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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia</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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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qFQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA612-IA1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/485/84.08.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="George Poffenbarger"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Poffenbarger (1861-1951) — of Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-born.html">Mason County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-24.html">November 24, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-officials.html">Mason County Sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WV.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1901-22; resigned 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-20.html">March 20, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <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 Clinton Poffenbarger and Mary (Lewis) Poffenbarger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-10.html">May 10, 1894</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#567.55.62">Olivia Nye Simpson</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#596.78.23">Noland I. Poffenberger</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/10001-2718.html">Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Poffenbarger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73614602">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 1917</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> Livia Simpson Poffenbarger (1861-1937) — also known as Olivia Nye Simpson; Mrs. George Poffenbarger — of Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va.; Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Pomeroy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MG-born.html">Meigs County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-12.html">March 12, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/pr1924-meeting.html">1925</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#826.74.23">Calvin Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis-dawsey.html#465.98.04">Charles G. Dawes</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/colonial-dames.html">Colonial Dames</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-27.html">October 27, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <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: Daughter of George Perry Simpson and Phoebe Almeda (Kennedy) Simpson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-10.html">May 10, 1894</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</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/10001-2718.html">Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia Simpson Poffenbarger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73615841">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> Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger (1898-1962) — also known as Nathan S. Poffenbarger — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va.; Spring Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-04.html">August 4, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WV.html">1948</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-19.html">July 19, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#567.55.62">Livia Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</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/10001-2718.html">Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78186159">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> Perry Simpson Poffenbarger (1899-1997) — also known as Perry S. Poffenbarger — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-24.html">November 24, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1960. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/04-20.html">April 20, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#567.55.62">Livia Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a>; married to Helen Reid Wood; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</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/10001-2718.html">Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78186081">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> Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger (1903-1983) — also known as L. F. Poffenbarger — of Dunbar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-17.html">December 17, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1950. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/10-20.html">October 20, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms03406">Sunset Memorial Park</a>, South Charleston, W.Va. <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 Thomas Albertus Poffenberger and Anna (Murray) Poffenberger; married to Virginia E. Jarrett; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</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/10001-2718.html">Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44570787">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> John T. Poffenbarger (b. 1935) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va.; Dunbar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/10-15.html">October 15, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1964; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1967-74; defeated, 1974 (8th District), 1980 (17th District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Still living as of 1980. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a> and Virginia (Jarrett) Poffenbarger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/04-07.html">April 7, 1961</a>, to Susan Gidley; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#485.84.08">George Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#634.16.03">Nathan Simpson Poffenbarger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#956.07.37">Perry Simpson Poffenbarger</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/10001-2718.html">Poffenbarger family</a> of South Charleston and Charleston, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=248565">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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." 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