U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael, Willis S. (1868-1934) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 693-694 WILLIS S. MICHAEL, M. D., a practicing physician of Hendricks, Tucker County, West Virginia, whose professional skill has gained him the confidence and patronage of the residents of the town, was born in 1868 in Preston County, West Virginia, and is a son of Dr. John F. and Annie (Meyers) Michael, both of whom were also natives of Preston County. Dr. John F. Michael has been a prominent physician of Preston County for 28 years, and for 20 years has been a member of the pension examining board. He saw service during the Civil War, enlisting in 1863 in the Union Army, in the 3rd Reg., West Virginia Vol. Inf., and remaining in the ranks until the cessation of hostilities. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. He holds fraternal relations with the Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. Both he and his wife belong to the Methodist Church. They reared a family of nine sons. Dr. Willis S. Michaels was educated in the common schools and the State Normal School at Huntington. For four years he taught school during the winter months and then began to read medicine, with his father. Two years later he was prepared for college, and in 1890 entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, where he was graduated in 1893. He began practice at Hendricks, where he is still located, and where he has become one of the much esteemed citizens. He has been physician and surgeon for the Dry Fork Railroad Company at Hendricks, West Virginia, for the past nine years. He belongs to the West Virginia State Medical Association. In 1891-92 he served on the pension examining board. In 1894 Dr. Michaels was married to Lena Roy, who was born in 1877 in Randolph County, West Virginia. Two children have been born to this marriage. The Doctor and his wife belong to the Methodist Church. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias, and, politically, a Republican. ------------------------------------------------------------------- MARRIAGE LICENSE, Randolph County, WV (Page 313) W. S. Michael (Divorced) of Randolph County, WV AGE: 54 years BORN-IN: Preston County, WV RESIDING-IN: Norton, Randolph County, WV Mrs. Florence Knarr (Widow) of Randolph County, WV AGE: 40 years BORN-IN: Barbour County, WV RESIDING-IN: Norton, Randolph County, WV were married June 6, 1925 at Elkins, WV by Denver C. Pickens ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV, #14325 FULL-NAME: Willis S. Michael BIRTH-DATE: December 17, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Preston County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 21, 1934 AGE-AT-DEATH: 66y-11m-3d DEATH-PLACE: Junior, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Florence Neimaer) OCCUPATION: Physician FATHER: John F. Michael (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Annie Meyers (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Recurrent attacks of Angina Pectoris INFORMANT: Guy H. Michael BURIAL: Fraternity Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------