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Idell Elizabeth WILLIS

Idell Elizabeth WILLIS

Female 1881 - 1974  (92 years)

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  • Name Idell Elizabeth WILLIS 
    Born 17 Dec 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • The Social Security Death Index lists her birth date as Dec 17 1882, but obituary has Dec 17 1881, with age 92 at time of death in Aug 1974. Death record also has birth date as Dec 17 1881, and age 19 given at time of Sep 1901 marriage would also put her December birth date in in 1881. No birth record for her was found in Doddridge Co. It would appear that the SSDI entry is in error.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 21 Aug 1974  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    • Predeceased by 11 siblings.
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6] 
    Person ID I16762  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2021 

    Father James Edwin WILLIS,   b. Apr 1839,   d. 5 Feb 1909, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Julia Ann DAVIS,   b. 18 Sep 1843,   d. 30 Jan 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F7437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Brady SUTTON,   b. 12 Aug 1878,   d. 16 Oct 1977, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1901  Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Brada Sutton, 41; wife Idell, 38; son Harley, 17; dau Lucy, 16; dau Mildred, 14; son Brada, 9; son Walter G, 1 yr 9 mo.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Brada Sutton, 51; wife Idell, 48; dau Lucy, 26; son Brada J, 20; son Walter G, 12; son George E, 6.
    Children 
    +1. Harley Herbert SUTTON,   b. 23 Aug 1902, Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1956, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     2. Lucy Ethel SUTTON,   b. 25 Nov 1903, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1973, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +3. Eva Mildred SUTTON,   b. 18 Aug 1905, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1976, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +4. Francis Brady SUTTON,   b. 13 Apr 1910, Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1995, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +5. Walter Glenn SUTTON,   b. 10 Mar 1918, Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 2000, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. George Edwin SUTTON,   b. 3 Jun 1923, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F6062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 166.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1115] Newspaper anniversary announcement, West Union Herald, Thursday, Sep 13 1951.

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 166.
      Identified as Idell Elizabeth Sutton, married, b. Dec 17 1881, d. Aug 21 1974, dau of James Edwin Willis & Julia Ann Davis. Informant: Mildred S. Bartlett, Bridgeport, WV (her daughter).

    6. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 6, p. 364.
      Identified as Brada [sic] Sutton, age 23, b. Doddridge Co; and Idella Willis, age 19, b. Doddridge. Married Sep 12 1901 at home of bride's parents on Lick Run. Informant: "Edw. Willis."