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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
pg. 736
Members of the House of Delegates.
GLOVER, WILLIAM HENRY. (Republican.) Ad-
dress: Terra Alta. Born in Preston county, May 17, 1846,
near Cranberry Summit (now Terra Alta). educated in
country and public schools; served in the Union army,
1864-5; located at Cranberry Summit when the war closed
and engaged in mercantile business; member of the House
of Delegates in 1885, 1895, 1897 and 1913; postmaster at
Terra Alta 1899-1904; served several terms as Mayor; is a
banker and officially connected with the Terra Alta and
Englehart Woolen mills; re-elected to the Legislature in
1916; committee assignments, 1917: Judiciary, Pri-
vate Corporations and JointStock Companies, Virginia Debt.
Submitted by: Valerie Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>
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