Background
Blessing, Riley Andrew was born on December 11, 1875 in near Letart, West Virginia, United States. Son of Calvin Thomas and Sarah Josephine (Board) Blessing.
Blessing, Riley Andrew was born on December 11, 1875 in near Letart, West Virginia, United States. Son of Calvin Thomas and Sarah Josephine (Board) Blessing.
Student Spencer (West Virginia) Normal School, 1897-1898. Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1906.
School teacher, 1894-1900. Clerk to county sheriff, 1900-1902. Admitted to District of Columbia and West Virginia bars, 1906.
Admitted to practice before Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1911.
Member firm Butz & Blessing, Washington, District of Columbia 1907-1911, Musgrave & Blessing, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, since 1912. Member Lee, Blessing & Steed, Charleston, West Virginia, 1933-1945.
Retired from active practice of law, 1949. Treasurer Republican County Committee, 1902-1904.
Member West Virginia Senate, 1912-1916.
Assistant state tax commissioner, 1917-1920. Assistant attorney general West Virginia, 1921-1933.
Member firm Butz & Blessing, Washington, District of Columbia 1907-1911, Musgrave & Blessing, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, since 1912. Member Lee, Blessing & Steed, Charleston, West Virginia, 1933-1945. Member West Virginia Senate, 1912-1916.
Member American, West Virginia State and Local bar associations.
Married Delitha May Van Matre, April. Children: Leolia Genevieve (Mistress Curtis M. Young), Beulah Gay, Robert Leslie.