west_virginia politician white august june american lawyer military officer democratic politician state west_virginia white served captain west virginia national guard spanish american war lieutenant colonel united_states_army judge world war white member west_virginia frequently served city mayor pro later appointed member served board treasurer secretary president times white member white political family virginia west_virginia son clerk court president white grandson clerk court white white nephew west_virginia attorney general early life education born august west_virginia child clerk court christian white wife eldest father children grandson clerk court white white named great grandson prominent virginia judge uncle served attorney general west_virginia descent reverend white eligible attained membership sons american revolution white received english education local public schools father residence white supplemented education courses reading private study beginning age white attended school worked family farm school holidays age white left schooling work farm father county court clerk office studying privately home early political career white departed home charleston west_virginia entirely dependent resources white commenced career public service began serving messenger office west_virginia secretary state received successive promotions secretary state office beginning clerk clerk finally chief clerk office walker term office white retained chief clerk office walker successor white affiliated secretary state office seven years continued fulfill position march appointed serve private secretary west_virginia governor representative governor white traveled state high profile events june strikes urge calm provide governor awareness strike white performed governor private secretary years end administration term west_virginia general elections white recognized leadership efforts support campaigns democratic candidates law career employed west virginia state capitol white began studying legal undertook study law firm charleston white admitted bar afterward established law practice charleston white practice began arguing cases county state federal level courts west_virginia december west_virginia secretary state office issued charter authorizing capital stock incorporation midland railway white share military career white volunteered service west virginia national guard entered service rank private white gradually promoted served west virginia national guard 2nd white regiment dispatched scenes strikes west_virginia performed special representative governor spanish american war onset spanish american war shortly admission bar white volunteered service served duration war received commission west_virginia governor captain command company 1st service spanish american war white received promotion rank major year serving regiment war white received honorable discharge vacated following years service guard military officer according governor bench bar west virginia white served efficiently close war world war following entry united_states world war white legal services united_states_army served judge white previously attempted enter service united_states_army training schools serve world war rebuffed time advanced age december white received special permission united_states president serve army judge rank major receiving commission white ordered london served assistant judge advocate general personnel serving ireland white continued carry duties london june base section closed transferred united_states military general headquarters france france white deployed occupation headquarters germany rhine served division judge advocate general serving position white promoted rank lieutenant colonel april continued serve judge advocate general september shortly white discharged united_states_army subsequently transferred service allies world war white created companion distinguished service order george behalf british_empire following relief active military service europe white embarked global journey consisted egypt palestine india burma java china japan philippines returned united_states june soon resumed law practice charleston later political career following service spanish american war white ran election democrat won seat white concurrently fulfilled year term member period charleston organized commission form government serving frequently performed duties city mayor pro white member serving board treasurer white later served board president years governor white serve term ending june marriage august white married near pennsylvania native west_virginia resided athens west_virginia time marriage graduate athens lexington member faculty later life death later years white wife resided florida winter season white died heart failure june age summer camp near west_virginia medical certification white death stated cause heart failure age white funeral held charleston interred white family burial plot indian mound cemetery time death white residing capitol street charleston community service white practicing mason affiliated thirty second degree ancient accepted scottish rite addition sons american revolution white member united spanish war veterans white inaugural member henry davis club named united_states senator west_virginia received charter founded study political economy science self government education young men state west_virginia sciences information literature statistics judgment directors best suited purposes white served west virginia homecoming week took place october celebrate battle point pleasant unveiling monument battle legacy bench bar west virginia remarked white service charleston city government chief aim render service advance interests people showing favors class classes citizens charleston service high office marked man high honor remarked white men rarely found portion wide world inhabit story boys dormitory presently known athens west_virginia renamed white hall honor white serving secretary demolished construction
John Baker White (West Virginia politician)