James Clark McGrew, US Congress

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James Clark McGrew (September 14, 1813 – September 18, 1910) was an American politician, merchant, banker and hospital director from Virginia and West Virginia.

Born near Brandonville, Virginia (now West Virginia), McGrew attended common schools as a child and later engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking. He was a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861 where he voted against secession, was mayor of Kingwood, Virginia (later West Virginia) from 1863 to 1865 and was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1863 to 1865. McGrew was managing director of the West Virginia Insane Hospital for four years before he was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873. He was again mayor of Kingwood, West Virginia in 1879 and 1880 and afterwards resumed banking in Kingwood from 1886 until his death there on September 18, 1910. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery in Kingwood.

The James Clark McGrew House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993

U.S. Congressman. He was successful in mercantile pursuits and banking when he entered politics serving as the Mayor of Kingwood, West Virginia (1863-65). He also was managing director of the West Virginia Insane Hospital and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1863-65). In 1869, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, serving until 1873. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was again Mayor of Kingwood (1879-80) and resumed banking until his death.

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James Clark McGrew
BIRTH
14 Sep 1813
Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH
18 Sep 1910 (aged 97)
Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Maplewood Cemetery
Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA

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James Clark McGrew
BIRTH
14 Sep 1813
Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH
18 Sep 1910 (aged 97)
Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Maplewood Cemetery
Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7782059/james-clark-mcgrew