Genealogy Data Page 518 (Notes Pages)

Genealogy Data Page 518 (Notes Pages)

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Census: Date: 1880
Place: Mill Creek, Mercer, PA

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Martin, Laura Jo (b. 1870, d. 11 JUN 1945)

Note: New York Times Obituary > New York, New York > June 11, 1945

Senator Kilgore’s Mother Dies

Washington, June 11 (U.P.) – Mrs Laura J. Kilgore of West Virginia, died tonight in Beckley Woods, W. Va., the Senator’s office announced. The Senator was with her at her death, having returned home by plane from Casablanca last week where he was with the Senate Investigating Committee. Her age was 75.

Mrs Kilgore was the widow of Q. H. Kilgore, who died this year. Surviving besides her son is a daughter, Mrs. Helen K. Turner.

Census: Date: 1910
Place: 3-Wd Mannington, Marion, WV

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Kilgore, Harley Martin (b. 11 JAN 1893, d. 28 FEB 1956)

Note: Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956) — also known as Harley M. Kilgore — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Brown, Harrison County, W.Va., January 11, 1893. Son of Quimby Kilgore and Laura Jo (Martin) Kilgore; married, May 10, 1921, to Lois Elaine Lilly. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; criminal court judge in West Virginia, 1933-40; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1941-56; died in office 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944, 1948. Christian. Member, American Political Science Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Delta Tau Delta. Died February 28, 1956. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

a Senator from West Virginia; born in Brown, Harrison County, W.Va., January 11, 1893; attended the public schools; graduated from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1914 and admitted to the bar the same year; taught school in Hancock, W.Va., in 1914 and 1915; organized the first high school in Raleigh County, W.Va., in 1915, serving as its principal for one year; commenced the practice of law in Beckley, W.Va., in 1916; during the First World War served in the Infantry from 1917, until discharged as a captain in 1920; organized the West Virginia National Guard in 1921 and retired as a colonel in 1953; judge of the criminal court of Raleigh County, W.Va., 1933-1940; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1940; reelected in 1946 and again in 1952 and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., February 28, 1956; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Eighty-fourth Congress); interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

US senator, born in Brown, West Virgina, USA. A liberal West Virginia judge, he went on to serve in the US Senate (Democrat, West Virginia, 1941–56). He chaired the so-called Kilgore committee that oversaw US mobilization efforts for World War 2 and helped to set up the War Mobilization Board (1943). On the influential Appropriations Committee, he helped to establish the National Science Foundation (1950).