The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-06-12
HON. JACOB $. HYER, OF SUTTON,
From Braxton Central

T Tvtl tetNNIon Central.
Hon. Jacob S, Hyer, was born
in Braxton county, Virginia, on
the 10th day of January, 1s4s.
He came Of an honored and
respected ancestry. The Hyer
Family came from Germany and
settled on James RIVER, Virginia,
before the Revolutionary war.
Subsequently they have borne
an honoted part in every war in
which this government has been
involved. Loyalty to their coun.
try and a devotion to the princi-
plies Of justice and right is a
principle and characteristic that
has always been prominent in
the family. In public affairs
they have always taken a deep
interest and have filed many
honorable and important posi-.
tions, both civil and military.
Mr.. Hyer was born and raised
Cd a farm until his thirteenth
year. 1t was his industry and
close application to the business
of the farm that induced his
father to send him to Weston,
Virginia. where he might have
better educational advantages;
an opportunity which he most
diligently improved. After his
school days were ended he secur.
ed a posluon in the Clerks
Office with George A. jackson,
and afterward with A. A. Lewis
as clerk in a store. 1t was here
that he first developed those
rare traits of business character
that have so signaily marked
his as one of the most thorough
and successful business men of
the State. He has enjoyed to
the fullest entent the confidence
OF the people of his section in all.
OF the vast and multifarious
business interests in which he
has been engaged. There is no
man but will give him credit for
being honorable and upright
IN ali OF his transactions. He has
always kept himself free from
personal entanglements. and his
domestic and social life has been
Of such an upright and exalted
character that he is universally
esteemed by all who knew him.
He possesses TO a marked degree
that rare trait of character that
attracts men and makes him
friends and admirers wherever
he goes.
Mr.. Hyer from his youth has
been a consistent uncompromis.
ing Republican.
Notwithstanding he lived in a
section that was largely Demo
cratic, such was the confidence
of his neighbors in his integrity
and business capacity that in
his candidacy for the Legislature
in 1852 he reduced the Demo.
Cratic majority Of his county
over three hundred and fifty
votes.
If it should be the pleasure of
the party to nominate Jacob S.
Hyer, whose name will be pre-
seuted to the next Republican
State Convention for the office of
Auditor, 1t will not only be a
move to make sure the sncess of
the party at the present, but will
be wisely building for the future.
One who has bean brought up on
a farm and learned to labor, and
taught by christian parents to
respect the rights of all men;
one who is the architect of his
own fortune, is the man that the
people are willing to trust in of.
fetal positions.
Mr.. Flyers home is in Sutton,
4 w. Va, where he has large and
varied interests. He contributes
much of his time to the interests
of education. and largely ofhis
means to the church; he is liberal
and obliging, kind and generous,
affable in his manners. scholarly
in his atainments. and at whose
home can be seen all the charac.
teristics of a perfect gentleman.
NOTICE!