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Orval Lester STEVENS

Orval Lester STEVENS

Male 1899 - 1940  (41 years)


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  • Name Orval Lester STEVENS  [1]
    Birth 1 Sep 1899  Parke Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, 39th Reg. C.A.C. (Illinois)  [3] 
    Occupation 1940  [4] 
    laborer with W.P.A. 
    Census Apr 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 5 Nov 1940  [1, 2] 
    Burial Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Person ID I19772  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2018

    Father Leonard Coyer STEVENS   d. 1925
    Mother Ida Jane HATT
    Family ID F8733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Deloris Vandora THOUSAND,   b. 27 Jan 1902, Fulton Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1996, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [6]
    Marriage 3 Jul 1920  Fulton Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorce Y  [7]
    Children 
    >1. Vera Vandora STEVENS,   b. 28 May 1921, Farmington, Fulton Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 2000, Peoria, Peoria Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F24040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mollie Thelma JENKINS,   b. 20 Mar 1904, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1987, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [1, 8, 9]
    Marriage 4 Mar 1929  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District):
      Tobias Jenkins, 63; wife Rosie Jenkins, 52; dau Mollie Stevens, 26, married; dau Isabel Jenkins, 12; son Walter Jenkins, 9; grandson Clay Hammond, 7; granddau Betty Stevens, 1.
    Children 
    +1. Betty Louise STEVENS,   b. 4 Feb 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 2014, Cortland, Cortland Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +2. Cecil Lewis "Sonny" STEVENS,   b. 20 Jan 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1989, Tarrant Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    >3. Leonard Earl STEVENS,   b. 22 Nov 1933, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2016 (Age 82 years)
     4. Donald Lester STEVENS,   b. 9 Mar 1936, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1973, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    +5. Ida May STEVENS,   b. 25 Feb 1938, Long Run, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 2018 (Age 80 years)
    >6. Jaunita Lou STEVENS,   b. 16 Dec 1939, Long Run, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 2022, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Documents
    19772_OrvilleLStevens_MollieJenkins_MarriageRecord_13Mar1920.jpg    		19772_OrvilleLStevens_MollieJenkins_MarriageRecord_13Mar1920.jpg
    Family ID F7269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    19772_STEVENS_OrvalLester_1899-1940_Obit.jpg    		19772_STEVENS_OrvalLester_1899-1940_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).

    5. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    9. [S1603] Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 208.
      Identified as Orville L. Stevens, 29, b. Parke Co Indiana, res. Doddridge Co; and Mollie Jenkins, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 13 1929 in West Union. (Note: Obituary of wife incorrectly states marriage date as Mar 4 1929.)