Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Joseph Droppleman    
                Born: Jun-19-1885          in Lewis Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Dec- 2-1951          at Fink, Lewis Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1,3,4
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1910                 in Lewis Co, WV  2
          Occupation: 1940                 superintendent, Murphy Oil Co.  5
          Occupation: 1930                 superintendent, oil & gas company  6
          Occupation: 1910                 Hope Natural Gas Co. employee  2
              Father: Joseph John Droppleman   (1856 - 1935) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Joyce   (1858 - 1942) 
                Wife: Clara Gay Halterman     
       Also known as: Gay Halterman 7
             Married: Nov-26-1910          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  2
                Born: Oct- 3-1891          in Lewis Co, WV  4,8,2
                Died: 1970                  4
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  3,4
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1910                 in Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Father: James B. Halterman   (1856 - 1937) 
              Mother: Amanda A. Burnside   (1860 - 1940) 
           M Child 1: James Paul Droppleman      
                Born: Sep-20-1911          at McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV  9,10
                Died: Apr-20-1964          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  11,10
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  11,3,4
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      president of oil & gas company  11
          Occupation: 1940                 bookkeeper (oil & gas)  5
           Education:                      5 years college  5
                Wife: Bertha Marie Flanagan  b. Aug-15-1911  d. Apr- 6-1997  
             Married: Feb-23-1939          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(6) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(7) Marriage record of son. 
(8) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) Headstone (year only) 
(11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1940, location specified as 306 Court Street.







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