Doddridge County Roots


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Orton MERCER

Orton MERCER

Male 1882 - 1967  (84 years)


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  • Name Orton MERCER
    Birth 14 Dec 1882  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1909  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1910  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    school teacher 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    leaser for oil company 
    Occupation 1930  [7] 
    rd man for Standard Oil 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1920, he was one of several lodgers in a presumed boarding house on 7th Street. His marital status was divorced.
    Occupation 1940  [8] 
    in charge of leases for oil company 
    Residence Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1954  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Death 6 Jun 1967  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 11] 
    Burial Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I81170  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2016

    Father John MERCER,   b. CA 1830, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1904, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years)
    Mother Lucetta Ann THOMAS,   b. 8 Aug 1843, Malaga, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1928, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F35474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Clara ROLLINS,   b. Mar 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1960, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)  [13]
    Marriage 21 Jun 1909  Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Divorce Bef Jan 1920  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 24 1940:
      Glenda A. Mercer, 29, divorced, W.P.A. recreation director, resided 1935 in Muscotah, Atchison Co Kansas; mother Clara C. Rork, 51, married, resided 1935 in Muscotah, Atchison Co Kansas.
    Children 
    >1. Glenda Alice MERCER,   b. 10 Jun 1910, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1979 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F34694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anna COFER,   b. 15 Oct 1885, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1963, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Marriage 24 Jun 1925  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Family ID F45257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

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

    5. [S2234] 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    6. [S2131] 1920 Census, Wood County, WV.

    7. [S2195] 1930 Census, Wood County, WV.

    8. [S2637] 1940 Census, Wood County, WV.

    9. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    10. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

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

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    13. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    14. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.