U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- McWhorter, Louis E. (1856-1938) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 696-698 LOUIS E. McWHORTER, a leading attorney and a prominent and influential citizen of Charleston, West Virginia, was born November 30, 1856, at Spencer, Roane County, Virginia, now West Virginia. He is a son of Judge J. M. McWhorter, a prominent citizen of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County. His mother bore the maiden name of Julia A. Stalnaker. Judge J. M. McWhorter was the first Auditor of the new State of West Virginia and filled the office from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1869. He was a son of Dr. Fields McWhorter, an old resident of Lewis County, Virginia, now West Virginia, where he was born April 30, 1828. While yet a young man. Judge McWhorter removed to Roane County and from 1856 to 1863 he was clerk of both County and Circuit courts. He was the first to represent Roane County in the State Legislature, this being in 1863, and his statesmanlike qualities during this time convinced the people that he was the man for State Auditor and consequently he was elected to that honorable position. After this, he removed to Greenbrier County. In 1870 he was appointed by Governor Stevenson to the judgeship of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the removal of another official. His wise decisions and impartial rulings again gained him the approbation of the public. His term of office, by the ratification of the Constitution of 1872, ended December 31st of that year. He has always been stanch in his adherence to the Republican party. He was elected judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit over Judge Nelson Campbell of Monroe County, in November, 1896, taking the office January 1, 1897. He is a man universally esteemed and beloved by those who are permitted intimate acquaintance. The mother of our subject died August 26, 1869, the mother of 10 children. The second marriage of Judge McWhorter took place October 26, 1870, the bride being Julia Kinsley, who was a daughter of Rev. Hiram and Elsie S. Kinsley, of Geneva, Ohio. Four children have been born to this marriage. In religious connection Judge McWhorter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Fraternally he is a Mason. Louis E. McWhorter, of this sketch, acquired an excellent education in the common schools of Greenbrier County and the Lewisburg Academy. For a time he read law under the instruction of his able father and Judge H. C. McWhorter, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and then entered the law department of the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville and obtained his license to practice law January 30, 1882. He was admitted to the bar, but did not engage in the active practice of his profession until in 1886, when he entered into partnership with Judge H. C. McWhorter of the Supreme Court of Appeals, the partnership lasting until 1897, when H. C. McWhorter was elected judge of the Supreme Court. Our subject then entered into partnership with Isaac Loewenstein and the firm is recognized as one of the strongest in Southern West Virginia. Both partners are men of rare ability, the younger one being a graduate of the State University at Morgantown. The firm of McWhorter & Loewenstein make a specialty of chancery and commercial law. L. E. McWhorter has resided in Charleston, West Virginia since 1878. On June 27, 1883, Mr. McWhorter was married to Emma M. Champe, who is a daughter of Sewall and Alameda Champe, honored residents of Kanawha County. The religious connection of the family is with the Methodist Church in which our subject is a trustee and steward; for seven years he was superintendent of the State street Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is one of the public spirited citizens of Charleston and has served as president of the Board of Education and in other municipal organizations. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Kanawha County WV, #3427 FULL-NAME: Louis Emory McWhorter BIRTH-DATE: November 30, 1856 BIRTH-PLACE: Spencer, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 15, 1938 AGE-AT-DEATH: 81y-2m-15d DEATH-PLACE: Charleston General Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 2018 Kanawha St., Charleston, Kanawha County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Emma Champe) OCCUPATION: Atty At Law FATHER: Joseph M. McWhorter (born in Missouri) MOTHER: Julia Stalnaker (born in Roane Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Hypertrophy of Prostate (Benign) INFORMANT: Mrs. Emma McWhorter (of Charleston, W.Va.) BURIAL: Spring Hill Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------