History of WV, Old and New (1923), pp. 316 and 317:
Hon. Garnett Kerr Kump, of Romney, lawyer and for eight years a member of the State Senate, has been a leader in educational and good roads legislation, and one of the very useful and progressive citizens of his section of the state.
He was born near Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia, December 9, 1875, son of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Frances (Rudolph) Kump and a lineal descendant of Henry Kump, a soldier of the Revolution. His father was a confederate soldier in Company K of the Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry, and after the war lived on his farm in Hampshire County, where he was a leader in civic and religious affairs.
Garnett Kerr Kump acquired a good literary education and for a number of years applied himself to the vocation of farming in summer and teaching in public schools during the winter. He prepared for the bar in West Virginia University, leaving the university about April 1, 1909, and since then has enjoyed an exceptionally good practice at Romney. Besides his law practice he has some business interests and investments, and is president of the South Branch Tie & Lumber Company.
His public service began early in his career, and he represented Hampshire County in the House of Delegates in the session of 1905. His eight year term in the Senate ran from December 1, 1912, to December 1, 1920, and he was not a candidate for re-election. He represented the Fifteenth Senatorial District and in the Legislature as well as in his capacity as a private citizen he has been thoroughly progressive in thought and action. He is a democrat, and has been keenly interested in the great national and international problems of the last few years. Mr. Kump is convinced that he would have made an effective soldier of the nation during the World war, but the examining authorities rejected his application for the Officers' Training Camp and also on several other occasions when he endeavored to enlist.
Mr. Kump is affiliated with the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World. Since 1911 he has been a member of the Romney Literary society, one of the oldest organizations of the kind in the state, it having been incorporated by the State of Virginia by special act of Legislature in 1819. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Romney.
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Hon. Garnett Kerr Kump, of Romney, lawyer and for eight years a member of the State Senate, has been a leader in educational and good roads legislation, and one of the very useful and progressive citizens of his section of the state.
He was born near Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia, December 9, 1875, son of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Frances (Rudolph) Kump and a lineal descendant of Henry Kump, a soldier of the Revolution. His father was a confederate soldier in Company K of the Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry, and after the war lived on his farm in Hampshire County, where he was a leader in civic and religious affairs.
Garnett Kerr Kump acquired a good literary education and for a number of years applied himself to the vocation of farming in summer and teaching in public schools during the winter. He prepared for the bar in West Virginia University, leaving the university about April 1, 1909, and since then has enjoyed an exceptionally good practice at Romney. Besides his law practice he has some business interests and investments, and is president of the South Branch Tie & Lumber Company.
His public service began early in his career, and he represented Hampshire County in the House of Delegates in the session of 1905. His eight year term in the Senate ran from December 1, 1912, to December 1, 1920, and he was not a candidate for re-election. He represented the Fifteenth Senatorial District and in the Legislature as well as in his capacity as a private citizen he has been thoroughly progressive in thought and action. He is a democrat, and has been keenly interested in the great national and international problems of the last few years. Mr. Kump is convinced that he would have made an effective soldier of the nation during the World war, but the examining authorities rejected his application for the Officers' Training Camp and also on several other occasions when he endeavored to enlist.
Mr. Kump is affiliated with the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World. Since 1911 he has been a member of the Romney Literary society, one of the oldest organizations of the kind in the state, it having been incorporated by the State of Virginia by special act of Legislature in 1819. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Romney.
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History of WV, Old and New (1923), pp. 316 and 317:
Hon. Garnett Kerr Kump, of Romney, lawyer and for eight years a member of the State Senate, has been a leader in educational and good roads legislation, and one of the very useful and progressive citizens of his section of the state.
He was born near Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia, December 9, 1875, son of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Frances (Rudolph) Kump and a lineal descendant of Henry Kump, a soldier of the Revolution. His father was a confederate soldier in Company K of the Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry, and after the war lived on his farm in Hampshire County, where he was a leader in civic and religious affairs.
Garnett Kerr Kump acquired a good literary education and for a number of years applied himself to the vocation of farming in summer and teaching in public schools during the winter. He prepared for the bar in West Virginia University, leaving the university about April 1, 1909, and since then has enjoyed an exceptionally good practice at Romney. Besides his law practice he has some business interests and investments, and is president of the South Branch Tie & Lumber Company.
His public service began early in his career, and he represented Hampshire County in the House of Delegates in the session of 1905. His eight year term in the Senate ran from December 1, 1912, to December 1, 1920, and he was not a candidate for re-election. He represented the Fifteenth Senatorial District and in the Legislature as well as in his capacity as a private citizen he has been thoroughly progressive in thought and action. He is a democrat, and has been keenly interested in the great national and international problems of the last few years. Mr. Kump is convinced that he would have made an effective soldier of the nation during the World war, but the examining authorities rejected his application for the Officers' Training Camp and also on several other occasions when he endeavored to enlist.
Mr. Kump is affiliated with the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World. Since 1911 he has been a member of the Romney Literary society, one of the oldest organizations of the kind in the state, it having been incorporated by the State of Virginia by special act of Legislature in 1819. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Romney.
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Hon. Garnett Kerr Kump, of Romney, lawyer and for eight years a member of the State Senate, has been a leader in educational and good roads legislation, and one of the very useful and progressive citizens of his section of the state.
He was born near Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia, December 9, 1875, son of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Frances (Rudolph) Kump and a lineal descendant of Henry Kump, a soldier of the Revolution. His father was a confederate soldier in Company K of the Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry, and after the war lived on his farm in Hampshire County, where he was a leader in civic and religious affairs.
Garnett Kerr Kump acquired a good literary education and for a number of years applied himself to the vocation of farming in summer and teaching in public schools during the winter. He prepared for the bar in West Virginia University, leaving the university about April 1, 1909, and since then has enjoyed an exceptionally good practice at Romney. Besides his law practice he has some business interests and investments, and is president of the South Branch Tie & Lumber Company.
His public service began early in his career, and he represented Hampshire County in the House of Delegates in the session of 1905. His eight year term in the Senate ran from December 1, 1912, to December 1, 1920, and he was not a candidate for re-election. He represented the Fifteenth Senatorial District and in the Legislature as well as in his capacity as a private citizen he has been thoroughly progressive in thought and action. He is a democrat, and has been keenly interested in the great national and international problems of the last few years. Mr. Kump is convinced that he would have made an effective soldier of the nation during the World war, but the examining authorities rejected his application for the Officers' Training Camp and also on several other occasions when he endeavored to enlist.
Mr. Kump is affiliated with the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World. Since 1911 he has been a member of the Romney Literary society, one of the oldest organizations of the kind in the state, it having been incorporated by the State of Virginia by special act of Legislature in 1819. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Romney.
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