Members of the First West Virginia Constitutional Convention
Assembled at Wheeling, Virginia on November 26, 1861 and adjourned February 18, 1862
This list taken from How West Virginia Was Made (Lewis A Virgil, 1909)
| Name
| Age
| Nativity
| Occupation
| County
| Post Office
|
|---|
| Gordon Battelle
| 47
| Ohio
| Minister
| Ohio
| Wheeling
|
| John L Boggs
|
| Virginia
|
| Pendleton
| Franklin
|
| James H Brown
| 42
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Kanawha
| Charleston
|
| John J Brown
| 35
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Preston
| Kingwood
|
| Richard L Brooks
| 52
| Virginia
| Minister
| Upshur
| Rock Cave
|
| Wm. W Brumfield
| 33
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Wayne
| Ceredo
|
| Elbert H Caldwell
| 52
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Marshall
| Moundsville
|
| Thos. R Carskadon
| 24
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Hampshire
| New Creek Sta
|
| James S Cassady
| 40
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Fayette
| Fayetteville
|
| Henry D Chapman
| 63
| Mass
| Physician
| Roane
| Spencer
|
| Richard M Cook
| 40
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Mercer
| Princeton
|
| Henry Dering
| 50
| Virginia
| Merchant
| Monongalia
| Morgantown
|
| John A Dille
| 40
| Penn
| Lawyer
| Preston
| Kingwod
|
| Abijah Dolly
| 44
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Hardy
| Greenland
|
| Daniel W Gibson
|
|
| Physician
| Pocahontas
| Greenbank
|
| Samuel T Griffith
|
|
| Physician
| Mason
| W Columbia
|
| Robert Hagar
| 51
| Virginia
| Minister
| Boone
| Boone C H
|
| Ephraim B Hall
| 39
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Marion
| Fairmont
|
| John Hall
| 56
| Ireland
| Farmer
| Mason
| Point Pleasant
|
| Stephen M Hansley
| 42
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Raleigh
| Marshall
|
| Thomas W Harrison
| 37
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Harrison
| Clarksburg
|
| Hiram Haymond
| 55
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Marion
| Palatine
|
| James Hervey
| 41
| Ohio
| Lawyer
| Brooke
| Wellsburg
|
| J P Hoback
| 25
| Virginia
| Teacher
| McDowell
| Peeryville
|
| Joseph Hubbs
| 54
| Penn
| Farmer
| Pleasants
| St. Marys
|
| Robert Irvine
| 47
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Lewis
| Weston
|
| Daniel Lamb
| 51
| Penn
| Lawyer
| Ohio
| Wheeling
|
| R W Lauck
| 49
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Wetzel
| Martinsville
|
| E S Mahon
| 45
| Maryland
| Farmer
| Jackson
| Ravenswood
|
| Andrew Mann
| 28
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Greenbrier
| Falling Springs
|
| John R McCutchen
|
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Nicholas
| Summersville
|
| Dudley S Montague
| 61
| Virginia
| Hotel Keeper
| Putnam
| Red House Sh'ls
|
| Emmett J O'Brien
| 42
| Virginia
| Mechanic
| Barbour
| Burnersville
|
| Granville Parker
| 51
| Mass
| Lawyer
| Cabell
| Guyandotte
|
| James W Parsons
| 49
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Tucker
| St. George
|
| James W Paxton
| 40
| Virginia
| Merchant
| Ohio
| Wheeling
|
| David S Pinnell
|
|
|
| Upshur
|
|
| Joseph S Pomeroy
| 40
| Penn
| Minister
| Hancock
| Fairview
|
| John M Powell
| 36
| Virginia
| Minister
| Harrison
| West Milford
|
| Job Robinson
|
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Calhoun
|
|
| A F Ross
|
|
| Teacher
| Ohio
| West Liberty
|
| Lewis Ruffner
| 64
| Virginia
| Salt Manf'r
| Kanawha
| Kan. Salines
|
| Edward W Ryan
|
| Virginia
| Minister
| Fayette
| Fayetteville
|
| Geo. W Sheetz
| 38
| Virginia
| Carpenter
| Hampshire
| Piedmont
|
| Josiah Simmons
| 47
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Randolph
| Leedsville
|
| Harmon Sinsel
| 44
| Virginia
| Carpenter
| Taylor
| Pruntyville
|
| Benjamin H Smith
| 62
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Logan
| Charleston
|
| Abram D Soper
| 66
| New York
| Lawyer
| Tyler
| Sisterville
|
| Benj. L Stephenson
| 35
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Clay
| Clay C.H.
|
| Wm. E Stevenson
| 40
| Penn
| Farmer
| Wood
| Parkersburg
|
| Benjamin F Stewart
| 52
| New York
| Merchant
| Wirt
| Newark
|
| Chapman J Stuart
| 41
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Doddridge
| West Union
|
| Gustavus F Taylor
| 26
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Braxton
| Braxton C.H.
|
| Moses Titchenel
| 54
| Virginia
| Minister
| Marion
| Fairmont
|
| Thomas H Trainer
| 42
| Virginia
| Minister
| Marshall
| Cameron
|
| Peter G Van Winkle
| 53
| New York
| Lawyer
| Wood
| Parkersburg
|
| William Walker
| 34
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Wyoming
| Oceana
|
| William W Warder
| 40
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Gilmer
| Troy
|
| Joseph S Wheat
|
| Virginia
|
| Morgan
| Berkeley Springs
|
| Waitman T Willey
| 50
| Virginia
| Lawyer
| Monongalia
| Morgantown
|
| Andrew J Wilson
| 60
| Virginia
| Farmer
| Ritchie
| Pennsboro
|
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