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Wilbur Emmett STARKEY

Wilbur Emmett STARKEY

Male 1917 - 1955  (38 years)


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  • Name Wilbur Emmett STARKEY
    Birth 25 Mar 1917  Franks Run, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military (ENLISTED 10/7/1942)  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Cpl, US Army Infantry, World War II (Prisoner of War in Germany) 
    Census 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1941  Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 9 Sep 1955  [2, 8] 
    Burial Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I37361  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2012

    Father Leman STARKEY,   b. Nov 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1949, Smithfield, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)
    Mother Vada Florence MCINTYRE,   b. 22 Nov 1884, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1928, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F27481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cathleen Alice "Peg" ASHER,   b. 3 Dec 1919, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 2006, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Marriage 18 Feb 1941  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10] 
    Children 
    +1. Dolores Eileen STARKEY,   b. 25 Feb 1942, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 2022, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Living
    Family ID F14826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

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

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

    5. [S2596] World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives).

    6. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    7. [S691] West Union Herald, 1/11/1945.

    8. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 43.
      Identified as Wilbur Starkey, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Smithfield Rt #1, son of Leeman Starkey; and Kathleen Asher, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Center Point, dau of (parents deceased). Married Feb 18 1941 at "The Methodist Parsonage, West Union, W. Va." by Ottis R. Snodgrass, minister of the Methodist Church.