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Wilson N. MCKINNEY

Wilson N. MCKINNEY

Male 1923 - 2006  (82 years)

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  • Name Wilson N. MCKINNEY 
    Born 23 Sep 1923  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Identified as a grandson in household of Joseph & Rosa McKinney. Also listed was a granddaughter Betris (Beatrice ?) E, age one month, last name illegible. In 1940, both Wilson and Beatrice McKinney were listed as children of Joseph & Rosa McKinney.
    Census 1940  Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 2 Dec 1942 to 10 Feb 1947  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Pfc, US Army, World War II, Europe (Purple Heart) 
    Occupation farm laborer  [1] 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1945, 1976  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Died 25 Feb 2006  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Notes 
    • Although Wilson McKinney's obituary identifies him as a son of Joseph & Rose Jones McKinney, the 1930 Census of the Joseph & Rosa J. McKinney household listed him as a grandson, age 6-1/2. His marriage record identifies him as a son of Mrs. Joseph McKinney. Rosa Jones McKinney's obituary in 1949 lists nine surviving children, but Wilson was not mentioned. But he was listed as a surviving brother in brother Joey's obituary in 1976.
    Person ID I18811  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2012 

    Father Joseph H. MCKINNEY,   b. May 1863, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1941, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Rosa Jane JONES,   b. 31 Mar 1875, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1949, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F2261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara JONES,   b. 7 Aug 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 2010, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [9] 
    Married 3 Dec 1945  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F14036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

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

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

    5. [S1978] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, (www.ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 355.
      Identified as Wilson McKinney, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. West Union, son of Mrs. Joseph McKinney; and Barbary Jones, 16, b. & res. in West Union, dau of Alice Jones (deceased). Married Dec 3 1945 in West Union.