Person:Benjamin Jarvis (1)

Transcribed by Valerie Crook and found at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/harrison/bios/jarvis.txt

The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 16 Harrison County BENJAMIN BASSEL JARVIS, a native of West Virginia, and the son of William L. Jarvis and Mary Martha (Stout) Jarvis, was born at the country home of his parents, situated on the waters of Brushy Fork, near the village of Quiet Dell, Harrison County, West Virginia, and was the youngest of a family of six children, namely: Celia T., Louise, Meigs Jack- son, Arnold Brandley, Paul V. and Benjamin Bassel. His grandparents on the paternal side were Jesse Jarvis, and Sarah (Werniger) Jarvis, of Jarvisville, Harrison County, West Virginia, and on the maternal side, James M. Stout and Celia (Bassel) Stout, of Quiet Dell, Harrison County, West Virginia. Benjamin pursued the duties of a farmer boy in Harrison and Barbour counties for about sixteen years, with the excep- tion of about three years, which were spent in the City of Vernon, Texas, between the age of five and eight years. At the age of seventeen he entered the West Virginia Business College at Clarksburg, West Virginia, and upon the completion of a business course accepted a position as book- keeper for a lumber company, which occupation he followed for a few years, when he entered Broaddus College at Clarks- burg, West Virginia, and from there entered West Virginia Wesleyan Seminary at Buckhannon, West Virginia. After leaving the Seminary he was engaged in the lumber business for about four years, after which time he entered the Law School at the West Virginia University at Morgantown, West Virginia, and graduated with the class of 1909. On October the second, 1909, Benjamin Jarvis married Grace Caroline Biddle, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Frank W. Biddle and Elizabeth (Marquis) Biddle. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where they resided for about three years, and dur- ing this period he was in the employ as an accountant of a large lumber dealer, after which time he and his wife moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he soon entered the practice of law. Outside of the practice of law he became interested in investments and promotions of coal, oil and gas companies Politically Mr. Jarvis is a democrat and a great believer of the Jeffersonian democracy. He is greatly interested in fraternities and clubs, being a Master Mason and member of Hermon Lodge No. 6 of Clarksburg, West Virginia, and member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Clarksburg Lodge No. 482, a member of the Greek letter, fraternity, Siema Chi, from Mu Mu Chapter, at the Univer- sity of West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia, a member of the Clarksburg Country Club, and the Allegheny and Cheat Mountain Clubs.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 West Virginia, United States. Vital Research Records Search Selection. (West Virginia, United States: West Virginia Archives and History).

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2.   Website: ftp:/ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/harrison/bios/jarvis.txt.