David McComas
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David French McComas (1792 - 1863)

Judge David French McComas
Born in Giles County Virginia, USAmap
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Died at about age 71 in Giles County Virginia, USAmap
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Biography

From "Genealogy Trails", Giles County, Virginia (edited slightly): [1]

Judge David McComas was among the early distinguished judges of what was known as the Kanawha Circuit which consisted of more than a dozen counties, extending from Wythe County, Virginia, to Wood County, West Virginia.
He was the son of General Elisha McComas, born in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1795, and had a brilliant career as a lawyer and jurist.
He was a Whig, although he never had much to do with politics. He, however, served one term in the Senate of Virginia from the Kanawha Senatorial District. While a Circuit Judge, his home was on Virginia Street, in Charleston.
The Judge is remembered by many of the older citizens of Charleston as an erudite lawyer and a jurist of great ability. He was also a man of high grade integrity and was an honor to the judiciary of the Western portion of Virginia.

Judge David McComas was born in 1792 in Giles County, Virginia, the son of Elisha McComas & Anne French. He married his first cousin, Cynthia French. Her father, David French, and his mother were brother and sister.

David McComas was appointed Judge of the General Court of the State of Virginia on January 8, 1844 and was Judge of the 18th Circuit Court which included Cabell County. He served until 1851 and was reappointed to serve the unexpired term of Judge George W. Summers who resigned. That term expired in 1861.

He was full of humor, good natured and was a distinguished judge. He was a learned man, ever held in high esteem, and acted as a judge of correct principle.

He and his wife went to Cabell County, West Virginia to visit his relations and made a visit to them all, except one unfortunate brother. He told his wife that they must go and see this brother and she inquired whether he was not at the poor-house. "Yes," said the Judge, "but there is no difference between him and myself; he is on the county and I am on the state."

It has been said that he made one of the first outright secessionist speeches in Virginia while he was in the state senate.

David McComas spent his declining days in Giles County, Virginia, where he died in 1863. He was buried in the Mason French Cemetery in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia.

Sources

  1. "Bench and Bar of West Virginia" by George Wesley Atkinson, 1919 - Transcribed by AFOFG http://genealogytrails.com/vir/giles/bios_m.html

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McComas-371 and McComas-136 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. No info for McComas-136. Better if McComas-136 would be merged into McComas-371, but maybe this is not possible.
posted by J. West

Rejected matches › David McComas (1724-abt.1793)

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