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Chesapeake is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,336 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The town is situated on the Kanawha River .
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
The people listed below were born in or otherwise closely associated with the town of Chesapeake, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Chesapeake, West Virginia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Myers was born in Chesapeake, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Louise Brown Myers and Otis Louis Myers, a coal miner who spoke fluent German. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1951. He was discharged in 1953 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology from West Virginia State University and an MFA in theatre from NYU. [3] [4]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [ 1 ] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [ 2 ] 102 by hanging , 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains .
An obituary written shortly after a person's death will not include the findings of any subsequent research by historians and biographers (if there is any) and may in that respect be out of date. Where obituaries emphasise something that is not emphasised in other coverage (such as other biographies) of the deceased, you might need to consider ...
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Stonewall Jackson, C.S. Army general born in Clarksburg and died before the region was formed into West Virginia; Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician; Jonah Edward Kelley, U.S. Army soldier; Medal of Honor recipient; Edwin Gray Lee, C.S. Army general born in Shepherdstown before it became part of the newly formed West Virginia