Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Earl Mortimer Sperry    
                Born: Aug- 5-1877          at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Aug-22-1958          in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  4
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH   (see note 1)
              Census: 1920                 in East Union, Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1900                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer (concrete - house)  5
          Occupation: 1920                 laborer for State Highway  6
              Father: Ezra Cortland Sperry   (1828 - 1898) 
              Mother: Mary M. Patton   (1835 - 1915) 
                Wife: Minnie Jane Merryman     
             Married: Aug-16-1900          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: Apr- 4-1880          in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  7,8,9,3
                Died: Jan-19-1966          in Los Angeles Co, CA  8
             Resided: 1965                 in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co, CA  10
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1920                 in East Union, Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Vincent C. Merryman   (1843 - 1926) 
              Mother: Jennie A. Hutson   (1846 - 1902) 
           M Child 1: Lance Harold Sperry      
         Census name: Lance H. Sperry 
                Born: Oct- 6-1900          at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  1,11,12
                Died: Apr-16-1982          in Los Angeles Co, CA  8,11
             Resided:                      in West Covina, Los Angeles Co, CA  13
              Census: 1930                 in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1920                 in East Union, Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 grocery store manager  5
           F Child 2: Glendie Lee Sperry      
         Census name: Glendie L. Sperry 
                Born: Feb-23-1902          at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  1,11,14
                Died: Jul-22-1999          in Wayne Co, OH  4,11
             Resided:                      in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  13,4
              Census: 1920                 in East Union, Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Ernest Starlin  
             Married: Apr-18-1922          in Wayne Co, OH  15
           F Child 3: Helen O. Sperry      
                Born: ca 1904               14
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Mearl F. Sperry      
                Born: ca 1906               14
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Ezra P. V. B. Sperry      
                Born: ca 1907               14
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 6: Wilson G. Sperry      
                Born: ca 1909               14
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH  
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 7: Goodloe Sperry      
                Born: Apr-29-1913          in Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV  1,13,4
                Died: Feb-20-1991          in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH  4,13
              Buried:                      in Wooster Cemetery, Wayne Co, OH  16
             Resided:                      in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  4
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Wayne Co, OH  
          Occupation: 1940                 delivery man for retail grocery  17
                Wife: Hazel Albertha Smith  b. Apr- 7-1920  d. Aug-27-2005  
           M Child 8: Woodrow Sperry      
                Born: Apr-29-1913          in Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH  
           F Child 9: Lillian Sperry      
                Born: ca 1917              in Ohio  5
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH  
          M Child 10: Alfred Sperry      
                Born: ca 1919              in Ohio  5
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH  
          M Child 11: Kenneth Sperry      
                Born: ca 1922              in Ohio  5
              Census: 1930                 in Wayne Co, OH  

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(5) 1930 Census. 
(6) 1920 Census. 
(7) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health 
Statistics. 
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(10) Obituary of brother. 
(11) Social Security Death Index. 
(12) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(14) 1910 Census, Greenbrier County, WV. 
(15) Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(16) Findagrave.com. 
(17) 1940 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Born in West Virginia.  Father born in New York, mother born in West
Virginia.







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