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| 22001 | Resided in Chicago, IL before returning to West Virginia. | WATSON, Mary Ann (I5753)
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| 22002 | Resided in Clay, Clay Co, WV before moving to Warwick, RI in 1951. He was the owner of Boggess Buick in East Providence, RI from 1951 till his retirement in 1981. From 1927 to 1951, he had been employed with the Elk River Coal & Lumberport Company in Clay, where he served in numerous capacities before leaving the company as its accountant and office manager. He was a member of the Warwick Country Club and a 50-year member of Kent County Masonic Lodge 97. | BOGGESS, Harold Guy (I6837)
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| 22003 | Resided in Ft. Orange [Albany] and in Gravesend, Long Island, NY. | Family: Louris Jansen OPDYCK / Christina "Styntie" ___ (F17296)
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| 22004 | Resided in Marion County after marriage until moving to Slab Creek in Ritchie County, where he played an important part in the early affairs of the community. He was one of the charter members of the first church organization there, was the donor of the grounds for the church and cemetery, known as "Bethel" or "Old Slab," and was one of the principal factors in its erection. He later moved to the Harrisville vicinity, where his milling business was destroyed by fire in 1871, and later to Holbrook. | LEGGETT, Enoch B. (I4298)
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| 22005 | Resided in Salem, Harrison Co, WV, for over 60 years, prior to moving to Vienna, Wood Co, WV, upon retirement. | DAVISSON, Edwin Roscoe (I16193)
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| 22006 | Resided in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County NJ, from before 1760 until after 1767, moving then to Mt Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA, where he took up 275 acres of land in Feb 1772. Served as a Major in the Revolutionary War. Around 1780-82, moved to Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, and in about 1790 to Peters (now Union) Township, Washington Co, PA, his wife's sister Elizabeth accompanying them. He purchased a large tract of land there known as Belmont, after which the area became known as Gastonville. The "Gaston House" there was built in 1908 and occupied by Gastons until 1964. From a listing of baptisms in "History of the Old Tennent Church," p. 210: "John Gaston Jr., whose Father was Murthered by the Indians; had bap. William, Sep. 6, 1761; Joseph, July 17, 1763; John, Apr. 14, 1765; Samuel & James, Twin Children, Apr. 12, 1767." | GASTON, John Jr. (I3416)
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| 22007 | Resided with her brother Daniel and his family, according to the censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1880. | GASTON, Anna M. (I951)
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| 22008 | Resided with son Charles David Adams in Stow, OH from Nov 20 1980 until her death, having moved from Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV. She was predeceased by one son, one daughter, two brothers, three sisters, and two half-sisters. | GASTON, Bessie Mae (I261)
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| 22009 | Residence and death location given in death record as 5382 Karen Circle, Tyler Mountain, Kanawha Co, WV. That location is now considered to be part of the community of Cross Lanes. | THOMAS, Lillie May (I70492)
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| 22010 | Residence given as La Kemp, a community which no longer exists. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ok/lakemp.html http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/BookerTexas/BookerTexas.htm | HUTSON, Inza Blanche (I122469)
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| 22011 | Residence given as Star Route, West Union, Doddridge County. But his draft registration was filed at the Harrison County draft board in Clarksburg. Employer listed as his father, same address. | BRANNON, Lynne Audra (I122146)
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| 22012 | Residence given in his death record as the New Valley Hotel in Buckhannon, which was also his place of death. | COOK, William Sheridan (I58856)
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| 22013 | Residence given only as Flat Rock, Kentucky, no county specified. There are now several small communities in Kentucky known as Flat Rock. | CHARTER, M. M. (I120169)
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| 22014 | Residence in father's 1961 obituary listed as Chatsville, Ohio, which could not be located. A similarly named town in Ohio is Coitsville, in Mahoning Co. | JONES, Cecil Clyde (I19712)
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| 22015 | Residence listed in marriage record as Harrison County, but location of the ceremony was specified as "at the Bride's home in Folsom." The community of Folsom is generally considered to be located in Wetzel County or in McClellan District of Doddridge County. | MAIZE, Sarah Hawthorne (I108373)
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| 22016 | Residence specified in death record as White Hall Hotel in Harrisville. Place of death was Cokeley Nursing Home in Harrisville. Name on death record: Byrd Armstrong. [She seemed to have used the two spellings (Bird and Byrd) with about equal frequency over the years.] Informant: Mildred McFadden, Asheville, North Carolina. | DAVIS, Bird (I134815)
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| 22017 | Resident of Belington, Barbour Co, WV. While living in Ohio, she attended Kent State University, graduating from Malone College with a B.S. degree. She then attended Youngstown State University, completing work in art education. She taught school in Ohio for 23 years, continuing to substitute after retiring. While in Ohio, she wrote her first book, a children's novel, which was published after her return to West Virginia in 1992. | MCCLOY, Maysel Eileen (I2406)
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| 22018 | Resident of Big Flint community, Salem, WV. During World War II, was employed building and repairing aircraft in Akron, OH. In her younger years, she and her sisters comprised a singing group that entertained the local community. | POWELL, Marcelene (I20935)
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| 22019 | Resident of Blandville community of New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV. He was employed at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Clarksburg, where he had worked in environmental management for over 11 years. He was a Doddridge County commissioner from 1976 to 1989, twice serving as president. He was a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army, 42nd Armored Div, and played on the Army football team in Germany for two years. | BARTEE, William Emmet (I16655)
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| 22020 | Resident of Brunswick, Medina Co, OH. She was a resident of Harrison Co, WV prior to moving to Medina Co in about 1960. She retired from the Brunswick K-Mart as a sales clerk in about 1987 after 12 years of service. For many years, she belonged to the Valley Forge (Cherokee) Womens Golf League and the Brunswick Womens Bowling League. | GRIFFITH, Naomi Pearl (I18752)
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| 22021 | Resident of Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV, and Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV, previously of Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV. Worked as a baker in the Parsons-Souders Bakery of Clarksburg, WV. Survived by 22 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great- grandchildren. Obituary gives birthplace as Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV, but birth record gives it as Porto Rico, in Doddridge County. Birth record has name as "Vergie Reed." | REED, Virgie Marlene (I6342)
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| 22022 | Resident of Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV. He had been employed by the former Economy Industries of Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV, and at the 5-B's Garment Factory of Pennsboro as a mechanic. He had also worked for the Clyde Hyde Construction Company of Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV, and was also a self-employed carpenter in the West Union area. | LIPSCOMB, Jack Elmer (I21103)
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| 22023 | Resident of Clarksburg and Parkersburg. Her obituary stated that of her nine children, four daughters preceded her in death, as did her husband. At the time of her death, she had 43 grandchildren, 108 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-grandchildren. | MCNEMAR, Sarah R. (I759)
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| 22024 | Resident of Edgewood Addition, Weston, Lewis Co, WV. After graduating from Ritchie County's Pullman High School and attending Glenville State College, he transferred to West Virginia University, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture. At WVU he lettered in wrestling. He was employed by the WVU Extension Service as Lewis County agricultural agent from 1938 until his retirement in 1971. Among other survivors were two foster sisters, Mrs. Conrad Larew, of Ballard, and Ann Burwell, of Harrisville. | SPIKER, Jacob Verlynne "Lynn" (I12704)
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| 22025 | Resident of Fallen Timber, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV. Was a farmer, and had been employed by the Hope Natural Gas Co, Equitrans, the Doddridge Co Highway Department, and the West Virginia Glass Co in Weston. Was also retired from the former Weston State Hospital with 15 years service. | MCCLOY, Herbert Hoover (I2408)
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| 22026 | Resident of Fountain, Mason Co, MI, having moved to the Mt. Pleasant, MI area in 1933, where he was a well driller in the oil industry. | HINZMAN, Willard Earsel (I17190)
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| 22027 | Resident of Glenville, Gilmer Co, and Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV. She graduated from Glenville Normal School in 1927 and was a former school teacher. For several years, she was president and a director of the West Virginia State Folk Festival, and was intrumental in its development. She was also active in the founding and development of the Country Store in Glenville, supported by the West Virginia State Folk Festival. | HUFF, Fern (I16516)
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| 22028 | Resident of Green Valley Community, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV. He was a farmer, a miner, and had retired from the West Virginia State Road Commission. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Obituary identifies his father as Isaac Snider [sic], while his own name is given as George W. Snyder. | SNIDER, George William (I17492)
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| 22029 | Resident of Greenwood, Deep Valley community, Doddridge Co, WV. He was a graduate of West Union High School and attended Tri-State Engineering College in Angola, IN. He was formerly a millwright with the Dupont Company and had also owned and operated the former Farmers Exchange store in West Union. He was also an active farmer and stockman and was affiliated with the Doddridge County Agriculture Extension Service. He was an overseas Army veteran of World War II, serving with the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner of the CIA. As a paratrooper, he participated in freeing American servicemen from POW camps. He served two terms as Doddridge County Sheriff and was a state probation officer from 1969 to 1985. He was Chairman of the Doddridge County Republican Executive Committee from 1968 to 1978 and received a West Virginia Distinguished Citizen Award from Governer Arch Moore in 1970. He was also an independent oil and gas producer associated with Trio Oil and Gas Company, and was a director of First National Bank of West Union. | STINESPRING, Charter Dale (I16587)
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| 22030 | Resident of Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV. She was a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and received her Registered Nurse certification from Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. She worked in the Akron-Canton, OH area as a public health nurse before coming to West Virginia in 1940 as an employee of the West Virginia Dept of Health, stationed in Doddridge County as a public health nurse. She entered the Army Air Corps and seved as a flight nurse during World War II. She returned to Doddridge County after the war to become a public health nurse and later a school nurse for the Doddridge County Board of Education, retiring in 1964. After retirement, she worked as a Registered Nurse at Britton Rest Home in West Union, and became active in the development of the Doddridge County Medical Center. | MINNIS, Mary Jane (I18565)
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| 22031 | Resident of Harrison County, and later Ritchie & Doddridge Counties, in present-day West Virginia. He served in the War of 1812 in Captain Davis's company, attached to the First Regiment, First Battalion, and First Brigade of the Virginia Militia, participated in the engagement of Fort Defiance on the Maumee River, and was discharged at Delaware, Ohio on April 4, 1813. | NUTTER, Andrew (I6694)
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| 22032 | Resident of Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV, as of son-in-law's death in Sep 1981, and of Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV, as of her own death. | FLESHER, Cordella Delia (I17152)
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| 22033 | Resident of Holbrook community, West Union, WV. She had retired from the DeSales Heights Academy of Parkersburg after seven years as a cook, and was employed over the years as a cook for several restaurants. Member of Daughters of the American Revolution. Predeceased by granddaughters Marion Myer and Helena Jo Myer, and grandsons Eric Nolan Brouillette and Terry Myer. | SHINN, Hallie Calare (I7551)
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| 22034 | Resident of Kalispell, MT. Graduated from Bremen High School in Fairfield Co, OH in 1932, and from the Zanesville Ohio Good Samaritan School of Nursing in 1936. She followed her profession in Ohio, Michigan, Seattle, and Hammond General Hospital in Modesto, CA as a civilian nurse. At one time, she belonged to the Kalispell Golf Association, Kalispell Ladies Bowling Association, and the Flathead Quilters Guild. | SHARPS, Etta Belle (I357)
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| 22035 | Resident of New Castle, VA, formerly of St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV. She was a former elementary school teacher in Doddridge and Gilmer counties. She was a member of the St. Clara Extension Homemakers Club and a former 4-H leader. | GRAY, Nina Mary (I18681)
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| 22036 | Resident of New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV, formerly of Salem, WV. She was a former employee of the Colin Anderson Home in St. Marys, WV. Her name appears variously as Junie (birth record), Junnia (marriage record), Junia (History of Doddridge County), June (brother's obituary), and Juna (obituaries of father, mother and herself). | SQUIRES, Juna "June" (I9601)
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| 22037 | Resident of New Milton, Grove Community, Doddridge Co, WV. He was retired due to a disability from West Virginia Welding of Clarksburg, WV, as an office manager with more than 20 years of service. George Lindsey Cox, Jr. was the nephew of his wife Ernestine's first husband, Edward Eugene Perine, so when George married Ernestine, his three first cousins became his stepchildren. They were identified in his obituary simply as his children. | COX, George Lindsey Jr. (I16702)
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| 22038 | Resident of Newark, OH, and Belpre, OH. Member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a life member of the National Rifle Association. | RICHARDS, Elvin (I163)
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| 22039 | Resident of Oklahoma. Referred to as Mrs. Emma J. Clarke, so she was apparently previously married and Clarke was not her maiden name. | CLARKE, Emma J. (I9343)
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| 22040 | Resident of Petaluma, CA. He attended Smithburg Grade School in Doddridge Co, WV, and graduated from Westchester High School, Westchester, PA. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland, did graduate work at American University in Washington, DC, the University of Kentucky, and the University of New Mexico. He held positions at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, Carlsbad, NM, and Malden, Kanawha Co, WV. At the time of his death, he was working for Envirotech Corporation in Petaluma, CA. He was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict, serving in Saigon. | CHILDERS, Alton James "Jim" Jr. (I19091)
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| 22041 | Resident of Richwood, Nicholas Co, WV, until last few years of his life, when, as a widower deeply troubled by the unexpected death of his wife from a sudden diabetic coma, he moved to Centralia, Braxton Co, WV, to live with daughter Alice and her family. His primary occupation was as an Air Man on the logging trains for the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company at Richwood. He was also Assistant Train Master to his brother William "Will" Husk, who was the Train Master (supervisor) responsible for the movement of trains over the system. The circumstance of his death was suicide with a shotgun, as he never recovered from the death of his wife. | HUSK, George Wilson (I826)
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| 22042 | Resident of Sacramento, California. | LITTRELL, Philip (I5934)
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| 22043 | Resident of Straight Fork Community, Doddridge Co, WV. She was well known as a fiddle player. [Obit] Member of Doddridge County Republican Party Executive Committee. | HUSK, Louisa Jane "Lizie" (I2258)
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| 22044 | Resident of Straight Fork, Summers Community, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV. He was a member of American Legion Post 25, Barracks 3008, Veterans of World War I, of which he was past commander, and VFW Post 3408. He was predeceased by one son. | DAY, Marshall Clyde (I17303)
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| 22045 | Resident of Sunnyside communtiy, West Union, WV. He was employed by the CNG Transmission Corporation as a compressor station operator 24 hour at the L. L. Tonkin Station, West Union, with over 19 years of service. | SUTTON, Terry W. "Pogo" (I19544)
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| 22046 | Resident of the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina since 1980, having moved from West Union, WV. He was a retired well operator with Occidental Petroleum Corporation and was a registered Emergency Medical Technician. | BARNETT, Carl (I16545)
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| 22047 | Resident of Toll Gate, WV, Parkersburg, WV, Salem, WV, and finally of Danville, Boone Co, WV [obituaries of sisters and SSDI]. Social Security card issued in Illinois before 1951. She was formerly a resident of Pennsboro, WV, and served as postmaster at the nearby community of Toll Gate. | NUTTER, Carrie (I16592)
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| 22048 | Resident of Troy Route, Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV. Along with her husband, she was the former owner and operator of the Big Cove Service Station, and was part owner of the Flat Top Restaurant and Inn. | MATHENY, Mary Marie (I16476)
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| 22049 | Resident of Turnertown and a well-known Lewis County pharmacist and businessman. A quiet, unassuming person known to countless people in Lewis and surrounding counties, he owned and operated Ralston's Pharmacy, the oldest continuously-run business of its kind the the state. The Weston landmark was founded in 1856 by his grandfather, Er Ralston, after he moved to Weston from Ashland, OH. A graduate of Weston High School, he attended the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, graduated and was licensed in 1925. Following his retirement after 50 years in the profession, the pharmaceutical tradition was carried on by his only son. | RALSTON, Minter Bailey Jr. (I17324)
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| 22050 | Resident of Vincent. | SMITH, Max (I15828)
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