The founders of the West Virginia State Medical Association organized at Fairmont included W.J. Bates of Wheeling, J.W. Ramsey of Clarksburg, R.H. Cummins of Wheeling, A.R. Barbee of Point Pleasant, Wm. M. Dent of Newburg, L.R. Charter of West Union, John C. Hupp of Wheeling, T.C. Shepherd of Bruceton's Mills, David S. Pinnell of Buckhannon, J.H. Manown of Kingwood, A.S. Todd of Wheeling, James E. Reeves of Reevesville, John Frizzell of Wheeling, W.J. Bland of Weston, M.S. Hall of Harrisville, E.A. Hildreth, Sr., of Wheeling, J.H. Brownfield of Fairmont, Jesse Flowers of Mannington, H.N. Mackey of Morgantown, A.S. Warder, Sr., of Grafton, J.M. Blackford of Clarksburg, John M. Storer of Triadelphia, J.E. Kendall of Elizabeth, H.W. Brock of Morgantown, J.M. Lazzell of Fairmont, M. Campbell of Parkersburg, W.H. Sharp of Grafton, A.H. Thayer of Grafton, George W. Dent of Arnettsville, Henry J. Weisel of Wheeling, J.M. Bowcock of Clarksburg, George A. Cracraft of Wheeling, and James Cummins of Wheeling.