1874 - 1950 (76 years)
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| Name |
William Burton Golden |
| Birth |
19 Feb 1874 |
Upshur Co., WV  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Jun 1950 |
Spencer, Roane Co., WV [2] |
| Cause: bronchopneumonia/arteriosclerotic and hyperactive encephalopathy; senile psychosis |
| Burial |
25 Jun 1950 |
Morrison United Methodist Church, Newville, Braxton Co., WV [2] |
| Person ID |
I51416 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
7 Sep 2025 |
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| Notes |
- Son of Addison B. Golden.
Sunday Register, Beckley, WV, Sunday, 25 Jun 1950, p. 10, col. 5
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-raleigh-register-william-b-golden-o/180612087/
Former Braxton School Official Taken by Death
By Register Staff Writer
SUMMERSVILLE - William Burton Golden, 76, of Summersville, former superintendent of Braxton County schools, died in a Spencer hospital Friday. He had been ill for several years.
Prior to his illness, he had been teacher in Braxton schools and Chief United States deputy marshall for that district for several years. He was member of the Flatwoods Methodist Church, where he served as Sunday school superintendent for a number of years. He was a Blue Lodge Mason.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Esther Rader Golden, of Summersville; one son, Capt. Marvin L. Golden, with the 24th Medical Division in Kyufhu, Japan; three daughters, Mrs. R. P. Moore and Mrs. William Herminan, of Fairmont, and Mrs. Audra Donkins of Philadelphia, O., and six grandchildren.
The body is at Stocker Mortuary in Flatwoods, Braxton County.
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| Sources |
- [S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 4: 128, Golden-Morrison, 1899; accessed 7 Sep 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 9702 (1950), William B. Golden, accessed 7 Sep 2025. (Reliability: 3).
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