Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, 
Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, 
West Virigina, 1917

Source:
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917,
Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, 
The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va.
pgs. 719 - 770

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

pg. 733

Members of the House of Delegates.

CHIPLEY, JOHN DIXON. (Democrat.) Address:
Moorefield, West Va. Born in Moorefield, June 4, 1866;
elementary education received in the free schools, and subse-
quently spent one year in college; occupation, fanning and
mercantile milling; has been Surveyor and Sheriff of his
county; also, Vice President of the Hardy County Bank,
the Hardy County Milling Company, and President of the
Branch Mountain Orchard Company and the South Branch
Telephone Company; elected to the House of Delegates 1916;
committee assignments in the sessions of 1917: Claims and
Grievances(Chairman);ImmigrationandAgriculture, Coun-
ties, Districts and Municipal Corporations, State Boundaries.

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