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May Bell (Mary Elizabeth) SHEFFER

May Bell (Mary Elizabeth) SHEFFER

Female 1871 - 1937  (65 years)

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  • Name May Bell (Mary Elizabeth) SHEFFER 
    Born 14 Feb 1871  Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900, 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 8 Feb 1937  Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Burial location given in death record as IOOF Cemetery in Salem, but her headstone (double with husband John A. Clevenger) is at Wolverton Cemtery. Name on headstone: May B. Clevenger... Her death record identifies her as Mary Elizabeth Clevenger.
    Person ID I76414  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2020 

    Family John Allen CLEVENGER,   b. Jan 1863, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954  (Age ~ 90 years)  [8] 
    Married 19 Sep 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    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

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1983127&Type=Death.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78439399/may-belle-clevenger.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    9. [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.)