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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: PRYOR, John H.
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
SSpradling@aol.com
September 21, 1999
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 371-372
JOHN H. PRYOR, bookkeeper for the Coalbnrg-Kanawha Coal Company, and a member
of the Board of Education of Cabin Creek District, was born February Jo,
1859, at East Bank, W. Va., and is a son of W. P and
Bettie (Shelton) Pryor.
John H. Pryor was educated in the public schools and at the age of sixteen
years entered the employ of Stuart M. Buck & Co. at Coal-burg as office boy.
When the firm changed he remained with their successors, the Robinson Coal
Company in the same capacity, while in their employ holding the positions of
postmaster and bookkeeper. Later he was associated with Neil Robinson and
still later with George W. McClintic, subsequently coming to the
Coalburg-Kanawha Coal Company. The president of this company, W. S. Edwards,
is a son of W. H. Edwards, who was one of the original land owners at
Coalburg. Mr. Pryor is an active citizen of this section and owns valuable
real estate including his handsome resi-dence of twelve rooms at East Bank,
W. Va. lie served for eight years as postmaster at Coalburg under two
administrations, that of Presidents Cleveland and Harrison.
Mr. Pryor was married June 20, 1888, to Miss Dora Johnson, a daughter of C.
F. Johnson, and they have four children, Gypsy, Lillian, William and Julia.
He is very active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to
Morning Star Lodge No. 63, at East Bank and to the Encampment. He belongs
also to Kanawha Lodge No. 16, Knights of Pythias. In 1910, on the Democratic
ticket, he was elected president of the Board of Education. In every way Mr.
Pryor is a reputable and rep resentative citizen.
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