Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: Hon. Joseph M. McWHORTER ************************************************************************** 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. Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, , 1998. ************************************************************************** HON. JOSEPH M. McWHORTER - was born in Lewis County, (then) Virginia, April 30, 1828, a son of Fields and Margaret M. (KESTER) McWHORTER. His father was born in Lewis County, October 13, 1807, and is now living in Sullivan County, Missouri; his mother, born in Virginia, in April 1801, died in August, 1856. The first wife of Joseph M. McWHORTER was Julia A. STALNAKER, and she died in July, 1869. Their children were: A. G., born April 15, 1854; Artemus W., June 21, 1855; Louis E., November 30, 1856; Virgil S., September 22, 1858, died October 29, 1859; William B., October 1, 1859; Buell M., September 13, 1861, died September 12, 1862; Maggie E., November 6, 1862; Joseph C., February17, 1864; Walter W., April 11, 1867, died July 1st following; Deccie J., December 16, 1868. In Geneva, Ohio, October 26, 1870, Joseph M. McWHORTER wedded Julia A. KINSLEY, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 26, 1837. Their children were born: Emma L., November 4, 1872; Jennie P., August 3, 1874; Kinsley F., November 25, 1875; Charles N., July 17, 1877. Kinsley F. is deceased, the others with their parents. The wife of Judge McWHORTER was a daughter of Rev. Hiram and Elsie L. (MOULTON) KINSLEY, who are still honored residents of Geneva, Ohio. Her father was born in Franklin County, Vermont, November 17, 1799, and her mother in Stanstead, Canada East, September 27, 1806. The father of Judge McWHORTER was a Federal soldier in the Civil War, serving in the 23rd Missouri Infantry, and two brothers of Judge McWHORTER were members of the 9th Virginia (Federal) Infantry, and one was killed in the battle of Cloyd's Farm. Judge McWHORTER was himself a member of the Roane County Home Guards, operating with the Federal troops in 1861-62. He has been honored with many public offices within the gift of the people; all of them he has filled to the satisfaction of his constituents and to his honor. In Roane County he was clerk of the county court, 1856-62, and again in 1862-3; he was delegate from the same county to the first legislature of West Virginia, in 1863. From March, 1865 to 1869 he was auditor of State of West Virginia, and from 1870 to 1873 was judge of the -- judicial circuit of West Virginia. His home has been in Greenbrier County since 1870, and his postoffice address is Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.