Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Dempsey B. Prunty    
                Born: Jul- 4-1919          in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep-16-2008           1
             Resided:                      in Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA  3
             Resided: 1994                 in Rochester, Beaver Co, PA  4
             Resided: 1943                 in Ambridge, Beaver Co, PA  4
             Resided: 1938                 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Jesse U. "Eugene" Prunty   (1879 - 1950) 
              Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Starkey   (1880 - 1961) 
                Wife: Mabel Smith   5  
             Married: Aug-13-1938          in Tyler Co, WV  6
                Born: Mar- 5-1917          in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1946                 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1938                 in Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930                 in Chester, Hancock Co, WV  
              Father: Arzie Thomas Smith   (1897 - 1946) 
              Mother: Alta Ethel Pettit   (1902 - 1990) 

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(3) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(4) Obituary of brother. 
(5) Obituary of wife's father. 
(6) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Dempsey Prunty, 22, b. Jul 4 1916 in Folsom WVa, res. in 
Folsom, Wetzel Co WVa, son of Jesse & Sarah Prunty; and Mabel Smith, 21, b. Mar 5 1917 in Center Point, res. in Ashley, 
Doddridge Co WVa, dau of Arza & Alta Smith.  Married Aug 13 1938 "at Nancy Wilcox's residence," officiated by Samuel 
Dotson, a Minister of the Gospel, Ashley WVa. 
NOTE:  Husband appears to have misstated his age, as the Social Security Death Index shows his birth date exactly three 
years later, on Jul 4 1919. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12045787&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Obituary of father. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in Aug 1938 marriage record as Jul 4 1916, age 22.







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