Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-19
Biographical Sketches fsome oroUr
eEFe6tsV1reinta Public .EiIjI

NHeAGHVfrgtntG Public Men. .AS-
fa WeeEof indebted to Hon. P. e. Yaaa
Winkle, United States Senator from this
istats, ifoE q copy Gfthe Dictionary of t1s
United States Congress" Just issued from
the goTefnmsnt printing oaise at Washiug-
ton, By Chas. Lanman, late librarian of the
House of Representatives. From the die.
tionary we compile SEVERAL fbiOgtap6ieeat
sketches which We suppose will be- OF IN,
terest to our readers. We commence
with 11EITaIae n~s
VAN WMELE, PGTRR G.-Was.. born. in
the city 0HNew York, Sept. 7th! 1909 re. ~
moved to Petersburg, now West Virgins,
| IN 0a3BS was a member of the Virginia
Constitutional Convention. of 1860 : also.
of the Wheeling Couventt0n t6f 1861 : and
also of the Copyentiop. which framed the
Constitution Of West Virginia in 1863 : Vas Rssf
member of the legislature of THAT State
from its Iorgani1ation to June, 1868; and in
Angpstr of that year was elected Senator
ID Congress for the term ending 1869, serT-
ing on the Committees of Fihancesaand
Pensions. -1+--t-zT
! u ~ E4LAY, ~ A1ITNAR 5E.-Was born on
Buffalo Creek, Monongalia county, YiP=
ginis, Oct, 1s, 1871 5fIegeiEedI RHcommon
school education, and graduatedEat Madr,
sQpE College in 1891: studied Law and cana
to the bar in 1888; in ls41 Was elected
CLERK Of the q GMqnongaliai County Court;
subsequently CLERK of the Circhit Court,
holdihgsthe two fourteen years; 10 1850 he
was elected to the Convention to- reform
the 9oRstit4tiop Jof Virginia in 1853 he
delivered q series of lectures on Methodism,
tpak part in various local societies, lecctur.
5ed5oq fious t9pics. aPd wrote for the re-
I VIewsS N 1858 he was delegate to the
National Convention of that year IN the
E4kiehmopd- epnEentio aud Is 1e6ths vas'
eleetsd bE4the reorganized legislature Of
Virginia aiSsgaso in s0oBgressi aud at the
close OF that year was a delegate to the;
! jWheeii1g Gonstitut tional Convention and
! IN 1868 he MAS elected Ssnatdr in Con.
gFsssi tEOn West Virginia, serving on the
Icommitteesion Naval "A fairs and on the
District OF Columbia. Ina1se35 the degree
OF LIE. D.iio was coTferred! upon him by
Allegheny College, Pennsylvania.
+. oARLitIi JoHH s S--BoFnsiu winchester,
EEedertck County Xjrginia, December 18th,
1917, u BE was educated by his mother
Eupll fourteen years of age, and then went
into country store as salesman and clerk,
Eand at tbs age Of seEs6F Feen commenced
BUSINESS for himself. At the same time
he read law, and WAS admitted to the bar
LIN 1s40s and settled in Beverly, Randolph
foe1nty, in 1912, to practice He was
eleeted to the State Senate in Is4T, and
served till 1851. In 1850 he was mem
Der Of the Constitutional Convention of
Yirginis, andin 1855 was elected repre-
sentative in Congress- serving one term,
In 1861 he was elected g representative
from, Virginia to the 18th Congress, and
lives 5000 afterRaFde5 transferred to the
Senate, serving on'the Oommitieeso on Pub.
4 lice Eands and Territories. his term ex.
Iptred March 4th, 1s66- s,5r. - rz.' so
BLAIR, JACOB B.4.W Was borh in Parkers-
burg, Wood county, Virginia, April 18th,
1921; studied and adopted the profession
Eof taVi-,Was ProHseprlng Attorney for
4 ESitetif4 e6unfy Sf6t ssVeralS Syesrs, and was
leiected 81 FepFesent6tive from Yirginia to
X the S7ths Cob 6gFesai serving Cd the Com.
TittEe On fPn bic Buildings And Grounds.
d In 1868 he was elected Representative
from West Virginia to,tKs ssh Congress,
Il serving ON the Committees on Public *.
Epsnditurea and Public Buildings and
fGFoundsF. as s;7@sEsi .s-tt,r rs1A7
BRowN, WV. Gs-BeFn. in Preston couri. .
y, Virginia, September 25th, 1901; received
q good English e6dfation; studied law, and
WRs ssdmittedsto the bar lin 1873; in 1882
hewas elected to the Legislature of Yir:
tginiRa aud served ia that capacity again
q EfEnm7 1a409 t0s lS43s He was repre-
sentative Ia iGoGgtGss fr0m Virginia
From 1S4S to 1879; Ia 1850 Tas 1 member Trer
lOtrthR RiIginiR StAte Conventions; in 1850
q delegateJo Vthe eGharlestona Convention,
and, also 10 that held IN Baltimore; heswGS
also delegate to thsfVirginis CSnvGntion
of 1861, and opposed the aetion of the
seceasIonfstsi aud on his return home he
Il Vas ialGeted . representative, to- the 37th
Congress- serving on the Committees on
4 kAal1faetuIes and the Militia; and IN 4S68
hs WAS X. s.elected TO the SSH Congress as
4 aSIePfeseRtatiYe fromTiWess Virginia, and
served onA the Odmmittes Of Claims. !, !.
WHAIE4, KI1I1AH y.-9lVaS born In On
ondago coQpty41 HsRi York, May 9Th, 1921.
While yet Young be removed withlhis faith.
er % QhipS and received . limited educa-
tiops AndaEhen 81 he settled I'M Western
! NRgtqia, deyoting himself to the dnnbet
1 ena neSeaattle 6peiness. When the re.
oeliion sofoke out he took the Union, side
O the qSeetion and Was elected TO the 35th
0ouEtessi serving on the cdmmittee ON In.
aid t6 d9 Pisrpout in I,s5s orrSaiS,an IS =
Eard SquipptpG fssiif its, and Vas In com
{. mand Rt the tbattls: Of Rayaadotts, ThsF,
. eIas taken prisoner ip. 5N0yenbe.. 1881
Atses travelling With His lea pSoorts so mSls.
towards Riehm0nd, be mada. hissssoaoe 2
atght when surrounded With guards ia5Fi
Httsr ak days and nights spent ID ~
sEaoRatetPs suffering pqqh from hunger
: p oOka, ID 4Ey1e safely st Can
I 4 let4shurE, ky.s and vas soon able TO- e
{ ksnme his ssAHin the House oE Rspressuts
ttves. BE Eas feSeEeetsd t0.ths Ssh Con
tIEFess, seEIiRg Is Chairman on the commit