US Biographies Project
Biographies of Nicholas County, WV
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Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature,
Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals,
West Virigina, 1917
Source:
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917,
Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate,
The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va.
pgs. 719 - 770
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
741
KOONTZ, LUTHER VAUGHN. (Democrat.) Ad-
dress: Clendenin, West Va. Born at Kesler's Cross
Lanes, Nicholas county; educated in the public schools;
is now extensively engaged in banking and in the oil
and gas business. Since the entrance of the United States
into the war with Germany, he has devoted much time to
Red Cross work and has been a liberal contributor. At
present he is interested in arousing the people to the
necessity of purchasing Liberty Bonds. Elected to the
legislature from Kanawha county in 1916, in the 1917
sessions he served as chairman of the committee on
Executive Offices and Buildings, and on the following
committees: Railroads, Rules and Penitentiary.
Submitted by: Valerie Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>
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