. West Virginia and its people. thestate and the advantages for investors and those seeking homes in thestate. The association was the beginning of the great development,which has since come, of the natural resources of the state of West Vir-ginia : bringing in large capital for investment and for development, es-pecially in coal, oil, gas, and timber, resulting in extensive railroad build-ing. Mr. Butcher was actively engaged with others for several the succeeding period, until about 1893, in the purchase of largeboundaries of timber and coal lands, having removed to Beverly from
. West Virginia and its people. thestate and the advantages for investors and those seeking homes in thestate. The association was the beginning of the great development,which has since come, of the natural resources of the state of West Vir-ginia : bringing in large capital for investment and for development, es-pecially in coal, oil, gas, and timber, resulting in extensive railroad build-ing. Mr. Butcher was actively engaged with others for several the succeeding period, until about 1893, in the purchase of largeboundaries of timber and coal lands, having removed to Beverly fromWheeling in the meantime. In 1892 he was elected one of the presidential electors, voting forGrover Cleveland for president. The following year, 1893, he was oneof the jurors in the Forestry Department of the Worlds Fair at Chicago,and spent several weeks there, during the fair, assisting in advertisingthe attractions of the state. He moved about that time to Fairmont,where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of WEST VIRGIXIA 159 He has always been actively identified with the ailvancenient of pub-lic education, being one of the directors of the Public Library for manyyears; trustee of Davis and Elkins College: and was for ten years a mem-ber of the board of regents of the State Colored Institute, near Charles-ton, West \irginia, which has grown to be a great indu-trial and educa-tional institution for the colored race. In 1901 he was appointed referee in bankruptcy by the late JudgeJohn J. Jackson, judge of the United States district court, and has beenreappointed from time to time by his successor. Judge Alston G. 1906 he was nominated by the Democrats of Marion county for judgeof the intermediate court, but declined the nomination. He was active in the organization of the Marion County Law Libraryand the ?vIarion County Historical Society, having been a member of theState Historical Society for a long time. He has been for many yearsa member of the
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