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Husband: Otto Monroe America Born: Feb-10-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 Died: Jul-25-1967 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 1,3 Buried: in Oak Grove Cemetery, Buck Run (Stanley), CR 74/9 at 56/4, Ritchie Co, WV 4,5 Census: 1940 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1930 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: coal miner 1 Occupation: 1940 laborer on W.P.A. project 6 Occupation: 1930 laborer on steam railroad 7 Military: Cpl, 138 CO Trans Corps, World War I 8 Father: Henry William America (1870 - 1945) Mother: Ida Victoria Seeders (1870 - 1949) Other spouse 1
Wife: Serepta Marie Osborne Also known as: Sarepta Marie 9 Married: Nov-30-1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Born: Feb-22-1890 in Logan Co, WV 11 (see note 1) Died: Oct-13-1957 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Buried: in Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV 13,5 Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA (see note 2) Resided: 1919 in Kanawha Co, WV 14 Father: McClellan "Clell" Osborne ( - 1940) Mother: Louisa ___ Other spouse 1 Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (3) Military Grave Marker. (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) 1940 Census, Tyler County, WV. (7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (8) Cemetery marker. (9) Headstone. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 33 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797683&Type=Marriage. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (12) Obituary - At home. (13) Obituary. (14) Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1894. But birth date on headstone is 1890. Birthplace given in 1908 marriage record as Boone County, but other records consistently show it as Logan County. Note (2) Listed as Sarepta Deal, 38, b. WVa, divorced, a servant in the household of Homer Harvey (42, b. WVa, married, coal miner). The only other household member was her son Cecil, age 12.




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