Prominent Men of West Virginia: Biographical Sketches of Representative Men in Every Honorable Vocation Including Politics the Law Theology Medicine Education Finance Journalism Trade Commerce and Agriculture (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Prominent Men of West Virginia: Biographical Sketches of Representative Men in Every Honorable Vocation Including Politics the Law Theology Medicine Education Finance Journalism Trade Commerce and Agriculture<br><br>After twenty-seven years of the State''s existence many of those that were participants in its formation have passed beyond human reach. In many cases they left no data accessible by which the editors of this volume could sketch their lives. Twenty years hence one-half of those now living and here imaged in face and biography could not have been rescued from the wreck of Time. We believe our labors in this volume to catch the shadow ere the sub stance fade will be appreciated and commended by every true West Virginian of this and the rising generation. Such commendation and appreciation will be to some extent a satisfactory reward.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.