Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-08-22
Governors Of ohio.
State Superintendent Le,efs Tells Of
Those Our State Ras Furnished
LFrom AZ chsrlesLon Co.


A Gazette reporter droppedfnto the
Office of State superintendent Lewis
yesterday and found him engaged in
tabulating the work of the State Nor
NAL schools, which he says have just
completed tue most prosperous year
in the history of their existence.
By the way, said Professor Lew
is, who is q well known historian as
we'll as educator, II notice that the
press of our State express pride in
the fact that Hon. Lawrence T, Neal,
candidate for Governor of Ohio, is
a West Virginian- Dc you know
that il he should he elected he will
be the fifth West Yirgiuian who will
have been chosen to fill the guberna-
torial chair in that great State? p
mo" said the news man, .'who
were thew"
1.-The first of these" said Superin-
tendent Lewis, twas DIR. Edward
Tiffin, who was horn in 1866, and
was n resident of Berkeley (now
Jefferson) county, as is shown by
the records of the University of
Pennsylvania, from the medical de-
partment of which he was graduated
when but eighteen years of age. In
1889 he married Mary Worthington
of Charles Town, the present seat of
justice of Jefferson county, and in
1896 with his brother-in-law Thomas
Worthington, and Robert Lucas, he
removed TO Chiiieothe, Ohio, then in
the Northwest Territory. He became
the first Commonwealth Governor
upon the admission of the State in
! 1908, and served two terms, the last
being characterized by the Burr
Blennerhassett conspiracy. Later he
became a U. S. Senator and in 1909
President Madison appointed him the
chief Of the National Land Office and
in 1914 when the British burned the
National Capitol, Ex-Governor Tif1in
was one of the few heads of bureaus
who saved the records of his Office.
He died in 1929.
1.-THE second was Thomas Worth
ington, the brother-in-Iaw of the
former with whom lie went TO Chilli
cothe in 1886. Young Worthington
was born near Charles Town, Jeffer-
son county, in 1869. He held many
positions of trust and honor and he.
came Governor of tue State in 1916.
He died at Chilicothe in 1927.
''The third was Jeremiah Morrow,
who was born at or near Shepherds
town, then in Berkeley county, Oc-
tober 6, 1771, and in 1895 he founo
home in the Northwest Territory
later becoming a resident of what is
now Warren county, Ohio, where h'
died in 1852 While Governor o.
the State, in 1925, he entertained th,
Duke of Saxe-Weimer who that yea
was the guest of the nation.
1.-THE fourth West Virginlan to he
come Governor of the great State
was Robert Lucas, the boy who ac
companied Edward TiAin and Thorn
as Worthington to Ohio in 1876. HI
was born Near Shepherdstown, JEFF
ferson county, April !, 1871, hi
father having heen Captain in th,
Revolutionary army and descendan
/ of William Penn. During the war O
1872, Robert Lucas served on tn,
northern frontier. He rose to prom
inence rapidly. In 1862, he wa,
chairman of the national Democratic
convention which nominated Andrew
Jackson for a second Presidential
term, and the same year he wa
elected Governor of Ohio, defeating
General Macarthur by but Que vote
In l84s he was appointed Goveruo,
of Iowa and died at Iowa City il
1853.
"And now if Larry Neal is elected
the fifth West Virginia Governor OF
Ohio, all West Virginians will feel {
natural State pride in this admins
tration."