s/o George W. and Francis Quaintance Tidler
James O. T. Tidler, of Clarksburg, was born December 31, 1876, and was reared to manhood off the Tidler home farm
at Slate Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginia. His only early educational advantages were those of a country public school, but he was always a leader in his classes. At the age of eighteen years, the youngest age allowed by law, he taught school near his home in Rappahannock County, after having successfully passed the teachers examination, where he was granted a first grade certificate. Teaching three years supplied a considerable part of the fund he needed for his law course, as he sought no financial assistance from any relative or friend, but relied solely upon his .own efforts and resources. His legal education is a record of brilliant achievements. In February, 1900, he entered Richmond College Law School, now Richmond University of Virginia, and made Junior Law in less than a half session. In the fall of 1900, following, he was offered and accepted a responsible position of financial trust and management in connection with the president's office, and entered the Senior Law Class, but in less than four months he went before the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at its Richmond term on January 11, 1901, and successfully passed the most rigid bar examination, except one, ever held by that high court, and was by the Supreme Court granted license to practice law. Thirty applicants tried this examination for admission to the bar, of which number nineteen able men, most of them graduates in law, failed, and only eleven of the thirty applicants passed and obtained license to practice. This examination and its results were given considerable space in the Richmond and other Virginia newspapers at the time, the same being, also, a matter of record in Volume 6 of the Virginia Law Register.
Though being admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court under circumstances that were a splendid augury for his
future, Mr. Tidler did not at that time quit school to practice, as might have been expected, but preferred to continue his studies to completion and become a full-fledged graduate before beginning the practice of his chosen profession. In the early spring, however, he was stricken down with inflammatory rheumatism, to such an extent that he could move neither hand nor foot without assistance and great pain, and was for several weeks treated in a Richmond hospital. Notwithstanding this great affliction he was undaunted in his purpose and the achievement of his ambitions. Leaving the hospital, though still sick and afflicted and unable to write, he stood oral examinations on all branches of law and books his class had completed during his illness, and then went to his parents home at Slate Mills, Virginia, to recover his health and strength. It was just three weeks prior to the June commencement before he was able to return from home and rejoin his class; but not-withstanding his serious illness, loss of time, and missing most important lectures of his class, he resumed his studies with such a zeal to win over all obstacles that in this three weeks period he mastered all legal subjects so completely as to pass the final written examinations with such a high percentage of proficiency that he was not only graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, June 13, 1901, but was by the faculty and trustees of the college awarded the first prize as the most distinguished and honored graduate of his class.
In October, 1901, Mr. Tidler, then but a briefless barrister, with only meager financial resources, opened a law office in Clarksburg, and since then has been eminently successful, gaining honors both as a trial lawyer and as a counselor. The same fertile brain that had distinguished him soon lifted him out of poverty and obscurity and made him a prominent man of affairs of Clarksburg, where he acquired valuable real estate holdings, being now the owner of a number of houses and lots in the City of Clarksburg and lands in the State of Virginia. He is a republican voter, but neither as a matter of necessity nor from inclination has he sought any public office or diversion in politics. He was, however, associate member of the Legal Advisory Board during the World war in 1917-18, and rendered valuable patriotic service without remuneration.
Mr. Tidler is, also prominent in fraternal circles, being
at present dictator (presiding officer) of Clarksburg Lodge No. 52, Loyal Order of Moose, which has a membership of about a thousand men. For several years he was state treasurer of West Virginia, of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is a member of the Baptist Church.
On October 12, 1910, Mr. Tidler married Miss Anna Martha Wickes, of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, where she was born September 10, 1885, daughter of Giles William and Mary Lizzie (Crim) Wickes. Her father was born February 12, 1854, and still survives. Her mother was born April 3, 1858, and died April 24, 1893. Her paternal grandfather Wickes was born in 1827 and died in 1867. He married Wilmuth Ann Kipps, who was born in 1827 and died in 1905. Mrs. Tidler's paternal great-grandparents were William (1795-1852), and Mary Wickes (1797-1871), while her maternal grandparents were David Crim (1822-1860), and Martha Jane (Windle) Crim (1828-1874). The latter's parents were Washington (1802-1882), and Charlotte Glenn, Windle (1806-1891). Mrs. Tidler is a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Tidler have two very promising children, the older, Hazel, born June 23, 1913, and the younger, James, born July 29, 1920.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 525-526
Harrison
James O. T. Tidler, of Clarksburg, was born December 31, 1876, and was reared to manhood off the Tidler home farm
at Slate Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginia. His only early educational advantages were those of a country public school, but he was always a leader in his classes. At the age of eighteen years, the youngest age allowed by law, he taught school near his home in Rappahannock County, after having successfully passed the teachers examination, where he was granted a first grade certificate. Teaching three years supplied a considerable part of the fund he needed for his law course, as he sought no financial assistance from any relative or friend, but relied solely upon his .own efforts and resources. His legal education is a record of brilliant achievements. In February, 1900, he entered Richmond College Law School, now Richmond University of Virginia, and made Junior Law in less than a half session. In the fall of 1900, following, he was offered and accepted a responsible position of financial trust and management in connection with the president's office, and entered the Senior Law Class, but in less than four months he went before the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at its Richmond term on January 11, 1901, and successfully passed the most rigid bar examination, except one, ever held by that high court, and was by the Supreme Court granted license to practice law. Thirty applicants tried this examination for admission to the bar, of which number nineteen able men, most of them graduates in law, failed, and only eleven of the thirty applicants passed and obtained license to practice. This examination and its results were given considerable space in the Richmond and other Virginia newspapers at the time, the same being, also, a matter of record in Volume 6 of the Virginia Law Register.
Though being admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court under circumstances that were a splendid augury for his
future, Mr. Tidler did not at that time quit school to practice, as might have been expected, but preferred to continue his studies to completion and become a full-fledged graduate before beginning the practice of his chosen profession. In the early spring, however, he was stricken down with inflammatory rheumatism, to such an extent that he could move neither hand nor foot without assistance and great pain, and was for several weeks treated in a Richmond hospital. Notwithstanding this great affliction he was undaunted in his purpose and the achievement of his ambitions. Leaving the hospital, though still sick and afflicted and unable to write, he stood oral examinations on all branches of law and books his class had completed during his illness, and then went to his parents home at Slate Mills, Virginia, to recover his health and strength. It was just three weeks prior to the June commencement before he was able to return from home and rejoin his class; but not-withstanding his serious illness, loss of time, and missing most important lectures of his class, he resumed his studies with such a zeal to win over all obstacles that in this three weeks period he mastered all legal subjects so completely as to pass the final written examinations with such a high percentage of proficiency that he was not only graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, June 13, 1901, but was by the faculty and trustees of the college awarded the first prize as the most distinguished and honored graduate of his class.
In October, 1901, Mr. Tidler, then but a briefless barrister, with only meager financial resources, opened a law office in Clarksburg, and since then has been eminently successful, gaining honors both as a trial lawyer and as a counselor. The same fertile brain that had distinguished him soon lifted him out of poverty and obscurity and made him a prominent man of affairs of Clarksburg, where he acquired valuable real estate holdings, being now the owner of a number of houses and lots in the City of Clarksburg and lands in the State of Virginia. He is a republican voter, but neither as a matter of necessity nor from inclination has he sought any public office or diversion in politics. He was, however, associate member of the Legal Advisory Board during the World war in 1917-18, and rendered valuable patriotic service without remuneration.
Mr. Tidler is, also prominent in fraternal circles, being
at present dictator (presiding officer) of Clarksburg Lodge No. 52, Loyal Order of Moose, which has a membership of about a thousand men. For several years he was state treasurer of West Virginia, of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is a member of the Baptist Church.
On October 12, 1910, Mr. Tidler married Miss Anna Martha Wickes, of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, where she was born September 10, 1885, daughter of Giles William and Mary Lizzie (Crim) Wickes. Her father was born February 12, 1854, and still survives. Her mother was born April 3, 1858, and died April 24, 1893. Her paternal grandfather Wickes was born in 1827 and died in 1867. He married Wilmuth Ann Kipps, who was born in 1827 and died in 1905. Mrs. Tidler's paternal great-grandparents were William (1795-1852), and Mary Wickes (1797-1871), while her maternal grandparents were David Crim (1822-1860), and Martha Jane (Windle) Crim (1828-1874). The latter's parents were Washington (1802-1882), and Charlotte Glenn, Windle (1806-1891). Mrs. Tidler is a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Tidler have two very promising children, the older, Hazel, born June 23, 1913, and the younger, James, born July 29, 1920.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 525-526
Harrison
s/o George W. and Francis Quaintance Tidler
James O. T. Tidler, of Clarksburg, was born December 31, 1876, and was reared to manhood off the Tidler home farm
at Slate Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginia. His only early educational advantages were those of a country public school, but he was always a leader in his classes. At the age of eighteen years, the youngest age allowed by law, he taught school near his home in Rappahannock County, after having successfully passed the teachers examination, where he was granted a first grade certificate. Teaching three years supplied a considerable part of the fund he needed for his law course, as he sought no financial assistance from any relative or friend, but relied solely upon his .own efforts and resources. His legal education is a record of brilliant achievements. In February, 1900, he entered Richmond College Law School, now Richmond University of Virginia, and made Junior Law in less than a half session. In the fall of 1900, following, he was offered and accepted a responsible position of financial trust and management in connection with the president's office, and entered the Senior Law Class, but in less than four months he went before the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at its Richmond term on January 11, 1901, and successfully passed the most rigid bar examination, except one, ever held by that high court, and was by the Supreme Court granted license to practice law. Thirty applicants tried this examination for admission to the bar, of which number nineteen able men, most of them graduates in law, failed, and only eleven of the thirty applicants passed and obtained license to practice. This examination and its results were given considerable space in the Richmond and other Virginia newspapers at the time, the same being, also, a matter of record in Volume 6 of the Virginia Law Register.
Though being admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court under circumstances that were a splendid augury for his
future, Mr. Tidler did not at that time quit school to practice, as might have been expected, but preferred to continue his studies to completion and become a full-fledged graduate before beginning the practice of his chosen profession. In the early spring, however, he was stricken down with inflammatory rheumatism, to such an extent that he could move neither hand nor foot without assistance and great pain, and was for several weeks treated in a Richmond hospital. Notwithstanding this great affliction he was undaunted in his purpose and the achievement of his ambitions. Leaving the hospital, though still sick and afflicted and unable to write, he stood oral examinations on all branches of law and books his class had completed during his illness, and then went to his parents home at Slate Mills, Virginia, to recover his health and strength. It was just three weeks prior to the June commencement before he was able to return from home and rejoin his class; but not-withstanding his serious illness, loss of time, and missing most important lectures of his class, he resumed his studies with such a zeal to win over all obstacles that in this three weeks period he mastered all legal subjects so completely as to pass the final written examinations with such a high percentage of proficiency that he was not only graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, June 13, 1901, but was by the faculty and trustees of the college awarded the first prize as the most distinguished and honored graduate of his class.
In October, 1901, Mr. Tidler, then but a briefless barrister, with only meager financial resources, opened a law office in Clarksburg, and since then has been eminently successful, gaining honors both as a trial lawyer and as a counselor. The same fertile brain that had distinguished him soon lifted him out of poverty and obscurity and made him a prominent man of affairs of Clarksburg, where he acquired valuable real estate holdings, being now the owner of a number of houses and lots in the City of Clarksburg and lands in the State of Virginia. He is a republican voter, but neither as a matter of necessity nor from inclination has he sought any public office or diversion in politics. He was, however, associate member of the Legal Advisory Board during the World war in 1917-18, and rendered valuable patriotic service without remuneration.
Mr. Tidler is, also prominent in fraternal circles, being
at present dictator (presiding officer) of Clarksburg Lodge No. 52, Loyal Order of Moose, which has a membership of about a thousand men. For several years he was state treasurer of West Virginia, of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is a member of the Baptist Church.
On October 12, 1910, Mr. Tidler married Miss Anna Martha Wickes, of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, where she was born September 10, 1885, daughter of Giles William and Mary Lizzie (Crim) Wickes. Her father was born February 12, 1854, and still survives. Her mother was born April 3, 1858, and died April 24, 1893. Her paternal grandfather Wickes was born in 1827 and died in 1867. He married Wilmuth Ann Kipps, who was born in 1827 and died in 1905. Mrs. Tidler's paternal great-grandparents were William (1795-1852), and Mary Wickes (1797-1871), while her maternal grandparents were David Crim (1822-1860), and Martha Jane (Windle) Crim (1828-1874). The latter's parents were Washington (1802-1882), and Charlotte Glenn, Windle (1806-1891). Mrs. Tidler is a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Tidler have two very promising children, the older, Hazel, born June 23, 1913, and the younger, James, born July 29, 1920.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 525-526
Harrison
James O. T. Tidler, of Clarksburg, was born December 31, 1876, and was reared to manhood off the Tidler home farm
at Slate Mills, Rappahannock County, Virginia. His only early educational advantages were those of a country public school, but he was always a leader in his classes. At the age of eighteen years, the youngest age allowed by law, he taught school near his home in Rappahannock County, after having successfully passed the teachers examination, where he was granted a first grade certificate. Teaching three years supplied a considerable part of the fund he needed for his law course, as he sought no financial assistance from any relative or friend, but relied solely upon his .own efforts and resources. His legal education is a record of brilliant achievements. In February, 1900, he entered Richmond College Law School, now Richmond University of Virginia, and made Junior Law in less than a half session. In the fall of 1900, following, he was offered and accepted a responsible position of financial trust and management in connection with the president's office, and entered the Senior Law Class, but in less than four months he went before the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at its Richmond term on January 11, 1901, and successfully passed the most rigid bar examination, except one, ever held by that high court, and was by the Supreme Court granted license to practice law. Thirty applicants tried this examination for admission to the bar, of which number nineteen able men, most of them graduates in law, failed, and only eleven of the thirty applicants passed and obtained license to practice. This examination and its results were given considerable space in the Richmond and other Virginia newspapers at the time, the same being, also, a matter of record in Volume 6 of the Virginia Law Register.
Though being admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court under circumstances that were a splendid augury for his
future, Mr. Tidler did not at that time quit school to practice, as might have been expected, but preferred to continue his studies to completion and become a full-fledged graduate before beginning the practice of his chosen profession. In the early spring, however, he was stricken down with inflammatory rheumatism, to such an extent that he could move neither hand nor foot without assistance and great pain, and was for several weeks treated in a Richmond hospital. Notwithstanding this great affliction he was undaunted in his purpose and the achievement of his ambitions. Leaving the hospital, though still sick and afflicted and unable to write, he stood oral examinations on all branches of law and books his class had completed during his illness, and then went to his parents home at Slate Mills, Virginia, to recover his health and strength. It was just three weeks prior to the June commencement before he was able to return from home and rejoin his class; but not-withstanding his serious illness, loss of time, and missing most important lectures of his class, he resumed his studies with such a zeal to win over all obstacles that in this three weeks period he mastered all legal subjects so completely as to pass the final written examinations with such a high percentage of proficiency that he was not only graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, June 13, 1901, but was by the faculty and trustees of the college awarded the first prize as the most distinguished and honored graduate of his class.
In October, 1901, Mr. Tidler, then but a briefless barrister, with only meager financial resources, opened a law office in Clarksburg, and since then has been eminently successful, gaining honors both as a trial lawyer and as a counselor. The same fertile brain that had distinguished him soon lifted him out of poverty and obscurity and made him a prominent man of affairs of Clarksburg, where he acquired valuable real estate holdings, being now the owner of a number of houses and lots in the City of Clarksburg and lands in the State of Virginia. He is a republican voter, but neither as a matter of necessity nor from inclination has he sought any public office or diversion in politics. He was, however, associate member of the Legal Advisory Board during the World war in 1917-18, and rendered valuable patriotic service without remuneration.
Mr. Tidler is, also prominent in fraternal circles, being
at present dictator (presiding officer) of Clarksburg Lodge No. 52, Loyal Order of Moose, which has a membership of about a thousand men. For several years he was state treasurer of West Virginia, of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is a member of the Baptist Church.
On October 12, 1910, Mr. Tidler married Miss Anna Martha Wickes, of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, where she was born September 10, 1885, daughter of Giles William and Mary Lizzie (Crim) Wickes. Her father was born February 12, 1854, and still survives. Her mother was born April 3, 1858, and died April 24, 1893. Her paternal grandfather Wickes was born in 1827 and died in 1867. He married Wilmuth Ann Kipps, who was born in 1827 and died in 1905. Mrs. Tidler's paternal great-grandparents were William (1795-1852), and Mary Wickes (1797-1871), while her maternal grandparents were David Crim (1822-1860), and Martha Jane (Windle) Crim (1828-1874). The latter's parents were Washington (1802-1882), and Charlotte Glenn, Windle (1806-1891). Mrs. Tidler is a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Tidler have two very promising children, the older, Hazel, born June 23, 1913, and the younger, James, born July 29, 1920.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 525-526
Harrison
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