U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Herndon, Isaiah C. (1868-1932) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 635-637 I. C. HERNDON, prosecuting attorney of McDowell County since 1896, and a member of the law firm of Herndon & Smith, of Welch, West Virginia, is one of the leading Republican politicians and a representative citizen of the county. He was born in Mercer County, West Virginia, near Goodwill, in March, 1868, and is a son of the late W. H. H. Herndon. The Herndon family is one of the old established ones of Virginia and the father of our subject was born in Campbell County in that State. His death occurred in Mercer County, West Virginia, in 1888, at the age of 48 years. He came to this State as a boy, with his father, Edward Watson Herndon, who located in Mercer County. One of the uncles of our subject was the distinguished Maj. E. W. Herndon, of the Confederate Army; he married a sister of the late ex- Governor Zeb Vance, of North Carolina, and made his home at Asheville in that State. The mother of our subject was born in Mercer County and still resides there, at the age of 55 years. She is a daughter of Christian Belcher, and a member of one of the oldest families in that section of West Virginia. Her brother, Maj. George W. Belcher, served with distinction in the Confederate Army, and resided at Bramwell, where he was engaged in business for several years. Our subject is one of a family of nine children born to his parents, — eight sons and one daughter, the latter being Ida M., the wife of Erastus B. Neal, of Riverside. The sons are: E. W., a business man of Baltimore, Maryland; Arthur M., with the Glen Jean Coal & Coke Company at Glen Jean, West Virginia; Walter H., with the Norfolk Coal & Coke Company at Maybeury, West Virginia; Fred T., in a mercantile business at Riverside, Mercer County, West Virginia, on Crane Creek; Charles S., a teacher at Sand Lick, McDowell County; William M., a student at the Concord Normal School; M. M., at home; and I. C., of this sketch. I. C. Herndon was educated in the local schools, the Princeton High School, spent two years at the Emory & Henry College, and in 1892 was graduated at law at the University of West Virginia at Morgantown. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of McDowell County, located at Welch and formed his present partnership with Capt. R. R. Smith, formerly a member of the State Legislature. Politically Mr. Herndon is a Republican, having been identified with this party since 1894. Fraternally he is a 32nd degree Mason, being a member of the Bramwell blue lodge, and of the shrine and consistory at Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Welch; of the Elks lodge at Bluefield; and of the Phi Sigma Kappa Greek-letter society at the University of Virginia. In religious belief, Mr. Herndon favors the Baptist Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, McDowell County WV, #12144 FULL-NAME: Isaiah C. Herndon BIRTH-DATE: March 9, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Montcalm, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 15, 1932 AGE-AT-DEATH: 64y-6m-6d DEATH-PLACE: Welch, Browns Creek District, McDowell County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Addie McClure) OCCUPATION: Lawyer FATHER: Wm. Henry Harrison Herndon MOTHER: Mary Belcher (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Encephalitis INFORMANT: J. M. Herndon (of Bluefield, W.Va.) BURIAL: Monta Vista Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tombstones in Monta Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV Isaiah Christian Herndon 1868 - 1932 Addie McClure Herndon 1878 - 1955 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for McDowell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/mcdowell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------