Doddridge County, West Virginia Biography of William J. McELHINEY ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Valerie Crook, , April 1999 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 79-80 WILLIAM J. McELHINEY. While his early training as a banker was acquired at Baltimore, Mr. McElhiney's working interests in that field for the past decade have been in West Virginia. He is especially well known in Doddridge County, where he is cashier of the First National Bank of West Union. Mr. McElhiney was born May 25, 1884, at St. Joseph, Missouri, son of William J. and Mary (Watkins) McElhiney. His father was born at Annapolis, Maryland, and his mother, near that city. For only a brief time his parents lived in Western Missouri, and they then returned to their native state, so that William J. McElhiney, Jr., was reared at Balti- more. He finished his education in a Friends private school of that city, and after school went into the service of a Balti- more banking institution. On coming to West Virginia Mr. McElhiney was connected with the first National Bank of Fairmont until 1913, when he became and has since served as cashier of the First National Bank of West Union. He married in 1910 Miss Eliza Jones, who was reared at Cincinnati. They have three children: William J. Ill, Richard Garrett and Thomas Watkins McElhiney.