Shenandoah Valley Biographies - West Virginia Genealogy

Charles Frederick Reininger

Charles Frederick Reininger, born in Charles Town in 1902, rose from shipping clerk to president and general manager of the Powhatan Brass and Iron Works in Ranson, West Virginia. A civic and political leader, he was active in Republican and industrial organizations. The biography also traces his marriages, children, and family connections in Jefferson County.

Raymond Joseph Funkhouser

Raymond Joseph Funkhouser of Ranson, West Virginia, was an industrialist, publisher, philanthropist, and political activist whose business empire helped revive the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Cherry Run in 1893, he built and controlled numerous corporations, restored historic Washington family homes, founded charitable efforts through the R. J. Funkhouser Foundation, and married three times, fathering five children.