U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Avis, Samuel Brashear (1872-1924) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 476-477 SAMUEL BRASHEAR AVIS, prosecuting attorney of Kanawha County, and a prominent citizen of Charleston, West Virginia, was born in Virginia, February 19, 1872, and is a son of B. D. and Hattie E. (Wilson) Avis, both of whom were natives of the Old Dominion. S. B. Avis received his education in the common schools and at a militant academy at Staunton, Virginia, and later at Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Virginia, receiving his degree of B. L. at that old established institution. Mr. Avis then located at Charleston and accepted a position in the United States attorney's office, where he remained about four years. In 1898 he was commissioned captain in Company A, 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Inf., U. S. Volunteers, and served as such in the Spanish-American War, being stationed at Camp Meade and Greenville, South Carolina. After the close of this war. Captain Avis returned to Charleston and re-entered the office of the United States attorney and remained there until 1900 when he was elected prosecuting attorney for Kanawha County. In politics he is an ardent Republican and enjoys the confidence of the party leaders. In December, 1899, Mr. Avis married Florence M. Atkinson, who is a daughter of ex-Governor G. W. Atkinson, of Charleston, West Virginia. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Kanawha County, WV #7393 FULL-NAME: Samuel Brashear Avis BIRTH-DATE: February 19, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: Virginia DEATH-DATE: June 8, 1924 (at age 52y-3m-19d) DEATH-PLACE: cor. Va & Duffy St., Charleston, Kanawha County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Attorney FATHER: Braxton D. Davis (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Hattie E. Wilson (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Lightning INFORMANT: Mrs. F. K. Holmestead (of 1627 Quar. St., City) BURIAL: Spring Hill Cemetery Tombstones in Spring Hill Cemetery, Kanawha County, WV Samuel Brashear Avis (1872-1924) Infant daughter of S. B. & F. A. Avis (1908) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Kanawha County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/kanawha/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------