Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of EMMETT HAMMOND CRICKENBERGER This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 206-207 EMMETT HAMMOND CRICKENBERGER. The Lewisburg Drug Store is a credit to the town. E. H. Crickenberger, the owner of the store, was born November 17, 1884. He has been in control as pharmacist and proprietor of the place since October 8, 1908. During these eight years, under his management, the business has grown almost to mammoth proportions. As to size, it would do credit to a city. As a pharmacist, Mr. Crickenberger has the confidence of the physicians and of the people of this part of the county, which accounts for the great yearly output of drugs from this place of business. The Crickenberger family is a very old one in the county. The immediate ancestor of the seven children, five boys and two girls, in this portion of Greenbrier, was the well known Rev. Joseph J. Crickenberger, who for many years rode the circuit as a Methodist preacher. He was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in September, 1831, and was a tailor by trade. In 1864, he joined the Baltimore Conference, and, until his superannuation. in 1898, he spent most of his time in the saddle. It was not uncommon for him to be gone from home weeks at a time, and his labors were so arduous two horses were kept in commission for his use. He died December 25, 1910. His wife was Miss Serena Catherine Wendall, whom he married in 1868. She was born in Shenandoah valley, Virginia, seventy-seven years ago, and is still living. In 1898, the family moved to Lewisburg, where James W., Charles A., and the druggist are all known as men of worth and high social standing. Miss Minnie L. is the wife of Mr. Dunbar, the miller, and Miss Laura is a teacher in the schools of Lewisburg of several years standing. Charles L. is a dealer in vehicles, mostly carriages, and Harry E. is a merchant at White Sulphur Springs. They are all prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this sketch is also a Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner.