Person:William Pendleton (26)

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Prof. William Kimbrough Pendleton
b.8 Sep 1817 Yanceyville, Louisa, Virginia, United States
d.1 Sep 1899 Bethany, Brooke, West Virginia, United States
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Name Prof. William Kimbrough Pendleton
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Sep 1817 Yanceyville, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Marriage 19 Sep 1855 to Catherine Brindley King
Occupation? 1866 Bethany, Brooke, West Virginia, United StatesPres. of Bethany College
Death? 1 Sep 1899 Bethany, Brooke, West Virginia, United States
Burial? Campbell Cemetery, Bethany, Brooke, West Virginia, United States

Educator: After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1840 his desire to enter politics was delayed when he went to Bethany to help his father-in-law, Alexander Campbell, establish Bethany College. In 1855 he lost a race for a seat in Congress. In 1866 he became president of the school. After the US Civil War, when the state of West Virginia was formed, he was selected by both Republicans and Democrats to be a delegate at the state's constitutional convention and he was named the state's first Superintendent of Public Schools. He was also chosen to select and inscribe the West Virginia Memorial Stone to be placed at the Washngton Monument in Washington D.C.

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