january march american educator lawyer politician state west_virginia served west_virginia senate representing west_virginia twice principal born virginia present day west_virginia received early education home father attended continued post secondary education following graduation served principal began practicing law relocated established law practice elected west_virginia senate served alongside representing eleventh district unsuccessfully ran election twelfth district judicial seat served vice president west_virginia 2nd congressional district president served bar association consideration democratic candidate long term elected party candidate state convention director west_virginia businesses named trustee virginia west virginia railroad company director creek addition director practiced law year prior death died residence illness following death described bar early life academic career born january virginia present day west_virginia son physician wife received early education father home received collegiate preparatory education academic continued studies academic sessions following graduation served principal years subsequently served principal according advertisement female teacher november serving principal stated advertisement institute seeking experienced female teacher lead school candidate qualified teach french english music american civil war served principal academic sessions law political careers commenced practice law continued practice law tenure principal relocated established law practice september nominated candidate west_virginia senate seat party november won election senate seat represented district alongside served west virginia legislature 12th legislative session convened charleston january december served 13th legislative session 14th legislative session served senator alongside served state senate judicial election november twelfth district ran election lost votes armstrong admitted practice law courts engaged practice law lucrative practice member served vice president organization west_virginia 2nd congressional district june attended association meeting near served committee drafted bar association resolution legal rights married women july year selected serve association served president served attended association annual meeting july march argued behalf case brought director company baltimore claimed right stock ownership company elected cross director company march court ruled company governed cumulative method cross entitled director seat april consideration democratic candidate long term august held elected party candidate election long term beating business pursuits director west_virginia businesses february passed act incorporation virginia west virginia railroad company named body corporate company railroad constructed west_virginia virginia state line frederick counties virginia alexandria point near alexandria july shares constructed operated maintained log near confluence river left fork right fork tributaries director creek chartered march capital stock railroad constructed point north branch river short gap acting mile cut cumberland railroad reduce distance baltimore miles creek charged railroad construction operate venture office april company formally organized meeting held baltimore office elected director decided meeting construction begin ends railroad include construction tunnel measuring feet length january track laid tunnel begun construction estimated year complete railroad completed assessed value known creek subsidiary baltimore september year finally merged parent company west_virginia march reelected director later life death continued active later years participated automotive procession prominent local attorneys attend funeral lawyer continued practice law year death died march residence age following illness survived sister nephew washington private secretary house representative maryland obituary described bar interred indian mound cemetery near wife isabella shares brother sister law personal life marriage married march september born edinburgh scotland march daughter wife sister elizabeth wife christian clerk court later president father professor foreign languages served wife child born october died august september wife died residence result contracting fever buried indian mound cemetery religion presbyterian faith active member ruling elder winchester served special committee conducted investigation expulsion members church
William C. Clayton