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| 6351 | As a young man, he distinguished himself as an amateur boxer, both in high school in Weston and at WVU. After graduation from WVU in 1934, he was an educational advisor for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), where he served in Pocahontas and Preston counties. Later, he entered the WVU College of Law, graduating in 1950. He then practiced law briefly in Clarksburg at Stathers, Stathers & Cantrell. In January 1942, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy for World War II. He was commissioned as an officer in 1943 and served in the Navy's Armed Guard at sea until the conclusion of the war in 1945. He became a career naval officer at that time. Until his retirement in 1973, he served in many duty stations, including American Samoa, Japan, Washington, Seattle, Memphis, Norfolk and Charlottesville. He retired as a Captain, Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG), and then spent the next few years traveling the globe. | NEELY, William Edward (I4340)
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| 6352 | As a young man, Virgil worked the family saw mill in West Virginia. He then joined the U.S. Navy with his brother where they served on the USS Dixie AD14 during the Korean War. He then brought his family to Cumberland, Maryland, where he worked at the B & O Railroad Carpenters & Track Gang during the 1960s. But that required travel which took him away from his family, so he decided to work as a millwright and welder at the Celanese Fiber Plant until its closure in 1983. | LATTEA, Virgil Jennings "VJ" (I32879)
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| 6353 | as an "inmate of IOOF Home" | CRISLIP, Rachel Elma (I67125)
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| 6354 | As an aircraft mechanic, he spent ten years in the Panama Canal Zone, maintaining the Boeing 737 of the General of the U.S. Southern Command. He was an avid pilot and flew small planes. | GASTON, James Beryl (I1326)
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| 6355 | As an Army veteran of World War II, he served in the South Pacific Theater at Guam and Okinawa. He was in the 77th Division of the 306th Infantry and was awarded a Purple Heart and four Bronze Stars. He worked at Middle Island Motors and Bridge Chevrolet and was the owner and operator of Hall's Body Shop and Hall's Guns & Ammo. | HALL, William Edward (I20344)
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| 6356 | As an educator, C. I. Elder promoted memorization of lists by putting them to music. In the 1937-1938 Doddridge County School Directory, which listed C. I. Elder as Assistant County Superintendent of Schools, two sets of song lyrics were printed, one to help students memorize the U.S. presidents, and the other for memorizing the counties of West Virginia. Each song had the notation "Tune: If You Love Your Mother Meet Her in the Skies. Words arranged by C. I. Elder." The referenced melody was apparently widely known at the time and is now in the public domain. It can be found at Vocal: https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=973 MIDI: https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Meet_Mother_in_the_Skies/ YouTube Vocal: https://youtu.be/Z-urS-xxMns THE PRESIDENTS (Tune: If You Love Your Mother Meet Her in the Skies.) (Words arranged by C. I. Elder) Washington served two terms, Adams one. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe two, John Quincy Adams one. Jackson two, Van Buren one, Harrison one month, Wehn he died and Tyler served, three years and eleven months. Polk one term and Taylor died at the end of his first year, Fillmore finished the next three years, one term for Pierce we hear, Buchanan one and Lincoln one, and started on his second, When he was killed and Johnson, finished Lincoln's second. Grant served two and Hayes one, and Garfield then six months, When he was killed and Arthur, served three years and six months. Cleveland one and Harrison one, and Cleveland once again, McKinley was killed soon after his second term began. Roosevelt finished McKinley's term and one more of his own, Taft served one and Wilson two, and Harding for two years, When he died and Coolidge, served the next six years, Then Hoover one and Franklin Roosevelt is serving his fifth year. COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA (Tune: If You Love Your Mother Meet Her in the Skies.) (Words arranged by C. I. Elder) Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun and Boone, Cabel, Clay and Doddridge, Fayette just in tune, Gilmer, Grant and Greenbrier, Hampshire then Hardy comes, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha and Jefferson. Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mercer and McDowell, Marion, Monongalia, Mason, Mineral, Then comes Mingo, Morgan, Nicholas and Monroe, Marshall and Ohio standing in a row. Pendleton, Preston, Pleasants, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Ritchie, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers alone, Taylor, Tyler, Tucker, Upshur, we have gained, Webster, Wirt and Wetzel, Wyoming, Wood and Wayne. | ELDER, Clemma Irvin "C. I." (I52768)
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| 6357 | As descendants of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard, Avery Watson and Helen Sinnett were second cousins once removed. | Family: Avery Lynn WATSON / Helen SINNETT (F20894)
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| 6358 | As descendants of John West and Frances Howard, Lester H. "Booze" Bennett and Sarah Louise West were fourth cousins, once removed. | Family: Lester H. "Booze" BENNETT / Sarah Louise WEST (F9104)
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| 6359 | As descendants of John West and Frances Howard, Roscoe Patton and Jessie M. West were third cousins, once removed. | Family: Roscoe PATTON / Jessie M. WEST (F9078)
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| 6360 | As descendants of Levi Douglas Jr (1783-1871), Charles Hugh Douglas and his wife Eva Douglass were second cousins once removed. | Family: Charles Hugh DOUGLAS / Eva Marie DOUGLASS (F21233)
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| 6361 | As descendants of Peter Huffor (b. ca 1788), Clyde Hufford and Augusta Cottrill were first cousins once removed. | Family: Clyde C. HUFFORD / Augusta J. "Gussie" COTTRILL (F36774)
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| 6362 | As descendants of Samuel A. Husk and Dorcas Anne Critchfield, Freddie Coon and Etta Lee Husk are first cousins, once removed. | Family: Freddie COON / Etta Lee HUSK (F706)
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| 6363 | As descendants of William Lowther and Sudna Hughes, Jesse Madison Lowther and Lucinda Hall were first cousins once removed. They lived in the part of Lewis County that later became Ritchie County. | Family: Jesse Madison LOWTHER / Lucinda HALL (F12585)
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| 6364 | As direct descendants of John Carrico Hebb, Ronald Clyde Miller and Helen Marjorie Hebb were first cousins, once removed. | Family: Ronald Clyde MILLER / Helen Marjorie HEBB (F58691)
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| 6365 | As direct descendants of Thomas Gaston and Sarah Nickels, Amzi Cason Gaston and Georgia Gaston were second cousins, once removed. | Family: Amzi Cason "Case" GASTON / Georgia Anna GASTON (F14467)
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| 6366 | As grandchildren of Andrew and Malinda Willis Nutter, Sarah E. Hart and Sylvanus Nutter were first cousins. | Family: Sylvanus NUTTER / Sarah E. HART (F105)
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| 6367 | As grandchildren of Charles David Elias Hess and Mary Elizabeth Casto, Dorcas M. Husk and Charles D. Carpenter were first cousins. Two months earlier, Charles Carpenter's brother, Lewis Johnson Carpenter, had married Dorcas M. Husk's first cousin, Emma Husk. | Family: Charles D. CARPENTER / Dorcas M. HUSK (F412)
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| 6368 | As grandchildren of Edward T. Vincent and Rebecca Wisby, David Bainbridge Vincent and Susannah Kerr were first cousins. 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880: David Vincent, 34, farmer; wife Susanna, 34; son Festus C, 13; dau Minnie L, 10; dau U. Ellen, 8; son Walter, 6; son Calvin, 2; infant son, one month, born in May. 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910: Susan Vincent, 64, widowed, mother of 8 children (7 still living); dau Virginia Ayers, 26, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living); son-in-law Leonida Ayers, 26, married 3 yrs; granddau Ruth Ayers, 1 yr 9 months. | Family: David Bainbridge VINCENT / Susannah KERR (F12486)
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| 6369 | As grandchildren of Jacob Swiger and Nancy Backus, Frederick L. Swiger and Hester Ellen Asenith "Cena" Swiger were first cousins. They married in 1857. 1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumeration date not given: Frederick L. Swiger, 28, farm laborer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100; Lena E, 27; William A, 2; Harriet E, 11 months. All born in Virginia. 1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis Twp), enumeration date not given: Frederick L. Swiger, 37, farmer, value of real estate $700, value of personal estate $535, cannot write; Sena E, 37; Malissa C, 6; George W, 1. 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV, enumerated on Jun 25 1880: Frederic L. Swiger, 48, farmer; wife Sena E, 47, cannot read/write; dau Malissa C, 16, works at home; son George W, 11, works on farm; son Flavious T, 8; dau Amanda J, 5; dau Margaret B, 2. 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on 21-22 Apr 1910: Frederick L. Swiger, 77, farmer, married 52 yrs (1st marriage); wife Cenia L, 77, married 52 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 12 children (6 still living); grandson Arthur A. Hardman, 9; dau Malissa C. Swiger, 45, single; granddau Lexie B. Swiger, 14. | Family: Frederick Lawson SWIGER / Hester Ellen Asenith SWIGER (F26600)
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| 6370 | As grandchildren of James Taylor Prunty and Luverna Cain, Leonard Prunty and his wife Sadie Prunty were first cousins. | Family: Leonard Harold PRUNTY / Sadie Ellen PRUNTY (F59028)
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| 6371 | As grandchildren of Jefferson Bowell West and Ruhama Maddox, Harrison Jefferson Manley and Pearl M. West were first cousins. | Family: Harrison Jefferson MANLEY / Pearl M. WEST (F27410)
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| 6372 | As grandchildren of Jesse Lowther & Mary Ann Ragan, Jesse Lowther & Mary Ann Maxwell were first cousins. 1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia): Jesse Louther, 31, laborer; Mary A, 31; Amelia, 4; Clara, 2; John Irvin, 1. | Family: Jesse LOWTHER / Mary Ann MAXWELL (F19011)
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| 6373 | As grandchildren of Job West and Mary E. Gaston, Hannah Almeda Davis and her husband William W. West were first cousins. | Family: William Marshall WEST / Hannah Almeda DAVIS (F5455)
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| 6374 | As grandchildren of Josiar Hart and Sarah Garrett, William "Billy" Hart and his second wife, Mary Catherine "Kate" Hart, were first cousins. They were divorced, probably before 1900, as she appeared in the 1900 Census as a head of household, with children Alvin, Mary, Charles and Herman. The Census indicated that she had given birth to ten children, six of whom were still living. | Family: William M. "Billy" HART / Mary Catherine "Kate" HART (F2246)
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| 6375 | As grandchildren of Martin V. B. Canan and Catherine Martin, Earl Knotts and Vema Kelley were first cousins. | Family: Earl Perry KNOTTS / Velma Irene KELLEY (F58845)
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| 6376 | As grandchildren of Parkison Darnold and Patsy Turner, Howard Darnold and Ila Darnold were first cousins. | Family: Howard P. DARNOLD / Ila DARNOLD (F56547)
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| 6377 | As grandchildren of Peter Hufford & Mary Ann, William Hatfield Hufford and Margaret Caroline Dotson were first cousins. 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 23 1920: William H. Hufford, 44, teamster (gasoline); wife Margaret, 53; son Arley, 14; son Mark, 11; grandson Rex, 3 yr 11 mo; son Roy, 1 yr 6 mo. 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 2 1930 at Leeson Run Road: William H. Hufford, 56; wife Margaret, 63; son Mark, 21, married; dau-in-law Luella, 20; grandson Rex, 13; grandson Ray, 11; granddau Thelma N, 1. | Family: William Hatfield "Hat" HUFFORD / Margaret Caroline DOTSON (F7838)
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| 6378 | As grandchildren of Philip W. Starcher and Mary Bush, Henry J. Starcher and Matilda Greathouse were first cousins. | Family: Henry J. STARCHER / Matilda Jane GREATHOUSE (F9801)
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| 6379 | As grandchildren of Phillip W. Starcher and Rebecca Mace, Jacob Starcher and Roana Nutter were first cousins. | Family: Jacob STARCHER / Roena NUTTER (F9753)
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| 6380 | As grandchildren of Samuel A. Husk and Dorcas Anne Critchfield, Lewis Johnson Carpenter's two wives, Emma Husk and Eunice Ann Coon, were first cousins to each other. No entry for Lewis Carpenter was found in the 1910 Census. His three daughters were with their maternal grandparents in that census. 1920 Census, Roane Co, WV (Spencer District), enumerated on Jan 12 1920 on Chestnut Street: Lewis Carpenter, 42, attendant at state hospital; wife Eunice, 39; dau Ruby, 12; dau Genevieve, 6; son William H H, 5 yr 2 mo; dau Bertha, 3 yr 9 mo. 1930 Census, Roane Co, WV (Spencer District), enumerated on Apr 22 1930: Lewis J. Carpenter, 53, laborer at odd jobs, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Eunice, 50, age 16 at first marriage; son William, 15; dau Bertha S. 14; dau Eunice Ann, 9; dau Thelma, 6; grandson Harold Husk, 5; granddau Betty Eloise Husk, 3 yr 9 mo. | Family: Lewis Johnson CARPENTER / Eunice Ann COON (F5447)
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| 6381 | As grandchildren of Silas R. Greathouse and Sarah Melissa Greathouse, Miles Greathouse and Goldie Mae "Mabel" Greathouse were first cousins. | Family: Miles R. GREATHOUSE / Goldie Mae "Mabel" GREATHOUSE (F919)
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| 6382 | As grandchildren of William B. Lowther and Margaret Coburn, Dolphus S. Lowther and Laura J. Lowther were first cousins. | Family: Dolphus S. LOWTHER / Laura J. LOWTHER (F17710)
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| 6383 | As grandchildren of William Jaco and Sarah Spence Mott, Benjamin Franklin Jaco and wife Sarah Terry were first cousins. 1870 Census, Pettis County, Missouri (Washington Twp, Post Office Ionia City), enumerated on Jun 28 1870: Benjamin Jaco, 27, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $8000, value of personal estate $2000; Sarah Jaco, 34, b. Va; Robert Jaco, 3, b. Mo; Luke Jaco, 1, b. Mo; Isaac S. Smith, 32, b. Va, farmer; Jane Smith, 25, b. Va; James Smith, 4, b. Va; Sarah Smith, 2, b. Va; Presily Housely, black male, 19, b. Kentucky, farm laborer; Matilda McGee, black female, 6, b. Va. (Note: Sarah (Terry) Jaco and Jane (Terry) Smith were sisters.) 1880 Census, Pettis County, Missouri (Elk Fork Twp), enumerated on Jun 5th 1880: Ben. F. Jaco, 35, b. Va, farmer; wife Sarah, 34, b. Va; son Robert Lee, 12, b. Mo; son James H, 7, b. Mo; mother Elizabeth, 60, b. Va, widow. (Note: The adjacent household consisted of: Miles Webb, 25, black male, b. Missouri, farm worker; wife Matilda Webb, 19, black female, b. Va. This is presumably the Matilda McGee found in the Jaco household in 1870. Miles and Matilda later had several children and were found in 1900 in Johnson Co, MO; in 1920 in Nowata Co, OK; and in 1930 in Washington Co, OK. Matilda's parents have not been determined.) 1900 Census, Cherokee County, Kansas (Shawnee Twp), enumerated on Jun 13 1900: B. F. Jaco, 64, b. Jul 1835 in Va, engineer in lead mines, married 31 yrs; wife Sarah, 66, b. May 1834 in Va, mother of 3 children (2 still living); son R L, 29, b. Jun 1870, single, occupation (blank); servant W. N. Matlock, white male, 20, b. Jun 1870 in Missouri, day laborer (teamster). 1910 Census, Cherokee County, Kansas (Shawnee Twp), enumerated on Apr 28 1910: Benjamine F. Jaco, 66, b. W.Va., miller (grist mill), married 37 yrs; wife Sarah, 76, b. W.Va., mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Robert L, 36, b. Missouri, single, occupation (blank). 1915 State Census, Pawnee County, Kansas, locality of Larned, enumerated on Mar 1 1915: B. F. Jaco, 71; Mrs. C. E. Jaco, 52; Stella May Beachum, 14. In the 1920 Census, Benjamin F. Jaco, 76, b. W.Va., married, was listed as a resident of the National Military Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth County, Kansas. 1930 Census, Labette Co, Kansas (Richland Twp), enumerated on Apr 3 1930: James H. Jaco, 58, b. Missouri, farmer, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Mary E, 53, b. Illinois, age 18 at first marriage; father Benjamin F. Jaco, 86, b. W.Va., widowed, age 27 at first marriage. | Family: Benjamin Franklin JACO / Sarah TERRY (F39548)
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| 6384 | As grandchildren of William Jobes Bland & Sarah Stiles, Harvey Lee Burton and Aria Holliday were first cousins. | Family: Harvey Lee BURTON / Aria HOLLIDAY (F36622)
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| 6385 | As grandchildren of William Leeson & Lucinda Wright, John M. Leeson & Viola Lipscomb were first cousins. 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District): Viola Leeson, 51, widowed; son Clyde, 37, widowed; grandson Cecil, 11; grandson Ralph, 10; grandson Lawrence, 8; granddau Opal, 5; grandda Waneta, 3. | Family: John M. LEESON / Viola LIPSCOMB (F28156)
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| 6386 | As grandchildren of William Lowther and Sudna Hughes, William J. Lowther and his wife Mary "Polly" Lowther were first cousins. 1850 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 1 1850: Mary Lowther, 58; Barsheba, 32; Armstrong, 16; Diantha, 9 | Family: William Jesse LOWTHER / Mary Ann "Polly" LOWTHER (F7768)
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| 6387 | As grandchildren of Willis Nutter and Julia Richards, Ben Wilson's two wives, Lola Nutter and Susie A. Nutter, were first cousins to each other. | WILSON, Ben (I6040)
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| 6388 | As great-grandchildren of Abraham Hinzman & Rebecca Means, Laco Raymond Hinzman and Mary Ann Swisher were second cousins. | Family: Laco Raymond HINZMAN / Mary Ann SWISHER (F22318)
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| 6389 | As great-grandchildren of Abraham Hinzman and Rebecca Means, Grace Leslie Swisher and husband Nathan Goff Boram were second cousins. | Family: Nathan Goff BORAM / Grace Leslie SWISHER (F2287)
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| 6390 | As great-grandchildren of David B. Musgrave and Mary E. "Polly" Jones, John Ervin Leggett and Anna Eliza Smith were second cousins. | Family: John Ervin LEGGETT / Anna Eliza SMITH (F3011)
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| 6391 | As great-grandchildren of Elias Stutler and Nancy Hughes, Arlet L. Stutler and Jessie M. Stutler were second cousins. | Family: Arlet Lida STUTLER / Jessie Mabel STUTLER (F56495)
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| 6392 | As great-grandchildren of George Reid II and Jane Gaston, Charles Stephen Norman and Winney Eunicy Reid were second cousins. | Family: Charles Stephen NORMAN / Winney Eunicy REID (F15895)
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| 6393 | As great-grandchildren of John Gaston Jr. and Anna Davisson, Laura Gaston and Thomas Ervin Morris were second cousins. | Family: Thomas Ervin MORRIS / Laura GASTON (F12253)
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| 6394 | As great-grandchildren of Obadiah Davisson, Melville Carper Davisson and Martha Juliet Coplin were second cousins. | Family: Melville Carper DAVISSON / Martha Juliet COPLIN (F39854)
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| 6395 | As great-grandchildren of Peter Davis & Sarah "Sally" Davis, Riley G. Davis & Viola H. Davis were second cousins. 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 6/7 1900: Riley G. Davis, 37, b. May 1863, preacher, married 17 yrs; wife Viola H, 39, b. May 1861, married 17 yrs, no children; mother-in-law Mary A. Davis, 61, b. Jan 1839, widowed, 2 children (both still living); lodger Arthur G. H. Davis, 8, b. 1891. All born in West Virginia. Note: Arthur G. H. Davis was born Arthur George Hughes, son of John R. Hughes & Armeda Nicholson. After his mother's death in 1893, he was raised by Riley & Viola Davis and went by the Davis surname from that time forward. | Family: Riley George DAVIS / Viola H. DAVIS (F20697)
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| 6396 | As great-grandchildren of Samuel A. Husk & Dorcas Anne Critchfield, John A. McKown & Nancy Jane Coon were second cousins. They were also second cousins once removed, since Samuel A. Husk & Dorcas Anne Critchfield were not only Nancy's paternal great-grandparents, they were also her maternal great-great-grandparents. | Family: John Arthur MCKOWN / Nancy Jane COON (F13923)
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| 6397 | As great-grandchildren of Shadrack Nicholson, David and Mary Nicholson were second cousins. 1900 Census, Barbour Co, WV (Elk District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900: David E. Nicholson, 39, b. Aug 1960, farmer, married 19 yrs; wife Mary S, 35, b. Apr 1864, mother of 10 children (8 still living); dau Mattie B, 18, b. Jun 1882; son James B, 15, b. Oct 1884; dau Nancy R, 10, b. Oct 1889; dau Brittie A, 8, b. Nov 1891; son Gordie G, 6, b. Sep 1893; son Sushen C, 4, b. Jun 1895; dau Sarah D, 3, b. Dec 1896; dau Lotta D, 8 months, b. Sep 1899. 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910: David Nicholson, 49, general store merchant, married 29 yrs; wife Mary S, 45, mother of 12 children (8 still living); dau Girtie, 18; son Gordy G, 16; son Lushen C, 14; dau Sarah D, 18; dau Lettie D, 11; dau Zettie R, 6. | Family: David Edward NICHOLSON / Mary Melvina Salome NICHOLSON (F14915)
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| 6398 | As great-grandchildren of Shadrack Nicholson, Lewis and Mary Nicholson were second cousins. | Family: Lewis Delbert NICHOLSON / Mary A. NICHOLSON (F16764)
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| 6399 | As great-grandchildren of William Lowther and Sudna Hughes, Thomas Newton Lowther and Nancy Lowther were second cousins. | Family: Thomas Newton LOWTHER / Nancy LOWTHER (F18948)
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| 6400 | As great-grandchildren of William Maddox and Sarah Gaston, Charles Edgar Bradley and Willa Maddox were second cousins. They had four children. | Family: Charles Edgar BRADLEY / Willia MADDOX (F2793)
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