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Forrest Hawyard LEGGETT

Forrest Hawyard LEGGETT

Male 1905 - 1955  (50 years)


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  • Name Forrest Hawyard LEGGETT
    Birth 25 Mar 1905  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation From 1929 to 1955  [1] 
    Star Furniture Co, West Union, WV 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 7 Apr 1955  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Died as the result of injuries received when the truck he was driving was struck by a train at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV. With him at the time of the accident was Carson Williams, 58, who was injured. Both longtime employees of the Star Furniture Co of West Union, they were enroute to the home of a customer at Central Station. Witnesses said the train struck the rear end of the truck, hurling both occupants some distance. Leggett was the driver. He sustained severe injuries and died at St. Mary's Hospital in Clarksburg about three hours later.
    Person ID I6216  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2023

    Father Columbus Newman "Lum" LEGGETT,   b. 24 Aug 1871   d. 29 Dec 1952, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Bertha Mae SMITH,   b. 13 Apr 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1968, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F2184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Vonda Irene BEE,   b. 13 May 1909, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 2006, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
    Marriage 25 Jan 1930  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    >1. Earl Hayward LEGGETT,   b. 4 Sep 1939, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. George LEGGETT
    Family ID F6204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    3. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 12, p. 299.
      Husband's middle name spelled "Hawyard" all three times it appears in marriage record.