Judge Joseph Marcellus McWhorter

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Judge Joseph Marcellus McWhorter BIRTH 30 Apr 1828 Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 18 Aug 1913 (aged 85) Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA PLOT Section A-2 MEMORIAL ID 108282586

Obituary- The Weston Democrat, Fri. 22 Aug. 1913:

"McWHORTER, JOSEPH MARCELLUS, died in his 86th year at home in Lewisburg Monday. Brother of Judge H. C. McWhorter of Charleston. His wife died June 24 last and his brother in April.

Judge McWhorter was born in Lewis county April 30, 1838, and was educated in Ohio schools from age of 5-13. Later settled in Roane county, and then to Lewisburg, Greenbrier county.

He was twice married. Children of first marriage, A. G. and L. E. McWhorter of Charleston; A. W. McWhorter of Norfolk; William B. McWhorter of Hinton; Joseph C. McWhorter of St. Louis; Mrs. Margaret E. Lewis of Charleston, and Mrs. Decia Carr of Lewisburg, with whom he lived. Surviving children of second marriage, Mrs. B. B. Holt of Lewisburg and Capt. Charles N. McWhorter of Charleston."

(Obituary provided by Find A Grave contributor GLENDA EISENHOUR)