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Leora Grace BARR

Leora Grace BARR

Female 1916 - 1996  (80 years)

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  • Name Leora Grace BARR 
    Born 25 Feb 1916  Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given SSDI as Feb 26 1916, but birth record and marriage record show it as Feb 25 1916.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 24 Apr 1996  [2, 4] 
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I79911  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2017 

    Father Davis Johnson BARR,   b. 1866, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Verna May TEETS,   b. 17 Apr 1880, Friendsville, Garrett Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1960, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F34205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ward SWEENEY,   b. CA 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Married 20 Oct 1934  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorced Y  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Charles Allen SWEENEY,   b. 13 Aug 1937, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Living
    Family ID F34204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gencil Waldo FORD,   b. 24 Sep 1917, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 2000, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [8] 
    Married 21 Dec 1961  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Documents
    35873_GencilWaldoFord_LeoraGraceBarrSweeney_MarriageRecord_21Dec1961.jpg    		35873_GencilWaldoFord_LeoraGraceBarrSweeney_MarriageRecord_21Dec1961.jpg
    Family ID F34175  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. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: L. Grace Sweeney Ford.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 238 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796808&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ward Sweeney, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Oxford; and Grace Barr, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 20 1934 "at the Baptist Parsonage in Salem, Harrison Co, W.Va." Informants for marriage license: Ward Sweeney & D. J. Barr of Ritchie & Doddridge Counties.

    8. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 37 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11799254&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Gencil Waldo Ford, 44, b. Sep 24 1917 in Doddridge Co, res. Salem Rt 2, son of Clyde M. Ford Sr (dec'd) & Mamie Ford; and Leora Grace Sweeney, 45, b. Feb 25 1916 in Doddridge Co, res. Center Point, dau of D. J. Barr (dec'd) & Verna M. Barr (dec'd). Married Dec 21 1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, W.Va.