U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Flesher, William A. (1849-1922) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Page 552 William A. Flesher is the only citizen of the village that has ever been honored with a seat in the Legislature halls of our state, and thus his public career merits more than a passing notice. He first saw the "light of day" at Parkersburg on December 5, 1849, and when he was a child of but six summers, his parents removed to Tyler county where he grew to manhood, and where he remained until 1880, when he came to Smithville. He was the son of the late F. H. and Mrs. Matilda Ogden Flesher, his father a native of Lewis county, and his mother, of Dover, Mason county, Kentucky. His father was a brother of the late Asa Flesher of this place. On April 7, 1870, he was married to Miss Caroline Long, daughter of George and Lydia Long, of Tyler county, and they are the parents of nine children. Since coming to Smithville, he has served as member of the Board of Education, for eight years; as County commissioner, for twelve; and has twice been elected as member of the House of Delegates, he having served at the regular session of 1907, at the special session of 1908, and in 1909. He was a member of the Committees on Labor, Roads, and Internal Navigation, and of the State Prison during his first term; and of Military Affairs, Roads, Internal Navigation and Labor, at the second. His son, Master Gail Flesher, had the honor of being Journal Page at the session of 1909. The other members of the family are as follows: Mrs. J. F. Miller, Mrs. S. E. Smith, Mack Flesher, and Miss Dee, all of this place; Mrs. G. G. Brown, Huntington; Mrs. Okey K. Clammer, and George F. Flesher, Colorado; and F. E. Oklahoma. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #5574 FULL-NAME: William Anddrew Flesher BIRTH-DATE: December 5, 1849 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 28, 1922 DEATH-PLACE: Smithville, Murphy District, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Felix Flesher MOTHER: Matilda Ogden (born in Kentucky) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Ulcer of the Stomach INFORMANT: Ada Bill Smith (of Smithville) BURIAL: Westfall Cemetery, Smithville ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------