Lewis County, West Virginia    Biography of Wade LINGER

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 80

WADE LINGER is superintendent of school for Lewis County,
a capable and progressive educator, and has devoted his
talents with singular energy and fidelity to the great cause of
education.

Mr. Linger was born in Lewis County April 24, 1886, son of
Henry and Sarah E. (Smith) Linger. His father was born
in Lewis County February 11, 1839, and his mother was born
in the same county December 15, 1849. Both are now de-
ceased. They had only the advantages of the local schools,
and after their marriage located on a small farm and gave
their lives to the routine of home and farm and the rearing
and training of their children. Both were faithful members of
the Methodist Protestant Church, and the father was a
democrat. Of twelve children nine are still living, Philip L.,
David H and Marion C., all farmers; Clara B., wife of W. B.
Curtis; Mandeville, of Parkersburg, where he is a teacher in
the public schools; Ida, wife of C. C. Sharp; Warren, a teacher
in Wood County; Wade; and Preston, in the railway mail
service on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Wade Linger spent his youth on the home farm and as
one of a large household bore his share of its duties in addition
to making the best possible use of his opportunities in the
common schools. He is a graduate of a State Normal School
of West Virginia, taught several terms of country school and
was principal of the Roanoke graded school until his election
as county superintendent of schools for Lewis County in
1918. Mr. Linger was chosen for a four year term, and in
spite of some difficulties in the way of progressive school
administration during the reconstruction period he has done
much to improve the schools individually and collectively.
He is unmarried, is a member of the Methodist Protestant
Church, a republican in politics, and a charter member of the
local lodge of Foresters. He is also a member of the Knights
of Pythias, the Pythian Sisters, the Junior Order of the
United American Mechanics, and the Grange.