Notes for: Elta Hoskinson
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
Cleveland Gains (sic), 23, teamster in oil fields, married 4 yrs; wife Elta, 23, married 4 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Burlin, 3; dau Vonda, 10 months; father Abram, 78, married 50 yrs; wife Matilda, 68, married 50 yrs, mother of 7 children (4 still living).
Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Sep 30 1915, in its entirety:
Cleveland Gain of the Block House Hill, while unloading a 100-barrel steel tank at the McKendry Dotson well on Long Run last Saturday, had the misfortune to be struck on the side of the face by the end of a binding pole which was propelled with great force by the weight of the tank. He was badly cut and bruised about his cheek bone; his fellow workmen brought him home at once, and the wound was attended to by Dr. E. T. Wetzel and it is thought nothing serious will result. The accident might have been a great deal worse.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 29 1920 at Block House:
Cleveland Gaines (sic), 34, teamster (owner); wife Elta, 33; son Berlin, 12; dau Vonda, 10; dau Murl, 9.
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
Cleve P. Gain, 45, laborer at junk yard; wife Elta, 43.