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Forest Brannon PUDDER

Forest Brannon PUDDER

Male 1914 - 1954  (40 years)

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  • Name Forest Brannon PUDDER 
    Born 20 Feb 1914  Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Meade District, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Buckhannon District, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of aunt Icy Mearl Wright Casto.
    Residence 1936  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1940  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [4] 
    laborer for State Roads 
    Military From 6 Aug 1941 to 12 May 1943  [5, 6] 
    Pvt, Co I, 7th Inf, US Army, World War II (North Africa, wounded in action) 
    Residence 1945  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 1945, 1947  [2] 
    bus driver 
    Residence 1947  Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died Jul 1954  Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I59663  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2018 

    Father John Edward "Jim" PUDDER,   b. 14 Feb 1888, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1920, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Minnie Mae WRIGHT,   b. 1 Sep 1899, Queens, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1950, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Family ID F35139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elsa Claudine MAXWELL,   b. 1 Aug 1918, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 2000  (Age 82 years)  [8] 
    Married 9 Jul 1936  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    Divorced 8 Nov 1944  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. William Claude PUDDER,   b. 9 Aug 1937, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 2014, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Richard C. "Dick" PUDDER,   b. 4 Jan 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Living
    Family ID F24694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Earlean PARKS,   b. 13 Oct 1922, West Frankfort, Franklin Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Apr 1945  Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Divorced 26 Jun 1947  Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F35140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Eleanor Elizabeth O'BRIEN,   b. 17 Aug 1923, Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 2012, Roanoke, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1947  Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F35142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    59663_ForestBPudder_ElsieMaxwell_SmithburgWV_ca1942.jpg    		59663_ForestBPudder_ElsieMaxwell_SmithburgWV_ca1942.jpg

    Documents
    59663_ForestBrannonPudder_ElsieClaudineMaxwell_MarriageRecord_9Jul1936.jpg    		59663_ForestBrannonPudder_ElsieClaudineMaxwell_MarriageRecord_9Jul1936.jpg
    999999_Military-Discharges_DoddridgeCo_WUHerald_5Aug1943.jpg    		999999_Military-Discharges_DoddridgeCo_WUHerald_5Aug1943.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S2566] Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [online database], (Ancestry.com & Summit County Probate Court).

    3. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2640] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

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

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com, Plot: Section 6, Lot 31-A.

    8. [S1622] Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, William Bernard Wilson, (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990), p. 40.

    9. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 225.

    10. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.