Ellen NOWERY

1859 - 1942  (82 years)

• Name	Ellen NOWERY
  Born	15 May 1859	Mason Co, WV   [1]
  	Birth date given in 1900 Census as Apr 1859.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Union District, Wood Co, WV
  Census	1900, 1910, 1920	McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
  Census	1930, 1940	Shirley, Tyler Co, WV
  Died	31 Jan 1942	Shirley, Tyler Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Buried	Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV   [3]
  Person ID	I113415	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family	Asa UNDERWOOD,   b. 7 May 1861, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 19 Apr 1932, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 70 years)
  Married	CA 1888  [4]
  Count of Children	0   [5]
  Notes	1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated in June 1900: Asa Underwood, 38, b. May 1862, teamster, married 12 yrs; wife Ellen Underwood, 41, b. Apr 1859, married 12 yrs, no children; adopted daughter Ethel Straight, 11, b. Feb 1889. (Note: Asa Underwood was an informant for Ethel's marriage license in 1908.) 1910 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Apr 21 1910: Asa Underwood, 48, farmer, married 21 yrs; wife Ellen, 48, married 21 yrs, no children. 1920 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Feb 9 1920: Asa Underwood, 58, head sawyer at sawmill; wife Ellen, 60. 1930 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930 at Shirley Schoolhouse Hill: Asa Underwood, 68, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), farmer; wife Ellen, 70, b. WVa (both parents b. Pa.) 1940 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District, Town of Shirley), enumerated on Apr 24 1940 at St Hwy 55 - Schoolhouse Hill: Ellen Underwood, 80, widowed, 1935 residence in same house; foster son Sheral Seckman, 30, married, occupation house painter, 1935 residence in same house; foster dau-in-law Lola Seckman, 26, 1935 residence in rural Doddridge County; foster step-grandson David Doak, 2.
  Children	+ 1. Ethel O. STRAIGHT,   b. Feb 1889, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 10 May 1913, Meade District, Tyler Co, WV  (Age ~ 24 years)  [Adopted]
  Family ID	F48002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S638] Headstone (year only). [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. [S2234] 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV.