Husband: John Louis Ashton
Born: ca 1881 in Canada 1
Resided: 1922 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 1
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Minnie Wilhelma Graham
Census name: Mary W. Graham
Married: Dec-23-1922 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: Jul- 7-1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-12-1951 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH 4
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Resided: in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH 4
Resided: 1935 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1930, 103 Main St in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1918 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Resided: 1895 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1930 proprietor of rooming house
Father: Lewis Thomas Graham (1848 - 1932)
Mother: Almeda Johnson (1853 - 1936)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 4
Sources: (1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as John Louis Ashton, single, 41, b. in Napanee (Ontario) Canada, res. Salem WVa, son of Thomas & Georgia Ashton; and Mrs. Minnie Dotson, widowed, 41, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of L. T. & Meda Graham. Married Dec 23 1922 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WVa, by Edwin H. Cross, a Minister of the Gospel. MR p. 233 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=30914&Type=Marriage. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Obituary. (5) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (6) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Age 20 given in 1895 marriage would put birth in about 1875, but age 48 in March 1935 marriage record puts it in about 1886. Neither her birth date nor age was given in obituary. Birthplace given as Ritchie County in 1895 & 1922 marriage records, as Tyler County in 1935 marriage record, and as Doddridge County in obituary. She is identified in her birth record as Mary Grayham, born Jul 7 1874 in Ritchie County, daughter of L T & Meda Grayham.