William Alexander Quarrier

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William Alexander Quarrier

Hon. W.A. Quarrier was born in Kanawha county, Virginia, October 1, 1828. He wedded Cora Greenhow, of Vincennes, Indiana, August 29, 1865. From 1877 to 1881 he was a member of the House of Delegates of West Virginia. He was prominently mentioned and voted for by his devoted friends when the Democratic party had the power to elect the United States Senator. This was, perhaps, the only office to which he ever aspired. The law was his profession and pride. In it he was remarkably successful, and from a rapidly growing practice, and in the prime of a promising life, he was suddenly summoned to the Bar above, and died September 10, 1888, in his recently constructed beautiful home, on the banks of the Kanawha, where his widow and children continue to reside.

Taken from Prominent Men of West Virginia, Geo. W Atkinson and Alvaro F Gibbens, W.L. Callin Publishing, Wheeling, WV, 1890.