Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Roy Lee Moneypenny    
                Born: Mar- 3-1904          in Gilmer Co, WV  1,2
                Died: May-  -1978           2
             Resided:                      in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  3
              Father: Elihu Lee Moneypenny   (1867 - 1957) 
              Mother: Melvena Elizabeth "Betty" Flesher   (1879 - 1976) 
                Wife: Alma Mae Sponaugle  4   
             Married: Jul-24-1965          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Born: Jul-25-1907          in Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV  6 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar-  -1977           2
             Resided:                      in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  2
              Census: 1940                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Gilmer Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1927                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Father: George Washington Sponaugle   (1873 - 1952) 
              Mother: Verenia Jurisha Adams   (1879 - 1955) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. 
(4) Obituary of brother. 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Roy 
Lee Moneypenny, divorced, b. Mar 3 1904 in Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Elihu Lee & Betty (Flesher) Moneypenny; 
and Alma May Bowyer, widowed, b. Jul 25 1907 in Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of George Wilson & Verince J. (Adams) 
Sponaugle.  Married Jul 24 1965. 
(6) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 154 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2612005&Type=Birth. 
(7) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(8) 1930 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(10) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in SSDI as Dec 27 1905.  But age 12 at time of 1920 Census
would put birth in about 1908, and birth record specifies Jul 25 1907. 
Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but her birth record
states Auburn in Doddridge County, which is on the Ritchie County line near the
Ritchie County community of Auburn.







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