UPSHUR COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: CRITES, Iverson W. ****************************************************************** Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by: Valerie & Tommy Crook vfcrook@trellis.net September 26, 1999 ****************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 279-280 Upshur County IVERSON W. CRITES, who served with the engineers in France, is a young business man of Weston, and for a number of years his experience has been chiefly in the lumber industry. He is one of the proprietors and officers of the Hope Lumber Company in Weston. Mr. Crites was born in Upshur County, West Virginia, January 19, 1887, son of Gilbert N. and Martha A. (Kerr) Crites. His parents were born, reared, educated and mar- ried in Upshur County, and his father is still numbered among the successful farmers of that section. They are Methodists, and the father is a republican. Of their nine children five are living: Flora, wife of John Prince, a farmer in Braxton County; Albert A., a minister of the United Brethren Church; Iverson W.; Alvin M., a farmer in Upshur County; and Lester W., in a business college in the State of Washington. Iverson W. Crites spent the days of his youth on a farm, attended the common schools, and began working for himself and earning his own living when he was fifteen. He had made every possible use of his advantages while in school, qualified as a teacher and for six years taught winter terms of school. The summers he spent working in lumber camps and around the saw mills, and when In- gave up the teaching profession he turned his complete energies to the lumber industry. Mr. Crites in 1917 ac- quired stock in the Hope Lumber Company. This is an incorporated company with A. O. Harper as president and manager, S. F. White, vice president, J. A. Genderson, treasurer, and I. W. Crites, secretary. Mr. Crites is also a stockholder in the Arch Run Lumber Company. During the World war he enlisted and was trained at Richmond, Virginia, later at Camp Forrest in Georgia, and went overseas with the Four Hundred and Sixty-seventh Engineers. He was on duty in Prance five months and was a sergeant. He is a member of Weston Post of the Amer- ican Legion. Mr. Crites is unmarried, is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics votes as a republican. ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 15:32:39 -0400 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990926153239.00fcb090@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Claude W. RINEHART, Lewis County, WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 280 Lewis County CLAUDE W. RINEHART is a successful business man of Weston, where for many years he has devoted his best energies to the lumber business. He is one of the pro- prietors and executive officers of the Central Lumber Company. Mr. Rinehart was born in Lewis County, West Virginia, August 24, 1885, son of William and Sarah (White) Bine- hart. His parents were also born and reared in Lewis County, grew up on farms, attended the common schools. and after their marriage settled on the farm where the father spent the rest of his life. He was progressive and industrious and accumulated a body of 200 acres of first-class farming land. The mother is still living. They were active members of the Methodist Protestant Church, and William Einehart was a democrat. Of their large family of eleven children ten are still living: Statira, wife of Charles E. Lamb, of Coolville. Ohio; John A., con- nected with the Parkersburg Mattress Company; Lloyd of Weston; Theo, a farmer in Lewis County; Jesse M., a contractor and builder at Weston; Elza A., cashier of the Farmers Bank of Clarksburg, West Virginia; Dr. L. G., a dentist in Oklahoma; Claude W.; Laura, wife of W. A. Moneypenny. of Lewis County; and Lona, wife of Oscar Bailey, of Gilmer County. Claude W. Rinehart grew up on a farm, attended the common schools with his brothers and sisters and later graduated from the Mountain State Business College at Parkersburg. As a boy on the farm he determined to enter a commercial career. After his college course lie spent two years as clerk with the E. J. Kane Hardware Company. He then transferred his abilities to the lumber business and for fifteen years was secretary and treasurer of the Sun Lumber Company. In 1919 he took an active part in the organization of the Central Lumber Company, and is the executive head of this corporation. Mr. Rinehart married Miss Effie A. Atkins, of Weston, October 16, 1912. She was reared and educated in Harri- son County, West Virginia. They have a daughter, Mary Louise, born October 6, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Binehart are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a democrat and is prominent in Masonry, being affiliated with Weston Lodge, No. 10, A. F. & A. M., Bigelow Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., St. John Commandery, No. 8, K. T., West Virginia Consistory, No. 1, at Wheeling, and Nemesis Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Parkersburg. In the local branches of the order he is a past master, past high priest and past eminent commander.