From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 

Typed by Laurie Birks Dean. 

p. 575
WILLIAM H. TRACY, assistant secretary of the Wheeling Title & Trust 
Company, of Wheeling, West Virginia, whose portrait is herewith shown, 
is one of the influential business men of the city.  He was born in 
Wheeling, August 5, 1872, and is a son of Perry and Margaret (Deist) 
Tracy.  His grandmother Tracy was formerly a Blake, one of the 
descendants of Admiral Blake, of the English navy, whose sword recently 
came into the possession of the Blakes at Moundsville, West Virginia.
	Mr. Tracy's employers were Russell & Stifel, well-known lawyers of 
Wheeling.  He became a stenographer for that firm and held that position 
for three years.  In 1887 Russell & Stifel organized the Wheeling Title 
& Trust Company, and three years later the business was started into 
operation.  Mr. Tracy was given the position of clerk and four years ago 
was made assistant secretary of the company.  He is a man of keen 
business perceptions and sound judgment, and his employers have always 
placed unlimited confidence in his abilities.  He is highly esteemed in 
Wheeling, where he is known to be a man worthy of the respect and 
confidence accorded him.
	Mr. Tracy married Bertha L. Carl, who was born October 31, 1874, 
and is a daugther of George and Louisa Carl.  Her marriage to Mr. Tracy 
occurred September 22, 1898.  Mr. Tracy is a Mason and a member of the 
Odd Fellows; Elks; and the Korn Kob Klub.  Politically, he is a 
Democrat.  He was elected in a Republican ward to the second branch of 
the city council in January, 1901.  He is chairman of two important 
committees, salaries and claims.  Mr. Tracy is a self-made man in the 
truest sense, and his friends in Wheeling and the vicinity are legion.