Delegates to the
Constitutional Convention
Name |
Age |
Nativity |
Occupation |
County |
Post Office |
Battelle,
Gordon |
47 |
Ohio |
Minister |
Ohio |
Wheeling |
Boggs, John |
48 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Pendleton |
Mouth Seneca |
Brooks, Richard L. |
52 |
Virginia |
Minister |
Upshur |
Rock Cave |
Brown, James H. |
42 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Kanawha |
Kanawha C. H. |
Brown, John
J. |
35 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Preston |
Kingwood |
Brumfield, William W. |
33 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Wayne |
Ceredo |
Caldwell, Elbert H. |
52 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Marshall |
Moundsville |
Carskadon, Thomas R. |
24 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Hampshire |
New
Creek Station |
Cassaday, James S. |
40 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Fayette |
Fayette C. H. |
Chapman, Henry D. |
63 |
Massachussets |
Physician |
Roane |
Spencer |
Cook,
Richard M. |
41 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Mercer |
Long
Branch |
Dering,
Henry |
50 |
Virginia |
Merchant |
Monongalia |
Morgantown |
Dille, John
A. |
40 |
Pennsylvania |
Lawyer |
Preston |
Kingwood |
Dolly,
Abijah |
44 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Hardy |
Greenland |
Gibson, David W. |
32 |
Virginia |
Physician |
Pocahontas |
Buckhannon |
Griffith, Samuel T. |
32 |
Virginia |
Physician |
Mason |
West
Columbia |
Hagar,
Robert |
51 |
Virginia |
Minister |
Boone |
Boone
C. H. |
Hall,
Ephraim B. |
39 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Marion |
Fairmont |
Hall,
John |
56 |
Ireland |
Farmer |
Mason |
Point
Pleasant |
Hansley, Stephen M. |
42 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Raleigh |
Marshall |
Harrison, Thomas
W. |
37 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Harrison |
Clarksburg |
Haymond, Hiram |
55 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Marion |
Palatine |
Hervey, James |
41 |
Ohio |
Lawyer |
Brooke |
Wellsburg |
Hoback, Johanis P. |
26 |
Virginia |
Teacher |
McDowell |
McDowell C. H. |
Hubbs,
Joseph |
54 |
Pennsylvania |
Farmer |
Pleasants |
St.
Marys |
Irvine, Robert |
47 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Lewis |
Weston |
Lamb,
Daniel |
51 |
Pennsylvania |
Cashier |
Ohio |
Wheeling |
Lauck,
Richard W. |
49 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Wetzel |
New
Martinsville |
Mahon,
Edward S. |
45 |
Maryland |
Farmer |
Jackson |
Ravenswood |
Mann,
Andrew W. |
29 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Greenbrier |
Falling Springs |
McCutchen, John R. |
51 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Nicholas |
Summersville |
Montague, Dudley S. |
61 |
Virginia |
Hotel
Keeper |
Putnam |
Red
House Shoals |
O'Brien, Emmet J. |
42 |
Virginia |
Mechanic |
Barbour |
Burnersville |
Parker,
Granville |
51 |
Massachussets |
Lawyer |
Cabell |
Guyandotte |
Parsons, James W. |
49 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Tucker |
Saint
George |
Paxton, James
W. |
40 |
Virginia |
Merchant |
Ohio |
Wheeling |
Pinnell, David
S. |
50 |
Virginia |
Physician |
Upshur |
Buckhannon |
Pomeroy, Joseph S. |
40 |
Pennsylvania |
Minister |
Hancock |
Fairview |
Powell, John M. |
36 |
Virginia |
Minister |
Harrison |
Buckhannon |
Robinson, Job |
45 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Calhoun |
Arnoldsburg |
Ross,
Andrew F. |
47 |
Pennsylvania |
Teacher |
Ohio |
West
Liberty |
Ruffner, Lewis |
64 |
Virginia |
Salt
Manufacturer |
Kanawha |
Kanawha Salines |
Ryan,
Edward W. |
25 |
Virginia |
Minister |
Fayette |
Gauley
Bridge |
Sheets, George W. |
38 |
Virginia |
Carpenter |
Hampshire |
Piedmont |
Simmons,
Josiah |
47 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Randolph |
Claysville |
Sinsel, Harmon |
44 |
Virginia |
Mechanic |
Taylor |
Pruntytown |
Smith,
Benjamin H. |
63 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Nicholas |
Summersville |
Soper,
Abraham D. |
66 |
New
York |
Lawyer |
Tyler |
Sistersville |
Stephenson, Benjamin L. |
35 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Clay |
Clay
C. H. |
Stevenson,
William E. |
40 |
Pennsylvania |
Farmer |
Wood |
Parkersburg |
Stewart, Benjamin F. |
52 |
New
York |
Merchant |
Wirt |
Newark |
Stuart, Chapman J. |
41 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Doddridge |
West
Union |
Taylor, Gustavus F. |
26 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Braxton |
Braxton C. H. |
Tichenell, Moses |
56 |
Virginia |
Minister |
Marion |
Palatine |
Trainer, Thomas H. |
42 |
Virginia |
Minister |
Marshall |
Cameron |
Van Winkle, Peter
G. |
53 |
New
York |
Lawyer |
Wood |
Parkersburg |
Walker, William |
34 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Wyoming |
Oceana |
Warder, William W. |
40 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Gilmer |
Troy |
Wheat, Joseph
S. |
60 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Morgan |
Sir
Johns Run |
Willey, Waitman
T. |
50 |
Virginia |
Lawyer |
Monongalia |
Morgantown |
Wilson, Archibald |
60 |
Virginia |
Farmer |
Ritchie |
Pennsboro |
Chapter Eleven: First
Constitutional Convention of West Virginia