U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ours, Henry Franklin (1864-1912) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 529 HENRY FRANKLIN OURS, Sheriff of Upshur County, 1905-1909, was born November 29, 1864, near Sago unto Maerbeck and Martha J. (Bryan) Ours. Being the youngest son, some considerable attention was given to his education in the public schools and the Normal and Classical Academy at Buckhannon. He began the teaching of school, which profession he followed without cessation for 15 years. All of his schools gave such satisfaction from the first that he had to pay but one board bill in all these years. He always taught near home. For two years was a member of the board of examiners of Upshur County. Upon ceasing his profession of teaching, he became clerk for J. N. Berthy & Co., A. G. Giffin, Isherwood & Cody, Phillips, Snyder & Co., and A. W. Tenny & Son, and agent for the B. & O. Railroad Company, the last of whom was serving when elected sheriff of Upshur. He has been very active in politics from young manhood, was a member of the Republican Executive Committee of Upshur County for 12 years and chairman of the same for one term. September 23, he married Anna L. Norvell, daughter of Abner Norvell and their children are: Ora L., William McKinley, Henry, Maurice and Mary. He owns a farm of 53 acres on the Buckhannon River and real estate in the town of Buckhannon. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Death, Upshur County, WV (Page 322) FULL-NAME: Henry F. Ours AGE-AT-DEATH: 47y-2m-0d DEATH-DATE: January 29, 1912 DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Real Estate CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Pneumonia fever (wife of Henry F. Ours) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #12649 FULL-NAME: Anna Lee Ours BIRTH-DATE: December 4, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 26, 1948 (at age 79y-9m-15d) DEATH-PLACE: Sago, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (Henry Ours) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Thomas A. Norvell (born in Va.) MOTHER: Ellen Bean (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Occlusion / Arterio Sclerosis INFORMANT: H. Ours (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------