West Virginia's First Governor/Parkersburg Governors
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two-bit Joe
N 39° 15.873 W 081° 33.764
17S E 451453 N 4346285
Dual Marker parkersburg, WV
Waymark Code: WM17QE
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2007
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Arthur I. Boreman presided at June 1861 Wheeling Convention where statehood plan formulated. Elected state's first governor June 20, 1863, he served three, two-year terms, resigning in 1869 to take U.S. Senate seat. Parkersburg attorney served as Wood County Circuit Judge 1861-1863 and 1888-1896. He is buried in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens.
Parkersburg was home for four of West Virginia's first 11 governors. Arthur I. Boreman (1823-96), first governor, served 1863-69; W. E. Stevenson (1820-83), third governor, served 1869-71; Jacob B. Jackson (1829-93), sixth governor, served 1881-85; A. B. White (1856-1941), eleventh governor, served 1901-05.
Marker Title: West Virginia's First Governor/Parkersburg Governors
Marker Location: Corner of 3rd and Market streets (behind the Wood County Courthouse), Parkersburg
County or Independent City: Wood
Marker Program Sponsor: Wood County Historical & Preservation Society – West Virginia Archives and History 1996
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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