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Dollie Bell (Yerkey) SHERWOOD

Dollie Bell (Yerkey) SHERWOOD

Female 1889 - 1941  (51 years)


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  • Name Dollie Bell (Yerkey) SHERWOOD
    Census 1910, 20, 30, 40  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1910, listed as Dollie B. Yerkie, 20, single, a servant in the household of William Stutler (80, widowed) and his son Jesse & Sarah (Yerkey) and family. Sarah was Dollie's aunt.
    Birth 31 Dec 1889  Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Death 18 Jan 1941  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I85632  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2017

    Father Ulysses Grant SHERWOOD,   b. 21 Jun 1866, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1953, Newark, Licking Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Martha Elizabeth YERKEY,   b. 22 Nov 1871, Elk District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F47443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Burt CHIPPS,   b. 5 May 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [6]
    Marriage 19 Mar 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • at the home of Jesse Stutler
    Children 
    +1. Roscoe Hayward "Bunk" CHIPPS,   b. Jan 1912, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1966, Mansfield, Richland Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)
    +2. Zethra Devere CHIPPS,   b. 13 Mar 1914, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1977 (Age 63 years)
    +3. Sophia Belle CHIPPS,   b. 17 Sep 1915   d. 14 Nov 1959, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +4. Lillian Ruth CHIPPS,   b. 22 Aug 1920, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1988 (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F36690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 373, Line 3351 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2605499&Type=Birth.
      Identified as Dolly Bell Yerkey, white female, born Dec 31 1890 (sic) at Beech Lick, Doddridge County. Mother: Martha Elizabeth Yerkey. Father: (blank).
      NOTE: This birth record is a typewritten ledger transcribed from the original handwritten records. In at least this case, the birth date was entered incorrectly, as shown by the following court document information:
      Doddridge County Court Case No. 5471, Book 7, Page 76, states that "Martha E. Yerkey was delivered of a female bastard December 31, 1889," in connection with which the Court found U. G. Sherwood guilty of a charge of bastardy on July 29 1890.

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.