Doddridge County Roots

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Dempsey B. PRUNTY

Dempsey B. PRUNTY

Male 1919 - 2008  (89 years)

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  • Name Dempsey B. PRUNTY 
    Born 4 Jul 1919  Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date given in Aug 1938 marriage record as Jul 4 1916, age 22.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1938  Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1943  Ambridge, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1994  Rochester, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 16 Sep 2008  [1
    Person ID I54461  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2017 

    Father Jesse U. "Eugene" PRUNTY,   b. 12 Jun 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1950, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth STARKEY,   b. 1 Sep 1880, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1961, Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F19318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mabel SMITH,   b. 5 Mar 1917, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Married 13 Aug 1938  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F47515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    3. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

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

    6. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12045787&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Dempsey Prunty, 22, b. Jul 4 1916 in Folsom WVa, res. in Folsom, Wetzel Co WVa, son of Jesse & Sarah Prunty; and Mabel Smith, 21, b. Mar 5 1917 in Center Point, res. in Ashley, Doddridge Co WVa, dau of Arza & Alta Smith. Married Aug 13 1938 "at Nancy Wilcox's residence," officiated by Samuel Dotson, a Minister of the Gospel, Ashley WVa.
      NOTE: Husband appears to have misstated his age, as the Social Security Death Index shows his birth date exactly three years later, on Jul 4 1919.