A. McC. Flanegin Biography  Hancock County, WV
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Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the 
Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia".  
Compiled and Written by:
J.H. Newton,  G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle
Published by:
J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA.

                Biographical Sketches of Hancock County:

A. McC. Flanegin:
county clerk, a son of William Flanegin, was born three miles south of 
Fairview in 1835.  At the age of fourteen he commenced to learn 
blacksmithing.  He attended school during the winter months and worked the 
balance of the year.  He married Miss E. E. Ruggles, of Columbiana County, 
Ohio, in 1857.  In 1858, he left off blacksmithing on account of failing 
health and worked on a farm for three years.  After that, he again engaged in his trade.  In 1863 he was appointed clerk of the board of supervisors.  In 1864 he was elected to the office of county recorder, serving two years, yet filling the office of clerk of the board.  During 1867 and 1868, he only 
filled the office of clerk of the board.  He was elected to the office of 
clerk of the county court in 1871, and entered upon the duties of that office in the following year.  He held that position for the full term, six years, and in 1878 he was re-elected for six years longer.  In 1874 he received the appointment of clerk of the circuit court by Judge Melvin, holding that office in connection with the other until the succeeding general election in 1876, then elected to fill the unexpired term of C. M. Collins, who had resigned.  In 1878 he was also re-elected to that office for the term of six years.  Himself and family are members of the Presbyterian Church of Fairview.