U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Morton, Eskridge H. (1866-1940) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 463-464 HON. E. H. MORTON, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Webster Springs, Webster County, West Virginia, was born in 1866 on a farm in Webster County, and is a son of George and Hannah C. Morton, the former of whom is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Webster County. Mr. Morton was educated in the common schools of Webster County and the University of West Virginia at Morgantown, where he was graduated in law in 1891. In 1889 he was elected county superintendent of schools for Webster County and in 1892 was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney for said county, serving a term of four years. He was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney for Nicholas County in 1897, which position he held for a term of four years. His connection with politics has been since young manhood. He was elected by the Democratic party to his present honorable position in 1902; his services during the past session have been of benefit to his party and the country at large. He has risen from the ranks in his profession, being an entirely self-made man, and has a large and lucrative practice. He is attorney for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and various other corporations in his section of the State. Prior to his election to the Legislature, he was commissioner of school lands for Webster County. In 1891 Mr. Morton was married to Mary McCray and has a family of five children. His beautiful home at Webster Springs is a large estate where a herd of fine deer is one of the attractions. Fraternally Mr. Morton is a member of the Masonic bodies. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of Eskridge H. Morton) From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #2697 FULL-NAME: Mary Catherine McCray Morton BIRTH-DATE: August 2, 1870 BIRTH-PLACE: Webster Co. DEATH-DATE: March 8, 1947 (at age 76y-7m-17d) DEATH-PLACE: St. Mary's Hospital, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Eskridge H. Morton) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Charles E. McCray (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Nancy Hall (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Broncho pneumonia INFORMANT: Mrs. D. P. Hines (of Webster Springs, W.Va.) BURIAL: Blacks Chapel ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tombstones in Blacks Chapel Cemetery, Webster County, WV Eskridge H. Morton Mary C. Morton 1866-1940 1870-1947 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Webster County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/webster/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------