Born near Brandonville, Virginia (now West Virginia), to James McGrew (1779 - 1873) and his wife Isabella Clark McGrew (1779 - 1867), young James McGrew attended common schools as a child. His ancestors had lived in Preston County since the American Revolutionary war, and his father fought in the War of 1812.[2]
He married Persis Hagans (1831-1892). Their children who survived to adulthood included William Clark McGrew (1842 - 1919) (who became a banker, railroad executive, state delegate and senator and 5-time mayor of Morgantown), Sarah Martha McGrew Heermans (1844 - 1930) and Rev. George Harrison McGrew (1846 - 1917).
Nonetheless, Kingwood voters elected McGrew as their mayor, and voters of Preston and surrounding counties elected him to represent them in the newly created West Virginia House of Delegates alongside Zinn after West Virginia was admitted to the Union. McGrew served in both positions from 1863 to 1865. McGrew also was managing director of the West Virginia Insane Hospital for four years during and after the American Civil War.
McGrew survived his wife by nearly two decades and lived to see his sons begin their careers in public service. He died in Kingwood on September 18, 1910, and was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.
In 1989, the James Clark McGrew Society was formed to foster understanding of this founder of West Virginia. The house which he built in 1841 (and which others later expanded) was restored and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[4] Now owned by Preston County, the James Clark McGrew House hosts various activities.[5]
^Butcher, Bernard Lee (2001). Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN978-0-8063-4849-0.
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