Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Rossa Day Gordon    
                Born: Mar-21-1903          in Gilmer Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Nov-  -1982           1,3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1949                 in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: William Wayne Gordon   (1859 - 1963) 
              Mother: Alice Rebecca Hinzman   (1867 - 1963) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Macel Eva Queen     
             Married: Mar-23-1924           6
                Born: Sep- 2-1905           6,1
                Died: Aug-  -1977           6,1
              Buried:                      in Horn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Hundred, Wetzel Co, WV  1
             Resided: formerly             in Baltimore, MD  6,7
              Census: 1930                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: Ewie Lilburn Queen   (1872 - 1913) 
              Mother: Nancy Louisa Britton   (1884 - 1951) 
           F Child 1: Edna Naomi Gordon    6  
                Born: May-22-1925          in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  8,9
             Resided: 2007, 2011           in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  10,11,12
              Census: 1930                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Husband: Damon Wilson West  b. May-17-1915  d. Jul- 8-2011  
             Married: Mar-31-1945          in Baltimore, MD  10
           M Child 2: William Edward "Wayne" Gordon    6  
                Born: ca 1928               9
              Census: 1930                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  
                Wife: Ruth Vier Lloyd  
           M Child 3: Charles Keith Gordon    6  
                Born: Jul- 8-1934           1
                Died: May-28-1996           1
             Resided:                      in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in NC/WV before 1951.  Name listed in SSDI as "Rossa 
Gordon." 
(6) Gilmer County West Virginia History 1845-1989, Gilmer County Historical Society, 1994, p. 219. 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Maryland before 1951. Last address for benefits:  Weston, 
Lewis Co, WV. 
(8) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore 
MD, 1997, p. 318. 
(9) 1930 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(10) Newspaper anniversary announcement, Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 4/1/2007. 
(11) Newspaper birth announcement of great-grandson. 
(12) Obituary of husband. 
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 







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