Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George Frank Britton    
       Also known as: Frank Britton 1,2
                Born: Aug- 5-1871           3,4
                Died: Oct-21-1933          in Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV  5,3 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Howesville Methodist Church Cemetery, Preston Co, WV  6,3,5
      Cause of death:                      "Found Dead"  5
              Census: 1930                 in Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1920                 in Howesville, Preston Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Kingwood District, Preston Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      coal miner  5,3,7,8
              Father: John Wesley Britton   (1842 - 1948) 
              Mother: Julia L. Gull   (1844 - 1890) 
                Wife: Sarah Malissa Sisler   1  
       Also known as: Malissa Sisler 
                Born: Feb-15-1871           4,7
                Died: Dec- 9-1923           4
              Buried:                      in Howesville Methodist Church Cemetery, Preston Co, WV  6
              Census: 1920                 in Howesville, Preston Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Asa Elsworth "Ace" Britton      
       Also known as: Ace Britton 9
                Born: Jan- 2-1906          in Kingwood, Preston Co, WV  4,9,6
                Died: May-28-1998           4
              Buried:                      in Fairview Memorial Park, Madison, Lake Co, OH  10
              Census: 1930                 in Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV  
             Resided: 1927                 in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  9
          Occupation: 1930                 coal miner  8
                Wife: Ruby Irene Hayes  b. Mar-21-1909  d. Jul- 9-2011  
       Also known as: Irene Hayes 
             Married: Jul-18-1927          in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  9 (see note 3)
           M Child 2: Wilfred M. Britton      
         Census name: Wilford M. Britton 
                Born: Jan- 2-1911          in Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV  11,12,13
                Died: Oct-21-1973          in Preston Co, WV  3,12,13
              Buried:                      in Camp-Ground Cemetery, Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV  14
             Resided: 1940                 near Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV  11
              Census: 1930                 in Tunnelton, Preston Co, WV   (see note 4)
          Occupation: 1940                 Freeport Coal Co.  
          Occupation: 1930                 coal miner  8
                Wife: Dorotha Belle Miller  b. 1916  d. 2003  

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Preston County Death Records, Kingwood, WV, DR p. 124, Line 25 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4777260&Type=Death. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) 1920 Census, Preston County, WV. 
(8) 1930 Census, Preston County, WV. 
(9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=33306&Type=Marriage. 
(10) Findagrave.com, Name on hedstone (flat marker):  Asa E. Britton. 
(11) World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) Headstone (year only) 
(14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date on headstone is Oct 22 1933.
Note (2) Listed as father Frank G. Britton, 59, widowed, coal miner, in household of
son Asa L. Britton.
Note (3) Marriage date given in wife's obituary as Jul 26 1927, but marriage record
shows it as Jul 18 1927.
Note (4) In household of brother Asa L. Britton.







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