Upshur County, West Virginia Biography of ELLIS E. EDGELL, M. D. This file 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. 439 Upshur ELLIS E. EDGELL, M. D., who maintains his home at Buckhannon, judicial center of Upshur County, is now giving his attention primarily to oil and gas production enterprise in his native state, but he has to his credit many years of active and successful service in the work of his profession, in which he gained prestige as a specially able physician and surgeon. Doctor Edgell was born in Ritchie County, West Virginia, on the 1st of November, 1862, and is a son of John and Susan (Morris) Edgell, both likewise natives of what is now the State of West Virginia, the former having been born in Wetzel County, in 1812, and the latter in Taylor County, in 1831. After their marriage the parents settled on a farm in Ritchie County, and there they passed the re- mainder of their lives, the father having been the owner of a small farm at the time of his death. John Edgell was a stanch supporter of the cause of the democratic party, and both he and his wife were earnest members of the Baptist Church. Of the seven children the eldest was A. W., who became a successful physician and surgeon and who continued in the practice of his profession un- til his death. Cyrus J., K. C. and G. E. likewise were successful physicians, and all are now deceased; Thenie is the widow of T. L. Terrell; Lyda is the wife of G. B. Simmons; and Dr. E. E., of this sketch, is the youngest of the number. Doctor Edgell was reared on the home farm and gained his early education in the local schools. Like all of his brothers he adopted the medical profession as his vocation, and for the same he prepared himself most thoroughly and effectively. For one year he was a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of St. Louis, Mis- souri, and he then entered the Kentucky School of Med- icine at Louisville, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1892 and with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After about five years of successful practice at Webster Springs, Webster County, he transferred his residence and professional headquarters to Clendenin, Kanawha County, and after there continuing his active general practice about five years he was for one year en- gaged in practice in the City of Charleston. He became substantially interested in oil and gas production and finally retired from the practice of his profession to de- vote his attention to his important business affairs in this industrial field. He is a director of the Buckhannon Bank and takes loyal interest in all that concerns the civic and material welfare of his home city and county, as shown in his support of varied business enterprises and by his liberality in public affairs. He is a democrat, is a member of the Buckhannon Country Club, formerly maintained active affiliation with various professional organizations, in- cluding the West Virginia State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and he attends and supports the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife is an active member. On Christmas day of the year 1906 Doctor Edgell wedded Miss Jessie Smith, and they have two children, Marie and Ernest E.