George Robert Latham was a 19th-century Virginia farmer, lawyer and politician who helped found the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, during which he served as a colonel in the Union Army. Wikipedia
Born: March 9, 1832, Haymarket, VA
Died: December 16, 1917 (age 85 years), Buckhannon, WV
Children: Annie Latham Bartlett
Previous office: Representative (1865–1867)