Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Louis Odward Hart    
       Also known as: Lewis Hart  (see note 1)
                Born: Mar- 2-1923          in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3,4
                Died: Oct-17-2008          in Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC  5,3
              Buried: Centenary UMC Cem    in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC  6
             Resided:                      in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC  7,8,9,10,11
              Census: 1930                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Burlington Industries (retired)  12
          Occupation:                      farmer  13
            Military:                      Pfc, U.S. Army, World War II  6
              Father: Herman Erastus Hart   (1892 - 1980) 
              Mother: Stella M. McKinney   (1898 - 1985) 
                Wife: Rosella Mae Cumpston     
             Married: Feb-15-1947          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  14
                Born: Apr- 1-1919          in Salem, WV  15,3,12
                Died: Sep-27-1993          in Eden, Rockingham Co, NC  12,3
              Buried: Centenary UMC Cem    in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC  12
             Resided: 1973, 1993           in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC  8,3 (see note 2)
             Resided: 1941                 near Danville, VA  16
              Census: 1930                 in Pittsylvania Co, VA  
             Resided: formerly             in Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1920                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: David Alfred Cumpston   (1892 - 1973) 
              Mother: Opal Mable Davis   (1899 - 1967) 
Other spouse 1
           F Child 1: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           F Child 2: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           F Child 3: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           F Child 4: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 5: Living      
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 83. 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Social Security Death Index. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(6) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(8) Obituary of father. 
(9) Obituary of mother. 
(10) Obituary of wife. 
(11) Obituary of sister. 
(12) Obituary. 
(13) Birth record of daughter. 
(14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lewis Hart, 25, b. & res. at Oxford WV, son of Herman & 
Stella Hart; and Rosella Moore, 28, b. Salem WV, res. West Union, dau of Dave & Opal M. Cumpston.  Married Feb 15 1947 
in West Union.  (Note:  Marital status not indicated.), MR 15-506 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797754&Type=Marriage. 
(15) Birth year based on age 28 given at time of marriage in 1947.  Birth place from marriage records.  Marriage record gives 
last name as "Moore," but birth records of children give her maiden name as Cumpston.  Poss prev 
marriage?. 
(16) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 5/15/1941. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Name spelled "Lewis" in marriage record and in mother's, wife's, and brother
Herman's and sister Rosemary's obituaries, but "Louis" in father's obituary and
elsewhere, including birth record.
Note (2) Social Security card issued in North Carolina in 1960.







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