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Sylvester "Sil" DRAIN

Sylvester "Sil" DRAIN

Male 1856 - 1928  (71 years)


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  • Name Sylvester "Sil" DRAIN
    Birth 1 May 1856  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation day laborer  [1] 
    Residence Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Residence Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 4 Feb 1928  Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Hepzibah Baptist Church Cemetery, Rt 19, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I15792  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2009

    Father James "Jimmy" DRAIN
    Mother Rachel ___
    Family ID F17901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary L. LEFEVER,   b. CA 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1910 (Age ~ 53 years)
    Marriage 21 Nov 1878  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    >1. Charles DRAIN,   b. 18 Apr 1885, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1943, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +2. George Washington DRAIN,   b. 24 Jul 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1967 (Age 80 years)
    >3. Virginia DRAIN,   b. CA 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F25143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Louverna "Verna" SQUIRES,   b. 27 Feb 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1931, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [4, 7]
    Marriage 13 Sep 1910  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F5632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    15792_DRAIN_Silvester_1856-1928_DeathCertificate.jpg    		15792_DRAIN_Silvester_1856-1928_DeathCertificate.jpg
    15792_SilDrain_MarySquiresMason_MarriageRecord_13Sep1910.jpg    		15792_SilDrain_MarySquiresMason_MarriageRecord_13Sep1910.jpg

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

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 249.

    5. [S2298] Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 187.
      Identified as Sil Drain, widowed, 53, b. Harrison Co, res. Lamberts Run in Harrison Co, son of James & Rachel Drain; and Mary Ella Mason (name appears in the marriage record first as Mary E. Mason, then as Mrs. Mary L. Mason, then as Mary Ella Mason, then again as Mary E. Mason), widowed, 49, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of James M. & Mary A. Squires. Married Sep 13 1910 in Clarksburg.