Myra Horner Camden Atkinson (1844–1925) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia George W. Atkinson

George W. Atkinson

George Wesley Atkinson of Ohio County was the tenth Governor of West Virginia. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was a judge on the Court of Claims.-Biography:...

 and served as that state's First Lady

First Lady

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, 1897-1901. She was born July 21, 1844, at Lumberport, West Virginia

Lumberport, West Virginia

Lumberport is a town in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 937 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lumberport is located at , at the confluence of Tenmile Creek and the West Fork River....

. In June 1897, shortly after he became governor, she married George W. Atkinson

George W. Atkinson

George Wesley Atkinson of Ohio County was the tenth Governor of West Virginia. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was a judge on the Court of Claims.-Biography:...

, after being twice widowed. After leaving office, she took an active interest in family history

Family history

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 and was a member of social groups in Charleston

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

, Parkersburg

Parkersburg, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...

, and Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...

. She died at Clarksburg April 13, 1925, nine days after the death of Gov. Atkinson.