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Roscoe Hayward "Bunk" CHIPPS

Roscoe Hayward "Bunk" CHIPPS

Male 1912 - 1966  (~ 54 years)

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  • Name Roscoe Hayward "Bunk" CHIPPS 
    Born Jan 1912  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in WV Births Index as Jan 10 1912, but date on headstone is Jan 9 1912.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Roscoe Chipps was enumerated twice in the 1930 Census, once with his family in Greenbrier District, Doddridge County, and again in Salem, Harrison County, as a lodger in the household of Clifford & Anna (Nicholson) Patton.
    Census 1920, 1930  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1934  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1940  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [4] 
    farm laborer 
    Died 18 Oct 1966  Mansfield, Richland Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I71416  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2020 

    Father William Burt CHIPPS,   b. 5 May 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Dollie Bell (Yerkey) SHERWOOD,   b. 31 Dec 1889, Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1941, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Family ID F36690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Opal Beatrice KNIGHT,   b. 8 Jun 1913, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1994  (Age 80 years)  [7, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Hayward Alden CHIPPS,   b. 2 Nov 1932, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1989, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F36779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gretna Pearl NICHOLSON,   b. 20 Mar 1916, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1996  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1934  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorced Y  [9] 
    Children 
     1. William L. CHIPPS,   b. 30 Aug 1934, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 2000  (Age 66 years)
     2. Maybelle CHIPPS,   b. 27 Apr 1936, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Roscoe Bernard CHIPPS,   b. 27 Aug 1938, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 2009, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Documents
    71416_RoscoeChipps_GretnaNicholson_MarriageRecord_23Feb1934.jpg    		71416_RoscoeChipps_GretnaNicholson_MarriageRecord_23Feb1934.jpg
    Family ID F30315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2645] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    5. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    9. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.