s/o Edward & Elizabeth (Dils) Stephenson
James McNeil Stephenson, president of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia (predecessor of the Parkersburg National Bank), represented Tyler, Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge counties in the House of Delegates from 1839-48.
It is likely that no other single person has done more to shape the economic destiny of Wood County. His support was crucial in every internal improvements project of benefit to western Virginia:
* the Staunton-Parkersburg Road
* the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike
* The James River and Kanawha Canal
* the Northwestern Virginia Railroad
* the Little Kanawha Navigation Company
James Stephenson shared a law practice with his brother-in-law Arthur I. Boreman for many years.
Bio from A River to Cross: The Bicentennial History of Wood County, West Virginia 1799-1999
James McNeil Stephenson, president of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia (predecessor of the Parkersburg National Bank), represented Tyler, Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge counties in the House of Delegates from 1839-48.
It is likely that no other single person has done more to shape the economic destiny of Wood County. His support was crucial in every internal improvements project of benefit to western Virginia:
* the Staunton-Parkersburg Road
* the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike
* The James River and Kanawha Canal
* the Northwestern Virginia Railroad
* the Little Kanawha Navigation Company
James Stephenson shared a law practice with his brother-in-law Arthur I. Boreman for many years.
Bio from A River to Cross: The Bicentennial History of Wood County, West Virginia 1799-1999
s/o Edward & Elizabeth (Dils) Stephenson
James McNeil Stephenson, president of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia (predecessor of the Parkersburg National Bank), represented Tyler, Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge counties in the House of Delegates from 1839-48.
It is likely that no other single person has done more to shape the economic destiny of Wood County. His support was crucial in every internal improvements project of benefit to western Virginia:
* the Staunton-Parkersburg Road
* the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike
* The James River and Kanawha Canal
* the Northwestern Virginia Railroad
* the Little Kanawha Navigation Company
James Stephenson shared a law practice with his brother-in-law Arthur I. Boreman for many years.
Bio from A River to Cross: The Bicentennial History of Wood County, West Virginia 1799-1999
James McNeil Stephenson, president of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia (predecessor of the Parkersburg National Bank), represented Tyler, Wood, Ritchie and Doddridge counties in the House of Delegates from 1839-48.
It is likely that no other single person has done more to shape the economic destiny of Wood County. His support was crucial in every internal improvements project of benefit to western Virginia:
* the Staunton-Parkersburg Road
* the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike
* The James River and Kanawha Canal
* the Northwestern Virginia Railroad
* the Little Kanawha Navigation Company
James Stephenson shared a law practice with his brother-in-law Arthur I. Boreman for many years.
Bio from A River to Cross: The Bicentennial History of Wood County, West Virginia 1799-1999
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