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Biography

The History of West Virginia, Old and New

Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,

Chicago and New York, Volume III,

pg. 599

JAMES SLOAN KUYKENDALL. Member of one of the

oldest families of Hampshire County, James Sloan Kuyken-

dall has earned creditable distinction as a lawyer of the

Romney bar, and in his profession and as a private citizen

is a type of man whose work and influence are always asso-

ciated with the general good.

He was born in the Springfield District of Hampshire

County, December 9, 1878. His grandfather, James Kuyken-

dall, was also a native of Hampshire County, spent his

active career as a farmer, and was accidentally killed at

South Branch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. He

married Hannah Blue, and their children were: Fannie,

who married Isaac Taylor; Susan, who was the wife of

William Guthrie; Michael, who married Sallie Johnson;

James, who married Ida McGlathery; Isaac, whose wife was

Lucy Davis; Thomas, who married Catherine McGill; and

William.

William Kuykendall was born in Springfield District of

Hampshire County in August, 1851, and his business efforts

were confined to the farm, but he became well known in the

public affairs of the county, serving two terms as a member

of the County Court, and for one term was president of the

court. He was a democrat, served as a deacon in the

Romney Presbyterian Church, and died at the age of forty-

eight years. William Kuykendall married Hannah P. Sloan,

who died in 1919, at the age of sixty-nine. Her father was

James Sloan, a farmer on Patterson's Creek of Welton

District, Mineral County, and the Sloan family were early

settled in that region, the founder being the father of James

Sloan, who came from Scotland. The children of William

Kuykendall and wife were James Sloan; Michael Blue, who

died while operating the old homestead farm, and left four

children by his marriage were Edith P. Pancake; Richard

Sloan, a farmer on the South Branch of the Potomac, who

married Virginia Pancake, and they have five children.

James Sloan Kuykendall for the first twenty years of

his life lived on the farm and shared in its activities and

duties. He attended the country schools, pursued his

higher education in Hampden-Sidney College in Virginia,

also in Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Vir-

ginia, and took his law course in Cumberland University

at Lebanon, Tennessee, where he graduated. He received his

diploma from Cumberland in 1901, and after a similar

course in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

he was examined before the Supreme Court and licensed

to practice in the North Carolina courts. His first ex-

perience as a practicing lawyer was gained at Greenboro,

North Carolina, but after a little more than a year came

to West Virginia, and soon established his office and

permanent home at Romney. His first case before the

Hampshire County Circuit Court was the defense of one

Miller charged with petit larceny, and for whom he

secured an acquittal, a verdict that did much just at that

time to encourage the young attorney. Throughout the

steadily growing volume of his criminal practice Mr.

Kuykendall has adhered to his rule to take part only on

the side of the defense, and he has a merited reputation

for skill and ability in that particular field. He has been

attorney for the defense in three murder cases, State vs

Hetrick, State vs Averell and State vs Gardner. He secured

an acquittal in the first two, and in the third case his

client received a sentence of prison for life. Mr. Kuyken-

dall is the present city attorney of Romney, has served

three terms as mayor, and for ten years has been president

of the Board of Education, taking a deep interest in the

success of schools and public education in general.

He is a democrat in politics, casting his first presi-

dential vote for William J. Bryan in 1900. He has been

chairman of the Executive Committee of the Second Con-

gressional District once, three times was chairman of the

County Central Committee, and was a delegate to the

State Convention at Parkersburg which nominated Gov-

ernor Comwell for governor. He is a delegate and chair-

man of the Congressional Convention that nominated Junior

Brown for Congress, and promoted the cause of that states-

man in several subsequent elections.

At Romney, April 5, 1905, Mr. Kuykendall married Miss

Bertha Williams, who was born in Virginia in August, 1882,

daughter of Rev. James P. and Mary S. Williams. At the

time of their marriage her father was presiding elder of the

Moorfield District of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

South. He was a confederate veteran, serving in General

Moseby's command during the war. Reverend Mr. Williams

and wife had four children: Mary, wife of Rev. C. M.

Hesser, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Kuykendall; Marvin

Williams, of Wisconsin; and Alma, wife of M. T. Strider, an

undertaker at Charles Town, West Virginia. Three child-

ren constitute the family of Mr. and Mrs. Kuykendall;

Alma Elizabeth, born January 6, 1906; James Sloan, Jr.,

born December 11, 1907; and Mary Ray, born January 15,

1909.

During the World war Mr. Kuykendall was a member

of the Legal Advisory Board of Hampshire County, and

assisted in making out several hundred questionnaires for

the prospective soldiers of the county, and also took part

in the Liberty Loan drives and cried some Red Cross sales.

His family are Presbyterians, and for five years he was

superintendent of the Sunday School.

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Biography

The History of West Virginia, Old and New

Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,

Chicago and New York, Volume III,

pg. 599

JAMES SLOAN KUYKENDALL. Member of one of the

oldest families of Hampshire County, James Sloan Kuyken-

dall has earned creditable distinction as a lawyer of the

Romney bar, and in his profession and as a private citizen

is a type of man whose work and influence are always asso-

ciated with the general good.

He was born in the Springfield District of Hampshire

County, December 9, 1878. His grandfather, James Kuyken-

dall, was also a native of Hampshire County, spent his

active career as a farmer, and was accidentally killed at

South Branch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. He

married Hannah Blue, and their children were: Fannie,

who married Isaac Taylor; Susan, who was the wife of

William Guthrie; Michael, who married Sallie Johnson;

James, who married Ida McGlathery; Isaac, whose wife was

Lucy Davis; Thomas, who married Catherine McGill; and

William.

William Kuykendall was born in Springfield District of

Hampshire County in August, 1851, and his business efforts

were confined to the farm, but he became well known in the

public affairs of the county, serving two terms as a member

of the County Court, and for one term was president of the

court. He was a democrat, served as a deacon in the

Romney Presbyterian Church, and died at the age of forty-

eight years. William Kuykendall married Hannah P. Sloan,

who died in 1919, at the age of sixty-nine. Her father was

James Sloan, a farmer on Patterson's Creek of Welton

District, Mineral County, and the Sloan family were early

settled in that region, the founder being the father of James

Sloan, who came from Scotland. The children of William

Kuykendall and wife were James Sloan; Michael Blue, who

died while operating the old homestead farm, and left four

children by his marriage were Edith P. Pancake; Richard

Sloan, a farmer on the South Branch of the Potomac, who

married Virginia Pancake, and they have five children.

James Sloan Kuykendall for the first twenty years of

his life lived on the farm and shared in its activities and

duties. He attended the country schools, pursued his

higher education in Hampden-Sidney College in Virginia,

also in Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Vir-

ginia, and took his law course in Cumberland University

at Lebanon, Tennessee, where he graduated. He received his

diploma from Cumberland in 1901, and after a similar

course in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

he was examined before the Supreme Court and licensed

to practice in the North Carolina courts. His first ex-

perience as a practicing lawyer was gained at Greenboro,

North Carolina, but after a little more than a year came

to West Virginia, and soon established his office and

permanent home at Romney. His first case before the

Hampshire County Circuit Court was the defense of one

Miller charged with petit larceny, and for whom he

secured an acquittal, a verdict that did much just at that

time to encourage the young attorney. Throughout the

steadily growing volume of his criminal practice Mr.

Kuykendall has adhered to his rule to take part only on

the side of the defense, and he has a merited reputation

for skill and ability in that particular field. He has been

attorney for the defense in three murder cases, State vs

Hetrick, State vs Averell and State vs Gardner. He secured

an acquittal in the first two, and in the third case his

client received a sentence of prison for life. Mr. Kuyken-

dall is the present city attorney of Romney, has served

three terms as mayor, and for ten years has been president

of the Board of Education, taking a deep interest in the

success of schools and public education in general.

He is a democrat in politics, casting his first presi-

dential vote for William J. Bryan in 1900. He has been

chairman of the Executive Committee of the Second Con-

gressional District once, three times was chairman of the

County Central Committee, and was a delegate to the

State Convention at Parkersburg which nominated Gov-

ernor Comwell for governor. He is a delegate and chair-

man of the Congressional Convention that nominated Junior

Brown for Congress, and promoted the cause of that states-

man in several subsequent elections.

At Romney, April 5, 1905, Mr. Kuykendall married Miss

Bertha Williams, who was born in Virginia in August, 1882,

daughter of Rev. James P. and Mary S. Williams. At the

time of their marriage her father was presiding elder of the

Moorfield District of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

South. He was a confederate veteran, serving in General

Moseby's command during the war. Reverend Mr. Williams

and wife had four children: Mary, wife of Rev. C. M.

Hesser, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Kuykendall; Marvin

Williams, of Wisconsin; and Alma, wife of M. T. Strider, an

undertaker at Charles Town, West Virginia. Three child-

ren constitute the family of Mr. and Mrs. Kuykendall;

Alma Elizabeth, born January 6, 1906; James Sloan, Jr.,

born December 11, 1907; and Mary Ray, born January 15,

1909.

During the World war Mr. Kuykendall was a member

of the Legal Advisory Board of Hampshire County, and

assisted in making out several hundred questionnaires for

the prospective soldiers of the county, and also took part

in the Liberty Loan drives and cried some Red Cross sales.

His family are Presbyterians, and for five years he was

superintendent of the Sunday School.