U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kendall, Marcellus Allan (1862-1940) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Page 623 Marcellus Allan Kendall is another son of Ritchie county, whose name is inscribed among the officials of the state. He was born on the old homestead on Chevauxdefrise creek, near five miles from Harrisville, on July 23, 1862, and here the first fourteen years of his life were spent in an uneventful way. In 1876, he went to Elizabeth, Wirt county, where he made his home with his elder brother, the late Dr. J. E. Kendall, and clerked in his store and attended school. After reaching his majority, he was identified among the commercial travelers for a time, and, in 1885, he went to Parkersburg, where he still resides. Here he was engaged in the mercantile business, both wholesale and retail, until 1897, when he was elected to the office of State Treasurer, and in 1901 at the expiration of his term in this office, he was appointed as Commissioner of Banking for the State of West Virginia; and in October 1905, he was commissioned as National Bank Examiner, a position which he still holds. He is prominently connected with the Brown-Kendall mercantile firm and other Parkersburg business concerns. He has been a life-long communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been a member of two General Conferences of this church. He has, also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, for the past fifteen years. On November 27, 1888, he was married to Miss Hattie Lowther, only daughter of the late Rev. Sylvester Lowther of the Methodist Episcopal church, the marriage taking place in New York city, and one daughter, Virginia, is the result of this union. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Wood County, WV (Page 78) FULL-NAME: Marcellus Allen Kendall BIRTH-DATE: July 23, 1862 BIRTH-PLACE: Parkersburg, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 2, 1940 AGE-AT-DEATH: 78y-1m-9d DEATH-PLACE: Parkersburg, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Hattie Lowther) OCCUPATION: Banker FATHER: Ranson Kendall (born in Pa.) MOTHER: unknown CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Congestion of lungs, Acute cold / Parkinsons Disease INFORMANT: Mrs. M. A. Kendall (of Parkersburg, W.Va.) BURIAL: I.O.O.F. Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------