Husband: George Orda Greathouse
Birth name: Ordie George Greathouse 1
Born: Aug-31-1885 at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,4,5 (see note 1)
Died: Nov-23-1957 at Industrial, Harrison Co, WV 6,3
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3,7
Resided: at Industrial, Harrison Co, WV 2,3
Census: 1930 in Salem, WV
Census: 1920 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5
Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: engineer, Grasselli Chemical Co. 2
Father: James A. Greathouse (1845 - 1925)
Mother: Susan E. Dicks (1852 - 1900)
Notes
Wife: Sarah Wise 8
Married: Jun- 8-1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,10
Born: Mar-10-1891 in Tyler Co, WV 11,5,12
Died: Sep-25-1968 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,12
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 11,7
Resided: 1912 in Harrison Co, WV 5
Census: 1900 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Occupation: matron at correctional home 11
Father: Levi A. Wise (1855 - 1913)
Mother: Ruhama Cunningham ( - 1900)
F Child 1: Kathleen H. Greathouse Born: ca 1912 in Harrison Co, WV 8 Died: Jun-19-1996 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13 Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (South), South Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2 Resided: at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: 1983 in Lineville, Clay Co, AL 14 Resided: 1957 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 15 Resided: 1931 in Salem, WV 5 Husband: Robert Vern Hayes b. ca 1911 Married: Oct- 6-1931 in Salem, WV 5 Husband: Clarence C. Skidmore Husband: Kenneth W. Wilhelm
F Child 2: Irene Greathouse Born: May-14-1916 in Harrison Co, WV 16,17 Died: Mar-12-1996 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: 1957 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV 15 Resided: 1936 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1930 in Salem, WV Census: 1920 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Herald Dennis Underwood b. Nov-23-1911 d. Feb-11-1973 Married: Jan-10-1936 in Salem, WV 16
F Child 3: Pauline Greathouse Born: Oct- 3-1917 at Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV 1 (see note 2) Died: bef Dec 1983 14 Resided: 1957 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 15 Resided: 1938 in Salem, WV 5 Census: 1930 in Salem, WV Census: 1920 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Roy Kester Staats b. May-23-1918 d. Feb- -1985 Also known as: Kester Staats 18 Married: Oct-14-1938 in Wood Co, WV 5
M Child 4: Fillmore Greathouse Also known as: Filmore Greathouse 15 Born: Dec- 4-1921 in Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV 2,17,19,16 Died: Dec-15-1983 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20,19,17 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 21 Resided: in Salem, WV 22 Resided: 1941 in Baltimore, MD 16 Military: World War II, Korean War (disabled veteran) 21,2 Wife: Maxidena I. "Mac" Ford b. May-25-1925 d. Sep-13-2014 Married: Aug-30-1941 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Obituary. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (6) Obituary - At home. (7) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (8) Marriage record of son. (9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Lloyd E. Greathouse, 26, b. Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, son of James & Susan Greathouse; and Sarah Wise, 21, b. Tyler Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Levi Wise & (blank). Married Jun 8 1912 at the M.P. Parsonage in Clarksburg. Informant for marriage license: Lloyd E. Greathouse. (Note: Basis for husband George Orda Greathouse being identified as Lloyd E. Greathouse is not known. The 1957 obituary of George O. Greathouse, son of James A. & Susan Dix [sic] Greathouse, states "On June 8, 1912, he married Sarah Wise, who survives." No other reference to Lloyd E. Greathouse has been found.), MR p. 292 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24819&Type=Marriage. (10) Obituary of husband. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (14) Obituary of brother. (15) Obituary of father. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (17) Social Security Death Index. (18) Obituary of wife's father. (19) Headstone. (20) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. (21) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (22) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Fillmore Greathouse, 19, b. Hepzibah, res. Baltimore Md, son of George O. & Sarah Greathouse; and Maxidena Ford, 16, b. & res. at Salem Rt 2 in Doddridge Co, dau of Doris May & Enoch Hyde. Married Aug 30 1941 at the residence of minister Henry H. Hoey in Morgansville. (Note: Marriage date incorrectly given in husband's obituary as Aug 30 1942. Wife's father, Frank Ford, died when she was an infant, and her mother subsequently remarried Enoch Hyde.), MR p. 62 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797521&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in WW II Draft Registration as Aug 31 1884, but death record states Aug 31 1885. Death date on headstone is 1958, but death record shows it as Nov 23 1957. Note (2) Birth date given in marriage record as Oct 3 1918, but birth record shows it as Oct 3 1917.