Retired executive vice president of American Electric Power Company, former vice president of Appalachian Power Co; Claytor Lake and Claytor Dam named for him
Chairman of the board of Cleland Co.; during World War I was superintendent in charge of construction, heating, plumbing, and sprinkler equipment for the War Department at the Shell Loading Plant; during World War II was civilian in charge of ordnance production for western Virginia
Author and historian; author of: THE HISTORY OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY (1929); TURN OF THE WHEEL; FRONTIERS ALONG THE UPPER ROANOKE RIVER; EARLY HOMES IN CHATHAM; A PAGE FROM THE PAST; WAR RECOLLECTIONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
Former pastor of Inglewood Baptist Church; past vice president of Lynchburg Ministerial Association; member of executive committee, budget committee and chairman of the missions committee of the Virginia Baptist General Board