Editing Putnam County, West Virginia (section)

== Notable people ==

* [[Mike Barber (wide receiver)|Michael Barber]], a former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]], played high-school football at Winfield and [[college football]] at [[Marshall University]]. He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2005. Drafted in the fourth round (pick 112) by the San Francisco 49ers, he went on to play four seasons in the NFL. He was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
* [[Frank C. Bowyer|Frank Clayton Bowyer]], born in Teays Valley, was an American businessman who served as mayor of Tampa, Florida, from June 1898 to June 1900. He was a Democrat.
* [[Virginia Mae Brown|Virginia Mae Brown-]], born in Pliny, was a civil servant, government official, and lawyer. She was West Virginia's first female assistant attorney general. She was later the first female to hold the position of West Virginia's [[insurance commissioner]]. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] appointed Brown a member of the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]], the first female since its inception in 1887, and later promoted her to be its first female chair.
* [[Sam Gordon (baseball)|Samuel Simon Gordon]], a native of [[Fraziers Bottom, West Virginia]], was an American [[Negro League]] [[first baseman]] between 1908 and 1913.
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* [[Kathie Hess Crouse]] is an American politician and activist serving as a member of the [[West Virginia House of Delegates]] from the 13th district, which includes part of Putnam County. Her family and she live in Buffalo.
* [[Minnie Buckingham Harper]], born in Winfield, was an American politician and housewife.  In 1928, she became the first Black woman legislator in the United States. 
* [[Samantha Jane Atkeson Morgan]], born in Buffalo (then Virginia), was a painter. 
* [[Brady Ralph Paxton]], born in Bancroft, was a politician and a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[West Virginia House of Delegates]] representing District 13 since his April 22, 1999, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative [[Gary Tillis]]. 
* [[Eric Tarr|Eric J. Tarr]] is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[West Virginia Senate]], representing the [[West Virginia's 4th Senate district|4th district]], which includes Putnam County, since January 9, 2019.