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| 4451 | After marrying, Abraham Wells & Nancy Wisby lived 3 years in Pennsylvania, 11 years in Virginia, 24 in Ohio (Cincinnati & Highland Co), and 13 in Marion Co, Indiana. [Son Hugh Wells, quoted in "Western Christian Advocate," August 18, 1843, p. 72, as cited by Gaylene Kerr Banister] | WELLS, Abraham (I10883)
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| 4452 | After raising her children, she worked for the Dainty Maid Factory, then became a traveling secretary for Doddridge County Schools including the Big Isaac, Summers, Smithburg, Carr and West Union Grade Schools. She became the permanent secretary at W.U.G.S. in 1969 and retired in 1993. After retirement she became part-owner and Vice President of J & J Flowers & Outlet Shoppe. | GAIN, Betty Lou (I13748)
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| 4453 | After receiving a B.A. degree in English at Salem College, he acquired an M.A. in Education Administration at West Virginia University and then a Doctor of Theology (Eschatology) at Mountain State Baptist College in Salem, WV, where he taught Bible prophecy. At an early age he became fascinated with end time prophecies, of which he has made lifetime study while pastoring country churches for over fifty years. After 33 years of service in Harrison County Schools, he retired as Principal of Salem Junior High School. | PLAUGHER, Haymond R. (I64495)
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| 4454 | After receiving a Masters Degree in Education Administration from West Virginia University, he spent two years at the University of Virginia doing advance graduate study and from there he went to VPI and State University where he received a Doctorate in Education Administration. | FLANIGAN, Jackson L. "Jack" (I137216)
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| 4455 | After retirement, he delivered and picked up cars for Allens and other local car dealerships. He made one of his last trips when he was 89 years old with his son, Chuck. They traveled 1,070 miles in a brief 21 hours to Chicago, IL, to pick up a car. He also was the driver for the Ritchie County Express (Dave, Bob Wilson, Harold Shive, and Clyde Hopkins). On one occasion, when venturing deep into a rural area, they wound up needing to be rescued from an unsuccessful creek crossing. He loved being on the road! He was a lifetime member of the DAV Chapter Snake State #14 and VFW Post #355. He was a Little League coach and also umpired many games. He kept score for both the Pennsboro Cardinals and Ritchie County Rebels basketball teams starting in the 1960s, attending thousands of games until his retirement in 2004. | LAWRENCE, David Robert "Bob" (I59015)
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| 4456 | After retirement, she and her sister, Carol Ocheltree, continued to write the personal column in The Pennsboro News for many years. Singing was her lifelong beloved hobby, beginning with her sister Carol as the Morrison Sisters. They later became a trio with Margaret Ann Hess (Connon) as the Pennsboro Harmonettes, where they sang on the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree for a year as the Jamboree Sweethearts. The trio then added a fourth member, Margery (Smith) Talkington, and they were the Pennsboro Ladies Quartet for 40 years. Joanne was also deeply involved in helping schools, churches, and the local community where she held multiple offices throughout the years. She was a lifelong member of the EUB/United Methodist Church in Pennsboro where she was a young-adult Sunday school teacher and sang in the choir. | MORRISON, Grace Joanne (I59014)
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| 4457 | After returning from working two years in the oil fields near Ranger, Texas, he moved to Harrisville WV and bought a partnership with his brother-in-law, Tracy Law, in the Dodge garage. After one year, John bought the business and operated it for 35 years. John then served four years as Sheriff of Ritchie County. | LOWTHER, John E. (I25357)
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| 4458 | After serving in the Army in World War II, he worked for Union Carbide in Sanford, TX for nine months, before moving back to Doddridge Co, WV, where he settled in Smithburg. There, along with his brothers Howard and Alton, he began the first milk pasteurization plant in the county, known as the Childers Brothers Dairy. | CHILDERS, George Buff (I19082)
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| 4459 | After serving in the Army, Gerald went back home to help with his elderly father. He worked on the family farm, Sun Valley Farm, where he raised and took care of beef cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, and horses. While taking care of the farm, he also worked part time in the oil field for Dorward Energy Corp., drove contract school bus for 17 years, and retired as a Rural Letter Carrier, after almost 34 years, serving the Auburn, Berea, Coxs Mills, and New Milton communities. | BARTLETT, Gerald Patrick (I131443)
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| 4460 | After settling in Harrison County in 1773, Col. William Lowther figured in the building of Simpson's fort, about eight miles below Clarksburg, and West's fort, near Jane Lew. He played an important part, too, in the construction of the "Old Nutter" fort, near Clarksburg, ruins of which still mark the site. He soon became distinguished for his fearlessness as a frontiersman, and for his unselfish devotion to the welfare of the colonists. He was one of the most capable defenders of the settlement in the war of 1774, and later, and he led many successful expeditions against the enemy. He was the first Justice of the Peace in the district of West Augusta; the first Sheriff of Harrison and Wood Counties; and was at one time a member of the General Assembly at Richmond, Virginia. Having served in all the subordinate ranks of military life, he rose to that of Colonel. His military record was such as to admit his descendants to membership in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios/lowther_william.txt | LOWTHER, Colonel William (I29156)
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| 4461 | After ten years working as a cook for Doddridge County Schools, Sharon served for nearly 15 years as an office clerk for the Opportunity Council AmeriCorps Vista Program based in West Union, WV. She was a very talented and skilled artisan, and for many years was a self-employed crafter specializing in candle making, cake decorating, ceramics, crocheting, painting, and sewing. She also was a beautiful singer and skilled musician. Sharon was a longtime member of Real-Life Ministry of Greenwood, WV and was a board member of the Central Station Community Resources where she served as treasurer. | CARDER, Sharon Corinne (I140824)
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| 4462 | After the death of husband Smith Ward, Lilly married Laban Bush and resided at the Ward homestead below Auburn for years. | THOMAS, Lillie Dell (I9314)
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| 4463 | After the death of Ivah Jane Gaston, Harvey Smith married Virginia Elliott (who in turn married Ernest Allman after Harvey's death). Harvey served in the Civil War Aug 1862 to Jun 1865 as a Private in Co A, 14th W.Va. Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On May 9 1864, while aiding his wounded cousin Thomas J. Fleming, Harvey Smith was captured at Cloyds Mountain, Virginia. He was imprisoned at Andersonville, Georgia for 6 months 20 days until paroled on Nov 25 1864. He was subsequently hospitalized at Mower U.S. Army Hospital in Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, for the remainder of his enlistment. Suffering from "disease of the eyes" according to the 1890 Veterans Survey, he filed for an invalid's pension on Aug 31 1865. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HCPD/1999-02/0918357760 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880: Harvey Smith, 35; wife Iva J, 28; son James W, 11; son Sanford, 5; dau Nacy J, 4; son C. L., 2. Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, June 22 1911, in its entirety: "Harvey Smith, the old war veteran of Arnold's Creek, was in Monday looking after business matters, and we have heard it hinted very plainly that he is looking for a certain young lady in the vicinity. Any woman might go farther and fare worse." Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, March 9 1916, in its entirety: "Ho! ho! Born to Uncle Harvey and Mrs. Smith at 7 o'clock, Wednesday morning, March 8, A FINE DAUGHTER. "Course I'd rather it 'ud bin a BOY; THOUGHT IT WAS GOIN' TO BE A BOY; but I'm mighty proud uv it as 'tis!'" 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Feb 17 1920 at Arnolds Creek Road: Harvey Smith, 75, farmer; wife Virginia, 29 (father's birthplace given as Germany, but his obituary states Noble County Ohio)); dau Rachael A, 3 yr 9 mo; son Thomas, 2 yr 1 mo; son Carrol, 1 month. 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 26 1930 at Arnolds Creek Road: Virginia Smith, 40, widowed, no occupation; dau Racheal, 13; son Thomas, 12; dau (sic) Carol (sic), 10; son Paul, 8. | SMITH, Harvey (I8163)
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| 4464 | After the death of Netta Gay, Cecil Davis married Ila Kelley and had seven more children: Madeline Jordan (1912), Dunbar; Wayne K. Davis (1913), Melbourne, FL; Kathleen Barker (1915), Weston; Ruby Marsh (1919), St Albans; Cecil Davis Jr. (1922), Weston; Ruth Davis (3/15/1927-4/8/1928); and Jean Schlater (1928), East Lansing, MI. [History of Gilmer Co WV, p. 92] 1910 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Center District), enumerated in May 1910: Cecil G. Davis is listed as a 27-yr-old widower, living alone, occupation stone mason. | DAVIS, Cecil G. (I1325)
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| 4465 | After the death of their mother in 1890, Howard Harrison Jones and his brother James were reared in the home of their grandfather, Samuel Morris Gaston, and his second wife Rebecca Jane Furner Gaston. Howard graduated from Glenville College in 1916, and was principal of Hillsboro Grade School in Pocahontas Co, WV. During the school year he was called into the Army due to World War I and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He was discharged in 1918. He became Superintendent of Doddridge County Schools for eight years. He and wife Miriam served as counselors at Camp Lightfoot, near Hinton, attended by some 800 miners' children. [Miriam Hill Jones, in The History of Doddridge County, WV, 1979, p. 178] Elected to West Virginia House of Delegates for the 1935 term. [West Virginia Blue Book] | JONES, Howard Harrison (I1486)
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| 4466 | After the death of their mother when they were aged two and one, respectively, James Morris Jones and his brother Howard were reared in the home of their grandfather, Samuel Morris Gaston, and his second wife Rebecca Jane Furner Gaston. James spent four years in the Navy before getting married. He and family resided in Castleberry, Alabama from 1927 to 1930, then returned to West Virginia. During WW II, he and his wife moved to Baltimore, where he worked in the shipyards and she at an airplane factory. They returned to West Virginia only to have their home washed away by the great flood of 1950. | JONES, James Morris (I1485)
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| 4467 | After the early deaths of his parents, Loren Clark Hume was raised in the home of his mother's brother and his wife, George Belcher Gaston and Maria Cummings. | HUME, Loren Clark (I13577)
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| 4468 | After the passing of his father in 1985, Steve took over the small family business of DeBrular Well Servicing, Inc. Steves passion and dedication only grew stronger to build the family business into a large corporation where his employees became family. Steve employed many great men over 20 years. His journey and dreams did not stop there. Steve grew Stephen Gas Company from a single gas well to over 50+ producing gas wells across Lewis County. In his later years, Steve became an active investor with larger natural gas producing companies. | DEBRULAR, Lewis Stephen "Steve" (I26315)
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| 4469 | After their divorce, Ginger Brannon's husband, Chester Lamp, married her sister Janet Elaine Brannon. | BRANNON, Virginia Lucille "Ginger" (I2512)
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| 4470 | After William Joseph Gaston's death, Mathias Manly served on the bench of the North Carolina State Supreme Court. | MANLY, Mathias Evans (I3619)
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| 4471 | After working in West Union for the J. B. Markey Company, Hugh moved to Parkersburg in 1921, where he became a food and drug salesman, an occupation he followed to retirement. | FOLEY, Hugh Cameron (I5942)
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| 4472 | After World War II, Lois Michael Morris was active in the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Doddridge County. She served as its president, the youngest person ever to hold that office. She moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1949 and lived there all but three years since then. She had lived in her home in Beltsville, MD, since 1957. From 1951 through 1953, she was Branch Chief, Reports Branch, of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, DC, before staying home for nine years to spend time with her children. She was active in PTA and scouting. She and her husband were founding members of the former Beltsville United Presbyterian Church where she volunteered. In 1962, she became Office Manager and Secretary to Chaplain Jesse Myers of the United Campus Ministry at the University of Maryland. She was an active program resource person, financial manager, an advisor to the UCM Board of Directors, and a member of the Chapel Staff. She spoke about campus ministry before congregations of all five denominations and occasionally assisted at worship services at the University Chapel. In 1971, she was elevated to Staff Team member and, in 1974, she became Lay-Chaplain. She retired in 1976 for health reasons and devoted herself to her family and her passion for genealogy. | MICHAEL, Lois LaVonne (I74220)
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| 4473 | Ag 18 at time of Oct 1923 marriage would put birth date at about 1905. | STULL, Myrtle Jetta (I27850)
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| 4474 | Age "about 93" in death record would put birth in about 1849, and her obituary also states a birth date of Apr 22 1849. But census records indicate a birth date of about 1860. | FRY, Hannah (I100141)
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| 4475 | Age 1 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1869. | STROSNIDER, William Thompson (I109076)
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| 4476 | Age 1 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1879. But date on headstone is Jun 12 1876. | BEE, Elton D. (I47616)
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| 4477 | Age 1 in 1930 Census would put birth in about 1929. He was age 13 in the 1940 Census. | SHEETS, Harry Lee (I56191)
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| 4478 | Age 1 in the 1860 Census and age 11 in the 1870 Census would put birth in 1859. But birth date on his headstone is 1858. | PITTS, John D. (I121854)
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| 4479 | Age 1 in the 1870 Census puts birth in about 1869, and the 1900 Census also indicates Sep 1869. But his birth and death records show it as Sep 14 1867. | BOND, Martin Sleater (I121271)
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| 4480 | Age 1 year 5 months in 1910 Census, enumerated in April 1910. | MINEAR, William Harrison (I140038)
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| 4481 | Age 1 yr 11 mo at time of census unumeration on Jan 24 1920. | MUTSCHELKNAUS, Ruth M. (I29595)
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| 4482 | Age 1 yr 2 mo at time of Apr 9 1930 enumeration. | MCCUNE, Carmen Joan (I102430)
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| 4483 | Age 1 yr 2 mo in 1920 Census (enumerated in Jan 1920) would put birth in about Nov 1918. But other records state Oct 10 1917. | YEATER, Isaac Everson (I109465)
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| 4484 | Age 1 yr 4 mo at time of Apr 18 1910 enumeration. | MOSSOR, Loy O. (I98394)
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| 4485 | Age 10 and 20 in 1860 and 1870 Censuses would birth in about 1850. Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1852. | MARSH, Rachel (I107159)
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| 4486 | Age 10 given in 1920 Census would put birth date at about 1910, but obituary and SSDI show it as Jun 13 1907. | LEMASTERS, Oddie Clarence (I22812)
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| 4487 | Age 10 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1840, but age 18 in 1860 puts it in about 1842. | RUSSELL, Elizabeth J. (I100721)
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| 4488 | Age 10 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1840, but age 18 in 1860 puts it in about 1842. | RUSSELL, Martha Ann (I100722)
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| 4489 | Age 10 in 1850 Census would put her birth in about 1840. | WHITEHAIR, Elizabeth "Betty" (I64293)
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| 4490 | Age 10 in 1870 Census. | DAWSON, Elisabeth (I107623)
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| 4491 | Age 10 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1870, but death record states Jan 25 1868, while date on headstone is Jan 25 1869.. | SMITH, Fenton Archie (I52640)
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| 4492 | Age 10 in 1910 Census would put birth in about 1900. | REED, Laura Gertrude (I53064)
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| 4493 | Age 10 in the 1850 Census puts birth in about 1840, while age 17 in August 1858 marriage record puts it in about 1841, age 33 in son's 1878 birth record puts it in about 1845, and age 88 at March 1923 death puts birth in about 1834. Birth date on headstone is Jul 20 (?) 1839. Some researchers report her birth date as June 20 1841. | VINCENT, Basheba Belle (I754)
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| 4494 | Age 10 months at time of 1850 Census, enumerated on Aug 22 1850. | HINKLE, Rebecca (I104608)
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| 4495 | Age 10 months at time of Jan 8 1920 enumeration. | BALL, Virginia Louise (I98520)
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| 4496 | Age 10 months in the 1850 Census, enumerated on Sep 26 1850. | POWELL, James Lloyd (I103563)
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| 4497 | Age 10 months. | STUART, Isabella Kate (I59789)
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| 4498 | Age 10. one year older than sister Florence. | COX, Rachel Jane (I89690)
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| 4499 | Age 100 in death record would put birth in about 1849. But the 1900 Census shows it as Oct 1852, corresponding with age 7 in the 1860 Census. | EAKLE, Benjamin Wesley (I31564)
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| 4500 | Age 11 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1839. | CUNNINGHAM, John A. (I14008)
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