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, Sabinus Bruce (1859-1899) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 566-568 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. Sabinus Bruce McWhorter, the junior member of the firm, was born on September 5, 1857; and on August 4, 1881, he was married to Miss Emeline Mae Lawson, and three children were the result of this union; viz., Lora, Sabinus M., and Carlton Brooks. Mr. McWhorter was devotedly religious, and was quite prominent in church affairs, he having been President of the West Virginia Universalist Conference from the date of its organization, in 1891, until his death; and his every day Christian character left its impress upon all with whom he came in contact. He was an ardent advocate of the Temperance cause, and frequently made public addresses in its behalf. He died on May 17, 1899, from injuries received in a run-away accident, near Claysville, Pennsylvania, while engaged as traveling salesman for Speyer Brothers, of Wheeling, West Virginia. His remains were taken to the old home on Hacker's creek, and there laid away in the I. O. O. F. cemetery, amid the scenes of his childhood. His family at this time resided at Gaston, West Virginia, but they now live near Berlin, in Lewis county, in a little home that he thoughtfully provided by his life insurance, amidst his straightened circumstances. He was a member of the Masonic, Knights of Pythias and United Commercial Travelers orders at the time of his death. These brothers are the sons of the late Dr. John Minion McWhorter, who passed into the land of eternal peace from his home at Buckhannon, on November 9, 1909, after a long and useful career. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------