Born: February 25, 1885 (Deer Park, Garrett, Maryland)
Died: August 27, 1974 (Bristol, Washington, Virginia)
Education:
- 1904 West Virginia Conference Seminary – Classical Course
- 1907 Ohio Wesleyan University – A.B. (Cum Laude)
- 1949 Honorary Doctor of Laws, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Notes:
- Editor-in-Chief of the very first Murmurmontis
- Chrestomathean Literary Society
- Young Men’s Christian Association
- Married Ireta Lowe (college sweetheart)
- Served as personal secretary to U.S. Senator Frank B. Willis 1921-1928
- Served as personal secretary to Governor Myers Y. Cooper of Ohio
- Very active lifetime member of the Methodist Church, serving on Mission Boards and being a delegate to General Conferences.
- One of two men elected to Membership in the “Hall of Fame in Philanthropy of the Methodist Board of Hospitals and Homes.”
- Became well known expert and speaker on Abraham Lincoln
- Willed his extensive collection of Lincoln materials to West Virginia Wesleyan
Sources:
Murmurmontis
Pharos
Charles A. Jones, S1904 H1959 (Sundial 1965-05, p.32-34)
Collecting Lincoln (Sundial 1987 Spring/Summer, pp.11-12)
Making of the First Murmurmontis (Murmurmontis 1910, pp. 162-65)
WVWC Alumnus Donates Entire Collection (Pharos 1971-03-09, p.5)