Lewis County, West Virginia    Biography of Leander TROXELL

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Submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook@trellis.net>, March 1999
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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. 13

LEANDER TROXELL has been a resident of Weston forty
years, came to manhood here, was in the railroad service
and nearly twenty years ago entered the office of the county
clerk as deputy, is now elected head of that office, and by
his long official service and his private character is one of
the best known men in Lewis County.

Mr. Troxell was born in Washington County, Maryland,
June 2, 1868, son of John P. and Ellen (Jenkins) Troxell.
His father was born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, December
1, 1832, and his mother in Warfordsburg in the same state
January 24, 1833. John P. Troxell grew up on a farm, had
a limited education in private schools, and at the age of fifteen
began learning the tailor's trade. He followed that trade as
a business and occupation for forty years. His home was
in Hancock, Maryland, until he removed to Weston, West
Virginia, in 1882. Here in addition to merchant tailoring
he conducted a general store. He was a very popular busi-
ness man and citizen, was a vestryman for many years in
the Episcopal Church, filled all the chairs in the Knights
of Pythias and was instrumental in having a lodge of that
order established at Weston. Of his eleven children four
are still living: S. J. Troxell, of Fort Worth, Texas; Leander;
Miss Rose; Ella, wife of A. B. Berry, of Morgantown, West
Virginia; Emma, and who is now deceased, was the wife of
A. L. Dyer.

Leander Troxell was about fifteen years of age when the
family moved from Maryland to West Virginia. He finished
his grammar and high school education at Weston and then
entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Com-
pany. For a number of years he was billing clerk and left
that work to become deputy county clerk in 1903. He was
deputy for twelve years, and was thoroughly qualified by
his familiarity with the records and efficiency in the routine
duties of the office when he was elected county clerk in 1914.
In 1920 Mr. Troxell was honored by election for another term
of six years. At the end of his present term he will have
served in the county clerk's office for twenty-four years.

June 12, 1890, Mr. Troxell married Miss Mary Wheatley,
who is a graduate of the Clarksburg High School. They have
five children: Mildred, a graduate of the Weston High
School; Hornor, a graduate of high school and of the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh; Robert, a high school graduate, and
now in business with the firm of T. P. Wright & Company;
while the two younger children are John and Charlton. Mr.
Troxell is a member of the Episcopal Church, is affiliated
with Weston Lodge No, 43, Knights of Pythias, and Mrs.
Troxell is a member of the Eastern Star.