Alexander Morrison Hersman *
Birth: 22 Aug 1858, Missouri Fork, Roane Co., West Virginia, USA
Death: 3 Jun 1940, Missouri Fork, Roane Co., West Virginia, USA Source: Vitals: Roane Co., West Virginia Deaths
Burial: Hebron Church, Missouri Fork, Roane Co., West Virginia, USA
Father: Mark Hersman *
Mother: Margaret Ann Morrison *
- Married (1) Elizabeth Ann Stalnaker * on 25 Dec 1879
- Child 1: Harvey Harrison Hersman 25 or 26 Oct 1880 - 9 or 10 May 1882
- Child 2: Romie Dale Hersman 10 May 1882 - 9 Aug 1936 m. Nettie Taylor
- Child 3: Bruce Ireland Hersman 4 Feb 1884 - 3 Jan 1964 m. Oma Gay Lawrenz
- Child 4: Maud Margaret Hersman * 14 Jan 1886 - 30 Mar 1969 m. Olen Ferdinand de Gruyter *
- Child 5: Bertha Hattie Hersman 12 May 1888 - 6 or 8 Dec 1903
- Child 6: Elizabeth Gertrude Hersman 2 Aug 1890 - 5 Apr 1957 m. Arthur Waitman Lowe
- Child 7: Alma Kate Hersman 13 Aug 1892 - m. Hartford Clyde Morris
- Child 8: Alice Fay Hersman 25 Oct 1893 - 26 Nov 1951 m. James Smith Taylor
- Married (2) Dessie Julia Stalnaker on NOT MARRIED
- Child 1: Thomas Albert Hersman 13 Apr 1897 - 1 Dec 1992
- Married (3) Alice (Allie) Rowe on 4 Apr 1903
- Child 1: Mark Kenneth Hersman 13 Jun 1904 - m. (1) Pauline Virginia Mullins m. (2) Ann White
- Child 2: Thelma Inez Hersman 19 May 1906 - m. Ira Lee Hanshaw
- Child 3: Elmer Earl Hersman 18 Oct 1907 - Mar 1908
Notes: BIOGRAPHY: Alexander Morrison Hersman farmed Sugar Run, a branch of Spring Creek over the hil l south from Missouri Fork, at Speed, until his first wife, Elizabeth Ann Stalnaker, died. H e then moved to his father's farm, called Limberlost, on Missouri Fork and married Allie Rowe . The girls were 'farmed out' to relatives (Maud to her Aunt Mag, Margaret Ann (Hersman) Camp , who had 10 sons and no daughters, on their Missouri Fork farm; Alice to her Aunt Lizzie, Ma ry Elizabeth (Hersman) Davis.) He served as M. P. minister at Hebron Church, and four terms i n the West Virginia House of Delegates (1915-1931).
BIOGRAPHY: HERSMAN, ALEXANDER MORRISON. (Republican.) Address: Spencer, West Va. One of the r epresentatives from Roane. Born in that county August 22, 1858; educated in public schools o f Spencer and Burnsville, Braxton county, where he lived for three years; returned from ther e to Roane where he has engaged in farming and stock raising, near Spencer; served eight year s on the district school board; was never a candidate for a political office until 1914, whe n he was elected to the Legislature; re-elected in 1916; in the sessions of 1917 served on th e House standing committees on Elections and Privileges, Printing and Contingent Expenses, Im migration and Agriculture.
BIOGRAPHY: Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917 , Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, The Tribune Printing Co., Charl eston, West Va. pgs. 719 - 752
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