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| 6801 | attended the birth of John J. Cornwell, who later became governor of West Virginia | SMITH, Susan Holiva (I36170)
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| 6802 | Attended the schools of Clarksburg, WV, and was a 1933 graduate of Victory High School, where he played forward on the state championship basketball team. | RICE, William Joseph (I18352)
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| 6803 | Attended the University of Colorado one year and then transferred to the University of Wyoming, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in 1949. He played football for Colorado and Wyoming, earning All-Conference Defensive End in 1948. He coached football and basketball in Riverton High School, WY for two years. He then entered the insurance industry where he remained for 42 years until his retirement in 1989. He was one of the early innovators in mass marketing group health benefits for the small employer through the Multiple Employers Trust (MET) concept. He designed and developed the first nationwide MET for small employers that was underwritten by the Hartford Insurance Group. He designed and established several MET's with top-ranked insurance companies in the nation. Later he was Regional Vice President in Kansas City of Insurance Administrators Company located in Irvine, CA. He maintained a regional office in Kansas City with six employees. | WATERS, George Lawrence (I17669)
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| 6804 | Attended University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College, and received his B.S. and Master's degree from University of New Haven. He also completed three years of a Ph.D. program in toxicology at the Universtiy of North Carolina. He had been employed by Electric Boat in Groton, CT, and Computer Science Corporation in Connecticut. | SMITH, John Phillip (I23731)
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| 6805 | Attended West Point Military Academy, graduating 16th in his class in 1881. Took part in military battles against the Apache Indians, 1885-86, and against the Sioux Indians, 1890-91. He served in Cuba, 1899-1902, and in the Philippines, 1908-1910. In 1906 he was superintendent of permanent camps in connection with relief work in San Francisco. He was with the punitive expedition in Mexico in 1916-17. From Aug 1917 to Feb 1919, he served with the rank of Brigadier General in the World War. During this period he commanded the Depot Brigade at Camp Travis, San Antonio, TX, and later with the 90th Div, and with the 37th Div at Montgomery, AL, and at Petersburg, VA. Later he was Camp Commander and then Eecutive Officer at Camp Meade, MD, with the 154th Depot Brigade. He was a graduate of the Army War College at Washington, DC, where he resided following retirement in 1920. | GASTON, Joseph A. (I4966)
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| 6806 | Attended West Virginia University and was a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Richmond, Va. He was assistant medical director of Sunshine Hospital in Grand Rapids, assistant superintendent of Cook County Sanitorium in Hinsdale, Ill., and later superintendent of McCain Sanitorium in McCain N.C. | IRELAND, Dr. Hosea Dewain (I17680)
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| 6807 | attending school | DAVIS, Eulalia Beeson (I51756)
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| 6808 | Attending school. Can read. Cannot write. | SWIGER, Amanda May (I137798)
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| 6809 | Attending school. Can read. Cannot write. | SWIGER, Absolom (I137799)
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| 6810 | Attorney and author Walter Gaston Shotwell was born in 1856 in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. He received his bachelor of arts from Yale University in 1878. He returned to Cadiz to study law with his father and Chauncey Dewey. In 1880, Shotwell was admitted to the bar and received his master of arts degree from Franklin College. Shotwell privately practiced law from 1880 to 1887. In 1887, he was elected prosecuting attorney for Harrison County, Ohio. He served two terms in this office before returning to private practice in 1893. Shotwell sought elected office again when he ran for Common Pleas judge for the Eighth District of Ohio in 1899. He served three terms and retired from the bench in 1913 to pursue his writing career. Shotwell was exposed to abolitionist sentiments by his parents and professors at Franklin College. As an attorney, he willingly served African-American clients and became known as a "friend to colored people." This background inspired his first book, "The Life and times of Charles Sumner" (1910). His second book, "The Civil War in America" (1923), was notably pro-Union. Shotwell's third published work, "Driftwood: Being Papers on Old-Time American Towns and Some Old People" (1927), is a collection of essays. A fourth work, a biography of writer Washington Irving, was pending publication when Shotwell was killed in a car accident on March 11, 1938. Source: http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/OUN0078.xml;chunk.id=bioghist_1;brand=default | SHOTWELL, Walter Gaston (I5678)
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| 6811 | Aubrey Duff and Marguerite Brown, both of Clarksburg, WVa., were married on Aug. 2, 1919 at the European Hotel. (The Republican. Oakland, MD. Thur., Aug. 21, 1919.) | Family: Aubrey Delay DUFF / Mary Marguerite BROWN (F62439)
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| 6812 | Aubrey Swiger Sr was enumerated twice in both 1940 and 1950, appearing with both of the families he had with his two wives. He and Helen Goodwin were not officially married until 1956. 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on April 15, 1940 at 1632 Pride Avenue: Aubrey Swiger, 45, welder in own shop; wife Helen, 25; dau Annalee, 7; son Gail, 4; son Richard, 3; son Gene A, 1 month. 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on April 10, 1950 at 1823 N. 22nd Street: L. A. L. Swiger, 55, welder in own shop; wife Helen, 35; dau Anna L, 17; dau Gail, 14; son Richard, 13; son gene, 10; son Garry, 8; dau Lucinda, 7; son Michael, 6; dau Faye, 4; son Danny, 2; dau Connie, 2. | Family: Aubrey Levi "Mike" SWIGER / Helen Marie GOODWIN (F25876)
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| 6813 | Auburn is located within Ritchie County on the Doddridge County line. | Family: Ancil Dale DRANE / Betty Sue SHAFER (F910)
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| 6814 | Audrey Wilson Garner was a mechanic in the 89th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, 9th Air Force, based in Greenham Common, England. On June 5, 1944 (D-Day), the 438th Group, consisting of the 87th, 88th, 89th and 90th Squadrons, carried members of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, into Normandy, France. There were 1,429 paratroops dropped, with all aircraft returning from the mission. The 438th Troop Carrier Group was cited for outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy on 5, 6, 7 June 1944. | GARNER, Audrey Wilson (I83929)
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| 6815 | Aug 26 1856 reported by Jim Comstock in "West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia." | Family: George GASTON / Martha Ann GIBSON (F614)
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| 6816 | Augusta Mae Knight was born out-of-wedlock to Okley Olive Knight. Although her father was identified in her 1944 marriage record as Cyrus Knight, he was actually her grandfather and had died long before her birth. For several years, including in her 1939 and 1944 marriage records, she went by the name Emily Blanche Knight. But in the 1940 Census she was listed as Augusta Leeson, and in the 1950 Census as Augusta M. Hinkle. For her 1945 marriage and in the years thereafter, she retained her birth name Augusta. | KNIGHT, Augusta Mae (Emily Blanche) (I137811)
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| 6817 | Author and historian Boyd Blynn Stutler (July 10, 1889-February 19, 1970) was born in Gilmer County. At 18, he became the owner, editor, and publisher of the Grantsville News in neighboring Calhoun County. Three years later Stutler was elected mayor of Grantsville, the Calhoun County seat. He later served as president of the board of education of the Grantsville school district. Stutler enlisted in the Army in World War I, rising to the rank of sergeant and serving with distinction in the American offensives of 1918. After the war, Stutler became chief clerk to the superintendent of public printing at the state capitol. During the 1920s, he authored several publications, became managing editor of the West Virginia Review magazine, and served as associate editor of the 1929 West Virginia Encyclopedia. In 1931, Stutler co-wrote a textbook on West Virginia history. He later served as a managing editor and director of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation, and president of the West Virginia Historical Society. He was an avid collector of materials relating to abolitionist John Brown. In 1963, his book West Virginia in the Civil War was published. In 1976, StutlerÂ’s John Brown materials were acquired by the State Archives and now comprise a significant research collection. Stutler was also active in veteransÂ’ affairs, serving as a leader at the local and national levels. He was managing editor of the American Legion magazine from 1936 until 1954. During World War II, he was a war correspondent in the Pacific, and witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Boyd B. Stutler was buried in Sunset Memorial Park in South Charleston. This Article was written by Joe Geiger Last Revised on December 03, 2015 Sources West Virginia Review, (Jan. 1937). Boyd Stutler Collection, State Archives. . Source citation: Geiger, Joe "Boyd B. Stutler." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 03 December 2015. Web. 08 December 2016. http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/617 Brief profile: http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=hurheral_articles&id=32621 In-depth biography: http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs/wvhs2502.pdf | STUTLER, Boyd Blynn (I110395)
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| 6818 | Author of "A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia," published in 1905. Local news item in the "New Milton News" column, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Sep 7 1916, in its entirety: "Mr. Corliss F. Randolph and family, who have been spending the summer with friends in West Va., have returned to their home in Newark, N.J." | RANDOLPH, Corliss Fitz (I58714)
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| 6819 | Author of "Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland," published in 1882. | KASSON, George Myron (I39005)
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| 6820 | Author of "History of Nutter's Fork Community," published in 1927 by Lily Smith Corathers. http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/nutterfk.html | SMITH, Lily S. (I40485)
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| 6821 | Author of "Memories of Doddridge County, West Virginia, 1920s and 1930s." | HOSKINSON, Robert Dennis (I10557)
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| 6822 | Author of "Memories of the Wife of an Itinerant Methodist Preacher." http://georgetownsteamboats.com/gs/georgetown-pa/history-in-homes-of-georgetown/georgetown-methodist-church/the-circuit-rider/ | JONES, Mary Salome (I98619)
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| 6823 | Author of "The Big One: Story of the 1950 Flood," written in 1992 at the request of the Doddridge County Historical Society. | CHAPMAN, James Gordon (I60972)
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| 6824 | Author of "The British Attack on Unemployment" (1934) https://books.google.com/books/about/The_British_Attack_on_Unemployment.html?id=NPJAAAAAIAAJ | HILL, Arthur Cheney Clifton Jr. (I68559)
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| 6825 | Author of "The George Morris family of Ten Mile,: With genealogical charts for other affiliated families; a story of the pioneer families of the Ten Mile Valley in Harrison County, West Virginia," 1967. | MORRIS, Ollie B. (I79365)
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| 6826 | Author of "The History of the Stuart Family" Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thurday, Aug 26 1915, in its entirety: "Walter Stuart, former editor of the Record, was shaking hands with old friends here last week. Stuart has been doing some 'sure enough' rusticating this summer, having made a hand in the field during the harvest season; and he's looking about the best we've ever seen him!" Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 3 1916, in its entirety: "Walter Stuart, of Mount Clare, a former editor of the Record, was visiting his many friends here Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Stuart recently returned from New Haven, Conn., where he completed a year's course at Yale." Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 31 1916, in its entirety: "Walter Stuart, of Mt. Clare, formerly editor of the Record and a very strong writer, has gone to Handley, Texas, where he will teach this winter." The papers of Walter Stuart are on file in three collections housed at the West Virginia and Regional History Center in Morgantown. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/agents/people/5833 | STUART, Walter (I106819)
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| 6827 | Author of "The Swishers of Lewis County, West Virginia: A Genealogy and History." | SWISHER, Albert Willis (I35514)
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| 6828 | Author of "The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia)," Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997. WILLIAM F. DONNELLY "Bill" Of Annandale, VA passed away September 22, 2017 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of internal bleeding from an unknown cause at the age of 89. During his 36-year career with the CIA, he received two Distinguished Intelligence Medals and was named one of the first 50 CIA Trailblazers at the Agency's 50th Anniversary celebration. He served in the US Army 1951-53 as 1st Lt, 49th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division in combat in Korea, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. In retirement, he enjoyed genealogical research, wrote The Wests of Duck Creek, and found and published about lost cemeteries in the hills of West Virginia. He was predeceased by his parents John F. Donnelly and Helen Jane Ripley and step-mother Margaret Olive Husband (South Euclid, Ohio); his brother George (Centennial, CO); and his first wife Margery Jean Beazley (Annandale, VA). He is survived by his second wife Peggy Hall Donnelly, who he married in 1983; son John and wife Deborah (Briggs); daughter Elizabeth Jane Leathem and husband Paul, and four grandchildren, William and Erin Donnelly and Jenna and Samantha Leathem. He loved fishing, gardening, and wildlife. In lieu of flowers, please donate to one of his favorite charities the Chesapeake Bay Foundation online at www.cbf.org or by calling 410-268-8816. Interment private. Published in The Washington Post from Sept. 27 to Sept. 29, 2017. | DONNELLY, William Franklin (I24675)
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| 6829 | Author of a religious book called "Gaston's Concordat." < http://members.tripod.com/RGaston/Concordance.html > Unlike his siblings, Hugh initially remained in Ireland and raised his family there, although some of his children and grandchildren eventually moved to America. He died at the home of his brother John in South Carolina shortly after landing in America. | GASTON, Hugh (I3319)
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| 6830 | Author of several highly regarded genealogies, including "The Ancestors and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina," published in Charlottesville, VA in 1944. | GASTON, Mary (I36638)
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| 6831 | Author of the genealogy book "Descendants of Veach Williams of Lebanon, Conn., Who was of the Fifth Generation from Robert Williams of Roxbury, Mass," published in 1887. | WRIGHT, Alexander Hamilton (I73057)
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| 6832 | Author, screenwriter, producer and director, Clyde Ware was best known for his writing on such classic television shows as "Gunsmoke," "Dynasty" and "Rawhide." He also did the writing for numerous TV movies, including "Coward of the County," "The Hatfields and the McCoys," "The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd," and "The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory." His two novels were "The Innocents" and "The Eden Tree." The 1971 feature-length movie "No Drums, No Bugles," which he wrote, produced and directed, starred a young Martin Sheen as a conscientious objector hiding out in Doddridge County during the Civil War. Sheen's fictional character, Ashby Gatrell, was inspired by the legend of a local boy of the same name, born in 1886. Filmed on location in Doddridge, the movie also features Clyde Ware's then-wife, actress Davey Davison. It is available in VHS format from Amazon.com via a link at http://www.doddridgecountyroots.com/military.html There are several discrepancies regarding Clyde Ware's upbringing in West Virginia and his early adulthood. Although widely reported in the entertainment industry as having been born in 1933 or 1936, his actual 1930 birth is well documented and conforms to his 1948 graduation from Doddridge County High School. One biographical sketch stated that he was the product of a poor Doddridge County family headed by his school janitor father, when in fact his father was a WVU-educated lawyer. It was his maternal grandfather who was listed in the 1940 Census as a janitor at Doddridge County High School. His father's occupation was listed in the 1930 Census as lawyer, but in the 1940 Census as laborer with the WPA, with his education level indicated as 7 years of college. In an interview reported in a Jan 1977 newspaper article, Ware claimed that "when I was six or seven, my father, who was a banker in West Virginia, went to prison for embezzling." A Jan 1972 newspaper article stated "Ware left West Union after high school graduation and migrated to Ohio, where he did 'the Ohio-factory thing,' popular among the state's rural youth, before moving on to New York City to pursue a writing career." Another newspaper article in Dec 1971 had a similar account, stating "Ware is a West Union native who was graduated from Doddridge High School in the late 1940s and, like many of his buddies, moved to Ohio to look for a job. 'I worked at all kinds of jobs -- dishwasher to factory worker -- before drifting into writing,' he said." But a July 1960 newspaper article contradicts that, stating "His climb up the ladder of success began just a few years ago following his graduation from West Virginia University when he went to New York to begin his career in writing," and where he also attended the Lee Strasberg Drama School. A 1971 interview of Clyde Ware can be found on YouTube at http://youtu.be/AUdwvAgc0qw http://streamline.filmstruck.com/2011/02/21/clyde-ware-and-no-drums-no-bugles/ | WARE, Clyde (I66986)
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| 6833 | Autie Edson Nicholson Birth: Sep. 6, 1896 Coldwater Doddridge County West Virginia, USA Death: Aug. 29, 1973 Grove City Franklin County Ohio, USA Family links: Parents: Sherman William Nicholson (1869 - 1929) Cora Florence Dennison Nicholson (1873 - 1957) Spouse: Ora Maud Lowther Nicholson (1899 - 1974)* Children: Sherman Anderson Nicholson (1920 - 1989)* Pauline Florence Nicholson Martin (1920 - 2006)* Lettie Mae Nicholson Lane (1922 - 1992)* Charles Edson Nicholson (1924 - 2003)* Robert E. Nicholson (1929 - 2014)* Siblings: Gracie Jane Nicholson Law Hoy (1894 - 1968)* Autie Edson Nicholson (1896 - 1973) Harley H. Nicholson (1899 - 1975)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery Farmington Marion County West Virginia, USA Created by: Human Record added: Mar 14, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 86766937 | NICHOLSON, Autie Edson (I95140)
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| 6834 | automobile accident | BURNSIDE, Shaun Michael (I663)
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| 6835 | automobile accident | PHELPS, Richard David (I8571)
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| 6836 | automobile accident | ZINN, Robert Newton (I12937)
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| 6837 | Avon | MEADOR, Ambrose (I44885)
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| 6838 | Awarded a B.S. degree from Salem College and a Master's degree from West Virginia University. He also attended Princeton and Marshall universities. He taught physics and electronics at Salem-Teikyo University for 33 years, retiring as as associate professor of physics. He also owned and operated Salem Feed & Flour Company, Broadwaters Hardware, and was co-owner of Shooting Star Recording Studio. | POWELL, Howard Blaine (I20938)
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| 6839 | Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the U.S. War Department, Army Service Forces, Corp of Engineers, in August 1945 for his participation in work essential to the production of the atomic bomb. | SMITH, Garlin Lyle (I1893)
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| 6840 | Awarded the Korean Service Medal with one Bronze Star. | CARDER, James Lee (I85228)
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| 6841 | Awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal, and the Victory Medal. He was a member of Post 31, Disabled American Veterans, in Bristol WV. | STACKPOLE, Exrious Ray (I88022)
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| 6842 | Awards included the Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal Fifth Award, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with five service stars, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign medal with "60" Device and four overseas service bars. | ROBINSON, George Annias (I122629)
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| 6843 | Awards: Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Ribbon, WW II Victory Ribbon | ROBINSON, Cleveland Glenn "Junior" (I33652)
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| 6844 | Awards: Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Citation, American Theater Ribbon (aka American Campaign Medal), World War II Victory Ribbon. | COSTILOW, Bacil Boyd (I20883)
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| 6845 | Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal. | BONNELL, James Forrest (I18471)
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| 6846 | Babyland | WILLIAMS, Joyce Rae (I60470)
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| 6847 | Back Fork River | MILLER, Mary (I45032)
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| 6848 | Bad Cannstadt | BROWN, Nan Brittain (I74946)
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| 6849 | Barbadoes Hall | THOMAS, Christopher (I44980)
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| 6850 | Barbara was an active volunteer and leader in her community, donating her time to many causes and organizations. She held various offices in the Nutter Fort Elementary PTA, Harrison County PTA and the West Virginia PTA organization. She served as a volunteer for the Nutter Fort Public Library building fund and was an officer for the Bridgeport High School Band Boosters. -- Closest to her heart was the West Virginia 4-H program. Barbara believed in the 4-H motto, "To Make the Best Better." She was a life member of the WV 4-H All-Stars and a club leader in Quiet Dell for over 30 years. She volunteered for many years as a camp counselor and held every office in the Harrison County 4-H Leaders' Association. | WARD, Barbara Kay (I130004)
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