West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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Board of Trustees President Judge Charles W. Lynch I ' ice-President Hon. J. S. Withers Secretary Hon. U. G. Young President, Rev. Wallace B. Fleming, A. M., Ph. D. Bishop Francis J. McConnel, D. D., LL. D. Rev. G. D. Smith Buckhannon, W. Va. Rev. Archibald Moore Hunington, W. Va. Rev. D. L. Ash Sistersville, W. Va. Rev. L. E. Ressegger Buckhannon, W. Va. G. W. Atkinson Charleston, W. V a. W. W. Hughes Welch, W. Va. U. G. Young Buckhannon, W. Va. R. M. Hite Fairmont. W. Va. R. A. Reger Buckhannon, W. Va. S. T. Spears Elkins. W. Va. J. E Bird Charleston, W. Va. A. S. Thomas Charleston, W. Va. W. E. Stone Wheeling, W. Va. P. J. Berry Sutton. W. Va. H. a. Byrer Philippi, W. Va. John Raine Rainelle. W. V ' a. Judge Lynch Clarksburg, W. Va. H. R. Waugh Buckhannon, W. Va. H. E. Williams Trout, W. Va. Rev. S. K. Arbuthnott Buckhannon. W. Va. Rev. W. D. Reed Fairmont, W. Va. Rev. J. W. Engle Clarksburg, W. Va. Rev. S. p. Crummett Middleburn, W. Va. J. S. Withers Buckhannon. W. Va. H. W. Harmer Clarksburg, W. Va. John A. Barnes Weston, W. Va. C. D. Howard . ' Cowen, W. Va. R. A. Smith Blain. W. Va. Mrs. Anna Hurst Post Buckhannon. W. Va. Prof F. J. McWaters Washington, D. C. Rev. H. D. Clark Buckhannon, W. Va. Rev. C. E. Goodman Hunington, W. Va. Rev. F. S. Townsend Wheeling, W. Va. Rev. G. E. Wells Fairmont, W. Va. L. G. Beerbovver Terra Alta, W. Va. C. O. Law Wheeling, W. Va. W. B. Mathews Charleston. W. Va. G. I. Kenner Weston, W. Va. S. B. Woods Philippi, W. Va. Deceased. Page Seven

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Dr. Jesse F. Williams KISSE F. Williams, M. D. is a prominent citizen of Clarksburg, W. Va., where he is recognized as one of the foremost ph sicians and surgeons in central West Virginia. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John AV ' esley Williams and was born on a farm near Marshville, Harrison Count) ' , West Vir- ginia, March 17th, 1882. He qualified himself for teaching by attending public schools and summer normals, after which he taught a number of terms in Harrison County. He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan a member of the D. K. Pearson class of 1904. Entering Baltimore Medical college in the fall of 1904, he graduated from the same in 1908 with Cum Laude and served by appointment as resident physician to Maryland General Hospital 1908-09, after which he located in Clarksburg, West V irginia, where he has carried on a verj ' suc- cessful practice ever since. He is a member of the Mason Hospital Staff, also of the County, State and American Medical Associations, and a member of the Harrison County Board of Health. On July 17th, 1907, he was married to Miss Anna Morrison, the accomplished daughter of Senator and Mrs. James Wesley Morrison of Braxton County, and a member also of the D. K. Pearson Class of 1904. To this union have been given three interesting children, viz. J. Frank 1.1, John Wesley 9, and Martha Virginia 6. Dr. Williams is a rotarian, a member of Clarksburg Chamber of commerce, a K. of P. and a 1 hirty Second Degree Mason, In politics a Republican. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Clarksburg and notwithstanding his large practice he manages to attend public worship at least once on Sunday. He is much interested in education and at present is president of the Clarksburg Independent School Board, on which he has already served six years and he has six vears yet to serve, having been elected the last time by the largest majority of any man on the city ticket. Dr. Williams was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Wesleyan Alumni Athletic Association of which he is secretary-treasurer. Ever and always he is a booster for West ' irginia Wesleyan most heartily sup- ports the college with both his money and influence. Wesleyan is justly proud of this distinguished son. Page Six

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