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Shelby McKnealin VANSCOY

Shelby McKnealin VANSCOY

Male 1919 - 2003  (84 years)


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  • Name Shelby McKnealin VANSCOY
    Birth 25 Mar 1919  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Military T/SGT, US Army, World War II (South Pacific)  [1, 2] 
    Census 1920, 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Education Doddridge County H.S. (1937), West Virginia University  [1, 4, 5] 
    Occupation Soil Conservation Service of US Dept of Agriculture (35 yrs) 
    • Including work in Calhoun, Ritchie and Marshall counties. He also served on the Ritchie County Board of Education
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    clerk in A & P grocery store 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 2 May 2003  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial Pike Church of Christ Cemetery, near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I20972  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024

    Father Franklin Edward "Frank" VANSCOY,   b. 7 Oct 1886   d. 18 Dec 1949, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Mother Ada Belle MCCONNELL,   b. 25 Sep 1893, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1955 (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F7740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathleen Margarite "Kady" WHALEY,   b. 19 Aug 1917   d. 15 Nov 1996 (Age 79 years)  [9, 10]
    Children 
    +1. Janice Kay VANSCOY,   b. 15 Jun 1944, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 2004, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    >2. Vicki Lynn VANSCOY,   b. 12 Dec 1949, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 2009, Kenna, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F7748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

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

    4. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, 9/30/1997.

    5. [S2723] Yearbook photo.

    6. [S1752] Obituary - At home, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15593083/shelby_m_vanscoy.

    7. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    10. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.