Husband: Walter Jeffries
Born: Aug- 5-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Mar- 4-1978 1
Buried: in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 4,5
Resided: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 7,8
Father: George W. Jeffries (1849 - 1936)
Mother: Nancy Cross (1845 - 1936)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Janie Kirkpatrick 9
Also known as: Jane Patrick 2
Married: Oct-28-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
Born: May- -1882 in Tyler Co, WV 10,2,11,3 (see note 2)
Died: Jul-30-1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11
Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,4,5
Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Joe Kirkpatrick
Mother: Samantha Owens
Notes
M Child 1: Ernest Jeffries Born: ca 1904 7 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 2: Fanie Jeffries Also known as: Faney Jeffries 2 Born: Sep-11-1906 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 12,13,11 Died: Jun-19-2004 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,13 Buried: in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: at Gnats Run (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1921 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: cook, Colin Anderson Center at St. Marys 12 Husband: Haymond Mansfield Jones b. Nov-17-1878 d. Mar-19-1955 Census name: Mansfield H. Jones Married: Oct-12-1921 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 3: Lenna Dell Jeffries Born: Sep-14-1908 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 14,15,13 Died: Jul- 4-1996 13 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 16,13 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Sherman Cleveland Jones b. Aug-12-1884 d. Apr-20-1944 Husband: Stephen Playso b. Sep- 4-1919 d. Jul-26-2001 Married: Oct-31-1952 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
F Child 4: Cecil Jeffries 18 Also known as: Cecille Jeffries 18 Born: Feb- 2-1910 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 14,13,2 Died: Aug- 2-2002 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,13 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: in Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV 13 Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1927 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 3) Husband: Draper Jones b. Dec-31-1907 d. Sep-22-1991 Married: Mar-20-1927 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 19
F Child 5: Ruby Evelyn Jeffries Born: Apr-14-1912 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 20,13,7,2 Died: Jun- 1-1993 in Cambridge, Guernsey Co, OH 20,13 Resided: in Cambridge, Guernsey Co, OH 13 Census: 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1932 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Harold Lafayette Jones b. Dec- 9-1912 d. Oct- -1982 Married: Feb- 4-1932 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2
M Child 6: Robert W. Jeffries Born: Dec-11-1916 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5,7 Died: Jan-23-1945 in Luxembourg 21 Buried: in Luxembourg American Cemetery, near Hamm, Luxembourg 21,22,23 Resided: 1936 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: (enlisted 4/21/1944) Pfc, 11th Inf Regt, 5th Inf Div, US Army, WW II (KIA, Purple Heart) 22,21,24 Wife: Delphia Ann Simmons b. Mar-27-1913 d. Apr- 9-2002 Married: Feb- 8-1936 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2
M Child 7: James Jeffries Born: 1919 7,1 Died: Dec-17-1922 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 25 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 8: Ralph Jeffries Born: Sep- 8-1922 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 26,8,5 Died: Apr-11-1945 5 Buried: in Luxembourg American Cemetery, near Hamm, Luxembourg 5 (see note 4) Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: Pvt, 707th Tank Bn, US Army, WW II (MIA, Purple Heart) 22
F Child 9: Olive Lucille Jeffries Born: Mar- 5-1925 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 13,8,27 Died: Jan-28-2006 13 Resided: in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 13 Resided: 1940 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 27 Census: 1940 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Ernest Richard Jones b. Apr-23-1913 Also known as: Earnest Richard Jones 28 Married: Sep- 1-1940 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 27
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Birth record of daughter. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Death record of wife. (7) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (8) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (9) Marriage record of daughter. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Obituary. (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, Delayed Report of Birth : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2305983&Type=Birth. (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (16) Death record of husband. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Stephen Playso, divorced, b. Sep 4 1919 in Homestead PA, res. New Castle PA, son of Steve & Anna (Zorzach) Playso; and Lenna Jones, widowed, b. Sep 14 1908 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Walter & Janie (Kirkpatrick) Jeffries. Married Oct 11 1952. (18) Death record of daughter. (19) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Draper Jones, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro; and Miss Cecil Jeffries, 16, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro. Married Mar 20 1927 in Pennsboro, officiated by Orton H. Carder, a minister of the United Brethren Church. Informant for marriage license: K. B. Jones. MR p. 282 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11544535&Type=Marriage. (20) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=11740. (22) American Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov, www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail /WWII_89280#.Vja7324gsmd. (23) Findagrave.com, Plot: Plot F - Row 6 - Grave 9. (24) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (25) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (26) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (27) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (28) Marriage record of son. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date in SSDI is Aug 5 1881. But his headstone shows it as Aug 5 1880, while the 1900 Census has June 1880. Birthplace given as Buzzard, Ritchie County, in daughter Lenna's birth record, but as Beason, Ritchie County, in daughter Cecil's birth record. Note (2) Birthplace given as McKim, Tyler County, in daughter Lenna's birth record, but as Wick, Tyler County, in daughter Cecil's birth record. Note (3) Incorrectly listed as a son, with name and age correct, Cecil Jeffries, age 9. Note (4) Tablets of the Missing