Pocahontas County, West Virginia     Biography of JACOB HEVENER


History of Virginia, Volume IV,
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1928
Page 61


JACOB HEVENER, city clerk of Staunton, represents an old and
honored family of the Valley of Virginia, his people having been
steady and industrious pioneers who came into the Valley at a
time when the settlements were constantly threatened by Indian
attacks.


Mr. Hevener was born in Highland County, Virginia, Decem-
ber 29, 1878, son of William and Lavina (Jordan) Hevener,
both natives of the same county. His grandfather was Jacob
Hevener, a native of Highland County, and the maternal grand-
father was Samuel Jordan. Agriculture has been the staple
occupation of the family for many generations. William Hev-
ener spent all his life on his farm in Highland County and died
January 20, 1893. He was a Democrat, represented his county
in behalf of delegates one term and during the Civil war was a
county justice. He and his wife were active members in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Of their five children three
are living: Uriah, a farmer in Pennsylvania; Jacob; and Mary,
wife of R. H. Crummett, a Highland County farmer.


Jacob Hevener was well educated, finishing his training in
Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal, Virginia. After
completing his school work he engaged in farming, and was on
the farm until 1912, when he moved to Staunton. In Staunton
he became identified with the insurance business, and carries on
a line of general insurance. In 1923 he was appointed city
clerk, and most of his time has been taken up with his official
duties. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, is a York
Rite Mason and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.


He married, in 1900, Miss Ocie McNeil, who was born in
Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and was educated at Staun-
ton and in the Valley Female College at Winchester. Her father,
Rev. J. W. McNeil, was a Methodist minister in the Baltimore
Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Hevener have two children: Harold
McNeil, associated with his father's insurance agency; and
Jacob, attending high school. Mr. Hevener is a steward in the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Staunton.



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