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Howard Lee AYERS

Howard Lee AYERS

Male 1901 - 1959  (58 years)


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  • Name Howard Lee AYERS
    Birth 19 Mar 1901  Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910, 1920  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Residence Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1942  Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 21 Dec 1959  [1] 
    Person ID I49090  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2017

    Father Hugh B. AYERS,   b. 1869, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1915, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Mother Ina M. WILSON,   b. 14 Dec 1870, Hartley, Ritchie/Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1946, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F20207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Fay CHAPMAN,   b. 7 Aug 1903, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1993 (Age 90 years)
    Marriage 11 Jul 1942  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F48425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2128] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    3. [S2127] 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    4. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10265575&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Howard Lee Ayers, divorced, 41 (sic), b. Mar 19 1890 in Smithville, res. Smithville, son of Hugh P. & Ina Ayers; and Mary Fay Robey, divorced, 38, b. Aug 7 1906 in Pullman, res. Parkersburg, dau of Eber & Fannie Wilson. Married Jul 11 1942 in Spencer.
      (NOTE: There are several inconsistencies in this marriage record. Although husband's age appears to be correct based on census records, his stated birth date is clearly incorrect. His headstone shows it as Mar 19 1901, corresponding to census records. Wife's stated information, however, is incorrect on several counts. Her stated age does not correspond to her stated birth date, which in turn differs from both her headstone date (Aug 7 1904) and birth record (Aug 7 1903). Furthermore, the couple identified as her parents were, in fact, not her parents and could not have been. Her birth record identifies her parents as Winfield Scott Chapman and Jennie May Hall, and she appears with them in the 1910 Census. Eber Wilson died in 1897, and his wife Frances "Fanny" Peppers Wilson was born in 1852 and would have been a widow in her early 50's when Mary Fay Chapman Robey was born. Eber and Fanny Wilson were actually the maternal grandparents of the husband in this marriage, Howard Ayers. This marriage record is the only instance we have found that Mary was apparently residing in Wood County, and it is the only instance we have found that either Mary or Howard was associated with Roane County, where the ceremony took place. We can only speculate as to the reason for the misinformation.)