Daniel Haymond Polsley
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Born 1803 in Palatine, Polsley was a noted lawyer and publisher of the Western Transcript in Wellsburg until he moved to Mason County in 1845. A delegate to the Wheeling conventions, Polsley served in the Restored Government of Virginia as lieutenant governor. Circuit judge, 1863-1866, he served one term in the U.S. House, 1867-1869.
Polsley died at home on October 14, 1877.
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