"Prominent Men of West Virginia"
George Wesley Atkinson, Alvaro Franklin Gibbens
Published by W. L. Callin, 1890 - West Virginia

WILLIAM WILSON WATERS GIVENS. 

W. W. W. GIVENS was born in the county of Belmont, Ohio, November 29, 
1842, and was educated and spent his youth upon a farm. When the war for 
the Union began, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted for three years, in 
the First Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, then forming at Camp Carlile, 
Wheeling. The regiment upon completion, went to the front, and he 
participated in the engagements at Ball’s Bluff, Bloomer’s Gap, 
Winchester, Jones’ Cross Roads, Port Republic, Bonnet’s Ford, Rapidan, 
Rolingsford, Salem, Berry ville, Warrenton Junction, Second Bull Run, and 
Gettysburg. In the latter, July 3, 1863, he was wounded in the right 
foot, resulting in amputation, and December, 3, 1863, honorably 
discharged for disability. In 1867 he located upon a farm in Tyler 
county, West Virginia, near New Martinsville. In 1880 he was elected 
Justice of the Peace, serving for four years thereafter. He was sent to 
the Legislature of 1885, as a member of the House, and served upon the 
Committees of Roads and Internal Navigation, Immigration, Agriculture, 
and Railroads. He is now filling a second term as one of the School 
Commissioners of his district. 

Submitted by Linda Fluharty.