U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Crites, William P. (1869-1947) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 420 WILLIAM P. CRITES, County Commissioner of Upshur County, 1907- 1911, was born September 7, 1869, on Glady Fork of Stone Coal, the son of George L. Crites and Margaret Heavner, the grandson of Jacob Crites and the great grandson of Michael and Catherine Hyer, both of German descent. His mother was the daughter of Johnathan Heavner and Margaret Flesher, who were natives of Highland County, Virginia. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and received his education in the public school. On April 5, 1893, he married Alice M. McCue of Lewis County, the daughter of Franklin and Parthens Hudson and the granddaughter of William McCue and Frances Stansberry of Albermarle County, Va. Mr. Crites is a farmer, owns a good farm, is a Republican in politics and is the father of one child whose name is Dessie. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #3809 FULL-NAME: William Parley Crites BIRTH-DATE: September 7, 1869 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 10, 1947 at age 77y-6m-3d DEATH-PLACE: 27 Franklin St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 27 Franklin St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Alice McCue, age 77) OCCUPATION: Retired Farmer FATHER: George L. Crites (born in Upshur Co.) MOTHER: Margaret Heavner (born in Upshur Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cardiac failure / arterio-sclerosis INFORMANT: Mrs. Dessie Linger (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery in Buckhannon, W.Va. (wife of William P. Crites) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #13544 FULL-NAME: Alice McCue Crites BIRTH-DATE: November 24, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: October 18, 1947 at age 78y-10m-29d DEATH-PLACE: Weston Road, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Weston Road, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (William P. Crites) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Charles Franklin McCue (born in Va.) MOTHER: Parthena Hudson (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma Breast INFORMANT: Mrs. Hugh Linger (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------