Roane County, West Virginia Biography of WILLIAM WOODYARD This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 571-572 WILLIAM WOODYARD, business manager of The Times- Record at Spencer, is a son of Congressman Harry C. Woodyard. William Woodyard was born at Spencer September 13, 1894, and was liberally educated, graduated in 1911 from the military school, Nazareth Hall, in Pennsylvania, and also attended the University of West Virginia four years. On June 7, 1917, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps, and for one year was in service at Ilion, New York, and another year in Chicago. He was promoted to captain, and received his honorable discharge in October, 1919. In January, 1920, Captain Woodyard became business manager of The Times-Record. This paper was founded in 1888 by E. H. Flynn, under the name the Roane County Record. Later S. A. Simmons established The Spencer Times, and the two were consolidated in 1911 as The Times-Record. At the consolidation Congressman Wood- yard acquired a half interest in the paper, and since January 1, 1920, has been sole proprietor, but while in Con- gress turns over the business and editorial management to his sons, Edward D. Woodward, acting as editor and William as business manager. It is a republican news- paper, one of the leading journals in influence in this section of the state, and has a large circulation over Roane and surrounding counties. William Woodyard, who is unmarried, is a republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, Maria Lodge No. 38, F. and A. M., at Spencer, Spencer Chapter No. 42, R. A. M., West Virginia Consistory No 1 of the Scottish Rite at Wheeling, and Nemesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Parkersburg, and the Rotary Club of Spencer. He lives at the Woodyard suburban home a mile northwest of Spencer.