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Matches 22,251 to 22,300 of 23,923
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| 22251 | Served as Census Enumerator in Calhoun County for 1920 U.S. Census. | KERBY, Edward Austin "Eddie" (I1132)
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| 22252 | Served as chairman of the Steelworks Committee and vice president of the Independent Steelworkers Union. | BOYCE, Thomas Jefferson Jr. (I15765)
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| 22253 | Served as director and president of the Clarksburg Women's Softball League. | SCHEUVRONT, Shirley Ann (I27743)
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| 22254 | Served as soldier in Samuel Forman's Regiment of the New Jersey Militia during American Revolution. Later moved to Northumberland Co, PA, and applied for an American Revolutionary War Pension. Lived in Millstone Twp, Monmouth Co, NJ, during the Revolution. Children identified by Anna Reger Gaston as John, Catherine, John, William and Jane, all baptized at Tennent Church. | GASTON, Daniel (I1091)
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| 22255 | Served as the pastor of the Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church in the Village of Pelham Manor, New York. Fluent in five languages, Dr. Leary was an avid traveler and the author of many travel articles published in a host of travel magazines. He was the author of many books, including "Andorra: The Hidden Republic. Its Origin and Institutions and a Record of a Journey Thither," published in 1912, and "The Bible When You Want It," a short collection of scriptures keyed to the reader's immediate needs, published in 1932 in West Milford, NJ. http://historicpelham.blogspot.com/2006/06/biography-of-lewis-gaston-leary-early.html http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Lewis_Gaston_Leary | LEARY, Lewis Gaston (I4876)
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| 22256 | Served as Vice-Regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution. | COLE, Gladys Virginia (I20013)
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| 22257 | Served at Newport News Shipbuilding, Northrop Grumman, Ingalls, Avondale, Bender Shipbuilding and others. | WILLIAMS, Floyd Luallen (I22004)
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| 22258 | Served for 18 years on the Doddridge County Board of Education. | ROLLINS, Wilmer L. (I23621)
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| 22259 | Served for eleven years as treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary of Post 9151, Veterans of Foreign Wars. | CORDER, Ruth L. (I83272)
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| 22260 | Served for many years as a Democrat Committee Woman in Doddridge County. Among others, predeceased by four brothers and five sisters. | NUTTER, Audra M. (I22965)
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| 22261 | Served from 1 Jul 1949 until 3 Sep 1952, and again from 7 Jun 1954 until 30 Jun 1971. | NAY, Jackson Jr. (I39485)
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| 22262 | Served in Revolutionary War, spending the winter of 1777-78 with Washington's troops at Valley Forge. Resided on Simpson's Creek at the present site of Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV. His seven children were Margaret (ca 1778-1857), John (ca 1778), Oscar, Joseph (1783), Amaziah, Nancy (1792-1867), and Benjamin C. (ca 1797 - ca 1855). ["The Davissons," pp. 116-117] | DAVISSON, Joseph (I6605)
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| 22263 | Served in Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia in May 1780. Served seven months as a Private in the company under Captains Richardson, Higgins and Martin, and under Colonel Hetherson. Fought at Maches, Chester Gap and Yorktown. For a time, substituted for his father John Cunningham, and later was a substitute for his uncle, Thomas Cunningham. He was granted a pension in 1832. | CUNNINGHAM, William (I29175)
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| 22264 | Served in the Atlantic Theater aboard the destroyer USS Sturtevant (DD-240), which was sunk off the coast of Key West, Florida in April 1942 after unknowingly passing thru an American-laid mine field. There were 15 casualties. | MAHANA, William R. (I79925)
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| 22265 | Served in the Georgia House of Representatives from Jackson Co, GA as of Jan 12 1801; was Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett Co, GA from Feb 2 1819 to 1821; and was Senator from Gwinnett Co GA 1819-1821 and in Extra Session of 1821. He was among the first settlers in Carroll Co, GA upon its organization in 1826. "The Reid Family," by L. D. McPherson, a Reid descendant, 1938; cited at http://www.couchgenweb.com/family/reid.htm | REID, George II (I26942)
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| 22266 | Served in the Pacific Theater aboard the seaplane tender U.S.S. Pine Island (AV-12) and the escort carrier U.S.S. Bairoko (CVE-115). Awards: WW II Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal. | SWISHER, Edsel Eugene "Ed" (I81309)
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| 22267 | Served in the War of 1812 as a Captain with the Highland Co Ohio Militia. Died of cholera. | WISBY, Thomas (I10880)
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| 22268 | Served in US Navy as a Yeoman/Clerk and Nuclear Weapons Inspector, 1961-1965. | GASTON, James Morgan (I60)
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| 22269 | Served in US Navy as a Yeoman/Clerk and Nuclear Weapons Inspector, 1961-65. Worked as a Chemical Operator with Borg-Warner (General Electric Plastics), 1965-95. Elected to five consecutive terms as Township Trustee, Palmer Twp, Washington Co, OH, 1972-92. He was highly skilled in HVAC, carpentry, and woodcraft, on numerous occasions hand-crafting wooden cradles and rocking horses for the young children of his extended family. | GASTON, James Morgan (I60)
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| 22270 | Served in War of 1812, enlisting on Sep 4 1812 and serving in Capt. John Patton's Company and Col. Dudley Evans Regiment of the Virginia Militia. He was discharged at Fort Meigs, Ohio on Mar 28 1813. He received 187 acres of bounty land near Tygart Valley in what is now Taylor Co, WV. | VINCENT, Edward T. (I10485)
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| 22271 | Served numerous charges, starting in Pennsboro, WV, and moving to Carreta, WV, Crapo, MD, and Cabot, Beaver Falls, Warren, Tionesta, Knox, and Sheffield, PA. | ROMINE, Rev. Ralph Luther (I136925)
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| 22272 | Served on staff of General Longstreet during Civil War. Mary Gaston Gee identifies the children of Anderson Lewers Gaston and Mattie McAllister as "William, Dante, Walter, Elbert, and Lee." The seven children listed here were identified by researcher Larry Charles Slaughter, great-great-grandson of the couple through their daughter Sallie Lee. | GASTON, Anderson Lewers (I8781)
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| 22273 | Served on the Lewis County Board of Education for twelve years, and was president of the Jackson Memorial Community Center in Jane Lew. | HARBERT, Edward Blaine (I24378)
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| 22274 | Served overseas as a Corporal with the US Army in World War I. In the late 1940's, he operated a one-man, one-vehicle shuttle bus service in Doddridge County, with his vehicle being a car that he "stretched" into a limousine having 8 doors. A photo of it is among the holdings at the Doddridge County Historical Society Museum. There is some confusion regarding Ernest's birthplace: While his grandson Edward Jr.'s entry in "The History of Doddridge County," p. 173, states Jackson County, WV, Ernest's obituary states Ritchie County, WV, as does his marriage record and his birth record itself. | HUSK, Ernest Washington "Short" (I480)
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| 22275 | Served overseas for 24 months in Africa, Italy and France, and was a prisoner of War in Germany for eight months. He served with the 645th Tank Destroyers, Recon Co. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the European Theater of Operations ribbon with 4 battle stars. | FRIEND, Kenneth Hale (I60142)
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| 22276 | Served six months in the New York Penitentiary at Blackwell's Island, convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud. | DEBAR, Joseph Hubert Diss (I104523)
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| 22277 | Served with a medical detachment attached to an engineering battalion. | MCCLAIN, Hobert Adrian (I17973)
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| 22278 | Served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart on June 1 1944 at Anzio. After his military service, he worked for several years as a truck driver for Conoco Gas Co in Ohio and Texas. His last 15 years of employment was with the Doddridge County School System as a bus driver in the Long Run area. | HURST, Robert Elwood (I20479)
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| 22279 | Serving aboard the destroyer USS Smalley (DD-565), James B. Cupp was a radio repairman's helper, responsible for ordering all ship board electronic parts, plus storage of parts. He served in the Korean Combat Zone with Task Force 77, for which he was awarded a Battle Star. Other destinations included Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon, Saudi Arabia, Aden, Port Said, Paraeus, Cannes, Gibralter, Spain, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, England, Persian Gulf, Sierra Leone, Guantanamo Cuba, Caribbean Islands, Japan, Germany, France, Bermuda, Midway Islands, Suez Canal, Panama Canal, San Diego CA, and home port Newport, Rhode Island. Medals awarded included National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service, United Nations Service, and Navy Occupation Service with European Clasp. | CUPP, James Bruce (I46013)
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| 22280 | Serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, he took part in the Naples, Faggio, Rome Arno and Southern France campaigns. In 1945, on the way to help liberate a prison camp in Nuremburg, Germany, he was seriously wounded. Later that year he was discharged with EAME Theater service medal, four Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Good Conduct Medal. He was on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Salem for over 20 years, and served as president for six years. He was one of the founding fathers of the Salem Apple Butter Festival, and for 12 years he served as treasurer and general helper for the event. | GUM, Robert Henry (I85202)
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| 22281 | Serving under Gen George Patton, he was wounded in Germany and recovered in a hospital in France until he was sent home to the States. He earned the Purple Heart, 3 Bronze Stars on a ribbon, and several other medals. He was a true American Hero. He had 80% disability but recovered enough to support his family. | RICHARDS, Edwin John (I132942)
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| 22282 | Serving with a tank destroyer unit, he was twice injured by shrapnel from enemy artillery shell fragments. The first occasion, in February 1944, caused superficial injuries to his thorax and forearm, for which he was treated and returned to duty. The second occasion, in May 1944, caused extensive injuries to his rectum, sacrum and cicatrix, with treatment including a partial colectomy. | BURGESS, Harold Roscoe "Jim" (I37026)
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| 22283 | Seth Clevenger, along with five of his brothers, served overseas during World War II in various branches of the military. They were honored in a feature of the Parkersburg News on Nov 7, 1999. Seth was an expert marksman in the military and was an avid hunter during his lifetime. | CLEVENGER, Seth Elbert "Jeff" (I35344)
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| 22284 | Settled in Cadiz Township about 1837. | SHOTWELL, William (I6096)
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| 22285 | Settled in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1711. He first married, on Jun 19 1711, Lydia Abel, who died on Oct 2 1731, age 48. He then married, in 1734, Martha ___. Daniel died on Dec 2 1737. He was perhaps of the third generation from the original Williams settler in New England of that family. He was probably not related to the family of Robert Williams of Roxbury. | WILLIAMS, Daniel (I73052)
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| 22286 | Settled in Ohio. | DAVISSON, Andrew (I16148)
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| 22287 | Settled in Ohio. | DAVISSON, Mary "Polly" (I16150)
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| 22288 | Settled in Rockingham Co, VA. | DAVISON, James (I16167)
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| 22289 | Settled in the west. | ZINN, C. N. (I29756)
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| 22290 | Settled in Upper Freehold (now Millstone) Twp, Monmouth Co, NJ, about 1741, where in 1758 he was owner of a grist and fulling mill and a member of Dr. William Tennent's Freehold Presbyterian congregation. He was a subscriber in 1758 to the fund for a parsonage for Allentown Church. He deeded a tract of land to his son Hugh in 1793. | GASTON, John Sr. (I1084)
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| 22291 | Seven children. | GUILER, Mary Elizabeth (I35162)
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| 22292 | Seven children. | Family: John Ellsworth SQUIRES / Katherine Caroline "Katy" KIEFFNER (F5635)
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| 22293 | Seven children. | Family: Andrew Jackson PHIPPS / Annie MCKEAN (F13862)
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| 22294 | Seven children. | Family: John BOVEE / Jane Catherine GASTON (F17602)
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| 22295 | Seven children. | Family: Orval Glen SMITH / Ethel MORGAN (F24592)
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| 22296 | Seven daughters and five sons. Two sons died young. | Family: Nehemiah Hutcheson BROWN / Sophira Jane CAUBLE (F31360)
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| 22297 | Several (3-5) children. | Family: Earl CLYBURN / Ruby Olive MADDOX (F8700)
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| 22298 | Several land grants pertaining to Joshua J. Davis are on file at the Library of Virginia. These were all located in present-day Doddridge County, which at that time was still part of Harrison County. 31 Aug 1848, 50 acres on Morgans Tarkiln Run http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11716?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000001&format=999 30 Dec 1842, 50 acres on Morgans Tar Kiln Run a drain of Buffaloe Calf Run http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11718?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000002&format=999 30 Nov 1842, 30 acres on Sleepy Run a branch of the Buckeye Fork of Middle Island Creek http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11720?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000003&format=999 30 Sep 1838, 100 acres on Buckeye Fork http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11722?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000004&format=999 30 Oct 1838, 100 acres on Buffaloe Calf Run http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/LXVJDL86KDAXFDNV2F8GLVKKDQX8HEIF4PLYIRSK7GQTGBAX6G-11724?func=full-set-set&set_number=001342&set_entry=000005&format=999 | DAVIS, Joshua J. (I43650)
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| 22299 | Shared headstone with husband has her birth date, but no death date. | MITCHELL, Casander Virginia (I77766)
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| 22300 | Shares headstone with her son Edward, who had died the prior year. Her husband Marvin, who died five years later, is buried nearby, with his grave denoted by a military marker. | DYE, Helen Faye (I96948)
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