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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Tyler County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Meredith"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Steven Meredith (1868-1956) — also known as Charles S. Meredith — of Spencer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RO-lived.html">Roane County</a>, W.Va. Born in Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-born.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-03.html">July 3, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Roane County, 1929-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-died.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/01-24.html">January 24, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43445109">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl Wilford Freeland (1914-1978) — also known as Carl W. Freeland; Carl Wilford Main — of Middlebourne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/index.html">1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-parties.html">Chair of Tyler County Democratic Party</a>, 1961-63. Died in April, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arch Main and Rose Ann Freeland; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frederick-freels.html#021.53.22">Agnes Pearl Albright</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18542.html">Harmer-Freeland family</a> of West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43405255">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cecil Lloyd Nichols (1909-1988) — also known as Cecil L. Nichols — of Alma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va.; Middlebourne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in Meeker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-born.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/01-09.html">January 9, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Tyler County, 1941-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-died.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/11-27.html">November 27, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Everett Nichols and Blanche (Tustin) Nichols; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/05-20.html">May 20, 1933</a>, to Lillian Ruth Meredith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43448813">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09873">Fairview Church Cemetery</a> Centerville, Tyler County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8412476681/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/182/27.02.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Howard B. Lee"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) — also known as Howard B. Lee — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, W.Va.; Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Sanoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WI-born.html">Wirt County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-27.html">October 27, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Putnam County, 1909-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-officials.html">Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1912-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/attygn.html">West Virginia state attorney general</a>, 1925-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in the Hobe Sound Geriatric Village <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a>, Stuart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MT-died.html">Martin County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/05-24.html">May 24, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/105.html">105 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Stephen Sullivan Lee and Virginia (Quick) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-05.html">March 5, 1907</a>, to Ida Lenore Hamilton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155640388">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08436">Spring Hill Cemetery</a> Josephs Mills, Tyler County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763987014/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/660/36.35.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Cecil H. Underwood"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cecil Harland Underwood (1922-2008) — also known as Cecil H. Underwood — of Sistersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va.; Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va.; Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Born in Josephs Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-born.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-05.html">November 5, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Tyler County, 1945-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1957-61, 1997-2001; defeated, 1964, 1976, 2000; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WV.html">1960</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WV.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/WV.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/WV.html">2000</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1960; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/pr1968-election.html">1968</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#856.26.45">Spiro T. Agnew</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. He was both the youngest (in 1957) and the oldest (in 2001) governor in West Virginia history. Died, following a series of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes</a>, in Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/11-24.html">November 24, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 19 days</a>). His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">body was donated</a> to the School of Medicine at Marshall University. Cenotaph at Spring Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of S. H. Underwood and Della (Forrester) Underwood; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/07-25.html">July 25, 1948</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#288.12.66">Hovah Hall</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#778.12.49">Cecilia Underwood</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16735.html">Underwood #2 family</a> of Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1996): "Better Government, Not Bigger Government."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "They gave their lives in service to others and their bodies in death to science."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/cecil-h-underwood/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil H. Underwood">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/611/000121248">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31680103">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08508">Middlebourne Cemetery</a> Middlebourne, Tyler County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=79172&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Inghram Boreman (1816-1892) — also known as William I. Boreman — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in Waynesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-18.html">June 18, 1816</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Tyler County, 1867; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 4th District, 1868-71. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-died.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-15.html">January 15, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Middlebourne Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Kenner Seaton Boreman and Sarah (Inghram) Boreman; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#036.89.30">James Miller Boreman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#436.46.95">Arthur Inghram Boreman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#589.01.83">Jacob Smith Boreman</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#127.27.56">Herbert Stephenson Boreman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26580.html">Boreman family</a> of Parkersburg, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44211582">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06797">Cedar Grove Cemetery</a> Shirley, Tyler County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel McMillan (b. 1816) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/DO-lived.html">Doddridge County</a>, W.Va. Born in Brooke County, Va. (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HN-born.html">Hancock County</a>, W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/index.html">1816</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Doddridge County, 1872-73. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Martha Langfitt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08507">Greenwood Cemetery</a> Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=78515&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> A. Emerson Doak (1876-1960) — of Sistersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in Deep Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-born.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/02-21.html">February 21, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1941-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/index.html">1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Doak and Ingabe I. (Bee) Doak; married to Callie Fuchs.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43636004">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Forrest M. Buck (1909-1996) — of Sistersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in Aliquippa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-born.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-08.html">March 8, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">Automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1963-72 (Tyler County 1963-64, 5th District 1965-72). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/02-13.html">February 13, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Luster F. Buck and Katherine (Marshall) Buck; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/05-31.html">May 31, 1933</a>, to Mary Harrington.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43599539">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Russell U. Adams (1888-1957) — also known as Russ U. Adams — of Sistersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/index.html">1888</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-parties.html">chair of Tyler County Democratic Party</a>, 1949-55. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16972038">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-buried.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>