contributed by D. G. Keener (46963989)
Veteran Newspaper Man Died At Tunnelton Last Thursday. Preston Republican. Terra Alta, WV. Thur., Mar. 12, 1932. pg. 1
Excerpt -- Burial services at the Kingwood Cemetery for W. Scott Garner, 84, of Tunnelton, who died Thursday night from pneumonia, were held Sunday afternoon under the direction of L. Bert Hartman of Tunnelton.
Funeral services were held in the M. E. church at Tunnelton at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from which place the procession went to Kingwood for burial services.
Mr. Garner was one of the county's most prominent men and was an outstanding journalist. He published the first daily paper in the neighboring county of Barbour. The Grafton Times, which was stated in 1884. It was in Kingwood where he started his journalistic career. After completing his school work in the Brandonville public schools and in the Kingwood Academy he started to work on the Preston County Journal, where he stayed until in 1871, when he went to Grafton and purchased an interest in the Sentinel. It was here that he started his daily paper.
After traveling over the country for several years and working with various publishing companies he returned to West Virginia. Locating in a small village in Preston County near Bruceton he entered into the mercantile business. It was here that he named a town and it still bears the name he gave it, Hazelton. Here he published a paper, one of the first in the county. Not here long, however, because with Gov. W. M. O. Dawson he edited and compiled Wiley's History of Monongalia County. Finishing this work he spent three years in Indiana on newspaper work.
Altogether, he spent over a quarter of a century in active journalistic work day in and day out. Other papers he published not already mentioned include: Garner's Gleaner, Preston County Herald, Preston Leader, Clarksburg Press, Grafton News, Terra Alta Republican, Mr. State Telephone and Webster Springs Republican.
Mr. Garner had been living at this home in Tunnelton with his wife, Mary E., whom he married in Chicago in 1881. Children who also survive are Robert K., of Tunnelton; Edward Ernest of Tunnelton; James H. of Reedsville; George Gordon of Wellsburg; Mrs. Victor Hoffman of Tunnelton and Mrs. Russell Brown of Rosemont.
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h/o Mary (Kay) Garner; s/o Simon P. & Rebecca Willett (Smith) Garner∼Married Mary E. Kay (1853-1934) on May 24, 1881. They had seven children:
1. Robert Kay Garner (1882-1946)
2. George Gordon Garner
3. Edward Earnest Garner
4. Joseph Harold Garner
5. Ralph Leslie Garner (died at age 3)
6. Grace Garner Hoffman
7. Gertrude Garner∼84y Simon S Garner & Rebecca Smith
contributed by D. G. Keener (46963989)
Veteran Newspaper Man Died At Tunnelton Last Thursday. Preston Republican. Terra Alta, WV. Thur., Mar. 12, 1932. pg. 1
Excerpt -- Burial services at the Kingwood Cemetery for W. Scott Garner, 84, of Tunnelton, who died Thursday night from pneumonia, were held Sunday afternoon under the direction of L. Bert Hartman of Tunnelton.
Funeral services were held in the M. E. church at Tunnelton at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from which place the procession went to Kingwood for burial services.
Mr. Garner was one of the county's most prominent men and was an outstanding journalist. He published the first daily paper in the neighboring county of Barbour. The Grafton Times, which was stated in 1884. It was in Kingwood where he started his journalistic career. After completing his school work in the Brandonville public schools and in the Kingwood Academy he started to work on the Preston County Journal, where he stayed until in 1871, when he went to Grafton and purchased an interest in the Sentinel. It was here that he started his daily paper.
After traveling over the country for several years and working with various publishing companies he returned to West Virginia. Locating in a small village in Preston County near Bruceton he entered into the mercantile business. It was here that he named a town and it still bears the name he gave it, Hazelton. Here he published a paper, one of the first in the county. Not here long, however, because with Gov. W. M. O. Dawson he edited and compiled Wiley's History of Monongalia County. Finishing this work he spent three years in Indiana on newspaper work.
Altogether, he spent over a quarter of a century in active journalistic work day in and day out. Other papers he published not already mentioned include: Garner's Gleaner, Preston County Herald, Preston Leader, Clarksburg Press, Grafton News, Terra Alta Republican, Mr. State Telephone and Webster Springs Republican.
Mr. Garner had been living at this home in Tunnelton with his wife, Mary E., whom he married in Chicago in 1881. Children who also survive are Robert K., of Tunnelton; Edward Ernest of Tunnelton; James H. of Reedsville; George Gordon of Wellsburg; Mrs. Victor Hoffman of Tunnelton and Mrs. Russell Brown of Rosemont.
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h/o Mary (Kay) Garner; s/o Simon P. & Rebecca Willett (Smith) Garner∼Married Mary E. Kay (1853-1934) on May 24, 1881. They had seven children:
1. Robert Kay Garner (1882-1946)
2. George Gordon Garner
3. Edward Earnest Garner
4. Joseph Harold Garner
5. Ralph Leslie Garner (died at age 3)
6. Grace Garner Hoffman
7. Gertrude Garner∼84y Simon S Garner & Rebecca Smith
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