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Famous people from Romney

15 notable people were born in Romney, from 1697 to 1944.

Stephen Ailes

Stephen Ailes

1912–2001

American lawyer and government official

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Thomas F. Mulledy

Thomas F. Mulledy

1794–1860

American Jesuit priest

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Marshall McDonald

Marshall McDonald

1835–1895

American engineer, professor, geologist, mineralogist, pisciculturist, and fisheries scientist

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Samuel Mulledy

Samuel Mulledy

1811–1866

19th-century American Jesuit priest

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Robert White

Robert White

1833–1915

American lawyer, born 1833

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Charles M. Williams

1917–2011

American academic, author, and military officer

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Christian Streit White

Christian Streit White

1839–1917

American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, pisciculturist, and politician

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John Baker White

John Baker White

1868–1944

American lawyer, military officer, and politician

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John Rinehart Blue

1905–1965

American politician

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Robert White

Robert White

1876–1935

American lawyer and politician from West Virginia

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Edna Brady Cornwell

1868–1958

First Lady of West Virginia

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Lee Hawse Patteson

1902–1955

First Lady of West Virginia

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BK

Bill Kuykendall

born 1944

Photographer and photojournalist

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Louise Jermy

1877–1952

Jermy [née Withers], Louise Jane [Louisa] (1877–1952), domestic servant and autobiographer

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Parthenia Baldwin

1697–1772

Thomas Parsons III's mother

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Also called Romney home

IP

Isaac Parsons

1752–1796

American planter, politician, and militia officer

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia. Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.

Photo credits (8)
  • Stephen Ailes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Thomas F. Mulledy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Marshall McDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Samuel Mulledy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Robert White: Atkinson, George Wesley (1919) Bench and Bar of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia: Virginia Law Book Company, p. 395, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Christian Streit White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • John Baker White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Robert White: West Virginia Legislature (1931). "West Virginia Blue Book, 1931". West Virginia Blue Book: 601. Charleston, West Virginia: Jarrett Printing Company. ISSN 0364-7323., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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