John Laidley (1791–1863) was a prominent

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. Laidley was born in Morgantown, (West) Virginia and at age twenty-one served as a militia Colonel in the War of 1812. As an adult, Laidley made his home in Cabell County, serving as a prosecuting attorney until his death. In 1829, he was elected to the

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, appointed to the Committee of the Judicial Department. He was one of four delegates elected from the western Senatorial district of Kanawha, Mason, Cabell, Randolph, Harrison, Lewis, Wood and Logan Counties. Pulliam 1901, p. 68, 78 In 1837, he was one of the founders of

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in present West Virginia.

References

Marshall University: The Early Years Virgil A. Lewis, "A History of Marshall Academy" (1912), p. 9 n. 2

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