Belle Goshorn MacCorkle

Belle Goshorn MacCorkle
Born1841 (1841)
Died(1923-09-12)September 12, 1923
NationalityAmerican
Known forFirst lady of West Virginia, 1893-1897

Belle Goshorn MacCorkle (1841 – September 12, 1923) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia William A. MacCorkle and served as that state's First Lady, 1893–1897. She was born in 1841, at Charleston, West Virginia. In 1884, she married William A. MacCorkle. The MacCorkles were the first to reside in the state supplied Governor's Mansion. She died at the MacCorkle home Sunrise on September 12, 1923.[1]

  1. ^ "West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.