Jul-28-2018
Husband: Boyd Guy Whitehair 1 Also known as: Guy Whitehair 2,3,4
Born: Jul- 8-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,5,6 Died: Jan- 1-1981 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 7,5 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 5,2 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer & oil field worker 2 Occupation: 1940 pumper - crude oil wells 4 Father: Dolphus Andrew Whitehair (1851 - 1901) Mother: Sarah Catherine Jane Leggett (1855 - 1910)
Wife: Minerva Ella Gregg 5 Also known as: Ella Gregg 1,8,3,9 Married: Nov-11-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,1
Born: Feb-25-1895 5,11 (see note 1) Died: May-24-1994 5,11 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 11 Father: Perry P. Gregg (1859 - 1935) Mother: Sarah Salome Martin (1864 - 1956) NotesF Child 1: Pauline Mae Whitehair Born: Mar-10-1917 at Bear Run (Cairo), Ritchie Co, WV 3,12,2 Died: Jul- 9-2014 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 13 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 2,14,12,3 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: payroll clerk at Parkersburg Steel (retired 1982) 3,2 Occupation: formerly Yonkers Manufacturing (18 yrs) 2 Education: Mountain State College (enrolled at age 49) 3 Never married: 3
F Child 2: Hester Rhonalda Whitehair Also known as: Rhonalda Whitehair 10,11,15,8,16 Born: Apr-14-1919 5,11 Died: Oct- 3-2000 in Ritchie Co, WV 17,5,18 (see note 2) Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 14,10,11 Census: 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Bernard G. Fisher b. Dec- 9-1916 d. Sep-19-1993 Married: ca 1939 10
F Child 3: Gail Leoan Whitehair 19 Also known as: Leoan Whitehair 20,3,16,4 Born: Jan- 4-1921 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 21,22,19,23 Resided: 1981, 2002, 07, 14 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 14,10,3,16 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: teacher Education: Glenville State College and Salem College 24 Husband: Oral Duncan Swisher b. Sep- 1-1910 d. May- 8-2002 Married: Dec-22-1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 25
F Child 4: Sarah Kathleen Whitehair Also known as: Kathleen Whitehair 16,3,26 Born: Sep- 4-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 27,28,22 Died: Oct-21-1957 29,30,28 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 31 Resided: 1946 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 32 Resided: 1940 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 26 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Robert Arden Toothman b. Jul-29-1919 d. Apr-18-1986 Married: Sep-30-1940 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV 26
F Child 5: Ella Lorrain Whitehair Also known as: Lorrain Whitehair 33,14,16,4 Born: Aug-28-1924 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 33 Resided: 1981, 2007, 2014 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 14,3,16 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Bernard Dale Stout b. Apr-12-1929 d. Oct-15-1997 Married: Nov-11-1947 near Spencer, Roane Co, WV 34 Husband: ___ Beno
F Child 6: Anna LaVon Whitehair Also known as: LaVon Whitehair 14,4 Born: Sep-27-1928 35 Died: Jun- 5-1989 in Belpre, Washington Co, OH 35 Resided: in Belpre, Washington Co, OH 14,35 Census: 1940 at Wilson Ridge, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Waldo F. Ledsome b. May-28-1929 d. May-31-1996
F Child 7: Mary Agnes Whitehair Born: Jul- 8-1933 Resided: 2014 in Midlothian, Chesterfield Co, VA 16 Resided: 2007, 2011 in Richmond, VA 3,36 Resided: 1981 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 14 Husband: Vernon Wilson Zinn b. Jul-12-1932 Married: Nov- 8-1953
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (2) Obituary. (3) Pennsboro News, 3/21/2007. (4) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (5) Headstone. (6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (7) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (8) Marriage record of daughter. (9) Obituary of daughter. (10) Obituary of husband. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) West Union Herald-Record, 3/15/2005, p. 4. (13) Obituary - Hospital. (14) Obituary of father. (15) Marriage record of son. (16) Obituary of sister. (17) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Hester Rhonalda Fisher. Date of death: Oct 3 2000. DR Bk 11, p. 799. (18) Social Security Death Index, SSDI reports death date as Oct 1 2000. Name listed in SSDI as Rhonalda Fisher. (19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 74. (20) Death record of husband. (21) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (22) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (24) Newspaper wedding announcement. (25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Marriage record on file in Doddridge Co despite ceremony having been held in Wood Co. MR Bk 16, p. 74. (26) Hancock County Marriage Records, New Cumberland, WV. (27) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (28) Headstone (year only) (29) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (30) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (31) Findagrave.com. (32) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1092 (Ritchie County) (33) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (34) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Bernard Dale Stout, 18, b. Apr 12 1929 at Hur WV, res. Parkersburg, son of John & Icie Stout; and Lorrain Whitehair, 23, b. Aug 28 1924 at Oxford WV, res. Parkersburg, dau of Guy & Ellen Whitehair. Married Nov 11 1947 "at the home of the groom's father, John Stout, near Spencer, West Virginia." (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Roane County, the marriage is recorded in Wood County, residence of the bride.), MR p. 382. (35) Death Record - Online. (36) Obituary of husband's brother. Event Notes Note (1) 1900 Census states birth date as Feb 1896 Note (2) Name appears as H. Rhonalda Fisher. SSDI reports death date as Oct 1 2000. Name listed in SSDI as Rhonalda Fisher.Name Index