-----Original Message----- From: Joan Wyatt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:12 AM Subject: Bio-Willard A. Wilson, Williamson, WV >The History of West Virginia, Old and New >Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. >Chicago and New York, Volume 11 >Page 242 >Bio- Willard Alexander Wilson >Williamson, WV > > > Willard Alexander Wilson, with residence and business headquarters in >the City of Williamson, is superintendent of the Pond Creek By-products >Colliery Co. and the Vulcan Colliery Co., the former corporation having >its base of operations at the mouth of Pond Creek in Pike Co., Kentucky, >and the Vulcan Colliery Co., with office in Mingo Co. and mines in Pike >Co., Kentucky, on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Mr. Wilson >has been actively identified with operations in the coal fields of this >district, including the adjoining Kentucky county of Pike, since 1903, >when he engaged in engineering work for the United States Coal Co. at >Gary, McDowell Co. He remained at Gary during the period of mine opening >and construction work, and in 1912 went to Pond Creek District, where >likewise he took part of development work. In 1914 he came to Red >Jacket, Mingo Co., and in 1918 became associated with operations at the >Vulcan mines. In 1920 he became associated also with the Pond Creek >By-products Colliery Co., and is now superintendent of both >corporations, as noted earlier in this paragraph. > Mr. Wilson was born at Cynthia, Ohio, February 22 1880, a son of >Lewis C. and Emma A. (Steele) Wilson, the former of whom was born in >1848 and the latter in 1850. Lewis C. Wilson became a member of the >historic rifle brigade known as the " Squirrel Hunters" which was >organized in Ohio to repel the forces of the celebrated Confederate >raider Gen. John Morgan at the time of the Civil war. In his earlier >life Lewis C. Wilson was a farmer, and later was identified with various >lines of business, including the insurance business. He is a stalwart >republican and at one time served as county commissioner in Pike Co., >Ohio, he and his wife being now residence of Columbus, that state, and >both being members of the Presbyterian Church. They became parents of >six sons and two daughters. > Willard A. Wilson, who is familiarly known to his host of friends as >" Tug" Wilson, continued his studies in the public schools of his >native town until he had completed a course in the high school, and in >1899-1900 he was a student in the Ohio State University at Columbus. A >youth so fine athletic powers, he was leading and popular member of the >football team of the university, and it was in this connection that he >gained his nickname of "Tug" He played also on the baseball team of the >university, and later he became infielder with the Utica team of the New >York State League. It was a ball player that Mr. Wilson came to West >Virginia and became a member of the team at Gary, where he was also >given employment with an engineering corps in the coal fields. He "made >good" in both connections, and though he had previously had no >engineering experience, he so proved his value that when the United >States Coal Co. reduced the membership of its engineering corps from >hundred and forty to twenty he was one of the twenty retained in >service. He has served continuously as mine superintendent since 1906, >and has made a most excellent record as an executive. Mr. Wilson is a >republican, he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at >Williamson, in which he is an elder, and while a resident of Vulcan he >served as a member of the Board of Education. > In 1906 Mr. Wilson married Miss Grace Myers, daughter of Mrs. Malissa >P. Myers, of Columbus, Ohio, and the three children of this union are: >Elizabeth, Frances Ann and Mary Lou. > > >==== WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************** >WV-FOOTSTEPS/USGENWEB NOTICE: >These messages may NOT be reproduced in >any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or >persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, >must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal >representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb >archivist with proof of this consent. >********************************************************************** > >