https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/041505https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/041505.jpgPeter Van Winkle, Wood County, W. Va.ca. 1864West Virginia--Statehood.Portraits--V.Involved in founding the new state of West Virginia. Served as one of West Virginia's first two U.S. Senators, August 1863 to March 1869.West Virginia History OnView