William Jackson Jenks rose through the Norfolk and Western Railway from telegraph operator to chairman of the board. Born in Wake County, North Carolina, in 1870, he later made his home in Roanoke, Virginia. The biography also notes his marriage to Sallie C. Baldwin and their daughter, Virginia Kyle Jenks Woods.
Frederick J. Kimball was a railroad executive and mineral developer who helped shape the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and Norfolk and Western. Born in Philadelphia in 1844, he rose from railroad engineering jobs to lead major coal and rail expansions in Virginia, including the Pocahontas coalfield and a westward line to the Ohio River.
Life fact Information Full name John W. Wayland Born December 8, 1872, at Woodlawn, near Mt. Jackson, Virginia Parents John Wesley Wayland and Anna (Kagey) Wayland Spouse Mattie V. Fry Children Francis Fry Wayland and John Walter Wayland Jr. Primary residence Bridgewater, Virginia Principal roles Educator, historian, and author Genealogy of John W. Wayland This genealogical account was constructed from the family information contained in the biography below. No relationships or life facts have been added from outside sources. John W. Wayland was born December 8, 1872, at Woodlawn, near Mt. Jackson, a son of John Wesley Wayland and Anna … Read more
Ernest Cleveland Firestone, born 1 Nov 1886, was a Botetourt County, Virginia businessman whose career spanned canning, poultry production, construction, and corporate leadership. President of Troutville Poultry Farm and active in local banking, insurance, and church work, he also expanded food-canning operations during World War I to meet wartime demand.
Biography of Samuel Riley Hurst, a Winchester horticulturist, florist, orchardist, apple packer, and landscape architect. Born in Kentucky in 1890, he worked in postal service and wholesale grocery before building Hurst Rainbowridge Gardens near Winchester. The account also notes his marriage to Juanita June Fishpaw, their two daughters, and his church and business roles.
Blair Joshua Fishburn was a Roanoke business executive, civic leader, and politician born in Big Lick in 1876. The son of tobacco manufacturer Reuben Harvey Fishburn, he attended Randolph-Macon Academy, led several banking and commercial firms, served on Roanoke’s city council and in the Virginia House of Delegates, and gave land for Fishburn Park.
Frank Armstrong, Jr., born in Clarksburg in 1900, built a distinguished career with National Fruit Product Company, becoming treasurer in 1945 and president in 1950. A University of Pennsylvania graduate, he also served in banking, business, and civic leadership roles in Winchester. He and Margaret Tweltridge married in 1927 and raised four children.