Allen, Robert Edward Lee b. November 28, 1865 d. January 28, 1951 US Congressman. Elected to represent West Virginia's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1925. He was defeated as Democratic in 1924 and 1926. Also served as a State Court Judge from 1921 to 1923. (Bio by: K) Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Brown Jr., William Gay b. April 7, 1856 d. March 9, 1916 US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent West Virginia's 2nd District in the US House of Representatives, he served from 1911 until his death in office. The son of US Congressman William Gay Brown, he was born in Kingwood, West Virginia in Preston County (then part of Virginia), and graduated from the University of West Virginia at Morgantown in 1877. He was admitted to the bar that same year and set up a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA Plot: Brown Family Plot
Brown, William Gay b. September 25, 1800 d. April 19, 1884 US Congressman. A prominent Democratic politician during the Civil War, he played a key role in West Virginia breaking away from the Confederacy, and its admission to statehood in 1863. Brown was born in Kingwood, Preston County, Virginia, where he studied law independently and was admitted to the bar in 1823. After membership in the Virginia House of Delegates (1832, 1840 to 1843), he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth US Congresses, serving from 1845 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA Plot: Brown Family Plot
Dawson, William Mercer Owens b. May 21, 1853 d. March 12, 1916 West Virginia Governor. He was raised in Cranberry (now Terra Alta), Preston County, apprenticed as a cooper, and also taught school. He later went into the newspaper business in Kingwood as Publisher and Editor of the Preston County Journal, which he owned from 1873 to 1891. Dawson also studied law and became an attorney. He was elected to the West Virginia Senate in 1880, serving from 1881 to 1887. From 1891 to 1904 Dawson served as Chairman of the West Virginia Republican party. In 1895, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
McGrew, James Clark b. September 14, 1813 d. September 18, 1910 US Congressman. Elected to represent West Virginia's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1873. Also served as a Delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861, and Member of the West Virginia State Legislature in 1863. (Bio by: K) Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Snyder, Melvin Claude b. October 29, 1898 d. August 5, 1972 US Congressman, Jurist. He was educated at schools in Kingwood County and enlisted for World War I, serving as an Army Private. In 1923 he graduated from the West Virginia University Law School, attained admission to the bar and began a practice in Kingwood. In 1926 he served as Kingwood's Mayor, and he was Preston County's Prosecuting Attorney from 1929 to 1944. Snyder returned to the Army for World War II, serving from 1941 until his discharge as a Colonel in 1946. In 1946 Snyder was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
b. April 7, 1856 d. March 9, 1916