WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 164 Today's Topics: #3 BIO: JOHN HUGH ROBINETT, D. O., Ca [Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20000709132323.00ba1b10@mail.earthlink.net> Subject: BIO: JOHN HUGH ROBINETT, D. O., Cabell Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 467-468 Cabell JOHN HUGH ROBINETT, D. O., of Huntington, West Virginia, is one of the leading practitioners of osteopathy in the state. He was born at Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia, August 29, 1886, and is a descendant of one of the early families of the Old Dominion. His father, James Ward Robinett, was born at Kimberling, Bland County, in 1861, where he was reared and educated. At Point Pleas- ant, Virginia, he married Sue Jane Hoge, of Wise County, and began a prosperous career as a farmer and as proprietor and owner of a saw and flouring mill at that place. On September 1, 1904, he moved to Athens, West Virginia, where his wife died May 18, 1921, on the fifty-eighth anniversary of her birth. Since establishing his residence at Athens Mr. Robinett has been engaged in the general con- tracting business. The children of this union in order of birth are: Lillie Hoge, John H. (of this sketch), Lakie Estelle, Annie Jane, Sarah Lee, Hazel Ward and Cleo Idell. Doctor Robinett acquired his early education in the rural schools of his native county, and after the removal of the family to Athens, West Virginia, he graduated from the Concord State Normal School in both the academic and normal departments in 1908. After his graduation he was employed as principal of schools at Chattaroy, Mingo County, and in the year of 1910 he attended the University of West Virginia at Morgantown. He then entered the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, the original school of its kind. From this school he graduated as a member of the class of 1914, with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy, under Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, who founded the science in. 1874. Prior to his graduation Doctor Robi- nett had been associated in practice with Dr. B. M. Thomas at Fort Scott, Kansas. In 1914 he came to Huntington, where he has built up a large and representative practice and gained high standing in his profession. He has also extended his professional education with other schools. Since establishing his office in Huntington he has graduated from the School of Orificial Surgery, Des Moines, Iowa, and during the summer of 1922 he attended a special post- graduate course in the Electronic Reactions of Abrama, given by Dr. Albert Abrams, A. M., M. D., LL. D., F. R. M. S., of San Francisco. At Huntsville, Missouri, on the 2d of August, 1916, Doctor Robinett married Miss Margaret Mae Thomas, who had been a successful teacher in the public schools of Mis- souri. She is a graduate of the Huntsville High School, and received her professional training in the State Teachers College at Kirksville. Mrs. Robinett is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Thomas. Her father, who is now deceased, was a coal operator at Huntsville, Missouri, where his widow now resides. Doctor and Mrs. Robinett have two children: Mary Elizabeth, born October 14, 1917; and Paul Ward, born July 30, 1921. Doctor Robinett is an influential member of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society, of which he served two years as president, and as chairman of the legislative committee of the same society since 1916. He is a member of the American Osteopathie Association, and has represented his state society in the House of Delegates of this association for two years. He is also a member of the American Osteopathie Society of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryn- gology;; the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature; the International Society for Lymphatic Re- search, and the American Association of Orificial Surgeons. The doctor is a liberal and progressive citizen. He is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club and Business Men's Association. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, where he has served as a member of the board of stewards, and as president of the Epworth League. In the Masonic fraternity his affiliations are with Huntington Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M.; Huntington Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.; Huntington Lodge of Perfection No. 4; Hunting- ton Chapter, Knights of the Rose Croix No. 4; and West Virginia Consistory No. 1, A. A. S. R., at Wheeling. He is also a member of Beni-Kedem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Charleston. ______________________________ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:30:07 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20000709132315.00cdda40@mail.earthlink.net> Subject: BIO: WILLIAM CALVIN CAMP, M. D., Roane Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 467 Roane WILLIAM CALVIN CAMP, M. D., is widely known over Roane County for the earnest and capable service he has rendered for nearly sixteen years as a physician and surgeon. He was in the service of the Government for part of the World war, and now largely confines his atten- tion to his practice as a specialist, being located at Spencer. Doctor Camp was born on a farm seven miles south of Spencer in Roane County, April 30, 1877. The Camp family originated in Wales. Three brothers, James, Charles and Henry Camp, immigrated to Virginia in Colonial times. Doctor Camp is descended from James Camp, who settled in Wythe County, Virginia. William Anderson Camp, grandfather of Doctor Camp, was born at Wythe Court House in Wythe County in 1809, and from there moved to Monroe County, West Virginia, and finally retired and died at the farm of his son near Spencer, June 23, 1896. He married Eliza Lowe, who was born in Monroe County in 1820, and died also in Roane County, in 1892. Henry Camp, father of Doctor Camp, was born in Monroe County, January 10, 1852, and in 1863 his parents removed to Johnson Creek, near Walton, in Roane County. He became a carpenter, followed his trade in connection with operating his farm five miles south of Spencer, and since 1920 has lived retired in Spencer. He is a republican. Henry Camp married Margaret Ann Hersman, who was born in Lewis County, West Virginia, January 26, 1856. Their children are: James Howard, a dealer in proprietary medicines at Ravenswood in Jackson County; William Calvin; Ernest L., assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Morgan- town; Jacob Nestor, a foreman in the Goodrich Rubber Company's plant at Akron, Ohio; Carl H., an employe of the Goodrich Rubber Company at Akron; John, who oper- ates the home farm; Dr. Harry, a dentist at Spencer; Offa, an employe of the Goodrich Rubber Company at Akron; Ottis, a dentist at Charleston, West Virginia; and Denver D., in the drug business at Charleston. Dr. William Calvin Camp attended the rural schools of Roane County, and his boyhood environment was the farm. Subsequently for three years he was a student in Marshall College at Huntington and in 1905 entered the University of Louisville medical department, graduating M. D. June 30, 1908. He did post-graduate work at Louisville in 1919, specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat. Doctor Camp began practice after graduation at Reedyville in Roane County, but left that community nine months later and settled at Gandeeville in the same county, where he enjoyed a prosperous professional business for ten years. In June, 1918, with a commission as first lieutenant, he was assigned to duty in the Medical Corps at Camp Sevier, near Green- ville, South Carolina, and remained there until honorably discharged December 3, 1918. Since leaving the army Doctor Camp has practiced at Spencer, and more and more his time and abilities are being sought for his special work in the eye, ear, nose and throat. His offices are in the Riddle Building, at the corner of Church and Main streets, and he owns a modern home at 415 South Main Street. Doctor Camp is a member of the various medical societies, is a republican, and is affiliated with Moriah Lodge No. 38, A. F. and A. M., and Spencer Chapter No. 42, RB. A. M. September 24, 1899, at Gandeeville, he married Miss Chessie Marks, daughter of J. Cornelius and Louise (Hayes) Marks, the latter a resident of Gandeeville, where the father, who was a farmer, died. ______________________________ X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:30:19 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20000709132327.00c2d5a0@mail.earthlink.net> Subject: BIO: HERBERT SKEEN , Jackson Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 468 Jackson HERBERT SKEEN is in his second term of efficient service as Circuit Court clerk of Jackson County. He is one of the younger men of the county, represents an old family of this section, and his prominence in public affairs is due to his exceptional qualifications and also to his personal popularity and character. Mr. Skeen was born at Kentuck, in Jackson County, August 3, 1887. His grandfather, Joseph Skeen, was born in West Virginia and wag an early day hunter and farmer at Kentuck, where he lived out his life. The grandmother was his third wife, Matilda Casto, a native and life-long resident of Jackson County. David L. Skeen, father of the Circuit Court clerk, was born at Kentuck in 1864, and has spent all his life there. He owns a large farm, is a cattle raiser, a timber man, and for two years was road surveyor of Washington District. His political affiliation is with the republican party. David L. Skeen married Cordelia Winter, who was born in Jackson County in 1863. Their children were Romeo, who was a merchant and died on the home farm at Kentuck; Clifton, who died when nineteen years old; Herbert; Georgia Adeline, who died in infancy; Otho H., a farmer at Kentuck; Minnie A., who died at the age of twelve years; Elva, at home; Oria, who has passed away, the wife of Delmar, Good; and Ada, wife of James Poling, principal of schools at Carpenter in Kanawha County. Herbert Skeen spent the first twenty-three years of his life on the home farm, and partook of its responsibilities and labors at the same time that he was getting his educa- tion in the rural schools. He had special inclination for mathematics, learned the art of surveying, did consider- able work as a land surveyor, and in 1912 was elected surveyor of lands for Jackson County. He resigned from this office in 1914 to make his first race for clerk of the Circuit Court, being elected in November and beginning his first term of six years in January, 1915. He was re-elected in November, 1920, and is now in the second year of his second official term. Mr. Skeen is an influential republican. Outside of his official work he is manager of the Ripley Real Estate Company, and is an individual property owner, having a modern home at South Ripley. During the World war he was active both as an individual and as an official, serving on the Advisory Board of the county, making many speeches in behalf of the various war organizations and spending much time in filing out questionnaires for recruited men. He is affiliated with Ripley Lodge No. 16, F. and A. M., the Eastern Star, Ripley Lodge No. 30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand; is also district deputy grand master of the Fourth District of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Rebekahs. Other affiliations are with Walker Wright Lodge No. 198, Knights of Pythias, and Parkersburg Lodge No. 198, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1909, at Advent in Jackson County, he married Miss Lily Hamon, daughter of Joseph P. and Arena (Siders) Hamon, who still live on their farm at Advent. Mr. and Mrs. Skeen have three children: Dorothy Faye, born in 1911; Ralph Leon, born in 1913; and Inez, born in 1914.