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Today's Topics:
  #1 BIO: Dr. William Henry McCLUNG, Gr   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #2 BIO: William E. McCLUNG, Greenbrie   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #3 BIO: William Edgar DARNELL, Greenb   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #4 BIO: William B. HAYES, Greenbrier    [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #5 BIO: Howard Clemons SKAGGS, Greenb   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #6 BIO: The ARBUCKLE Family, Greenbri   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #7 BIO: James Monroe SKAGGS, Greenbri   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #8 BIO: Hon. John Calvert DICE, Green   [SSpradling@aol.com]

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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 210-214

DR. WILLIAM HENRY McCLUNG AND HIS FAMILY.

Another Branch of the Mcclung Brothers Who Emigrated to
Virginia.

The unwelcome visitor of Death entered the home of Dr. William Henry McClung,
at Meadow Bluff, on May 6; 1915, and took from the county another one of
Greenbrier's most prominent citizens. He died in his seventy-second year, and
was born near Crawley, October 28, 1843. He was the grandson of John McClung,
born probably in Ireland, and died in Rockbridge county, Virginia, about 178&.
Seven sons of John McClung settled in Greenbrier county, among the
descendants of whom, it is said, two companies-the "Greenbrier Swifts" and
the "Nicholas Greys," enrolled thirty-two members of this family in the
Confederate service.  They rode the finest horses to be seen in Gen. Robert
E. Lee's army. Alpheus Paris McClung was captain of the Greenbrier Swifts.
In the vicinity of Mt. Lookout, W. Va., the McClungs are very numerous, and a
worthy gentleman who had lived for eight years among the McClungs asserts
that he never heard a profane oath uttered by one of that name.
Alexander McClung, the father of William H., was born November 22, 1805, and
died May 1, 1892. He married on July 24, 1834, Eleanor Thompson, born July
19, 1816. She died June 13, 1901.
W. H. McClung followed the ordinary vocations of life until the breaking out
of the Civil war, when he left his home with his two older brothers to defend
his native soil. He first enlisted as a substitute in Colonel Henry's
regiment, but later joined the Creenbrier Cavalry, Company K, Fourteenth
Virginia regiment, under Captain Burkhart, and took part in the famous
battles at Forestvifle Stampede, near Harrisonburg, and in the stirring
campaign in the valley of Virginia with General Early. He was also with him
when he made the raid on WashingtQn City. and was wounded in front of the
Block House while trying to carry his brother, John T., who had been shot,
from the battlefiel4. In October, 1864, he was transferred to Hownshell's
battalion as Drillmaster, in which capacity he served until the close of the
war.  He was several times wounded, twice severely.  He was severely wounded
in the left breast at Frederick City, Md., and besides being wounded in the
right side during an engagement in front of the block house at Washington. He
was also wounded in the face during the battle of Ninevah, where he was
captured. but escaped by riding through the Federal lines, swimming the
Shenandoah river three times and taking refuge in the mountains, and reaching
his command three days later.
Upon his return home, Dr. McClung was united in marriage to Miss Adeline E.
Thompson, daughter of Isaac and Jane (Burns) Thompson, on November 15, j866.
To this union was born two sons and three daughters, four of whom, Mrs. A. N.
Shawver, Mrs. George Wall, Mrs. John Helper arid W. K. Mc-Clung, survive him.
The following sketch is taken from the Methodist Laymen's Herald, Sutton, W.
Va., published May 20, 1915, and because of being so ably written and true to
life, is given here:
"Dr. McCung started life as many ofAmerica's most successful sons-a poor boy.
Living in a section not then developed, his educational advantages were very
limited, but being blessed with native ability and with an indomitable will,
backed by industry and economy, he soon rose to prominence.
"After his marriage in j866, he moved to Roane county, this State, and began
the practice of medicine, but in a few months he returned to his native
country, without money and without reputation as a physician, but with more,
he had that God-given courage and will which always finds a way. He located
near Crawley and undertook the job of clearing six acres of land on the
Glencoe farm. He worked in the day time and studied at night and when the
work was done he received $30, which formed his capi-tal stock, and which he
said looked like a fortune.  Being a natural born physician and surgeon,
though he never attended college, he rose rapidly in his profession, gaining
an enviable rep-utation. For nearly fifty years he was the leading physician
in western Greenbrier and perhaps traveled more miles and visited more
patients than any other doctor who ever lived in the county. He was a hard
student and always provided himself with the latest books and journals on his
profession, regardless of the cost.
"He was a Jeffersonian and Bryan Democrat, a man of pronounced convictions
and a conspicuous figiire in every political campaign in this county for many
years, ever ready to defend the principles of true Democracy. He was a
successful politician, being five times elected to represent Greenbrier in
the West Vir-ginia Legislature-an honor bestowed on no other man. He was a
faithful representative and assisted in enacting many of the laws now upon
our statute books.  He was appointed by Governor W. A. MacCorkle a member of
the Board of Regents for the Deaf and Blind School at Romney, and served as
president of that body for twelve years, and held many other positions of
trust in the state and county.
"He was a successful farmer, owning and managing successfully some of the
best farms in this end of the county. He had a beautiful home, where
hospitality was generously bestowed by himself and family.  He loved his
district, was connected with many public enterprises for its development, and
lived to see many changes made for the betterment of its citizens.
"Dr. Mcclung had been a member of the M. E. Church, South, for forty years,
having been converted at Old Amell Church under the ministry of Rev. R. C.
Wiseman in 1872, and was actively identified with its interest. He realized
that he was nearing the end of his earthly pilgrimage and talked with his
pastor and family of the life beyond. He said he had no fears of the
future-that all was well.
"Funeral services were conducted at his home by his pastor, Rev. T. J.
Hopson, assisted by Rev. L. J. Barnett, at noon on the 8th, after which his
body was borne to its last resting place in the family cemetery near Rupert,
attended by the largest con-course of relatives and friends that ever
attended a burial in western Greenbrier.  The pallbearers were Drs. S. H.
Austin, G. A. Gilchrist, of Lewisburg; L. H. McClung, of Dawson; E. G.
Kesler, of Williamsburg; D. N. Wall, of Crawley, and C. I Wall, of Rainelle.
The services at the grave were conducted by Meadow Bluff Lodge, No.233,1.0.0.
F., of which he was a member.
"Dr. McClung leaves to mourn his departure, besides his wife and children,
one brother, John T. McClung, of Fort Spring, and four sisters, Mrs. Martha
Burdett. of Charleston; Mrs. D. C. Snyder, of Huntington; Mrs. Harvey Smith,
of Meadow Bluff, and Mrs. Watson McClung, of Dawson.
"The writer has been intimately acquainted with the deceased for thirty-three
years and can truthfully say that his loyalty to his friends was unbounded.
There never was a night too dark and cold, the road too long or the water and
mud too deep for him to go at the call of a friend who was sick or in
distress.

'Valiant soul, farewell,
And tho' the warrior's sun has set, Its light shall linger 'round us yet,
Bright, radiant, blest.'
"E. D. SMOOT."

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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 214-215

WILLIAM E. McCLUNG.

On a beautiful highly cultivated little farm near Fort Spring, in the Irish
Corner district, lives W. E. McClung, another representative of the large
McClung family in Greenbtier county.
W. E. McClung, son of J. T. and Cynthia Thompson McClung, was born November
29, 1873, at Meadow Bluff, in Meadow Bluff district, and he lived there until
October 15, 1900, when he moved with his parents to Fort Spring, in Irish
Corner. On September 24, 1907, he married Relda Burdette, daughter of J.
Harrison and Catherine Rodgers Burdette, and to this union three children
have been born, namely, Thomas Harry, born May i8, 1911; Wanda, December 10,
1912; Frank Gasaway, September 28, 1914.
Mrs. McClung is a great granddaughter of Ishman Burdette, the first of that
name who settled on Wolf creek, Monroe county, one hundred years ago. His
son, Jackson, the father of J. Harrison, was born in 1813, and died in 1876.
He lived and died in Monroe. His wife was Elizabeth Schumake. She was born on
New river and lived and died there at the age of nearly one hun-dred years.
They had ten children: J. Harrison Burdette was born November 22, i85o. He
married, in 1875, Catherine Rodgers (see sketch of the Rodgers family) and
has always lived on the old Michael Rodgers homestead. To this union were
born six children: K. L., who married Mary Bud; Relda, who married W. E.
McClung; Ella, who married Frank Brown; Wilbur, who died in 1905; Mary and
Eyrette, who are single.
On January 1, 1908. Mr. McClung purchased the farm on which he now lives of
I. T. Mann. It was a part of the old Mathew Mann estate, and at the time Mr.
McClung bought it it was without a fence, except the one on the road, and no
build-ings at all; but improvements were begun at once. In 1911 the barn was
built and in 1912 the house was built, and he moved onto the place at that
time. Now the farm is well fenced and is in a high state of cultivation.


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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 215-216

WILLIAM EDGAR DARNELL.

Marion and Mary Ann (Church) Darnell were residents of this county, living
near Lewisburg at the time William E. Darnell was born, on September 14,
1870. The father was a farmer and died at the age of twenty-six years. The
mother, now the wife of A. C. Bivens, is a woman of remarkable business
capacity and known for her many kindnesses of heart and good traits of
char-acter.
W. E. Darnell came to Lewisburg when fourteen years of age, and after
acquiring a comon school education, learned the tinner's trade, an ocupation
he has succesfully followed since the year 1886. He probably has tinned more
roofs in Lewisburg and vicinity than any other tinner now living in the
county. He built his house in 1905 and bought his shop in 1915.
On Wednesday, December 19, 1894, Mr. Darnell married Miss Maggie Hayes, and
from this union were born: Mary Edgar, now the wife of C. J. Smith; Grace
Olga and Lawrence. His wife died February 25, 1903, and he then married Miss
Irene Hayes, on Thursday, October 6, 1904, and to this union were born two
children, Marion and Earl. it was from both marriages his interesting family
of children came. All are members of the Old Stone church in Lewisburg, and
the father is past master of Greenbrier Lodge, No.42.

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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 216-217

WILLIAM B. HAYES.

The schools of Greenbrier are somewhat noted for their efficiency. Among
those who have thoroughly prepared themselves for work in that profession is
W. B. Hayes, who taught his first school near Renick almost thirty years ago.
He was graduated from the State Normal School at Athens, W. Va., two years
later and has been teaching in the county about ever since. He is spoken of
in the highest terms by the present county superintendent, who was his pupil
at one timc. No less worthy are his children, who seem not to have ever known
what it was to be absent from school or tardy of mornings.  Mary, the eldest
daughter, now pursuing an A. B. course at the West Virginia University,
graduated from the high school at Lewisburg at the age of fourteen with a
rating of 97 per cent., and at the seminary, in 1915, having a grade of 96.9'
per cent, winning the first-honor scholarship and being graduated first in
her class.
Miss Myrtle, the second daughter, following in the wake of her elder sister
as to punctuality, proficiency and worthiness, has now had two years in the
seminary, leading her classes as usual.
William S. is now ready, with as good a reputation as the others, to enter
the high school, while Benjamin R. has never been tardy once for six years,
and Maggie Ruth never absent or tardy.
William B. Hayes was born near Frankford, November 12, 1864, and was reared a
farmer. He attended school during winter months, obtaining a good common
district school education, and a first-grade certificate with which to begin
his professional career.  In 1887 he took his graduation papers from the
State Normal School, and from that time he has made a good reputa-tion as a
teacher. On September 18, 1895, he married Miss Rebecca Margaret Mcclung. The
children from that parentage are:
(I) Mary Tirzah, born July 25, 1896; Myrtle V., born January 22, 1899;
William S., born November 6, 1901; Benjamin Raymond, born June 6, 1904;
Maggie Ruth, born October 8, 1906. Seven years ago Mr. Hayes sold one of his
farms and moved to Lewisburg.
Mrs. Rebecca Margaret Hayes, wife of William B. Hayes, was born January 7,
1865. She is in direct descent from John Mc-Clung, born in Scotland. (See
sketch of James F. McClung.)
Capt. Benjamin Hayes, the father of W. B. Hayes, died in 1900 at the age of
sixty-four years. He was one of the prosperous and industrious farmers of
Greenbrier county and a soldier in the late war. He entered in the
Confederate service at the beginning of the war and served until the
surrender of Lee, in i86~, having been in many battles, under trying
positions many times, but he never received a wound. He was a member of
Company B, in the Third Regiment of Wise's Legion, or the Sixtieth Virginia
Infantry. His career, as one of the brave soldiers of the army reads like a
romance.
Captain Hayes married Tirzah Correll, of Frankford.  She was a daughter of
Samuel Correll, and bore him twelve children, viz.: Samuel, John Price,
William B., Mary Frances, Margaret Susan, Laura Agnes, Acie Ellen, Hettie
Raymond, Ida Vance, Frank Watts and one child who died in infancy.
Mr. Hayes, Sr., was a kind husband, a good father, and provided well for his
family, especially as to the education of the children.

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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 217-219

HOWARD CLEMONS SKAGGS.

The Skaggs of Greenbrier have been noted for capable business qualities,
inherited probably from their father, Alexander Sanford Skaggs, who was one
of the most successful merchants of the county. Accuracy, dispatch and
neatness characterized A. S. Skaggs' business relations with the public for a
period of about fifty years, during which time he owned and operated a
general store on the old James River and Kanawha turnpike, about eleven miles
west.of Lewisburg. It was in the days when the four-horse stage coach, with
its relays of every ten miles, brought passengers and the wares for trade
every night to Clintonville, then a village consisting of one store, a
blacksmith shop and a post office. Practically this store had all the trade
of the western part of the county.
Alexander Sanford Skaggs, son of Henry Skaggs and Matilda Skaggs, was married
to Mary Catherine, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Remley, February 18, 1836.
He was born March 23, 1812, and died September 15, 1880. Ilis wife was born
October 12, 1820, and died December 9, 1864. The children born to this union
were as follow: Virginia S., now Mrs. Fell, October 26, 1837; Matilda J.,
April 25, 1839; Henry Alexander, November 24, 1840, died October 1, 1901;
James Monroe, September 4, 1842; Laura Ann, August 2, 1844, died July 3,
1913; Edward Clowny, April i8, 1846, died July 24, 1911; Florence Estaline,
January 3, 1849; Hannah Mary, now Mrs. Bryan, November 27'  1851; Sanford
Remley, May 25, 1853; Howard Clemons, May 15, 1855; Ethel Adelia, April 10,
1857; Richard Rector, March 18, 1861, died December 27, 1881.
During the Civil war Henry and James M. Skaggs (Polk) fought in the
Confederate ranks for four years and F. C. Skaggs for two years and
experienced some of the horrors of prisQn life at Camp Point Lookout,
Maryland. James M. Skaggs, now living at Hubart, is one of the leading
business men of the county. He has just been elected president of the Bank of
Greenbrier to succeed A. E. Johnson, deceased.
Howard Clemons Skaggs was educated in the public schools of the county,
closing with a three years' course of study in the Frankford High School.
Following came a three years' clerkship in the store of his brother-in-law,
J. P. Fell, and then, when just past the age of twenty-one, he left home and
friends for a fortune in prospect in the State of Texas. During the first few
years of his stay there he labored as a farm hand. By close application to
business principles he won a reputation for honesty and integrity,

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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 220-222

THE ARBUCKLE FAMILY.

The Arhuckles came from Scotland and first settled in Pennsylvania. One
family came from Pennsylvania and settled on the James river, near what is
now called Balcony Falls, in Rockbridge county. Three brothers-Mathew,
William and Thomas started from their settlement to the Greenbrier valley.
Thomas was killed while hunting during the trip and Mathew and William
settled at Fort Union, now Lewisburg. Mathew was a captain in the army and in
a march of about nineteen days through the virgin forest guided Gen. Andrew
Lewis' army from Fort Union to Point Pleasant, leaving Fort Union September
19, 1774, and fought the battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774.
William Arbuckle, brother of Capt. Mathew Arbuckle, was with the army at
Point Pleasant and afterward, about 1796 or 1797, moved, and settled in
Putnam county, on the Kanawha river. Capt. Mathew Arbuckle remained in comand
of the fort at Point Pleasant until after 1777. In 1781, as he was returning
from Richmond on a commission for the army, he was killed on Jackson  river,
in Bath county, June 27, 1787, in a storm, by the falling of a tree, under
which he was caught. He was the father of a large family of sons and
daughters, and many of his posterity are now valued citizens of the
Greenbrier valley. One of his sons, Cen. Mathew Arbuckle, was with army in
the Arkansas - many years and until his death, and was said to have had great
influence among the Indians in his time. His name is revered in that country
to this day. His brother, William, who settled in Putnam county, reared a
large family of daughters, from whom descended many of the prominent families
of Putnam and Mason counties. The only family of the name there now is that
of James H. Arbuckle, of Putnam county, but he is a great-grandson of Capt.
Mathew Arbuckle.
John William Arbuckle, a prominent lawyer of Lewisburg, W. Va., for many
years mayor of the town, and an able, efficient executive officer. As a
member of the West Virginia State Senate was chairman of the judiciary
committee. He has been honorably and effectively identified with the best
interests of State and church. Twice married, first to Mary Tate Finley, of
Augusta county, Virginia, in October, 1878, to which union four children were
born: Finley M. Arbuckle, one of the leading and prosperous young business
men of the town. Chosen justice of the peace at the age of twenty-one, has
been successively elected to succeed himself. Once mayor of the town and has
been for years appointed to audit the financial accounts of the county and
district treasurer.
James Edward Arbuckle, one of the young members of the bar.
John Tate Arbuckle, a succesful traveling salesman of Charles-ton, W. Va.
Mary Hale Arbuckle, a most competent and efficient teacher in the primary
department of the Lewisburg Female Institute.
His second marriage, in April, 1892, to Mary Withers Young, of Staunton, Va.
To this union four children came: William Withers Arbuckle, a graduate of the
Greenbrier Presbyterial School and of Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia.
Taught one year at Porter Military Academy, Charleston, S. C., and two year's
at Cluster Springs Academy, Virginia. For three terms instructor at Laurel
Park Summer School at Hendersonville, N. C.  Recently, at twenty-three years
of age, elected professor of history and mathematics in Alexandria High
School, Virginia.  Three daughters are at home with their parents.
A brother, Andrew Alexander Arbuckle, now of Howard county, Missouri, was a
cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, less than seventeen years of age,
in May, 1864, when they were called to the Confederate army, and participated
in the famous charge at the battle of New Market. Junius S. Arbuckle, now a
prosperous grape grower of California, who had three brothers in the
Confederate army, now has four sons prepared for the army training camp.
The Arbuckles are of Scotch descent and among them many faithful and devoted
ruling elders in the Presbyterian church, in West Virginia and in California,
Kentucky, North Carolina andTexas, States to which they have gone. The women,
as the men, consecrated, faithful and constant in devotion to piety. A clan
true to God; true to country; true to self.

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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 222

JAMES MONROE SKAGGS.

The fourth child of Alexander Sanford Skaggs is the subject of this sketch.
He was born at Clintonville, September 4, 1843, and was reared a farmer. His
education was begun in the country schools and completed by a two years'
course at Frankford. Soon after thebreaking out of the war, he enlisted in
the Four-teenth Virginia Cavalry, connecting his destinies in that terrible
struggle with Company K, serving in the capacity of a corporal. His regiment
was a part of the division of Ceneral W. H. F. Lee, in the cavalry corps of
Fitzhugh Lee, and he served four years.
saw much service around Winchester, Va., in all having partic-ipated in three
engagements in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He was captured near
Winchester, Va., in November, 1864, and was a prisoner of war until July 6,
1865.
Returning home at the close of the war, Mr. Skaggs engaged as a merchant, in
which business he continued until he retired from active pursuits in life, in
1912. He was a member of the firm of Fell & Skaggs, in Lewisburg, and since
that time, in all twenty-eight years, was in charge of a general store of his
own at Hug-hart. In the meantime he engaged extensively in farming, own-ing
and managing a large stock farm. On January I, 1916, he was elected president
of the Greenbrier Bank, with which he had been connected as a director since
its formation, in 1897.
Mr. Skaggs was married to Estelline S. McCiintick, daughter of Rev. Robert
McClintic, of the Methodist Episcopal cburch. on November 24, 1874.  She died
March 12, '904.  Two children were the fruit of this union, one dying in
infancy. The second child, Alexander Sanford Skaggs, born June 4, 1883, is in
charge of the home place at Hughart.  He received his education at Staunton,
Va.


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History of Greenbrier County
J. R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV 1917
p. 224-226

HON. JOHN CALVERT DICE.
Hon. John Calvert Dice, postmaster of Lewisburg, and Judge Charles Samuel
Dice, sons of Rev. John Cunningham Dice, at one time presiding elder of the
Lewisburg (W. Va.) district of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, are descendants of a long line of ministers, with
ancestry of German origin on the paternal side, the name originally having
been written Deiss.
Tradition locates three brothers of this family who came from York county,
Pennsylvania, to the present Pendleton county, West Virginia, but of these
nothing is definitely known execpt that Mathias Dice served in the French and
Indian war, and he, at least, arrived in Pendleton county in 1757.
The present postmaster of Lewisburg, the Hon. John Calvert Dice, received a
thorough literary preparation for work in after life, first under able
tutors, then by attending some of our higher institutions of learning, and of
which many of them are found in our land.
He was born in Hamilton, Loudoun county, Virginia September 27, 1872. After
graduating from the high school' in Staunton, he attended Randolph-Macon
College at Ashland, Va. And thus equipped for giving instruction, he taught
school for twelve years in Virginia and West Virginia, after which he was for
two years private secretary to Hon. Joseph E. Willard, of Washington, D. C.,
now ambassador to Spain.
In 1899, Mr. Dice moved to Lewisburg and was principal of the high school for
three years, and for twelve years succeeding became engaged in general
insurance business.
In 1910, Mr. Dice was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the
Democrats of Greenbrier county, and re-elected in 1912. Whik in the
Legislature he was the recognized Democratic floor leader of the session,
also member of many im-portant committees, one of which was that of the
chairmanship of the fish and game committee. He was appointed by Governer
Glasscock to help draft the workmen's compensation act, to which much travel,
time and study was given. From 1907 to 1909, he was mayor of Lewisburg. He
served for six years as president of the board of education of Lewisburg, and
for four years as a member of the county board of examiners and has for the
past fifteen years taken an active interest in every movement looking toward
the welfare of his town, county and State. He was ap-pointed posttmaster of
Lewisburg by President Wilson July I, 1915, which office he now holds.
On November 28, 1900, Mr. Dice married Jane Stuart Price, daughter of John S.
and Susan McElhenney Price, and grand-daughter of Governor Samuel Price and
of Rev. John McElhenney, D. D., who was pastor of the Old Stone Presbyterian
Church at Lewisburg for fifty years. Mrs. Dice is president of the Lewisburg
Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and state registrar of the same
order.
Mr. Dice is a director in several corporations and a member of the insurance
committee of the State Board of Trade. He is a Mason, a member of Greenbrier
Lodge, No.42, at Lewisburg; Ronceverte Chapter, No.21, Royal Arch Masons, at
Ronceverte; past eminent commander of Greenbrier Commandery No. 15, Knights
Templar, Lewisburg, and Beni Keden temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic
Shrine, Charleston.  He is also a steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.

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