U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- McWhorter, Lycurgus Diogenes (1853-1916) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 566-567 The McWhorters. — The name of McWhorter was for a number of years a prominent one in the affairs of this town, L. D. and S. B. McWhorter, two brothers, being partners in the mercantile business here. But during the financial panic in the nineties, the firm became insolvent, and S. B. returned to the place of his nativity, on Hacker's creek; and L. D. became identified with the commercial travelers, but continued to hold his residence here until a few years since, when he removed his family to Buckhannon. Lycurgus Diogenes McWhorter was born, on August 4, 1853, and on New Year's day, 1876, he was married to Miss Louisa Alice Caynor, who was born, on October 8, 1854, and shortly after, with his wife, he came to Auburn. He and his son, Ford, are now in the employ of the Leatherby Shoe Company. Genial in disposition and generous to a fault, he is said to have few equals as a salesman. This innate spirit of benevolence, which prompted him to venture beyond the bounds of safety in the "credit system." during the panic, above mentioned, was the foundation of his financial ruin. However, amidst his adversities he did not lose his sense of humor, but when the firm was forced to close its business, the villagers, one morning, found this terse sign upon the door, "Busted and Gone Fishing." He is a member of the following named orders. Masonic, K. of P., I. O. O. F., U. C. T., and W. T. A. A. He and his wife are the parents of ten children: viz., Ora, the eldest daughter, is Mrs. W. A. Broadwater, of Tollgate. Berta, Mrs. Elza A. Rinehart, of Lewis county. Maude, Mrs. Emory L. Hall, of Auburn. Altia, Airs. Thomas J. Hefner. Ford D., John, Belva, Odessa, Guy M., and Minnie, who are twins. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (year 1916) FULL-NAME: L. D. McWhorter AGE-AT-DEATH: 62 years DEATH-DATE: April 18, 1916 DEATH-PLACE: Upshur MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Traveling Salesman CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Operation for Gall Stones ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tombstones in the Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV L. D. McWhorter (Aug. 4, 1853 -- Apr. 18, 1916) Louisa Alice McWhorter (1854-1930) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------