The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-08-16
EUGENE j. A. DRENNEN.

At Noon, Tuesday, August
8th, 1916, Mr.. Eugono j. A.
/ Drennon rested from his enrth.
ly !abors. Mr.. Drennen was
sixty-eight years of age, and
while no had boon in i'll health
for tho past few months, his
death was none the less shock
to the Big Stone Gap commune
ty and his friends elsewhere.
Great fortitude was shown by
Mr.. Drennen during his suffer.
ing, and evidence of his usual
good nature and optimism
were present under the most
trying conditions. a private
funeral was held Mt tho resi-
dence on Wood Avenue, Thurs.
day. August, 10th, by Rev. j.
b. Craft, pastcr of tho Baptist
Church, a personal friend Of tho
deceased, assisted by Rev. j.
M. Smith, pastor of tho Presby.
terrain Church, and the body
was Inferred in Glencoe Gene.
terry. The pall.bearers were:
Mr.. Horace Fox, MIR. b. H..
Rhoads, Mr.. d. H. Saycrs, MIR.
Il. b. Taggart, MIR. Ii. l.. Mil
Ter, and Mr.. w. G. Skunk. Two
hymns were rendered by the
Male Quartet of the Presby-
terinn Church.
The genealogy of Mr.. Dren-
mems family, and his activities
previous to coming to Virginia,
are best set fourth in tho ellis
tory of Greater Wheeling and
Vicinity" C9l2), from which
the following is taken:
Eugene j. n. Drennen ia a
representative of one of the old
est and best known families of
Belmont County, Ohio, and has
been closely identified with
business and affairs of Martins
Ferry for n number of years.
His father was the late James
II. Drennen, who at the time of
his death was publisher of the
Ohio Valley News. However,
the newspaper business occupi.
cd only n few years of his life,
and he was better known MS a
prosperous farmer and land
owner of Belmont County,
where more than fifty years Of
his long and honorable career
were passed He was native
of Steubenville, Ohio, where
his family were among the
pioneers, In politics he was Il
Republican, and always II pub
lic-spirited citizen. lie had
eight children, all living but
one. n daughter, who was the
wife of Gordon Robinson.
"Mr. Il. j. a. Drcnnen was
born on Il farm near Martins
Ferry, Ohio, February 81, 1878,
and when n boy attended the
country schools in that vicinity
His early advantages were lib
eral, and from the common
schools he entered Oberlin Col
lege, and later read law and
was admitted to the bar of
Ohio. While this knowledge
has been of much practical
use to him, Mr.. Drcnncn did
not find the regular practice
congenial and abandoned it af-
ter four or five years. After a
residence of several years in
Minneapolis. where he was in
tho mercantile business, he re.
turned to Ohio and entered the
real estate business Mt Martins
Ferry, Mr.. Drenncn is a di.
recting spirit in the larger bust.
ness life of this city, and In,
assisted in furnishing tho enter
prise and means of successful
carrying out undertaking of 10
cal Importance. His brothe!
Ross, who conducted the Obi,
valley News for short time af
ter their fathers death, is now
n resident ofAlaska and manag
ing the mining interests owned
by both of the brothers there.
con December II, 1876, Mr.
Drennen married Miss Mari,
Everett, daughter of Dayit
Everett and wife, of Sandusky
Ohio, her father dying whel
she was n child. MIR. and Mrs
| Drennen have three children
Everett, the only son, is Z