Joseph Holt Gaines

Background

Gaines, Joseph Holt was born on September 3, 1864 in District of Columbia. Son of Theophilus and Ariadne (Stockton) Gaines.

Education

Taken by parents to Fayette Company, W. Virginia, 1867. Preparatory education W. Virginia U. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1886.

Career

Admitted to bar, 1887. United States district attorney for W. Virginia, 1897-1901. Member 57th to 61st Congresses (1901-1911), 3d W. Virginia District.

Membership

Member 57th to 61st Congresses (1901-1911), 3d W. Va.

Connections

Married Marjorie Lewis Gentry, of Charleston, W. Virginia, November 23, 1898.

Father:

Theophilus Gaines

Mother:

Ariadne (Stockton) Gaines

Spouse:

Marjorie Lewis Gentry