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Waugh, Homer Roy (1879-1945)
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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 594

HOMER ROY WAUGH, born January 4, 1879, near Kanawha Head, in Upshur
County, W. Va. Is the son of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa J.
(Morrison) Waugh; grandson of Jacob Waugh, a man well known in
church and public life in Upshur County, and Mary (Brown) Waugh,
whose grandparents were, respectively, Scotch and Irish. Malissa J.
Morrison, the mother of the subject of this sketch, is of Virginia
parentage.

Homer Roy Waugh was educated in the public schools of his native
district, Banks, and at the age of fifteen years entered upon the
profession of teacher, and soon thereafter entered the West Virginia
Conference Seminary at Buckhannon, as a student, where he graduated
with the Reger class of 1901; of this class he was president and
class orator. In 1901 he was elected superintendent and principal of
the Sutton high schools, which position he held successfully for two
years. In 1904 he completed the law course at the State University,
and later in the same year was elected prosecuting attorney of
Upshur County, which office he now holds. He is a member of the
Sigma Chi Fraternity of the A. F. and A. M., and is a Republican in
politics; was married on the 17th day of October, 1905 to Eliza
Poole Newlon, daughter of Dr. W. P. Newlon, a well known physician
of Braxton County, and to this union there was born, October 3,
1906, a daughter, Mary Newlon Waugh.

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From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #15575
FULL-NAME: Homer Roy Waugh
BIRTH-DATE: January 4, 1879
BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County, W.Va.
DEATH-DATE: November 29, 1945 (at age 66y-10m-25d)
DEATH-PLACE: 89 South Kanawha St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
USUAL-RESIDENE: 89 South Kanawha St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Eliza Newlon Waugh)
OCCUPATION: Lawyer
FATHER: Homer M. Waugh (born in Upshur County, W.Va.)
MOTHER: Malissa Jane Morrison (born in Upshur County, W.Va.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arterio Sclerosis & Cerebral Hemorrhage
INFORMANT: Mrs. H. Roy Waugh (of Buckhannon, W.Va.)
BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.

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