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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
747
SHAW, LEROY. (Republican.) Address: King-
wood, West Va. Born January 5, 1844, in Preston county,
Virginia (now West Virginia); educated in the sub-
scription schools of that day; occupation, farmer and
stockman; during the civil war was a private in the
Seventh West Virginia Infantry; severely wounded at
Antietam; discharged as a corporal; later served as
Commissary Sergeant Fourth Cavalry, and still later as
First Sergeant Sixth Cavalry; finally brevetted Second
Lieutenant; has been Sheriff and County Commissioner
and filled many other positions of honor and trust; elected
to the. House from Preston county in 1916; committee
assignments in 1917: Taxation and Finance, Immigra-
tion and Agriculture, Printing and Contingent Expenses,
Forestry and Conservation.
Submitted by: Valerie Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>
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