James Donald "Don" BROWN

1910 - 1999  (88 years)

• Name	James Donald "Don" BROWN
  Birth	5 Oct 1910	Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
  	Not with family in 1930 Census.
  Residence	1935	Doddridge Co, WV   [5]
  Residence	1938	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [4]
  Census	1940	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
  Occupation	1940  [5, 6]
  	oil well driller for Broadwater & Welch, Pennsboro
  Residence	1940	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [6]
  Physical Description	16 Oct 1940  [6]
  	5'11-1/2", 185 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes, light complexion
  Military	From 15 Dec 1943 to 19 Nov 1945  [2, 3]
  	F1, US Navy, World War II
  Education	West Union High School  [7]
  Occupation	oil field worker (WVa, Texas, Mexico), American Cyanamid (retired)  [2]
  Occupation	volunteer fire fighter  [2]
  	Out of two charter members of the Doddridge County Volunteer Fire Department, which was started in 1937, he was the last surviving one.
  Residence	St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV   [2]
  Death	3 Oct 1999	Marietta, Washington Co, OH   [3, 8, 9]
  Burial	Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV   [2, 10]
  Person ID	I53937	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Fred BROWN,   b. 12 Sep 1878, Harrison Co, WV d. 19 Jul 1970, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Gussie Elizabeth FREEMAN,   b. Feb 1883, Doddridge Co, WV d. 27 Feb 1959, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F10461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn "Bill" MOSSOR,   b. 28 Jun 1915, Ritchie Co, WV d. 5 Jun 1999 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1938	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [4, 11]
  Children	1. James Lyndon BROWN,   b. 3 Mar 1940, Ritchie Co, WV   2. Living
  Documents		53937_JamesDonaldBrown_EvelynMossor_MarriageRecord_31Dec1938.jpg
  Family ID	F22293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		53937_BROWN_JamesDonald_USNavy_WW2.jpg
  		53937_BROWN_JamesDon_1910-1999_Military_FreemanColemanCem_CrystalLake_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 13, Line 257-D : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2611352&Type=Birth. [S14] Obituary. [S2624] Military Grave Marker. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11545340&Type=Marriage. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S1756] Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II, (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946). [S1700] Obituary - Nursing home. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health). [S934] Findagrave.com. [S110] Obituary of husband.