Bland, Robert Linn
journalist, lawyer, was born June 2, 1868, in Jane Lew, W. Va. He attended the public schools of Weston, W. Va.; learned the printer's trade, and for a number of years was engaged in journalism. He founded the Buckhanon Dispatch, and was connected with different newspapers of his He was associated with R. H. state.
Harrison in the publication of the Weston Democrat; has written extensively for city journals, and is now vice-president of the West Virginia Editorial association. He is the author of Mountain Memoirs, a local work of biographies.