1. William McComas was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Virginia Senate, United States House of Representatives and voted against secession in the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861.
10 Facts About William McComas
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William McComas attended local private schools, then Emory and Henry College, in Emory, Virginia.
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William McComas moved his young family westward in Virginia along the Midland Trail, establishing his own farm and legal practice in Cabell County near the confluence of the Mud and Guyandotte Rivers.
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William McComas then resumed his farming and legal career, and continued his ministry.
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William McComas lost, and so did not attend the Thirty-first Congress.
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Elisha William McComas then moved to Chicago, Illinois to continue his legal practice, then moved again to Kansas.
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However, William McComas neither attended, nor participated in West Virginia's creation.
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On September 4,1862, his third son, Hamilton Calhoun William McComas enlisted in the Union Army in Illinois, and served for several months before resigning.
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William McComas continued to serve as judge of the United States district court during the Civil War, residing in the portion which remained loyal to the Union.
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William McComas died on his farm near Barboursville, Virginia on June 3,1865.