Background
Moore, Ben Wheeler was born on January 1, 1891 in Salyersville, Kentucky, United States. Son of John W. and Mary E. (Wheeler) Moore.
Moore, Ben Wheeler was born on January 1, 1891 in Salyersville, Kentucky, United States. Son of John W. and Mary E. (Wheeler) Moore.
Student Magoffin Institute, Salyersville, 1904-1906. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Marietta College, Marietta, O., 1954.
Bank clerk Charleston, West Virginia, 1907-1911. Auditor for st. railway, Charleston, 1911-1913. Auditor for land company, Dunbar, West Virginia, 1913-1914.
Studied law in offices of LeRoy Allebach and Braxton Miller, Charleston.
Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1915, and since engaged in general practice of law at Charleston. Member firm Townsend, Bock, Moore & Townsend, 1929-1940.
Commissioner in chancery, Circuit Court Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1918-1940, judge Common Pleas Court, Kanawha County, 1941. Judge The United States of America District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, since 1941.
Board directors, Laird Hospital Foundation, Goodwill Industries Charleston (first president).
Organized Lions Club, Charleston, 1921, first president First district governor West Virginia Lions Clubs, 2 terms, life member.
Member firm Townsend, Bock, Moore & Townsend, 1929-1940. Member West Virginia Bar Association. Clubs: Lions, Lotos, Anvil.
Married second, Cecile Bryant Colby, August 7, 1941. Children by previous marraige: Marian, Ben William.