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History of Wetzel County, West Virginia
by John C. McEldowney, Jr., 1901

Page 96
COL. ROBERT McELDOWNEY.

Kobert McEldowney, of whom we present a fair likeness, was one of the
most widely known editors in the State. He was editor of the Wetzel
Democrat and his writings were often quoted by some of the leading
journals of the State. He was often referred to as the Bill Nye of
West Virginia. He was born in 1837, at New Martinsville, and atended
the schools at that place, later going to the Moundsville Academy and
the Marietta College, but before graduating at Marietta he enlisted
as a private in the Southern army and was later commissioned captain,
commanding the Twenty-seventh Stonewall Brigade, being twice wounded.
He served until the close of the war. At the battle of Gettysburg he
took charge of the wing of the army in which a general was killed,
and led a part of the whole army at that place. He was the first
teacher appointed by the board of education in Magnolia district. He
was a member of the Legislature and was one of the delegates to the
National convention that nominated Hancock for president. The last
years of his life were passed in sufferings that were untold, and on
he died with cancer of the tongue.

Thus ended a life of usefulness, which was shortened by that dread
affliction.

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