Upshur County, West Virginia    Biography of MOSES K. COLERIDER

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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. 503
Upshur

MOSES K. COLERIDER. While the greater part of his busi-
ness activity has been centered on his farm near French
Creek, Moses K. Colerider is one of Upshur County's well
known citizens, due to his public service in the county and
also to his profession as a veterinary surgeon.

He was born in Upshur County, April 25, 1866, son of
William L. and Sebra (Kinkade) Colerider. William L.
Colerider was a native of Upshur County, and his first wife
was Cassie A. McWhorter. By this union there were four
children: Elnora, widow of Stewart Hyre; Amy. widow of
A. J. Hossaflook; John M., of California; and Henry, de-
ceased. William L. Colerider was a Union soldier in the
Civil war, and was wounded in battle and subsequently drew
a pension from the Government. He was a republican in
politics. His second wife, Sebra Kinkade, was born in
Monongalia County, West Virginia, where she was reared
and educated.  She was the mother of eight children:
Rebecca, widow of R. K. Waldow; W. A., of French Creek;
Moses K.; dark, of Buckhannon; Guy, deceased; Mollie,
wife of William Kiddy, of Sago, Upshur County; Belle,
wife of James Smallridge, of Adrian; and Frank L., of
Adrian.

Moses K. Colerider had the farm as his early environment,
attended the common schools, and when he left home at the
age of twenty he found employment for about a year in the
National Tube Works. Then for another year he and his
brother W. A. were partners in a teaming business at French
Creek. After that Mr. Colerider returned to the occupation
he had learned as a youth, and bought some of the land
included in his present farm of 125 acres. He has followed
sound and intelligent methods of agriculture, and is one
of the prosperous men in his community. He early took up
the study of veterinary surgery, and by correspondence
courses owns two diplomas and has a large practice all over
the countryside. Mr. Colerider is also a stockholder in the
Citizens National Bank of Belington in Barbour County.

On April 10, 1890, he married Lillie I. Hamner, who was
born in Old Virginia, July 31, 1866, and was a child when
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hammer, came to West
Virginia.  Mr. and Mrs. Colerider have two children:
Myrna, born January 31, 1891, wife of Dana Hileman, of
Rock Cave; and Camella, born September 16, 1894 wife of
O. G. McCue, of Abbott, West Virginia. Mr. Colerider is a
Methodist, while Mrs. Colerider is a Presbyterian. He is a
member of Lodge No. 375, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and the Encampment, and Mrs. Colerider is a member
of Rebekah Lodge No. 216 and Aletha Chapter No. 7 of the
Eastern Star. Mr. Colerider has served as deputy assessor
of Upshur County, is now a member of the Board of Equal-
ization, and is one of the stanch republicans of this section
of the state.