BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES EDWARD LAW, HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

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Submitted by Valerie Crook
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.
Chicago and New York, Volume 111
Pg. 365


James Edward Law.  The educated, reputable lawyer is invariably ranked 
withthe worth-while citizens of a community, and this is true at 
Clarksburg,West Virginia, as in other cities.  An able representative
of this profession here is James Edward Law, formerly prosecuting attorney, 
who belongs by birth and parentage to Harrison County.

James E. Law was born near Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia, April 27,
1872, a son of Jesse Daugherty and Nancy (Hooper) Law, and a grandson of
William Law and Nicholas Hooper, the paternal grandfather being a native of
Ireland, of Scotch-Irish lineage, and the latter of Harrison County.  Jesse
Daugherty Law served as a soldier in the Union Army during the war between
the states, and afterward followed the peaceful life of a farmer and
stockman.  His death occurred when sixty-eight years of age, his widow
surviving to be seventy-two years of age.  They reared a family of two
daughters and five sons.  Mr. and Mrs. Law were highly esteemed in their
neighborhood and were faithful members of the Methodist Protestant Church.

James E. Law had educational privileges in the public schools, then became a
student in Salem College and later matriculated in the West Virginia
University, where he took both a classical and law course and was graduated
in 1899 and admitted to the bar in the same year.  He located immediately at
Clarksburg, where he opened a law office and was elected prosecuting
attorney of Harrison County, serving as such from 1901, to 1904, inclusive.
In 1918 he formed a law partne[r]ship with Anthony F. McCue, under the firm
name of Law and McCue.

He helped to organize the Farmers Bank at Clarksburg in 1904, and has since
been one of its directors.  He has been equally useful in other public
capacities, and served as county superintendent of schools from 1895 to
1899, with the greatest efficiency.  He had taught school in his younger
years, and thus had a personal understanding of the educational problems
facing teachers and boards of education.

In 1901 Mr. Law was united in marriage with Miss Edna Hustead, who was born
and reared in Harrison County.  They have two children, a son and daughter,
James Edward and Carolyn Waldo.  Mr. Law and his family belong to the
Methodist Episcopal Church.  Like all broad-minded, intelligent men, Mr. Law
takes a deep interest in public affairs and to some extent in the local
political field.  As was his father, he is a sturdy supporter of the
principles of the republican party.  Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, and on
many occasions, as a foremost citizen, is called on to serve, officially or
otherwise, on boards and committees concerned with the public welfare.