West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 52 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: Ira P. CHAMPE, M.D., Kanawha [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: F. L. DERRICK, Kanawha County [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: Patrick L. GORDON, M.D., Kana [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: Benjamin Stephen MORGAN, Kana [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: James T. KEENEY, Kanawha Coun [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Valentine L. BLACK, Kanawha C [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 04:43:14 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Ira P. CHAMPE, M.D., Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 443-444 IRA P. CHAMPE, M.D., an able physician and well-to-do citizen of Charleston, was born in Kanawha County, near this city, July 17, 1866, son of Sewell Preston and Almeda (Eastwood) Champe. The Champes are an old Southern family, having had many representatives who have honored the name in their respective communities and whose influence has always been exerted for good. Sewell P. Champe was born in that part of Virginia that is now Craig County and was a farmer by occupation. He was a Whig in politics and sympathized with the Union at the time of the war. His death took place September 21, 1866, a few months after the birth of his son Ira, he being then forty-seven years old. His wife died June 30, 1901, at the age of sixty-nine. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She was the mother of eleven children, of whom eight are still living, all the survivors being married. Two died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity were as follows: Elizabeth is the wife of Rev. A. J. Compton, M. D., a Presbyterian minister, and now resides in San Diego, Calif. George W. is a merchant residing in Montgomery, W. Va. He married Mrs. Anna Allen, of Lexington, W. Va. William F. also resides in Montgomery, W. Va., being now retired from active business life. He married Anna Montgomery, of the same place. J. B., who is a retired contractor of Montgomery, where he has also served as justice of the peace, he married Jesse Handley, of Winfield, W. Va. Anna, now deceased, was the wife of M. Gilchrist. Her husband, who is still living, resides in Charleston. Ellen married a Mr. Rand and resides at Elsinore, Calif. Charles E., a retired merchant, resides in Charleston. Emma is the wife of L. E. McWhorter and resides in Charleston. The remaining child was Ira P. Ira P. Champe was the youngest of tne nine children of his parents that grew to maturity. After acquiring a good elementary schooling, he entered the University of West Virginia, at Morgantown, where he continued his literary education but did not graduate, leaving before the completion of-his course in order to take up the study of medicine in the College of Physicians at Baltimore, Md., where he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1892. He then took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic College. He then began the practice of his profession in the city of Charleston, W. Va, where he has since re-mained, having met with marked success. He is a member of the county and state medical societies. Aside from his profession, Dr. Champe is interested in various business enterprises and is a man of large landed possessions in the Kanawha valley, the result of his own thrift and business acumen. He was married in this city to Margaret Wilson Blame, a member of an old and respected family and third cousin to the late Hon. James G. Blame, the eminent statesman. She was born in Missouri in 1871 and acquired her education in Charleston, W. Va. and at the Waynesboro (Virginia) Female Seminary. She was the adopted daughter of William C. Blame, now deceased, whose widow, Elizabeth, subsequently marrying Rev. A. J. Compton of California, as above noted. Dr. and Mrs. Champe are the parents of three children, as follows: Elizabeth Blame born November 21, 1894, who is now attending the high school in the class of 1910; Ira Preston, Jr., born March 1, 1896, also a high school stu-dent; and Emily Rebecca, born May 1, 1899, who is attending the public schools. Dr. and Mrs. Champe are affiliated with the Presbyterian church. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 04:54:50 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3dac17f2.251f395a@aol.com> Subject: BIO: F. L. DERRICK, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 444-445 F. L. DERRICK, who resides on his fine farm of 203 acres, which lies on Poca River, in Poca District, Kanawha County, W. Va., fourteen miles north of Charleston, was born on this farm November 5, 1860, and is a son of Michael and a grandson of Jbn-athan Derrick. Jonathan Derrick was born in Botetourt County, W. Va., and came from there to what is now Poca District, Kanawha County, in the year 1810and was the first man to settle on the stream which later was named Derrick Creek in his honor. He married Mary Haynes and they had thirteen children: Betsey, Mary, Catharine, Rachel, Martha, Agnes, Andrew, John, George, Leroy, Michael, Nancy and Amanda. Jona-than Derrick acquired 2,572 acres in Poca District and all of it at that time was cov-ered with timber, and also a vein of coal in the hills, seven feet thick. He cleared a road from his farm and made improvements on the land and in addition to his other in-terprises, followed the trade of blacksmith. He made bells which were hung on the necks of the cows to keep them from getting lost in the forest and some of these are still in existence showing a large measure of mechanical skill. His death occurred in 1846 and his burial was on his own land, as was the custom of that day. Michael Derrick was born in what is now Kanawha County, West Virginia, February 9, 1818, on the farm now owned by E. C. Crane. He attended school at Pocotaligo, in Poca District. He married Julia Ann Dawson, who was born near Sissonville, Kanawha County, and they had seven children, namely: S. W., who died on April 11, 1910; Addison B., who died at the age of nineteen years; Letha M., who died aged seventeen years; Adna A., who died March 14, 1908 (was twice married, first to Emory Aultz, and second to John Dawson); Elmina, who is the wife of Joseph B. Mairs; Elmore M., who was married first to Sidney Clinton, and secondly to Nancy E. Hack-ney; F. L., the subject of this sketch. After marriage Michael Derrick and wife settled on the farm now owned by E. C. Crane and then moved to the farm under considera-tion, erecting his buildings on an elevated portion, on which site his son F. L. Derrick has rebuilt. He was a man of industrious habits and exemplary life, both he and wife being regular attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church. He took a good citizen's interest in politics, not caring for office, but never failed to vote, and was a Republican. His estate consisted of I59~ acres of the present farm and of a second farm of 350/2 acres across Poca River. He died at the age of sixty-two years and his wife died fifteen years later; their burial was on the home land. F. L. Derrick obtained his early education in the Derrick Creek schoolhouse, after which he became a farmer and has lived on the farm of 159 3/4 acres, to which he has added a few acres, ever since his marriage. He cultivates all his land with the assistance of one tenant. Mr. Derrick is interested in the Kanawba & Putnam Counties Telephone Company. Mr. Derrick married Miss Anna Johnson, who was born in Poca District, a daughter of William Johnson, and they have had seven children: Dora, John, Newman, Julia, James, Ivy and Michael S. John died when three years old. Mr. Derrick has been a Republican ever since casting his first vote. He belongs to the lodge of Odd Fellows at Sissonville, W. V Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 04:59:40 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <993e777b.251f3a7c@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Patrick L. GORDON, M.D., Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 445-446 PATRICK L. GORDON, M. D.,* physician and surgeon, is one of the younger men of science at Charleston, W. Va., but is recognized as a thoroughly representative mem-ber of his profession. He was born at Cam-den, N. C., November 24, 1873, and is a son of Thomas George and Mary E. (Lamb) Gordon. The Gordon family is of Irish extraction. Thomas Gordon, the great-grandfather of Dr. Gordon, came from Ireland to the United States about the close of the Revo-lutionary War. He settled in North Carolina and was one of the early merchants at Camden. His death occurred September 26, 1825, while he was on his way to Phila-delphia to purchase merchandise. He was twice married, first to Mary Guilford and second to Frances Richardson. A son of the second marriage, Samuel Gordon, became the grandfather of Dr. Gordon. He married Ellen Brite, who survived him, living until she had seen all their children established in life. With her husband she belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. Thomas George Gordon, the eldest son and second child of Samuel and Ellen Gor-don, was born in 1839, at Camden, N. C., and died June 25, 1910, in Camden County. He was a farmer and stock dealer and was also in public life, and after his military service was over, was elected sheriff of Camden County. Mr. Gordon served in the Confederate Army under General Beaure-gard, in the Civil War, and was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, which entitled him to a furlough. In his political views he was a Democrat. He was married in Camden County, N. C., to Miss Mary E. Lamb, who died in 1889, a woman of many virtues and a devoted member of the Baptist church. Of the seven children born to this marriage but two survive: Samuel 0., who resides at Norfolk, Va., and Patrick L. Patrick L. Gordon was educated in the public schools of Norfolk, Va., and private schools in the samecity, and when prepared to enter upon the study of medicine, became a student in the College of Medicine, at Richmond, Va., where he was graduated with the class of 1898, afterward spending one year in hospital work in that city. Dr. Gordon then entered into practice at Thomas, W. Va., and later for several years, was surgeon for several coal companies on Cabin Creek, with headquarters at Carbon, Va. After taking a post-graduate course in ChicagQ Ill., in 1906, and a second course in New York, in 1909, he came to Charleston. Dr. Gordon was married at East St. Louis, Ill., to Miss Alice Zimmerman, who was born in 1880, at St. Louis, and was educated in Missouri. She is a daughter of Benjamin W. and Eleanor (Carr) Zimmerman, the former of whom belonged to an old family of Virginia and the latter of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman reside at St. Louis, where he is engaged in the lumber business. Dr. and Mrs. Gordon have three children: Ellen Waters, born March 17, 1905; Thomas George, born July 24, 1906; and Benjamin W. Z., born July 22, 1908. Dr. and Mrs. Gordon are members of the Episcopal church. He is a Mason of high degree and a Shriner. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 05:13:14 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4ea03c61.251f3daa@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Benjamin Stephen MORGAN, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 447-449 BENJAMIN STEPHEN MORGAN, who is engaged in the practice of law at Charleston, West Virginia, bears a name that has been linked with the history of West Virginia since the earliest settlement. The name has been honorably borne by pioneers in different. counties, whose descendants have filled positions in both civic and military life, and all, down to the latest generation, have been noted for the sturdy independence - that is characteristic of Welchmen the world over. Col. Morgan Morgan, the lineal ancestor of Benjamin Stephen Morgan, was born in the Principality of Wales and received his education in London, England. During the reign of William III he came to the col-ony of Delaware, and during the reign of Queen Anne was a resident of Christiana, Delaware, moving from there to the colony of Virginia, prior to 1726 settling near Win-chester. He is credited with having made the first white settlement and with having built the first church in the territory of West Virginia (in the present county of Berkley). In "A History of Frederick County, Virginia" (now comprising the counties of Hampshire, Berkley, Jefferson, Hardy and Morgan in West Virginia and Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Frederick in V;rginia) by Mr. T. K. Cartmell, and in Bishop Meade's "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia," and also in "Rec-ords of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Western Virginia and in West Virginia" by Bishop Geo. W. Peterkin, we find such an account and record of the public and private life of Col. Morgan Morgan as unmistakably shows that he was a man of splendid character and a high type of christian manhood. He married Catherine Garretson and they had eight children born to them, namely: Morgan, Jr., Ann, Zackwell, David, Charles, Henry, Evan and James. Morgan Morgan, Jr., became a minister in the Protestant Episcopal church. Ann married a man named Springer. Zackwell Morgan served with the rank of Colonel in the Continental Army. James Morgan was a Captain in the Continental Army and was captured and shot by a party of Tories at a place afterwards called Torytown, Berkley County, Virginia. David Morgan, third son of Morgan and Catherine (Garretson) Morgan, was born in 1721 at Christiana, Delaware, and died in 1796 and was buried in the family graveyard about one mile below the present town of Rivesville, Marion County, West Virinia. He was a surveyor and with his brother Zackwell moved to the valley of the Monbngahela. Zackwell settled where is now the old town of Morgantown, a(ter whom the town was named. David settled near where is now the town of Rivesville, Marion County. His name is mentioned in connection with the Indian border warfare in "Wither's Border Warfare," and he is the great-great-grandfather of Benjamin Stephen Morgan of Charleston. In 1887 his descendants and relatives erected a monument to him on the spot where he had the encounter with the Indians in 1779. He was the father of the following chil-dren: Morgan, Evan, James, Zackwell, Elizabeth, Stephen and Sara. Elizabeth married a Mr. Lowe and Sara married a Mr. Burns. Stephen H. Morgan, son of Zackwell Morgan, spent his entire life in what is now West Virginia. He was for several terms elected to the State Legislature of Virginia. Smallwood G. Morgan, son of Stephen H. Morgan, and father of Benjamin Stephen Morgan, was born in Marion County, West Virginia, and on February 9, 1911, passed his ninety-first milestone. He has lived a long and busy life, his business interests mainly agricultural, and during his active years he served as a Justice of the Peace and in many public capacities where sound judgment and enlightened views were necessary qualifications. He retains his faculties to a remarkable degree and continues to be interested in all that concerns local affairs in his county and also in the great outside world, concerning which he is well informed. Smallwood G. Morgan has been twice married, first to Oliza Thorn, and second to Mrs. Anary (Windsor) Wilson, the latter of whom was the widow of Thomas Wilson. The first wife, Oliza Thorn, was born in 1822. in Monongalia County, now West Virginia, and died there in 1866. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Magruder) Thorn, who moved from Frederick County, Virginia, to the Monongahela Valley. He was a large planter and slave holder prior to the Civil War. Six children were born to this marriage and four of these survive, namely: Margaret, who is the wife of A. S. Wisman, residing on a farm in Grant District, Monongalia County, and they have five children; Sherrard, who is a farmer in Grant District; Benjamin S.; and Eugenie, who is the widow of W. C. Fisher, who was a farmer and merchant. He is survived by three children and they live with their mother near Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. Benjamin S. Morgan was born in 1854 in Marion County, Virginia, but was reared in Monongalia County. He attended the University at West Virginia and graduated with the class of 1878, in the classical course and military training school, and later from the law department of the same institution, securing his degree with the class of 1883. Prior to the completion of his law course, however, he had been prominent in educational work and had been superintendent of the public schools of Morgantown from 1878 until 1881and county superintendent of Monongalia County from 1881 till 1885, having been twice elected. In 1884 he was elected State Superintendent of Free Schools, having been nominated on the Democratic ticket. He was renominated and elected in 1888, receiving each time the largest vote cast for any state officer. His work as State Superintendent was along broad and constructive lines. While County Superintendent of Monon-galia County, he prepared and published at his own expense an outlined course of study for use in the country schools of his county. Acting on the fundamental principle that the teacher must first possess the qualities you desire to put into your schools, he sought to improve the teachers' county in-titutes held annually and the State Nor-mal Schools. At conveniently accessible points, throughout the state, special graded institutes, provided with a corps of instructors of national reputation, were held each year by him under the auspices of the Peabody Education Fund. County institute work, so far as practicable, was graded, thus enabling teachers to secure better results in the short time given to this work. A state teacher's reading circle was established and the building up of public school libraries encouraged. He also se-cured the enactment of a law providing for the preparation by the State Superintendent of a graded course of study for all ungraded country schools. To this measure he had given much attention. An Act was also secured for the establishment of a State Reform School for boys. Taking "The Unification of the Educa-tional System of the State" as a rallying sentiment, he advocated the extension of the Graded and High School work, and with the co-operation of the West Virginia University, graduates of a number of high schools were admitted to the University on their diploma. As President of the six State Normal Schools, he was present at the forty-eighth commencement exercises and delivered the diplomas to the graduates. Mr. Morgan's attention and labors cov-ered a wide field during his term. He was president of the State Educational Associa-tion and prepared the annual program, also published and edited the West Virginia School Journal during the eight years. He superintended the preparation of the State's educational exhibit for the World's Colum-bian Fair at Chicago in 1893 and in this connection with Mr. J. F. Cork prepared the first History of Education in West Virginia. Ex-officio he was a member of the State Board of Public Works, the Printing Com-mission and the Board of the School Fund. He declined to be a candidate for a third term and at the close of his second term, again began the practice of law. Charleston has profited by securing Mr. Morgan as a citizen for his interest has been easily se-cured in promoting every public spirited movement and every enterprise of determined value to his section. He has served in the City Council. While being a good business man and enjoying his profession. he is at the same time a man of scholarly and literary tastes. Mr. Morgan was married at Wheeling, W. Va., to Miss Annie Thoburn, who was born and educated at Wheeling, and is a daughter of John and Jane (Miller) Tho-burn, both of whom were born in Belfast, Ireland, coming to Wheeling in early life. The father of Mrs. Morgan was killed in a railroad accident, while still in the prime of life. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have two children John Thoburn and Benjamin Ste-phen. The older son was born November 25, 1889, and after graduating from the Charleston High School, entered the engineering department of the West Virginia University at Morgantown. Benjamin Ste-phen, the second son, was born October 27, 1901, and is a student in the public schools. Mrs. Morgan was reared in the United Presbyterian church, while Mr. Morgan was brought up in the Methodist faith. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 05:20:34 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: James T. KEENEY, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 449-450 JAMES T. KEENEY, building contractor, at Eskdale, in Cabin Creek District, Kanawba County, W. Va., has been a resident of this county all his life, and was born at East Bank, November 7, 1875, and is a son of Foster and Eliza (Gatewood) Keeney. The Keeney family was established in Kanawha County in 1823, when Great grandfather William Keeney came and built his log cabin with the other three or four on Cabin Creek. He died here, leaving four sons, William E., Michael, Stires and Moses. Williarn E. Keeney, grandfather of James T., spent his entire life here and was a prosperous farmer of Cabin Creek District. He married Sallie Huff, of Kanawha County. They lived to be aged people and when she died in August, i908, was said to be over 100 years of age. They had seven children: Charles, Foster, Zackariah, Samuel. Nannie and two babes that died un-named. The only survivor is Nannie, who is the wife of L. L. Williams. Foster Keeney, father of James T., was born where the latter resides at Eskdale, when eighteen years of age left home to seek employment, moving to East Bank, after his marriage, where he resided for fifteen years. He then worked at the carpenter's trade in Charleston for three years, 1892-93-4 and '95, and lived at Eskdale for sixteen years prior to his death, which occurred May 10, 1909, when he was aged seventy-four years. He married Eliza Gatewood, who died at the early age of twenty-seven years, the mother of four children: Grace, James T., Theodore, and Oakley, who' died when four years old. James T. Keeney attended the public schools at East Bank and then learned the carpenter's trade with his father, with whom he continued to live. He does a very satisfactory business and has been concerned in the erection of many structures in this section. He is one of the representative men of the town and is a member of its board of councilmen. Mr. Keeney was married April 13, 1905, to Miss Edna Jacobs, a daughter of J. J. Jacobs, and they have four children: Lucille, Arthur, Elmo and an infant. He is identified with the order of Odd Fellows and belongs to the lodge at Eskdale. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 05:28:26 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Valentine L. BLACK, Kanawha County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens W.S. Laidley Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL. 1911 p. 450-453 VALENTINE L. BLACK, an attorney of Charleston, a member of the well known law firm of Brown, Jackson & Knight, was born in Beaver County, Pa., November 14, 1864, a son of Isaac and Sarah (Kay) Black. His first American ancestors, including the immigrant, settled at an early date in the state of Maryland. John Black, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, removed to Beaver County, Pa., where he engaged in farming. He died there when past middle age. His wife in maidenhood was Mary Smith, or Smyth, whose ancestors were from Germany. She lived to the remarkable age of 101 years. The Smiths were at first Lutherans but afterwards became attached to the Presbyterian faith. The children of John and Mary (Smith) Black were Andrew, John, Adam, Mary and Isaac, the father of our subject. Isaac Black became a coal and steamboat operator on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, meeting with varied success in these occupa-tions. In April, 1872, he came to Charleston with his family, and for the rest of his active life. he was engaged in business here. His death took place in 1888, when he was about sixty-three or sixty-four years old. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married in Pennsylvania, Miss Sarah Kay, who was born in Yorkshire, England, and was of English parentage and an-cestry. She was twelve years of age when she accompanied her parents, Henry and Mary (Ward) Kay, to America. The Kays are said to be chiefly of Norman stock while the Wards are Saxon. Mrs. Black's parents on coming to this country, settled in Allegheny County, Pa., where they lived and died. She herself died in Charleston, W. Va., at the age of fifty-three years, in December, 1891, having survived her husband about three and one-half years. Their children were William, Henry, David, Alice, Valentine L., Thomas W. and Sarah, whose records in brief are as follows: William and Sarah died in childhood. David Marcus is a printer residing in Charleston. He is married and has three children, namely: William, Nellie, who is married and has a daughter; and Alice, who is also married and has two children, a son and a daughter. Dice (daughter of Isaac and Sarah Black) became the wife of James S. Stewart and resides at Newport, Ky. She has one daughter. Thomas W. died un-married when over thirty years of age. Valentine L. Black was about seven years old when his parents took up their residence in Charleston. He was educated in the public schools of this city, became a clerk, and read law with his brother, Judge H. K. Black, now of the Intermediate Court, but who was then-from 1891 to 1896 circuit clerk of the county. Admitted to the bar in 1896, he became in January of the following year, associated with the firm of Brown, Jackson & Knight, and is still associated with this firm, which transacts a large amount of the important legal business of the county. He is a Republican politically, and belongs to the Masonic order, being a member of Kanawha Lodge No.20, A. F. & A. M.; Chapter No. 13, R. A. M.; Kanawba Commandery, No. 4; and Beni-Kedem Temple, M. S. He is also a Scottish Rite Mason, hav-ing taken the fourteenth degree; and an Odd Fellow, belonging to the Encampment; and a member of Glen Lodge of Elks, No.95. He was married in Charleston, W. Va., in December, '899, to Miss Maybell Burdett, who was horn in this city in 1877, being a daughter of- Hon. Samuel C. Burdett, judge of the Cir-cuit Court of Kanawha County. Mrs. Black was given a good education, attending the best schools in Charleston. She and her husband are the parents of two children: Ruth B., born December 9, 1900; and Mildred, horn December 19, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Black are members of the Episcopal church. Henry K. Black was born in Freedom, Pa., and was educated in the public schools of that place. Coming to Charleston in 1872, he began the study of law and was subsequently deputy clerk and clerk of the Circuit Court for sixteen years. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and was later appointed vice chancellor or commis-sioner of chancery. In 1902 he was elected to his present position as judge of the Interme-diate Court (or Criminal Court) of Kanawaha County, being re-elected in 1908. He has proved his ability on the bench and has been usefully active in many local matters. He was a meniber of the city council for three years, being elected in '899. In politics he is a Republican. He is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, No.20, of Charleston, and he is a charter member also of Elkana Lodge, No.63, K. P. Judge Black was married in Denver, Cob., to Miss Etta Anderson, a Charleston lady and daughter of John P. and Ellen (Irslow) Anderson. Her father, who was engaged in the brick manufacturing industry in Charleston, died some twenty years ago. His widow, Mrs. Black's mother, survives him and resides with her son, James R. Anderson, in this city. She is a member of the Methodist church, South, and is an active, intelligent, and well informed woman. Her husband was a Presbyterian in religion and a strong Democrat in politics. Judge and Mrs. Black have been the parents of three children, namely: Frances, who is at-tending the city high school, being a member of the class of 1912; and Henry K., Jr., and Harold K, who died in childhood. Mrs. Black and her daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm