Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virigina, 1917 Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917, Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va. pgs. 719 - 770 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 742 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES MASSAU, CHARLES JACOB. (Democrat.) Address: Montgomery, West Va. Born in Wheeling, Ohio county, September 23, 1874; educated in the public schools, with occupational training on the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- way, by which company he is at present employed as a locomotive engineer. He was only four years old when his parents came to Fayette county; at the age of twelve he entered the mines and worked there until 1906, when he entered the railroad service. Elected to the legislature in 1916; in the 1917 session, served on the following com- mittees: Labor (Chairman), Federal Relations, Military Affairs, Arts, Science and General Improvements, Medi- cine and Sanitation. Submitted by: Valerie Crook