Andrew Lee Scott Varner

1841 - 1913  (72 years)

• Name	Andrew Lee Scott Varner
  Born	10 Feb 1841	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Mar 1913	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	Death Record Name: A.L.S./Varner Sex: Male Death Date: 18 Mar 1913 Death Place: Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia Age at Death: 74y Marital Status: M Occupation: Merchant Andrew Lee Scott Varner Andrew Lee Scott VARNER, a prominent citizen and former merchant of Ravenswood, died of pneumonia at his home at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, March 18th, after an illness of one week, aged 73 years, 1 month and 8 days. Mr. VARNER was born at Glenville, Gilmer County, February 10, 1841, of a family widely and favorably known in that section of the state. During the Civil War he served as a State soldier of home guard, and afterwards served in the several capacities of postmaster at Glenville and Circuit Clerk of Gilmer County. In 1873 he came to Wilding in Jackson County, where on September 25th, at Muses Bottom, he married Miss Tennie BEATTY and soon thereafter located on his Straight Fork farm, which he later sold. He then bought and settled on the BLAKE or BEATTY farm, near Silverton, where he resided for some years. Mr. VARNER with a leaning to words, politics, became Deputy Sheriff under Jas. M. POLING and afterward served in the same capacity under Sheriff I. M. ADAMS. About fifteen years ago he moved to Ravenswood where he became a member of the Town Council and was engaged in the mercantile business until but little more than a year prior to his death. The deceased at the age of thenty-three was converted to an active Christian life and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in which he maintained a consistent membership to the end. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Knights of Pythias, having served for several successive terms as Keeper of the Records and Seal in the latter fraternity. Mr. VARNER leaves a wife and four children to mourn the loss of a faithful husband and gentle father, all of whom, Mrs. A. L. S. VARNER, Harry, Robert L., Blanche (Mrs. E. W. RECTOR of Parkersburg), and Miss Edith, were present at the hour of death. There are also living two brothers, one at Bridgeport, Illinois and one at Troy, West Virginia, and a sister, Miss Mary, at Ravenswood. Owing to the high esteem in which deceased was held by a large circle of friends and admiring acquaintances, his death will be widely mourned as a distinct loss to the membership of our community. He was a quiet unassuming, dignified and scrupulously careful in his commercial transactions, generous, and magnanimous to a fault of others. If he ever offended anybody, it is almost safe to say he was forgiven even without the asking. Such was the dignified but simple life that has now passed through the portals of death, we trust to brighter chimes in the realms of eternity. The last sad rites will be conducted at Ravenswood Friday, the 20th, at 2 o'clock p.m. and the interment will be in the local cemetery. Religious services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. SHEPPARD of the M. E. Church and lodge ceremonies by Othello Lodge No. 51, Knight of Pythias. [written by G. H. C.] (Mountaineer, 20 March 1914)
  Person ID	I22825	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Elias Varner,   b. CA 1810, Virginia, USA ,   d. Between 1850 and 1860  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Mercy Whiting,   b. CA 1810, Sussex County, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Apr 1832	Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Notes	Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about Elias Varner Name: Elias Varner Gender: Male Spouse Name: Mercy Whiting Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1832 County: Pocahontas State: Virginia 1850 Gilmer, VA # 78 Elias Varner 40 farmer $3000 VA Mercy 42 England Robert 17 VA John 15 VA Samuel 13 VA Adam 11 VA ALS 9 m VA Mary 7 VA Mary Whiting 23 England 1860 Gilmer, VA # 167-156 Mary Varner 50 farming $5000-3000 Sussex Co, England Robert W 27 Pocahontas Co, VA John B 25 " " Samuel L/Y? 23 " " Adam E 21 Lewis Co, VA Andrew L S 19 " " Mary Ann C 16 weaver " " 1870 Glenville, Gilmler, WV # 15 Varner, Mercy 55 England Andrew L S 29 Recorder Gilmer Co 1000-300 VA Mary A C 25 VA Wiant, William T 39 Ret Dry Goods merchant 7000-20,000 VA Heming, Robert F 28 lawyer 2500-2500 VA 1880 Centerville, Tyler, WV Varner, Robert 46 WV WV Eng Mary A 36 WV PA WV James 13 son WVWVWV Mary M 12 da WVWVWV Rosa T 11 da WVWVWV Ada 8 da WVWVWV John 5 son WVWVWV Henry M 3 son WVWVWV Elias 5/12 Jan son WVWVWV Mercy 65 mother Eng Eng Eng
  Family ID	F25059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tennessee Beaty,   b. 16 Mar 1855, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 11 Nov 1915  (Age 60 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1873	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [5]
  Notes	Marraige Record Date: 9/25/1873 Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States A Lee S Varner, 31, Lewis, Jackson Tenessee Beaty, 18, Wirt, Jackson, 1880 Census Place: Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia Page 502B A.L.S. VARNER Self M M W 38 WV Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: ENGLAND Lennie VARNER Wife F M W 25 WV Harry E. VARNER Son M S W 4 WV Robert E.L. VARNER Son M S W 9M WV Ollie M. SIGLER Dau F S W 10 OH 1900 Ravenswood Dist, Jackson, WV A L S 2/1841 m 26y WV VA ENG Tennessee 3/1855 5-5 Robert L 8/1879 Blanche V 3/1884 Ethel B 12/1886 Mildred S 7/1893 1910 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV Varner, Lee S 69 m1- 37y WV WV Eng Tennie 55 m1- 37y 5-5 children WV WV WV Robert L son 30 s WV Ethel B da 23 s WV Mildred S da 16 WV Beaty, Clair E neph 11 WV WV WV
  Children	1. Harry E Varner,   b. 6 Nov 1875, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 31 Dec 1934  (Age 59 years)   2. Robert L Varner,   b. 14 Aug 1879, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 May 1929  (Age 49 years)   3. Blanche Vena Varner,   b. 12 Mar 1884, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 26 Sep 1958, Wood County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)   4. Ethel Beaty Varner,   b. Dec 1886, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mildred S Varner,   b. 19 Jul 1893, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1911  (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F7200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S244] Casto Cousins. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.