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Edward Blair YERKEY

Edward Blair YERKEY

Male 1916 - 1990  (74 years)


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  • Name Edward Blair YERKEY
    Birth 27 Mar 1916  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Military From 16 May 1942 to 12 Nov 1943  [6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Pvt, US Army, World War II (Southwest Pacific, wounded in action) 
    • News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 5 1943, front page, in its entirety:
      WOUNDED IN ACTION
      Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Yerkey of Morgansville, Doddridge County, have been notified by the War Department that their son, Pvt. Edward B. Yerkey, has been wounded in action somewhere in the South West Pacific.
    Residence Gassaway, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1940, 1943  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Death 27 Apr 1990  [2, 3] 
    Burial Sugar Creek Cemetery, Gassaway, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I122610  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2018

    Father Salathiel Lynch YERKEY,   b. 21 Mar 1865, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1946, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Alice Florence RICHARDS,   b. 28 Mar 1868, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1949, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F37168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothea ROSE,   b. 7 Oct 1920, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1996 (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 10 Dec 1943  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F52850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1928] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S2047] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    8. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    9. [S1596] Newspaper article.

    10. [S2491] U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, (Ancestry.com).

    11. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    12. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10238551&Type=Marriage.

    13. [S934] Findagrave.com.