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Jack Robert Nuzum, former circuit judge of Randolph County, West Virginia; Stuart F. Reed, former US representative, West Virginia Senate, and Secretary of State of West Virginia; Thomas S. Riley, former Attorney General of West Virginia; Ira E. Robinson, former West Virginia politician and judge, first chairman of the Federal Radio Commission
High Gate (also known as the James Edwin Watson House or Ross Funeral Home) [1] is an historic residence located at 800 Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia.. The High Gate house and carriage house were built ca. 1910-1913 by Fairmont industrialist and financier, James E. Watson, son of the "father of the West Virginia coal industry," James O. Watson.
West Virginia portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Fairmont, West Virginia . The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Fairmont, West Virginia .
Stonewall Jackson, C.S. Army general born in Clarksburg and died before the region was formed into West Virginia; Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician; Jonah Edward Kelley, U.S. Army soldier; Medal of Honor recipient; Edwin Gray Lee, C.S. Army general born in Shepherdstown before it became part of the newly formed West Virginia
James Otis Watson is considered the father of the bituminous coal industry in north central West Virginia. He and Pierpont owned the first coal mine to be commercially viable following the completion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad linking Fairmont with the eastern seaboard markets. One of his daughters married Aretas B. Fleming.
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2015.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Fairmont Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. The district includes 97 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in Fairmont's central business district. They are in a variety of late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles.