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HARRISON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Tina Hursh
frog158@juno.com
September 29, 2000
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.
Chicago and New York, Volume 111
Pg. 365
James Edward Law. The educated, reputable lawyer is invariably ranked with the
worth-while citizens of a community, and this is true at Clarksburg, West
Virginia, as in other cities. An able representative of this profession here
is James Edward Law, formerly prosecuting attorney, who belongs by birth and
parentage to Harrison County.
James E. Law was born near Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia, April 27,
1872, a son of Jesse Daugherty and Nancy (Hooper) Law, and a grandson of
William Law and Nicholas Hooper, the paternal grandfather being a native of
Ireland, of Scotch-Irish lineage, and the latter of Harrison County. Jesse
Daugherty Law served as a soldier in the Union Army during the war between the
states, and afterward followed the peaceful life of a farmer and stockman. His
death occurred when sixty-eight years of age, his widow surviving to be
seventy-two years of age. They reared a family of two daughters and five sons. Mr. and Mrs. Law were highly esteemed in their neighborhood and were faithful members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
James E. Law had educational privileges in the public schools, then became a
student in Salem College and later matriculated in the West Virginia
University, where he took both a classical and law course and was graduated in
1899 and admitted to the bar in the same year. He located immediately at
Clarksburg, where he opened a law office and was elected prosecuting attorney
of Harrison County, serving as such from 1901, to 1904, inclusive. In 1918 he
formed a law partne[r]ship with Anthony F. McCue, under the firm name of Law
and McCue.
He helped to organize the Farmers Bank at Clarksburg in 1904, and has since
been one of its directors. He has been equally useful in other public
capacities, and served as county superintendent of schools from 1895 to 1899,
with the greatest efficiency. He had taught school in his younger years, and
thus had a personal understanding of the educational problems facing teachers
and boards of education.
In 1901 Mr. Law was united in marriage with Miss Edna Hustead, who was born and
reared in Harrison County. They have two children, a son and daughter, James
Edward and Carolyn Waldo. Mr. Law and his family belong to the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Like all broad-minded, intelligent men, Mr. Law takes a deep
interest in public affairs and to some extent in the local political field. As
was his father, he is a sturdy supporter of the principles of the republican
party. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, and on many occasions, as a foremost
citizen, is called on to serve, officially or otherwise, on boards and
committees concerned with the public welfare.
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