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John Allen CLEVENGER

John Allen CLEVENGER

Male 1863 - 1954  (~ 90 years)

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  • Name John Allen CLEVENGER 
    Born Jan 1863  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900, 1910  [1, 3] 
    farmer 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    teamster 
    Census 1920, 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1954  [2] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I76413  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2020 

    Family May Bell (Mary Elizabeth) SHEFFER,   b. 14 Feb 1871, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1937, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [7] 
    Married 19 Sep 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Icie L. CLEVENGER,   b. 8 Aug 1890,   d. 27 Nov 1953, Salem, Marion Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +2. Okey Clyde CLEVENGER,   b. 25 Jul 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1974  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Ottie Jane CLEVENGER,   b. 16 Jun 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1971, Mesa, Maricopa Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +4. Guy Odrie CLEVENGER,   b. 16 May 1902,   d. 4 Sep 1989, Brevard Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +5. Oren Boyd CLEVENGER,   b. 15 Mar 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1972, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F32629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2109] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S2047] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 418 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790984&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John Allen Clevenger, 26, b. Greene Co Pa., res. Doddridge Co; and May Bell Sheffer, 19, b. Rockingham Co Va, res. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 19 1889 "at the residence of Joseph Losh." Informants for marriage license: John A. Clevenger & Eliza J. Goldsmith. (Note: Eliza Jane Sheffer, b. ca 1850 in Rockingham Co Va, married John D. Goldsmith in Lewis County on Oct 28 1875. Her relationship to May Bell Sheffer is not clear. In the 1900 Census of New Milton, Doddridge Co, Joseph Losh, b. Jan 1810 in Virginia, was listed as an uncle in the household of John & May Clevenger.)