Background
Highland, Cecil Blaine was born on November 2, 1876 in West Milford, West Virginia, United States. Son of John E. and Lucinda E. (Patton) Highland.
Highland, Cecil Blaine was born on November 2, 1876 in West Milford, West Virginia, United States. Son of John E. and Lucinda E. (Patton) Highland.
Graduate Lexington College, 1899.
Deputy county clerk, Harrison County, West Virginia, 1899-1904. Engaged in gas and oil business, since 1904. Purchased, developed Highland Park and Golf Plaza, 1912-1918.
Purchased Wetzel (West Virginia) Republican, 1913, public, 1913-1946.
President, general manager, director, treasurer Clarksburg Public Company (West Virginia), since 1940. President, director Empire National Bank of Clarksburg, since 1941.
Deputy sheriff Wetzel County, 1904-1908. Senator West Virginia Legislature, 1924-1928.
Member Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Married Ella C. Clark, February 10, 1909. Children: Virginia L. (Mistress Richard U. Duerr), Cecil Blaine.