Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Wesley Matheny    
                Born: 1831                 in Pocahontas Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: 1911                  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
            Military:                      Sgt, 4th W.Va. Cav, Civil War  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Margaret Jane Gum   4,5  
             Married: Jun-28-1853          in Pocahontas Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: 1835                 in Bath Co, VA  2,6
                Died: 1910                  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1853                 in Pocahontas Co, (W)VA  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Brison Elwood Matheny      
       Also known as: Elwood Matheny 7
                Born: Sep-19-1872          in Upshur Co, WV  8,7,9,10,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-22-1955          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  10,2
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  10,11
              Census: 1940                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      cemetery caretaker  12,10
          Occupation: 1910, 1920           laborer at odd jobs  13
                Wife: Anna Sophrona Whitehair  b. Aug-22-1876  d. Aug-21-1955  
       Also known as: Sophrona Whitehair 
             Married: Aug-19-1896          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Oda Floyd Matheny      
                Born: May-15-1878          in Upshur Co, WV  14,15
                Died: Sep-23-1948          in Vienna, Wood Co, WV  14
              Buried:                      in Rockland Cemetery, Belpre, Washington Co, OH  14
             Resided:                      in Little Hocking, Washington Co, OH  14
             Resided: 1916                 in Salem, WV  15
          Occupation:                      Viscose worker (retired)  14
                Wife: Frances Theodosia Morris  b. Sep-  -1888  d. Feb- 2-1985  
       Also known as: Frankie Theodosia Morris 15
             Married: May-24-1916          in Salem, WV  16

Sources:
(1) Pocahontas County Marriage Records, Marlinton, WV, MR p. 7 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11103871&Type=Marriage. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Pocahontas County Marriage Records, Marlinton, WV. 
(7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(13) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Mr. Oda Matheny, single, 38, b. Upshur Co, res. Salem, 
son of J. W. & Margaret Matheny; and Miss Frankie Morris, divorced, 26, b. Wetzel Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of James & 
(blank) Morris.  Married May 24 1916 in Salem. MR p. 245. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Upshur County, but in daughter's birth
record as Pleasants County.







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