(12) Fundamental and General Provisions, and County Organizations.
(13) Legislative Department.
( 14) Executive
(15) Judicial
(16) Finance and Taxation.
(17) Education.
(18) Schedule.
(19) Printing and Expenditures.
(20) Boundaries.
(21) Credentials.
N. Y Va Pa. N. Y.
Farmer 66
Pruntytown. Kanaw'a C H. Sistersville. Clay C. H. Parkersburg. Newark.
Merchant Lawyer 66
West Union. Braxton C. H.
Palatine. Cameron. Parkersburg. Oceana. Troy. Sir John's R'n.
Smith, Benjamin H.
63
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PROMINENT MEN OF
MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF WEST VA.
January 16 to April 9, 1872. Held in the old M. E. Church Build- ing, on Virginia Street, Charleston, Kanawha County.
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, of Berkeley, Temporary President. John Bassel, of Harrison, William W. Miller, of Ohio, Tem- porary Secretaries.
Hon. Samuel Price, of Greenbrier, Permanent President.
Geo. J. Butcher, Secretary.
Jacob V. Cunningham, Sergeant-atArms.
Geo. J. Wetzel, Doorkeeper.
B. A. Galligan, l Assistant Secretaries.
B. H. Jones,
John D. Alderson,
George Byrne,
Pages.
Frank Cox, Josiah D. Wilson,
MEMBER'S NAME.
COUNTY OR DIST. REPRESENTED.
POST OFFICE.
Allen, Lewis
Armstrong, James D.
Arnett, U. N
Atkinson. John H Bassel, John
Ree, Isaiah. Boggs, Charles D
Brown, William G
Byrne, Benjamin W. Byrnside, James M
Calfee, James .. Campbell, Alexander
Core, W. G. H.
Crim, Joseph N. B Criswell, Hanson .. Cushing, Alonzo Davenport, George O Dickinson, Hudson M Edmiston, Matthew Farnsworth, Daniel D. T.
Morgan. Tenth Senatorial District. Marion. Hancock. Harrison. Eighth Senatorial District. Pendleton. Preston. Clay and Nicholas. Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe. Mercer. Brooke. Wood and Pleasants. Barbour. Marshall. Seventh Senatorial District. Ohio. Fayette. Lewis. Upshur.
Berkeley Springs. Moorefield. Fairmont. New Cumberland. Clarksburg. Princeton. Franklin. Kingwood. Charleston. Charleston. Princeton. Bethany. St. Marys. Philippi. Moundsville. Point Pleasant. Wheeling. Fayetteville. Weston. Buckhannon.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
MEMBER'S NAME ..
COUNTY OR DIST. REPRESENTED.
POST OFFICE.
Faulkner, Charles J. Ferguson, Charles W
Ferrell Thomas.
Fitzhugh, Nicholas Gallaher, J. W
Hagans, J. Marshall. Hall, Septimus.
Harding, J. F.
Haymond, Alpheus F. Haynes, William Hoge, John Blair
Holt, Homer A.
Jackson, Blackwell
Jackson, James Monroe .. Johnson, Daniel D
Johnson, Okey
Kantner, Charles.
Knight, Edward B
Leonard, David H.
Lurty, Beverly H. Martin, Benjamin F Maslin, Thomas.
Mathews, Henry Mason .. McLeary, Andrew W
McCreary, William
Monroe, Alexander.
Miller, W. W.
Moffett George H. Morgan, William A Osburn, Logan
Pannell, A. J.
Park, Thomas R.
Pate, William D. Peerce, John T
Pendleton, William K
Pipes, James M Price, Samuel.
Prince, William. Pugh, David F Randolph, Jeptha F. Robinson, John A. Roberts, D. A. Snider, Joseph Staton, M. A.
Strickler, Jacob P. Stump, Lemuel. Thayer, A. H.
Thompson, John J Thornburg, Thomas. Travers, Wm. H.
Wagener, Charles B.
Ward, Evermont. Warth, John A
Wheat, James S.
Willey, Waitman T. Wilson, Benjamin. Woods, Samuel. 5
Eleventh Senatorial District. Wayne. Roane. Seventh Senatorial District. Second Senatorial District. Monongalia. Wetzel. Randolph and Tucker. Second Senatorial District. Greenbrier. Monroe, Summers. Berkeley. Braxton. Sixth Senatorial District. Wood and Pleasants. Fourth Senatorial District. Fifth Senatorial District. Preston. Kanawha. Fifth Senatorial District. Harrison. Taylor. Hardy and Grant. Greenbrier. Monroe, Summers. Berkeley. Ninth Senatorial District. Hampshire. Ohio. Pocahontas and Webster. Jefferson. Jefferson. First Senatorial District. Jackson. Boone. Tenth Senatorial District. First Senatorial District. Marshall. Ninth Senatorial District. Raleigh, Wyoming, McDowell. Tyler. Doddridge. Mineral. Wirt. Monongalia. Logan. Ritchie. Gilmer and Calhoun. Third Senatorial District. Putnam. Cabell and Lincoln. Eleventh Senatorial District. Mason. Eighth Senatorial District. Kanawha. Ohio. Third Senatorial District. Fourth Senatorial District. Sixth Senatorial District.
Martinsburg. Wayne C. H. Spencer. Charleston. Moundsville.
Morgantown.
New Martinsville.
Beverly. Fairmont.
Martinsburg. Braxton C. H. Jane Lew.
Parkersburg. Long Reach. Parkersburg. Kingwood.
Charleston. Elizabeth. Wolf's Summit. Grafton. Moorefield.
Lewisburg.
Martinsburg. Raliegh C. H. Romney.
Wheeling. Clover Lick.
Charlestown.
Wheeling. Ripley. Madison. Burlington.
Bethany. Moundsville.
Union. Raliegh C. H. Present, Columbus, O. West Union. Patterson's Creek.
Burning Springs.
Easton. Logan C. H. Ritchie C. H. Glennville. Grafton Winfield. Barboursville. Charlestown. Point Pleasant. Guyandotte. St. Albans. Wheeling. Morgantown. Clarksburg. Philippi.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
MEMBERS WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE,
From the Organization of the State, 1863, to 1889.
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
NOTE-The - indicates member of each session ; the - a continued session ; the comma, one session ; "to" the intervening and printed years.
Adair, James H. Monroe county, Red Sulphur Springs, House of Delegates 1883.
Adams, Thomas P. Hampshire county, New Creek, House of Delegates 1865.
Adams, W, W.
Summers county, Hinton, Senate 1877-'79.
Adamson, William Pendleton county, Mouth of Seneca, House of Delegates 1868.
Agee, Hezekiah Kanawha county, Charleston, House of Delegates 1875.
Agnew, John R. M. Pleasants county, St. Marys. House of Delegates 1870.
Alderson, George Monroe county, Alderson, House of Delegates 1885.
Alexander, Robert Wood county, Volcano. House of Delegates 1885.
Alexander, William Marshall county, Moundsville. House of Delegates 1864-'65.
Alexander, Wm. A. Putnam county, Frazier's Bottom, Senate 1871-'72. Allen, Albert. Boone county, Boone C. H., House of Delegates 1877-'83. Allison, Joseph W. Hancock county, Fairview, House of Delegates 1868-'69.
Altizer, Henry A. Calhoun county, Arnoldsburg, House of Delegates 1889. Applegate, Lewis Brooke county, Wellsburg, Senate 1868 to 1871.
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Arbuckle, John W. Greenbrier county, Lewisburg, Senate 1889.
Archer, A. E
Jackson county, Lockhart's, House of Delegates 1889.
Armstrong, S. Townshend Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delegates 1867-'68.
Armstrong, M. B. Roane county, Reedyville, Senate 1872.
Armstrong, Virgil S. Jackson county, Jackson C. H., House of Delegates 1883.
Arnett, U. N.
Marion county, Fairmont,
Senate 1875 and extra session '75-1876-'77 Pres't.
Arnold, Frank Marshall county, Glen Easton, House of Delegates 1885.
Arnold, George J. Lewis county, Weston, House of Delegates 1879.
Arnold, Stark W. Upshur county, Buckhannon, Senate 1885-'87.
Arnold, William E. Lewis county, Weston, House of Delegates 1877.
Atkinson, John H Hancock county, New Cumberland, Senate 1863 to '65.
Aultz, A. E. Kanawha county, Young's Mills, House of Delegates 1889.
Babb, Charles M.
Grant county, Greenland,
House of Delegates 1877-'81 and adjourned session '82.
Babb, Daniel W. Grant county, Williamsport, House of Delegates 1875.
Baker, A. O. Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delegates 1872-'73.
Baker, Asbury C. Preston county, Fellowsville, House of Delegates 1870.
Baker, Lewis Ohio county, Wheeling, Senate 1871, President-'72.
Ball, James W. Roane county, Reedyville, House of Delegates 1877. Ballard, Benjamin F. Monroe county, Maple Lawn, House of Delegates 1870-'71.
Ballard, John C. Monroe county, Centreville, House of Delegates 1866.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
Ballard, Lewis Monroe county, Lindside, House of Delegates 1863.
Ballard, Rhodes D. . Logan county, Bald Knob, Boone co., House of Delegates 1867-'69-'70.
Bandy, William Wyoming county, Squire Jim, House of Delegates 1889.
Barbee, Andrew R. Mason county, Point Pleasant, Senate 1881 to '83.
Barclay, W. C. Brooke county, Wellsburg, House of Delegates 1872.
Barlow, Nathan G. Pocahontas county, Edray, House of Delegates 1870.
Barnes, John S.
Marion county, Fairmont, House of Delegates 1863-'65.
Barr, James Calhoun county, Grantsville, House of Delegates 1879.
Barr, Robert G.
Ohio county, Wheeling, House of Delegates 1871-'72-'77.
Barrett, A. J. Lincoln county, Hamlin, House of Delegates 1872,3.
Barrick, James I. Hampshire county, New Creek, House of Delegates 1863-'64.
Baxter, Felix J. Braxton county, Sutton, Senate 1877-'79.
Beard, A. G. Mason county, Arbuckle, House of Delegates 1885.
Beard, Jabez Mason county, Arbuckle, House of Delegates 1877.
Bechtol, Aaron Morgan county, Berkely Springs, Senate 1863 to '65.
Beckley, Alfred, Sr., Raleigh county, Raleigh C. H. House of Delegates 1877.
Beckwith, Frank Jefferson county, Charlestown, House of Dels. special ses. '82 & special ses. '87 to fill unex- pired term of D. B. Lucas ; but resigned May 9, 1887. Bee, Ephraim Doddridge county, Oxford, House of Delegates 1863-'66-'67.
Bee, Isaiah Mercer county, Princeton, House of Delegates 1881 to '83.
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Beeson, Jacob C. Marion county, Fairmont, House of Delegates 1866-'67.
Bell, Joseph,
Ohio county, Wheeling, House of Delegates 1866.
Bell, Joseph V. Mineral county, Keyser, House of Delegates 1879-'81 and adj. ses. 82.
Bell, Thomas L. Lincoln county, Hamlin, House of Delegates 1879.
Beltzhoover, Geo. M. Jefferson county, Shepherdstown, House of Delegates 1870.
Bender, Henry Braxton county, Braxton C. H., House of Delegates 1868 and extra session '68.
Bennett, John Calhoun county, Steer Creek, House of Delegates 1866.
Bennett, Jonathan M. Lewis county, Weston, Senate 1872-'73-'75.
Bennett, W. G. Gilmer county, Grantsville, House of Delegates 1872.
Berkshire, Ralph L. Monongalia county, Morgantown, Senate 1875 and adjourned session '75-6-'77.
Billmeyer, David F. Jefferson county, Shepherdstown, House of Delegates 1867-'68 and extra session '68-'79.
Bickel, J. M. Ohio county, Wheeling,
House of Delegates 1867.
Bier, G. W. Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delegates 1872.
Bishop, Charles M.
Preston county, Kingwood,
House of Del's 1871-'72. Senate 1872-3-'75 & adj. ses.'75-6. Blair, Jacob Beeson Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1868 and adjourned session '68. Blakemore, George A. Pendleton county, Franklin, Senate 1872-'72,.3 House of Delegates 1875-'89. Boggess, Thomas Roane county, Spencer, House of Delegates 1867-'68 and extra session '68.
Boggs, Jas. A. Braxton county, Braxton C. H., House of Delegates 1883.
Boggs, John .Pendleton county, Seneca, House of Delegases 1863-'64-'65-'71.
Bonar, Greenbury D. Ohio county, West Liberty, House of Delegates 1865.
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Bond, E. D. J.
Wood county, Davisville, House of Delegates 1883. Senate 1885-'87.
Boreman, Wm. I. · Tyler county, Middlebourne, House of Delegates 1867 .- Senate 1868 to 1871.
Boughner, James V. . Monongalia county, Morgantown, House of Delegates 1868 and extra session '68.
Bowers, George M. Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1887.
Bowen, John M. Wayne county, Buffalo Shoals, Senate 1863-'64-'65.
Putnam county, Winfield,
Bowyer, George C. House of Delegates 1863.
Bowyer, Jerome, T. · Putnam county, Winfield,
House of Delegates 1870.
Bowyer John Putnam county, Winfield, House of Delegates 1867-'69.
Bradford, Thomas A. Barbour county, Philipi, House of Delegates 1872-'73-1879.
Brady, B. F. Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1881 and Adjourned Session 1882. Lewis county, Weston, Brannon, Henry, House of Delegates 1870-'71.
Bridges, W. L. Mercer county, Bethel,
House of Delegates 1872. Resigned during session.
Bright, Kyle, Greenbrier county, Williamsburg, House of Delegates 1877.
Bristor, Jacob H.
Taylor county, Grafton, House of Delegates 1866.
Brown, Al. W. Monongalia county, Andy, House of Delegates 1866-'67.
Brown, Charles L. Jackson county, Ravenswood, House of Delegates 1883. Senate 1885-'87.
Brown, Hamilton P. Greenbrier county, Frankford, House of Delegates 1871.
Brown, James F. Kanawha county, Charleston, House of Delegates 1883.
Brown, James H. Kanawha county, Charleston, House of Delegates 1883. Brown, J. E. Jackson county, Sandy, House of Delegates 1887.
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Brown, John J. Preston county, Kingwood, Senate 1863 to 1865, from Monongalia.
Brown, John R. Wetzel county. P. O., Hannibal, O., Senate 1870-'71.
Brown, John Wison, Ohio' county Elm Grove, House of Delegates 1867-'70.
Brown, Robert S. Jackson connty, Ravenswood, Senate 1879-'81 and Adjourned Session 1882.
Brown, William Guy, Preston county, Kingwood, House of Delegates 1872-3.
Browse, R. H., Pleasants county, Grape Island, House of Delegates 1877.
Bryte, M. S.,
Preston county, Bruceton Mills, House of Delegates 1889.
Bumgarner, Lewis, Mason county, Hartford City, House of Delegates 1863-'64-'72-3.
Bunker, Edward C., Monongalia county, Morgantown, Senate 1863-'64.
Burdett, John S., Taylor county, Pruntytown, Senate 1866-'67.
Burdett, William T., Kanawha county, Charleston, Senate 1875 and adjourned session '75, 6-'77.
Burk, Charles W., Randolph county, Leedsville, House of Delegates 1864-'67.
Burgess, Goble G., Wayne county, Wayne C. H., House of Delegates 1870. Senate 1883-'85.
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