Biography

George W. Sturm (1861-1949)

Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1919
Author: John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate
Tribune Printing Company, Charleston, West Virginia

Page 812

STURM, GEORGE W. (Republican.) Address: West Milford, West Va. Born in Marion county, March 10, 1861; educated in the common schools; is a merchant and farmer; was one of the members of the House of Delegates from Harrison county in 1917 and served on the committees on Medicine and Sanitation, Printing and Contingent Expenses and State Boundaries; re- elected in 1918; at the regular session of 1919 was made Chairman of the Committee on Insurance; served also as a member of the committees on Printing and Contingent Expenses and Immigration and Agriculture.

Additional Information:

DEATH CERTIFICATE, Harrison County, WV #13032
Full Name: George W. Sturm
Death-Date: 24-Oct-1949 in West Milford, Harrison County WV
Birth-Date: 11-Mar-1861 in Marion, WV
Parents: Jacob Sturm and Isabel Fowler
Cause-of-Death: Pulmonary Edema / Congestive heart disease
Burial : West Milford I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harrison County, WV

WIFE'S DEATH CERTIFICATE, Harrison County, WV #15245
Full Name: Jennie Sturm
Death-Date: 12-Dec-1943 in West Milford, Harrison County WV.
Birth-Date: 19-Feb-1864 in Marion County, WV
Parents: John L. Shinn and Eliza Sturm
Burial: West Milford I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harrison County, WV

MARRIAGE LICENSE, Wood County WV, page 377
George Washington Sturm (age 55; born in Marion County, WV; residing in West Milford)
married Jennie Shinn (age 52, born in Marion Couunty, WV; residing in Chanute, Kansas)
in Wood County on 28-Jun-1916; marriage performed by G. E. Bartlett.