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George Freeland WHITEHILL

George Freeland WHITEHILL

Male 1891 - 1960  (68 years)

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  • Name George Freeland WHITEHILL 
    Born 13 Dec 1891  Waynesburg, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    laborer in tin mill 
    Residence 1917  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Military From 26 Jul 1918 to 25 Jan 1919  [5, 6] 
    Pvt, US Army, 1st Casual Co, 1st Bn Repl Tr Cntr, Camp Lee Va, WW I 
    Census 1920  Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [7] 
    millwright in factory 
    Residence 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1930  Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation steeplejack, tavern owner (lost in 1950 Flood), iron worker  [6, 9] 
    Died 19 Apr 1960  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    Person ID I76262  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2014 

    Father John Wesley WHITEHILL,   b. 17 Jan 1861, Waynesburg, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1959, Scott Twp, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Mother Martha FREELAND,   b. 7 Jul 1862, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1937, Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F40610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilmah Lee DAVIS,   b. 26 Feb 1905, Fonzo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1984  (Age 79 years)  [2] 
    Married 6 Apr 1923  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 11 1930 at Blockhouse Hill, Town of West Union:
      George F. Whitehill, 34; wife Wilma L, 25; son Robert L, 6; son William G, 9 months; mother-in-law Effie Davis, 50, widowed.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 9 1940 on U.S. Route 50 in Smithburg:
      George Whitehill, 48, b. Pa, occupation (blank); wife Wilmah, 35; son Robert Lee, 16; son William George, 10.
    Children 
    +1. Robert Lee WHITEHILL,   b. 1 Dec 1923,   d. 19 Oct 1993, Bay Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +2. William George WHITEHILL,   b. 12 Jul 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 2014, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. John Harry WHITEHILL,   b. 18 Oct 1931,   d. 18 Oct 1931  (Age 0 years)
    Documents
    76262_WHITEHILL_GeorgeF_WilmahDavis_MarriageRecord_6Apr1923.jpg    		76262_WHITEHILL_GeorgeF_WilmahDavis_MarriageRecord_6Apr1923.jpg
    Family ID F32560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    George F. Whitehill, US Army, WW I    		George F. Whitehill, US Army, WW I

  • Sources 
    1. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [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. 260.

    3. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    4. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    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. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 282.

    7. [S1734] 1920 Census.

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

    9. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 209 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795820&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George F. Whitehill, 31, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co; and Wilmah Davis, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married April 6 1923 in West Union by Edwin H. Cross, Minister of the Gospel. (Note: "History of Doddridge County," p. 282, incorrectly states marriage date as February 6 1923.)