| Name |
Robert Jackson BUTCHER |
| Military |
1942-45 [1] |
| U.S. Navy, World War II |
| Born |
23 Sep 1918 |
Cedarville, Gilmer Co, WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
Sand Fork H.S. (1937); Glenville State College (B.A., 1941) [1] |
| Occupation |
teacher, auctioneer, County Sanitarian, County Clerk of Court [1] |
| Residence |
Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV [1, 2, 3] |
| Died |
3 Nov 2005 |
Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV [4] |
| Buried |
Meadow Lane Cemetery, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV [1] |
| Notes |
- Upon graduation from college, Robert Jackson Butcher taught in the public schools of Nassau Co, FL. Following 33 months service in the U.S. Navy in World War II, he returned to Gilmer Co, WV, where he was a teacher and coach at Burnsville and Spencer high schools. He established Gilmer County's first taxi cab business, building it to a fleet of five vehicles. He took up cattle farming and then entered politics. In 1950, he ran as a Democrat and was elected Circuit Clerk of Gilmer County, and he ran unopposed for re-election in 1956. He also worked with the West Virginia Department of Health, where he served as Chief Sanitarian for Gilmer and Calhoun counties. He also worked with the West Virginia Department of Welfare in Spencer. In 1952, he graduated from the Reppert School of Auctioneering in Decatur, IL, and subsequently became known as one of West Virginia's leading auctioneers. In 1955, he and John Victor Smith co-founded the Gilmer County Auction Barn near Glenville, which remained in business for over 30 years. Around 1965, he and Harry B. McLaughlin established the Elk Auction in Gassaway, which was operated for over 20 years. [1]
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| Person ID |
I33615 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2008 |
1918 - 2005 (87 years)
