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Mcwhorter, Henry Clay

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 20, 1836, in Marion county, Ohio. During the war he served in the union army as a captain of the ninth regiment of the West Virginia volunteer infantry. For nine sessions he was a member of the West Virginia state legislature, was chairman of the judiciary committee and speaker of the house of delegates. Since 1865 he has been in the active practice of law; has been prosecuting attorney of Kanawha county ; postmaster of the city of Charleston , and at present is a member of the supreme court of appeals of West Virginia.

McWILLIE, WILLIAM, soldier, lawyer, banker, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 17, 1795, near Liberty Hill, S. C. He was a representative and senator in the legislature of South Carolina; and moved to Mississippi in 1845. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851. He was also president of a bank for several years; was elected governor of the state in 1858; and during the rebellion was active as a confederate. He died March 3, 1869, in Kirkwood, Miss.