WILLIAM McCOY, PENDLETON CO., WV

In the family of McCoy the traditions of ability, honor and worth left by those who have gone beyond set a worthy precedent which the present generation, and that from which it sprang, have followed, to which they have added a life chapter that must prove as inspiration and a positive incentive to those destined to come after them. Among the notable exponents of the family's integrity and professional and business capability is William McCoy, of Franklin, a lawyer, successful proprietor and editor of the Pendleton Times, a former representative of the State of West Virginia in the House of Delegates, and present prosecuting attorney of Pendleton County. He was born at Franklin, June 2, 1878, and his life has been spent in the city of his nativity.

Growing to manhood in his native place William McCoy attended its public schools and Hoge Academy at Blackstone, Virginia, for two years before entering his father's alma mater, Washington and Lee University, and he graduated from its law department in 1902, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately thereafter Mr. McCoy entered upon the practice of his profession at Franklin, and while carrying on its work took a prominent part in politics as a democrat. In 1906 he was elected to membership in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and served for one term. As the House was overwhelmingly republican, the only committee appointment he received of any importance was that on the judiciary. The speaker of the House was James A. Seaman. His experience as a legislator did not incline him to seek re-election, but he did consent to be the nominee of his party for the office of prosecuting attorney, was elected by a handsome majority, and assumed the duties of the office in January, 1909, succeeding H. M. Calhoun. The record he made was of such a character that he was returned in 1912, again in 1916, and in 1920 was elected for the fourth time, he having served longer than any other in this office during the history of Pendleton county. The service he has rendered has been endorsed repeatedly by the voters of the county, and it has been and is of a high order.

In February, 1913, Mr. McCoy began his identification with newspaper work when he founded the Pendleton Times, a weekly paper devoted to county matters and published as an independent organ. Its object is to record the local news and furnish a medium of advertising for the business men of this locality. The paper is a four-page folio, issued every Thursday. The circulation is 1,775, and it is the only paper published in the county, occupying as it does the field as the successor to the South Branch review.

On October 27, 1918, Mr. McCoy married at Washington, District of Columbia, Miss Grace Hedrick, a native of Pendleton County, and a daughter of Robert E. Hedrick, postmaster of Franklin. For several years prior to her marriage Mrs. McCoy was a teacher in the schools of Franklin, and was very popular. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy have two children: Martha and William, Junior. Mr. McCoy is a Master Mason and Modern Woodman. Reared in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, he long ago enrolled his name on its membership books. In addition to his professional and newspaper work Mr. McCoy has contributed generously to movements calculated to promote the public welfare and those having for their object charitable purposes.

WILLIAM McCOY, PENDLETON CO., WV

In the family of McCoy the traditions of ability, honor and worth left by those who have gone beyond set a worthy precedent which the present generation, and that from which it sprang, have followed, to which they have added a life chapter that must prove as inspiration and a positive incentive to those destined to come after them. Among the notable exponents of the family's integrity and professional and business capability is William McCoy, of Franklin, a lawyer, successful proprietor and editor of the Pendleton Times, a former representative of the State of West Virginia in the House of Delegates, and present prosecuting attorney of Pendleton County. He was born at Franklin, June 2, 1878, and his life has been spent in the city of his nativity.

Growing to manhood in his native place William McCoy attended its public schools and Hoge Academy at Blackstone, Virginia, for two years before entering his father's alma mater, Washington and Lee University, and he graduated from its law department in 1902, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately thereafter Mr. McCoy entered upon the practice of his profession at Franklin, and while carrying on its work took a prominent part in politics as a democrat. In 1906 he was elected to membership in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and served for one term. As the House was overwhelmingly republican, the only committee appointment he received of any importance was that on the judiciary. The speaker of the House was James A. Seaman. His experience as a legislator did not incline him to seek re-election, but he did consent to be the nominee of his party for the office of prosecuting attorney, was elected by a handsome majority, and assumed the duties of the office in January, 1909, succeeding H. M. Calhoun. The record he made was of such a character that he was returned in 1912, again in 1916, and in 1920 was elected for the fourth time, he having served longer than any other in this office during the history of Pendleton county. The service he has rendered has been endorsed repeatedly by the voters of the county, and it has been and is of a high order.

In February, 1913, Mr. McCoy began his identification with newspaper work when he founded the Pendleton Times, a weekly paper devoted to county matters and published as an independent organ. Its object is to record the local news and furnish a medium of advertising for the business men of this locality. The paper is a four-page folio, issued every Thursday. The circulation is 1,775, and it is the only paper published in the county, occupying as it does the field as the successor to the South Branch review.

On October 27, 1918, Mr. McCoy married at Washington, District of Columbia, Miss Grace Hedrick, a native of Pendleton County, and a daughter of Robert E. Hedrick, postmaster of Franklin. For several years prior to her marriage Mrs. McCoy was a teacher in the schools of Franklin, and was very popular. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy have two children: Martha and William, Junior. Mr. McCoy is a Master Mason and Modern Woodman. Reared in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, he long ago enrolled his name on its membership books. In addition to his professional and newspaper work Mr. McCoy has contributed generously to movements calculated to promote the public welfare and those having for their object charitable purposes.