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Edith MYERS

Edith MYERS

Female 1848 - 1923  (75 years)


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  • Name Edith MYERS
    Birth 26 Feb 1848  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 14 Mar 1923  Belfont, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Starkey Cemetery, Frametown, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I51512  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2010

    Father Jacob MYERS,   b. 17 Jan 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1906 (Age 86 years)
    Mother Barbara STOUT,   b. 16 Oct 1823   d. 4 Feb 1869 (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F22657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hiram Blackwell STARKEY,   b. 3 Aug 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1925, Belfont, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [4, 5]
    Marriage 22 Dec 1870  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
      Hiram B. Starkey, 31, farmer; wife Edith, 32; dau Alice M, 8; dau Caroline M, 6; dau Sarah J, 5; dau Margaret S, 3; dau Elmira D, 7 months (b. Nov); brother Ehud W, 22.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900:
      Hiram B. Starkey, 51, b. Aug 1848, farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Edith, 52, b. Feb 1848, mother of 11 children (10 still living); dau Alice M, 28, b. Dec 1871; dau Caroline M, 26, b. Jun 1873; dau Sarah J, 24, b. Dec 1875; dau Margaret S, 22, b. Jul 1877; son James E, 22, b. Jan 1878; dau Elmira D, 20, b. Nov 1879; son William V, 18, b. Sep 1881; dau Alverta (?), 16, b. Apr 1884; son Alberta, 16, b. Apr 1884; dau Ester B, 13, b. Jun 1886; son Charles L, 10, b. Aug 1889; granddau Rhoda G, 4, b. Oct 1895; hired man Irvin Stutler Jr, farm laborer, age and marital status "unknown."
      (Note: Entry for son William, contained on Line 53 of the census form, was lined through, with a notation in the margin stating "Line 53 is blank." Since the other ten children are all listed, William must have been the one predeceased child.)
    Children 
     1. Alice M. STARKEY,   b. Dec 1871
    +2. Caroline Myrtle STARKEY,   b. Jun 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1914, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years)
    +3. Sarah J. STARKEY,   b. 24 Dec 1875, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1957, Frametown, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +4. Margaret Sophrona "Frona" STARKEY,   b. 28 Jul 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1924, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    +5. James Ernest STARKEY,   b. 11 Jan 1877, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1924, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     6. Elmira D. STARKEY,   b. Nov 1879
     7. William V. STARKEY,   b. Sep 1881   d. Bef Jun 1900 (Age ~ 18 years)
    >8. Alverda Glay "Verdie" STARKEY,   b. 3 Apr 1884, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1976, Flagstaff, Coconino Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    >9. Alberta Bernal STARKEY,   b. 3 Apr 1884, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1971 (Age 86 years)
     10. Ester B. STARKEY,   b. Jun 1886
    >11. Charles Llewellyn STARKEY,   b. Aug 1889, Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1944, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
    Family ID F21248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 69.
      Identified as Hiram B. Starkey, farmer, age 22, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of John C. & Catharine A. Starkey; and Edith Myers, age 22y 11m, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & Barbara Myers. Married Dec 22 1870.