From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 335.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JUDGE RALPH L. BERKSHIRE

Judge Ralph L. Berkshire, of Monongahela county, Va., who presided at 
the circuit courts in Wheeling from the fall term of 1861 till the 
spring of 1863, is a gentleman of superior literary and legal 
attainments.  He was after his retirement from the circuit bench 
elevated to a place on the court of appeals of West Virginia. He 
resumed the practice in the above named county, and is widely known 
as an accomplished gentleman and an able lawyer. 


(Linda Fluharty)