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McCrum, Arlington Bliss (1880-1963)
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A History of Preston County West Virginia
The Journal Publishing Company, Kingwood W.Va. 1914
by J. R. Cole

Pages 593-594

Hon. A. Bliss McCrum.

Arlington Bliss McCrum, son of Lloyd Logan and Emma Shaffer McCrum is
the junior partner of the well-known law firm of Crogan & McCrum,
Kingwood, West Virginia. He is a graduate of the common schools of
Preston county, of the graded schools and Central High School of
Washington, D. C., and of the West Virginia University at Morgantown,
from which last named institution he took the degrees of A. B. and
LL. B. in the year 1901. After graduation from the University, Mr.
McCrum took up his future abode in Kingwood, becoming associated with
Mr. P. J. Crogan in the practice of law from 1901 to 1911. In 1912, a
partnership was formed under the firm name of Crogan & McCrum, a name
already very generally known by the bar and business fraternity of
West Virginia.

Although a young man, Mr. McCrum was put in nomination by the
Republican party of Preston county and elected a member of the House
of Delegates, where he served two terms in the State Legislature,
from 1906 to 1910. During his incumbency he was successively chairman
of the Committee on Railroads and on Taxation and Finance. In 1912
Mr. McCrum was elected to the State Senate from the Fourteenth
District, which office he at this time holds. He was on the Judiciary
Committee as well as other important committees.

Mr. McCrum is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias,
Elks. Modern Woodmen, and member of the Phi Kappa Sigma college
fraternity. He was twice Master of Preston Lodge, No. 90, A. F. & A.
M., and once Chancellor Commander of Brown Lodge, No. 32, K. of P.
Mr. McCrum is one of the directors of the Bank of Kingwood, also The
People's National Bank, of Rowlesburg, W. Va. The record made by Mr.
McCrum is a brilliant one so far, and not yet fairly begun.

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DEATH CERTIFICATE, Kanawha County WV Book 14, Page 643
Full-name: Arlington Bliss McCrum
Date-of-birth: 17-Feb-1880 in WV
Date-of-death: 29-Aug-1963 in Charleston, Kanawha WV
Marital-status: Married
Father: Lloyd Logan McCrumb
Mother: Emma Shaffer
Place-of-burial: Mt. View Cemetery, Charleston WV
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