Dan was born on New Years Day at home on Long Run in 1950 with his Boley ancestry dating to 1851 in Pleasants County. He is a 1967 graduate of SMHS and worked for Quaker State at the local refinery & at the corporate level in Pennsylvania until he resigned in 1990 to found DJA Inspection Service, Inc. After growing it to one of the top inspection companies along with a construction company in Bakersfield, Calif, Dan retired & returned to his hometown where he serves as the pastor of Zoar Church and became the president of the Historical Society in January 2023. Dan is driven to further the goals of the society to preserve the history of Pleasants County for the future generations as well as the community presently interested in our great heritage.

Sue is one of 4500+ children delivered by Dr. Hamilton during his 44 year career. She is a 1967 SMHS graduate with a 42 year career as a teacher, administrator & superintendent prior to returning to her hometown in 2012. She was the first woman to hold the position of Superintendent of Schools in Gilmer County, WV & Garrett County, Maryland. She became an active member of the Society in 2018 and has scanned the majority of the Ruttencutter collection, the Chummy Chat 12 volume set, the Pleasants Baptist Church & Zoar Baptist Church Books to 1978. She has assisted with the museums: mobile, Second Street & Old Farm. She was elected secretary in 2022.

Charley has been a lifelong resident of Pleasants County being born at his homeplace on Middle Island Creek delivered by Dr. Hamilton number 10 of 13 children. He is a 1966 SMHS graduate & is a 50 year member of the Boilermakers having worked on projects across WV & Ohio including the powerplant during his career. Since he retired in 2003, he has been an active member of the society, locating & placing Veteran plaques & flags on all the veteran’s graves in the county, updating the cemetery lists with Gerald Bills & taking pictures of all the gravestones for the county website. Once we received the old Edgar Fleming Store donation by Rebecca Deem, he renovated the entire structure for our first museum building. Charley has served as treasurer since 2008.

Johnny Bob Bills was born in 1937 at his homeplace on Spindletop the 7th of 8 children growing up on a farm. He is a 1957 graduate of SMHS and lifetime Ironworker working in WV & Ohio including the powerplant. He is the honorary Curator of the Old Farm Museum for his generous donation of the Quonset Hut and his dream, as well as his brother Gerald, to preserve our farming history for posterity. At 8 years old, Johnny began working on a farm and is still today. He was a member of the FFA in high school & supports not only the Youth Ag Fair but also the Ham & Bacon to this day. He works diligently to secure items for the museum which has expanded exponentially since its dedication on September 16, 2023.

Tim was born part of the sixth generation of Sweeney’s in Pleasants County and is a 1974 graduate of SMHS. After graduating from WVU College of Law in 1981, Tim spent the next 30 years in private practice. He was elected & served at the Prosecutor of Pleasants County from 1985 to 2010. Governor Tomblin appointed him to the circuit court bench in 2010. He was elected in 2012, re-elected in 2016 & elected in 2024 to the newly expanded Third Judicial Circuit Court (Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, & Wirt Counties). Tim has been an active member of the community with the library, alumni, farm bureau & historical society. He was elected the Vice-President in January 2023.

Larry was born in 1942, raised in Pleasants County & is a 1960 graduate of SMHS. He ran cross-country at Marshall University & is an alumnus. He taught high school biology, chemistry, & physics and was the track & cross-country coach at SMHS. He is a MOV Hall of Fame cross country coach. He has been an active member of the society for many years serving as Secretary , Vice-president & President for three years before retiring. Larry agreed in 2023 to serve as the substitute secretary to allow Sue to continue to travel if she would remain the secretary. He is also an active Sons of the American Revolution member. Larry suggested & coordinated the successful History Alive! Fundraiser beginning with Stonewall Jackson which has become an annual event.

Charley was elected the Old Farm Museum curator in 2023. He had not only renovated the 2nd Street Museum but also stabilized, renovated, & updated the electrical service with help from Claude Rolston at the Quonset Hut for our Old Farm Museum. Then he has gathered, repaired, refurbished & transported almost every piece of farm equipment at the museum.

Pam was another one of Dr. Hamilton’s deliveries. She was raised on Rt.16 in Pleasants County and is a 1967 graduate of SMHS. Her career entailed being a beautician and a Sheriff’s deputy prior to her retirement. She has been an active member of the historical society for many years working on numerous projects including the mobile museum. She knew the dream of the leaders, Walter Carpenter & Gerald Bills, was to have a building to house a museum. She had spent many years pursuing a donation of a building to the extent that she was making contacts to purchase one that she could donate. She & the society were thrilled when they received the Old Fleming Store donation from Rebecca Deem. She was instrumental in securing the legal documents to make the donation a reality for not only the Deem donation but also for the donation of the Quonset Hut by Johnny Bob Bills. Within a year, who would believe that we would go from no museum to having 2 museums. It was wonderful when a Curator was needed for the Second Street Museum that she accepted & was elected.