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Homer Judson KNISLEY

Homer Judson KNISLEY

Male 1900 - 1955  (54 years)


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  • Name Homer Judson KNISLEY
    Birth 7 Aug 1900  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Although Home Knisley's military headstone application, his marriage record and his birth record itself all specify his birth date as Aug 7 1899, census records cast serious doubt on that date. He was not with his family in the 1900 Census, in which his mother's entry indicates that the four children in that census were all that she had had to that point. Similarly, he was age 9 in the 1910 Census, in which his mother's entry indicates that she had had a total of five children. The dates of the census enumerations could allow for a birth date of either Aug 7 1900 or 1901.
    Gender Male
    Census 1910  Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 25 Jun 1918 to 1 Oct 1919  [3] 
    Pfc, Co E, 33rd Infantry, World War I 
    Occupation C & A Gas Co.  [1] 
    Residence Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Death 15 Apr 1955  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I112516  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2017

    Father Harvey E. KNISELY,   b. Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Elizabeth Ida BUSH,   b. Mar 1868, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F47567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Melva Roxanna LAW,   b. 6 Feb 1907, Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1995, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Marriage 22 Dec 1951  Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F47568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    112516_KNISLEY_HomerJ_DeathCertificate_15Apr1955.jpg    		112516_KNISLEY_HomerJ_DeathCertificate_15Apr1955.jpg
    112516_KNISLEY_HomerJudson_1899-1955_MilitaryHeadstoneApplication_1955.jpg    		112516_KNISLEY_HomerJudson_1899-1955_MilitaryHeadstoneApplication_1955.jpg
    112516_HomerJudsonKnisley_MelvaRoxannaLaw_MarriageRecord_22Dec1951.jpg    		112516_HomerJudsonKnisley_MelvaRoxannaLaw_MarriageRecord_22Dec1951.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2171] Gilmer County Birth Records, Glenville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=9664&Type=Birth.

    3. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10294959&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Homer Judson Knisley, 52, b. Aug 7 1899 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, son of Harvey & Ida (Bush) Knisley; and Melva Roxanna Law, 44, b. Feb 6 1907 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, dau of Levi Morris & Iris C. (Woodford) Law. Married Dec 22 1951 in Middlebourne (Tyler County), W.Va., officiated by Rev. French Boone, a Minister of the Gospel.
      NOTE: Marital status not indicated. Bride's name was entered three times as Melva Roxanna Law, and once as M. Roxanna Law. Although the ceremony was held in Tyler County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Lewis County, residence of the bride.