Notes for: William H. Cheuvront

Classified advertisement, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, April 8 1915:

W. H. CHEUVRONT
Justice of the Peace and
Special Collector

Remittances promptly made.
Preparing, Writing and Acknowledging
Deeds and Trust Deeds a Specialty.
Grant House West Union, W. Va.

From the obituary of Margaret Smithson Markey, "West Union Record," Jan 27 1916:
"In 1879, Joseph Benson Markey and his wife, Margaret Elizabeth (Smithson) Markey, moved from Macksburg, Ohio, to West Union, where they began a retail business on the corner of Columbian and Pike streets, at the present (1916) location of the First National Bank building. The building was owned by W. H. Cheuvront."

Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 4 1917, in its entirety:
"On January 1, Squire W. H. Cheuvront retired from the office of Justice of the Peace, a position which he has filled continuously for 44 years. The Squire has never aspired to greater political honors, yet had he been elected to the circuit judgeship, he would doubtless have proven the ablest jurist that has ever filled that position in this district, and men of far less legal ability have worn the ermine in the court of appeals.

Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 4 1917:
"We are pleased to learn that Squire W. H. Cheuvront will continue in business at his office in the Grant House, making collections, preparing legal papers, and as counselor in Justices' court cases. He will also engage in the loan business, of which he will rather make a specialty. His card will appear in the Republican in the near future. In the 44 years that Squire Cheuvront served the public as Justice of the Peace, he passed on more than 7000 cases and his decisions were only reversed in seven