Jul-28-2018
Husband: George Rymer Towner
Born: Mar-24-1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Dec- 6-1923 1 Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 4,5 Father: John J. Towner (1810 - 1863) Mother: Matilda A. Hunt (1816 - 1891)
Wife: Martha Isabel Ferrebee Also known as: Isabel Ferrebee 2,5 Married: May-29-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: Jun-23-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Died: Feb- 7-1917 1 Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Father: Joseph Ferrebee (1841 - 1919) Mother: Helen Mary Jones (1841 - 1929)
M Child 1: Wayman Basil Towner Born: Jun-16-1893 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7,8,4 Died: Sep-22-1964 in Perry Co, OH 9,8 Buried: in Oakwood Cemetery, Corning, Perry Co, OH 3 Resided: in Perry Co, OH 9,10 Resided: 1935 in Corning, Perry Co, OH Census: 1930 in Perry Co, OH Resided: 1917 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 car repairman for railroad 10 Occupation: 1917 track repairman for B & O Railroad 7 Military: May-27-1918 - Apr-18-1919 Cpl, Co G, 120th Inf, US Army, WW I, Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys (Purple Heart) 8,11,12 Wife: Lilly Faye Robison b. Nov- 2-1902 d. Feb- 7-1934 Also known as: Faye Robison Married: ca 1923 13 Wife: Mary Ann Quigley b. Jul-17-1913 d. Apr- 5-1995 Married: Jun- 1-1935 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 14
F Child 2: Beulah Georgia Towner Also known as: Georgia Beulah Towner 15 Born: ca 1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: James Wesley Smith b. Dec- -1885 d. Apr-14-1964 Also known as: Wesley Smith 2,16,17 Married: Jun-15-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 3: Glen Morlan Towner Born: Aug-13-1902 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,2 Died: May- -1975 19 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Resided: 1926 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Vallie Rosetta Flesher b. Oct-23-1908 d. Mar-27-2004 Also known as: Rosetta Flesher 21 Married: Aug-15-1926 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 2
F Child 4: Ruby M. Towner Born: ca 1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,22 Died: May- 7-1988 1 Buried: in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 23 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ambrose William Hoalcraft b. ca 1906 Also known as: Ambrose Holdcraft 2,24 Married: Sep-20-1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2
M Child 5: Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Towner Also known as: Ted Towner 19,1,25 Born: Nov- 3-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,19,2 Died: May-21-1985 1,19 Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 26,3 Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Census: 1940 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1928 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Gertrude Elsie Harris b. Oct-11-1907 d. Jul-17-1992 Also known as: Gertie 1 Married: Oct-16-1928 at Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (5) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (8) Military Grave Marker. (9) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (10) 1940 Census. (11) Ohio Soldiers in World War I, 1917-1918 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Original data: "Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918. Vol. I-XXIII." Columbus, OH, USA: F. J. Heer Printing Co, 1926. (12) Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) 1930 Census. (14) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. (15) Marriage record of daughter. (16) Newspaper wedding announcement. (17) Obituary of mother. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Wesley Smith, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Georgia B. Towner, 17 (19?), b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jun 15 1915 "at Mr. Prim's residence in Dodd. Co. W. Va," ceremony performed by A. J. Robinson, a minister of the Baptist Church. Informants for the marriage license: Wesley Smith & G. R. Towner. MR p. 401. (19) Social Security Death Index. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (21) Birth record of daughter. (22) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (23) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (24) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (25) Obituary of son. (26) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (27) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued thru Railroad Board. Event Notes Note (1) Age 30 in 1892 marriage record would put birth in about 1862, but age 52 in 1910 Census puts it in about 1858, while the 1900 Census shows birth date as mar 1859. Date on headstone is Mar 24 1858.Name Index