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| 14451 | Floyd Neely was the second merchant in partnership with M. E. Smith, operating a business as Neely & Smith in West Union. He was appointed sheriff for 3 or 4 years prior to 1852, and was High Sheriff in 1860, 1863 (first under the new state constitution), and also in 1870 and 1872. A grandson of John Neely, who was a Revolutionary War Militiaman from New York, Floyd Neely was a Colonel in the 180th W.Va. Militia in the Civil War. Floyd Neely's home was located in West Union at 203 Court Street, at the corner of Columbia Street. With its distinctive mansard roof, it was built in about 1858 and remains standing today. In the early 2000s, the home was owned by Dr. James B. Kirkwood (1938-2010) and became known during that time as the Kirkwood House. | NEELY, Floyd (I60455)
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| 14452 | Floyd Short in the Summit County, Ohio, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1980 Name Floyd Short Gender Male Marriage Age 25 Birth Date 31 May 1893 Birth Place Braxton, West Virginia Marriage Date 27 May 1919 Marriage Place Summit, Ohio, USA Father Andrew J Short Mother Rebecca Riffel Spouse Virginia Nesselrotte | Family: Floyd SHORT / Mary Virginia NESSELROTTE (F60150)
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| 14453 | Following a career as an elementary school teacher in several states, she went on to earn a postgraduate Specialist in Education degree and taught classes including Child Development, Fashion Merchandising, and Home Management at Morehead State University. | DOTSON, Carolyn Asalee (I68836)
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| 14454 | Following college, he taught Biology at the former Pennsboro High School and later was the 7th and 8th grade Science Teacher at the former Ellenboro Grade School. He later taught a Carpenters Apprentice Class at the former PRT Center in St. Marys, WV for many years. Besides teaching, Max had a great passion for carpentry that he learned from his father. He joined the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and worked in various plants along the Ohio River for over 60 years. Max was able to use his skills in carpentry to build his family two homes in Harrisville, WV and one home in West Union, WV by himself and still working a full time job in the carpenters union. Max was very proud that he was able to accomplish this task for his loving family. | NICHOLS, Roger Max (I98860)
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| 14455 | Following discharge from the Army, Robert returned to Salem College and received a bachelors degree in 1950. After seven years of employment in private industry, in 1958 he began teaching in the field of secondary education in Conneaut, Ohio, at Rowe High School. During the period of 1962-1990, Robert taught secondary mathematics at East High School in Erie, Pennsylvania, and at Tech Memorial High School, also in Erie. He continued his studies during employment and obtained masters degrees from West Virginia University and Edinboro State University. He also obtained a Certificate of Advanced Study in School Psychology at Edinboro State University. He participated in occupational-related study at Luther College, Case Institute of Technology and the College of William and Mary, retiring in 1990. Subsequent to retirement, Robert fulfilled a lifelong dream of obtaining a private pilots license. He served eight years on the Girard School Board and eight years as a member of the operating committee of the Erie County Technical School. He served a year as treasurer of each of those boards and one year as chairman of the operating committee of the Erie County Technical School. He was a life member of Girard American Legion Post No. 494, where he held various offices and served on the funeral ritual team. He was a life member of Post No. 7794 Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. Robert had a lifelong interest in genealogy and was a life member of the National Genealogical Society. He was especially pleased to be able to trace his ancestry to the Mayflower, a surety for the Magna Carta, and to Charlemagne. | HAUGHT, Robert Jean (I8449)
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| 14456 | Following discharge from the Marine Corps, he was employed by the RCA Service Company in EL Paso, Texas, where he taught Army personnel at Fort Bliss, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso, (UTEP), majoring in Electrical Engineering. He was transferred by RCA to the Space and Missile Center at Cape Canaveral. While at Cape Canaveral, he provided radar support for all launch operations. His reports were sent to the contractors of the missiles being tested and to the Library of Congress. After 15 years, he accepted employment with Federal Electric Corporation at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the command center for the Western Space and Missile testing programs. He was employed in the Systems Performance and Evaluation Department and became Supervisor of the Radar and Telemetry Department and Metric Data Department. He retired in 1996 and moved to Utah. | HARTMAN, Ronald Lee (I34381)
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| 14457 | Following early schooling in Montana, attended Modesto Junior College, then the University of California at Berkley, before graduating from Loma Linda University Medical School in 1941. He interned at Edward Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, MI, where he met his wife Etta. He was in practice in Ceres, CA when World War II began, and he served as a medical officer with the U.S. Army until Feb 12 1946. After the war, he first took a residency at Stanislaw County Hospital in Modesto, CA, then moved to Kalispell, MT in Nov 1947, where he had a private practice until 1974 when eye surgery necessitated his retirement. In 1975 he joined the medical staff at Galen State Hospital, Anaconda, MT, and was appointed superintendent in 1976. He served in the same capacity at Warm Springs and was in charge of the physicians at the state prison at times during his tenure at Galen. He retired from Galen in Nov 1980, retiring to his home in Kalispell. | HIGGINS, Eaner Peter (I3967)
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| 14458 | Following graduation from Doddridge County High School in 1951, attended Western Union training school in New Jersey and was then employed as a Western Union telegraph operator in Washington, DC. In 1952 she accepted employment with the Monongahela Power Company as office clerk in West Union. | UNDERWOOD, Jo Ann (I18631)
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| 14459 | Following graduation from Pennsboro High School in 1951, worked as a waitress at the former Sarah Jack's Cardinal Corner Restaurant. Afterward, for 35 years, she owned and operated Margie's Bar & Grill and the former Quaker State Snack Bar, both in Pennsboro. | HILEY, Margie Lee (I31006)
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| 14460 | Following graduation from WVU in 1954, he went to work for Magnolia Petroleum Company (which later merged with Mobil) and moved his young family to Odessa, Texas. Many transfers carried them across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois until they finally landed in Oklahoma City in 1960 where they were able to remain until all the children were grown. After working a few years in Denver, Colorado they returned to Oklahoma City. Jack retired from Mobil in 1990. During his years in the oil industry he was active in the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. | DOUGLASS, Jack Lee (I102924)
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| 14461 | Following graduation from Youngstown South High School, Forrest Waller attended Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, where he earned a B.A. degree. He then went on to Boston University, from which he received a S.T.B. degree (Bachelor of Sacred Theology) (later redesignated Master of Divinity). In June 1981, Baldwin-Wallace awarded him with an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity for his service and accomplishments in the church. | WALLER, Forrest John (I5549)
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| 14462 | Following her 1874 marriage to Lafayette Erastus Gall, moved to Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV. | TAYLOR, Henrietta (I1125)
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| 14463 | Following her 1940 graduation from Salem College with a music degree, Doris was invited to study at the former New York School of Music, but her stay was shortened by her service during most of World War II in Washington, D.C., where she was employed by the former Office of Strategic Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Afterwards, she was employed as a music and English teacher at Pullman High School during the year prior to its closing. She was later employed for 12 years by the Ritchie County School System working in Pennsboro, Ellenboro, Harrisville and Cairo Schools as an English teacher and a traveling music teacher. | GRIMM, Doris Yvonne (I73248)
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| 14464 | Following her mother's death in 1930, she and her two sisters were adopted by their mother's brother Ed Davis and his wife Eva. Mary's name in the 1950 Census appeared as Mary Ann Davis. | CURRIER, Mary Ann (I140515)
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| 14465 | Following her mother's death when she was not yet 3 years old, Gladys was raised by her aunt Mary Virginia "Jennie" West. | WEST, Gladys Leola (I24167)
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| 14466 | Following her mother's death, raised by her aunt Rachel and her husband William Ellis in Madras, Oregon. | LOWTHER, Katherine Elizabeth (I60206)
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| 14467 | Following his discharge from the Army, he worked for Melpar, an engineering firm in Alexandria, VA, and continued his education, taking night courses from the University of Maryland. He completed his engineering degree in 1971. He then worked at Value Engineering, the company which absorbed Melpar. | CARPENTER, James Herbert "Bud" (I98911)
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| 14468 | Following his discharge from the Navy at the end of World War II, he returned to Pennsboro and began immediate employment with Wright Wholesale Company, a Candy, Tobacco, and Notions Jobber. He purchased this company January, 1, 1950, and rapidly expanded it into a full line wholesale grocery company, selling to stores and other businesses in Ritchie and surrounding counties. He was owner/operator until December 31, 1973, when he sold the company and semi-retired. [Obituary] | BONNELL, Orville Robert "Bud" (I75234)
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| 14469 | Following his induction into the Army in Oct 1942, Sgt Frey attended radio school at Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Casper, Wyoming, and gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona, where he received his wings. He was deployed to the European Theater as a radio operator on a B-24 Liberator Bomber. On Nov 13 1943, while returning from a mission over Bremen, Germany, accompanying aircraft received a radio message from his plane advising that they were about to make a crash landing. But their position was not given, and their aircraft and personnel were never recovered. A memorial for T/Sgt John L. Frey is found among the Tablets of the Missing at the Camridge American Cemetery in England. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. | FREY, John Lee "Jack" (I79434)
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| 14470 | Following his induction into the Army in Oct 1942, Sgt Frey attended radio school at Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Casper, Wyoming, and gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona, where he received his wings. He was deployed to the European Theater as a radio operator on a B-24 Liberator Bomber. On Nov 13 1943, while returning from a mission over Bremen, Germany, accompanying aircraft received a radio message from his plane advising that they were about to make a crash landing. But their position was not given, and their aircraft and personnel were never recovered. A memorial for T/Sgt John L. Frey is found among the Tablets of the Missing at the Camridge American Cemetery in England. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. | FREY, John Lee "Jack" (I79434)
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| 14471 | Following his retirement from Monongahela Power Co in 1976, he started a refrigeration and air conditioning repair business, which he operated until selling it to his son in 1990. He was a member of Franklin Lodge #7, A F & A M, Buckhannon, WV, and of the Frank B. Bartlett Post #7 of the American Legion, having served in the U.S. Air Force. | LEGGETT, Ralph Duane (I4495)
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| 14472 | Following his retirement to Doddridge County, Bill Wysong continued to take an active role in his community. He shared many of his talents by volunteering service to the Farm Bureau, United Way tax preparation for senior citizens, the Doddridge County Library Board, Adopt-a-Highway, Lions Club and many other organizations. | WYSONG, William Smith III (I17347)
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| 14473 | Following retirement from WVU-Parkersburg, Mr. Hall was appointed to a nine-year term on the State Board of Education, serving a one-year term as President. He worked on state and national commissions on curriculum and educational policy. He was also an original member of the State School Building Authority which allocated funds for capital improvement throughout the state. | HALL, Kendall Leon (I134768)
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| 14474 | Following the 1891 death of his first wife, Elizabeth Doak, Isaiah Griffin married her niece, Elizabeth Jane Grim Richards, widow of George W. Richards.. 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900: Isaiah Griffin, 64, b. Jan 1836, farmer, married 4 yrs; wife Elizabeth, 40, b. May 1860, married 4 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Earl, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Eliza, 37, b. Jul 1862, single; dau Bertha, 16, b. May 1884; stepdau Ella Richard, 15, b. Sep 1884; stepson Homer Richard, 13, b. May 1887, farm laborer. All born in West Virginia except for Isaiah, born in Pennsylvania. 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerateed on Apr 25 1910: Isaiah Griffin, 74, farmer, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Elizabeth J, 49, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Eliza, 47, single; dau Bertha, 25, single; son Earl, 12; dau Opal, 7; son Homer Richards, 22, single, no occupation. | Family: Isaiah GRIFFIN / Elizabeth Jane GRIM (F50603)
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| 14475 | Following the 1911 death of his first wife Bertha E. Swiger; Ira Swiger married Dollie D. Utsinger. We have been unable to find a record of that marriage. 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumeraed on Jan 9 1920 at Elk Lick Road: Ira T. Swiger, 32, farmer; wife Dalla D, 20; son Golden H, 10; dau Edna I, 8; dau Anner I, 2y 4m; dau Fondey M, 7 months. 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 29 1930: Ira Swiger, 42, farmer; wife Dollie, 30; son Golden, 20, single, laborer on public road; dau Irene, 12; dau Fonda, 10; son Harley, 8; dau Pansy, 7. 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 8 1940: Ira Swiger, 52, farmer; wife Dollie, 41; dau Anner I, 22, single, housemaid in private home; dau Fonda M, 20, single, housemaid in private home; son Harley H (sic), 19, single, farm laborer; dau Pansy D, 17, farmer. | Family: Ira Tharen SWIGER / Dollie D. UTSINGER (F52593)
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| 14476 | Following the 1940 death of her mother, Helen went to live with her aunt & uncle, Sylvia (Wade) & John Willis Nutter. | MIDDLETON, Helen L. (I85824)
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| 14477 | Following the death in 1914 of wife Ida Belle Gain, Marion H. Johnson married Armeda Bell Ford, widow of Lewis E. Davis, in 1919. 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jan 22 1920: Marion H. Johnson, 31, laborer at gas company; wife Bell A, 38; son Ola C, 12; son Dewey B, 7; son Ray B, 5; stepdau Lexie L. Davis, 13; stepdau Eulalie R. Davis, 11; stepdau Elsie F. Davis, 9. (NOTE: In this census, sons Harvey F. and Harley E. were enumerated in the household of their maternal grandparents, John W. & Rebecca J (Shaw) Gain, in McClellan District.) 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 21 1930 at Robinson Road: Marion H. Johnson, 41, oil field worker; wife Belle, 47; son Oley C, 22; son Harley E, 17; son Dewey B, 17; son Ray B, 15; stepdau Roxie Davis, 22; stepdau Elsie Davis, 19; stepdau Lexie Webb, 24; son-in-law Howard Webb, 21. | Family: Marion Harrison JOHNSON / Armeda Bell FORD (F14287)
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| 14478 | Following the death of her first husband Carl Lonnie Gray, Dorothy Pearl Pribble married his widowed first cousin Edgar Francis Gray. She is buried with her first husband. | PRIBBLE, Dorothy Pearl (I66427)
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| 14479 | Following the death of her mother a few weeks after her birth, Zelma was raised by her paternal grandmother, Flora Ellen (Kinney) Britton, and by her father & stepmother. | BRITTON, Zelma Ellen (I11585)
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| 14480 | Following the death of her mother, Betty was raised from infancy by her aunt & uncle, Sarah Gaston Hickman & Burleigh Hickman, in Doddridge Co, WV. Sarah Gaston Hickman's obituary listed Mrs. Elizabeth Travis as a surviving daughter. | SHARPS, Elizabeth Jane "Betty" (I362)
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| 14481 | Following the death of her mother, Ella was raised by her grandparents Henrietta and John Husk. Ella Opal West was the aunt of basketball star Jerry West. Her half-brother Howard was Jerry's father. | WEST, Ella Opal (I23580)
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| 14482 | Following the death of his first wife Laura Hinzman, William Boram married her first cousin, Elizabeth Ann Hinzman. William and Elizabeth's son Francis Marion Boram married Annis Rebecca Marsh, the daughter of William's third wife, Anna Peterson, by her first husband Alexander C. Marsh. | BORAM, William (I9118)
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| 14483 | Following the death of his first wife, Leah Ellen Davis, Benjamin Mount married her niece, Martha J. Ford. | MOUNT, Benjamin F. (I56136)
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| 14484 | Following the death of his first wife, Sarah Elizabeth Watson, Sylvester Smith married Sarah's first cousin, Eliza Ellen Watson, who had been married to John Newberry. | SMITH, Sylvester (I16237)
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| 14485 | Following the death of his mother when he was age 10 months, he was reared by his aunt and uncle, Ruby (Maxwell) and Stokes Hurst. | MAXWELL, Harold Nelson (I53733)
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| 14486 | Following the death of his wife Almira in San Diego in Dec 1887, Ammi A. Brown soon remarried. This was confirmed by the discovery of an item in the Tacoma Daily News of Sep 10 1894, which reported that Ammi A. Brown had filed for divorce from Deborah S. Brown on the grounds of desertion after only three days of marriage. A news item in the Nov 12 1894 issue of that newspaper stated in its entirety "Armi [sic] A. Brown has been divorced from Deborah S. Brown." A slightly more detailed account was printed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Nov 10 1894 in a column titled "Brief Tacoma News," dateline Tacoma, Nov. 9: "A. A. Brown secured a decree of divorce today from Deborah Brown. They were married in California in 1888, started on their honeymoon and got as far as Portland, when Mrs. Brown left her new husband, after just three days of married life." We have found nothing to further identify this Deborah S. | Family: Ammi Almanzia BROWN / Deborah S. ___ (F22901)
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| 14487 | Following the death of his wife Rebecca Estlack in 1843, Robert Maxwell had two subsequent marriages. | MAXWELL, Robert (I34313)
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| 14488 | Following the deaths of their parents in 1935, Delene and her twin sister Delane were raised by neighbors Jacob and Gay Zinn Spiker. | WINES, Delene "Boots" (I27737)
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| 14489 | Following the early death of his wife Elizabeth, William S. Westfall married Matilda Hacker in Lewis County on Dec 19 1839. 1840 Census, Lewis County, Virginia (now West Virginia), household of William Westfall: Name: William Westfall Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Lewis, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2 Free White Persons - Under 20: 5 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 6 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6 A portion of Lewis County (formed in 1816 out of Harrison County) became a part of the newly-formed Gilmer County in 1845. 1850 Census, Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1850: William Westfall, 45, laborer, cannot read/write; Matilda, 25, cannot read/write; Simson, 16, laborer; Nancy, 12; Elizabeth, 12; Mary, 8; William, 6; John, 4; Susan, 2. All born in Virginia. Following Matilda's death, William married Rebecca Allen in Roane County on Sep 10 1857. We have not found this family in the 1860 Census. | Family: William Simpson WESTFALL / Elizabeth NORMAN (F56094)
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| 14490 | Following the early deaths of her parents, Ethel spent some time in an orphanage before being adopted by William & Ruth E. Hawker. 1910 Census, Randolph Co, WV (Beverly District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910: Household of Myrtle Clark: Myrtle Clark, 25, single, no occupation; boarder William H. Davis, 29, widowed, railroad engineer; boarder Cecil H. Davis, 8; boarder Willis A. Davis, 6; boarder Ethel M. Davis, 4. | DAVIS, Ethel Mae (I52894)
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| 14491 | Following the early deaths of his parents, Floyd Neely Childers was raised by his paternal grandfather, Joseph K. Childers, near New Milton, WV. Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Feb 10 1916, in its entirety: "In our last issued, we intended to mention the sad affliction of Floyd Childers of Webley Fork, New Milton district, who was stricken with paralysis Sunday, Jan. 30th. The aged man was alone in his home at the time and it is supposed that sustained the stroke about 11 o'clock, and he was not found until friends who were passing around 3 o'clock chanced to call and found him lying on the floor. Mr. Childers is something over 50 years of age and has one child living. His companion passed away some three or four years ago, a victim of cancer." | CHILDERS, Floyd Neely (I20820)
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| 14492 | Following the early deaths of his parents, he was raised by Raymond and Mary Jo Jackson. | UNDERWOOD, Charles Blaine (I37111)
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| 14493 | Following their 1864 marriage in Doddridge County, Albert Toops and Bell Jane Davis "first made their home at Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio. Early in 1869 they moved to Athens, OH, and in the spring of 1878 they went by train to San Francisco, by boat to Astoria, Oregon, and up the Columbia River to Wallula, and thence by narrow gauge railroad to Walla Walla, and by wagons to Asotin County, Washington Territory, arriving at their new home on the Anatone Flat in May 1878." | Family: Bell Jane DAVIS / Albert Sanford TOOPS (F7694)
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| 14494 | Following their marriage, J.D. and Etta Maude lived near his parents near Little Skin Creek in Lewis County, WV. The valley where they lived is now covered by Stonewall Jackson Reservoir. J.D. suffered from "brow ague" (sinus trouble) and needed a drier climate. Also wanting better opportunities for their children, they decided to move west. They bought land near Cimarron, Kansas, and in 1903 moved there with their six children. Traveling by train, J.D. rode in a boxcar with the family belongings, while his wife took the children in the passenger car. They also built a house in town so the children could attend school. They remained in the Cimarron area for the rest of their lives. | Family: Jefferson Davis BUTCHER / Etta Maude MORRIS (F3627)
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| 14495 | Following their mother's death in 1919, the children of Eli Marshall Nutter and Alpha Mary Leggett were enumerated in 1920 in the household of their mother's parents. The wherabouts of their father at that time has not been determined. 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 22 1920: Enoch A. Leggett, 60, farmer; wife Sarah A. Leggett, 62; dau Gwendolin Leggett, 35, single; dau Roy A. Leggett, 23, single; granddau Mary E. G. Nutter, 7; granddau Susie L. Nutter, 5; granddau Sarah V. Nutter, 3y 1m; granddau Alpha M. Nutter, 1y 0m; third cousin Elizabeth L. Gray, 11. | Family: Eli Marshal NUTTER / Alpha Mary LEGGETT (F3437)
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| 14496 | Following training (boot camp) at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, she was assigned to the Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia, where she worked as an air traffic controller for the duration of her enlistment. | LIPSCOMB, Thelma Iris (I77195)
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| 14497 | Footstone marker only, with initials S. T. No dates. | WILLIAMS, Sarah (I40275)
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| 14498 | For 30 years, he cut Dominion Right of Ways for Speedy Martin and for 10 years he worked for Bud Henderson on the Bluestone Farm. | HART, Herman Ray (I6455)
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| 14499 | For 31 years, was owner and operator of the Spurgeon Trucking Corporation. Was a member and co-chairman of the Opequon Water District Commission, Martinsburg, WV. | SPURGEON, Eldridge (I17106)
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| 14500 | For 43 years, Mary worked in the garment industry of Ritchie County as part of Myles Manufacturing, Pennsboro Manufacturing, and Economy Industries | STANLEY, Mary Olive (I136757)
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