Monongalia County, West Virginia    Biography of Stephen F. ELKINS

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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. 155


STEPHEN F. ELKINS. With large business interests ably
managed, Stephen F. Elkins, prominent in financial affairs
and officially identified with many of the important indus-
tries of Morgantown and Monongalia County, is one of the
representative men of this part of West Virginia. He was
born in New York City, August 26, 1880, and is a son of
Nathan and Rebecca (Fan Tell) Elkins, and is of the third
generation of his family in America.

Stephen F. Elkins was reared in New York, attended the
public schools and New York College, in preparation for
Columbia University. For a time he was a glass sales-
man and afterward became interested in the manufacture
of glass in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He came to the coal
mining sections of West Virginia and became interested in
the coal industry. A document in his possession, on which
Mr. Elkins places great personal value, is his first class
license from the West Virginia Bureau of Mines as a prac-
tical mine manager. He is a member of the Morgantown
Wholesale Coal Association, and of the American Whole-
sale Coal Association.

On May 6, 1920, Mr. Elkins married Miss Anna May
Pursglove, who is a daughter of Samuel and Lydia Purs-
glove, of St. Clairsville, Ohio. Mrs. Elkins' parents came
from England to the United States about forty years ago.
She is a member of the Episcopal Church.

Mr. Elkins is a member of Morgantown Union Lodge No.
4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Morgantown Com-
mandery No. 18. Knights Templar, and Osiris Temple,
Mystic Shrine, Wheeling, West Virginia. He belongs to
the Kiwanis and Old Colony Clubs, and to the Morgantown
Chamber of Commerce. He has proved his worth as a
citizen in many ways since coming to Morgantown, where
sterling traits of character are quickly recognized.  He
is essentially a business man and possesses in large degree
those qualities which tend to encourage and energize effort,
a valuable asset to any community. As a personality, he
is genial, liberal minded and charitable.