UPSHUR COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA 
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Valerie & Tommy Crook 
vfcrook@trellis.net
April 13, 2000
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 409-410

BLAINE ZICKEFOOSE is a prosperous farmer and dairy-
man of Upshur County, where his excellent farm of 137
acres is situated three miles west of Buckhannon, the
county seat. He was born on the homestead farm of his
father in Upshur County, and the date of his nativity was
November 1, 1885. He is a son of George W. and Jane
(Light) Zickefoose, both likewise natives of this county
and representatives of old and honored families of this
section of West Virginia. George W. Zickefoose was born
in August, 1843, and his wife was born in 1844, her death
having occurred in 1893.  The father was successfully
identified with farm industry in his native county through
his entire active career, and is still the owner of a farm
of 125 acres, the major part of his landed estate having
been divided among his children. He is a republican and
is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
as was also his wife. Of their eleven children the follow-
ing are living, and of the number the subject of this sketch
is the youngest:  J. S. Elias and Alvin are prosperous
farmers in Upshur County; Eli resides at Hamlock, this
county, and is a merchant by vocation; Elliott and Arte-
mus are substantial farmers of Upshur County, and the
latter also conducts a feed store in the Village of Alton;
and Delbert is a merchant at Alton.

Blaine Zickefoose was reared to the sturdy discipline of
the home farm and early gained experience that has proved
of great value to him in his independent farm operations.
He supplemented the training of the public schools by at-
tending the West Virginia Wesleyan College and by a
course in a business college at Parkersburg. He has had
no desire to sever his allegiance to the basic industries
of agriculture and stock-raising, and is one of the pro-
gressive farmers and dairymen of his native county. He
is aligned in the ranks of the republican party, is af-
filiated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
he and his wife are members of Reger Chapel of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

In December, 1910, Mr. Zickefoose married Miss Lura
M. Reger, who likewise was born and reared in Upshur
County, and they have two children: Martin W., who was
born August 27, 1913; and Tuttle B., who was born Sep-
tember 28, 1916.