U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanham, George Baxter (b. 1880) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 493-494 GEORGE BAXTER LANHAM, born April 1, 1880, son of Perry Lanham and Mary Jane Harris, the daughter of Thompson Harris, who emigrated from Virginia. His grandfather was George B. Lanham, a school teacher, and his grandmother was Miss Nancy Ertin, also a native of Virginia. He was raised on a farm near Swamp Run, and received his education in the rural schools and summer normals in Upshur and Barbour Counties. His parents being poor, and having ten children, the subject of this sketch realized early that he must be the architect of his own character. He began teaching school in 1898, which profession he has followed since. He attended the Morse School of Telegraphy and Commercial College of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1904. At Oakland, Maryland, October 19, 1904, he was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Iva Maud Radabaugh, daughter of Adam Radabaugh and Ellen Wagoner, granddaughter of George Radabaugh, Child, Alston Gordon, born 1905. Owner of 25 l/2 acres of land in Union District, Upshur County, and some real estate in city of Elkins, Randolph County. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------