Background
Guiher, James Morford was born on January 31, 1897 in Smithfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace B. and Maude Franscina (Brownfield) Guiher.
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James Morford Guiher
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Student George Washington University, 1919-1920. Bachelor of Arts, West Virginia University, 1920. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1922.
Career
1 son, James Morford. Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1922, since practiced in Clarksburg. With firm Steptoe & Johnson, since 1922, senior partner, since 1938.
Director, member Executive Committee Union National Bank, Clarksburg.
Achievements
Membership
Member advising committee Young Women's Christian Association, since 1958. Member of advisory committee various projects City Clarksburg, 1960-1965. Member at large National council Boy Scouts American, since 1959.
Member West Virginia House of Delegates, 1927-1928.
President board directors West Virginia University Foundation. Served to First lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army, World War I.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, West Virginia (past president), District of Columbia Bar associations, International Association Insurance Counsel, Harvard Law School Association West Virginia (secretary, past president), Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce (director), West Virginia University Alumni Association (past president), American Legion (past commander Clarksburg post), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu.
Mason (33°, Shriner).
Clubs: Clarksburg Country (past president), Lions (past president).
Connections
Married Ruth Holt Souders, June 11, 1924.
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Nationality
American