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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Greenbrier County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Holt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#562.97.43">Adam C. Snyder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#399.26.48">L. Judson Williams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Greenbrier County, 1850-1899: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#397.58.03">John W. Arbuckle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#192.88.62">Kyle Bright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#503.10.78">Hamilton P. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#242.09.14">Joseph F. Caldwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#874.44.96">George W. Carpenter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#230.77.75">James F. Clarke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#271.48.15">Robert F. Dennis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#690.86.33">Thomas H. Dennis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#995.25.07">R. D. Erwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#976.94.73">John F. Garing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris5.html#037.73.88">John W. Harris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#853.05.07">Henry Mason Mathews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccallen-mccarter.html#818.58.06">Thomas K. McCann</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#686.93.83">John A. Preston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#562.97.92">Carlos A. Sperry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stafseth-standifer.html#992.92.93">Randolph Stalnaker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#165.37.10">Charles A. Thatcher</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Greenbrier County, 1900-1949: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#698.52.79">Charles W. Arbaugh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#059.90.56">H. W. Bivens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#465.16.24">Stuart C. Boggs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#265.89.01">Robert H. Boone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bray.html#831.92.22">A. B. C. Bray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#982.50.20">Raymond E. Bright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#972.31.99">Harry Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/decker.html#072.98.35">J. E. Decker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#690.86.33">Thomas H. Dennis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#426.66.52">John Dice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#079.96.67">Russell Ferrence</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#014.40.80">William W. Foster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html#530.06.64">R. H. Giles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#939.35.26">W. H. Gum</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#442.53.28">Floyd Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin9.html#200.12.68">William W. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclelland-mcclory.html#509.96.81">C. F. McClintic</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#025.24.34">Arthur McClung</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#118.79.26">Clarence Osborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#686.93.83">John A. Preston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramsay-randal.html#160.58.25">Joseph P. Ramsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#293.39.68">C. E. Spade</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens9.html#358.49.07">W. W. Stevens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#417.82.31">John B. Sydenstricker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thurmond-thwing.html#852.29.72">Joseph S. Thurmond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#495.05.84">Mary Van Sickler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams4.html#977.28.69">Howard E. Williams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Greenbrier County, 1950-1999: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clementson-cletus.html#653.83.88">J. G. Clendenen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/combs.html#087.75.75">Eli Combs, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cronen-crosbie.html#099.50.05">Betty Crookshanks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#930.71.68">Martha Ford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#264.38.83">Richard E. Ford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#755.78.51">Sheldon Haynes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#791.07.76">Claude Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#154.27.05">Merle L. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#420.86.21">Robert B. King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#427.44.34">Eric Nelson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#000.19.72">William H. Wallace</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Greenbrier County, Va. (now W.Va.):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clementson-cletus.html#229.31.44">George Clendinen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#266.63.99">Samuel Price</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stuart.html#665.78.37">John Stuart</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alderson:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gutierrez-gyger.html#605.35.72">Eugene C. Gwinn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#236.61.39">H. Rodgers McVey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#935.76.02">T. L. Woodson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dawson:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html#744.99.75">John L. Campbell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>East Rainelle (now part of Rainelle):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watts.html#682.74.95">Lester W. Watts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#724.23.62">L. W. Wilt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Fort Spring:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#621.15.61">George Ambler</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frankford:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#486.38.21">Walter Roy Blankenship</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#623.52.89">Michael S. Knisely</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lewisburg:</b></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Lewisburg, 1800-1899: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#022.78.37">Charles Samuel Dice</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Lewisburg, 1900-1999: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#674.71.86">J. E. Bass</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benedict.html#904.71.85">Cleveland K. Benedict</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowker-bowling.html#683.79.36">Gus A. Bowling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#259.23.13">James D. Brackenrich</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell8.html#155.98.58">Thomas W. Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#977.48.38">S. F. Clay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colebank-coleman.html#211.33.93">William S. Coleman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#022.78.37">Charles Samuel Dice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#152.42.41">Jane Dice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#297.67.05">S. C. Dice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#700.94.73">Thomas B. Freeman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#326.60.81">W. H. Garnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harreld-harrigan.html#606.51.20">Glen Harrah</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herberts-herlong.html#069.90.68">Mrs. Wayne Herkness</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill1.html#975.40.73">Arthur M. Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogg.html#493.04.17">Gory Hogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliday.html#706.68.57">Joseph Richard Holliday</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#283.05.07">Mark L. Jarrett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#022.54.76">William N. Jasper, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#211.51.32">William N. Jasper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jolley-jondahl.html#374.91.30">Frank E. Jolliffe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#070.35.52">H. Nickell Kramer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#029.78.43">John A. Lile</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#134.73.83">D. S. MacQueen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclaughlin-mclay.html#954.74.24">Claude E. McLaughlin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#413.72.43">M. T. Moss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#762.07.21">Oscar Nelson, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#432.00.05">D. R. Nickell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richmond.html#371.71.68">John L. Richmond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#080.46.25">Randy Schoonover</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#806.98.64">F. W. Tuckwiller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#747.91.78">Harry L. Van Sickler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#495.91.77">Jack K. Wallace</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Lewisburg, 2000-2023: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnes.html#311.14.80">John Barnes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benedict.html#904.71.85">Cleveland K. Benedict</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell1.html#447.47.67">Brack L. Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell8.html#155.98.58">Thomas W. Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#399.81.05">Steve Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#024.70.80">Jim Justice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccullogh-mcdade.html#163.92.81">John H. McCutcheon II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccullogh-mcdade.html#626.92.35">Laura McCutcheon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller7.html#641.40.52">Ronald F. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#016.91.34">Glenn Singer</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lewisburg, Va. (now W.Va.):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#609.68.89">James W. Mathews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#440.33.53">John Mathews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#995.27.14">William Smith</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Meadow Bluff:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smythe-snelgrove.html#500.79.19">Donald R. Snedegar</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walkinlawton-wall.html#298.42.38">C. Laird Wall</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Quinwood:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#170.14.18">Joseph Ebert Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#191.29.06">Charles L. McClung</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rainelle:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowman.html#665.33.06">Richard H. Bowman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neal.html#549.00.55">Sarah Lee Neal</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rae-raines.html#786.23.05">John Raine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#481.58.82">Donald E. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#170.56.80">Forrest H. Spade</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#699.74.73">Ralph D. Williams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ronceverte:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#219.49.53">Edward L. Blake</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#300.75.20">Norman B. Blake</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#147.34.57">William E. Blake III</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#281.56.60">C. E. Boone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#194.39.34">William A. Boone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#023.65.33">Ray Canterbury</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#962.92.65">R. K. Ford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#814.21.88">H. L. Goodman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchinson.html#633.03.16">O. N. Hutchinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson5.html#233.36.01">J. A. Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#002.95.75">Mrs. James Clay Jeter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#070.35.52">H. Nickell Kramer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcphetres-mcrae.html#695.75.76">Spurgeon McQueen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffner-shanley.html#128.16.29">James C. Shanklin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#762.20.14">Hassie H. Tucker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood4.html#494.56.98">Mrs. Hassie T. Wood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#186.08.23">Paul K. Yates</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rupert:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell1.html#447.47.67">Brack L. Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html#616.48.62">J. R. 'Dick' Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall2.html#516.67.69">David Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#974.46.73">C. D. Price</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Smoot:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheppard.html#896.54.05">W. T. Sheppard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>White Sulphur Springs:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowker-bowling.html#049.11.36">John H. Bowling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowker-bowling.html#220.16.61">John H. Bowling, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hines.html#221.78.59">William B. Hines</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#351.30.49">L. M. LaFollette</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/little.html#633.15.87">Arthur W. Little</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myerson-myus.html#815.33.76">David T. 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