Notes for: William Franklin "Billy" Squires

Billy Squires lost his right arm in a dynamite explosion while clearing land on the family farm. With the help of a prosthetic hook, he succeeded in running the farm and leading a full productive life.

Doddridge County Birth Records contain the following entry:
Aerial E. Sumerville, white male, born Nov 25 1890 in Doddridge Co. Mother: Rosa D. Father: Billie Squires. Informant: Grandfather. (Note: All entries in this ledger-still birth record were typewritten, with the exception of the father's name, which was entered afterwards by hand.)
BR p. 306 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2610250&Type=Birth

An article in the West Union Herald, Nov 9 1950, reads as follows:
"BILLY SQUIRES VOTES AGAIN! W. F. 'Billy' Squires, age 85, who has spent the summer with a daughter, Mrs. F. D. Gribble in Mannington, returned to West Union to vote, Tuesday. Mr. Squires has never failed to vote since he first cast his ballot in 1889, voting at that time for Benjamin Harrison for president. He also recalls the assassination of President John Garfield. At that time he was 19 years of age and remember he was cradling wheat in the field when his father came and told him about it. Mr. Squires is a native of Cabin Run community, having spent most of his life farming there. He sold his farm in 1948. He will be 85 on the 13th of this month. He is visiting with a daughter, Mrs. E. M. Nutter Sr., of Wood Street, West Union."