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Bertha Lee CUMPSTON

Bertha Lee CUMPSTON

Female 1934 - 2008  (73 years)


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  • Name Bertha Lee CUMPSTON
    Birth 4 Jun 1934  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation garment worker at United Manufacturing of Harrisville WV  [2] 
    Residence Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1965  Wick, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 2001, 2007  Walker, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Death 11 Mar 2008  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I22786  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2025

    Father Leeman Charles CUMPSTON,   b. 30 Oct 1910, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 2001, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Mother Freda SWIGER,   b. 2 Nov 1917, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 2012 (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F6965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joseph Bailey LEGGETT,   b. 20 May 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 2011, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [5, 6]
    Divorce Y  [6]
    Children 
    >1. Freda Marie LEGGETT,   b. 2 Apr 1950, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 2021, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F24427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Robert Edward BURCH,   b. 21 Jul 1943, Wick, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 2011, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [4, 7]
    Marriage 7 Jul 1965  Pine Grove, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Documents
    22789_RobertEdwardBurch_BerthaLeeCumpstonLeggett_MarriageRecord_7Jul1965.jpg    		22789_RobertEdwardBurch_BerthaLeeCumpstonLeggett_MarriageRecord_7Jul1965.jpg
    Family ID F8515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S643] Obituary of father.

    4. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, 7/10/2007.

    5. [S1640] Newspaper birth announcement of daughter.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    8. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 434.
      Identified as Robert Edward Burch, 21, b. Jul 21 1943 in Wick WV, res. Youngstown OH, son of Edward & Merle (Pyles) Burch; and Bertha Lee Leggett, 30, b. Jun 4 1934 at Blandville WV, res. Wick WV, dau of Leeman & Freda (Swiger) Cumpston. Married Jul 7 1965 in Pine Grove, WV. (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Wetzel County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Tyler County, residence of the bride.)